Volume 25: Castle of Solitude
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Love is something that makes people intoxicated. It generally refers to the relationship between men and women. Feelings start with good feelings, and good feelings will evolve into love after they increase to a certain extent.
Love is fascinating and intoxicating. It seems to be one of the most beautiful things in the world. Most of the time, love can bloom and bear fruit. However, sometimes love cannot bloom or bear fruit due to the interference of various factors, and ultimately ends dimly. The ending is obviously a tragedy in the eyes of ordinary people, but in fact, a bleak ending is the most beautiful way to end a failed love. If a man and a woman who love each other deeply are unwilling to end their relationship with bleakness anyway, then the situation will It will gradually get worse and more extreme, until it evolves into an unpredictable and terrible disaster!
Although love has been praised by people throughout the ages, not all love is like this. Due to various reasons, some love cannot be praised. Not only cannot it be praised, but on the contrary, people will deliberately hide certain unknown love stories.
Chris Castle is an ancient medieval castle. The castle as a whole is not huge and is a small and medium-sized castle. However, the luxurious and exquisite architectural style is by no means comparable to that of ordinary castles. Unfortunately, with the passage of time, the former splendor has faded. After a long time, Chris Castle is now just a large building, a historical building that has been transformed into a museum. Of course, as a commemoration, although it was transformed into a museum, 'Chris' is still the prefix name of the museum.
The Chris Museum is located in the western suburbs of Solan, France. Due to its relatively remote location, there are few tourists here except during holidays. The small number of tourists has led to a decrease in income. The decrease in income has caused the museum to be financially strapped. Recently, it has even faced being shut down. There is a risk of government cancellation. Once the museum is canceled, various items that originally belonged to the castle will be recycled and moved, and will be separated from the castle. Perhaps canceling the museum is understandable to others, but in the eyes of museum employees, it is It means losing their job, which means they have to leave.
As a museum employee, Aoife likes it here very much, and she is also quite satisfied with her job. Every day she comes to the museum on time, and then organizes and counts the collections in the museum as required. The work is relatively busy, but Aoife doesn't care. Just as she personally thinks, she likes this castle and the atmosphere here. The castle environment that seems to travel through time and space fascinates her. Every time it seems to bring her to an era full of classical and knightly times. Here, she It is comfortable, relaxing, and also full of illusions. If possible, she hopes to continue working here. However, unfortunately, she is about to leave here and say goodbye to the museum like other staff. Today is Aoife Last day of work at the museum.
"Hey, listen, Jaina, I've been very busy lately, so please don't bother me with financial matters. I'll have to discuss the transfer of the collection with people from the government later."
"Transferring collections? Oh, my God! Is the government crazy? Although this place has a museum sign, it is a castle after all, and everything here is the original belongings of the castle. Now it is being moved? This is robbery, theft, and naked despicable robbery!"
"Gianna, calm down first. I admit that what you said is right, but in the end the castle belongs to the country, and you and I are just working for the government. Unless the museum's finances improve instantly, it will be difficult for the government to change its decision."
"But……"
"Okay, don't be hesitant. I have to go to the office to collect documents. You should also quickly consider the security issues during the closure of the museum. After all, it will take a long time for the government to move the collection, and the museum must not suffer any losses during this period."
When passing by the director and deputy director, Aoife heard a helpless conversation between the two parties. It was obvious that deputy director Gianna was firmly opposed to the museum's imminent closure, while director Mason was worried. , the conversation ended in the helplessness of both parties, and similarly, as the conversation between the two ended, Ao Fei also took advantage of the situation and climbed the stairs in front.
At this moment, the museum is full of people, and many employees are coming in and out of the lobby on the first floor. It is obvious that since the museum is about to close, the last day of work for the employees will undoubtedly be busy. Cleaning, sorting, inventory, maintenance and other matters need to be done. Complete, others do. Ao Fei, who is responsible for counting the collections, also has to complete the counting of the castle items in one day. It took her one morning to count the first two floors of the castle, and in the afternoon she will undoubtedly count the third floor. At the same time, The highest level of the castle.
