The scene in the village went smoothly, except for a small problem when Josiah was acting as Gaston's confession to Belle.
With Ino's personality, she wouldn't dare to show any dissatisfaction no matter what Josiah asked of her. But reality was reality, and acting was acting.
Josiah spent a lot of time persuading Ino to reject his confession.
This was the only part of the scene that had a few NGs. The rest was smoothly shot in one go.
The next part was the real part of "Beauty and the Devil".
"The target has left the village and will arrive at the portal in an hour. Zenas, get ready. Don't let the target discover any traces of the portal."
Josiah sent a message to Zenas through the chat window he created. Belle's "mother", Marina, had already boarded a carriage and was about to leave for the magic city of Noland, which was more than ten kilometers away from the village.
The only inscription that Zenas owned popped up on the window, telling Josiah that he had received the message.
Josiah clenched his left hand that had the inscription on it and began to focus on controlling the actions of the banshees. This inscription could not only control Undead creatures, but it could also allow Josiah to share their senses.
Here, Josiah only shared the vision of the banshees. The perspective of the twelve banshees was enough to torment a patient with 3D vertigo for ten days to half a month. Fortunately, Josiah didn't have such a disease.
In the vision of one of the banshees, Josiah saw a carriage hurrying through the snow-covered forest.
… …
Marina pulled the cloak over her body. The snow season came early this year. When she left the house, it was already snowing lightly.
This wasn't a good sign. If the snow got heavier in the next few days, the road from the village to Noland would be blocked.
In order to let Belle live in a new home as soon as possible, Marina had to hurry to Noland.
Her eagerness made her urge her servant and the old horse to hurry up.
The snow on the road began to accumulate. All of a sudden, Marina felt her heart palpitate.
She slightly pulled down the hood on her head and looked around.
The forest was still the forest, and the snow was still the same, but Marina felt that the surrounding atmosphere had become a little strange.
It was too … quiet. Although Marina was old, her mind was not slow.
The forest suddenly became a little too quiet. Just a moment ago, they could still occasionally hear some unknown birds chirping, but now it seemed as if all the animals living in the forest had disappeared.
The snowflakes falling from the sky became denser and denser. It wouldn't be long before a snowstorm arrived.
Castle? While Marina was thinking about where to go to escape the snowstorm, an old and majestic building came into her sight.
It was not the first time that she had travelled this road to Noland, but never in her memory had she seen such a stately castle.
Could it be built by some great magician?
The snow falling from the sky didn't give Marina time to think so much. She asked her servant to drive towards the castle, hoping that the owner of the castle would be kind enough to let her stay for the night.
The carriage entered the slightly gloomy castle garden. Marina got off the carriage and signaled her servant to bring the carriage to the stable in the castle.
After tidying up her luggage, she walked up the stairs and arrived at the castle gate.
Before Marina knocked on the door, the gate of the castle opened slowly.
"Thank you …" Marina walked in, thinking that one of the servants in the castle had discovered her. However, when she looked behind the gate, she realized that there was no one.
Marina was a little surprised, but she was a businesswoman who had seen the world. Mages usually had all kinds of strange abilities, so she closed the castle gate out of politeness.
"Is anyone here?"
Marina asked loudly. Her voice echoed in the empty castle, and the atmosphere and light in the castle seemed a little dim.
"Is anyone here? I'm sorry to disturb you … I'm a traveler, and I just want to come in to avoid the snowstorm. "
Marina shouted again, but still, no one answered her.
However, in the darkness, countless pairs of eyes were staring at this uninvited human, including two specters.
"The Duke actually allowed a human to enter his territory. If it was in the past, this human would have been eaten by my relatives in the outskirts of the Shadow Twilight Forest …"
"Shut up, Wallow. The Duke has already formed an alliance with His Highness, and His Highness' order is the will of the Duke. His Highness specially allowed us to participate in … that …"
"The movie, Fokker," another sneaky voice reminded him.
"Yes, it's a great honor to be able to film a movie. Stop complaining. Have you memorized your lines? Those banshees are floating over. What's the first line again? "
The candlestick on the table opened its eyes, knocked on the alarm clock next to it, and whispered.
"He must have lost his way in the forest."
"Hurry up and shut your mouth."
The whisper in the darkness instantly attracted Marina's attention. She looked towards the direction of the voice, but saw no one except for a candlestick and an alarm clock on the same table.
"Excuse me, is anyone here?" Marina slowly walked towards the table, and her gaze was quickly attracted by the two exquisite candlesticks and alarm clock on the table. She picked up the candlestick and examined it.
As a merchant, she could tell the value of these two items at first glance. However, she didn't dare to have any thoughts of stealing as this place was too strange.
She put down the gilded candlestick and looked around. Soon, she found the only place in the dark hall that emitted light.
"I just want to find a place to warm myself!"
Marina said loudly, hoping that someone could hear her. At the same time, she followed the light to a room with a fireplace.
The warm fire in the fireplace was enough to make Marina happy. She quickly walked towards the fireplace, and the heat from the fire quickly dispelled the cold brought by the snowstorm.
Then, Marina heard the sound of bowls and chopsticks from the room beside her. She followed the sound to that room and found that there was already dinner on the table.
It was as if it was specially prepared for her.
"Thank you very much …" Marina looked around. Although she didn't know where the people in the castle went, she was forced to sit down and began to enjoy this hard-earned dinner.
But after a few mouthfuls, the teacup on the table suddenly moved by itself.
Marina looked at the teacup in astonishment. At this moment, she suddenly realized that there seemed to be a human face on the teacup.
"Mom said that I shouldn't move around. This might scare you."
The teacup said to Marina in a childish voice.
Marina's brain stopped working for two or three seconds. No wonder there was no living person in this castle. This castle itself was alive, and it didn't need living people to take care of it.
"I'm sorry." The teacup said to Marina in an extremely sincere voice.
"It's … It's okay."
Marina tried her best to maintain her composure, but … could it be that the living people in this castle had become furniture? Was this castle under some kind of curse?
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