Chapter 20 Blood Moon Night (Twenty)

Although it is called a diary, the contents of those pages of parchment do not contain specific dates.

It is more like a casual record, and sometimes it seems a bit sloppy due to lack of time.

[Today I finally plucked up the courage and came to this rarely visited castle.

It was no longer as desolate as before, but seemed to have been cleaned up.

I was in desperate need of a job, so I knocked on the door as if possessed.

The owner of the castle is very handsome, polite and noble but not arrogant.

She initially rejected my request to be a maid, but later, seeing that I was so hungry and would probably die if I walked out of here, she relented.

That’s how I became the first maid in the castle. 】

Her handwriting was not very good, and Nan Huan could only barely recognize it, but it was clear that the words were written carefully.

There is a tone of joy between the lines, and one can imagine that she was really happy when she got the job.

[The location of the castle is a bit remote, so today I plucked up the courage to ask the owner of the castle.

Why would you want to live in such a remote place? Don't wealthy aristocratic families prefer prosperous places?

The owner of the castle said that she liked this place very much, and liked the tranquility of being rarely visited. She also said that if she had the chance, she would like to go to a farther place to have a look.

Although I am not very educated, I always feel that when the owner of the castle said this, there was an indescribable melancholy and sadness in his heart.

I think I must be wrong. After all, I really can't understand what worries a noble like the owner of the castle would have. 】

The maid, who had just arrived, maintained a keen curiosity about things she had never seen before.

Occasionally, a dish she had never eaten before, a piece of clothing she had never seen before, or even a flower that was in full bloom in the garden would pop up in her records.

Nan Huan got a vague image of the owner of the castle from just a few words.

[I have been here for almost a month without realizing it. I like the castle very much and I am happy working here.

It’s just that sometimes I feel that the other people in the castle are a little strange.

For example, the owner of the castle always needs me to clean the room at night. Another example is that the chef hates the flowers in the garden and always locks himself in the room when there is a blood moon.

But I understand that everyone is different, and maybe the fact that I like to record this may seem strange to others? 】

Nan Huan leaned against the wooden wall with one leg supporting his arm. When he saw this, his fingers rubbed unconsciously.

She remembered that the maid who had asked her to clean the witch's room in the morning also said that the owner of the castle always asked others to clean his room at night.

This matched the contents of the first maid's diary, and Nan Huan had an idea.

As for the content about the chef in the diary, Nan Huan did not have any special reaction. After all, she had guessed it almost exactly before entering the library.

Another point that concerned her was the first time the maid mentioned the blood moon in her diary.

From the other party's tone, it can be seen that this blood moon seems to be a natural phenomenon that occurs with a certain regularity and every once in a while.

At least that's the case in this copy of the game.

After reading another section of daily life record, Nan Huan continued to flip to the next page.

[Tonight is a blood moon. The owner of the castle asked me to prepare a sumptuous dinner early in the morning, saying that there would be guests arriving.

I was a little surprised. After all, from what I knew about the owner of the castle, she was not hospitable.

I asked if he was a guest she specially invited?

She replied that no, it was a guest who had made a reservation long ago, and her tone was full of helplessness.

After explaining all this, the owner of the castle specifically asked me to take good care of the castle and not let anything inside it get lost.

I was confused and didn't quite understand what this instruction meant.

But this confusion did not last long, because before dinner, the guest finally arrived.

The red moonlight fell on the guest, and at the same time, a lock with a lost key fell on my heart.

I saw this sentence in the poetry collection of the castle owner. I didn’t quite understand this feeling before, but tonight, I seem to understand a little bit. 】

The story takes a sudden turn, jumping from the original pastoral slow life to the channel of youthful love.

Nan Huan's handsome face paused, and he seemed to have some bad prediction in his mind.

[The guest was a female doctor. Although I didn’t know who was sick in the castle, she looked really professional.

Today when I was cleaning for the owner of the castle, I heard her mumbling to herself, saying that something was really gone.

Remembering what she had asked me to do two days ago, I asked her if she had lost anything important.

But the owner of the castle said that it was not the case, and asked me if I needed to rest for a while. She could give me some money and let me go to other places.

I thought the owner of the castle suspected that I had stolen something, so I quickly explained that I really didn't take it. However, he just sighed and told me not to take it to heart.

But before leaving, I still heard the owner of the castle say with a look of loss, "Is it really impossible to change it?"

I was wondering, but the closed door blocked my view. 】

Nan Huan knew that the owner of the castle should have noticed something was wrong by now. She wanted the maid to leave to prevent her from getting hurt, but the maid didn't seem to understand what she meant.

What puzzled Nan Huan was the sentence written by the maid: "Is it really impossible to change?"

The owner of the castle seemed to have anticipated something in advance. She even knew about the arrival of the guests, as if -

The candlelight in the library flickered and then came back to light.

[Something seems to have changed in the castle, but I can't put my finger on it.

The chef no longer did anything special like before, and there was no smile on his face anymore. Sometimes he couldn't even hear what I said to him.

I was puzzled, but the feeling soon disappeared.

