Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Before setting foot in the castle, Benjamin’s most repeated warning was “Do not accept any invitations.”

Esther always remembered.

Her gaze shifted from the young man's outstretched hand to his face: "Where are your glasses?"

Benjamin then retracted his hand and tapped his temple with a wry smile: "My eyesight was not a problem to begin with. Because the pair of glasses were damaged in the battle, I put them away."

After saying this, his dissatisfied eyes fell on the bat, and one could even hear the disgust in his words: "After all, there are always some miserable beings who cannot recognize their own abilities."

Esther's right hand suddenly flipped upward, and a compass with a heavy base appeared in her hand. She quickly glanced at the pointer that began to rotate on it.

There is only one solitary root.

Benjamin looked at her strange behavior and said nothing. When Esther looked at him again, he just smiled at her and shook his head silently.

Esther grabbed the compass with her backhand, stole the compass again and put it away: "Just to confirm the safety situation briefly."

"Shall we go then? Trust me, you are safe with me."

Before Benjamin reached out to Esther again, the bat screamed again, even propped up its body with its intact wing, and flew towards Benjamin's feet fiercely.

Benjamin turned around lightly, moved out of the way, and moved closer to Esther.

After a pounce, the bat lay weakly on the ground, its screams getting weaker and weaker, and finally it lowered its head feebly. Only the slight rise and fall of its body showed that it was still breathing.

Esther did not look at the bat again, but stared at Benjamin's position, slowly took one step, two steps, and reopened the distance between the two: "Your glasses were damaged? You didn't bring them Are you wearing spare glasses that you can change into?”

Benjamin stared at her quietly for two seconds, then reached into his arms and took out a pair of distorted spectacle frames. The lens in his right eye completely fell off, and the lens in his left eye was half broken. The lenses are riddled with cracks.

Benjamin shook the glasses at Esther: "Did you see it? I didn't lie to you. Don't you want to trust your companions?"

The smell of lies.

The moment Esther noticed this, she quickly stepped back, clinging to the wall at the edge of the rooftop behind her, touching the dusty stone bricks: "I believe Benjamin, but I don't believe in fakes. "

"Benjamin" laughed, but his smile was more genuine and enthusiastic than the real Benjamin: "If you jump down, the garden will catch you, and I won't interfere."

"Garden?" Before the other party actually took action, Esther could still keep calm. She didn't mind using this opportunity to learn more about the castle, which could also delay some time.

Just as Benjamin planned, she was the bait, pretending to be Benjamin in front of her, and there was a high probability that she was the owner of this castle. Only in this way can we explain why the "Benjamin" in front of Esther looks normal. In this strange castle, only the Marquis himself can put on a disguise and try to issue an "invitation" to Esther.

"Benjamin" chuckled and shook his head at Esther: "You can clearly see the real scenes and the illusory scenes. This is a very strange quality, and it is unique even among my guests. Aren't you curious, why..."

The tips of the golden brown hair gradually turned into jet black, automatically coiled up on the top of the head. A red rose with thorns grew out of it, tying up the smooth hair. The figure slowly shrank, and the scarlet under the eyes covered the rest of the color. The originally elegant appearance became delicate and soft, and the long black eyelashes swept lightly, making the smile become sweeter.

The crimson moonlight flows around her, weaving into a gothic chest-length pure black dress with layers of skirts. Her over-white shoulders are exposed, wrapped in a beautiful crimson gauze shawl, and an inlaid A necklace with a huge garnet-colored gemstone hung around her neck.

The young and beautiful lady wore long black lace gloves on her hands. The glasses she was holding gradually dissolved and branched out, turning into a ball of bright red roses.

"Why did my garden eventually eat up the castle and make this place like this?" The lady lowered her head and put her nose to the roses. Her eyes were very sad and she looked pitiful.

If it weren't for the fact that there was a wall behind her, Esther would only take one step back. The other party's show of weakness would only make Esther aware of a more obvious trap.

But she couldn't stay silent any longer. Esther's intuition had no premonition of danger, but she didn't dare to relax. Instead, she recalled what Benjamin had said before.

Esther tried her best to use a polite attitude when facing the lady who had just pretended to be Benjamin: "Are you the Marquis of Kelard?"

