Chapter 53: The Abandoned Attic
I subconsciously swallowed and foamed, but I still didn't give up: "Why? β
Unexpectedly, I would ask the question from the bottom of my heart, and Countess Mary was visibly stunned.
At this time, a woman beside her, who looked to be in her early forties, stepped forward: "Back to the earl, because there are many miscellaneous things in the castle, although it is a wine cellar, but the people have stored a lot of old furniture there, there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants and the smell is unpleasant, if the contents are not good to hurt adults." β
"As Dalvera said, don't go over there." Mary raised an eyebrow and looked at the woman named Dalvera with satisfaction.
"Okay, I got it." I said yes, but I guessed that there was definitely something wrong over there.
Mary, who wanted to bathe again, seemed to have endured it to the extreme, and as soon as I had finished speaking, she left the main hall with a group of attendants.
Watching her back disappear through the door, my tense nerves finally relaxed.
glanced at Wang Yi and Du Deming next to him, they both had the same expressions.
As soon as Countess Mary left, the air around her seemed to become much clearer.
Wang Yi walked up to me without squinting, as if he was not familiar with me: "Then Count Turso, let me take you to visit the castle." β
I couldn't help laughing, and nodded solemnly: "Well, but before you go, can you let the two maids and the accompanying chef go with me?" β
Wang Yi immediately understood, but on the surface he made a look of embarrassment, and glanced at the maid chief Dalvera standing next to him: "Your two maids have been arranged to help in the backyard, this is ......"
Dalvera was a middle-aged woman with a blank face and a mean appearance, and she took a step forward when she heard the words, but she couldn't see her emotions.
"Since it is the Earl's request, I will send someone to call the two of them over."
As she spoke, she turned to give orders to her men behind her.
"Wait!" I stopped her.
"Any other orders, Lord Earl?" She turned her head and looked at me indifferently, not seeming to be afraid of who I was.
I was startled by her cold eyes, stabilized my mind, and smiled reluctantly: "If you can, can you also call my accompanying chef over?" β
Obviously, as soon as my words came out, Dalwila's face became suspicious.
"Ah, that's right, the accompanying cook is the son of my father's butler, and he has always had a longing for Mary's castle, and I had promised him a good tour before I set out, so ......" I said nonsense.
There was a moment of silence before she continued: "I understand. β
Then she turned and said something to her subordinates.
A few of her subordinates walked out of the main hall, but after a while, they saw them bring Zhang Qiang, Zhao Qiqi, and Situ Cao over.
At this point, the few of us finally got together again.
Wang Yi's eyes flashed with joy, but he quickly hid it. I saw him step forward and salute me slightly: "Then Lord Earl, let's go!" β
I nodded, and followed Wang Yi out of the main hall quickly, followed by Zhao Qiqi, Situ Cao, and Zhang Qiang.
However, to our surprise, the chief maid did not leave directly, but always followed us not far away.
This leaves us with no way to take any action to explore the clues of the game's quests.
Wang Yi exchanged a look with me, and he was also very annoyed by this.
In fact, Wang Yi did not know much about the environment inside the castle.
At this point, the sun was setting outside.
The afterglow of the sun shines through the narrow windows into the castle, adding a touch of silence and mystery to the castle.
He led us aimlessly up several floors, but still couldn't shake off the annoying maid steward, Dalvera.
Finally, a few of us stopped in front of a small half-man-high attic on the top floor.
It seems to have been abandoned for a long time.
As soon as we arrived at the door of the attic, the cold voice of the "True Demon" came from above us: "Find the key clue, do you want to explore?" β
The six of us quickly exchanged glances, and each made a gesture that seemed somewhat inexplicable to Dalveraβraising our hands and pulling at the air in front of us.
The chief maid frowned alarmedly, "Is there any problem, Lord Earl?" β
The sudden voice behind me made me feel stunned in my heart, and then I reacted quickly.
Turning around, looking at the chief maid who was staring at my back, I touched my nose weakly: "It's nothing, it's just that the air is a little cloudy." β
After speaking, Wang Yi couldn't wait to speak: "Lord Earl, do you want to go in and have a look?" β
Then he reached out and tried to open the attic door.
"Wait a minute!" Dalvera's indifferent voice rang out behind us again.
All eyes turned to her.
"The Countess Mary has commanded that no one is to set foot in the attic." I saw that her eyes were empty but with a certain cruelty, and after her gaze swept over the faces of all of us, she continued to speak slowly: "Butler Uyvari, as the right-hand man of the Countess, how could you even forget this matter?" β
Wang Yi's face did not change, and he also glanced at Dalvera coldly: "You were also present when the countess spoke just now. She had clearly instructed that except for the cellar in the backyard of the castle, where you could not enter, you could visit any other place at will. So, did I forget, or did you forget? β
I couldn't help but secretly admire Wang Yi's courage in my heart.
"This ......" After listening to Wang Yi's words, Dalvera obviously became hesitant: "But this is the Countess's rule all along, maybe she just forgot to mention it this time." β
With that, she took a step in my direction.
Du Deming immediately stood in front of me vigilantly.
Looking at the mean and rigid face of this old woman, I couldn't help but get irritable, and a fire rose in my heart.
Thinking of my identity, I straightened up and looked at her condescendingly, and my voice revealed a threatening meaning: "So, can I go in now?" β
She was about to say something when there was a sudden sound of something falling to the ground at the top of the stairs.
"Who's over there?" Dalvera immediately turned his head away.
I lifted my chin to her back and winked at Wang Yi.
Wang Yi nodded and spoke: "Since the manager has something to do, it's enough for me to be here, you can leave first!" β
Dalvera hesitated for a moment, but the sound at the top of the stairs didn't stop.
In desperation, she finally chose to leave.
Looking at her back as she left, several of us breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
I turned to look at Zhang Qiang: "Qiangzi, hurry up." β
Zhang Qiang snapped his fingers at me: "No problem." β
With that, he pulled out a wire from his pocket as if by magic and tapped it at the keyhole a few times.