When Sebastian returned to the hotel room, Shirley was applying makeup to Charlotte.
Charlotte didn't need to look back to see the fire elf coming in in the mercury mirror, and chuckled:
"Have you finished chatting?"
"Well, we're done talking."
Sebastian nodded and subconsciously looked at Charlotte, who was sitting in front of the dressing table with her back to him.
At this glance, he was quickly stunned.
I saw that Charlotte's aristocratic dress had been replaced by a civilian dress that was fully patched.
But that's not the most surprising thing. What's surprising is the pair of fluffy wolf ears on her head and the wolf tail behind her that's somehow fixed, and her hair is also dyed like a werewolf.
of gray.
Shirley's work continued, as she carefully applied werewolf-specific hair to both sides of Charlotte's cheeks.
Sebastian:……
"How is it? Does it look like it?"
Charlotte signaled Shirley to stop, turned around and glanced at Sebastian with a smile, revealing a pair of red eyes.
In this whole body, only these eyes are undisguised.
Sebastian was stunned for a moment under her sweet smile, and couldn't help but say:
"It looks like, very much like, very much like the down-and-out young lady of the werewolf tribe who ran away from home... Well, the clothes you prepared are quite real."
Charlotte:……
She looked at the mercury mirror again, pondered for a moment, and said to Shirley:
"The skin will become rougher and duller..."
Shirley nodded and continued her work.
Sebas only felt her hands flying rapidly on Charlotte's face. As if by magic, Charlotte's appearance soon changed.
Looking at the appearance of the little werewolf girl who looked more and more like an ordinary werewolf, he couldn't help but said:
"Sulli's makeup skills...are really comparable to those of a magician..."
Charlotte smiled and said:
"Of course, as a maid, Shirley is professional."
After saying that, she and Sebastian looked at each other through the mirror, thought for a while, and asked:
"I saw at the dinner table that Lu Fu seemed to be worried?"
Sebastian's face suddenly became strange, and he nodded:
"Yes, he is indeed worried. He just told me everything."
"Is it related to me?"
"Yes, it has something to do with you."
"explain."
"Thanks to the 'miracle' during the coming-of-age ceremony, he really regards you as a saint of the Holy Royal Court."
Charlotte:……
"Even Lu Fu thinks so. It seems that this label is tighter than I thought."
Charlotte said helplessly.
She indeed had the idea of using the name of the saint to facilitate her actions in the territory.
But a pretense is a pretense, and if it is too loud and attracts too much attention, it will have the opposite effect.
On the one hand, this means that she has become a target on behalf of the Holy Royal Court, which is likely to cause some unnecessary misunderstandings, and may even accidentally hurt "one of our own"; on the other hand, it is also very likely to attract the attention of the higher-ups of the Holy Royal Court.
.
Charlotte wanted to get out of the situation, not get herself involved.
"Indeed, the rumor that you are a saint has spread more widely than we thought. However, it seems that the rumor is more powerful in the Castel Territory than in other places. There must be someone behind this who is adding fuel to the flames."
Sebastian said.
After hearing his words, Charlotte narrowed her eyes:
"It's just the nobles who oppose me. Let them fool around for a few more days."
As she spoke, she changed the topic:
"For tonight's operation, you and Nice will go with me. Our identities are new miners. You are my brother and Nice is my pet."
The strong miners in the Castel silver mines will disappear mysteriously, so most of the miners are actually old, weak, sick and disabled, and there are countless child laborers.
Of course, for demi-humans and orcs, even child laborers are as strong as adult human males with slightly weaker physical strength.
The wages for the old, weak, sick and disabled are definitely less than those for ordinary miners, but this is not the case at night. The Castel Silver Mine operates around the clock for twelve months a year, and there are miners working every night.
In order to make more money, many child laborers choose to work at night.
However, many demi-humans tend to be nocturnal by nature, so working at night is indeed more efficient for them.
These things were all told to Charlotte by the werewolf Luv.
Charlotte's mood was a bit complicated when she learned that there were a large number of child laborers in the mining area.
After all, the property rights of the Castres Silver Mine are nominally owned by her. In a sense, the boss who exploits child labor is herself.
