Coming out of the No. 1 private room, you will continue to walk deep until you reach the dead end at the end of the passage.

At the end, two menacing statues stood - winged beasts crouching on pillars. They have the wings of bats and hideous heads like vicious dogs, as if they are guarding something.

Turn the statues inwards so that they turn from outside the guard to looking at each other. Unscrewing the image at the end reveals a gap that only allows one person to pass through.

"—The entrance to the so-called 'secret passage' is here."

The middle-aged man with short crimson curly hair respectfully introduced Miss Bayard, "But it's not strictly a secret passage, but just an underground passage that is hidden. ”

"Underground passages?"

Bayard clasped his hands on his chest and asked with interest, "What is it for?" Could it be ...... Prevent rape? ”

"If only you knew."

The middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper had a straight back, and he just smiled: "In addition, there are some big people whose identities are inconvenient to reveal, and they occasionally come to Arc Moon Manor to play. But they are not suitable to enter through the main entrance, and then they will come directly from here. From here, you can go directly to the private room without going through the banquet hall, and then call the blood slave directly to the corresponding room. ”

"Just the soundproofing of your private room?"

Bayard couldn't help but pull the No. 14 he was holding in his hand to his side, complaining: "How do you do this soundproofing? ”

"Oh......"

The middle-aged man nodded thoughtfully, and readily admitted his mistake: "I'm very sorry, Miss Bayard. I think the staff misunderstood your request, and I'll teach him a lesson later.

"That's right, generally our private rooms are given next to each other. The room is not soundproofed for the next door, but has a sound-amplifying effect for the person lying on the bed - this is a special design, it is used to entertain the shy guests and blood slaves, not to be soundproofed. At least you can't hear what's going on inside from the doorway, which is enough to prove that there is no problem with our soundproofing technology.

"And if the guest has a need for confidentiality or wants to discuss something, we will give a special room to the back and vacate the left and right sides."

"That's ...... so"

Bayard nodded.

"Don't you know," the middle-aged man walked into the secret passage first, leading Bayard forward, "or we don't know each other well enough." This is your first time ordering a private room, right? When you come back next time, I'll ask them to give you a room in the back. ”

"No need, I'm with the 14th."

Bayard blurted out, "I don't think I'll be here for a long time." ”

"Gee, it's coming."

The middle-aged man seemed to have seen and heard this kind of thing many times, so his face did not change at all: "We have a long lifespan, but the blood slave is not. Someday they will grow bigger, they will age, their appearance will deteriorate, and their bodies will no longer be light and soft.

"When that happens, you can come here and have a look. Maybe they'll fall in love with the new Blood Slaves and buy them - of course, we also support bartering for the old ones, and the old ones can be sold back to us at a discount. If you feel that the blood slave you bought home is too unruly and has too deep feelings, and you want to abandon it but can't bear to do it...... It is also possible to give them to us. However, the recycling price may not be very satisfying to you, especially if you are a wealthy person who is not short of money.

"But we have other ways to deal with it. As you know, our business has only been in the empire for less than a year, so a lot of it is old projects brought over from the rest side. And we now know that the Imperials are very romantic and nostalgic...... So we also recently launched a new business.

"We have noble Moon Child alchemists and jewellers who can make their aging companions into gemstones of all colors and further polish them into beautiful and timeless jewels. Freeze them in the most beautiful moments, so that what stays in the memory is all good – all you need is you to put them to sleep during the day's diet and they will be immortalized in a completely painless ritual.

"If you're willing to add a little extra money, we also support a gemstone designer to design a one-of-a-kind themed accessory for you. We also have amber artisans here...... If you add a little more money, we can also save their souls in gems. If you suddenly miss them, you can wake them up. They don't know they're dead, so they can talk to you as usual. ”

The man gushed endlessly, warm and polite: "Of course, if you want to torture these souls......"

"—I'll talk about that later."

Bayard angrily rejected the man's business pitch and interrupted him: "I just want to get out of here quietly with my little pet." If I can, I can take her for another late-night snack. ”

"Of course, of course. She's yours now. You have the final say. ”

The man, who seemed to only say "of course" and "you have the final say", just smiled gently.

But then, he glanced back at Ivus.

The passage was pitch black, and only the Moonchild, who had the vision of the night, could move forward normally.

The activated night vision made his pupils scarlet, dirty and bloody. The man had an elegant and warm smile on his face, but it was chilling: "I hope I won't see you again, No. 14." Miss Bayard spent six figures on gold to buy you, and I hope you will know what Miss Bayard has done for you, and appreciate the great price she has paid for you. ”

Number 14's body seemed to be a little scared, and he trembled slightly. She weakly shrunk into Bayard's arms, and Bayard grabbed her with her backhand.

"Don't scare her, Director Cornelius. The child was so weak that she couldn't help but be scared. ”

"And I didn't spend hundreds of thousands of dollars directly — I just wrote off our debts," Bayard warned. ”

"Of course, you're up and running."

Cornelius said with his hands behind his back and a smile.

And listening to the introduction of Director Cornelius, Aihuas gradually understood a lot of common sense at the end of the empire.

This is indeed a chaotic era when a person's life is worse than grass mustard.

The Alchemy Society and the Art Guild soon joined forces again to hunt down the high-ranking demon scholars with the Moon's Sons...... In the end, the demon scholars who were pushed to the limit summoned powerful demons, which led to the extinction of the imperial family and the six-year war of the Ripping Ground.

- A year before the Ripping War, it was the time when the famous painting was born, that is, "The Alchemist", which caused a fierce conflict between the Alchemy Society and the Art Association.

And now, these children of the moon have been able to raise blood slaves in the manor openly. They have clearly gained enough status and influence. This means that the Children of the Moon have been in the Imperial Capital for some time, and they have been here for almost a year, according to Director Cornelis.

Then the big demon summons that is far from the fall of the empire...... I'm afraid it's less than a month.

A large empire that is already divided internally, full of factions, intrigues, and hatred. If all of its royal lineage, all its legitimate heirs, suddenly die one day......

That means the real troubled times are coming.

There will definitely be a lot of "high-ranking people" who die in this troubled era.

Miss Bayard is only an afterimage of the ritual awakening, but the shadow demon is real. She has memories of Bayard, then surely she knows many people from this era.

- Maybe when Ivas follows his mentor in the archaeological excavation, he will be able to dig up Bayard's friends.

Because of the violent chaos at the end of the empire, much of the history of that time is no longer available. Much of the history of the empire today relies on the efforts of archaeologists to recover the truth...... But there is still a lot of speculation and conjecture.

Since Shadow Fiend is from this era...... In other words, she is a living fossil from the end of the Imperial Age.

She must have known a lot of secrets.

For example, where is a strong person buried, or where is there a hidden resource point......

- In that sense, Shadow Fiend is like Ivus's moving panel!

(End of chapter)