Following the group, Ronan came to the open-air platform on the top floor of the castle.

The servants and stewards did not dare to sit down, but stood respectfully on either side.

At this moment, the members of the Bruce family who came were also clear at a glance.

Jerry, Beatrice, and Ronan sat at a table.

The location was right next to Tom, enough distance from Mark.

Next to Tom, sat a man and a woman, presumably his wife and son.

The woman is about forty years old, jeweled, and generous.

His son is approaching twenty, and the years have not yet faded from the greenness between his eyebrows.

Next to Tom's family is Mark Bruce.

He didn't have any family around him, and he seemed to be a bachelor.

Basking in the sun, the servant quickly served coffee.

Jerry has no appreciation for Mark's coffee.

He waved his hand and refused, motioning for the servant to take it away: "The coffee is still ground by yourself, and it is more comfortable to drink." ”

After speaking, he tilted his head, and the servant behind him took out the ground coffee bean powder and handed it over.

Jerry is a guest, and this behavior is a bit of a slap in the face of the host.

The last sentence, in particular, seems to mean something else.

The servant serving the coffee stood there and looked at the head of the house, Mark, awkwardly.

He didn't know whether the powder of the coffee beans should be picked up or not?

Beatrice tugged at the corner of Rajerry's coat, who ignored it, as if determined to embarrass the head of the house.

Mark's face was calm, and he couldn't see joy or anger: "If he doesn't want to drink it, just make a new cup." ”

As if pardoned, the servant took the powdered coffee beans and hurried away.

The atmosphere was awkward, and the woman was very sensitive to this aspect.

Tom and Jerry's wife look at each other and open the impasse through small talk.

After a while, the topic was pulled to the returning Ronan.

As the saying goes, if you say too much, you will lose.

Ronan has no idea about the ontology's past, and rarely participates in the discussion of the topic.

is occasionally mentioned, but it's just a smile of cooperation, and the character design that continues to maintain a high coldness.

After the coffee episode, it was soon noon and it was time for lunch.

The dishes are more abundant than yesterday, and there are many variety.

Ronan ate to his heart's content, despite Jerry's suggestive sneer.

If there is any conflict between Mark and Jerry, there should be a lot of insiders, find time to ask.

Hey, don't say it, this baked snail and caviar tastes really good.

After the meal, Mark took the initiative to invite Ronan to hunt on the island.

For this kind of ice-breaking behavior, he thought about it again and again, but still refused.

Ronan is now focused on the portrait of Ayuya.

He also wanted to stay up early until the evening, so that he could open the keyhole and go to the secret room to find out.

Hunting or something, not much interest.

Mark didn't force it, and left with Tom's family.

Ronan had been attentive to the fact that there were servants on call in the hall all the time, so he had to go back to the arranged room in a huff.

There was a TV in the room, which was a bit of a surprise to him.

Through western cowboy and soap TV drama play time, soon it was evening.

By the time it was time for dinner, Mark and Tom's family hadn't returned.

A servant came to inform them that they had made a good harvest, had spent the night at the outpost on the hill, and would not return to-night.

The head of the family was not there, but the dinner party did not snub Jerry's family at all.

After eating and drinking, Ronan left the table.

On the way back to the room, he seduces the head maid who accompanies him and asks Jerry and Mark about the reason for their feud.

It is said that the two have been in constant conflict before, and they have won and lost each other.

After Mark found a testamentary successor to the head of the family, he took over part of Jerry's business.

This kind of thing involving economic interests became the fuse for the breakdown of the relationship, and Jerry also made a big fuss about it.

Afterwards, after Tom's coordination, Mark relinquished the business.

But Jerry still has the same violent temper as before, and he goes against Mark everywhere.

Ronan sneered, this cheap father is really unforgiving.

He called out the system and read the file back to the dinner.

Those dishes that have never been touched have been tasted one by one again, and they are satisfied.

After dinner, the head maid sent him back to his room and left.

Tonight, Mark and Tom's family are not in the castle, which is a godsend!

Ronan didn't miss his chance tonight, watching TV until twelve o'clock, and then getting ready to go out.

Stocked up, Ronan crept into the hall.

The moon hangs high, and everything is quiet.

The servants of the castle had to get up early, and they were already resting.

In the hall, there was no one else.

Ronan came to the portrait of Ayuya and stretched out his hand and rubbed it gently.

As for the riddle on the iron plate, he didn't bother to decipher it, and directly took out the [Master Key].

The key is easily inserted into the lock slot, and it seems that there is no inhibition.

As the key changed automatically, Ronan grabbed it and twisted it, and there was a sound of mechanical gears turning behind the wall.

After a while, a secret passage for only one person was revealed.

Ronan saved a file and walked inside.

He didn't have a torch, and he used the weak light of his mobile phone to find his way.

I continued to walk for more than ten steps, as if I had stepped on something.

The passage behind him closed with the sound of gears turning.

Ronan saved the file before entering, and did not panic at all, and continued to move forward.

The passage of the secret passage is not large, and the stone structure is built on both sides.

Ronan touched the wall as he walked forward.

At first, the stone on the wall was a little rough and prickly, but the further you got, the smoother the wall becomes.

At the end of the passage, there is a wooden door.

Ronan pushed open the door and came to what resembled a cellar.

The distance of the mobile phone's light is limited, so it is impossible to confirm whether there is something hidden in those dark places.

The temperature in the cellar was a little low, and Ronan tightened his collar.

The silence around was terrible, only the sound of his own breathing.

With the light of the mobile phone, it can be roughly confirmed that there are only more than 30 square meters in the cellar, and the space is not large.

The stone wall seems to be carved with a mural, but the pattern on it is blurred, only mottled and old red-green.

In the corner, Ronan found several wooden pillars built up.

On the pillar was a slate of stone, half of which was inserted into the wall.

Ronan frowned slightly and began to check.

On the wooden pillar, there is nothing abnormal.

The slate is coarsely polished, and the surface is relatively smooth.

This kind of thing, if it doesn't work, is too abrupt to put in a secret room.

What kind of mechanism is it?

Ronan groped his hands back and forth on the stone slab, and even pushed it, but he didn't see any triggers.

Upon closer inspection, he spotted the clues.

In the gap between the slate and the wall perpendicular, there is a groove two fingers wide.

Glancing at the notch, Ronan rolled up his sleeve and stretched out his right hand.

He brought his middle and ring fingers together and reached into the groove and moved them up and down.

Ronan's movements are skillful, and the strength of his fingers is also great.

There was only a crisp sound, followed by the sound of a series of gears turning.

The mottled wall next to it suddenly opened......