Of course, she also happened to have the opportunity to see what was going on in the mine.
"What do you think, brother Sebastian?"
Putting away all her thoughts, Charlotte turned around and moved the fake ears on her head, smiling brightly at her housekeeper.
"Brother...brother..."
After hearing Charlotte's title, Sebastian couldn't help but take a breath, and subconsciously raised his waist. Suddenly, he felt a lot of pressure, but at the same time, he felt an inexplicable sense of relief.
"What? There's something wrong with my brother? How about replacing him with my brother?"
Charlotte pouted and tilted her little head.
Looking at her extremely cute appearance, Sebastian swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said with great energy:
"Still... I'm still a brother, but there's no need to call him by his name."
"Why do I feel like I'm actually enjoying it?"
Charlotte teased deliberately.
"You misunderstood. It's just that I have always wanted to have a sister as...well, beautiful as you."
Sebastian blushed, then straightened his back, regained his elegance, and spoke respectfully.
This guy obviously wanted to say cute at first, but he probably realized that it was disrespectful to say cute to a "god", so he changed his words to beautiful.
Charlotte didn't care.
She knows she is indeed cute.
The first thing she does every morning when she wakes up is to look in the mirror and admire her beautiful face, and say to herself, "I'm so cute," and she will be in a good mood for the rest of the day.
It can be regarded as a kind of inner comfort. Although the gender has been changed, if you think about it differently, many people want to travel through time and become such a beautiful and cute little vampire with cheats and money, but they still can't do it!
…
After Charlotte finished putting on makeup, Sebastian followed suit.
Soon, a new pair of werewolf siblings were released.
The only problem is that the younger sister is much shorter than the older brother, so she looks more like father and daughter.
Charlotte's body obviously developed relatively late. When she was fourteen or fifteen years old, she looked like she was twelve or thirteen years old. Later, she turned into a vampire and stopped developing after she was fully formed.
But Charlotte was quite satisfied.
Apart from her somewhat disappointing height, at least she is not as cumbersome as Charlotte who grew up in the true ancestor's posture.
When the two of them finished packing and were ready to set off, Nice was already ready.
This guy seems to have gained weight, especially his bulging belly. It seems that he ate too much while everyone was busy.
"Meow! Lady Charlotte, you are finally ready! When do we set off?!"
Nice was finally able to be taken by the great "god" to do something. He looked very excited and jumped up in front of Charlotte with his cat's tail raised high.
However, when Charlotte looked at it and sent it to the pet hospital, the veterinarian would definitely say that your cat is seriously overweight and needs to lose weight, otherwise it is very likely to have arthritis and heart disease that will affect its life span. She quickly fell into deep thought.
"The werewolf brother and sister who are living in poverty shouldn't have such a fat pet cat, right?"
She glanced at her and Sebastian's patched coats, turned around and asked.
"No, unless it's food you bring with you. After all, werewolves eat meat."
Sebastian said with a smile.
Nice:…
Charlotte sighed, squatted down and patted Nice's plump cat head:
"Nice, you really need to lose weight."
After saying that, he crossed the black cat and walked out.
Sebastian also patted Nice's cat head and sighed:
"Your Excellency Nice, did you hear this? The master hopes that you will lose weight. When you go back this time, instead of riding in the carriage, you should exercise more and go for a run."
Nice:…
…
Although Nice was as fat as a pig disguised as a cat, Charlotte took him with her in the end.
Rather than being held in the arms as a pet, it is allowed to follow behind and sneak in at night.
Anyway, its hair is black and it can't be seen at night without a light. The mine supervisor is not a demi-human with strong night vision, but a human noble.
The Castel Silver Mine is located to the east of the Silver Mining City, spanning both inside and outside the city.
This is not the earliest mining site of the silver mine. The earliest mining site was elsewhere. However, with continuous mining for hundreds of years, the mines have been dug deeper and deeper, and the main mining area has been moved here.
Castel's underground mineral veins are extremely large and are divided into southern and northern areas. The southern area is the largest and is owned by the Crescent Royal Family, while the northern area is smaller and belongs to the Castel family's own mining area.
The two areas are actually connected, and the daily management is the same. Both are managed by the Castel Mining Workshop, a subsidiary of the Castel family.
