دانلود رمان انگلیسی “دیوانه پرخوری” – جلد 4

A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS had passed since I defeated the Divine Dragon in the wastelands of Galia. The continent was now wrapped in the chill of winter, the beginning of spring yet a distant hope.
I trudged on through a world covered in white, my path piled high with snow too thick for any horse and carriage to pass through. In other seasons, the fields around me would be filled with grapes. Now they were hidden under the falling snow.
I had last visited this estate quite some time ago, while serving under Lady Roxy. We’d harvested autumn grapes. The snow was so heavy that I couldn’t even tell which field we had worked in. The lands of the Hart family estate were blanketed by unyielding winter.
I walked on, past the lights of shuttered houses lining the snowy paths, until I arrived at the entrance of a mansion. I remembered the mansion of the Hart estate well, but in truth, I’d expected to never see it again. I took a deep breath, then lifted my left hand and knocked on the imposing front doors.
There was no reply.
Worry filled my heart. I tried the door and found it unlocked, so I pushed it open and entered. Inside, the servants hurried back and forth through the foyer, anxious and disorganized. This panic was so unlike their usual conduct that it immediately confirmed my fears: the situation was indeed dire. Still, I was a stranger here, and I’d entered uninvited.
A nearby maid called out to me. I turned toward her and she gasped, unable to hide her astonishment.