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"That goes back more than 60 years. We were all 13 years old, little girls. The town was as closed back then as it is now, so any outsider who showed up was particularly noticeable."

"We all remember that day very clearly. It was early summer and the weather was fine. We were chasing on both sides of the road leading to the outside of the mountain. At this time, a stranger came from a distance. We stopped playing and looked at him."

"He's obviously walked a long way and his clothes and shoes are full of dust, but that still doesn't take away his handsomeness."

"He has golden hair, golden eyelashes, and even the soft hair on his forearms is golden. He looks as if he has been forged from a single block of gold. Moreover, he has a pair of very smart blue eyes. Eyes. We never saw a man like him before, so young, so beautiful, as if a stranger from a strange age that would never return."

"He asked us where it was. We told him."

"He gave us two candies as a token of appreciation. We told our parents about it when we got home, but they were very disturbed by the news. There was a town meeting about it."

"But not long after, the man left. We later learned that his name was Albert, and as for the surname, we can't say for sure, so we simply called it 'G'."

"Albert G. is German."

"In March of that year, our country signed a peace treaty with Germany, forming an alliance. But everyone feared that the Germans would occupy our country as they occupied Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It seemed that sooner or later it would be a thing."

"Therefore, the appearance of Albert G. caused a panic."

"When he left the town, the adults breathed a sigh of relief, but after more than half a year, he came back suddenly. This time, he was connected with the richest family in the town, the Molatov family."

"The Molatov family has lived on this land for hundreds of years. It is said that their ancestors were nobles, and all the nearby land belonged to them. The building of the Cedar Hill Hotel is the old house of the Molatov family. They are very rich, Powerful even after a turbulent situation."

"However, more than 60 years ago, the Moratov family had begun to decline. The year before Albert G appeared, the old Moratov had just passed away. He had only one son, Bernus Molatov , he was only 20 years old."

"We don't know much about him, because he hardly ever appears in front of outsiders. Old Moratov shut up the son in the house and didn't let him out easily. We saw him one night when we were children. He, that situation scares us to this day."

"I remember that it was very dark at that time, and we were clamoring to go out to play, and our parents had to agree, so they asked an old servant to accompany us. Near the church, we met old Mr. Moratov, and he was accompanied by a man , although it is wrapped in a cloak from head to toe, it can still be seen from the figure that it is a child."

"While passing by, with the cloak blown off, we saw Bernus Molatov in that situation—his skin was very white, terribly white, not Nordic white, but as if It is coated with a layer of silver wax; his half-length hair is also white; the most terrifying thing is that his eyes are actually red!"

"We were terrified, and the old servant kept making the sign of the cross. The child looked at us fiercely, and then was dragged away by old Mr. Moratov. After they disappeared, the old servant said he saw the devil."

"In fact, he just suffers from albinism, a genetic disease." Stephen interjected here.

"But no one knew what was going on at that time. My parents were also very anxious when they heard about it, and went to church to pray. That is, since then, the idea that Bernus Molatov is the devil has been planted in our hearts. Rooted."

Speaking of this, the Tofana sisters stopped, as if they wanted to calm down the excitement.

After a while, they continued talking.

"This time Albert G stayed for a long time, almost four months. He often visited the Moratov family's mansion on the top of the hill. No one knew what he was doing there. He never said, but The servants who worked at the Molatovs' house didn't know either, because Albert G always sent the servants away and barged the door when he was talking to Bernus Molatov."

"Gradually, people in the town began to have various speculations. Some people said that he was sent by the Germans to take over the town, some people thought he was a spy, and some people thought he was a liar. Anyway, no one thought of anything. Good thing. Not long after the first snow, Albert G left again. We had a peaceful winter."

"Another early spring, Albert G was back in the limelight again, but this time he was very low-key and rarely went out. This year was when the Germans began to suffer setbacks in the East and West, and the small town The dissatisfaction with the mysterious outsider was getting stronger and stronger. So the mayor held a secret meeting and decided to send someone to investigate the background of Albert G. It took quite a long time, because we were alone Bo. Later, people who went out to investigate brought back news that Albert G was indeed a German spy. And he found Bernus Moratov to help him turn the town into a secret military base.”

