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Backlund, West Borough, Earl Hall's mansion.
Audrey's personal maid, Annie, opened her bedroom door again. "Miss, it's already two in the afternoon. It's time you got up."
Audrey smiled from her bed. "Annie, I told you earlier that I wasn't feeling very well. Let me rest a little longer."
Annie froze for a moment. Miss Audrey had indeed said that this morning. She had also refused to let Annie call a doctor, telling her not to disturb her or tell anyone else.
Right, Annie remembered. She had come to ask what her mistress wanted to eat.
After asking, Annie rubbed her forehead, wondering why she felt so muddled today.
This was actually her Mental Body's stress response to being hypnotized repeatedly in a short period. In other words, her subconscious had already realized something was wrong, but her Mental Body was still being influenced or altered.
Audrey, lying in bed, said, "Then bring me a plate of little biscuits. The bone-shaped kind-hehe, just kidding. Those are for Susie. Bring me a slice of tiramisu instead. That dessert from Feynapotter left quite an impression on me."
Annie nodded. "Of course."
She soon brought a slice of tiramisu from the kitchen, and Audrey urged her to leave again.
Once Annie closed the door, Miss Audrey suddenly leaped from the bed onto the carpet and turned into a large golden retriever! It was Susie.
Or rather, it had actually been Susie speaking to Annie just now. She had merely used Hypnosis on Annie, making the personal maid believe she was Miss Audrey.
She glanced at the painting on the desk. While studying this oil painting she had bought at a Beyonder gathering, Audrey had suddenly disappeared last