Because the female doctor found me for the first time and gave me a headband.

This is the first gift I have ever received and I am very happy. What is more important is that it comes from a doctor.

The originally relaxing atmosphere in the castle is gone, but fortunately the female doctor is always there, and I am already very satisfied just by seeing her every day. 】

At this time, the doctor or the witch should have already taken action, but the maid was unaware of it.

Nan Huan is not interested in other people's love stories, especially those where the lover is not the right one.

After all, there is still a victim in the wine cellar, waiting for him to fulfill her last wish.

She really couldn't understand the other person's previous feelings from the little details here.

If he thought about it more, Nan Huan felt that it was an injury to the maid who was imprisoned in the wine cellar.

[It seems like I haven’t recorded anything for a long time, and I always feel like I can’t muster the energy.

Many guests came to the castle that day. These guests were very strange and always said that they were invited by the owner of the castle during his long journey.

However, the castle finally became lively again, but this kind of liveliness could not last long.

Guests would always disappear for unknown reasons, and I seemed to hear screams at night.

Occasionally, you can even see blood on the doctor's teeth, especially during a blood moon.

My mental condition was getting worse and worse, and a female doctor noticed it, so she offered to treat me.

She kissed me, said I was very beautiful, said she was too presumptuous, and asked me if I wanted to be with her?

This is the most beautiful love words I have ever heard.

Of course I would.

After I answered in the affirmative, she then asked me if I was willing to give everything for her?

Of course I would.

She didn't know that the answer had been engraved in my heart as early as the night she arrived.

Suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my heart, and then I had no memory of anything else.

But when I woke up, I found that my body was fine without even a wound, and I thought it was an illusion caused by my illness.

But I am sure those love words are not my imagination.

I don't know why, but my chest no longer feels as sore as before, as if something is missing. 】

Seeing this, Nan Huan knew that the witch must have already attacked the maid.

But the other party has been kept in the dark and is still full of love.

Not only was my feelings deceived, but my body and soul were also deceived and imprisoned.

Nan Huan once again determined to help the maid fulfill her last wish.

[My memory is getting worse and worse, and my body is getting lighter and lighter. It seems like I have forgotten something important...]

By the last page, the maid's handwriting had become very blurred.

It took a lot of effort to see it clearly.

And the words at the end were no longer written with a black feather pen, but bright red, as if someone had bitten their finger and pressed it directly on it.

[I want to be with you forever, forever and ever, immortal...]

This sentence has been written many times like a curse.

The handwriting at the end can no longer be distinguished.

There were only bright red bloody handprints left on the parchment one after another.

You can feel how much resentment the person or soul who wrote these words has in his heart.

After reading it, Nan Huan rolled up the parchment again and put it back into the wooden box.

She leaned against the wooden wall and let out a long sigh.

The ink-like pupils appear brighter in the darkness.

Now we have a rough outline of the story, and we just need some details to complete it.

Nan Huan rubbed his sore eyes and reached out to take the second book.

The environment here is really not suitable for reading.

From the system's prompt just now, Nan Huan knew that the second witch book was the third side quest, and it was a treasure belonging to the witch that he needed to find himself.

It also means that the secret about the night of the blood moon is hidden in this book.

At this moment, when she opened the dark book, Nan Huan felt as if her fingertips had touched something cold and shivered from the cold.

At the same time, the smell of blood remaining on the book lingered at Nanhuan's nose.

She wrinkled her nose, endured the coldness on her fingers, and opened the book.

The dark red handwriting on the black pages was like a long dagger, piercing Nan Huan's heart.

Unexpectedly, the contents of the witch book did not contain any words, but pictures made of blood.

At the dinner at the long table, the guests were caught off guard and ate the bloody part of the werewolf's body after it was transformed, while the chef stood by with an indifferent expression.

It seemed as if the liveliness at the dinner table had nothing to do with him.

At night, when the castle is completely silent.

Screams and sounds of terror were heard from the guest's room.

The bodies of those guests who ate the meat began to undergo strange changes.

Animal characteristics began to grow on humans.

The witch was not happy with the blood flowing in these guests' bodies, so she drained the blood from their bodies into a blood pool.

They dug out their hearts and made them into voodoo dolls to imprison their souls, forcing them to come out in droves every night to look for their bodies.

The parts with animal characteristics were served for the next dinner.

Repeated cycle, after several rounds of screening.

On the night of the blood moon, the witch selects the most satisfactory guest.

【bite--

Congratulations to the player, the main quest has been activated.

Mission requirements: Survive the night of the blood moon.

Mission description: After years of searching, the witch finally found the real blood. The blood moon is coming, and she will achieve immortality. Those who are waiting for the defective ones will be killed indiscriminately. The blood moon will end in three hours, so please try your best to survive. 】

Nan Huan had just finished reading the last page when the system notification sound rang.

At the same time, the temperature of the entire library suddenly dropped.

It's like something is waking up.

The wooden wall I was leaning against was silent for a while, and then the knocking sound started again.

The frequency was faster and more urgent than any previous time, as if he was afraid that Nanhuan would not take it seriously.

