"Heh, in addition to our Pinter family, three of the other four families who are eligible to run for election came, and only the Dolma family did not come." Emily sneered after listening to the report of the maid who reported the news, "And it's just in time, Matilda has only been in the door for a long time, and the troublemakers have already arrived."

"It's coming for us." Babu smiled and said, "They're so quick to hear from, but how much is Traveler so hated in Midnight City?"

"It must have been Glenn who made the news out, he has coveted Matilda for a long time, and their Rittery family is also very interested in many of our Pinter family's properties, since they have noticed that there is cooperation between several travelers and Matilda, of course they will try their best to make trouble, after all, only by cutting off Matilda's foreign aid and making her mission completely fail can he have a chance to get Matilda, and then affect the entire Pinter family." Emily still had that faint expression and explained unhurriedly, "And the three families that came forward are all potential rivals of Matilda, and in their opinion, one less opponent is one. So, as long as they can sabotage Matilda so that she can't even get the nomination, they will definitely do it happily, and it is not surprising that they will be used by Glenn. As for the hostility towards the travelers, I used to listen to the travelers who actually welcomed them, but there was no way, the two travelers who stole the idol yesterday, Midnight City is now very hostile to the travelers from top to bottom, and it is already Matilda who relies on the influence of the family to let you in, otherwise the best result is to refuse to enter the city from the beginning."

"Is this still the best outcome?" Monica asked.

"Well, it's not impossible to be besieged by the whole city." Matilda got up and walked to the window, leaned against the window frame, pulled the curtain open a crack and looked out of the window, and whispered, "It's the families and the puppet forces they control who have come, and they haven't mobilized the citizens to storm our yard."

"They...... I don't think so." Judy, who had been watching in silence, suddenly raised her head and said, "It's easy to launch an attack on the citizens, but once the citizens' awe of the nobles is broken, they will be the ones who are unlucky in the end. This ultimate weapon, unless it is absolutely necessary, no nobleman dares to use it casually."

"It does make sense, we haven't thought about it before." Matilda nodded in surprise and said, "Your Excellency Travelers, don't worry, the Pinter family will not let the guests be threatened, and we will find a way to deal with this matter." Mother, let's ......."

"Heh, since we've been talking about cooperation rather than hiring, we can't always hide behind the Pinter family. We're here to help, not to cause trouble, and if this can't be solved, then what's the right to cooperate." Just as the two women hesitated, Babu leaned back on the sofa and said leisurely, "First Glenn, then them, really everyone dares to jump out and step on us a few times, does Monica and Babu look so easy to bully?" Tsk, since they are so proactive, I can't help but be sorry for their kindness if they don't take advantage of it."

"Your Excellency, Babu, do you want to ......?"

Babu also walked to the window, lifted the curtain and looked down, watching a few richly dressed middle-aged men and a group of young people noisily shouting in the courtyard below, the corners of Babu's mouth curled, as if enjoying a deep breath, a silver coin has appeared in the weight of the hand at some point, and it flipped quickly behind the back of the finger as if dancing.

The mother and daughter turned their gaze to Babu at the same time, and then they looked at each other again, and their eyes flashed with the same curiosity.

"Get Matilda out, Amber." In the courtyard of the manor, the white-haired black-clothed old butler Amber stood in the middle of the road with his back bent, bowing his head and bowing his head, his attitude was very respectful, but he did not give an inch under his feet. There was a housekeeper in the middle of the road, and a group of city nobles couldn't tear their faces and break in, so they could only gather around the old housekeeper, and they all spoke loudly, "The city has just been stolen by a marginal traveler for such an important thing, and she actually dares to bring the traveler into the city, and she guarantees it in the name of the family. If these travelers steal some of the things dear to Lord Jeru, I think the reputation of the Pinter family for a hundred years will be destroyed in her hands."

"Even if it was such an important matter as looking for tribute, she could only return empty-handed, and brought back a few inexplicable people to succeed her as the patriarch of the Pinter family, and those who decided at that time were simply dizzy. If she hadn't even been nominated, I think she would

What face sits in the position of the patriarch and does not leave."

"That's for the future, now she must stand up and explain what she did, drive out the traveler she brought in without permission, and apologize to the whole city, otherwise, we Dess will not tolerate it."

