Act 298. Phyllis's invitation
Hearing Phyllis's words, Reiner nodded slightly, which was basically in line with his guess.
Aunt Celelia lived alone in Olmster, and had little contact with the family for so many years, and after her sudden death, it was indeed strange that her father, Winchester, was so anxious about all the family members who were outside, and only gathered a few of them.
Moreover, when Reiner came in, he noticed that almost all the servants in this villa were from Ian Greyburn's family, and even his father's henchman Chandler came, but he didn't see the servants who originally belonged here, and he also felt a little strange all the way in, and many things were placed in a slightly incongruous position.
Now, Reiner is finally able to explain these issues.
The servants of this mansion have long been dismissed, and all of them have been replaced by people from the Ian Greben family, and most of the decorations in the house have been carefully investigated, and originally these ornaments were placed according to the beautiful design, and they were integrated, and after they were moved, there was naturally a dissonance.
All of this suggests that someone tried to find something in the house, but found nothing.
Contacted by his father's letter from Winchester, Reiner naturally thought that Winchester might not be able to do it himself for some reason, so he asked his children to find such a thing in the name of the funeral, and by the way, to check their abilities.
"Sister Phyllis is reminding me by telling me this?"
Reiner asked, theoretically speaking, he and Phyllis were still in a state of competition, and the information that Phyllis said was undoubtedly helping Reiner, which made him a little strange.
Although on the surface, Phyllis has no intention of competing for the position of heir, but who can't guarantee that she is actually hiding herself, the Ian Gray family has been passed down for generations, and there are many family mottos, among which the most mentioned sentence, in Reiner's words, is to make a fortune in silence.
Therefore, although many people know that the Ian Gray family has a business empire, when it comes to the specific industry of the Ian Gray family, people are not very clear, and it is this kind of low-key that you can't be aware of its existence, but it does exist, that makes the Ian Gray family stand tall in this magical world for many years.
Reiner's generation, except for Hailar, who has shown amazing talent since childhood, the other few people don't look like heirs, if it weren't for the head of the family, Winchester, who proposed to start an heir competition, I'm afraid people would think that Hairule would become the next head of the family.
Of course, Reiner can be sure that the original Reiner. Ian Gray, indeed, is a guy with little ability, this is the real deal.
"I think you're similar to me."
Phyllis shrugged, a gesture that did resemble Reiner's, and she took two steps to Reiner's front and grabbed his hand.
Fingertips swiped across her palms, and Phyllis's index finger rested on Reiner's Hohenheim Gold Cup ring.
"We're not really interested in inheriting the family, and our ambitions are somewhere else, aren't we?"
Phyllis's voice revealed a strong sense of charm, if it were another man, I am afraid that I would have fallen into madness and fascination.
But Leiner was unmoved, he did have a sense of affection for his sister in front of him for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses.
Spells of the charm type?
Reiner was a little confused in his heart, he clearly didn't notice similar traces, you know, for a four-ring mage, ordinary charm is like forcibly painting a very thick makeup on an ordinary face, which will make the mage have a considerable degree of incongruity, but it is even more prominent.
Magic items, or a higher-level charm?
Reiner took a slight half-step back.
"It's true that inheriting the Ian Gray family doesn't really matter to me, but I don't really like working with other people."
Reiner said that he didn't know the details of Phyllis, and he didn't know what her ambition was, but after some exchanges just now, Reiner felt that this sister was definitely not as simple as a simple courtesan.
"yes, it's a pity."
Phyllis had no regret on her face, and she passed Reiner before she walked out of the room with ease.
"Secret?"
Reiner muttered to himself, leaving the reception room as well, and finding Claire with the guidance of the servant.
The funeral in the afternoon was not grand, basically only a few brothers and sisters and servants of the Ian Gray family, Reiner silently watched the coffin buried, the sky was clear and cloudless, unlike other funerals There will be a few drops of rain to render the atmosphere, and several relatives present actually have their own hearts, and there is no sense of remembrance for the dead Aunt Selia.
It seems that Aunt Selia's secret in this villa has been known to Raven and Hyrule, and Reiner frowned slightly when he saw Hylar's eyes staring at the coffin that was gradually buried by the grave.
Aunt Selia's villa must have been carefully searched by the servants, and Reiner did not rule out the possibility that his father Winchester had brought in a mage to use magic to investigate, and since it could not be found in this case, if it was not for the fact that the secret was something beyond people's understanding, it was probably not in the villa.
Reiner prefers the latter, there are so many traps and secret rooms in this world, and he doesn't think that this villa may be made of gold, after all, pure wealth is not enough to make his father Winchester so much trouble.
And what really involves a secret will not be handed over to these juniors to touch.
Once you think about these things, the scope of the search is much smaller.
After returning to the mansion from the cemetery, Hailar immediately walked into the villa with several of his subordinates, rummaging up and down.
Raven didn't say anything about this, but got into his personal carriage and drove away.
Phyllis is similar to Raven, except that she walked around the backyard of the mansion twice before leaving, and she didn't know what she was doing.
Reiner took one look at the quiet villa, then summoned a rental carriage and took Claire into it.
"Where are we going?"
Claire had already listened to Reiner's explanation of the funeral on the way back, and she thought that a thrilling treasure hunt was about to begin, but she didn't expect Reiner to leave the scene directly.
"Some people use their hands to find things."
Reiner gestured to the villa, gesturing to Hyrule, who was repeating the work of his predecessors.
"And some people are looking for things, relying on this."
He tapped Claire on the head and spoke to the coachman.
"Trouble going to the Olmster City Library."