Although the old butler of the Alcott family is just a servant according to his status, he is actually a servant with aristocratic status, and has served the rulers of Seventh Lake Town for three generations.

His status is not at all inferior to those of the senior family members, and his power in some aspects is even far greater than those of those family members. He has won the trust of the rulers of Seventh Lake Town in the past generations.

For a long time, the old butler's attitude almost represented the attitude of Andre XIII, so every move of the old butler naturally attracted the attention of the nobles here.

At this time, some nobles recognized that Leo had sold a batch of healing potions a few days ago, and now the old butler's attitude made them think about it. Coupled with some recent rumors, they couldn't help but think about it.

The two are connected and some interesting ideas begin to arise.

Before entering menstruation, Andre XIII's physical health had become the focus of attention of the nobles in the city. Because at that time Andre XIII suddenly handed over the management of several factories to his two already

The adult son seems to want to choose an heir from among them.

For the other eight noble families in the city, every change of heir to the seventh Alcott family means changes in the internal power of these eight noble families, and the relationship between the eight noble families and the Alcott heirs

It also means the status of the noble family in the town on Seventh Lake in the following decades.

This time the Alcott family held a Silver Moon banquet as usual. In addition to using this banquet to damage some people's reputation and improve their own status, the invited nobles also wanted to try to see if they could pry out some information.

Andre XIII's health condition, so these caring people are very sensitive to everything related to Andre XIII's health.

Leo appeared as a merchant in the Seventh Lake Town, and he was so amazing when he made a move. He had ten healing potions that were very rare in the First Lake Town. This made many people speculate whether Leo was behind him.

Standing is an apothecary or wizard who can batch-make wizard potions.

The Alcott family bought four of the ten, and Witzmir gave three potions as gifts to the Alcott family, thus gaining the authority to purchase a batch of special springs. These things were seen by the nobles in the city.

In their eyes, they all guessed that these potions were probably prepared for Andre XIII.

And now, Sir Wescheck, the seventh Olcott family butler, actually came out in person to greet this outsider who claimed to be a businessman, and apparently allowed him to bring contraband including weapons into the manor, and received all kinds of extraordinary treatment.

It all made onlookers feel that the seventh Olcott family valued and respected this man extraordinarily.

This can't help but make people suspect that Andre XIII may want to find this mysterious merchant to do something, such as asking the wizard or pharmacist behind the merchant to specially customize treatment potions, and this speculation also makes people feel that Andre

Lie XIII's health is probably in very bad shape.

Because of the special status of the Alcott family in Ten Towns, they have dedicated pharmacists in the Silvermoon City Apothecary Association to take care of their bodies. Only when these pharmacists are helpless will they turn to others for help.

Especially the wizards of the Wizards Association, so the old butler's unintentional actions made those thoughtful nobles think a lot.

However, the old butler Sir Wescheck, who was involved, did not know about his unintentional actions, which caused many self-righteous nobles to think too much and even made some wrong judgments. However, even if he knew what he was doing,

His actions have caused adverse effects, and I am afraid that he will not change them, and may even add fuel to the flames. After all, a peaceful aristocratic circle is not in the interest of the Alcott family.

Therefore, in the old housekeeper's opinion, as long as the Alcott family remains standing, it doesn't matter what will happen to the other so-called nine noble families in the city, even if they are all dead.

Under the deliberate guidance of the old butler, Leo and Witsmir missed the path that other servants had led the merchants to take, and instead walked directly through a flower path to the manor villa not far away.

Witsmir didn't feel anything about this garden path, but Leo could feel that when walking on this path, an interference force field caused his mental network to malfunction, and there was also a psychic wave similar to the mental network coming from

He scanned his body to check what was going on on his body and in his backpack.

Leo did not resist this psychic wave and allowed it to sweep over his body. On the contrary, the piece of animal skin in his backpack automatically blocked it after coming into contact with the psychic wave, causing the opponent to lose the psychic wave this time.

effect.

After walking through the garden path, the psychic wave also disappeared. At this time, the scene ahead suddenly became clear. All kinds of gorgeous lamps filled the entire villa courtyard. People who arrived first were already gathering in groups at the dining table.

Beside them, they were chatting quietly while eating the delicacies on the table.

What makes Leo feel a little incredible is that he can clearly hear every word spoken by the nobles who are talking, but he feels confused about the meaning of their words, as if the language they use has another set of meaning rules. For example, there is

The content of the conversation between several nobles was clearly praising the deliciousness of the food, but from their demeanor and tone, one could feel that these words were definitely not what they sounded like on the surface, and seemed to be arguing about some life and death matter.

In the courtyard, there were many people like Leo who were at a loss as to what these nobles were talking about. From the breath of courage that had not completely dissipated from their bodies and their completely ancestral bodies, it was not difficult to guess that these people were probably those who

A newly promoted noble who earned the title of noble after earning enough meritorious deeds from guarding the castle in the fog area.

If he had a choice, Leo would definitely stay in the banquet courtyard, talk to these new nobles, and try to get information about the mysterious foggy area and the guarded castle from their mouths.

Unfortunately, after entering the courtyard, the old butler did not take Leo and Witsmir to the main banquet venue. Instead, he took another branch, bypassed the main building, and walked towards the auxiliary building on one side, where he was also greeted by servants.

Among the people brought to the annex were other merchants who were invited to the banquet.

"It seems that the person who gave us the invitation is not that adult." After discovering this situation, Witsmir frowned slightly, moved closer to Leo, and whispered.

"Who do you think it could be?" Leo nodded with deep understanding and asked again.

Witsmir was silent for a moment, then thought of something quickly and said: "Steam car."