For a while, foaming at the mouth, they were all members of the big family, and their status was noble, and the old housekeeper didn't dare to open his mouth at all, so he could only laugh cautiously, but no one refused to let it in. At the back of the crowd, there were a few middle-aged people who followed immediately, and no one came forward to express their position, but looked like they were out of the way, as if they were purely watching the excitement.

"Amber, you're not qualified to stop us." The crowd was still noisy, with someone shouting, "Go get Matilda and Emily out at once, or I'll ......."

"Otherwise, what are you going to do? Speak up and let me hear it." The gate of the manor suddenly opened, and before the person could move, a female voice with mockery in her indifference floated out of the door, "I want to know if I would like to know if we will demolish our Pinter family's manor, and scold Amber to death who has served the Pinter family for sixty years. Come, wasn't it very noisy just now, say it and listen to it."

For a moment, everyone fell silent, and the courtyard was silent, making the sound of the heels of their shoes tapping against the floor particularly clear. The figure swayed, and the two women walked out of the manor side by side.

One of them, who was familiar to everyone, was Emily, the most beautiful eldest daughter of the Calf family, and now the widow of the former patriarch of the Pinter family, who was now standing at the top of the stairs in front of the gate of the manor with a trademark look of indifference, sneering at everyone.

The other person is a strange woman that no one has ever seen. Tall, slender waist and long legs, long hair fluttering, and her appearance has an indescribable allure, she is naturally Monica, a marginal traveler from Sol Town.

The two stood at the door, one left and one right, their pretty faces contrasting with each other, adding a bit of beautiful color to the quaint manor.

"Don't want to say it? Wasn't it quite capable of shouting just now?" Obviously a petite ordinary person, Emily stood there without being angry and arrogant, making people dare not look directly, "Okay, since I don't want to say it, then for me, I really can't figure it out, when do we need to explain to you what our Pinter family wants to do?" Matilda is the patriarch of the Pinter family, who will she bring back, and it will be your turn to jump out and question it? Are you trying to do your duty for the Presbyterian Church?"

"Emily, Emily, calm down, everyone is kind." It was only at this point that the quiet crowd came back to their senses, and the eldest of the group in front of them had to stand up, squeezing out a smile, and comforting, "This is a sensitive period, and the precious sacred things have just been stolen by the travelers, if it is not necessary, it is better not to have anything to do with the travelers, otherwise if it is not handled well, it is likely to cause a very bad incident, and then not only Matilda, but even the Pinter family will be implicated." Aren't we worried that Matilda is young and doing something wrong will affect the honor of the Pinter family, Emily, you must be able to understand our painstaking efforts. So let's call Matilda out and make it clear to her face, if it's really necessary, of course everyone won't have any unnecessary precautions, but if she keeps covering it up like this, it seems that she has done something weak-hearted, and then it will be even more difficult to explain."

"Yes, yes, what is it to be secretive, what is not afraid of anything, say it clearly."

"That's right, let Matilda come out and explain for herself, don't you think Midnight City was lightly harmed by travelers?"

With an older man taking the lead, a group of people finally got rid of Emily's pressure and began to make noise again, seeing that the scene was about to get out of control again, and suddenly there was a sound of snorting in front of the door.

"It's noisy, and it's over."

The person who scolded was officially Monica, after she came out, she had been leaning on the door frame with her hands on her chest, with a cold face and not saying a word, at this time she finally stood up straight, walked towards the people who shouted the loudest, and walked in front of them, her tall figure made her stare at a few people with a downward slanting eyes, and she was also casually playing with the black whip in her hand. A few people only felt a compelling momentum rushing towards them, and they couldn't help but take a few steps back, and they didn't dare to say a word.

"Huh, that's it? A bunch of waste." With a disdainful tone, a contemptuous look, and a contemptuous attitude, Monica raised the corners of her mouth and let out a no

Crumbs sneered, and then stopped talking nonsense and turned her head away, just a few steps out of the slam she turned back suddenly, just a few steps forward to stop her, was startled by her sudden turn back, to the mouth of the words were blocked, how to step forward how to retreat. Monica sneered again, "That's right, a bunch of trash. If you want to explain, you will come in, but I explained in advance that after coming in, whoever dares to make a fuss and affect his preparation progress will bear the consequences. Whether you can do it or not, you have to think about it yourself."

