The Earl's Manor is located in the south of Midnight City.
Although the manor is far away from the poor, it is not a wealthy area. According to Earl Hunter's wealth and power, he would have built the manor in the wealthy area of Midnight City.
Squeak——
The cellar door and the weight on it were slowly opened.
A brilliant iris flew out of the cellar, followed by a shadowy black cat.
Lu Li and Claire appeared in an abandoned woodshed.
Claire flapped her wings to avoid the rising dust, and Lu Li skillfully jumped onto the window sill where thick dust had accumulated, swinging his tail to wipe small windows.
The slightly clearer view outside the window let Lu Li know the reason why Earl Hunter didn't do this.
A mansion is located on the edge of a dark garden, with scarlet and enchanting blood flowers covering the flowerbeds on both sides of the path. The sight jumps over the flowerbeds, over the dark mansion, and across the dark garden with twisted branches reaching towards the sky, and you will be able to catch a glimpse of the towering tower.
The magnificent castle at the foot of the Alchemy Tower.
That is Earl Hunter's true territory, and it undoubtedly sets off Earl Hunter's identity better than the "manor".
Getting close to the Viscount was more difficult than imagined.
Claire landed on Lu Li's back, her claws digging into the dark hair.
Her psychic projection surprised Lu Li - he thought Claire would turn into a lathe or something strange that showed power.
"We should be at the head maid's manor."
The head maid, gardener, chef and farmer guard the viscount. Except for the farmer who is located in the bloody farm on the outskirts, the first three are all in the viscount's manor, and the chef is located in the castle.
"We don't have much time. The two or three days when the outside players clear the way are our best opportunities. Find a way to enter the castle and we will meet at the south tower."
Claire left Lu Li's back and landed on the door latch. However, the small iris bird, which was less than 1 pound, could not open the door latch at all.
Her head turned behind her, and a wagging dark tail was retracting into the cellar.
Claire felt the merchant's aura, and Lu Li jumped out soon after, with a few eyeballs curled up in his tail.
His and Claire's clothing and props have been given to the merchant for preservation, including Will Ken's parchment and the Doomsday Apocalypse.
The 14 pieces of humanity that lost the increase protect Lu Li from being manipulated by delirium with low sanity value.
Lu Li scattered his eyes and hid them in the corner of the woodshed. At the same time, his long tail wiped away the traces of petals behind him like a broom, and then pulled the cellar door shut. After doing this, Lu Li stepped on the choking dust to the door, and rolled up the door latch with his long tail.
Claire landed on the ground and used her beak to use brute force to push the dilapidated wooden door that was rubbing against the floor into the gap.
"Remember to meet at the top of the tower and your tail is dirty." Claire left a reminder and flew into the sky, blending into the darkness of noon.
Before leaving, Lu Li looked around at the dusty firewood shed. Soon the falling dust would make the firewood shed unvisited again, which was enough to confuse the weirdness of sight as the main sense.
Leaving the woodshed through the crack in the door, Lu Li bypassed the flowerbed in the distance that was obviously being taken care of, and also bypassed the seemingly safe forest manor. Compared to the withered garden where the head maid, who had the same status as the farmer, lived, the cursed title still took effect.
He is Lu Li's natural ally.
Avoiding the withered shrubs that hide the danger, and just as you are about to step into the woods, a strange curly breeze appears beside you like a whirlpool.
Lu Liyi felt something, and his glass-ball-like eyes turned towards the manor.
From the terrace on the second floor of the mansion, a figure wearing a maid's costume looked up.
Lu Li had no way of knowing whether he had been discovered, so he could only crawl into the woods like a cat.
When entering the jungle, Lu Li felt good news and bad news: this forest was still alive, in another way. They would not tell anyone, they would not hurt Lu Li, and they shook their tentacle-like branches affectionately to express welcome.
The bad news is that their warning range is further than imagined, and their airspace is 100 meters above the ground. If Claire didn't fly so high...
But Claire is obviously very familiar with this place, so Lu Li doesn't need to worry about her.
At this moment, the breeze felt at the edge of the forest blew past me again, accompanied by anxious shouts echoing in the lonely forest.
"Remi, where are you? Don't run and wait for me..."
Lu Li hoped that she was not the head maid and that she was not calling him. But the echoing voice was indeed approaching, and the "friends" around him told him that it was the head maid and that she was looking for him.
"Help me stop——"
The calm words stopped abruptly, without letting the woods help stop him.
This forest is enough to trap the head maid and even kill her.
But their arrival will also expose it.
Relying on the information provided by the woods, Lu Li avoided the pursuit of the head maid. The meat pad fell to the ground silently, and the shadowy black cat with long sleeves flowed on the soil covered with gnarled tree roots.
On the edge of the woods on the west side, a shadowy black cat quietly appeared.
Outside the woods is an open, pruned flower garden. Knee-high shrubs can hide Lu Li's body.
But before reaching the garden, an abominable body made of different limbs blocked Lu Li. Its body exuded a stench, and it was holding the scissors for pruning branches.
"Bedbug! Get away from my family!"
The howling wind suddenly blew past him, and the abominable body in front of him seemed to be cut by an invisible blade, broken into pieces of flesh and stained with blood.
The gentle breeze lifted Lu Li up, and he was hugged tightly by the figure rushing behind him.
Lu Li heard the sound of wind coming from the cold body so close to him, as well as the nostalgic cries and whispers.
"Remi...I finally found you..."
…
The condensed wind dissipated, and the head maid who called Lu Li "Remi" landed on the terrace of the mansion, approached the bedroom, and gently put him down.
"This is our new home, Remy."
The head maid stood behind Lu Li, her body covered in obscure winds wrapped in layers of bandages and wearing a complicated black and white maid skirt.
After confirming that he would not be harmed, Lu Li quietly observed the bedroom in front of him.
This place is like an ordinary girl's room. A thin gauze curtain covers the bed in the middle. Brightly colored books are placed on the bookshelf. There is a photo frame on the dressing table: inside is a girl with twin tails holding a black cat with a bright smile.
Faded photos.
The head maid pursued Lu Li all the way without harming him, and the reason for bringing him back truly emerged.
She mistook Lu Li for her former pet, or "family member".
From the fourth level onwards, some strange force of luck was favoring him.
The bloody farmland gave in because of himself; the secret passage leading directly to the destination; Claire preparing the alienation potion in advance; the intimacy in the woods outside the castle, and the alienated black cat mistakenly recognized by the head maid as her pet.
As if fate pushed Lu Li forward
This feeling is not a good one - because Lu Li thought of the God's Rope.
"Remain cautious as an investigator and objectively examine everything around you, including me."
Will Ken's reminder rang in his mind, but was blown away by the gentle breeze floating in his ears.