When the temperature in the library dropped to a critical value, the tightly covered curtains on all sides of the castle fell down in unison.

Outside the window was a blood-red moon rising into the sky.

The red moonlight shines through the window, reflecting on the silent castle.

The storm is coming.

With a clang.

Nan Huan felt that the wooden wall he was leaning against, and even the ground he was sitting on, seemed to be shaken by something extremely heavy.

The vibrations traveled through her limbs to her internal organs, and the aftereffects lingered for a long time.

The castle, which had been silent for a long time, seemed to come alive at this moment.

Considering what the witch said to him in the afternoon, it was not difficult to infer that the true blood in the task description referred to him.

Coupled with the rhythm of someone knocking behind the wooden wall, Nan Huan knew that he might have become the witch's primary target.

It is not advisable to stay here for long.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine."

Nan Huan quickened his pace, wanting to take a look at the third book that had not been opened yet, and during this time he did not forget to comfort someone behind the wooden wall.

The sound of something heavy falling to the ground came from somewhere in the castle. Nan Huan stood up and held onto the wall to steady himself.

But when his hand touched the third book, he paused unconsciously.

Because she found that the book, which was like a work of art, could not be opened at all.

It's like an iron box without any huge gaps, airtight and cannot be opened.

She didn't have time to think about it because the trembling under her feet was getting closer and closer.

There were even noisy sounds coming from the corridor. Presumably, the main quest had been activated, the witch's restrictions had been lifted, and the other party had probably already started to act.

Nan Huan hurriedly put the three books away and prepared to leave the library.

Before leaving, she reached out and gently touched the wooden wall, as if saying goodbye.

After resting for a while, Nan Huan recovered some of the energy he had just consumed.

Those purple-black shadows seemed to have received some kind of order and wanted to trap Nan Huan, but due to what had just happened, they only dared to circle around Nan Huan and did not dare to move forward.

Nan Huan calculated the power and props he could use now, and knew that confronting the witch head-on was not a solution, so he decided what to do next.

When I was about to leave the library, the door was pushed open from the outside by a huge force.

To be precise, it was smashed open by a person's body.

Nan Huan held onto the bookshelf and barely dodged the wood that was thrown at her.

When I turned around, I saw Liang Yu lying on the ground after bumping into the bookshelf.

His whole body was covered in blood. Nan Huan couldn't see other parts of his body clearly. There was only a bowl-sized wound on his chest, from which blood was gushing out.

Before Nan Huan could go forward to check on his condition, Liang Yu's body twitched violently twice and then became completely motionless.

The main quest has been activated, which should be a prompt that all players can hear.

The system has already said that what awaits those defective products is indiscriminate killing.

At this time, anyone with an IQ over 50 would not confront the witch head-on.

Nan Huan didn't believe that Liang Yu was so stupid.

While she stood up, she also thought about why Liang Yu acted so rashly.

But before she could analyze the situation further, Nan Huan already felt that the temperature in the library had dropped a little.

At the same time, a strong gust of wind came from behind and hit the back of her head.

She ducked awkwardly to avoid it, and then felt the bookshelf above her head as if it was hit by something.

After a few seconds, the bookshelf fell apart and a familiar tremor came from the ground.

Nan Huan turned his head with difficulty and caught a glimpse of the witch standing at the door of the library with an angry face.

In his hand he held the scepter that he had just taken back.

The witch, who was freed from restrictions, took off her doctor's clothes, put on a grey cloak, and held a scepter in her hand.

His eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the Nanhuan in front of him, as if he was looking at a very attractive piece of food.

If she wasn't concerned about her image, Nan Huan felt that she would drool.

The witch shrugged her nose and sniffed twice, as if she smelled something pleasant, and her face was intoxicated.

"I finally found you. Your blood smells delicious. From the first moment I saw you, I knew you were different."

Even though the other person's eyes now didn't seem like she was looking at a human being, Nan Huan still couldn't help but frown at the ambiguity in her words.

She turned a deaf ear to the witch's words, carefully paying attention to the other party's movements, observing the environment, and thinking about how to slip away from under the other party's nose first.

In this situation, if I get caught, the game will probably be over.

Seeing that Nan Huan's face was different from that of previous guests, let alone fear, he didn't even frown, and the eagerness on the witch's face became even more obvious.

"You are different from all the other guests. In the past, true blood had to be screened, but you are different. Your natural taste is different from others. Eating dirty things will only pollute you. Only people like you are worthy of the ritual of eternal life."

The witch seemed to be attracted by the scent of Nan Huan. She held the scepter and moved closer to him step by step, as if she was irresistibly attracted to him. Then she changed the subject.

"But I don't like your destruction of my library. I hate food that doesn't have the consciousness of being food."

As the other party finished speaking, the scepter hit Nan Huan's body.

Fortunately, Nan Huan had been paying attention to the other party's actions, so he was the first to slip away and try to leave the library.

But the witch who had her restrictions removed not only became stronger, but also faster. Before the lingering vibrations behind her completely disappeared, Nan Huan could already feel that the scepter was about to hit his shoulder.