Roy had arrived at the peak of the Cambrian mountains. He dismounted from his horse, as did Pastor Albert and Rudi. The three of them tied the saddle ropes to a large tree. Pastor Albert surveyed the surroundings and then walked far into a cluster of tall and dense trees. Roy and Rudi followed closely behind, observing the various plants thriving there.

Pastor Albert stopped near one particular type of flourishing plant and began plucking it. He then showed it to Roy, saying, "This is the Wolfbane plant I was referring to." Roy replied, holding the plant, "I have only seen it once before. It is truly a beautiful plant."

"Let's gather as much as we can to plant in the village of Hogan and the church," Pastor Albert suggested. Roy and Rudi nodded in agreement and carefully uprooted the plants. Once they felt they had collected enough, the three of them descended from the mountains and made their way back to the Bradford church.

Upon arriving at the church, Pastor Albert instructed some monks to immediately plant the Wolfbane around the church. Roy also hurried back to his village to plant the rare plant. The villagers of Hogan were overjoyed to see Roy successfully bring the protective plant, and they eagerly joined in planting the Wolfbane around the village borders.

As evening approached, they all appeared tired, including Roy, who had been busy dealing with the case for several days. When he reached his room, he immediately fell into a deep sleep. However, he was awakened in the middle of the night by the howling of wolves near the village border. Roy quickly left his room and headed to the courtyard, where he saw several villagers outside, witnessing the event. The villagers had woken up and wanted to ensure that the plant indeed served as a deterrent.

Roy and his neighbors watched as two werewolves attempted to enter the village but were repeatedly thrown back. The supernatural creatures tried multiple times but were always repelled, howling loudly as if expressing their immense frustration. Eventually, they ran away into the forest, snorting in anger. Finally, Roy could breathe a sigh of relief, as the creatures did not return.

The villagers cheered with joy, witnessing the event. They were now convinced that the plant had successfully saved their lives. Shortly after, Lorena's mother woke up, hearing the joyful cheers of her neighbors. She immediately went outside to see the cause of the commotion and shared in her happiness over her son's successful efforts to protect the entire village.

In the Parvun forest, the two werewolves who had been thrown back stopped running. Their breaths were labored, and in an instant, they transformed back into human form. It turned out that the two werewolves were elderly individuals.

"Those insolent people! Now the village is protected by the deterrent plant," Mr. Roger exclaimed angrily.

"True, our movement becomes more difficult with the presence of that plant," Mrs. Brenda replied with a vengeful expression on her face.

"We should report to Bovier," Mr. Roger said.

"Enough, let's go back to the castle now," Mrs. Brenda replied as she transformed back into her original form.

They ran quickly until they arrived at the castle. Without waiting long, they entered the mirror and disappeared instantly without leaving a trace. The arrival of Mr. Roger and Mrs. Brenda was noticed by John, who had been secretly watching their departure from under the big table. John didn't know who they were, but he knew that these two supernatural creatures had been seen coming out of that mirror several times.

"Who are they?" John wondered.

John felt that he had to solve this mystery so that the secret of this cursed mirror would be revealed and the main culprits of this incident would be known to all the castle's inhabitants.

While his mind was wandering, suddenly Mr. George entered the living room. Luckily, John managed to control himself so that he wasn't too surprised by his master's arrival.

He saw Mr. George sitting on the sofa, staring at the mirror. Not long after, he left the room. John breathed a sigh of relief and after waiting for a few minutes and making sure that his master wouldn't return to the room, he quickly got up and crawled out from under the table.

But to his surprise, he heard a voice calling him gently, yet threateningly.

"John, why are you investigating us?" the voice asked faintly and softly as if carried by the wind.

Hearing that eerie and chilling voice, John's hair stood on end. He turned towards the mirror and just stood there, unable to move. Not long after, the mirror spoke again, this time with a deep, threatening voice.

