Chapter 198 The Curse from the Ancient Castle
The mayor's house is located in the center of the town.
The whole town has an ancient Western style, and the mayor's house looks extremely old.
A closer look reveals that the mayor's house has many cross elements, and there are crosses at the four corners of the yard, but the gold color has faded a lot and looks a bit shabby.
You can tell at first glance that the mayor's house is different.
When they walked into the living room, Lin Jiu and the other two were stunned by the portraits covering the walls.
The young man walked behind them and explained with a smile that these were portraits of successive mayors, and also his ancestors.
"Is the mayor only someone from your family?" Lin Jiu asked in disbelief, pointing at the portrait on the wall.
"Yeah, it's always been like this."
The young man didn't think this was strange at all. When Lin Jiu and the other two were surprised by this, he brought out three glasses of orange juice from the kitchen and placed them on the coffee table.
"Enjoy your meal." The young man smiled, then thought of something and slapped his forehead before saying, "Oh, yeah, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm the grandson of Mayor Otto. You can just call me Ike."
Ike is a college student who just graduated this year. His dream since childhood is to become an exorcist.
As the saying goes, the more you tell me not to do something, the more I will do it.
A few years ago, Ike had already made plans to live alone after going to college, and he even saved a lot of money for this purpose.
However, his father's sudden death made Ike realize that his grandfather had not deceived him.
"Won't the other residents in the town have any objections?" Charles asked.
Lin Jiu stood in front of the wall, looking at the portraits one by one.
Facing Charles' question, Ike just smiled and said, "Well... because there is a curse in our family, all the children born are boys."
"Is there anything wrong with this?" Lin Jiu turned around and asked.
Ike scratched his head, seemingly unsure how to explain it. After a moment's hesitation, he spoke, "The point is, well... well, the short answer is, if you don't become mayor, you'll die."
"What kind of strange curse is this?" Ivan was confused.
Will you die if you don’t become mayor?
"Haha, huh?" Ike laughed, then his expression became dejected again. "That's how my father died, so I gave up the Exorcist exam..."
Before the three of them could say anything to comfort Ike, he had already adjusted his mood.
"It's all that damn castle's fault." Ike cursed coldly.
Lin Jiu stopped looking at the portrait. He walked to the coffee table, picked up the water glass and took a sip of juice.
"How much do you know about the castle?" Lin Jiu asked.
"I don't know the details," Ike sighed. "Grandpa wanted me to inherit his position, but ultimately it's because of our family curse..."
Ike said that he knew about the same information as the townspeople, and he didn't even know the reason why his family was cursed.
"But I can tell you for sure, there is definitely something wrong with Mr. and Mrs. Smith."
Ike explained that when the Smiths moved in, they stayed in town for a few days.
From his description, we can know that the host Smith is a gentleman and his wife Laura is a very gentle woman.
The strange thing is that the couple never shows up during the day, but only at night. And one night, many residents said they heard a terrifying scream.
"Like a vampire."
In fact, many players suspect that Mr. and Mrs. Smith are vampires. They only appear at night and only appear during the day. They also eat tomatoes.
These all fit people's "stereotypes" of vampires
"I don't know. Grandpa said that vampires aren't actually afraid of sunlight, it just weakens their strength."
But Mayor Otto did tell Ike that there was something wrong with the couple.
"Have you met their housekeeper?" Lin Jiu thought of something and asked Ike.
"housekeeper?"
Ike looked thoughtful, then shook his head.
"No, I haven't."
Otto already knew about the Smiths before they came to the town, and it was Otto who personally received them because the townspeople all stayed away when they knew they were going to live in the castle.
Lin Jiu nodded and changed the question: "Did the mayor ever say anything like their children are strange?"
This time, Ike didn't think too long and said without hesitation, "No."
Charles looked at Lin Jiu at this time, but due to Ike's presence, he did not ask, and also signaled Ivan not to speak.
Lin Jiu noticed Charles's gaze and said, "There's something wrong with that housekeeper. He's a puppet. As for those two children, I haven't figured it out yet."
It also means that Ike can be trusted.
Charles nodded.
When the butler appeared for the first time, Lin Jiu knew that there was something wrong with him.
Todd was right.
It’s just that the butler was disguised too perfectly, so perfectly that even Lin Jiu couldn’t detect any problems just by observing his appearance.
But Lin Jiu was too sensitive to the breath of death.
Even if the prompt box did not pop up, Lin Jiu could feel certain that the butler was just a moving corpse.
The breath of death that hits me in the face is too obvious, and I can't feel the existence of my soul.
"Puppet? There are many monsters that can make puppets." Ike said at this time: "But if it's in that castle, it must be a vampire puppet."
"Why are you so sure?" Lin Jiu raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Legend." Ike said without hesitation.
Lin Jiu asked again: "Do you think there are vampires hiding in that castle?"
Ike didn't answer immediately. He paused for a moment before saying, "Hidden vampires? That's unlikely..."
Having said that, he shut up.
It seems that Ike also discovered the contradiction.
If the Smiths aren't vampires, then where did the butler, who is a puppet, come from? If he wasn't transformed by the Smiths, then why did he work for them?
"Either Mr. and Mrs. Smith are dead, or there's something wrong with those two kids."
Lin Jiu sat down.
"Has there been no other monsters around here?" Ivan asked.
He was probably thinking of other possibilities.
Maybe monsters aren't necessarily vampires? Even if the castle's former owner was a vampire, that's not necessarily the case now.
Ike shook his head.
“That was once the residence of the original vampire. Even though it’s no longer there, other monsters don’t dare to approach it.
And…most importantly, that castle is truly a bit spooky right now. Even if a monster goes in, it won't come back."
About a few years ago, a monster wanted to occupy the castle and become its master.
As a result, the next day when the hunters in the town went up the mountain to hunt, they found that the monster was dead.
And he died miserably.
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