At this moment, Angel almost thought that he had used the "hypocritical" ring to transform back into "Goddess Shadow" and appeared in Archbishop Anthony's office.
Did he find out that I was the "Extra Personnel" who reported the mission results to him just two days ago? The camouflage of "Faceless" is a physical change on a real level and should not be easily seen through. However, we are now in Saint Samuel Cathedral. On the periphery of the Chanis Gate seal core, Archbishop, who can control the seal, does have the possibility of "sensing" me...
Thoughts flashed through Angel's mind, but Anthony in the shadow made no more moves, and even looked away at the other guests, making her confused and uneasy.
Fortunately, the applause of the guests interrupted her thoughts. Klein slowly stood up at the invitation of Bishop Electra, and walked to the high wooden platform with a somewhat nervous expression, preparing to give a speech before the fund-raising.
Of course, Angel knows that the forcibly suppressed tension is the opponent's disguise. As "Marionettist", Klein's ability to control expressions will only be stronger than that of "Faceless". Even if his inner thoughts are really surging, he can still pretend to be indifferent.
But there was one, no, two "Spectator" present. A slight abnormality in their demeanor would make it easy to spot the problem... Angel glanced at "Justice" Audrey Hall who was sitting on the other side., found that the newly promoted "Hypnotist" was looking at the podium with bright eyes. The dark blue hairpin in her hair had been removed, and the unfixed part of her hair fell down from the side of her face, making her already flawless face even more cute.
That hairpin couldn't be Mystical Item made of "Calamity Priest" Beyonder Characteristic. It's no wonder that she almost fell flat on the ground as soon as we met. It was almost as unlucky as when I took the "Good Luck" revolver out and the carriage broke its axle... Angel's mouth moved slightly, and suddenly she felt another hidden gaze sweeping over her from time to time.
With the help of Spirituality, Angel quickly found the owner of his gaze. He, no, it was Golden Retriever Susie lying in the shadow beside the door.
The other Spectator... Now I believe that Klein's nervous expression is not fake. His "Actor" is in two Spectator How could he withstand's attack... Suppressing his smile, Angel quickly returned to his normal sitting position under the gaze of Susie, and looked at Klein on the high wooden platform.
The latter's speech was coming to an end. He combined his real East Borough knowledge and fictional Southern Continent experiences into a half-truth and half-false story, and told a touching and tragic story based on the East Borough mother and daughter who made a living by starching clothes and gluing matchboxes.
Although the ending of the story is not bad, a pair of sisters who survived the Great Smog at the end of last year received help from the church and were able to continue their studies. However, more East Borough poor people have terminated their studies due to high tuition fees, or they have to work early in the morning and work late at night and give up free night school study opportunities. In the end, they can only work in factories with poor conditions, take on odd jobs that do not require knowledge and only require hard work, and die tragically in their twenties.
Angel noticed that many ladies present showed expressions of pity, and the young girls even had tears in their eyes, being moved by the poor people's lives that rarely appeared in newspapers.
"... In order for them to have a bright future and for the dividends of the kingdom's development to be touched by them, I decided to donate all Kauim Company shares to establish Student Aid Fund for the poor, provide partial subsidies for free Night School students in the church, and provide tuition and living expenses for students who can enter public colleges and universities, so that everyone who yearns for the palace of knowledge has the opportunity to realize their dreams equally."
Klein's final speech was in a calm tone, without deliberately adding emotion to arouse the audience's emotions, but it moved every guest.
"Whoosh-"
Under the leadership of the Earl Hall, the guests gave warm applause. Under their gaze, Klein returned to his seat, straightened his dress and sat down.
"Wonderful speech."
Angel whispered.
"I noticed you were looking around." Klein also turned his head and lowered his voice in response.
"Because I'm helping you monitor those two 'Spectator's."
Angel retorted, successfully making Klein turn his attention to Golden Retriever at the door, with a slightly stiff expression on his face.
Since the applause had just stopped, their conversation could only be stopped quickly to avoid being overheard by the "Spectator" people.
The agenda of the party also entered the donation stage. First, Bishop Electra stuffed the envelope representing Klein's shares worth 15,000 pounds into the donation box next to the shrine. Then guests who agreed with the concept of this fund could put their checks or cash into the box to make their contribution in a named or anonymous way.
Of course, since you are willing to attend the party, you must come with the intention to donate, and you will donate some amount. Moreover, almost all of the people present are nobles, factory owners, and bankers. Even if they have no intention of comparison, they will not expose their stinginess.
Therefore, under the bishop's ardent eyes, the guests stood up from their chairs one by one, walked past the donation boxes one by one, and expressed their feelings.
Angel was also prepared. She took out a check issued by Backlund Bank from her bag, and filled it with the amount she and Klein had discussed: 1,000 pounds.