"Don't ever try to eradicate us, because we will chase you wherever you are," the man replied.

Hearing the threat only made John more frightened, and he quickly went to his room and locked the door. From that moment on, when night fell, the servant never left his room to investigate the mystery inside the castle. This was not unnoticed by Frank, who saw John's change in behavior and becoming more introverted every day.

One bright morning, Frank approached John, who was cleaning the stable. At that moment, he immediately asked what caused his friend to become so quiet.

"Why have you been so quiet lately?" Frank asked, looking at his friend.

"I can't talk about it here, it's too dangerous," John replied, looking around the castle.

"Then when will you be honest?" Frank asked, becoming more curious.

"In two days, we will go to Cardiff for shopping and I will tell you everything," John reassured his friend.

"Alright then," Frank said, smiling upon hearing his friend's promise.

Two days later, Frank and John set off for the Ashford district. Every month, John always did this, and coincidentally, Frank had just started working at the castle, so he was assigned by Macom to give directions and train the new servant.

During the journey, John told Frank everything he had seen so far, including the threats from the creatures residing in the mirror. Then, John reminded Frank not to engage in deep conversations while inside the castle, as he didn't know who among the castle's inhabitants were followers of the werewolves.

Upon hearing his friend's words, Frank became even more afraid of getting involved in that mysterious supernatural circle.

Frank fell silent for a moment, contemplating John’s words. He began to doubt continuing his work as a servant in the luxurious castle, and what scared him was the possibility of the castle’s servants becoming targets of the Werewolves one by one.

“Does Mr. George know about this?” Frank asked.

“I don’t know either, because so far it seems like he’s not involved, but we’ll see,” John replied as he urged his horse-drawn carriage forward.

“I feel like quitting my job at that castle,” Frank said.

“Why would you quit?” John asked, surprised, turning to look at Frank.

“I’m afraid that it might happen to me,” Frank answered.

Then, Frank expressed his fears and suspicions that one day they would all be sacrificed by the owner of the castle.

“Why do you suspect Mr. George?” John asked, curious.

“Don’t you suspect his increasing wealth?” Frank said again.

“Maybe he became rich because of the Grape harvest and his Grape drink company’s success in the global market,” John argued.

Frank rejected John’s answer and was more convinced that Mr. George obtained his wealth through unconventional means. Finally, John fell silent, listening to his friend’s words, and he began to agree with Frank in his heart.

Frank expressed his intention to quit if the situation in the castle continued to deteriorate.

“If you quit, what reason will you give to Mr. George?” John asked, urging his horse to go faster.

“I will say that I’m moving to my uncle’s house in Kent,” Frank replied.

“Alright then,” John said, nodding his head.

They arrived in the city of Cardiff and bought all the necessities. After that, they returned to Swansea with anxious hearts.

As night approached and they arrived, they saw the castle in a very quiet state. But when John looked up, he was shocked to see a black shadow watching him. It looked like a werewolf, and without realizing it, he screamed in fear, startling Frank.

“What’s wrong, John? Why did you scream like that?” Frank asked, surprised.

“I saw a Werewolf shadow up there!” John exclaimed, pointing to the living room.

Frank immediately looked up to see, but he didn’t see anyone up there. He looked at John with confusion.

“I don’t see anyone,” Frank said.

“But I saw it earlier,” John replied.

Frank just stared at John with a confused face, then they immediately entered while carrying their shopping bags into the kitchen, where Mrs. Leony was seen preparing dinner for Mr. George.

The woman smiled at them, but Frank looked at her suspiciously. When the woman walked towards the dining room, Frank whispered in John’s ear and told him that his friend should come to his room later that night. John just nodded without saying anything in response to Frank’s words.

Mr. George and Mrs. Marinda were enjoying their meal in the dining room and being served by Mrs. Leony. The three of them seemed very close, which made Frank, who was in the kitchen, even more suspicious.

“It seems that the cook is very close to them,” said Frank.

