At this moment, there was deathly silence in the room.
There seemed to be an invisible cold air floating around everyone in the private room. The window glass, the decorative mirror in the room, and even the surface of the glass on the table flashed with a deep and mysterious light; in the hall on the first floor, the people who were dining fell into a state of sluggishness for a moment, their heads went blank, and their limbs and joints seemed to have been filled with glue, making it difficult to move.
Dunn, who was wearing gold-encrusted monocles, noticed something was wrong and looked at the others curiously. The gray eyes behind the lenses flashed with an inexplicable brilliance.
Ah, it turns out to be the left eye...
Angel's eyes met Dunn's and looked at the monocle, which was different in shape from the ones he had seen before. It took a moment to react and return to the original place.
Beside her, Klein also made the same move. His frozen body immediately recovered and stood up, as if he was preparing to celebrate in advance.
They all noticed that Leonard, who was sitting alone, did not react at all, which meant that Pallez in his body was not worried about Dunn being parasitized by Amon, otherwise this "Parasite" who had swallowed up all the Amon clone characteristics of Backlund should be the first to escape.
Leonard looked to the left and to the right. His expression was indifferent and his eyes were steady. He seemed as steady as a mountain, but in fact his body did not dare to make any large movements.
He felt a chill and smelled the tense atmosphere.
"Oh, do you think this look suits me very well?" Dunn broke the silence in the room with teasing words, "These accessories are popular among Backlund and Gentlemen recently. It will make you look calm, calm and ritualistic."
"Captain, where did you hear this?"
Angel asked with a frown.
"I heard that this year's trend is to use flowers to form the Chinese characters Intisian, and to use candlelight instead of gas lighting for dinner for two..."
Klein also took up the conversation and shared the news he heard from the upper-class social circle.
"Really... I think this look is good now."
Dunn chuckled and glanced at Leonard, whose expression was fixed on his face and whose limbs seemed to be locked. He did not take off the monocle in his eye socket, but took out a delicate wooden box from his pocket again. Under the watchful eyes of Angel, Klein and Leonard, they opened the lid of the box, turned to face Daly who looked expectant in front of them, and said in a solemn tone:
"Daly, after experiencing so many things, I finally figured it out..."
"I do." He just opened his mouth and prepared the atmosphere, Daly stretched out his left hand, raised his ring finger slightly, and faced the surprised suitor, "Put it on for me, Dunn."
This sudden acceleration made Angel secretly glance at Klein beside him, and found that the other party was also looking at him.
Both of them thought about the night when Ince Zangwill was killed and Klein was successfully promoted, and the night when Klein said similar words.
She is more proactive than you...Klein said with her lips moving silently.
That's because I started working hard to help the captain at Tingen, Persuasion Ms. Daly, and I almost got gaslighted to death. Now, she will definitely not miss this opportunity again... Angel muttered, taking the credit on herself, watching Dunn awkwardly pick up the ring and put it on Daly's slender but too white finger.
Bang bang bang——
The remaining three people all applauded, witnessing the scene where the couple who had been secretly in love with each other for many years finally came together today.
After everyone had guessed, but everyone knew each other tacitly, the Tingen Team dinner party came to an end.
Of course, Angel, who was exposed in order to ease her embarrassment, also took her own revenge. She asked Daly the same question in the same tone as Dunn asked about the scheduled date of her marriage to Klein, and hinted that older men could not wait much longer. However, she was ruthlessly teased by this woman who had often teased her colleagues with dirty jokes as early as Tingen, and even turned the flames of war on Klein.
Fortunately, Klein has played the role of Middle-Aged Millionaire Dwayne Dantès, who has rich emotional experience. He took this kind of scene calmly, quickly defused the attack of pornographic jokes, and launched a counterattack until Dunn couldn't stand it any longer. He coughed lightly and ended the topic that made Angel blush:
"I plan to go back to Tingen with Daly in October, of course, under a new identity, and it depends on the church's arrangements and her own wishes..."
In October, it was the birthday of Ms. Daly...Angel suddenly realized it and muttered:
"This is too uncreative."
She had reason to suspect that the captain was plagiarizing Klein's idea of proposing on her birthday.
The other party involved, Daly, was a little unimpressed. He seemed to think that any day would be fine. He just touched the ring on his finger, smiling from time to time, and his eyes were out of focus.
How could someone become like this after receiving Engagement Ring... Angel cursed and drank the champagne in front of him in one gulp.
The party ended in a joyful atmosphere. Angel and Klein left in a hired carriage, while Daly and Dunn walked to, which was not too far away. Phelps Street walked away, preparing to go back to Saint Samuel Cathedral. Leonard, who had all the buttons of his windbreaker unbuttoned and the hem of his shirt fluttering in the wind, looked at their leaving figures, and the Solitary One walked in the other direction.
