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Before the sun set, Stella was approaching her destination.

This is in Romania. There are not many residents here. Most of the young people have moved away a few years ago. The people who stay have heard that they have never thought of leaving since their ancestors. It is hard to imagine that they will still choose to live in Deep in this closed mountain range, it is even more difficult to imagine that there is a huge castle-like building in this place with natural beauty.

"We have arrived, honorable lady!" The coachman greeted softly outside the door after the carriage stopped, but he did not open the door immediately.

This orthodox and ancient etiquette made Stella in the car open the curtains and take a look.There was a hint of a smile on the corner of her mouth, but she didn't rush to respond, nor did she let the driver reach out to help her, but opened the car door and walked down.

When the old driver saw her open the door and get out of the car, he suddenly became very nervous, and kept nodding and bowing as if he had done something wrong.He looked terrified until he was sure Stella wasn't paying attention to what he thought was a faux pas.He took another look at her. In his opinion, the woman's dress was bold, and the girl was wearing such tight pants.Oh, yes, she is from a faraway civilized world, that's what the master said.He hurriedly lowered his head again, leaning forward to lead the way.

The castle's atrium is quite large, with dark and gloomy passages and rusty doors, and such a large place is empty.Stella sighed lightly, the voice pierced in and out of the wall as if echoing.Immediately afterwards, there was a low rustling sound behind her, and after a while, the surrounding became abnormally quiet again.

I have to say, this old antique really likes to play tricks like this!

Then, as they passed another heavy door, they could see an old man and a young woman standing on high steps.

The old man was wearing a scarlet robe, his all-white hair was combed extremely smoothly, his pale face, and his gray eyes that looked like they were covered with a layer of veil.When seeing Stella, the old man's body moved forward, his body was exposed to the setting sun but did not burn.Stella couldn't help but glanced at the woman standing next to the old man.

"Welcome back!" The old man greeted in fluent English, and he looked very happy. "I am very pleased to finally wait for this day. I have been waiting for your return!"

A smile appeared on the corner of Stella's mouth again, "York, we have never met before, but you give me a very warm feeling." Yes, they have never met, but she is extremely affectionate and friendly. He gave a polite hug, and put his hands into those pale and cold palms with long nails.

"Do you need to rest? Miss. There is still some time before the moon rises. You can eat something. I asked the servants to clean up your room for you." The old man said, "Sophia, take the lady upstairs to her room .” He commanded the young woman beside him.

It can be seen that the woman called Sophia was reluctant, she just moved her body stiffly and made a gesture of invitation, without smiling at all.

"Thank you, York." Stella didn't care, she just followed the old man into the castle while looking around, "Everything has become too dilapidated, but you have tried your best, I know."

The old coachman was supposed to be one of the few servants in the castle. He had been standing aside respectfully and fearfully, until they entered the house before closing the heavy door.

The castle is surprisingly quiet, and the lights are just right, not too bright or too dim, everything is old, old statues, walls, ceilings, faded embroidery and old pictures, there is even a corner of the living room A pair of medieval armor and a sharp long sword.

Stella didn't stop because of the sleepiness of the journey, she just ate a simple meal, and the food was simple.Then she took a hot bath, and when she returned to her room, she saw the maid he had prepared for herself at the same time. Stella fell to the ground immediately in fear, her body trembling violently involuntarily.

Her bedroom was bright and warm, with a fire burning brightly in the fireplace.In the depths of this tall castle, she could even clearly hear the howling of wolves from the distant valley.

Romania has entered early winter, and the air here is icy cold.Stella followed York along the aisle unhurriedly. He was very old but full of energy.Sophia followed him closely, and was very wary of Stella, as if she was sure that Stella would do something to her old master.

In the dark night, there were ghostly tree shadows, and the clouds almost covered the moon in the sky. After walking through the circuitous corridor, Stella looked up.A great gap opened in the ground ahead, like a hollow mouth, and a steep, narrow stone staircase descended into the darkness.

"We're going down, Miss." York gestured to Stella and stretched out his hand, but he didn't get a response. Stella's indifferent reaction made him uncomfortable, but he still walked forward.

The road ahead was getting darker and darker, and the fine black stones creaked under their feet. If they were not careful, they would trip over the intertwined trees and vines, but they walked on the ground as if they were flat.Suddenly, clusters of flames shot out from the cracks in the wall, and the whole space was brightly illuminated. If it was in the past, Stella would have screamed, but now she didn't. She was calm during the whole process, until a black paint A painted doorway appeared before them.

The door slammed shut after they entered with a muffled sound.In front of them was an empty hall, passing through the huge pillars standing in the hall, some brightly colored paintings loomed on the wall.

"York, I have to say that you are much less courageous than I realize." Stella was mocking York's unnatural expression.

Sophia's reaction was much greater than York's. Her lips could be seen moving and she made a reluctant whisper, but she didn't make a sound, she just stared at Stella unceremoniously.

York's answer was stiff and slow, he said, "I... respect your choice, miss." His face was as pale as a corpse.

