"The world is truly peaceful. Lying on the highest of the several oak trees in the courtyard of the mansion, Pannis bent his legs, his head resting on his arms, and a straw stick in his mouth, hummed comfortably: "It is so comfortable to lie in the shade of the trees and blow the cool breeze on such a hot summer afternoon, and if you can have another glass of cold ale, it will be the happiest day in the world." ”

"Hahaha. A series of children's crisp laughter came from the grass under the trees.

In July 3692 of the continental calendar, midsummer has come as always, but compared with a few months ago, the western-style pavilion at No. 6 Fox Street has changed a lot.

The pavilion is surrounded by stone walls on three sides, and only the front is replaced by a row of metal fences, which have been built for decades and have been stained with mottled rust. But now it's different, all the fences have been repainted, the metal poles look like new, and the gates are more important, not only with new paint, but also with re-oiled axes, and the gates open and close silently, and there is no such thing as a creaking sound when opening the door.

The courtyard of the Western-style building is very large, and the floor of the courtyard is covered with a layer of green grass, which can be fine and soft beyond the grass on the surface of the feet, and it is like stepping on the best carpet, even if you are barefoot, you will not feel stinging, but will have a feeling of comfort. The green grass is covered with small white flowers, and unknown flowers grow along with the grass, as if they are dotted with beautiful patterns on the green grass carpet. The breeze blows, the grass sways in the wind, and the fragrance of the moist earth and the sweet fragrance of the small white flowers mix together, spreading silently to every corner of the courtyard with the breeze. From a distance, the entire lawn is well maintained and beautiful, and it does not feel abandoned at all.

If you look up along the garden, you can see the white Western-style building. The exterior walls of the Western-style pavilion are painted silvery-white, and the newly painted colors shine in the sunlight with a fresh breath. A gravel path winds along the metal gate to the front of the Western-style building.

On one side of the courtyard, the tallest oak tree has entered the maturity stage, and the shorter two have also entered the rapid growth period, only one is still in the seedling stage, but after more than ten months of cultivation, the seedling has been forty or fifty centimeters above the ground, and it looks very healthy and thriving. Seven meters away from the seedlings, another oak tree sprouted from under the ground, which Catherine planted with the other three before she went to the grassland a few months ago. The branches of the three tall oak trees have clearly been carefully pruned, and the pruned oak trees are more lush than before, with thicker foliage, providing shade in the open space beneath the trees.

Everything in the courtyard was cleaner and more orderly than before, and two months ago, the four members of the party who had returned home had almost thought they were on the wrong track. After careful inquiry, I learned that everything was the credit of Freya and the maid sisters, who often ran around and hung out, and Freya made the decision for Catherine, and the maid sisters did it themselves. Although everyone also tidied up every day before, the scope of the Western-style pavilion is really a bit large, and everyone often goes out for a long time and does not come back, it is difficult to maintain the perfection of the entire Western-style pavilion and courtyard, at most it is the limit to maintain the room that is often used clean and tidy enough, but this time I came back, and the girls experienced the benefits of having an exclusive maid for the first time.

Now, the maid sisters Pansy and Mimosa, who are responsible for this achievement, are sitting in the shade of a tree, and twin sisters and two little undead in puppet coats are chasing and frolicking around the sisters. Previously, under Vivien's guidance, the little banshee Anne solidified the magic that could make the fawn's soul fire sound on several of the fawn's favorite puppet costumes, and since then, the little skeleton that was brought home felt that she had arrived in the kingdom of God and was no longer bothered by loneliness. Now that's it, six girls with little difference in age, or not much difference in mental age, gathered to frolic in the shade of a tree, this is the scene that the two little undead had dreamed of before, no, more than two undead, including the maid sisters, could hardly imagine their current life in the days of the City of Innocence.

On the other side of the courtyard, Lina and Vivien were watering the lawn. The way the two girls watered deeply reflected the particularity of the professionals, and just a simple watering job had already been tricked by them. A large balloon of water with a levitation spell was held above Lina's head, this is not a creation of magic, the water generated by magic is made up of a high concentration of water elements, because the concentration is too high to be used for irrigation and drinking, so the water balloon is obtained from the well in the backyard, held by Lina, and Vivian uses fine control to constantly strip the well water from the water balloon and sprinkle it on the lawn, the two cooperate tacitly, spin around on the lawn, and have a lot of fun. After a while, the two began a new round of argument for some reason, and soon pinched each other's faces, laughing and rolling on the grass. However, apparently they forgot what they were doing before, the water balloon more than one person high lost the support of manpower, and could not bear its own weight with the flotation technique alone, so it could only fall slowly and smash on the two of them, and then the body disintegrated and returned to the original clear water.

