"Yes, may I ask, sir, who are you?"
"I am an invited actor, playing the role of... the butler."
"Oh, is that so... Then please get in the carriage first. Everything you need is in it." After hearing Gregor's words, the coachman quickly opened the door and invited him in. After Gregor got in, he immediately closed the door. Then he found a set of folded clothes on the seat in the carriage.
Without hesitation, Gregor changed his clothes in the carriage. After a while, he was wearing a slim-fitting swallowtail uniform with a bow tie and white gloves, which was a popular outfit for butlers in the upper-class wealthy families in Tivian.
After changing into the butler's uniform, Gregor turned to look at the mirror in the huge carriage. After examining himself in the mirror for a few seconds, he reached out and rubbed his cheek, and then his entire face began to change.
In a period of twisting and wriggling, Gregor's face began to change. His face became old, his skin color became darker, and his body began to grow little by little with the sound of bones. After a while, Gregor's young appearance completely disappeared, and in its place was an old man with pale hair, tall stature, dark skin, and a mustache. That was the image of Nunot.
After completing this series of changes, Greg opened the car door and got out. He spoke bluntly to the group of people waiting outside the car.
"Let's go, everyone. It's time to show mercy to the poor people of Heishui Street. In the name of the Virgin Mary, let's help these poor people."
"Yes... first."
Beside the carriage, a large group of people who had been ready responded to Gregor's words in unison, and those who were originally standing next to the truck reached out and pulled off the canvas covering the truck, revealing carts of food and various daily necessities.
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In Tivian, nobles and wealthy people usually carry out various charitable activities to show their love, donating a lot of money to help the poor. The money is usually donated to some charitable organizations and charitable funds. When they use their own money, they let others do good deeds on their behalf.
However, most of the money donated to charities usually does not reach the hands of the poor. It is either deducted from the money layer by layer, leaving only a little, or it goes through various channels and returns to the original donors. The money in the charity fund, rather than helping the poor solve their life problems, helps the donors to obtain greater profits and avoid more taxes.
Therefore, in Tivian, if one really wants to do charity, it is best to go deep into the grassroots level and deliver things to those who need them. Although there are very few people who do this, there are some, for example, there are such people now.
On Heishui Street in South City District, a long queue of horse-drawn carriages was moving slowly forward. People on both sides of the convoy were shouting slogans on the street, attracting the attention of countless people on Heishui Street. When the confused people heard clearly what the people beside the carriages were shouting, their confusion immediately turned into joy and surprise.
This is a convoy that came to carry out on-site charity. The convoy is loaded with various supplies, ranging from food, clothing, books, medicines to all kinds of daily necessities. According to the declaration of the convoy members, these things will be donated to the poor in Blackwater Street for free.
At the beginning, most people didn't believe it was a joke. Until they saw some people really receiving things from the convoy, they swarmed around the convoy, waiting excitedly to receive their things. In a short while, the convoy was full of people, all wanting to get their own handouts from the convoy.
Word spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a thousand. Soon, the whole Heishui Street was bustling with excitement because of this selfless charity action. Under the seemingly deliberately guided spread, the whole Heishui Street quickly knew the great benefits of this charity. Residents of Heishui Street kept pouring in from all over the street, expressing their gratitude to the Virgin Mary while seeking gifts of their own.
There were a lot of poor people pouring in, but fortunately the convoy had enough people, and everyone seemed to be very strong, so order was maintained. In the convoy's arrangement, the poor people were divided into several teams, and they lined up in turn to receive their gifts.
And in the center of the charity scene, standing on the roof of the truck visible to everyone, was the host of this charity event. The host, an old butler with a foreign face, slightly dark skin, and wearing a uniform, was directing the entire charity operation in an orderly manner.
"Don't be anxious, don't panic! Everyone line up! Everyone has one. This is a gift from my master. He will take care of everyone. Don't push and shove!"
The old butler stood in the most conspicuous position and gave orders loudly. His position was prominent and his voice was loud, so all the people who came to the scene would look at him. Under the guidance of the old butler and with the gratitude of countless poor people, this charity activity was carried out in an orderly manner.
Amidst the bustling crowd, in the center of the convoy, a woman wearing a cloak that concealed her graceful figure was standing silently.
Adele, in disguise, concealed her celebrity identity and shuttled among these poor people who came from all directions. She actively used her abilities to actively feel the desires of the people around her, group by group. In her eyes, the most desired desires in the hearts of these poor people at this moment were known to her. She could passively perceive all the desires targeting her within a very large range, while the desires that were not targeted at her needed to be actively perceived and explored by small groups. Only on the premise of sensing the desires could she control the desires.
Desire, desire, endless desire... In the exploration of the ability released again and again, what Adele saw was the hearts of expectation and desire, the gratitude of these lower-class people for the lucky moment, and the expectation for a better life. Of course, there are also many twisted desires that want to rob directly and at all costs. Adele also suppressed this desire to maintain order on the scene.
As the alms continued, Adele's perception of desire also continued. Finally, when the alms were halfway through, Adele sensed a hint of uncoordinated desire from a group of newcomers to the scene.
This is a desire for knowledge that suddenly arises in the midst of shock, disbelief, and incomprehension. This desire is very strong. It usually represents an urgent desire to obtain the truth of something after being extremely confused and puzzled about it.
After sensing this desire, Adele, who was walking forward in the crowd, couldn't help but stop where she was. She shifted her gaze and looked through the gaps in the crowd at the direction of this strange desire. Then, what she saw was also a figure in a cloak.
The figure was wearing a cloak, a hood and a mask on his head, and his eyes under the hood were staring into the distance, staring at the top of the convoy, at the old man who was in charge of the distribution of supplies.
'That... that's the butler!? The butler of the Boyle family? Impossible! How could he be here? Wasn't he tied up by us? When did he escape? Why did he suddenly appear here and distribute things?! What on earth is going on?'
Standing there, the hooded man stared at the old butler on the roof of the car with surprise in his eyes. He originally just wanted to confirm the cause of the riot on Blackwater Street, and did not expect to see such a shocking scene. After this surprise turned into doubt, his eagerness to know the truth was seen by Adele.
"Oh my, it looks like I found something..."
Standing among the crowd, Adele's bright red lips curled up into a smile.
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