Stella chuckled lightly, and a cruel smile appeared on the corner of her mouth again, but she didn't say anything, but patted York's hard arm comfortingly, as if it was not an old man, but a child.But she didn't choose to waste time here, but continued to walk inside.

Passing through the hall, there is a winding corridor in front of it. This is a maze. The maze consists of many identical rooms, and all places are exactly the same. There is an ancient magic atmosphere here, and every place cannot be marked.

Until now, from York's pale face, he could not really see what was the real helplessness and ashes.He stared blankly at the depths of the maze, and muttered something in his mouth.Then he turned his head and set his eyes on Sophia, then Stella.It's time for them to part here. As a vampire, York can't enter the magic circle, what a pity.

"Sophia stay here to take care of you, York." Stella didn't want to cause any trouble for herself before she understood the relationship between Sophia and York.She was very polite, and she decided that Sophia didn't want to be with her.

Sure enough, Sophia moved her body to the side as if she was relieved, even her complexion looked better than before.

The maze was very quiet. After Stella walked into the magic circle, York and Sophia couldn't see Stella.But this didn't bother Stella, she just chanted an unknown incantation lightly, and the flame bursting out from her palm was leading her forward.The journey went smoothly, until at the end, she stopped, and there was a crystal coffin.

Inside lay a corpse impressively, still wearing an old-fashioned robe. From the delicate texture and decoration of the robe, it could be seen that it was a female mummy, with shriveled texture and hair like dry grass.

She was not afraid, and even reached out to caress, as if facing such a precious treasure.

"Rebecca, I'm coming." She said softly, and her voice echoed in the space, wave after wave.

Stella quickly cut through the palm of her hand, and the blood oozed out. While chanting an ancient spell, she slowly dripped her blood into the mouth of the mummy...

Almost at the same time, the shriveled gray skin slowly plumped up as if it could breathe, and the dry hair became shiny and smooth... The female corpse's eyes slowly opened, and the light blue pupils were like the eyes in the darkness. night pearl...

"Sylvia," she called.

Klaus, who is far away in Linden City, has been very anxious recently. After five days without any news from Stella, his anger has reached its limit.And Cheney is not much better, he still has not found a way to rescue Claire, but the only thing that is certain is that it belongs to the magic of the Stuart family, seven days, seven days after the vampire is cast, the vampire will be tortured. until death.And today is the last day, if Stella doesn't change her mind to remove the magic on Claire, then she will die.Elijah, on the other hand, became more silent every day...

Stella finally came back, and when she appeared at the door, Cheney was the first to rush out, no matter his behavior or tone was completely different from before.

"Stella, remove the magic on Claire. She's your friend, best friend." He yelled directly at Stella, with dark shadows under his beautiful eyes, but now he completely Regardless of these, "Seven days, today is the seventh day of your spellcasting."

"Oh, that's great, someone actually discovered this subtle definition of magic."

Stella's extremely calm answer made Cheney completely lose his mind, and he actually cast a spell on Stella directly.Magic power was flowing around them, and Klaus and Elijah could only try their best to stand there steady. For a while, they couldn't open their eyes smoothly.While Cheney was staring at Stella, the curtains in the living room fluttered.In the end, the glass windows crackled, and several pieces of glass were cracked.

"Calm down, don't destroy my house!" Klaus yelled at Cheney, and rushed directly to him, knocking him to the ground, pointing at him and warning, "I know, handsome boy, you do Very worried about our beautiful and cute baby vampire lying in the upstairs room. But I will not allow anyone to run wild in my house, your beautiful witchcraft is not for your own people."

"Stella, Claire's situation is not optimistic." Elijah also followed up with an explanation.

But Klaus cuts him off, he's not interested in talking nonsense, the girl who's pretty and full of personality and has a one-night stand with him isn't his concern.Klaus was indeed very angry, especially when facing Stella who had been gone for a few days without any news, his tone did not improve either.

"No one forces you to do anything you don't want, Stella, I'm not interested in asking about your friendship with Claire. I just want to show that you should remember what you promised me." He walked towards Stella , Looking at the familiar girl with strange eyes in front of him, at that moment, Klaus felt that he didn't know her.And this feeling made him feel unspeakably disgusted, but he still whispered in her ear, "I need you, Stella, we should stand together. As an ally, you said you would help I……"

Stella blinked her eyes, her expression was very serene and naturally friendly, "Of course, of course I remember that I said I would bring you a surprise, believe me, it will be something you will like very much."

"What is it?"

Stella then smiled. She tilted her head and was looking through Klaus's body at the stairs, where a blonde girl as beautiful as porcelain was slowly coming down.

But at this time, the expressions of the Michelson brothers who were also in the living room were exactly the same. They both looked stunned, and they also saw horror on Elijah's usually calm face.

"Rebecca?" Klaus couldn't believe it and took two steps forward, then couldn't help but backed away.

"Hi, Nick, Elijah, my dear brothers, we haven't seen each other for a long time." The girl had a very nice voice, and she had lovely dimples on her smiling face.In a flash, she appeared directly in front of Klaus, and with Klaus screaming, a dagger was stuck in his chest.

The author has something to say: Rebecca has appeared~~~~~~~~~~~~~!