Chapter 48 The Visitor
"Click, click, click", it was another early morning, and Pannis, as always, squatted on the metal fence in front of the gate of No. 6 Fox Street, wrestling vigorously with the Pasgo in his hand, while shaking his head from time to time, so that the small furball on the top of the nightcap dangled in the wind. The little white fox squatted on his shoulder, twisted his head and stared at the hairball shaking in the air, and stretched out his paws to scratch from time to time, but every time he stretched out his paws, he would be cleverly avoided by Pannis's timely shaking of his head, but the little thing was not discouraged, as if he had found some fun toy, he kept trying with great interest, and his throat was still snoring from time to time, obviously in a good mood.
"Scarf, I think you've learned a few things from the nearby cats these days. Although the girls named the little fox Jessica, Pannis still insisted on the title of scarf and fox, for which there were many fierce fights between the two sides, and the smart little fox liked to play with Pannis, because the girls in the family were fighting, especially when they were playing with the children, the little guy always had to carefully control his own strength, lest he really accidentally cause harm to the other party, but he didn't have to worry about these when he was playing with Pannis, he could bite as much as he wanted, of course, as for whether Pannis also liked this kind of fighting, it was not in the scope of the little guy's consideration。 But today the little fox found a new toy, and didn't bother to pay attention to Pannis's name, but listened to Pannis's whisper in his ear: "You are a fox, even if you want to learn, you have to learn from those dogs, how good it is to gnaw bones and guard the gate, why do you have to learn from those cats? I have even learned the habit of playing with hairballs." Look at you, now you eat, sleep, sleep and eat every day, climb the tree to bask in the sun when you have nothing to do, and don't do anything serious, it's really enviable, no, I mean, it's really infuriating. ”
The little fox didn't even bother to roar, and glanced at Pannis with disdain, his furry tail snapping a few times in his face as punishment, his attention still focused on the fur ball of the nightcap, and fluttered happily.
"Alas. Pannis sighed, gave up the education of the little fox Jessica's racial identity, took out another Pasguo and broke it in half, and stuffed it into the little fox's mouth part, before he nibbled on the other half of the Pasguo, bowed his head and said, "And you, do you really plan to stand here all the time? You've been standing here for half an hour, aren't you really tired? I noticed that three muscles in your legs have begun to tighten excessively, which is a symptom of fatigue, don't you really plan to take a break?" Or go in and sit in the living room first?"
The target of Pannis's conversation was obviously not the little fox on his shoulder, but the people on the street below. It was just dawn today, and Pannis had just crouched in his favorite position, when a carriage was already slowly approaching from a distance with the morning dew. The troika looks clean and plain, with only some beautiful patterns on the black outer box, unlike many rich people's carriages, which are always decorated with all kinds of exquisite and expensive ornaments. But if a real insider can see at a glance, the material of the entire carriage is the most precious wood in the country of the mountain, the most precious wood of the mountain kernel wood, the carriage made of this wood is warm in winter and breathable in summer, and what is more valuable is that it will exude the unique fragrance of the mountain kernel wood all year round, and it can even be maintained for decades, because of these characteristics, the mountain kernel wood is scrambled by all the nobles and rich people, but because the mountain country strictly controls the output, most people can only buy a few pieces to make small pieces of furniture, and few people can have such a big courage to directly use the mountain core wood to make spacious carriages。 And the patterns outside the carriage are not ordinary patterns, Vivian here is estimated to be able to see at a glance, these patterns are from the hands of pure forest mages, those boring elves have fused the magic array and artistic carving together, the beautiful patterns are actually a magic array, each with protection, shock absorption and temperature control functions, can provide the best protection for the passengers inside.
After the carriage stopped, the coachman quickly jumped down and opened the door, and the passenger in the carriage walked down slowly, the passenger was dressed in a black dress, wearing a high top hat on his head, a small family crest pinned to his chest, his gray hair was neatly arranged, he wore unilateral glasses on his right eye, and a gentleman's cane was hanging on his arm, and the whole person looked like an elderly and polite aristocratic gentleman. The old gentleman got out of the car and looked up and nodded to Pannis, who was behaving strangely, not at all surprised by the strange behavior of squatting on the fence, as calm as if Pannis was not squatting on the fence, but resting on a bench by the side of the road like a normal person.
The old gentleman, though nodding his head, remained quiet, did not say a word, nor rang the doorbell at the door, but took out his timer and looked at it, then took a blank envelope from the coachman's hand, and stood respectfully outside the fence gate, waiting for the right time to visit. The old gentleman obviously knew the rules very well, knew that he had come too early, and would never disturb the rest of the owner of the house being visited, and would rather stand on the street and wait, but also keep quiet and courteous, even if he knew that someone above his head was chatting with a fox, he would never rashly look up and cause trouble to the other party. It wasn't until he heard Pannis begin to speak to himself that the old gentleman raised his head, showed a standard aristocratic smile, and whispered in a very soft voice: "No need, thank you, sir, I can just stand here and wait for a few ladies to come out for activities, so as not to disturb the ladies' rest." ”
"Well, then I don't understand. Pannis stroked the fox's tail and said, "Why did you come so early when you could wait until they got up?"
"I know that Miss Catherine has been busy lately, and I am worried that if she comes late, she will go out to run errands, and if she can't deliver the news in person in time, it will delay my master's plan. The old gentleman said respectfully, "So I came early to make sure that I would see Miss Catherine." ”
"Well, okay then. Pannis groped his chin and nodded, "I see, it seems that Snape is indeed in the capital of knowledge now, did he just come here, or did he wait for Catherine to return?"
"Master, he just came over not long ago. The old gentleman said, "Do you know the master's family crest?"
"That's not really, it's just that there can be a butler like you who is more aristocratic than most nobles, who can use a carriage to take low-key luxury to the extreme, and who knows Catherine, I'm afraid that the capital of knowledge will not find a second one. Pannis crouched on the fence and propped his chin up, "The most important thing is that the only person I can think of is Snape who is in a hurry to catch the carriage in the morning." ”
However, after only a few tens of seconds, Pannis's face fell, and he said with a sad face: "Okay, I was wrong, it turns out that there are other people who will do the same." ”
Another carriage appeared at the end of Fox Avenue in the morning light. (To be continued.) )