Chapter 33: The Identity of the Baroness
"So you asked me to approach Miss Hall, and the real purpose was to find a way to get to know this Earl Hall?"
It was a long time before Angel found herself again and asked.
She felt a little dry in her mouth, took the teacup on the coffee table, and drank half a cup of black tea to relieve it.
"Of course not, do you think you have the ability?" Severia commented sharply, "You just need to find a way to be friends with Audrey Hall, and you don't need to pay attention to the rest." ”
"If you have some difficulty in completing this, you can ask me for help."
She added.
So much to Earl Hall, but in the end it just got me close to his daughter?
Angel didn't believe that the task was so simple, but Severia didn't seem to have any intention of continuing the topic, and instead talked about the etiquette and preferences of the nobles of Rune, and finally called the maid, took a book of aristocratic etiquette, and asked Angel to go back and study it carefully.
"Although Viscount Gleilint's circle doesn't pay much attention to these, you still have to master the basic etiquette, and if you make a joke and become a joke in the salon, your mission will be considered a failure."
Then why don't you go yourself......
Angel sneered and took the etiquette primer.
Just when she thought the meeting was coming to an end, Severia's words made her heart strain again.
"You left a handful of your hair, or a tube of blood, as a measure to prevent the members from defecting, you should be understandable, right?"
Hair or blood...... Is it used as a medium to inflict curses?
Angel had already guessed that the "Witch Sect" would have some measures to prevent members from defecting and leaking secrets, but she didn't expect it to be so direct instead of monitoring each other or reporting regularly.
She knew that once she refused, even if she hesitated slightly, the other party might be suspicious, so she nodded and replied:
"It's still blood, I still value hair......"
If the cut hair turns pale blonde, I am afraid that I will become an extraordinary characteristic of other "instigators" for promotion on the spot!
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"Ms. Severia, about 30 years old, but not quite accurate, with black hair and gray eyes, should be the 'Witch of Pleasure' in Sequence 6, who lives on Palm Avenue in the West End, an absolute rich area."
Looking at the notebook with information cluttered in his hand, Angel frowned a little distressedly.
In today's meeting, she only obtained this information, and she was not even sure whether the other party's appearance was true or false, after all, she had a magical item that could change her appearance in a sequence 7, and it was not surprising that the other party had similar abilities.
Putting down the pen, she took out the vanity mirror that had been made into her own magic mirror and placed it in her notebook.
"The Magic Mirror tells me who Lady Severia really is."
The smooth surface of the mirror turned pitch black, and a mist surged from within, and then the picture blurred again, reflecting the mirror that reflected the study.
There is no doubt that this divination failed.
"It seems that this Witch of Pleasure has also done enough anti-divination measures, or has a magical item similar to the 'Magic Pocket Watch', with the strength of my Sequence 7, divination cannot be effective at all, unless ......"
She looked at the "Hidden Holy Emblem" on her wrist.
If you set up formal ritual magic, pray to the goddess, and perform formal divination, you may be able to break through the anti-divination and obtain some useful information.
But this must first be directed to the target to respond positively for the ritual magic to take effect, and the last time she prayed to the goddess to try to find the mysterious male who erased her memory, only to be erased by the goddess from the sketch......
Sighing, Angel decided to choose a simpler and more effective method - buying intelligence.
She remembered that Ian, the half-grown boy she had rescued with Dominic when she went to rescue Sonya, claimed that she could go to the "Brave Bar" to find him if she had an intelligence need.
Maybe it's time to use the relationship this time......
And as a wild extraordinary, after contacting the "Witch Sect", he made some investigations in private, which is very in line with his identity, and if he doesn't do anything, he will seem to have a ghost in his heart.
Thinking of this, Angel tore off the page of the notebook with the information and put it in her pocket, and the notebook was stuffed into the shelf, when she glanced at the book of aristocratic etiquette that Celelia had given her.
Her face changed several times, and after hesitating for a while, she finally pulled out the book with women dressed up on the cover, and turned a page casually.
"Except for outdoor sports such as hunting and equestrianism, it is considered rude and unruly for women to wear trousers instead of skirts."
Closing the book of etiquette with a "snap", Angel sighed again.
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Lady Sevelia's mansion in the middle of the night.
In the lavishly decorated bedroom, Lady Severia, with her valet open, stood in front of a full-length mirror, carefully applying some dark red material around the mirror until the dark red closed into a complete oval.
After incorporating a little spirituality, she folded her hands on her abdomen, and stood gracefully in front of the mirror as if she were greeting some big person, waiting patiently.
After some time, the mirror that reflected her black silk robe turned pitch black, and then a trace of blood oozed out.
