"Welcome, Irene Watson Miss, Miss Audrey are already waiting for you at Reception Room."
On Sunday afternoon, Angel arrived at Empress Borough's Earl Hall home on time. There was already a maid waiting at the door and she received her warmly.
After walking into this luxurious villa under the guidance of the maid, Angel was stunned for a moment when faced with the bright hall, the countless paintings and decorations on the walls, and the antiques filling every corner of the corridor.
"The painting facing the door alone probably costs more than 2,000 pounds based on my limited knowledge. They hung a 'Sun Brooch' on the wall..."
Still thinking about the Mystical Item from yesterday, she followed the maid who looked intently through the long corridor and came to Reception Room on the west side. Beside the wide floor-to-ceiling window, Audrey Hall was sitting on a velvet back chair, chatting happily with a group of aristocratic children. They were elegant in manners, gorgeous in clothes, and obviously of high status.
Angel recognized that two of them were young aristocrats who had met Emperor Roselle Exhibition together before, and Viscount Glaint was also among them. The remaining three had never been seen before.
The two real Beyonder, Xio Derecha and Fors Wall, were not present. Angel guessed that Audrey only invited noble children, and as the "niece of Sevillea Landon Baroness", she could barely be counted among them.
Audrey, who is good at active scenes, introduced, and Viscount Glaint also knew Angel. After simple greetings, these young nobles quickly accepted the new member, and she also joined I bought this little Occult Salon, sat at the coffee table, drank West Mountain Coffee imported from Feynapotter, enjoyed exquisite and delicious desserts, and listened to the nobles exchanging their experiences.
There is no doubt that their key topic is the big thing that happened in Backlund this week, "Rogue Black Emperor" who killed Capim.
"That 'Black Emperor' really has Beyonder Ability, is it Beyonder?"
Christine, a sweet-looking lady asked curiously.
Angel already knows that these noble children come from families with high status, which allows them who are interested in mysticism to be exposed to some rumors of "extraordinary power", but they are unwilling to lower their status to join Orthodox Church's extraordinary armed forces, or enter the military to seek promotion. However, their families are not old enough to have their own Potion formula inheritance, so they are very interested in any news involving mysterious power.
It's almost the same as Miss Justice when they joined "Tarot Club", but it's a pity that they don't have Luck like "Justice" and Audrey, and they can get the Potion formula...
Looking at Audrey who was quietly leading the conversation in the room, Angel thought silently.
"I can't say much, and you don't want to spread it around casually." A tall and thin young noble took a sip of coffee and lowered his voice and said, as if he was plotting some illegal crime. "Half of Capim's villa was blown up. The restaurant where the battle took place was in a mess. It was drafty on all sides. There were mysterious traces of Frost, flames, ghosts, stand-ins, etc. inside, and the servants and bodyguards were all dead."
His name is Kance Leerhsen. Although he is a noble, he joined MI9 after graduating from university. His speech attracted everyone to look at him and look forward to the follow-up content.
Of course, Angel was pretending. As one of the parties involved, she knew exactly what Capim was eating before he died, but she still pretended to be interested.
"During the entire battle, this Rogue, 'Black Emperor', was in a ghost state. The most important thing is that Church of Storms discovered that the second Beyonder was present, but all divination and Spirit Channeling failed, and nothing was found!"
"You mean, two Beyonder entered Capim's house and had a fierce fight in the restaurant?"
Audrey covered her mouth, her beautiful eyes showing a look of surprise.
"No, it should be these two 'robbers' who fought with Beyonder from Capim's family... Could it be that there is more than one Beyonder in his family, but he is just a human trafficker?"
Viscount Glaint took a sip of the fragrant Queen Black Tea, took over Audrey's words, and put forward his own opinions.
Cons smiled slightly and replied, "Glaint's guess is correct. I can't say more. I understand everything I know. If you don't understand, I can't help it."
This is like saying it all...
Angel was surprised that what MI9 knew was close to the truth. Maybe the official Beyonder had deeper cooperation with the military this time. Is it because of what Capim did behind the scenes, or because the noise was too big and "Mandated Punishers" couldn't handle it on his own?
"I read in the newspaper that Capim is covered with a lot of Tarot Cards, and there is even an 'Emperor' on his face?"
She joined the conversation at the right time, lest she become too taciturn and make herself more conspicuous.
Cons of MI9 glanced at Angel, nodded and replied:
"Yes, this 'Black Emperor' sprinkled Tarot Cards all over Capim. They are the kind of ordinary cards that can be bought everywhere, exactly one, and he picked out two to cover them. On the face, there is a picture of "Judgment" and a picture of "Emperor". Newspapers are always interested in this kind of content and report it, but they don't know that this is the second case of "Tarot Card Judgement" this month."