"This left the town helpless. The German is our master, and we dare not do anything to him. Moreover, when the news came back, Albert G had quietly left."

"He left in June of that year, and he was never seen again that year. People thought he had really left this time. In winter, the Germans were showing signs of defeat, and the townspeople were worried about their own In the future, Albert G was gradually forgotten. Another year passed, the Soviet army was gradually approaching, and we did not know who we should fight: the Germans? The Soviets? Doubt: From ancient times to the present, the conquerors have brought many things, but there is no happiness. We are so afraid. Just when everyone was worried, Albert G suddenly appeared, and many people speculated that he was going to snoop News from the Soviet Union. Soon after, our country declared war on Germany."

"On the second day, we witnessed a bloody incident." The two sisters swallowed and continued.

"That evening, our two sisters and Collivan, who was still a teenager at the time, went fishing by the stream. Although it was wartime and there was a curfew, the teenagers couldn't bear the loneliness and often went out to play without telling their parents. It was a bit dark that day. At that time, we started to walk back, but on the mountain road, we found a few figures. They were all adults, very silent, and looked like a group of ghosts from a distance. Among them were our parents and Colivan’s father We found it strange, so we decided to follow these adults. They walked quietly along the alley to the house of the Moratov family on the top of the hill. After the servant opened the gate, the men seemed to show a piece of paper, and then was taken in."

"Of course we and Collivan were not allowed to go in, but we knew that there was a big tree behind the house with its branches reaching into it, and we climbed over there. It surprised us that the servants in the Molatov house suddenly changed Fewer, and the only few still looked flustered, and didn't even ask when they saw our three children."

"These people were busy packing up and seemed to be in a hurry to leave. I also saw a servant cutting off an oil painting and hiding it in his clothes. We entered the main house without any obstacles, and the grandeur and luxury inside made the three The child was amazed and we ran around the big room, rolling and playing on the thick carpet."

"Later, when we went to the third floor, we heard an adult's voice coming from a room. Out of curiosity, we walked over quietly, and saw the scene inside through the open door: seven or eight His Excellency surrounded two persons, one of whom was Albert G, lying motionless on the ground on his back, his face turned towards the door. We saw his blue eyes like glass balls, staring blankly. It was open. His mouth was gaping open like a hole, as if some soundless cry was coming out of it. There was a hole in his chest, from which dark blood flowed onto the carpet, soaking a large area."

"Beside Albert G's body, kneeling Bernus Molatov, he was wearing a white shirt, which made him look beautiful, and the evening sun fell on him, making his red eyes less It was abrupt, dyeing his white hair a warm red-gold. But his beautiful face was contorted, with a gun against his cheek. Among those standing, one of them was reading something, probably a sentence Etc. Most of us don't remember, but until now, we still remember the last words he said: "We sentence you to death. "

"Bernus Moratov burst out laughing. It was the most horrible laugh we've ever heard in our lives, so that you couldn't tell which was worse—his laugh, or His imminent death. Looking back now, the laughter was full of despair and hatred, as if the sky and the earth collided at that moment. After he laughed, he suddenly wanted to stand up, but then the gunshot sounded—the bullet It pierced through that beautiful head, leaving a shattered ugly wound—the left half of his face was almost blown to pieces.”

"Collivin dragged us away in time, otherwise we would just sit on the ground and be discovered by adults. After we got home, we swore to each other that we would never tell this matter. Later, our parents came back, If we didn't know what happened in advance, it is unlikely that we will find anomalies in their silence. We would very much like to get an explanation, but they obviously don't want to say it."

"We didn't hear from our neighbours until a few days later."

"It turned out that several people in the town thought of getting rid of the German spy Albert G. They managed to get the verdict and secretly decided to get rid of Moratov together. After a few months, their purpose was revealed. The Soviets Because they were successful in eradicating the spies, they were allowed to hold positions in the town, and they used this to divide up the property of the Moratov family, and everyone in the town also got a share, which blocked everyone mouth."

"So that's why Bernus Molatov got his revenge?" Stephen said.

"No, not only that. In fact, there is a deeper secret." Sister Tofana said.