Tuesday, July 17th.

Early in the morning, Crean hurried out of the house and rode in a carriage to the rue de la Zotran.

After entering the "Black Thorn Security Company", he only simply said hello to Luo Shan, a civilian officer in charge of reception, and went directly into the captain's office without stopping.

"Captain, I've found something that could be serious."

As soon as he walked in the door, Crane got straight to the point, "I suspect old Neil is showing signs of getting out of control." ”

He didn't wait for Dunn to ask, but explained in one breath:

"When I first became a 'soothsayer' and first learned to see, I saw a pair of almost transparent, unusually cold, eyelash-wearing, strange and illusory eyes behind old Neil."

"At the time, old Neil told me not to care."

"But yesterday afternoon, I suddenly remembered it, and I had a bad premonition. So I did a divination on it, and it turned out badly. ”

Crane was telling the truth, but he deliberately ignored why he remembered it, why he thought it was not good, and he didn't say where he did the divination.

These are all happening on the Grey Mist, and they are secrets that must not be known to the captain.

"'The Hidden Sage'?" Dunn's grey eyes deepened.

Compared to Crane, a quasi-official member whose application for regularization has not yet been approved by the Templars, Dunn's secrecy as captain is significantly higher.

"Don't make a noise, let's investigate secretly." Dunn was quick to make the safest decision, "Ask everyone how Neal Sr. is doing." ”

"Be careful, don't let old Neil find out, so as not to irritate him."

……

Toward noon, Crane and Leonard found an opportunity to enter Dunn's office together.

"Are you sure?" Dunn stood up, his expression becoming very serious.

Leonard put away his usual casual appearance, and before Crane could speak, he solemnly replied, "There are obvious signs that are not easy to detect. ”

"Yes, there is a contradiction between his words and deeds and the past."

Crane hurriedly told him what he had discovered.

"When Neil Sr. was teaching me ritual magic, I saw a piano in his living room, and he told me that his deceased wife loved music."

"But Roseanne told me that in the first half of the year, there was no piano in the living room of the old Neil's house, and that the reason she remained single was that she had not met the lady who made him want to marry."

As a veteran teammate who has worked together for more than fifteen years, Dunn knows more about Neal Sr.

He knew that Old Neil had actually had a couple who was about to get engaged when he was young, but she suddenly became seriously ill and difficult to heal, and even though Old Neil risked revealing the secrets of the Extraordinary to try to save her with ritual magic, he still didn't succeed.

"We need to get old Neil under control right away, and use ritual magic to stabilize his state and curb his deterioration."

Dunn walked to the door of the office, walked in front of Crane and Leonard, frowned and knocked on his temples several times before finally remembering the next words:

"Let's go to Chanis Gate first, and when I take out the seal '3-0611', we'll go to the arsenal together to find Old Neil, and then apply for it."

……

Just after half-past three in the afternoon, Vally pulled out of the carriage and was greeted by Christine with a smile on her face and ushered into the living room.

From a few words of greeting, Valilla could feel the closeness of the young lady.

On the sofa in the living room, about eight or nine guests were already seated, among whom Audrey had arrived and sat in the middle.

With a smile on her face, Valilla glanced at them and recognized two of them, Viscount Gleilint and Murray Becker.

As for the others, although they don't know each other, judging from the harmonious atmosphere in the living room, they should all be Audrey's friends.

"She's Valeera and loves the occult." Christine stood beside Valilla and said with a smile, "We met at Murray's afternoon tea. ”

"Good afternoon, everyone." Valera greeted with a light smile.

Audrey also stood up at this time, walked up to her side, and said like half a banquet host:

"Welcome to today's afternoon tea, these are my good friends."

As she spoke, she began to introduce Valera from left to right, one by one.

"She's Jane, She's ......"

Valera nodded and smiled, "Hello." ”

"He's Murray...... Oh, I forgot you knew. ”

Valera still nodded and smiled, "Good afternoon." ”

"He is Conse, the youngest son of Viscount Learson, who works for MI9."

"Hello."

"Viscount Grelint, you know each other, too."

"Good afternoon."

……

"He's Maximi, my second brother." The last gentleman was introduced by Christine on her own initiative.

Valera still nodded and smiled, and replied "Hello".

She was silent on the surface, but secretly a little surprised.

Because Audrey was a little too enthusiastic, even Christine had some.

Judging from her last covert and natural pandering, it is understandable that Audrey would treat her as a general friend, but this time it seems that she directly regards her as a good friend, and personally introduces her into her circle of friends, which is a little too much.

If Christine is so close to her because of her brother, then why is Audrey?

Although she was a little confused, Valilla would not refuse such a good thing.

She went with the flow, giving full play to the eloquence advantage of the "instigator" and the appearance advantage of the witch, and soon left a good impression in the hearts of these good friends of Audrey.

The theme of this afternoon tea was occultism, and in terms of professionalism, Valera was the best among the others.

She controls how well she performs, earning the attention and admiration of the rest of the world, but not to the point of being overly high-profile and attention-grabbing.

After chatting for a while, everyone was inevitably a little hungry, so they all tacitly took a break and began to eat pastries and enjoy top-quality coffee and black tea.

This period lasted about ten minutes, during which there were no group topics, and everyone only talked in whispers with a few people around them.

Audrey, Christine, and Maximi sat next to Valeera, and Murray sat farther away.

When the frequency of everyone's feeding began to slow down, Christine couldn't wait to urge:

"Alright, Audrey, take that thing out, let's try the newly found ritual and see if it works."

Valeera listened and looked at Audrey.

"Don't worry, Christine."

With a smile on Audrey's face, her turquoise eyes, which were brighter than gems, turned to Valilla, and said:

"We still have a new friend who doesn't know about the situation, so we should explain it to her first."