Lady Maude and Mr. Si
When Huang Pi and Ruan Qing arrived at the castle, the castle gate was completely open. Shi Qiu and the girl called Third Sister, who had met before, had already arrived. They were standing in the hall on the first floor of the castle, curiously looking at the paintings on the wall.
The castle looked like medieval stone castles that Huang Pi had seen in movies, with an old and decayed atmosphere. However, the interior was well decorated, with red carpets on the floor, patterned carvings and chandeliers above the head, even more than a dozen wall lamps installed on the walls, reflecting the room as bright as day. However, it did not look like electric lights, the light inside was flickering, like a flickering fire.
No NPC was seen.
Huang Pi looked around the room and finally landed on the paintings on the wall. There were three paintings in total, none of which were portraits, but landscapes, they were still the
The first painting used blue and red with strong color contrast, blue sky, red grass, and a black crowd standing in the middle, the kind where it was impossible to tell how many people there were.
The second one is a little clearer. It is a light green grassland. A thin person is buried in the tall grass. Only half of the body sticks out of the grass. One arm is raised high, with five fingers spread out to the sky. The person has their back to this place. It is impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman, or what they looks like. All we know is that they are slender.
The last painting is an ocean. The dark blue brush roughly depicts the waves. There is nothing else.
"I like the second painting." Shi Qiu whispered to Third Sister with a smile, "Look, she is not wearing any clothes, exposing her back."
"Only the shoulders and a little bit below are exposed." Third Sister whispered, "Not sure if it's a man or a woman."
"How can a man's arm be so thin a, and it's enough to expose here a. I'm sure if she turns around, we can just see this, this!!" Shi Qiu's hand drew a circle in front of his chest.
"Rogue." Third Sister said expressionlessly.
Shi Qiu made a bitter face: "I'm just talking."
Third Sister turned away and went to study the wall lamp.
Huang Pi looked at the three paintings one by one. To be honest, he didn't know much about art. He could only see the content of three paintings, but he didn't understand the meaning at all.
"Brother Huang." Ruan Qing carefully approached Huang Pi, whispered, "Someone is coming again."
Huang Pi turned and looked outside the door. Sure enough, he saw several figures walking towards him. There were roughly seven people. It can be said that most people made the judgment that it was safer to spend night in the castle.
People who came later obviously took a longer detour in the jungle. As soon as they entered the room, they were so tired that they sat directly on several chairs in the room, panting. Only one or two people were interested in studying things in the room.
It was dark outside.
However, no NPC came out.
"What to do? Brother Huang, this castle should't have no people a." Ruan Qing whispered, "How about we go up and find a room ourselves?"
"Tsk." Huang Pi spat, "What a f*cking trouble." He did intend to explore the castle directly, but he had been the first to come out at the dock and got a lesson, so now he planned to hide first, it would be better to let others do the charging work this time.
And it is obviously much more dangerous to run around in the castle than to quarrel with NPCs at the dock. He has a bad temper and is easily impulsive, but it doesn't mean he has no brains.
After waiting for a long time, the castle welcomed two more embarrassed guests. When everyone's stomachs started to growl, someone finally came out.
A woman in a black maid outfit came out, with a red scarf around her neck. She walked down the stairs and looked around at everyone: "Guests are coming."
Huang Pi and other players looked up at her together.
Hong counted expressionlessly: "One, two, three... twelve, thirteen. Thirteen people ma? It seems that you are the ones who will stay overnight tonight. Please wait, mistress's prayer will be over soon. Please sit down on the chairs by the table, rest for a while."
Huang Pi went over the number thirteen in his mind. There were a total of fifteen people who came to the island, two did not arrive.
Don't know if they were determined to spend the night in the jungle, or if something unexpected happened.
Anyway, it has nothing to do with him.
Glancing at the round table, there were a total of twenty chairs. Except for the luxurious carved chair in the front, others were ordinary wooden chairs. Everyone only took a glance and knew the other chairs were for themselves, they all found a place to sit away from the luxurious master's seat.
After watching everyone sit down, Hong nodded with satisfaction, without saying anything, just clapped her hands, soon two servants came with teacups and teapots, distributed tea sets to each guest, and added black tea.
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Bai Leshui was flipping through a demon book. Praying was impossible, morever there was no place to put a futon or anything like that. There was a soft couch, just enough for a person to lie on and rest.
At first, he felt uncomfortable when he stayed in this room, but after staying for a long time, he felt nothing. He even flipped through books on the bookshelf.
They were all books about summoning demons. Bai Leshui saw that there were folds in many places, even traces of pen marks.
He was so engrossed in reading that he didn't notice an hour had passed. It was not until the door was knocked and Rong Zheng reminded him to come out Bai Leshui suddenly realized a long time had passed.
When he opened the door, he saw Rong Zheng, who looked like an elite steward, standing in front of him. He said in a low voice with a charming smile on his lips: "My
Bai Leshui raised his eyebrows slightly, knowing that it was time to perform. He raised his chin high and showed a little bit of noble lady style seen in movies and TV: "I am glad that you remind me, otherwise I might really make mistakes..." Wait, what is the name of steward's role?
"Call me Si, as long as you call, I am willing to go through fire and water for you." Rong Zheng's hand was against Bai Leshui's cheek, touching it gently.
Bai Leshui's face was slightly hot, pursed his lips, turned his head: "Where is Hong ne?"