“True, even though they are not that friendly towards the other workers,” answered John.

Frank became more suspicious of the cook because when she smiled at them, the smile seemed to contain a mystery that couldn’t be described in words.

As the night grew late, John hurried to Frank’s room and asked his friend about the meaning of asking him to come. Frank told him about Mrs. Leony, who had fangs located on both sides of her lips.

John was shocked to hear his friend’s report and suspected that the old woman was one of the Werewolf followers.

“I suspect that Mrs. Leony is one of the Werewolf followers in that mirror,” said John.

“True, I agree with you,” replied Frank.

Frank felt that his bad suspicions were about to come true, and it was proven when Mrs. Leony transformed into a supernatural creature.

“We have to leave here as soon as possible,” Frank urged his friend.

“Your words are true,” answered John.

“And it’s better if you don’t communicate with me too often to avoid suspicion,” John requested.

Frank just nodded his head, and then John got up from the sofa to open the door. But before he could do that, they suddenly heard the howling of a wolf in the living room, which frightened both of the servants.

John canceled his intention to leave Frank’s room, and they both just stayed inside, waiting for what would happen next. They heard the howling of wolves echoing each other, and shortly after, they heard the sound of a window being opened by someone in the room.

And John decided not to leave Frank’s room until morning. Meanwhile, in the living room, something terrifying happened. Two werewolves came out of the mirror and jumped, and Mrs. Leony was opening the window for them. She transformed into a werewolf.

The three of them jumped out of the window and disappeared into the darkness of the night. Sometime later, they heard the sound of Mr. George’s footsteps heading toward the living room. He was only there for a moment and then returned to his room. Frank and John listened to every sound and step that happened around the living room. They pressed their ears against the door so that everything could be heard clearly.

“I can’t stand staying here anymore, it’s terrifying,” Frank said with a trembling voice.

“Be patient until the time comes. Besides, if we leave this castle, they will surely ask for the reason,” John tried to convince Frank.

Frank fell silent, listening to his friend’s words. His sanity returned, and he nodded his head. Then, John devised a plan for them to pretend not to know about this incident and continue working as usual.

Towards morning, John left Frank’s room and went back to his room. Luckily, tomorrow was a holiday for all the servants, so he could sleep soundly until noon. The castle became silent as if it was uninhabited, and while the inhabitants of the castle were sleeping, the three werewolves returned. The two werewolves entered the mirror again, while Mrs. Leony transformed back into a human form.

Since that incident, John and Frank have become more withdrawn. When they met Leony’s mother, they behaved normally so as not to arouse suspicion among the other residents. They had grown accustomed to the occurrences within the family room and without realizing it, the time came when they were assigned to shop in Cardiff again.

The long-awaited day finally arrived. Frank and John welcomed this happy day, knowing they would soon leave the castle forever and be free from the fear that had always haunted them.

Now they had returned to the village of Hogan, and all the inhabitants welcomed them with curiosity.

“Are you no longer working at the castle?” asked Mr. Tomy with a smile.

“No, we’re not. We’ve experienced many events,” Frank replied with a somber expression.

“You better rest first, then tell us about it,” Mr. Tomy requested.

“All right,” John replied.

They went home to their respective houses and met with their families. Towards evening, they gathered with several villagers including Mr. Tomy and Roy.

They listened attentively to the harrowing experiences of the two servants, and then Roy recounted the experiences of all the villagers in the village to those two servants, which made them very surprised and scared.

“Oh my, wherever there are werewolves,” Frank complained while shaking his head.

“But you no longer have to worry, and the village is safe now,” Roy answered with confidence.

“Why is the village safe?” John asked, not understanding.

“We have planted wolfbane along the village border,” Roy replied with a smile.

Then, Roy explained the events experienced by all the inhabitants of the village of Hogan during the time that Frank and John worked at the castle. Starting from the gruesome death of Inggrid to the terror caused by the two werewolves who often visited the village, they decided to start looking for countermeasures and finally found them thanks to the help of Pastor Albert and Friar Rudi.