After walking far away, he tilted his head and asked in a low voice that was almost inaudible:
"Old Man, at that moment I thought something was going to happen. Aren't you afraid that they haven't gotten rid of the shadow of Amon's clone yet, so you just take action?"
The old voice in his mind chuckled and replied:
"That's why I asked you to tell your captain that the recent Popular Trend is worn on the left eye instead of the right eye. This can prevent your two colleagues from really mistaking him for Amon. With their observation skills, they will find the problem after a moment of tension. Even if they really admit their mistake, they will choose to leave as soon as possible instead of fighting back.
"Besides, if they attack recklessly, I can steal the idea and prevent the worst from happening, and in fact they are... pretty calm."
At that moment, I felt that my body was about to be frozen, Spirit Body was about to be controlled, you call this calm... Leonard muttered, and continued to ask:
"Then what did you see?"
"Not too much, but your female colleague is indeed 'Unaging' Demoness, and the other one didn't hide much strength. This can be seen from their response at that moment."
"I knew this two months ago, and you still said she was not 'Unaging' Demoness..." Leonard responded in a low voice, turning to look in the direction where Angel and Klein's carriages were leaving, as if they were still staying on the street corner over there, "What do you mean by 'respond'? That chill, or the feeling of Spirit Body Threads being stirred?"
"Of course not," Pallez said angrily, "Didn't you notice? The moment your captain put on the monocle, one of the two Demigods in the room became Marionette and the other became Mirror Substitution. The main body had already escaped a thousand meters away and was about to leave Backlund!"
Leonard stood there with a look of astonishment on his face.
In late August, the summer atmosphere of Backlund was swept away by the cold air gradually coming from the north. The number of pedestrians wearing coats gradually increased on the street, and the elderly even wore gloves.
A Three-Masted Sailing Ship with bright red sails and its outer sides painted the same color slowly docked next to the Docklands trestle. The Sailors jumped off the gangway and tied up. They were extremely skilled in all steps of leaving ropes, registering berths, unloading and loading trucks, and quickly moved boxes of relatively fresh fruits and cane sugar stored in low temperature from the cabin, and sent them to the designated factory of East Borough by horse-drawn carriage.
The red-haired Helene stood on the bridge high on the deck. His eyes did not stay on the cargo this time, but looked at the Tussock River, which was winding through the entire city.
"It's far worse than Serenzo River, whether it's water quality or prosperity... Well, this is related to their preference for railway transportation, and the Pritz Harbor we passed before took on a lot of pressure from river transportation..."
She evaluated it from a professional perspective, and then looked at the connected buildings along the river, and Backlund Bridge, which was still clearly visible from a long distance away.
That is the biggest obstacle for Three-Masted Sailing Ship like "Red Haired Woman" to enter the upper reaches of the river, but the busy traffic on the bridge makes up for this shortcoming.
Regardless of the issue of ships passing by, this bridge does have its own unique beauty... Helene muttered, withdrew his gaze, and was about to leave the deck when he suddenly felt a burning touch from the necklace hidden under his clothes and close to his skin.
Danger is approaching!
Helene, who was already familiar with the function of his new Mystical Item, immediately reacted and jumped off the bridge without hesitation and came to the middle deck. Only then did he realize that Sailor was unloading cargo on the front deck and there was no one around him, including the possible sneak attacker.
Psychological Invisibility, or is it truly "invisible"?
Helene frowned, and was about to shout loudly to attract Sailor Chief William and Witch Tia, who also served as the second officer, when he noticed a figure outlined in front of him.
"I'm not an enemy," before the figure was clear, he made a gentle and melodious voice, with a power that made people unable to bear to take action, "Is it the 'red-haired Helene'? I am Shermane, 'Empress of Pentacles' from Miss Angelica."
It wasn't until Helene heard the other party report the code name that her nervous expression relaxed, but she still pressed her right hand on the handle of the knife at her waist and asked in a deep voice:
"Why do you have to be 'invisible' and sneak onto the ship?"
She still remembered that Miss Angelica mentioned that "Empress of Pentacles" was a "Witch".
Only then did the figure in front of her become clear. A woman wearing a hood and cloak, her face and hair hidden in the shadows, appeared in Helene's sight.
"Sorry, I just wanted to invite you to East Borough. Miss Angelica will meet us there later."
"Empress of Pentacles" Shermane replied softly, not angry because of Helene's attitude.
Miss Angelica did say that he would come to me when I arrived at Backlund, but unexpectedly it was this "Witch" who showed up first... Helene hesitated for a moment, nodded and said:
"Lead the way."
She told her Sailor Chief that she was about to leave for a while, and asked him to direct the unloading. She then re-entered the "invisible" state, leaving only a hazy silhouette of "Empress of Pentacles" as she left the dock. She walked along the spacious or circuitous road and plunged into East Borough, which was filled with fog again as the temperature dropped.