The butler, who was a little shorter and wearing a men's tuxedo, stood aside and opened his mouth to say something. In the end, it turned into a helpless sigh, bowed slightly and said, "Wait in the reception room for a moment."
The maid came to Lu Li to lead the way. The latter looked away and followed the maid into the side door of the hall.
However, Baron Joseph's eyes never left Lu Li's body. He kept looking at his figure disappearing behind the door of the reception room, and his slender legs under the long skirt were about to step out to follow.
The butler wearing thick round glasses took a step forward to block the baron and said in his usual calm tone: "You still need to stay to preside over the assessment."
Baron Joseph said nonchalantly: "It would be nice if you could do this kind of thing."
"They want to see Baron Joseph."
Baron Joseph looked impatient: "What if he runs away!"
"He won't run away. Mr. Lu Li was attracted by you."
Baron Joseph's red lips curled up slightly, and she was very satisfied with the housekeeper's pun——
Seeing that the baron had temporarily stopped thinking and leaned back on the sofa, the butler picked up the blanket that had fallen on the carpet and handed it to the waiting maid. He took a new velvet blanket from the maid holding the tray and covered it with the baron: "If you accept
There are others coming down..."
The butler paused for a moment, and without thinking of the right wording, he skipped and said, "Please be restrained, we can only add four more people at most."
"Aren't there three more?"
"But every less one will reduce our chances of success."
Baron Joseph lazily raised his palm, admiring the white fingers that looked like works of art, and said casually: "Just think of it as a vase. Isn't it normal to have such a character in a story?"
She deliberately changed into a thick and deep voice and recited: "Then the brave Baron Joseph came to the rescue of the beauty, and successfully won the beauty's heart, hugging each other and kissing under the moon."
The maids standing on both sides of the bench were indifferent, as if they were used to the baron's... casualness.
But just as Baron Joseph's words fell, a black line emerging from the void solidified, and an ominous aura enveloped the Baron. Accompanied by whisper-like murmurs, several animals twisted and deformed, extending into a black mist that was several meters long.
Withered claws emerged from the void, as if following a black line, lingering and descending.
The butler's expression suddenly turned ugly. On the contrary, Baron Joseph raised his eyes and showed an undisguised emotion of rejection: "Disgusting."
At this moment, the butler raised his head and shouted loudly: "In every love, there will be a scene where the hero saves the beauty. This is normal! Even the maid Irene will long for this, longing to be saved by a handsome man named Baron Joseph.
!”
Her voice echoed throughout the hall, but it didn't sound like she was speaking to anyone present.
When the voice fell, the black mist that slowly descended above Baron Joseph's head stopped, gradually retracted, and dissipated into the void. The solid black line also gradually faded and became invisible.
Everything is back to normal.
Except for the fear that never dissipated from the maids' eyes.
Seeing that the black line had completely disappeared, the butler breathed a sigh of relief and returned to his businesslike attitude and said: "Remember to pay attention to your words, even if they are sleeping, now is not the time for the story to proceed."
Baron Joseph waved his hand impatiently: "I know, hurry up and call the next one."
The assessment continued after a few minutes' pause. As the head maid appeared again, the whispers in the garden faded away. The exorcists envied the last one who successfully passed the assessment and hoped that they would be like him...
…
As the reception room of the baron's residence, it is no less gorgeous than the hall. Both the marble tiles and the exquisite reliefs like works of art exude luxury.
Expensive fruits and pastries were placed on the long table. After Lu Li sat down on the carved silver seat, his eyes paused on the dinner plate for a moment, and then moved away.
He couldn't eat it for the time being.
But... maybe I can still eat a few smaller grapes.
A few minutes later, the silver plate containing the grapes was half empty.
When Lu Li picked up a grape and put it into his mouth, his movements suddenly stopped and he frowned tightly.
"What's wrong!"
After Lu Li's state lasted for a few seconds, Anna's nervous voice came from the void: "The food is poisonous!?"
"Nothing."
The frown gradually relaxed, Lu Li shook his head gently and put back the grapes in his hand.
"Just wanted to burp."
Just as he finished speaking, the door to the reception room opened.
Lu Li turned his head and saw the second exorcist who passed the examination walking into the reception room.
…
call--
A large ball of fire erupted from the exorcist's mouth, and the bright hall instantly became dark.
As the fireball disappeared in mid-air, the hall became bright again. The exorcist wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief and stood stiffly, waiting for the baron's evaluation.
Snap—pop—pop—
Slow applause came from the sofa. With a smile on his lips, Baron Joseph clapped his hands a few times in appreciation, tilted his head and said to the butler: "Give this circus member some tips and send them out."
"Eh? I'm not a circus member, I'm an exorcist——"
Tens of seconds later, the next exorcist walked into the hall.
This exorcist was wearing a black cloak, and his thin face was full of vicissitudes of life. His eyes paused for a moment on Baron Joseph on the sofa, then moved to her head, as if he saw something.
The hoarse and magnetic voice overflowed: "I knew that Baron Joseph's ostentatious hiring of an exorcist was not just a simple hire. It seems that you have encountered a lot of trouble."
The butler standing next to the sofa straightened up slightly and realized what he was saying: "So we invited all the exorcists from the Allen Peninsula."
The middle-aged exorcist smiled and said, "That's not all."
Before the butler spoke, he continued: "Don't tell me those words about treating you like a clown. I know what kind of evil spirits the baron encountered."
The butler's face gradually became serious, and he did not continue the conversation and said directly: "Please go to the reception room and wait."
…
Lu Li's eyes moved down and saw the badge pinned on his cloak.
The three-eyed black crow shines with a dark color.
"Exorcist?" The exorcist took the initiative to talk.
"Colleague." Lu Li took out the badge from his pocket.
The two looked at each other with less strange eyes.
"I thought I was the only one who came to the Baron's leisure." The exorcist sat down opposite Lu Li and politely introduced: "Ben Petra."
"Lu Li."
Petra nodded to Lu Li, and then started talking to him: "Have you figured out how to deal with the Shadow of the Thread?"
"Shadow of Thread?"
Lu Li frowned, instinctively sensing something ominous.
"Didn't you notice?" Petra was a little surprised and explained to Lu Li: "The evil spirit that haunts the baron and her housekeeper is the shadow of the string."
Of course Lu Li knew. He had only heard information about this evil spirit just yesterday.
But he didn't expect to come into contact with it so soon.