"I asked her to entertain guests first. At least give those guests who came from afar a cup of hot tea." Rong Zheng said.
Bai Leshui nodded: "Let's go ba."
Letting Rong Zheng lead the way, Bai Leshui carefully locked the door, then left.
In the front hall, everyone was getting impatient until they saw Bai Leshui and Rong Zheng appear.
Since the two 'NPCs' leisurely came late, Huang Pi's eyes have been glued to them.
The leading person was wearing a black uniform, a bow tie, and white gloves. He was the steward. The woman behind him was wearing an ancient European puffy skirt. Although they all had oriental faces, both castle and NPC's dress had flavor of ancient European aristocrats.
The 'female' host walked in front of everyone with a gentle smile on her face and said, "Welcome to my castle. I am Maud, you can call me Lady Maud. This is my steward - Si."
Rong Zheng put his hand on his chest and bent his body slightly, which was considered a salute. Then he naturally pulled out a chair for Bai Leshui, waited for him to sit down, took the teacup from Hong's hand, stood aside to pour tea for him, and thoughtfully added an extra spoonful of sugar. After doing all this, he stood quietly behind Bai Leshui.
Bai Leshui picked up the teacup, took a sip, then seemed to focus all his attention on the teacup, not even looking up.
"That..." A slightly fat man among players said, "Lady Maud, can I ask a few questions ma?"
Bai Leshui raised his head and looked at him with a smile.
"Thank
"Treasures?" Bai Leshui showed surprise at the right time, he tilted his head and looked at others, "Are you all also here to hunt for treasures on this island ma?"
Others nodded one after another.
Bai Leshui: "Treasures a, there are always many people like you ne."
"Are there treasure hunters like us?" Ruan Qing asked stupefied.
Bai Leshui smiled: "Yes a. So the gate of the castle is always open. There are always some outsiders who have nowhere to stay and come here to stay. One batch after another, they come and go in hurry, as if treasure hunting has become their only meaning of survival."
Some people showed disappointment on their faces.
The fat man asked: "What about rumors... news about treasures, so on, are there any ma?"
Bai Leshui shook his head slightly. At this time, Rong Zheng seemed to remember something, and whispered to Bai Leshui at a very close distance.
Everyone was alert, stared closely at Rong Zheng's mouth, hoping to judge the content from his mouth shape.
Unfortunately, because of the angle, no one could tell what Rong Zheng was talking about.
Bai Leshui looked at him sideways and whispered: "Don't say boring words anymore, you should know."
Rong Zheng took a step back: "I'm very sorry, Lady Maud."
"It's okay, I won't blame you." Bai Leshui replied with a smile, he stretched out his hand and stroked Rong Zheng's face. Rong Zheng lowered his eyes and endured it, but the smile on his lips got bigger.
Shi Qiu stared at the two of them, then whispered in the ear of Third Sister beside him: "Do you think these two NPCs are a little ambiguous? They can't be in that kind of relationship ba."
"Probably yes." Third Sister said, "Anyway, it has nothing to do with you, drink tea."
Shi Qiu ohed, lowered his head to drink tea dejectedly.
Lady Maud was his type, but she already have Mr. steward.
Have is have ba. Did he still expect something unspeakable to happen with Lady Maud ma? It would be better to earn more game coins and hope that one day he could customize an intelligent robot that belonged to him.
Tea was just a hot drink before meal. After a while, Hong came over to ask if they wanted to eat. Bai Leshui didn't even look at the players and nodded directly.
He was already hungry.
The food was soon served, a plate of bloody steak.
Bai Leshui naturally picked up the knife and fork, carefully cut the steak, and put it into his mouth. Perhaps it was because the seasoning was very strong, the steak didn't look good, but the taste was first-rate, Bai Leshui's face unconsciously showed a hint of enjoyment.
Compared with him, guests obviously didn't feel good about the rare meat in front of them. But everyone moved their knives and forks, no one wanted to know what would happen if they didn't eat, it was also a fact that they were hungry.
Bai Leshui finished eating the fastest, when he put down his knife and fork, guests were still eating. Someone noticed that Bai Leshui stood up, hesitantly put down their knife and fork, and stopped eating.
"Don't worry about me, everyone." Bai Leshui said to everyone, "Please continue, after the meal, Hong will take you to the rest room. I'm a little tired, so I'll go back first."
Rong Zheng next to him immediately reached out to help him.
Bai Leshui paused, turned around and added: "Also, it's best not to walk around in the castle after midnight. Of course, the door is always open. If you want to hunt for treasure, you can leave at any time." After speaking, he nodded to everyone and went upstairs with Rong Zheng.
The two important 'NPCs' left, Hong and several other servants were still there, no one dared to speak loudly, just whispered. Ruan Qing whispered to Huang Pi: "Brother Huang? What did the steward say to Lady Maud just now? Was it news about treasure?"
"Don't know."
"Then should we go out to investigate tonight ma?"
Huang Pi: "Let's talk about it later."
Don't know how many players are here. In promotion dungeons, the existence of other players is a competitor, especially when there are additional terms.
However, he is also interested in what the steward whispered to Lady Maud, and wonders if he can ask the steward.
The author has something to say:
About whispering
Rong Zheng: Baby, can I sleep with you tonight ma?
Then do something want to do.
Bai Leshui: Don't say boring things anymore, you should know.
Your task on the first night is to stop the group of curious and vigorous players!