"Where are you going today?" Before the baron arrived, Ademisor whispered about today's itinerary.

"I'll go to the university in the morning, and there are a few projects that Lord Baron wants to inspect in person."

As soon as he finished speaking, the servant beside the carriage stretched out his hand to open the door, and helped the baron into the carriage with a few steps, and sat down between the two.

"Good morning, both." Cinderas greeted the two gently

"Good morning, Baron." Ademisol bowed in return.

The coachman waved his whip and drove the carriage out of the manor.

In a small manor house not far from the baron's temporary residence.

Petro and Darcia, who had been hunting together in the early morning, did not get out of bed, and in just a few days, Petro's face became pale and gray, and his whole person exuded a sickly atmosphere.

This worries the valet Somar, who tries to persuade the couple to leave home as soon as possible, but Petro flatly refuses.

The most strange thing for Somar is that Darcia, who had also helped him persuade Petro, suddenly changed her attitude the day before yesterday and stood on the same side as her husband.

The reason given by the young couple was that they had not yet visited the Kadir family, so they had to wait a few more days, so Somar left the manor early in the morning and went to Mr. Kadir's house on Thorn Street, hoping to see Mr. Kadir today.

He was instructed by Petro to visit the house for several days, but there was no one at the Kadir house.

Neighbours said Mr. Kadir had been injured, but after inquiry, no one knew exactly which hospital he was being treated in.

Just wait.

Somar said something to himself, found a seat in the café opposite Mr. Kadir's house, and prayed that today would be the day he was discharged.

Darcia's sudden change of attitude began in the early hours of the morning the day before.

When Darcia woke up in a daze late at night to find that her husband was not in bed, she was instantly awakened, gently removed the mask that had dried on her face, and sat up from the bed.

The mask is a paste made from lemon juice, rose water and almonds that needs to be left on overnight with the aim of bleaching and softening the mustache around the lips.

The mustache on the lips is a common problem for all women, and the conventional hair removal method is dangerous, and one improper operation can lead to burns, so this mask to soften and bleaching the beard has become very popular recently.

"Petro?" Darcia looked around the room and softly called her husband's name, but there was no response.

She walked out of the room with a lit candlestick and slowly descended the stairs, calling her husband's name softly.

When she got down to the first floor, she saw a glimmer of light coming from the far room.

"Petro, is that you?" She tightened her arms and walked slowly towards the light.

Squeak.

The ajar door of the storeroom was pushed open by Darthia, and she saw her husband holding a strangely shaped candlestick staring motionlessly at the fresco in the middle of the wall, his expression changing and his lips wriggling and whispering to himself.

Darcia didn't notice her husband's abnormality, she sighed in relief and complained, "Petro, why don't I say yes to you." ”

Still without any response, Darcia frowned, remembering a condition called sleepwalking that she had read earlier in health magazines.

She walked up to Petro and nudged him, "Wake up." ”

Petro was unaware of it, still staring at the mural on the wall.

Darcia subconsciously followed Petro's gaze to the portrait on the wall.

At a glance, I saw the middle-aged man on the far right of the first row, with squinted eyes and slightly upturned corners of his mouth, as if he was smiling at her.

Then her consciousness became trance-like, and she fell silent, standing side by side with Petro staring at the portrait on the wall, the dim candlelight reflecting her face, her expression constantly changing, looking eerie and terrifying.

At the door of the storage room, a round-faced maid in a white nightdress looked at the two people in the storage room with wide eyes, and her palms tightly covered her mouth without making a sound.

The husband and wife stood in front of the portrait all night, and before dawn broke, with a satisfied smile on their faces, they returned to the bedroom and lay back on the bed.

When she woke up the next day, Darcia touched her face and exclaimed, "Why is my mask gone!" ”

Then he was a little annoyed and said, "The magazine said that you have to apply it all night to work." ”

Petro's eyes were dark, and he yawned listlessly and comforted: "Maybe you took it off yourself after you fell asleep." ”

The two of them have no memory of looking at the painting together last night.

Darcia nodded in agreement with her husband's statement, and then looked at Petro: "It's really nice here, we should stay a few more days before leaving." ”

Petro was stunned when he heard this, and asked calmly: "You persuaded me to leave this morning with Somar yesterday, why did you suddenly change your mind." ”

Darcia got up and paced to the window, opened the window and took a deep breath, and said with an intoxicated expression on her face, "I found myself suddenly liking here. ”

She suddenly turned her head, revealing a girl's unique delicate expression, and suggested with a little excitement, "Let's go hunting tomorrow morning." ”

"Okay." Petro tugged at the corners of his mouth to reveal a forced smile, and the depths of his eyes were indissolvably indifferent.

After getting up and washing, the round-faced maid trembled slightly and came to Dathea's side and whispered, "Madam, I want to go out and buy some things today, you know, bring some gifts back to my parents." ”

Darcia smiled and didn't speak, Petro said lightly on the side: "What you need to buy, you can write it down and let Somar buy it." ”

"I wish I could go out and do it on my own." The maid mustered up her courage and said in a trembling voice.

"What you need to buy, just write it down." Petro's tone turned cold, his eyes contained extreme indifference, and he glanced at the round-faced maid.

"Yes, sir." The maid was frightened by Petro's tone and eyes, and hurriedly lowered her head, a trace of panic flashed in her eyes.

Petro's face softened: "You know, Somar has something to go out these days, and you are indispensable for me and Darcia, so let's wait for Somar to finish his business, I will give you half a day off to go out for a walk." ”

The maid nodded her head and said nothing, bowing and exiting the room.

……

In the morning, Ademisol accompanied the Baron to visit the universities of Tingen and Hoy, where he was interested in the latest technological inventions and had in-depth exchanges with professors of science and engineering.

This made Ademisor regretful, and he had thought that he had come to Hoy University and try to get in touch with Mr. Azik.

It's a pity that the baron didn't want to visit the liberal arts teaching area at all, and Ademisor, who was protecting the baron with him, didn't find a chance to get acquainted with Azq in the end.

After lunchtime with the two university rectors in the faculty cafeteria of the University of Tingen, the baron went straight back to the manor where he was temporarily staying.

Upon returning to the estate, Sindras convened a meeting of several of his accompanying business advisors to discuss the business prospects of several new inventions that he had visited in the morning.

After confirming that the baron's next trip was for the evening, Ademisor said hello to Leo and returned to his room.