I loudly cleared my throat and feigned a cough to see if he would wake up. However, Ahern didn’t even stir. I purposefully made noises, but he slept like a log.
‘Hmm… Interesting. ‘ I happily walked around to explore the other rooms. All these vampires were asleep.
“Sylvia! Let me out. I’ll howl.” Yana was so excited that she wanted me to turn into my wolf form.
After a moment’s hesitation, I finally agreed, “Okay. Let’s test the loudness of a noise required to wake up the vampires.”
Then, I turned into a wolf. I stretched out my limbs to relax my muscles and shook my head, ready to howl.
“Woof!”
First, I let out a tentative flat noise.
“Woof!”
Then, I increased my tone a decibel higher.
“Woof… woof… woof…”
I let out a musical howl that gradually grew louder.
Finally, I concluded these vampires would sleep soundly even if there was an earthquake.
Satisfied with the result, I transformed back into human form.
“Why don’t we use this opportunity to kill him?” Yana suggested.
After mulling it over, I disagreed. “Killing a vampire isn’t an easy task. If we fail to kill him and end up waking up the other vampires, it will only put us in a dangerous situation. We should not take the risk.”
I went to the next room and found Ellis lying there.
The girl was decked up in a gorgeous outfit even while sleeping. I wondered how uncomfortable it must be to wear a five-layered dress to sleep.
Even turning over would be a difficult task.
But she was sleeping soundly without the slightest of worries.
Just then, an idea occurred to me. I wanted to tease Ellis. I pulled her white veil aside to see her flawless face. Then, I found a pen and drew on her face.
I could hear Yana chuckling in my head.
Once satisfied, I threw the pen away and clapped my hands. “There’s no need to worry. We can do whatever we want in this castle.”
“Go to the front gate! We might be able to get out,” Yana suggested.
Although I didn’t have much hope, I still followed Yana’s words and tried to open the gate of the castle.
However, as expected, it didn’t work.
The gate was stronger than steel and didn’t seem to budge. I knew I couldn’t even smash it with my fist.
Finally, I went back, took out the last remnant of the candle, and lit it again.
Just then, my gaze fell on a luxurious room at the far end of the corridor on the third floor. I assumed it was the master bedroom.
The coffin in the middle of the room also looked opulent.
I walked around the coffin, admiring it. Although it had no carvings, the gilded edge looked exquisite.
The coffin emanated a faint fragrance. Unlike the usual wooden fragrance of other coffins I’d met earlier, this aroma smelled more like a kind of resin extracted from an old piece of wood.
I tried lifting the lid of the coffin with one hand, but it remained intact. I put the candle on a table aside and walked back to the coffin. After taking a deep breath, I grasped the lid of the coffin with both my hands and yanked it open with all my strength.
Hobson was lying inside.
Sylvia’s POV
I examined every inch of Hobson’s body. His legs, arms, and fingers looked as dry as a withered leaf. He didn’t look this frail and weak when I saw him the day before yesterday.
No wonder he didn’t attend the dinner last night.
Hobson’s body was chapped and dry like a dehydrated log of wood.
Such a sign was abnormal for both werewolves and vampires.
I thought his health was deteriorating.
I circled the coffin twice, gently knocking on its walls. The loud thud resounded across the silent room.
However, Hobson didn’t wake up.
I discovered that no matter how powerful a vampire was, they would sleep like a log during the day.
As I examined Hobson, I found something like a cross hanging on his neck. The shape of the cross looked strange. It had a wavy pattern that looked like saw teeth.
‘Is it a key?’
If my guess was right, then it must be the key to the front gate because Hobson was wearing it even in his sleep.
After a moment’s hesitation, I cautiously reached for it.
My heart took a sprint in my chest when I saw Hobson’s face.
I prayed for him not to wake up.
A wave of relief washed over me when I touched the key. I gripped the chain and gently pulled it.
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