章 171: Flames

"So...you're saying this place is haunted?" A blonde-haired girl with crimson eyes and a beautiful face looked at the Coachman as she asked.

"Aye, madam...I've been working around this place for a long time, and let me tell you, everyone who has entered the forest has never come back," the Coachman replied, his voice grim.

The carriage moved in silence for a while before the girl asked again, softly, "Nobody?"

"Aye, ma'am, nobody," the Coachman replied, nodding vigorously.

"Why?" the girl asked again as she rubbed her hands together.

"We poor people don't know much about it, madam," the Coachman replied, shaking his head. "But people say there is an evil monster lurking in the forest."

"What type of monster?" She asked, her voice soft.

"Don't know, madam, but whatever it is, it can kill whoever enters the forest," the Coachman replied, receiving silence in reply.

"Ede—."

"Husband."