There is no hidden staircase that extends downward.
There is no way this narrow aisle is fictitious.
Lynn returned his attention to the outer wall of the main castle.
Excluding the possibility that it is a dead end, the problem can only occur on the outer wall of the main castle.
A design like this would probably mean that there is a hidden door somewhere on the outer wall of the main castle, and behind the door is the secret room of the castle.
Of course.
In order to confuse other people, the secret room does not necessarily have to be designed at the end of a narrow passage.
It might also be in the middle of the aisle, or somewhere else.
Since there is a hidden door, there must be markings on the outer wall.
So Lynn began to walk along the narrow aisle and observe the outer wall carefully.
When he reached about two-thirds of the way down the aisle, he suddenly smelled a faint and unique smell.
He couldn't say there was anything strange about the smell, but he didn't smell it on other floors or rooms in the castle.
Only here...
Lynn looked at the exterior wall in front of him, and then turned on Witcher Senses.
A mess of pheromones appeared in the demon hunter's sight, and somewhere on the outer wall, there was a pattern of a thorn flower, which was very conspicuous.
But when he turned off Witcher Senses, the thorn flower pattern disappeared without a trace like other pheromones.
"It turns out to be invisible ink."
Lynn suddenly realized.
Invisible ink, as the name suggests, is an ink that will automatically hide your handwriting after a period of time after writing.
This kind of ink emits a faint unique smell. Of course, this smell is actually very light and can hardly be smelled by ordinary people.
Only the witcher can detect it.
Lynn turned on Witcher Senses again, and carefully and repeatedly explored the wall with the thorn flower pattern painted with invisible ink several times, and sure enough, found that this wall was different from other places.
Then he pressed it.
Rumble--
The wall in front of me slid open and a stone door opened.
Lynn added another Quen Shield to himself, and then walked in.
Inside is a bedroom.
But unlike an ordinary bedroom, there are no windows except for small holes and gaps for ventilation.
And there is no other exit, he can only go out through the hidden stone door when he came in just now.
A white skeleton wearing a rotting dress lay on a "bed" piled with gold coins.
Even though the long skirt has rotted, Lynn can still tell that this long skirt is the one worn by the evil lady.
In the corner of the room, there is a thick hard-cover book covered with dust, and next to it is a white skeleton sitting against the wall with a quill in hand.
Lynn First take out the bones wearing the rotten dress and the bones holding the quill, and burn them with Igni Sign.
The lady evil spirit appears again.
But without the zombie knight as its Gundam, a mere Gundam pilot is no match for Lynn.
After killing the lady's evil spirit for the last time, Lynn returned to the secret room. Instead of touching the gold coins, he first picked up the dusty hard-covered book and started reading.
After reading this book, Lynn finally understood what had happened before in this castle, or should I say the history:
The ancestors of the Thornflower Family who ruled this castle were not people from the islands, but people from Toussaint. Long before Clan Drummond came to the south of Great Skellige Island, they had already experienced rule here for several generations.
Although Thornflower Family occupies the southeastern part of Great Skellige Island, it is not affiliated with the an Craite Clan in the northern part of Great Skellige Island.
And unlike Clan Drummond, there are very few conflicts between these two families.
When it came to the generation of the last family head, he originally believed in Lady of the Lake like all previous Thornflower Familys (when Thornflower Family left Toussaint and came to Great Skellige Island, he still did not change his beliefs by following the local customs).
However, his faith was greatly tested not long after he took over as the head of the family.
His beloved wife passed away due to illness.
Since then, the last head of the family has locked himself in the chapel all day long, praying to Lady of the Lake, asking the lady to resurrect his wife.
And this is of course impossible.
The vassals felt impatient and anxious that their lord could not get over his grief, but there was no better way.
They had no choice but to try their best to handle the affairs in the territory and avoid unrest in the Thornflower Family.
Just like that, I don't know how long it took.
Until one day, the last head of the family finally left the chapel.
The vassals were overjoyed.
I thought the Lord had finally regained his composure.
But what I didn't expect was that this was the beginning of a nightmare.
Because the last head of the family announced that from now on, Thornflower Family will give up his belief in Lady of the Lake.
Instead, he offered worship and sacrifices to the local evil god Svalblod.
Such an approach naturally caused dissatisfaction among the vassals in the family.
Who would have thought that the last head of the family would directly execute the vassal who had the loudest objection.
The remaining retainers did not dare to say anything more.
Then, in the next few years, due to the perverse behavior of the last family head, the vitality of the originally prosperous territory was severely damaged.
In the end, the unbearable citizens, under the instigation and instigation of thoughtful people, marched towards Thornflower Castle in a mighty manner.
The guard captain who directly belongs to the head of the Thorn Flower family has already been bribed by other vassals.
Facing the angry citizens, instead of resisting, they opened the castle gate, allowing these citizens to easily enter the castle.
The last head of the family put on his ancestral armor and charged into the crowd, easily killing many people. However, in the end he was outnumbered and was stabbed into a hedgehog by countless pitchforks.
Next, the citizens sacked the castle.
They desperately stuffed their hands and bodies with treasures, and some even beat them to death for the lord's throne.
Then, the evil spirit appeared.
No one knows why evil spirits appear.
In short, when the evil spirit appears, the residents who have not left the castle will never be able to leave.
The only survivor is the person who wrote this book.
He was originally the intelligence chief of one of the Thornflower Family's vassals. The people surrounding Thornflower Castle were the result of him and his men deliberately setting the pace and inciting emotions.
It is also his credit for bribing the guard captain of the Thornflower Family with a large sum of money to make him rebel.
He deliberately mingled with the rebels in order to obtain first-hand information and record it so that in the future, when his master comes to power, he can inherit Thornflower Family's reputation of providing righteousness.
Who knew it would turn out to be the opposite.
Although he luckily escaped into the secret room and survived, he was unable to leave the secret room.
Finally died in despair.