On Thursday, Angel finally arrived at 8 Birningham Road in Hillston, a mansion that would be her own for the next year and a half, after a busy day signing various contracts and employment contracts.

Although compared to the Savilia Langdon family she had seen, the real mansion of the Audrey Hall family was only "average", but compared to the villa without a garden across the street, Angel's rented house was a little too luxurious.

"The house has been remodeled and expanded twice, and in fact, it should be called '6 & 8 Böningham Road,' so it's much bigger than the other homes on the same street."

Rybuck, dressed in a formal suit and wearing a rune-style top hat, followed Angel to answer her questions.

The latter wears a pale yellow dress, a "rose necklace" with a huge gem that reflects a beautiful brilliance in the sun, and an exotic bone bracelet on her left wrist gives her a touch of liveliness.

Today, Angel did not wear the wide-brimmed hat with a black veil, showing her face completely, and even deliberately exuding the allure of belonging to the "witch".

She knows that starting today, she will have to prepare for her future social life.

The male and female servants who had moved in early yesterday lined up on both sides of the garden path to greet the two of them, and at the end of the trail was Angel's finalized housekeeper, Ms. Kayla.

She was about forty years old, with a beautiful countenance, but she could hardly hide the signs of age, with long brown hair tied back at her head, and dressed in a long dress similar to that of other maids, but with a little more embellishment in black and white tones.

Angel chose her not only because the other party has rich experience as a housekeeper with a rich resume and no stains, but also because she is of mixed Ruhn and Intis and has worked in Intis for a while.

This would add a touch of credibility to my fake background, but be careful not to talk to her about Indis, or it would be easy to slip through...... Angel thought about it, and under Kayla's introduction, she got to know all the servants one by one, and finally took the male and female butlers, as well as her personal maid Elsa, and walked into the door of the three-story building.

"Most of the furniture left by the previous occupant of the house, and the rest belongs to the original owner, and now we are free to use it, and I have asked Kayla to purchase some of the missing utensils, which will be available by this weekend at the latest."

Walking through the foyer, through the second door, and into the main hall that opened to the first and second floors, Angel listened to Ribback's introduction while looking up at the cloister on the second floor.

It feels like it can accommodate nearly 100 people, this is actually a dance hall, and half of the 300 pounds should be spent on it...... She muttered silently, her eyes swept over the crystal chandelier, the floor-to-ceiling windows, and a piano in the corner.

"In addition to the furniture, the wine needed for the banquet also needs to be prepared in advance, and now that the wine cellar is empty, we have to fill it up before the social season arrives."

Kayla interjected at the right time.

The housekeeper had already received 800 pounds in cash from Angel for various expenses, and the latter had expected that the huge sum would last a long time, but when she heard the introduction, she realized that it would cost almost all the money to fill the cellar with fine wine for a ball or dinner.

Fortunately, according to Kayla's suggestion, the two carriages and horses that she had originally planned to buy were rented on an annual basis, and the total cost was 100 pounds, which was a full eighty percent less than the original budget.

Even with such a careful calculation, I paid nearly 500 pounds for the annual salaries of all the servants, the two stewards, the carriages and horses, and the coachmen, gardeners, cooks, etc......

Thinking of this, Angel's heart ached so much that she could barely breathe.

Fortunately, at this time, a servant rushed in through the gate at the rear and returned to his post, making the deserted hall gradually lively, and Angel felt that the money he paid showed his due effect, and his mood improved slightly.

Next, she followed the housekeeper through the living room, living room, dining room, entertainment room, and many guest rooms on the second floor, with the mindset of the owner of the house rather than the visitor.

The third floor is the owner's area, and Angel is very happy with the large balcony facing south, but feels that the bedroom and bathroom belonging to the family members are a bit redundant.

The study next to the master bedroom is home to a number of professional books, mainly magazines on architectural design and related aesthetic styles, and I don't know which resident left them.

Finally, Angel came from the study to the master bedroom, and was pleased to find that the bedroom, which had not been cleaned up when she arrived the day before yesterday, was now tidy, the bedding was neat, the windows were bright and clean, and there were even bouquets of flowers that were obviously freshly picked next to the floor-to-ceiling windows of the balcony.

It wasn't until the valet Elsa opened the closet door to reveal the spotless storage space with no hanging clothes in front of everyone that Angel's smile had been on her face disappeared.

Aisha looked at Ribak, Rybak looked at Kayla, and finally, Kayla, the housekeeper who was in charge of housekeeping and was in charge of all Angel's living arrangements, spoke:

"Miss Teresa, June is the traditional social season in Beckland."

I know......

Angel took a deep breath and slowly asked:

"What's your suggestion?"

"Ask a designer to customize three to five sets of dresses for you in the style that is trending this year, and the rest of the regular clothes can be purchased directly by size, otherwise they will definitely not be ready before next month, and then the jewelry ......"

Kayla seemed to have already made a draft, and quickly laid out the costume jewelry purchase plan and plan, so that Angel could barely hold back the expression on her face.

Eventually, she shelled out a full £1,000 for the initial purchase cost, which stopped the butler's nagging. The rest depends on the fashion trends after the start of the social season, otherwise it is easy to become a joke at the prom because of inappropriate dressing.

I might as well be a joke...... Angel was looking forward to someone in the room saying something like "Miss, you're already beautiful, you don't need expensive custom dresses", but even the maid Aisha imagined the scene of all kinds of clothes filling the wardrobe, ignoring her master's increasingly shriveled wallet.

