The enthusiastic Ms. Escalante received the group and introduced them into the villa and into the large living room.
Audrey's two guards, personal maid, and Angel, who was also a guard, stayed in the living room. Audrey took her Golden Retriever Susie and followed Escalante, who had long hair down to her waist, to the living room, where they would hold a psychology-themed seminar.
Angel sat down on the sofa in the living room and carefully observed the surrounding environment. This was her habit when she came to strange places. What's more, she had to protect Audrey Hall today, so she needed to be even more careful.
Two strong guards and Audrey's maid Anne also sat down. Angel had a vague impression of them. She had both been in I have seen her in the villa of the Hall Family. She has the meticulous movement habits of the army and is obviously a retired soldier. The maid has elegant movements and an indifferent look. She should often accompany Audrey when going out.
The furnishings in the living room are all in classical style, but not luxurious. There are only two servants working nearby, one serving tea, and the other just cleaning. It is completely different from the Viscount Glaint home she has been to several times, or even the well-trained servants at Sevillea home.
Taking the steaming black tea, Angel did not drink it, but put it on the coffee table aside. Anne lowered his head and rummaged through the surprisingly large handbag, which was probably full of personal belongings that Audrey needed to use but could not carry with him personally. The two guards had already relaxed their vigilance and started chatting in low voices. In their opinion, this might just be an ordinary noble social interaction.
It's a pity that Angel herself has similar feelings, otherwise she wouldn't risk coming here at all, even to protect Tarot Club's companions.
With this thought in mind, she reached into the inner pocket of her windbreaker and pinched the "Crimson Eye" that could detect living creatures around her. During a burst of dizziness and whispers, the creatures within a radius of 50 meters appeared in her mind as red silhouettes.
She saw the guards and servants in the living room, and the four or five servants busy in the entire villa. The number was only one-tenth of the Earl Hall family. In the living room at the back, there were three bright red people and a dog. They were all extraordinary "people".
The extraordinary dog is lying on its forelimbs, moving gracefully. The person next to her must be Audrey. One of the two people sitting opposite her should be Escalante who brought her in, and the other Beyonder... It seems that they should be members of "Psychology Alchemists", and may be testing Audrey with words to evaluate whether she can join the Alchemy Society.
Seeing that the three figures were sitting in a sitting position without any conflict, Angel was slightly relieved. She was about to let go of the "Crimson Eyes" to prevent her mind from being filled with more and more intensive nonsense, but she suddenly discovered that the color of one of the three figures in the living room was slightly different from that of the ordinary Beyonder.
The red was not the bright red of "Beyonder", nor the light red of ordinary people, but a crimson with a more solid color, just like the "Crimson Eye" in her hand.
Angel observed it carefully for a few seconds until his head was swollen and filled with gibbering, then he let go of the contaminated Rose Bishop Beyonder Characteristic and pressed his forehead to relieve the negative effects.
She recalled the position of the figure in the living room just now. She could not determine whether the crimson figure belonged to Psychiatrist Escalante or another member of "Psychology Alchemists" who had never shown up. But it was obvious that the crimson figure was definitely not the normal Beyonder.
"The color is very similar to the 'Crimson Eye', and this eyeball belongs to the 'Rose Bishop' that died out of control and was contaminated by True Creator. Could it be that that Beyonder also believed in evil gods, so he and this Beyonder Characteristic has the same color? Of course there is another possibility. The other party is also a 'Rose Bishop' or a Beyonder similar to Sequence, so there is a unique color in the vision of the 'Crimson Eye'..."
She looked anxiously at the ordinary people in the living room who had no idea about this.
Both possibilities could turn today's seemingly harmless seminar into a dangerous trap.
Furthermore, in this so-called seminar "with many scholars participating", except for Audrey and the people she brought, as well as two members of "Psychology Alchemists", there were no other participants in the entire villa that was used as the venue. The actions of the servants in the living room did not look like they were preparing to welcome a large number of guests...
All kinds of unreasonable behaviors made Angel's inner sense of crisis become stronger and stronger. She glanced at everyone in the living room again. It was unclear whether the two servants were also involved. They were peripheral members of "Psychology Alchemists", so she did not alert Anne and others, but stood up directly and walked towards a servant.
"Excuse me, where is the bathroom?"
She asked softly, and after the servant told her, she left the living room, walked through the deserted corridor, walked from the bathroom to the other end, and came to the door of the living room.
The soundproofing of the door was not good, and Angel could hear the soft voice of Audrey coming from behind the door. She was asking "Mr. Hampres" a psychological question. The latter was a man with a loud voice but elegant words.
"Dong dong——"
She knocked on the door and said after the internal conversation suddenly stopped:
"Miss, it's time to take the medicine."
"Okay, I'll come out right now," Audrey replied softly after a short silence, "Susie, stay well and don't bite anything... Forget it, you can come with me."
Then came her apology and Escalante, Hampres's response that it didn't matter. After a while, Audrey pushed the door open and walked out. After Susie also slipped out through the crack in the door, she closed the door behind her back.
The two of them walked along the corridor for a short distance without saying a word, and rounded a corner. After judging that the sound of conversation could not be transmitted, Audrey frowned and asked:
"Miss Irene, what happened?"
Asking her to "take medicine" was the code that the two of them had agreed upon in advance, which meant that she needed to stop attending the seminar immediately and leave here as soon as possible.
"Something's wrong here. Only the three of you participated in the seminar. I didn't find anyone else, and..." Angel lowered his voice and answered quickly, "Who is the person on your right? Is he acting strangely?"
"It's Ms. Escalante. She is my psychology tutor and the one who invited me to attend the seminar." Audrey made a recalling expression. "She is indeed different from usual today. She speaks very little and her expression is a bit indifferent. I thought she was handing over the leadership to Mr. Hampres..."
"Then there's something wrong with her. Let's leave immediately and don't disturb those two people."
Not knowing how to inform the other party of the abnormality seen by "Crimson Eyes", Angel could only directly request to "retreat", which made Audrey look puzzled and stop hesitantly.
Angel put his hand into his pocket and touched the Crimson Eye again. In the image in his mind, the positions and movements of the other people did not change much. However, in the living room that Audrey just left, one Beyonder fell to the ground motionless, and the other Beyonder had already opened the door and was walking this way.
Her figure was different, her color was crimson.
"Irene, it was your Divination that sent it..."
"It's too late to explain, take everyone away immediately." Seeing that Audrey was still pretending to be stupid, Angel made up her mind and took out the revolver named "Good Luck" from her waist that she had just bought for 3,500 pounds yesterday. "Please believe me, 'Justice' Miss."
Audrey's jewel-like green eyes widened in surprise.
"I believe you, 'Empress' Miss," after a brief pause, she showed a sincere smile and replied, "Susie, go quickly."
She immediately kicked off the high heels that were inconvenient for running, pulled up her skirt and ran quickly towards the living room, her pet dog Susie following behind obediently.
Sure enough, she already knew...
Angel withdrew his gaze from Audrey and looked in the direction the two came from. At the end of the corridor, a tall woman walked out of the corner. It was Escalante Osileska that she had seen at the door of the villa. Her waist-length black hair gradually turned brown and the length was also shortening rapidly. The skin and muscles on her face continued to squirm, and she soon turned into a completely different face, beautiful and coquettish, but expressionless.
Those blue eyes as calm as the sea looked at Angel, making the latter immediately remember her identity:
Aurora Order's Oracle, "Shepherd" Ms. D.