Chapter 278 Run, Audrey
The enthusiastic Ms. Islant received the group and led them into the villa and into the spacious living room.
Audrey's two guards, personal maid, and Angel, who was also a guard, stayed in the living room. Audrey took her golden retriever Susie and followed the waist-length hair of Eslante to the living room, where they would hold a psychology seminar.
Angel sat down on the sofa in the living room and carefully observed the surrounding environment. This was her habit when she came to an unfamiliar place. Moreover, she had to protect Audrey Hall today, so she needed to be more cautious.
Two sturdy guards and Audrey's maid Anne also sat down. Angel had a vague impression of them. She had seen the two guards in the Hall family's villa. They had the meticulous movements and habits of the army and were obviously retired soldiers. The maid moved gracefully and looked indifferent. She must have often accompanied Audrey out.
The furnishings in the living room were classical in style, but not luxurious. There were only two servants busying around, one serving tea and the other cleaning. It was completely different from the well-trained servants in Viscount Gralint's house that she had visited several times, or even in Severia's house.
Angel accepted the steaming hot tea but didn't drink it, instead placing it on the coffee table. Anne lowered her head to search through her surprisingly large handbag, likely filled with personal belongings that Audrey needed but couldn't carry herself. The two guards, however, had already relaxed their vigilance and were talking in low voices. To them, this was probably just an ordinary aristocratic social gathering.
Sadly, Angel herself had similar feelings, otherwise she would never have risked coming here, not even to protect her fellow Tarot Club members.
Thinking of this, she reached into the inner pocket of her windbreaker and pinched the "Scarlet Eye" that could detect living things around it. Amidst a dizziness and whispers, the creatures within a radius of 50 meters appeared in her mind as red silhouettes.
She saw the guards and servants in the living room, and the four or five servants busy in the entire villa, only one-tenth of the number in Earl Hall's house. In the living room at the back, there were three people in bright red and a dog. They were all extraordinary "people".
The extraordinary dog was lying on its front legs with graceful movements. The person next to it must be Audrey. One of the two people sitting opposite her should be Eslant who brought her in, and another extraordinary person... It seemed that they should be members of the "Psychological Alchemy Society". Perhaps they were using words to test Audrey and evaluate whether she could join the Alchemy Society.
Seeing that the three figures were all sitting without any conflict, Angel felt relieved. She was about to release the "Scarlet Eye" to prevent her mind from being filled with increasingly dense mutterings, but suddenly she discovered that one of the three figures in the living room had a slightly different color from that of ordinary Beyonders.
That red was not the bright red of the Beyonder, nor the light red of ordinary people, but a crimson with a more solid color, just like the "Crimson Eye" in her hand.
Angel observed carefully for a few seconds, until his head felt swollen and filled with muttering. Only then did he release the contaminated Rose Bishop's extraordinary characteristic and press his forehead to alleviate the negative effects.
She recalled the position of the figure in the living room just now, and couldn't be sure whether the crimson figure belonged to psychiatrist Islant or another member of the "Psychological Alchemist Society" who had never appeared. But it was obvious that the crimson figure was definitely not a normal Beyonder.
"The color is very similar to the 'Crimson Eye,' and this eyeball belongs to a 'Rose Bishop' who died after losing control and was contaminated by the True Creator. Could it be that the Beyonder also believes in the evil god, which is why it has the same color as this Beyonder? Of course, there is another possibility. The other party is also a 'Rose Bishop' or a Beyonder of a similar sequence, so the 'Crimson Eye' has a unique color in its vision..."
She looked at the ordinary people in the living room who were unaware of this and felt a little anxious.
Either possibility would turn today's seemingly harmless seminar into a perilous trap.
Furthermore, this so-called "multi-scholar" seminar, at this moment, was held in the entire villa, with the exception of Audrey, her companions, and two members of the "Psychological Alchemy Society." No other participants appeared, and the servants in the living room didn't act as if they were preparing to welcome a large number of guests...
All these unreasonable behaviors made Angel feel more and more insecure. She glanced at the people in the living room again, not knowing whether the two servants were also involved and were peripheral members of the "Psychological Alchemy Society". So she did not alarm Anne and others, but stood up and walked towards a servant.
"Excuse me, where is the bathroom located?"
She asked softly, and after being told by the servant, she left the living room, crossed the deserted corridor, walked to the other end from the bathroom, and came to the door of the living room.
The door was not very soundproof, and Angel could hear Audrey's soft voice coming from behind the door. She was asking "Mr. Hampres" a psychological question. The latter was a man with a loud voice but elegant words.
“Dongdong——”
She knocked on the door and said after the conversation inside suddenly stopped:
"Miss, it's time to take your medicine."
"Okay, I'll be right out," Audrey replied softly after a brief silence. "Susie, stay here and don't bite anything... Forget it, just follow me."
Then came her apology and Eslant and Hampres's responses that it was okay. A moment later, Audrey pushed the door open and walked out, closing it behind her after Susie slipped out from the crack.
The two people and the dog walked along the corridor for a distance without saying a word, and then turned a corner. After determining that the sound of their conversation could no longer be heard, Audrey frowned and asked:
"Miss Irene, what happened?"
Asking her to "take the medicine" was a code word agreed upon by the two in advance, which meant that she needed to stop attending the seminar immediately and leave as soon as possible.
"Something's wrong here. There are only three of you attending the seminar. I didn't see anyone else. And..." Angel lowered his voice and answered quickly, "Who is that person on your right? Is he behaving strangely?"
"It was Ms. Eslant. She was my psychology tutor, and the one who invited me to the seminar," Audrey said, reminiscing. "She was definitely different today. She spoke very little, and her expression was a little indifferent. I thought she had handed over the reins to Mr. Hampres..."
"Then there's something wrong with her. Let's leave immediately and don't alarm those two people."
Not knowing how to tell the other party about the abnormality seen by the "Scarlet Eye", Angel could only directly ask for "retreat", which made Audrey look puzzled and stopped hesitantly.
Angel reached into his pocket and touched the Crimson Eye again. In the image in his mind, the positions and movements of the other people did not change much, but in the living room where Audrey had just left, an Extraordinary was lying on the ground motionless, and another Extraordinary had already pushed open the door and walked towards this side.
Her figure was distinctive, crimson in color.
"Irene, it's your divination that's causing this..."
"There's no time to explain. Get everyone out of here immediately." Seeing Audrey still playing dumb, Angel made up her mind and pulled out the revolver she'd bought yesterday for £3,500, named "Good Luck." "Please believe me, Miss Justice."
Audrey's jewel-green eyes widened in surprise.
"I believe you, Miss Queen," she replied with a sincere smile after a brief pause, "Susie, go quickly."
She kicked off her high heels that were inconvenient for running, pulled up her skirt and ran quickly to the living room, with her beloved dog Susie following obediently behind her.
As expected, she already knew...
Angel withdrew his gaze from Audrey and looked in the direction they came from. At the end of the corridor, a tall woman walked out from the corner. It was Islamat Osisleka, whom he had seen at the door of the villa. Her waist-length black hair gradually turned brown and was shortening rapidly. The skin and muscles on her face kept wriggling, and soon it became a completely different face. It was beautiful and charming, but expressionless.
Those blue eyes, as calm as the sea, looked at Angel, and the latter immediately remembered her identity:
The Aurora Society's messenger, Ms. "Shepherd" D.
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