Your Majesty, Don't Worry, I'm Here to Protect You

In the quiet, eerie night, the wind howled. Even the stars were too sparse to make out clearly, and the moon, hidden behind the clouds, had long since vanished, perhaps off somewhere shirking its duties. Black clouds hung overhead, making the darkness all around even harder to see through. An old, detached house stood amid the mist, its mottled walls just barely visible, giving it an indescribably eerie and ominous air. Listen closely, and the cries of black bats and other unfamiliar creatures could be heard, especially spine-chilling in the dead of night. This was an ancient mansion with a history of a thousand years, abandoned and dilapidated for a long time, far from the city center...