"Tarot Card Judgement?"
A slightly fat noble named Murray asked in surprise.
"At the beginning of the month, next to East Balam Dock of Docklands, the 'Nighthawks' teamed up with us to destroy a cult station and prevent one of their plots that might endanger people's safety. After that, a main member of the cult was killed in the sewer while fleeing. His death was miserable."
Cons's voice became lower and lower as he spoke, causing other nobles present to involuntarily lean forward and get closer to him.
"Like Capim, he is also covered with Tarot Cards, all with 'Empress' cards!"
"Ah!" Christine covered his mouth with both hands, sitting upright in surprise, but his eyes were full of excitement, "'Empress' brand! This is too, too cool!"
This word, which has no actual meaning in any language and has a weird pronunciation, was first publicly used by Roselle. Over a hundred years after his death, it gradually became synonymous with everything that makes young people feel fashionable and exciting.
Empress brand?
Angel was a little curious. After she killed Lanevus, she walked Flaming Jump into the street in front of Nighthawks who came over, and quickly left Docklands without doing any of these things.
Thinking of the empty safe in Capim's home, she began to wonder if there was really a secret organization following her, faking the scene, grabbing profits, and putting the blame entirely on herself?
This made her feel depressed. She didn't get the money, but word spread that the "Rogue" wiped out Capim's family. This kind of thing of making wedding clothes for others was extremely unpleasant.
It's a pity that she can only sigh "Awesome, awesome" now.
"Dong dong——"
There was a knocking sound outside the door, and the maid guarding the door opened the door. After a while, she came to the table and said to Gray Lint, who was immersed in the case of the Extraordinary trial of human traffickers. "Your Excellency, Mr. Hall is looking for you, Mr. Hibbert Hall."
Glaint apologized and left with the maid.
Angel was sitting next to him. Hearing the conversation, his heart moved. After a few minutes, he excused himself to go to the bathroom and left the lively Reception Room.
There were two maids standing at the door waiting for the guests' orders. Angel asked one of them to lead the way to the bathroom. When passing by the corridor, he saw Glaint standing in a group with three other men, discussing something.
Vaguely surrounded in the center was a handsome man with brilliant blond hair. Based on his hair color and Sevillea's previous introduction, Angel recognized that it was Earl Hall's eldest son, Hibbert Hall.
"...Sir Shaw also suggested the same thing, that is, it is necessary to select the candidate..."
He whispered to Glaint, who lowered his eyes and listened carefully.
Seeing someone talking in the corridor, the footsteps of the maid who led the way became heavy and made a muffled sound on the carpet. The kind reminder made the four men who were discussing stop their conversation, and they all raised their heads and looked at the person.
"Miss Irene, hello." Glaint took the initiative to say hello, "Hibbert, this is Irene Watson Miss, Sevillea Landon Baroness's niece, Audrey's new friend."
"Hello, Watson, I am Hibbert Hall. I hope you are satisfied with the reception at my home."
Hibbert said with an enthusiastic but somewhat templated smile.
"Thank you, Mr. Hall. I'm flattered by everyone's enthusiasm."
I should answer like this. I remember it was said in the Noble Etiquette book... Angel recalled the contents of the book and dealt with the sudden conversation.
Fortunately, several men seemed to have urgent matters to discuss, and after exchanging pleasantries, they quickly left the corridor and went to another room.
Angel came to the bathroom, left the maid outside, closed the door himself, and looked at the room that was almost larger than his living room, feeling a little emotional for a moment.
"By the way, let's take this opportunity to conduct a divination. Maybe we can get some useful information... Glaint and Hibbert are both members of 'Atmospheric Pollution Investigation Committee'. What they were talking about just now was probably about the committee..."
She quickly regained her composure, first opened the newly purchased handbag, and stretched her fingers towards the "Crimson Eye" in the corner. The moment her fingertips touched the contaminated Beyonder Characteristic, the positions and movements of all the living creatures in the entire villa, no, most of the villa appeared in her mind.
A radius of 50 meters cannot cover the entire villa. This is not a villa, it is simply a castle! And why are there so many people in the villa? I hardly saw a few servants all the way here, but under the influence of Beyonder Ability, I can actually see more than 30 servants working everywhere...
Angel was shocked by this fact, but then she discovered two distinctive, bright red figures in her mind.
It's Beyonder, the Beyonder bodyguard protecting the Earl Hall family!