When Klein entered the house, the first thing he saw was a foyer. It was very spacious, with many chairs and umbrella stands. It was elegantly furnished and decorated appropriately. If Klein hadn't known the structure in advance and inspected it on site, he would have even thought it was a reception room.

After passing through the second door, the view in front of him suddenly opened up and a hall appeared that could accommodate dozens or even hundreds of guests dancing.

The center of the hall is covered with a colorful, thick and soft carpet, and the surrounding area is covered with bright and clear marble tiles. Pianos, stone sculptures and other items are placed on the hall, and stone pillars inlaid with ornaments support the second floor.

On the left side is a row of floor-to-ceiling windows, outside of which are green lawns and blooming gardens. On the right side are walls, wooden doors and corridors leading to the lounge, storage room, bathroom, kitchen and housekeeper's room.

The hall is two stories high, with crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, allowing one to immediately imagine what it will look like at night.

Go forward to the end, there are stairs on both sides leading to the second floor.

The corridor here is in a square shape, and the empty space in the middle is exactly where the carpet in the hall is. Klein only needs to take a glass of wine and stand behind the railing on the second floor to leisurely enjoy the dance below.

There are many rooms on the second floor, including a living room, a living room, a dining room, a bathroom, a billiard room, and a large number of bedrooms. If guests need to stay overnight, they will stay here.

Similarly, there were two staircases on the second floor leading to the third floor, where Dwayne Dantès lived. There was an exaggerated master bedroom, a semi-open room with a bar where one could enjoy the sun and the scenery, a study room that could be called a small library, two cloakrooms, and small bedrooms for the valet and the night maid, as well as rooms and bathrooms for family members. However, Klein was currently single.

As for the other servants, they were in the row of bungalows behind the building, and in the other direction was the stable.

The basement of the building is equally spacious, with a large storage room and wine cellar.

Klein took off his coat and stood upright on the large balcony of the semi-open room on the third floor. He looked out at the scenery of the surrounding streets and couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

"It's true that being expensive has its own meaning, so the rent of 315 pounds is not too wasteful..."

He had paid a year's rent yesterday afternoon and could only force himself to like this place more and more.

At the same time, he also directly paid Walter's annual salary of 115 pounds, because after he got the Antigonus family notes, he would most likely abscond and cause the butler to lose his job.

Based on this idea, he paid the housekeeper Tanya an annual salary of 42 pounds this morning, allowing the lady to initially feel Mr. Dwayne Dantès's generosity and magnanimity.

After the discussion and busy work of the two butlers, the servants have been hired, including a male household property manager with an annual salary of 30 pounds, a personal butler Richardson with an annual salary of 35 pounds, two male butlers responsible for receiving guests and serving at the table with an annual salary of 25 pounds each, two first-class maids with an annual salary of 18 pounds each, two second-class maids with an annual salary of 12 pounds each, and two male butlers who do menial work with an annual salary of 12 pounds each.

Besides these, the cook received £30 a year, the kitchen assistant £15, the kitchen maid £13, the pantry maid £11, the house nurse £25, the handyman £10, the two coachmen £25 each, the two gardeners £20 each, and the two washing-maids £10 each, making a total of £413, or nearly £8 a week.

Including the annual salary of two housekeepers, Klein has to pay 570 pounds a year, about 11 pounds a week, and this does not include the expenses of providing food, clothing, and various daily necessities.

Every Monday when he opened his eyes, he had to spend more than ten or twenty pounds without any income... Klein did a casual mental calculation and forced himself to turn his gaze to the garden.

After paying the rent for two carriages and the first week's wages for the servants at noon, and giving the housekeeper Tanya 1,000 pounds in cash for daily expenses, he only had 1,286 pounds in banknotes and 18 gold coins left. However, the money from Miss Justice and Ms. Hermit will be "received" within this week.

It was unknown how long Tanya's 1,000 pounds would last. Just to stock up on various alcoholic beverages for the ball and banquet would probably cost at least several hundred pounds... The wealthy Mr. Dwayne Dantes fell into deep thought, unable to extricate himself.

In order to calm down, he decided to take a walk above the gray fog while the butler and servants were busy handling the affairs of the new home and study the strange puppet that Emlyn White had sacrificed.

——After the blood moon occurred, Klein had no choice but to return to that mysterious space and pull Fors in. He forced himself to listen to her chattering about Backlund’s daily life while resisting sleepiness. When everything calmed down, he was too sleepy. After accepting Emlyn’s sacrifice and confirming that there was nothing unusual, he returned to the real world and fell asleep.

After adjusting his stylish dark vest, Klein walked to the entrance, opened the door, and said to Richardson, the personal servant standing outside:

"I usually take a three-quarter-hour nap at this time. Don't let anyone disturb me."

"Yes, sir," Richardson responded humbly.