"What's the matter, Severia?"
A soft but low voice came, and the black mirror became transparent, as if it became a window, and outside the window stood a graceful figure with his back to Sevelia, dressed in a white robe, whose face could not be seen clearly, and the sides of the robe were open high, revealing slender legs.
She turned and looked at the "window".
"Lady of Despair."
Severia bowed her head and saluted before continuing:
"Triss has been restless lately, she's secretly looking for someone to help her gather materials for 'pleasure', maybe she wants to get out of her current predicament, and I didn't stop her according to your instructions."
"It doesn't matter, no matter which direction she goes, she will eventually get closer to the 'primordial', which is a fact that has been written down for a long time."
The white-robed woman replied in a soothing tone.
"Yes," Severia nodded, "Another thing, it was a witch from Tingen who sold the 'witch' recipe at Mr. A's party last week, who had cut ties with the upline and came to Beckland to look for promotions, and as is customary, I approached her, left the curse medium, and prepared to examine her in the near future." ”
"Her appearance is not to Viscount Glerint's liking, and I will try to get her close to Count Hall's daughter, befriend her, and look for opportunities to influence the Count."
"Looks inconsistent? Are you sure she's a 'witch'? ”
"Yes," Severia hurriedly responded, "One of the subordinates I sent to follow her was attacked by her with a curse through blood, and I have confirmed her path. ”
"Do you need me to suspend action and reconfirm?"
She asked hesitantly, as if she was afraid of saying the wrong thing, and leaned forward and lowered her body a lot.
"There's no need to discuss this kind of trivial matter with me, you can do it yourself," the white-robed woman didn't care much about this, her face turned to her side, as if there was other movement over there, "Be careful of the extraordinary person next to Count Hall, he is a believer in the goddess of the night, he is in a high position, generous, I am afraid that there will be night watchmen who pay attention to such nobles all the time, be careful not to alarm them, you have a good idea of choosing her daughter as a target." ”
"During this period, everything is prudent, and I will always pay attention to your results."
As soon as he finished speaking, a cloud of mist surged into the full-body mirror, and then the mirror turned back to normal, and the dark red substance that had been applied to the surroundings had completely disappeared.
Severia breathed a sigh of relief, covered the full-length mirror with a black cloth, and rattled the bell to call the maid: "Get ready, I want to take a bath." ”
Her silk robe was soaked with sweat.
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On Friday afternoon, the "Witch of Fortune" room in the Divination Club.
Angel read it word for word with a piece of information in her hand, and the sound of the buzz next door, which didn't seem to look like a divination room, reached her ears, making her unable to fully concentrate.
Mrs. Severia Langdon, 32, married the widowed Baron Langdon three years ago, and the two are very affectionate and frequently appear together in social situations.
But a year earlier, Baron Langdon had died of a sudden illness and had no children, so most of his fortune, including several properties in Beckland, a large tract of land in East Chester County, and some shares in the factory, had been inherited by his widow, Mrs. Severia Langdon.
The young and golden baroness suddenly became a hot socialite in Beckland.
Why wasn't I surprised at all?
Looking at the biography of Mrs. Sharon, Angel remembered the woman in the black robe she had seen the night before.
She must have used some methods, such as curses, such as drugs, to settle the remarried baron, and then inherited his huge inheritance.
And getting close to Count Hall's daughter may not have been without the intention of getting closer to the Earl's family and introducing other "witches" to it......
The "Witch Sect" has formed a path dependence, right?
The aurora will kill people and set fires, the witches will occupy the magpie's nest, and everyone will have a bright future......
After complaining secretly, Angel put away the information that he had bought from Caspars at the "Brave Bar" for 15 pounds, and then took out the etiquette book and made up the relevant knowledge.
No matter what Sevilia is, if she wants to infiltrate the witch sect, she has to complete her task, and if she makes a fool of herself in the salon because she doesn't understand aristocratic etiquette, I'm afraid that her undercover career will end on the spot.
What's more, he left a tube of blood as a "hostage", and the fate after the mission failure may not be much better, even if it is the same witch path, Sevilia's curse may not be able to kill her directly, but the other party is quite confident in this measure to prevent rebellion, and I am afraid that if you don't die, you will have to shed your skin.
"Bang, bang."
Before she could read a few pages, there was a knock on the door of the divination room.
With a strong smell of tobacco, Angel welcomed another customer.
This is a middle-aged man who is preoccupied, his stubble seems to have not been taken care of for a long time, his hair is messy, he is wearing a trench coat that does not look cheap, but it is full of wrinkles, and the hem of his shirt is drooping.
"I'm going to tell my daughter's whereabouts, the more detailed the better!"
(End of chapter)