After saying that, he ignored the others and walked back to the manor by himself.

"You, you, and you. And the two of you, come in too." Monica took a step first, and Emily pointed to a few people in the back, all of whom were the leaders of several families, as well as the few people who watched the excitement in the back, "The Pinter family's manor, not everyone is qualified to enter, the others are honestly waiting outside, and whoever dares to make noise again will get out of here."

After speaking, regardless of the reaction of the named person, he returned to the main house indifferently, and the few named looked at each other awkwardly, hesitated for a moment, and still chased after Emily and followed.

"Master Babu is meditating and looking for feelings, so be self-conscious." Emily gave a few words, and no matter what a few people were thinking, she took a few people all the way to the second floor, and after walking a few times, these people who had been to Pinter Manor a few times found that this was an important place for Pinter's house to store and display their collections.

Sure enough, following Emily into a thick wooden door wrapped in metal, inside is a huge corridor a hundred meters long, on the walls on both sides, on the floor, in the display shelves, everywhere visited all kinds of artworks, these artistic treasures are concentrated in the same space, enough to attract everyone's attention, but at this time the people who came in did not look at the collection, but noticed several people in the room.

There was a faint sound of a piano in the room, and it was Judy, wrapped in bandages, playing at the piano, and beside her, little Anna sat upright like a doll, motionless like a sculpture.

Babu was still dressed in the strange white robe, with the hood not pulled up, revealing his young but calm countenance. At this time, he was slowly pacing among the artworks with his hands behind his back, knowing that a group of people had broken into this place, but his face was expressionless, and he didn't even tremble the corners of his eyes, giving people a sense of inscrutable. Matilda, one of the ten most honorable men in Midnight City, bowed her head and paced carefully behind Babu like a retinue, smiling and humbling whenever Babu's eyes looked at her.

"Master, are you still satisfied with this environment?" Ignoring the group of people who came in, Matilda nervously asked, "Do you have any other requests?"

"Satisfied? Usually, well, very average." Babu squinted at Matilda and smiled arrogantly, "Although it is a city of art, your understanding of art is really regrettable, especially these things, what are they, but forget it, I am only here to observe and find inspiration, and I don't need to be so demanding."

"Master Báb." Under the gaze of a group of outsiders, Matilda wanted to speak again, and Emily, who had just entered, couldn't help but retort, "These are the collections that the Pinter family has treasured for many years, maybe they are not rich in quantity, but in terms of quality, these treasures carefully selected by the family really make you look down on them so much?"

"I'm not targeting any of the collections, and I'm not targeting you, I'm saying that the collections here are all rubbish." Babu sneered, walked quickly to the bottom of a painting, raised a pen and pointed to several parts of the painting and said, "This is the painting you admire the most, here, using the skills of the Anette school, a very good idea, but the level of use can only be described as a disaster, it simply has the appearance of the Anette school, not only has the essence not touched at all, but even the connotation has been basically destroyed, look at these lines, rigid and stiff, it is the details that the Anette school can best reflect the level, As a result, the painting embodies a shameful laugh. Look at this again, if it is a matter of ability to not learn the essence of God, then it is purely a matter of professional ethics, the person who painted is actually lazy, obviously should use at least fourteen strokes to outline in order to fully reflect the artistic conception of the picture, but he actually only used six strokes, so that the picture has a huge sense of thinness and disobedience, conspicuous like the light in the night on the edge, but also

I still think that I have a good hiding, and the people who do this kind of thing are not even worthy of the artist, this kind of work with a perfunctory heart, what is it that is not garbage? And here......

The painting that Babu pointed to had been seen by the leaders of the various forces present, and it was one of the most valuable items in the Pinter family collection, but I didn't expect it to be said by Babu to be worthless. The key is that he was born in Midnight City, these people have a good ability to appreciate, and they can't notice it when no one reminds them, as soon as Babu reminds them, these people find that what he said is actually very reasonable, and there are indeed many flaws in the painting, although it is not as derogatory as he is, but it is also reasonable, plus what the Arnett school and other terms that everyone has never heard of, so that everyone seems to understand it, and only feels that a professional art master breath is blowing in their faces, so that the original ill-intentioned group of people dare not speak for a while, Seeing that Babu finally let go of the painting, he turned to a sculpture next to him.

"Let's talk about this garbage ...... again."