This laughter is not mature, but more like a little girl laughing. The person in the portrait is a royal girl spinning in circles with her skirt. The light skirt spreads like petals in the air. The girl has light purple hair.

She has long hair, the ends of her long hair are slightly curled, her eyelashes are as thick as small brushes, and her green eyes sparkle like fine emeralds.

The girl in the portrait shows a happy smile. There is soft lawn under the girl's feet, with white clouds and blue sky behind her and the tall and majestic magic castle. The castle at that time still looked very young, not as old and dilapidated as it is now.

Just when Alice was observing the portrait, she suddenly noticed that the girl with her skirt dancing like a princess blinked her green eyes quietly, because the speed was too fast, and Alice was not sure whether it was because her eyes were blurred.

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However, the girl's laughter in the castle did not disappear, but became a little distant. It was like a background sound, and it didn't sound particularly scary. But if this little princess is the owner of this castle, then so much time has passed.

time.

This girl who looks to be only seven or eight years old must have grown up and become old. I wonder if she will be as kind and beautiful as in the portrait when her life is about to end. The castle is already so old and dilapidated.

The princess should also be dead.

But whose laughter could it be?

Alice looked up and saw that in addition to the girl, there were many portraits of kings and nobles on the walls covered with portraits. Most of them had purple hair, but only the eyes of the little girl were the most vivid and charming.

of.

Alice knew that there must be danger hidden in this castle, so she was always cautious and did not go to the wall with portraits hanging on it. Instead, she looked around, trying to find a corridor that could reach the upper floor.

However, there was no staircase passage in the hall of the castle, so Alice had to move cautiously, walking through the hall to look for passages in other surrounding rooms. The flowers growing on the high-end magic vase placed on the floor of the castle had withered for many years.

It lives up to its former beauty and looks as ugly as a blackened piece of coal.

The dust on the ground seemed to be thicker. Alice walked around on the first floor of the castle, but she couldn't find any stairs leading to the upper floors of the castle. After searching to no avail, Alice remembered

The portrait of the girl with emerald-like eyes might be the mechanism leading to the upper level.

If you really can't find the stairs, do you still have to punch an opening with your fist and fly up?

Alice was thinking about the feasibility of this matter. She felt that if she did this, the castle would be in disrepair, and a hole might be made, and the upper floors would collapse, which would be bad if Willett was injured.

Already.

Just as Alice was thinking about how to find the entrance to the second floor, she suddenly stopped and turned her gaze to the wall covered with portraits that she had seen before.

The girl who was holding up her skirt and smiling happily suddenly disappeared. And the distant laughter stopped without knowing when.

There was an eerie silence in the castle.

Alice frowned and was about to step forward to see what was going on. Suddenly, a small white hand stretched out from behind her and pulled Alice's sleeve.

Looking behind her, Alice was obviously very alert, but she didn't expect that there was a person standing behind her.

This is a girl with long light purple hair and slightly curly ends. She is wearing a beautiful princess dress. Her green eyes are as beautiful and charming as gems. She is holding her sleeves and blinking her big eyes. Her expression is innocent and a bit curious.

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This little girl looks almost exactly the same as the girl in the painting before. But now, the girl in the painting has disappeared, leaving only the blue sky, white clouds and the majestic castle. Could this girl be the person who came out of the painting?

Alice would not think that this little girl was so cute. She was so elusive, and even when she walked behind her, Alice didn't notice it and didn't make any sound...

Alice thought of this and looked at the girl's feet. The girl was not wearing shoes, and her little white feet were exposed. However, if you look carefully, you can see that the little girl's feet did not fall on the dusty ground at all, but were suspended above the ground.

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Moreover, the little girl did not exude any hostility or murderous intent, so it did not touch Alice's sensitive intuition, and she did not find out that there was a little girl behind her suddenly or that this little girl had been there without Alice's knowledge.

, it is possible to follow her all the way.

"Who are you?"

Alice hasn't spoken yet, but the little girl is holding Alice's sleeve and blinking her emerald eyes with an innocent and curious tone.

The sound is as nice and ethereal as a wind chime.

Alice was curious that the little girl didn't know her name. She was about to think of a reply when she saw the girl suddenly disappeared out of thin air.

Alice turned around and looked around the hall, only to see a little girl wearing light yellow silver lace appear out of thin air next to the vase placed next to the pillar in the distance. The girl ignored Alice and lowered her head to smell the vases that had withered into dark brown.

The flowers seemed to smell a very fragrant smell, their eyebrows spread out, they closed their eyes in enjoyment, and raised the corners of their mouths slightly.

It was a withered flower without any fragrance, so in Alice's eyes, the girl's strange behavior would only make her feel puzzled, and it was impossible for her to agree with it.

Perhaps seeing Alice frowning, the purple-haired girl opened her eyes, looked at Alice, and asked curiously:

"Don't you think this flower is very fragrant?"

Alice only felt a little embarrassed. How could a flower that withered into dark brown be so fragrant? Seeing the girl's innocent green eyes, she thought for a while and then said:

"My name is Alice, you can also call me Little Lion. The flower has withered, maybe it was very fragrant when it first bloomed. But now I'm in trouble. I want to ask where the stairs leading to the second floor are.