In the earliest days, the ownership of the mining workshop was entirely owned by the Castel family. With the enfeoffment and division of interests from generation to generation over hundreds of years, today, the ownership of the Castel family is reduced to less than five percent.
The remaining 50% was scattered among other noble families in Castells.
It is worth mentioning that the Crescent Royal Family is not involved in the operation of the mining workshop. They are only responsible for collecting cash receipts and mithril. There are supervisors and troops stationed in the mining workshop, totaling 1,500 people.
This is another point that puzzles Charlotte.
If there really is a dragon in the mine, why didn't the overseers and the army of the Crescent Royal Family respond?
You must know that those who can be sent here by the Crescent Royal Family to serve as supervisors and guards must be extraordinary people, and they must be at least the second level of Silver Moon.
As for the army, there is no need to mention it. Charlotte had already seen the regular army of the kingdom escorting the third prince Philip on the way to Castres, and their overall strength was also very strong.
A giant dragon may be very strong, but with the power of the Crescent Moon Royal Family, it is not difficult to mobilize troops to kill it.
Unless that dragon is legendary.
But a legendary dragon won't let humans mine his forehead or dinner plate.
Or... there are actually no dragons in the mining area? But there is a hidden secret?
Charlotte was thoughtful.
With all kinds of questions, Charlotte arrived as promised and met the werewolf Luf outside the mining area at the appointed time.
Seeing Charlotte's appearance, Louv was obviously stunned for a moment.
"How is it? Does it look like it?"
Charlotte asked with a smile.
Lu Fu nodded with emotion on his face:
"It looks like... it really looks like... If I didn't know it was you, I would have thought I was meeting a clansman from a distance."
"Looking at it from a distance? So...there are still loopholes in the details?"
Charlotte's heart moved slightly as she grasped the key point in Lu Fu's words.
Lu Fu scratched his head and stopped talking.
"Just tell me, it's okay."
Charlotte encouraged.
Lu Fu hesitated for a moment and then said bravely:
"It's only for werewolves with a keen sense of smell. Maybe humans won't be able to detect it..."
As he spoke, he glanced at Charlotte and said cautiously:
"You smell so good."
Charlotte:……
Lu Fu's words made her suddenly realize a problem.
That is, no matter how much makeup she puts on, it can't change the fact that she is essentially an aristocrat who takes a shower every day.
None of the local nobles in Miria are as hygienic as she is, let alone the werewolves who have been wandering and doing all kinds of hard labor.
Yes, vampires are very good at concealing their aura.
However, that is the breath that hides the magic power, not the smell.
Charlotte couldn't help but look at the black cat Nice.
As a mysterious and extraordinary creature with keen senses, she didn't believe that this guy didn't discover this loophole.
Being stared at by Charlotte, Nice was also a little uncomfortable. It cleared its throat and said:
"Ahem... Lady Charlotte, isn't this someone who hasn't entered the mine yet? I've prepared magic to hide the smell."
Charlotte nodded with satisfaction.
"Well, with Mr. Nice's words, then there will be no problem."
Wolfman Luf said.
Nice cast a scent-concealing magic on Charlotte and Sebas, and then the two followed Luv into the mining area.
There were already some miners waiting at the entrance of the mining area. There seemed to be about twenty of them, all of whom were demi-humans, that is, humanoids with obvious beast-like characteristics, but whose appearance is biased toward human aesthetics.
Moreover, most of them are werewolves.
These miners were male and female, old and young, and Charlotte even saw a young werewolf who looked to be about the same age as herself. He was dirty, thin and weak.
Of course, she is said to be about the same age, but she looks younger than she actually is. Considering that demi-humans have about the same lifespan as humans, the other person should only be a twelve or thirteen-year-old child.
The leader was an old werewolf miner with a stooped back and a wine bag tied around his waist.
Seeing Lu Fu, he frowned slightly:
"Why did you come so slowly today?"
As he said that, his eyes fell on Charlotte and Sebastian behind Luv again, feeling a little confused.
"Old Logan, these are members of our tribe, Basai and his sister Lesa. Tanan and Roka have something to do tonight and cannot come over. They volunteered to come and replace them for one night."