Come out of Private Room No. 1 and walk deeper until you reach a dead end at the end of the passage.
Two ferocious statues stand at the end - they are winged beasts crouching on pillars. They have bat wings and ferocious heads like vicious dogs, as if they are guarding something.
Turn the statues inward so that they are looking at each other from guarding the outside. Then unscrew the portrait at the end, revealing a gap that allows only one person to pass through.
"——The entrance to the so-called 'secret passage' is right here."
The middle-aged man with short red curly hair introduced Miss Bayard respectfully and politely: "But strictly speaking, it is not a secret passage, but just a hidden underground passage."
"underground tunnel?"
Bayard crossed his arms and asked with interest: "What is it used for? Could it be... to prevent rape?"
"It's good that you know."
The middle-aged man who looked like a butler straightened his back and just smiled: "There are also some important people whose identities cannot be revealed. They occasionally come to Huyue Manor to play. But they are not suitable to enter from the main entrance. Then they will
Come in directly from here. You can go directly to the private room from here without passing through the banquet hall, and then just call the blood slave to the corresponding room."
"Is this the soundproofing of your private room?"
Bayard couldn't help but pull No. 14, who was holding his hand, towards him and complained: "How do you do this sound insulation?"
"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 will teach him a lesson later.
"It's like this. Generally speaking, our private rooms are given next to each other. The room has no sound insulation effect for the next door, but has a sound amplification effect for the people lying on the bed. This is a special design.
It's used to entertain shy guests and blood slaves, but it's not that the soundproofing is bad. At least you can't hear what's going on inside from the door, which is enough to prove that there is no problem with our soundproofing technology.
"And if the guest needs to keep the gameplay confidential, or wants to discuss something, we will give him a room at the back and leave the left and right sides free."
"So that's it..."
Bayard nodded.
"You already know," the middle-aged man walked into the secret passage diligently first, leading Bayard forward, "or we don't know each other well enough. Is this your first time ordering a private room?"
When you come to play next time, I will definitely ask them to arrange a room at the back for you."
"No need, No. 14 is with me."
Bayard blurted out: "I guess I won't be here for a long time."
"Oh, it will always come."
The middle-aged man seemed to have seen this kind of thing and heard this kind of words many times, so his expression did not change at all: "We have a long lifespan, but this is not the case for blood slaves. They will grow up one day.
, will age, the appearance will fade, and the body will no longer be light and soft.
"Wait until then, you can come here to take a look. Maybe you will fall in love with the new blood slaves and buy them - of course, we also support the trade-in of old ones, and the old ones can be sold back to us at a discount. If you feel
The blood slaves you buy home are too unruly and have too deep feelings. You want to discard them but can't bear to do it... You can also give them to us. However, the recycling price may not satisfy you, especially
A rich man like you who is not short of money.
"But we also have other ways to deal with it. You also know that our business has just started in the Empire for less than a year, so a lot of the business is old projects brought from Anxi. And we now know that the people of the Empire are very romantic
And nostalgic... So we also recently launched a new business.
"We have noble Moon Son alchemists and jewelers who can make those aging partners into various gemstones, and further polish them into beautiful and eternal jewelry. Condensing them into the most beautiful moments, so that they remain in the memory
It's all wonderful - just feed them to sleep one day and they'll be immortalized in a completely painless ritual.
"If you are willing to spend more money, we also support gem designers to design a unique set of themed jewelry for you. We also have amber craftsmen here... If you spend more money, we can also save their souls to
Inside the gem. If you suddenly miss them, you can wake them up. They don't know they are dead, so they can talk to you as usual."
The man talked non-stop, warmly and politely: "Of course, if you want to torture these souls..."
“—We’ll talk about the future later.”
Bayard angrily rejected the man's business promotion and interrupted him: "I just want to take my little pet and leave here quietly. If possible, I can also take her for another midnight snack."
"Of course, of course. She is yours now. You have the final say."
The man who seemed to only be able to say "of course" and "you have the final say" just smiled gently.
But then, he turned slightly and glanced at Aiwass.
The passage was pitch black, and only Moonchild, who had night vision, could move forward normally.
The activated dark night vision made his pupils scarlet, looking dirty and bloody. The man had an elegant and gentle smile on his face, but it made people shudder: "I hope I won't see you again, No. 14, Miss Bayard.
I spent six figures in gold coins to buy you. I hope you will know what Miss Bayard has done for you and be grateful for the huge price she paid for you."
No. 14's body seemed a little scared and trembled slightly. She weakly shrank into Bayard's arms, and Bayard hugged her back.
"Don't scare her, Director Cornelius. This child is very weak and she can't help but be scared."
"And I'm not spending hundreds of thousands directly - I'm just writing off our debt," Bayard warned.
"Of course, you have the final say."
Cornelius put his hands behind his back and said with a smile.
And listening to Director Cornelius's introduction, Aiwass gradually understood a lot of common sense about the end of the empire.
This is indeed a chaotic era where human life is worth nothing.
The Alchemy Association and the Art Association soon joined forces, and together with the Sons of the Moon, they hunted down the demonologists in high positions... In the end, the demonologists who were pushed to the limit summoned powerful demons, causing the imperial family to die out.
This led to a six-year earth-breaking war.
——One year before the Earth-Splitting War, that was the time when the famous painting was born, that is, "The Alchemist" that triggered a fierce conflict between the Alchemy Association and the Art Association.
Now, these Children of the Moon are able to raise blood slaves in the manor openly. They have obviously gained enough status and influence. This means that the Children of the Moon have been in the imperial capital for some time. According to Director Cornelis,
I mean, they've been here for almost a year.
With all the plans being made, the summoning of a large demon that will destroy the empire is probably less than a month away.
A large empire that was already torn apart internally, with numerous factions, secret fights, and endless hatred. If its royal family and all legal heirs suddenly died one day...
That means real troubled times are coming.
There will definitely be many "high-ranking people" who die in such troubled times.
Miss Bayard is just an afterimage awakened by the ritual, but the shadow demon is real. She has Bayard's memory, so she must know many people of this era.
——Perhaps Aiwass will be able to dig up Bayard’s friends when he follows his mentor on an archaeological dig.
Because of the violent chaos at the end of the empire, much of the history at that time has become impossible to test. Many of the contents of the empire's history today rely on archaeologists' investigations to try to reconstruct the truth...but there are still a lot of speculations and conjectures.
Since Shadow Demon comes from this era...that means she is a living fossil from the end of the Empire Era.
She definitely knows a lot of secrets.
For example, where is a strong person buried, or where are the hidden resource points...
——From this point of view, Shadow Demon is simply Aiwass’ movable panel!
