The Fate of Sister Agatha（6 / 8）

"Her father and brother also began to regret their earlier harshness, so they summoned renowned doctors and experts from various places, exhausting all possible methods in an attempt to bring back the joyous smile to her rose-like face. However, all their efforts were in vain; the girl had gone insane, beyond any cure! Helpless, her family had no choice but to send her to the Saint-Mathilda Convent. This woman was abandoned in an isolate attic, growing older day by day, all alone. Wrinkles crept upon her face, yet her expression remained the same as her heart, forever frozen in that summer of blossoms!

"The madwoman only emerged to wander during the quiet hours of the night, wearing a white gown, walking soundlessly, always humming the same desolate ballad, like a forlorn spirit. Some Mothers speculated that she was already dead, and what remained in this world was merely an empty shell. If anyone stayed outside at night and was caught by that ghostly woman, she would surely seize you and demand the head of her lover from you!"

"Oh my, let''s not talk about it anymore. It''s truly frightening in the middle of the night." The girls hurriedly wrapped their arms around themselves, shaking their heads at Amy.

Fiona had been silently listening to this story all along. Only then did she suddenly make a comment, "Is that so? I just feel sorry for her."

"Fiona, you are really bold!" the other girls exclaimed in disbelief.

The secluded fence stirs the imagination, tempting the girls of the convent with whimsical ideas.

After lights out in the dormitory, the eldest girl, Daisy, would retrieve a carefully hidden sketchbook from under her mattress, attracting the little heads of her fellow boarders to gather in excitement.

This sketchbook was a gift from Daisy''s cousin, a captain in the royal guard. It was said that this cousin was of exceptionally handsome look, and Daisy would often speak of him with a mixture of pride