Chapter 26
The two ghosts that had possessed the candelabrum and clock slowly revealed their phantom forms.
“Isn’t letting that human stay in this castle a little… too much? Her Lordship has always hated humans.”
Fokker’s tone was still full of unease and fear.
The two ghosts had been serving the Duke of Bones for hundreds of years, and they were loyal to her.
For the past few hundred years, they had seen too many ignorant humans barging into the duke’s domain, only to be instantly devoured by a large group of Souleaters with nothing left behind. Even the luckier ones were finally converted into undead creatures, cursed to forever live a life no better than death.
Every single one of the humans who dared to approach the duke’s domain met a horrible end, and that old lady, who was not even a mage, not only entered the castle but also enjoyed a meal in it!
In the past, they would not be able to imagine such a thing happening, or rather, imagining such a thing itself was already heresy.
After all, “Beauty and the Demon” was only a small part of Joshua’s blueprint. The movie would be Joshua’s stepping stone into the Human Realm.