This will not strain Angel, who has more than 10,000 pounds of liquidity, nor will it make people think that Miss, who is trying to enter the upper class, is too stingy. According to the analysis of the two butlers, at this kind of charity party, guests without titles and average financial resources usually donate 500-1,000 pounds. In order to maintain their face, nobles with titles often donate more according to their status, but usually no more than 2,000 pounds.
Moreover, this amount can also help East Borough, who has seen Great Smog's misery, and Angel, who has learned about the hardships of life for the poor in this world, to slightly alleviate their uneasiness.
She walked forward with the check and threw it into the donation box with Elektra's friendly smile.
At this moment, Audrey got up from the other side and came to the donation box. Angel glanced over and found that the check of "Justice" Miss also filled in the amount of 1,000 pounds.
"Thank you again for your help just now, Christine, um, can I call you this?"
Putting 1,000 pounds into the box, Audrey took the opportunity to approach Angel, smiled slyly, and said.
I always feel that she is too close. Could it be that she recognizes me as "Empress" and is Irene Watson who helped her before... Impossible, absolutely impossible. My current appearance is 70% similar to Angelica, but There is no similarity with Irene under the disguise of Madness Ring. How could "Justice" who has never seen my true face recognize me... Angel's thoughts flowed and he squeezed out a smile:
"Of course, Miss Audrey."
"You can also call me by my name directly. Just like Mr. Dantès said, each of us is equal."
Audrey said in a brisk tone, and then seemed to think of the East Borough poor people mentioned by Klein, and the smile on his face disappeared again.
To be able to maintain such a pure heart in the Backlund upper class society, it should be said that she is born like this or her parents protect her well, but in any case, compared to those nobles who show pity and sadness more than real feelings, "Justice" Miss can already be regarded as Angel... Angel muttered, leaving the donation box with Audrey, and followed other guests who had completed their donations to the dining area in the back to start the real "party".
A variety of drinks or simple food are placed on the long table here, almost like a buffet. After the guests have taken their food, they can walk around the hall and communicate with others instead of sitting down to eat.
Even in order to reflect the theme of the party, there were no waiters in the hall, and the servants of the nobles stayed outside the church, and they had to help themselves to drinks and food.
Because he knew the format of the dinner party, Angel came after dinner. At this time, he only took a glass of sweet white wine to moisten his throat. Audrey chose a glass of champagne and continued to follow Angel. This made the two of them the focus of everyone's attention again.
"Christine, can you tell us more about Intis's experience? I'm very interested in it."
The most dazzling gem of Backlund blinked its green eyes, looked at Angel's face intently, and asked expectantly.
If nothing else, "Justice" Miss should have recognized me. "Spectator" is so terrifying. I don't even understand how it was exposed now... Look at Audrey's behavior was obviously inconsistent with her identity and character. The smile on Angel's face was almost unbearable. She took a sip of wine and made up the "Trier story" in her mind. After a moment, she said:
"Trier people have a kind of pride. They call all non-Trier people 'outsiders', but they also have an open and positive side in their behavior. For example, a lady I know married a nobleman who had a poor family and had one wife because of true love. The descendant; the daughter of that nobleman is still busy making money at sea to support the family, while her father has married another wife... The men there are also very enthusiastic. One knight stopped me directly on my way home and asked me to go with him... Of course, I didn't agree, and he was taken away by his men."
Angel swears that what she said is true!
"Knight? Intis Hasn't this system been abolished? I heard that it has been changed to the Medal of Honor."
Audrey covered his mouth and asked in surprise.
That's because he is "Iron-Blooded Knight"... Angel's mouth moved, and he was racking his brains to think of a reason to get away with it, but he found Klein slowly walking over with a glass of champagne, followed by Audrey's father, Earl Hall.
"Dawn," she greeted immediately, cleverly avoiding Audrey's questioning, "Earl Your Excellency, I admire your generosity."
Although she was already some distance away from the donation box, Angel's eyesight still allowed her to notice the donation amount of the Earl Hall.
12,000 pounds.
There is no doubt that this is the donation amount second only to Klein at today's party. The latter donated his non-realizable shares out of helplessness, while Audrey's father Earl Hall donated cash.
"This is out of recognition of Mr. Dantès's philosophy. We cannot choose to ignore the suffering just because it has always existed and cannot be truly solved."
Although the middle-aged Gentlemen is a little fatter, he can still see some resemblance to Audrey and Hibbert and replied with a smile.
"Moreover, part of this is because of your help to Audrey just now."
What does my help to Audrey have to do with the amount of his donation... Angel looked at Earl in confusion, and then at Klein.
He probably misunderstood something, well, it's not really a misunderstanding... She murmured, feeling that both father and daughter were "human spirits", the former because of their life experience, and the latter because of Beyonder Characteristic.
"Earl Your Excellency is right. I hope those who are in suffering can stay away from fear and find peace."
A soft voice came from beside several people, Archbishop of Backlund Diocese, Saint Anthony who probably has the strength of Sequence 3, clasped his hands under his robe, walked quietly, followed step by step by Bishop Electra.