I'm afraid that the extraordinary properties of the "puppet" will have to be realized this month, otherwise I will probably not be able to make ends meet, and I don't know if Miss Messenger can accept 25,000 gold coins...... She thought rather darkly.

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With a lot of food still in place, Angel enjoyed a not-so-sumptuous lunch at home and regained a taste of Rune's poor cuisine.

After making a vague statement that she would accept an Inti-style meal, she took her maid and rode in a two-wheeled carriage to St. Samuel's Church in the North End.

Whether it is the real identity or the "Christine Teresa" on the surface, she is a devout goddess believer, and when she moves to a new house, she naturally has a legitimate reason to go to church to pray.

This was the first time I had entered the church of the Goddess of the Night since I left the city of Tingen...... Angel looked out the car window at the receding streetscape and fell into deep thought.

In order to cooperate with Klein's plan, she also has to make two preparations, one is to try to contact the Church of the Night Goddess to see if she can "legitimately" lend the Antigonus family notes in her secret identity; The second is to cooperate with Klein and steal directly!

Of course, her identity is almost unknown to anyone except for Lady Arianna and Her Excellency Secima, the "Sword of the Goddess", and she also needs to avoid being known to others as much as possible, so as not to be accidentally included in the "0-08" story and cause an accident.

Therefore, she not only went to church in disguise, but even used a real "mirror double" that can only be skillfully used after being promoted to "despair".

Using the distortion of space by the world in the mirror, Angel can make a false illusion near the mirror, and at the same time transmit sound, picture and other information in both directions, and through the magic mirror he carries with him, this power can evade and resist a certain degree of divination or visual detection, such as the "voyeur" way to check magical items, or the "arbiter" way to distinguish the extraordinary.

This can effectively prevent her from stepping into the church of St. Samuel with both feet, and being pushed to the ground by the "night watchman" who rushed to the scene after hearing the news, and was arrested on the spot.

Of course, if the other party's sequence is higher than mine, this kind of "defense" may not be of much use......

While thinking about it, Angel noticed that from time to time there were cars outside the window that she was very familiar with before, but almost never seen in this world.

Bicycle?

Like a horse-drawn carriage, this strange metal machine, which has two wheels, but is arranged in front and back, and is trampled on by man, and is driven by chains to move on the rear wheels, attracting the attention of many passers-by, including government workers such as postmen and patrol officers, as well as many young men in formal clothes.

Within ten minutes' drive, Angel saw seven or eight primitive bicycles passing by, and it is conceivable that there were more than a thousand of them in the entire city.

"It's like an invention from Klein Investment...... Don't know how much money he can make? ”

Thinking of this, the corners of her mouth turned up, and the frustration of losing a thousand pounds today was slightly better.

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Arriving on Pesfell Street in the North End, Angel leaves the carriage with the help of her maid Elsa and steps up the fan-shaped staircase at the entrance of St. Samuel's Church.

It is a pure black church with two symmetrical bell towers, and is the headquarters of the Church of the Goddess of the Night in Beckland.

It was late afternoon, and there weren't many worshippers coming in and out of the church, Angel and Aisha made their way through the stained-glass corridor into the main prayer hall, where they sat in the first row of pews near the altar beneath the huge night emblem in the dimly lit hall.

Feeling the faint warmth of the hidden emblem on her wrist, Angel closed her eyes, folded her hands, and bowed her head in silent prayer.

In the large but quiet prayer hall, only the low sermon of the bishop echoed by the altar.

“…… Praise the Goddess. ”

After going through the events of the time since leaving Tingen, Angel whispered, stood up, took out two 10-pound bills from the small bag that Aisha kept, approached the offering box next to the altar, hesitated for a moment, and threw it into the gap above the box.

"Praise the Goddess."

The priest next to the box drew a crimson moon on his chest and bowed.

This is the same for every believer who listens to the sermon and makes a devotion, but when he sees the amount of money Angel has put in, the expression on the face of even the pastor who treats believers equally has softened a lot.

This even includes the bishop on duty who is still reciting the deeds of the goddess and who only glances at him.

The countenance that almost made the dimly lit hall shine, and the amount of money offered, was enough for the bishop to remember the strange believer.

Angel's face was indifferent, and after a low bow, she turned back and walked to the seats in the first row, she was only going to show her face and prepare for various actions in the future, and she did not have the idea of contacting the clergy.

Of course, it would have been better to show her face for a while, so she didn't leave in the first place.

When he sat back in his seat, Angel noticed a middle-aged man with a tall stature and a mature temperament in the corner of the prayer hall.

He had apparently just finished listening to the sermon, and instead of turning away like most believers, he walked to the offering box, holding a short staff in one hand, and reaching into the inner pocket of his trench coat with the other, and pulling out large bills of 5 or 10 pounds.

This made Angeldo pay attention to him for a second, and he was immediately attracted by those blue eyes as deep as a lake.

It's not that the blue eyes are pretty, but the gloomy feeling reminds Angel of a middle-aged man who has passed away.

Attracted by the gaze fixed on him, the black-haired and blue-eyed gentleman looked at Angel, who was about to pass her, and his expression changed not very obviously.

Realizing that her behavior was not rude, Angel quickly looked away and turned her face to the side, lest the gentleman be embarrassed by admiring her appearance, but at the moment when the two of them were wrong, she noticed out of the corner of her eye......

The opponent's right hand holding the cane was lightly raised, and the thumb, index and middle fingers gently pinched the collar on the right side of the trench coat.

(End of chapter)