Keilal laughed. She stood on tiptoe on the empty rooftop and spun around several times. The high heels under her skirt did not affect her movements at all. She must be very skilled in dancing, this was Esther's subconscious thought. She noticed that Keilal became cautious and did not use this action to close the distance between the two.

The bat on the ground trembled and buried its head under its wings. It even kept rubbing the ground with its claws, grabbing at the gaps between the stone bricks, trying to move its body towards the edge of the rooftop.

It was obvious that it was more afraid of Keilal on the other side than Esther.

Keilal stopped and let her rose-like swirling skirt calm down again. Her smile was so quiet and gentle that no one could see anything unusual, but her red eyes seemed to hide the crimson moonlight. It made Esther feel weird.

Kelar's slender fingers twisted the edge of the red rose and looked at Esther on the other side: "Do you like roses? Can I give you one?"

"Thank you, but no, I'm allergic to pollen." Esther said firmly.

Keilal lowered his head, bit a petal, and tore it off gently. During the process, Esther also saw Keilal's sharp teeth, which made her feel chilled again.

The opponent was at least a Sequence Three Beyonder. Esther did not have the confidence to deal with it head-on. She had just taken out the compass for a moment, hoping that Benjamin would notice it and understand her reminder and warning.

It would be better if he could seize this time to achieve his goal. At least Esther didn't feel much hostility from Marquis Kelar, but...

Esther looked at the extremely beautiful vampire opposite. Keilal was biting the flower petals in small mouths, chewing them carefully before swallowing them. Esther really didn't expect that the Marquis would be a lady.

After Keilal ate a few petals, she looked up at Esther again. Keilal's curious and pure eyes made her girlish innocence more obvious: "What is hay fever?"

"I feel uncomfortable being close to flowers," Esther curled her lips and replied with a smile.

"It's so pitiful," Keilal actually showed an expression of pity, "It's really sad that some people can't appreciate the beauty of flowers."

Esther didn't know how to respond, so she just nodded with a fake smile, and then the scene fell into a stalemate again. Keilal kept looking at Esther with the look of looking at a pitiful creature.

This made Esther feel very uncomfortable. She didn't know why Keilal appeared here, but the other party did not have any thoughts of attack. Esther reviewed the conversation between the two in her mind, which was probably in line with Benjamin's theory. "Polite communication"?

Keilal suddenly chuckled again. She stood on tiptoes again and began to step and spin back and forth, as if an invisible dance partner was being pulled by her. Every time Keilal bent down, stood up, and took off in small steps, her bustle rose and fell, causing her skirt to sway on the desolate platform like a black rose in full bloom.

The crimson gauze on her shoulders lifted up during the dance, seeming to gather the most beautiful part of the moonlight, grazing her cheek during Kelar's dance, kissing her smile.

Even if everything in this castle is so weird, Esther has to admit that Keilal is indeed very beautiful. From her dancing to her appearance, she is so beautiful that it is intoxicating, full of feminine charm and unique attraction, but this It also frightened Esther.

Why is Benjamin so slow! ? She didn't want to drag the Marquis with her anymore, she looked too normal, and that was the most chilling part!

Esther's left hand still held the torch, and the five fingers of her right hand opened and closed, until they were slightly raised in front of her. Until Benjamin responds, it seems that she can only continue to be the audience of Marquis Kelar.

While Esther was thinking, she suddenly noticed something approaching her.

The bat had almost crawled to Esther's feet, and seemed to want to use Esther's shoes to block its own body. It saw that Keilal was deliberately keeping a distance, so it wanted to get closer to Esther to seek a little sense of security.

Keilal's dance stopped again and ended with a split push down. A few strands of black hair hung down from her forehead, making Keilal's face look even more charming.

When she came over with longing and demanding eyes, Esther did not hesitate to strike first. Before Keilal could say anything, Esther clapped hard and kept saying "Okay" ” and “Beautiful”, just start whistling.

Esther poured out a series of compliments like a repeater, and such "enthusiasm" directly stunned Keilal.

Keilal slowly retracted her outstretched arms. She kept turning the roses in her hands, and her eyes on Esther became strange.

Esther concluded with a powerful "It was a great dance." Seeing that Keilal had lost the desire to communicate, she simply shut her mouth.

The rooftop fell into silence for a while. Although it was awkward, Esther always felt that it would be better than the other party continuing to invite her.

No matter what, she was praising Kelar for dancing well, so she wouldn't be considered rude, right?