"The youngest son of Andre XIII?" Leo's mind recalled what Vizmir had said before. Although he didn't understand why Vizmir thought so, he also knew very well that he shouldn't say anything in this situation.

, just nod in agreement.

Witsmir obviously didn't see the details of Leo. He simply thought that Leo thought the same as him. Just when he was about to say something more, he seemed to have scruples about the old butler and closed his mouth that he had just opened.

He got up, gave Leo a look that he thought Leo would understand, and then followed the old housekeeper silently.

The three Leos, together with other merchants and the servants who led the way, quickly walked from this neatly laid stone road to the annex building of the villa. When they saw the shape of the annex building, they couldn't help but frowned, because the annex building

The style of the building really didn't fit their aesthetic. They felt that this supposedly luxurious villa building looked as simple and rigid as those ordinary buildings in the outer city.

However, Leo was an exception. After he saw this villa building, he couldn't help but froze for a moment, with an expression of surprise on his face that could not be concealed, and he also had a smile on his face.

The reason why Leo showed completely different expressions and emotions from everyone else was because the appearance of the building in front of him was exactly the same as No. 9 Golden Oak Street in the Velen World. The only difference was that some of the buildings were used for decoration.

The exterior wall reliefs and eaves sculptures are just different.

"Why...why is the shape of this house so weird?" Seeing this, Leo deliberately showed doubts and asked as if talking to himself.

The old housekeeper who led the way did not answer, but Witsmir on the side responded proactively: "You also think this house is weird, right? This is the masterpiece of the young master. I heard that in order to build this house, the young master also worked hard to build this house.

Very unhappy with the rest of the Alcott family."

"That's him." Leo said in a deep voice. At this moment, he was very sure that the youngest son of Andre XIII should be the one who could enter the world of Velen, which also made him look forward to meeting him even more.

While talking, under the guidance of the old housekeeper, Leo and Witsmir entered the building and were taken to the living room on one side, and this living room happened to be Leo. The wasteland shaman was shocked and confused.

The side hall where Tada and other people from Velen's dark world entered the dream world.

At this moment, about a dozen merchants from different places had gathered in the room. These merchants all seemed to know Witsmir, and they all came forward to greet him. Although some people wanted to make friends with Leo, they were unable to do so because of Leo's

The color was intimidated, and he simply said hello and turned his attention to Witsmir.

For Leo, he was happy and relaxed, which gave him extra energy to do other things, such as observing the large and small paintings hanging in the room.

These paintings are very interesting. They are all landscape paintings of mountains, rivers and the like. Although the trees and flowers in the paintings are different from this dream world, it is not a big problem. What really makes Leo feel interesting is painting.

The artist used lots of gold, yellow and red paint to outline the sunny scene.

For the residents of the dream world who have lived in the dark all their lives and have only seen moonlight and never seen sunlight, these paintings are really absurd. If the name of the artist written below the painting did not play a certain role, anyone who comes to

No one in this room would give these paintings a second glance.

"Peter Alcott." Although the signature was in a distorted cursive script, Leo could still make it out.

Seeing this signature, Leo found it very interesting. According to a book that records surname science, ordinary people in the dream world are like free people in the Velen world. They only have first names and no surnames. Only nobles have their own surnames.

Even if someone like Wizmir has power that is not weaker than that of a noble, he is still not qualified to receive a surname.

All descendants of hereditary nobles, including the Alcott family, are not considered nobles before they reach adulthood, and will be assigned to hold certain positions in the town guard after they reach adulthood. Only after working for a certain number of years can they obtain noble status.

Only then can we bear the family name.

Although this practice is only a formal practice now, and almost all descendants of nobles hold civilian positions in the town guard without any danger, but due to certain psychological reasons, they regard this experience as

A shame for life.

Therefore, before taking up a position, most of them will give themselves a false name, and after receiving the noble surname, they will return to the original name, and the false name will be engraved on a tombstone along with the time when they held the guard position.

All the clothes he used sank into the lake.

Because it is a fake name, these nobles will not spend too much thought on such names that are destined to be discarded. Most of them will randomly choose one of the fake names used by the nobles in the past, which also makes the names of those with the same name

There are many phenomena.

Among these commonly used false names, the name Peter is the one most commonly used by the nobles of the Ten Towns. According to the statistics of a boring scholar in Silvermoon City, the number of nobles who have used the false name Peter accounts for all the nobles in every town in the Lake District Alliance.

More than 70% of them, so in aristocratic circles, the name Peter over time became a symbol of filth.

However, it is really surprising that a member of the Alcott family, and a direct member of the family, would give himself such a name. I am afraid that the Alcott family also regards this matter as a

Taboo, even when Witsmir mentioned Peter Alcott before, he only said that he was the youngest son of Andre XIII, instead of calling him by his name and title.

After a while, another seven or eight merchants were brought here one after another. There were already more than forty merchants gathered in the room, which can be said to be almost all the foreign merchants that can be found in the town of Seventh Lake.

What's interesting is that all these merchants seem to know each other, and it is not difficult to tell from their conversation that there is an owner behind them all. The purpose of coming to the town on the Seventh Lake is the same as that of Witsmir, and it is not just for some transactions.

It's more about exploring the way for the master behind them.

As for the purpose of exploring the path, although none of them mentioned it clearly, Leo could vaguely tell from some of Witsmir's attitudes that everyone present seemed to be here for that mysterious thing that he was not yet aware of.

Just as the dance music sounded at the aristocratic banquet in the main hall, indicating that the aristocratic dance in the banquet had officially begun, the door of the room was pushed open again, and a young man who looked very thin was sitting in a wheelchair and was being escorted by a nun dressed as a nun.
Chapter completed!