Salute To The General

After Penny and the others left, Nathan took his leave as well.

He left the hotel silently and hailed a taxi outside.

Coincidentally, the taxi driver was also a Eurasian.

After sitting in the backseat, Nathan ordered plainly, "Take me to Black Swan Castle."

The taxi driver, who was a man in his fifties, widened his eyes in horror when he heard Nathan's destination. He glanced at Nathan carefully from the rear-view mirror and said in an uncertain tone, "Sir, I can't send you there. It'd be for the best if you could hail another taxi to take you there."

Nathan frowned. "Why?"

The taxi driver turned around and scrutinized Nathan. When he saw Nathan's upright posture and the righteous vibe he was exuding, he asked in seriousness, "Do you really not know? Or are you pretending not to?"

Nathan smiled at him. "I don't really get what you're trying to say."

Taking in the clear and sincere look in Nathan's eyes, the taxi driver remarked, "Black Swan Castle has been abandoned for many years. A long time ago, rumor has it that the place was haunted."

He added, "I don't have the guts to drive you there now that it's close to midnight. Besides, the police found hundreds of bodies in the woods around Black Swan Castle some time ago. I heard that the bodies were all drained of their blood, and the case remains unsolved until now. The police said it was probably done by some psycho killer, but a lot of the folks were saying that vampires did it."

As he spoke, the taxi driver turned his gaze toward Nathan, his eyes full of terror.

Rumor has it that all vampires are handsome by default. Now that I'm looking at him, I can see that he's actually quite the handsome lad. Could it be that he's a vampire?

driver was so frightened that he almost peed

military ID. Chuckling, he said, "I'm actually a soldier from Eurasia.

soldier? He's a soldier

was stunned for a moment before letting out a sigh of relief. The wariness and

he mumbled, "No wonder you were sitting so upright and looking like a battle-hardened man. Turns out you're a soldier of Eurasia!" The driver, who

fact, he even asked Nathan what his

Nathan replied with, "That's

knew that the man sitting in his car right

en

aware that Nathan was a soldier, he

were the most righteous of sorts. Instead of feeling afraid, he actually felt quite

agreed to

to send him

starting

killed near Black Swan Castle, huh? Was your friend

was non-committal, his face giving nothing

keeping mum, the taxi driver got even more curious. He reckoned

kept babbling on, filling Nathan in with

that there was a nest of vampires in Black Swan Castle, and they would often

it, the

the city.