In the restaurant, looking at the empty seats across the way, Arthur couldn't help but ask: "Won't Elizabeth come down to eat?"
"Don't worry about her, she will be fine in a while."
Milisa said as she took out the home-brewed wine.
"This is a local brewing method. Come and try it."
After Jabi took a sip, he immediately praised: "This wine is really good. I think it is the best wine I have ever drunk."
Of course Milissa liked it, but Arthur knew that Jabi had turned on his sweet talk mode again.
After taking a sip, he also felt that this wine was indeed somewhat unique. The taste was thicker than other wines.
Olivia explained: "Our vineyard is at the foot of the mountain outside the village. There is a spring there. It may be because it contains special minerals that gives the wine a different taste!"
Arthur nodded and didn't think much about it, but Jabi became interested and said, "Then let's go over and have a look after dinner!"
Arthur wanted to refuse because he hadn't read the letter yet, but saw Olivia agreeing: "There are still a lot of hares and turtle doves there, why don't we go and hunt some back."
She had often gone hunting there with her father when she was a child, but since the death of old Holly, Milissa had banned her hobby, and it was indeed unsafe for a girl to go up the mountain alone.
But when it came to hunting, Jabi was extremely flustered.
Olivia hurriedly added: "There are many wild fruits and mushrooms there. You and Elizabeth can go pick the fruits."
This is the joy of country girls, happy and very simple.
"I don't want to go!"
At this time, Elizabeth pouted and walked downstairs. Her red and swollen eyes proved that she had just cried.
But Aunt Milissa didn't want her to miss this opportunity to be alone with Jabi, and she immediately glared.
Under her mother's coercion, Elizabeth could only lower her head in grievance.
After dinner, the four of them all changed into their outing attire, especially Olivia who took off her long skirt and put on trousers that only men wear. In an instant, she changed from a gentle lady to a Became a handsome handsome boy,
Arthur and Jabi couldn't help but stare blankly, but Elizabeth curled her lips angrily.
The four of them got on their horses and ran out of the manor in a joyous manner.
Today is a rare good weather. The four of them were riding horses in the countryside, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.
Jabi looked at the old-fashioned smoothbore shotgun carried behind Olivia and asked curiously: "Do you need to bring such a big shotgun when you go hunting rabbits?"
Olivia smiled but did not answer, but Elizabeth suddenly said: "There are not only rabbits there, but also wild boars."
In British fairy tales, wild boars are more ferocious animals than wolves, and many royal families use wild boars as their family emblems. They symbolize bravery and invincibility.
Jabi immediately withered. He had just become an earl and did not want to treat himself as a boar's dinner.
Olivia saw Jabi's timidity, patted the shotgun, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I will use it to protect you."
Arthur looked at Olivia's long-barreled shotgun and asked curiously: "This seems to be an old-fashioned flintlock gun of yours. Is it difficult to load gunpowder?"
He himself only had a revolver, and now he couldn't help but worry about the safety of this trip.
"This gun has been modified by me. It can now shoot shotguns."
With that said, Olivia loaded the bullet and then fired directly into the air from the horse.
A huge roar resounded through the mountains and forests. Fortunately, they had already left the village, otherwise they might be regarded as robbers coming down from the mountain.
Jabi now has no idea about Olivia at all. He even thinks that his good brother Arthur had better stay away from this crazy woman.
But for some reason, Arthur liked Olivia like this better.
Finally, we arrived at the foot of the mountain. In the dense jungle, we heard the chirping of various birds.
Elizabeth carried the basket and led Jabi happily into the woods, while Olivia led Arthur along the water source and began to climb the hillside.
"Are you trying to kill a large animal?"
Although Arthur was not familiar with hunting, he knew that only large animals would live near water sources.
Olivia shook her head, "I just wanted to come over and have a look. There was a legend in the village a long time ago that a monster lived here. I didn't believe it before, but since I heard what you said, maybe It’s real and maybe we’ll see it today.”
Arthur was even more speechless. He told Olivia what he wanted to show off his intelligence, but he didn't expect that Olivia was more concerned about the monsters.
The giant trees had blocked the sun, making the forest dark, and there were rustling sounds all around from time to time.
"We'd better go back!"
Arthur couldn't help but persuade him, he really didn't want to embark on this adventure for no reason.
"Don't worry, we should be almost there."
Olivia was still trying to comfort Arthur, but this frightened him even more.
"Have you never been here before?"
Olivia smiled and hugged him, kissed him hard, and then gently patted Arthur's cheek with her hand.
"Don't be nervous little man, I'm here to protect you!"
This kiss made Arthur cheer up again, and the two of them looked for the direction of the water, but gradually they discovered that something was wrong.
The water flow had disappeared, and it was obvious that the two of them had followed the wrong source. Just when they wanted to go back along the same path, they found a line of white smoke rising from the forest in the distance, as if someone lived here.
Olivia became interested immediately, but Arthur's right arm suddenly felt a stab of pain.
Arthur hurriedly rolled up his sleeves and saw the strange words began to shake violently again. He had only seen this happen when he touched his own blood.
Arthur hurriedly took out the exorcism instrument from the Illuminati sect hanging on his chest.
He breathed a long sigh of relief when he discovered that it didn't sound a spiritual light alarm, and quickly grabbed Olivia again.
Advised: "It's impossible for anyone to live here. If there are, they are certainly not normal people. We'd better leave here quickly!"
As expected, Olivia did not agree to the persuasion and still walked persistently towards the place where the smoke was coming from.
Arthur couldn't let her take the risk alone, so he could only follow behind.
After passing through a dense bush, they finally saw a simple thatched hut.
But the scary thing was that the surrounding trees were covered with bones of various animals, and Arthur also saw the bones of many children among them.
Everything in front of him hinted that there must be an extremely evil thing living in that hut.
At this moment, Olivia finally felt terrible. Just when the two of them wanted to return the same way, there was a rustling sound behind them.