Da da da.
Holding the statistical form in her hand, she slowly climbed up the stairs with high heels and arrived at the second floor. After greeting a colleague who was passing by, Ao Fei successfully arrived at the third floor of the castle.
To be fair, compared to the overall openness of the first two floors of the castle, the third floor is relatively small, but this so-called narrowness is only in terms of the entire castle. If you look at this place from ordinary people's eyes, the third floor is still very large, and the overall shape is "hui". It is composed of a large corridor, with many rooms distributed on both sides, and the rooms are also divided into different uses. Some rooms are bedrooms, some are warehouses, and some are stacked with numerous weapons and armors. It is precisely because of the 3 The third floor has the largest collection. Employees are not allowed to go to the third floor of the castle during normal times. Only the curator and deputy curator can come here. Of course, in addition to the two leaders, Ao Fei, who is responsible for inventorying the collection, must also be included.
When we arrived on the third floor, the environment that had been crowded with people before suddenly became quiet. In other words, only Sophia was left on the entire third floor. As a young woman who is not yet 30 years old, Ao Fei is beautiful and cheerful. , but at this moment, he only retained his beauty. The cheerfulness of the past disappeared, replaced by a touch of sadness.
This is the last time she works in the museum, and it is also the last time she comes to the third floor to take stock of the collection. After today, she will leave the museum, and the museum will be temporarily closed, waiting for the government to take over, so it is natural that in After knowing this reality, Ao Fei, who was usually optimistic and cheerful, lost her smile and felt a little melancholy in her heart.
"call!"
Melancholy returned to melancholy, but the work that needed to be done still had to be done. After forcibly suppressing the thoughts in his heart, he took a long breath, Ao Fei took out the keys and started to work, opening the doors one by one to take inventory.
Time passed slowly in the busy work, and the sun moved further and westward under the pull of time, and finally reached 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
The castle at 4 o'clock seems to be covered with a layer of golden light under the sunlight. Matched with the empty suburban environment, it looks quite beautiful at first glance, but it means little to the museum employees who have been busy for a day. As the work at hand comes to an end, The employees evacuated one after another, and walked out of the museum one after another after completing various tasks. The male employees were more direct, and most of them did not linger. Almost all of them finished their work here and left. However, many female employees deliberately turned back before leaving. Take another look, then take out your cell phone to take a photo as a memory of working here. However, nothing is absolute. Due to the different nature of the work, compared to other museum employees, Ao Fei's work is still going on.
The view locked onto the castle and stretched forward. After passing the two floors downstairs where there were not many people there, the view returned to the third floor again.
Click.
She closed the door of the warehouse full of armor, took the documents and keys, and turned to the right without stopping. Soon there was another crisp unlocking sound.
Compared to the room next door, which was filled with weapons and armor and was filled with solemnity, the atmosphere here was obviously more relaxed. Scanning the beautifully decorated noble bedroom, Aoife had imagined more than once that he should live here, and then enjoy the rich classical atmosphere. Luxury, but fortunately the illusion is only secondary. In fact, she also has a stronger curiosity than the illusion. She is curious about the history of the castle. No, rather than curious about the history, she is more curious about the original owner of the castle. I have to mention it here. Let’s move on to the castle itself. Regarding Chris Castle, everyone working in the museum knows that this is a typical medieval castle that has lived in many noble owners. However, it is strange...
Although the castle has changed many owners and even housed many prominent families, each owner has not lived here for a long time. The reasons recorded in historical records are also varied. Some left because of war, and some left because of plague. Some simply moved away in a hurry due to the frequent occurrence of unexplained deaths. In other words, almost all the nobles who had lived here had suffered disasters of varying degrees. Afterwards, they left the castle and moved their families. As time went by, the people gradually There is a rumor circulating that Castle Chris is cursed and will bring misfortune and disaster to anyone who lives here.