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The little girl in the yellow dress stood up straight and stopped smelling the flowers. Instead, she looked at Alice and asked in a puzzled tone:

"Then why do you want to go to the second floor? Why don't you play with me? Don't I look good?"

Alice didn't expect that the little girl would have so many questions, one after another. She was in a hurry now and wanted to find Willett. She didn't want to play games with a mysterious and weird-looking figure in the painting in the lobby on the first floor.

What.

"You are very beautiful. But my friend is trapped in the castle. She is injured. I have to rush to her...so I'm sorry that I can't play with you."

The little girl in the yellow dress nodded in sudden realization, and then disappeared again. The girl's voice sounded in Alice's ears, very close at hand:

"I can take you to the second floor, but it won't be good if you are discovered by my father. He hates strangers breaking into the castle very much. You must follow me. We cannot be discovered by him."

Alice was confused. Could it be that in addition to the little girl, the king in the painting could also come out of the painting? But in any case, if there was a chance to go to the second floor, there would be no need to forcefully break through the wall.

"Okay, I'll listen to you. Thank you. I still don't know your name?"

When the little girl was asked her name, she suddenly showed a beautiful smile, put her two little hands behind her back, flew in mid-air to Alice's ear, and whispered as if whispering:

"Raven, my name is Raven. Follow me."

The girl held Alice's hand, and Alice felt a strong force coming from the other person's hand. She couldn't help but rise into the air, and then like a shot put, the girl named Raven threw her towards the hanging wall.

Wall of portraits.

Just when she thought she would hit the wall hard and hit her head, her body passed through the wall easily, and with a burst of dizziness, her vision fell into darkness.

Alice opened her eyes in the dark. Because the space was too dark, she could not see the surrounding scene clearly, but this was probably the second floor of the castle that the little princess Raven said. In order to see the surrounding scene clearly, Alice

Si planned to condense the power of the secret energy into her hand and make a small flame out for easy observation.

As a result, before she could do so, a green flame suddenly lit up in mid-air, and a floating human face appeared in front of Alice. It was a bit eerie and terrifying in the green light. The floating face looked...

He looked pale and pale, but suddenly revealed a mysterious smile, and his green eyes sparkled like gems.

Alice breathed a sigh of relief after she recognized the owner of that face. It turned out to be the face of the little girl Raven.

"You have to follow me and don't look around. If your brothers find out... they will eat you. I'm not kidding."

The little girl Raven deliberately lowered her voice and whispered to Alice. Her beautiful emerald eyes showed a bit of sadness, but Alice didn't understand what this extended meaning meant.

But from Raven's words, Alice understood that the little girl's older brother and younger brother were both cannibals, and her father should have been the former king of this castle, and outsiders were not welcome to enter the castle.

"I will be careful."

Alice nodded seriously, lowered her voice, and answered in a low voice.

So, led by the little girl Raven, Alice followed behind and walked through the dark second floor of the castle.

Because she wanted to avoid being discovered, Alice tried to make her footsteps as quiet as possible, but as she walked, Alice suddenly felt that something seemed wrong.

As she followed Raven and the bean-sized green flame, she listened carefully and found that in addition to her own faint footsteps, there seemed to be a voice behind her. The voice behind her was almost the same as Alice's footsteps.

In unison.

But Alice's hearing was very sensitive, and she quickly noticed something was following her.

An icy chill ran down the ankle like a cold-blooded reptile, wrapping around the calf and crawling all the way up.

Alice's back felt cold, as if she had been touched by something. She couldn't help but turn around, wanting to see who was sneaking up on her and playing a prank.

However, under the weak light of the green flames, there was nothing behind Alice. The thin carpet on the ground had a beautiful purple pattern, and there were two blood-red footprints on the pattern, which were extremely eye-catching in the forest green light.

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Alice could even smell the faint smell of blood wafting in the air. The color of the footprints was not bright red, and it looked like it had been there for some time.

However, the guy who attacked from behind was still missing. When Alice turned around, she saw that the suspended green flames were still there, but Raven's figure had disappeared.

The moment she turned around, the little girl in the yellow dress seemed to have evaporated out of thin air. On the dark second floor of the castle, only Alice stood there alone, and the green flames in front seemed to become darker.

Alice took a step forward, and the flames moved with her. Alice knew that she had made a mistake. She had lost track of Raven because she was pranked.

Now that there was no Raven to lead the way, it was very likely that the little girl's cannibalistic brothers would discover her. But now that she had reached the second floor, even without Raven to lead the way, Alice decided to go find Willet on her own.

Although walking alone is very risky, it will be even more dangerous if Brenda is imprisoned by a group of man-eating monsters. Alice just wants to find her friends now. No matter how mysterious and terrifying the atmosphere is, she must stay strong

Have the courage to take a plunge.

There seemed to be a cold wind blowing in the air, Alice's hair was flying gently in the wind, and the small green flames floating in the air that moved with it swayed slightly, making people worry that it would suddenly go out because it could not withstand the blowing of the wind.

"Gudong."

Because the surroundings were quiet, even the smallest sound would be amplified exponentially. Alice heard the sound of swallowing, and the sound was right next to her, ringing clearly in the darkness.
To be continued...