He was a mixed-race illegitimate child. His father was a Loenese, the steward of a manor, and his mother was a native of East Balam, a slave of that manor. After he was born, he suffered discrimination and bullying, which made him a cowardly and obedient person. Because he looked good and was suitable for receiving guests, he was chosen by the owner of that manor as a male servant and brought to Backlund.

When the upper and lower houses of the Kingdom of Loen passed a bill abolishing slavery, he became unemployed and had to ask for help from the "Metropolitan Association for Helping Domestic Servants".

Before Klein, he served two families, made some mistakes, and accumulated a lot of experience. He was noticed by the butler Walter and became Dwayne Dantès's personal valet.

Looking at Richardson, who was tall and straight and about the same height as himself, Klein shook his head imperceptibly and sighed in his heart:

"This guy who looks like a star can only be a servant in this era. Moreover, he is so tall, but he is timid and cowardly. However, this can also be considered an advantage. He is obedient, silent, and submissive. He does whatever his master tells him to do and never acts on his own...

"If I only have one valet and need him to handle various matters, then Richardson would definitely not be qualified. However, I still have Butler Walter and so many servants. With his experience and ability, he is more than enough to handle the rest."

Without saying anything more, Klein closed and locked the door, returned to the armchair, took four steps backwards, and entered the gray fog.

He sat in the seat belonging to The Fool and waved his hand, causing the burnt "Moon Puppet" to fly over and land in front of him.

After repeated inspections, Klein did not find anything unusual, so he materialized a pen and paper and wrote down the divination statement:

“Its origin.”

Putting down the pen, Klein waited for a few seconds before picking up the paper and leaning back in his chair.

Well, my spiritual intuition didn't stop me from doing divination, which means the potential danger of the "Moon Puppet" is not as great as the Beyonder characteristics of the Rose School... Klein muttered and recited the divination sentence skillfully.

In the gray sky and earth, he saw an altar with a circle of torches.

The altar was covered with something that looked like human skin, and there were traces of blood everywhere. In the center were three candles and several slender dolls as long as wooden stakes.

These small puppets have curved eyes and mouths, which seem to correspond to the crimson crescent moon in the sky.

Therefore, they always have a weird smile on their faces, and their bodies are covered with dead grass and dried flowers.

A priest in a dark red robe was circling the altar with vigorous steps, as if he was doing a dance invented by an epileptic.

At some point, the moonlight gathered and shone on the puppets, becoming brighter and brighter. In the end, it seemed as if water waves were gently swaying there.

The ceremony soon came to an end. The priest picked up a thin puppet, walked to the human tied to the rack nearby, and inserted it into the other's eye socket.

Amid the shrill screams, the scene changed rapidly, and the dead with "moon puppets" stuck in their eye sockets were buried in an orderly manner in an area.

The scene began to develop in leaps and bounds. Whenever there was a full moon or a blood moon, the radiance would fall on the burial ground and seep in like water, making the surroundings dark and deep.

Klein opened his eyes and adjusted his sitting position. He roughly understood the origin of the "Moon Puppet":

They originated from a ritual of praying to the "primordial moon", a ritual that lasted for hundreds of years!

Over the past few hundred years, they absorbed the power of the red moon and mutated little by little until they were discovered by some colonists.

Normally, there would be nothing strange about them. Only believers of the "Original Moon" could open them using the correct method. As for the effects, Klein was not clear.

In a sense, these puppets are equivalent to the benefactors of the "original moon"... After I killed one of them last night, the evil god became angry, and thus the blood moon appeared? Klein tapped the edge of the mottled long table with his fingers and made a preliminary judgment.

Well, the anger of the "Original Moon" directly changes the moon's appearance, manifesting as a blood moon... If this guess is correct, it means that in the field of the Red Moon, the goddess is not as good as the "Original Moon". She may even just have a title and is in charge of a "0" level sealed object... Klein nodded slightly and tried to divine the weakness of the "Moon Puppet".

This time, he saw the sunlight and the lightning.

In other words, the extraordinary abilities of the "Sun" realm and the lightning of the "Storm" realm are most suitable for dealing with it... While interpreting the content of the revelation, Klein threw the "Moon Puppet" into the pile of debris and returned to the real world.

An hour later, Walter, dressed neatly and wearing white gloves, knocked on the door and entered the room, bowed and said:

"Sir, I will print some of your business cards and send them to the neighbors along with some small gifts.

“They will observe you for a few days to confirm your situation, and if they are willing to accept you, they will return the gift and invite you to be their guest.

“What title should you add to your business card?”

The title... does not belong to this era's Fool? Klein secretly complained and responded with a smile:

"Dwayne Dantes, a businessman from Dixie, is enough."

Walter nodded and said:

"According to your intention, I will immediately arrange etiquette lessons for you, with an emphasis on dancing, and I will ask a professional tutor to come over."