So, the two of them could only go back to change their clothes, and before leaving, Lina didn't forget to attack with a flying hammer, and smashed Pennis, who was staring blankly at Lina's soaked body and didn't even know that the straw stick had fallen in his mouth, from the branch.

"It's not a bad day. Pannis, who fell to the ground, was too lazy to get up, and continued to lie on the lawn in his original position, shaking his upturned feet, and said leisurely: "Are you two used to life in the outside world?"

"It's good here, you don't have to worry about running out of food, and you don't have to worry about some strong person passing by killing us for fun. Mimosa's face was filled with a happy smile: "We don't even have to try to protect ourselves when we please our guests, as we did when we worked at the Evergreen Inn, and if possible, we would like to live here for the rest of our lives." ”

"It's hard to go to the nearby market every seven or eight days to shop. Pansy also dragged her chin and smiled brightly: "Master Catherine has given us a strict order that we can avoid whoever we meet on the way back and forth, whatever the other party does to us, but as long as the other party does us no real harm, we are not allowed to attack them." We knew that the owner was for our good, but every time we made a purchase, we were so scared, those people were too dangerous, too close, and several times we were ready to die, but they didn't know why they didn't really do it. Maybe they're just joking? But they're all ordinary people, and it's easy to get killed if you make a joke like that. ”

"Heh, heh, heh. Pannis smiled dryly, and didn't know whether to be moved by the fact that the two would rather wait for death than disobey Catherine's order, or whether to mourn for the cognitive abilities of the two, so he could only smile dryly and say: "It's good that you are obedient, otherwise it is estimated that there will be a lot of bloody tragedies nearby." ”

"Then we came up with a good idea. Mimosa said proudly: "Every time we go shopping, we will first make a shopping plan, draw a map, and then go to the dark alley next to the market in the middle of the night to wait, and when those stalls are open, we will rush into the market, rush forward according to the map, buy everything quickly, and then run all the way back." It was an idea I came up with, and since then, I haven't been bothered by those people since. ”

"I think that's why everyone is avoiding patients. Pannis sighed and said, "But you went to hide in the dark alley in the middle of the night, and the night watchmen of the city guard didn't trouble you?"

"We're from the City of Innocence, and it's a lot harder to hide there than this city. Mimosa said, "Now that the difficulty has dropped, how can we be easily discovered?, but once, there was a very powerful professional, probably the leader of the Night Watchman you mentioned, who seemed to have discovered us." However, Catherine's master had taken us to meet him before leaving, and he must have recognized us and ignored us. ”

"You're so lucky. Pannis smiled wryly, "It seems that Catherine has long expected that something will happen to you." ”

"But there's one thing we care about. Pansy suddenly became serious and said, "Some people occasionally peep out from the outside, not knowing what their intentions are. Those people were people who lived nearby, and we suspect that they actually had plans for the family under the guise of running a shop. ”

"Yes, and those people sometimes leave something in the door through the door. Mimosa adds: "Sometimes it's freshly picked fruit, sometimes it's freshly cooked food. Are they humiliating us? How can we fall for such a simple trap?"

"Trap?" asked Pannis, holding back a smile, "what do you think is a trap?"

"Poisoning fresh food is the stupidest thing, even people who have been hungry for three or four days will not be fooled. Mimosa replied very simply: "If you want to use this poisoned food to harm people, the object must be a person who is suffering from hunger, and the two of us have not been short of food in the past few months, so it is impossible to fall for this kind of fool." And the food they use is not right, and no one would be foolish enough to believe that this novelty delivered to the door is fine. If you want to poison it, you must at least choose to let it go for a few days, some spoiled food, and it can't be placed at the door, you have to disguise it as inadvertently thrown on the side of the road, so that it can be trusted. ”

"Well, what did you do with the poisoned food?" asked Pannis, "didn't you throw it out?" ”

"If you throw it out, you'll let them know we're on guard. Pansy shook her head and said, "So we're all buried deep in the backyard." ”

"Well done. Pannis stood up, patted the two maids on the shoulders, and complimented, "You can report to Catherine like this when you have time, she will be very happy." You guys play first, I'll go and see Catherine in the back, she shouldn't be in a good mood lately. (To be continued.) )