Upon hearing Roy’s words, the two servants felt calm. They felt right to return to their hometown village and would never leave again

Meanwhile, after a few days of the two castle servants’ departure, Leony’s mother grew suspicious. She approached Malcolm and asked the head of the household about the disappearance of Frank and John, who had gone to Cardiff.

“Malcolm! Have you seen Frank and John?” Leony’s mother asked as she approached the man.

“I haven’t seen them. What’s going on with them?” Malcolm asked, bewildered.

“Usually when they go to Cardiff, they return promptly, but now they haven’t shown up since two days ago,” Leony’s mother replied.

“Could it be that they quit by running away?” Malcolm asked, confused.

“Maybe they found out that we are werewolves,” Leony’s mother replied again.

“Well, if that’s the case, it’s quite troublesome! We should look for those two servants again,” Malcolm said.

“No need, I will investigate this myself,” Leony’s mother replied angrily.

“Very well, I’ll wait for news from you,” Malcolm said, returning to his work.

Leony’s mother left Malcolm and headed to the family room, where, fortunately, Lord George’s family was not at home, so she felt free to approach the magic mirror.

She gazed into the mirror and began communicating with its inhabitants. Not long after, the two werewolves emerged from the mirror, growling.

“What news do you bring?” asked Lord Roger.

“Two castle servants have run away,” Leony’s mother replied.

“No need to chase after them. If they slip up someday, then you can make them my followers,” Lord Roger said.

“Very well. So what do we do next?” Leony’s mother asked.

“We will attack the village of Verase and make its inhabitants my followers,” Lord Roger replied.

“When?” asked Leony’s mother.

“Tonight. Convey our plan to Malcolm,” Lord Roger said, leaping back into the mirror.

Mrs. Leony nodded and went to meet Malcolm, informing him of the plan. As night approached, they began to execute their action. Meanwhile, in the village of Verase, all was quiet; the inhabitants were fast asleep, unaware of the impending danger lurking around them. However, only one house belonging to the Steale family remained lit at that late hour—by 11:00 PM, the family was still conversing.

It was at that moment that four werewolves ran tirelessly as if impatient to slaughter their victims. Now, they had arrived in the village and immediately sought their prey. Not long after, chaos erupted in the village; heart-wrenching screams for help echoed among the residents. Those who survived tried to help their neighbors, but they too fell victim to the ferocity of the powerful and brutal werewolves.

Mr. Remington and his family were shocked to hear the piercing screams coming from their neighbor’s house. He jumped off the sofa, rushed to the window, and tried to find out what was happening. To his horror, as he peered through the curtain, he saw four werewolves busy slaughtering their victims.

Spontaneously, Mr. Remington shouted instructions to his wife, Mrs. Janet, to take their two children into the basement. Mrs. Janet swiftly moved to save their children while Mr. Remington turned off the lights and followed his wife, running after her. They quickly descended the basement stairs and locked the door behind them. Mr. Remington then opened a door that revealed a tunnel leading into the Sotana forest.

“Quickly! Before those werewolves catch us!” Mr. Remington yelled.

Mrs. Janet ran through the tunnel with their children while Mr. Remington tightly secured the basement door, which was the border route to the Andara mountains. They ran tirelessly toward the mountain border until they finally arrived. There, they searched for a cave to temporarily shelter in.

Meanwhile, the werewolves continued their rampage, successfully turning some villagers into their followers and devouring others as their evening meal. When they arrived at Mr. Remington’s house, the pack immediately burst in and smashed through the doors. They began to ransack the house and search for where the family was hiding. Eventually, Malcolm discovered the door leading to the basement.

He informed Lord Roger that the homeowners had fled through the underground passage, and Lord Roger agreed with the head of the household’s assessment.