In fact, Ao Fei never believed the rumors, otherwise she would not have come to work here. During the three years of working, nothing strange happened to the castle that had been transformed into a museum. Therefore, she did not believe the rumors and was just curious about them. The owner of the castle is the first owner of this Chris Castle together with his family.
only……
Although Aoife has been curious since the first day of working here, she has never been able to find the identity information of the first owner of the castle. With a little unwillingness, she has looked up information, searched for files, and even looked for some jobs. Old employees who have been around for many years have inquired about it, but unexpectedly, no matter whether it is information inquiry or asking others, the result is always fruitless. In desperation, Ao Fei can only give up temporarily and plans to explore slowly in the future.
But, things are different now. As the museum's finances collapsed and it was unable to make ends meet, the museum was taken back by the government. Today is her last day working here. After today, she will say goodbye to the castle, and the mystery that has troubled her for several years will never be revealed. will get the answer.
This kind of result was unacceptable to Aoife, so she unconsciously fell into memories after walking into this luxurious bedroom. However, the memories did not hinder Aoife's work progress. Within a moment, Aoife was already counting the items. After the room, exit the same way and immediately rush to the next room.
Time continued to pass, and finally, after closing the last door, Aoife's work came to an end. Next, she only needed to send the inventory report to the archives, and then she could leave work directly and leave the castle, and then...
(Um?)
At the end of the corridor, just as Aoife was about to turn around and leave, through the corner of her eye, she saw the door again, the corner room at the end of the corridor on the left.
Staring at the corner room, Ao Fei frowned slightly, her mind once again immersed in memories, and then recalled a past event that she still couldn't understand.
I remember that three years ago, when she had just started working as a museum inventory clerk, she discovered an exception during her first inventory. Logically speaking, the inventory clerk must have the keys to all the rooms in the castle. Unexpectedly, she was counting the third floor on that day. At that time, I discovered that there was a room that was inaccessible because there was no key, and the inaccessible room was right in front of me, the corner room in front of me.
Seeing that there was no way to count the room without the key, Ao Fei went to the old curator Mason to report the situation. But strangely, the old curator who received the report not only did not pay attention, but shook his head and said it was okay, and then told her that the room did not need to be counted. As for the reason ? No, the old curator didn't say anything, he just told Aoife that there was no need to care.
Since then, Aoife has not paid attention to that room. Although she has been curious occasionally, unfortunately, the door is locked and she will definitely not be able to get in without the key. Combined with the fact that the design of the castle focuses on war, all the rooms inside There were only doors and no windows. No matter how curious she was, she could not peek inside with the door locked.
The above are Aoife's past memories of the room in front of her. Similar to her curiosity about the owner of the castle, at the beginning she also held the attitude that the future is long, trying to find the answer one day in the future. She never thought that the future is not long, and today is She bid farewell to the castle, which also means that as long as she leaves the castle this time, she will never lose the opportunity to come here again, and it also means that she will never be able to unlock the secrets.
Ao Fei is not willing to give in!
She didn't want to leave the castle with doubts. If possible, she hoped to solve the mystery that had troubled her for three years before leaving, even if it was only partially solved.
But the problem is...
The room is locked, and she doesn't have the key. The old curator Mason may have the key, but the old curator is not here now. To say the least, even if the old curator has the key, it is impossible for the other party to give it to her. After all, it was a long time ago. The other party told her clearly that this room did not need to be checked. Since there was no need to check, why did you go in?
Thinking of this, Offei suddenly felt annoyed, lifted her golden hair from her forehead, and then cast her helpless eyes at the door.
Hooray.
Just as Aoife was staring at the door in despair, suddenly, a breeze blew from the scene. A small cool breeze swept across the corridor inexplicably, and Aoife was instantly caught and noticed!
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