Backlund, Queens, in the northwest suburbs, a place that takes more than an hour to reach by carriage, Meige Manor is built along the Tussock River, surrounded by beautiful scenery and lush flowers and trees.

Strangely enough, Backlund city was cloudy and rainy all year round, with less sunshine, but its suburbs were always cloudy and sunny. Although not far away, they presented two completely different weather conditions. The most obvious was in the northwest suburbs, which was even one of the most famous grape-growing areas in the northern continent. If you go northwest along the Tussock River for about 50 kilometers from this area, the weather conditions would be close to Backlund city.

Similar situations have always puzzled meteorologists, who have not been able to find a suitable theory to explain the cause. Klein has a vague guess:

In the Fourth Epoch, this was the capital of the "Tudor Trunsoest" United Empire. It was also here that the "Blood Emperor" Alistair completely abandoned his humanity and became a mad god. Therefore, it was normal for the weather and terrain to be permanently changed on a small scale. Leonard Mitchell mentioned some of this information during the free exchange at the Tarot Club.

Moreover, as an area with a long history and the earliest human activities, this "land of hope" is buried with countless ancient relics, all of which are likely to have a certain invisible impact on the weather.

The carriage drove into the Meige Manor, passed the fountain pool and small garden surrounded by the main house, and stopped outside the main gate.

As soon as Klein and his butler Walter got off the carriage, he saw Richardson, the manor steward, leading two rows of male and female servants standing by the door, waiting for their employer.

There are more servants here than at 160 Böklund Street, but they are all second-class or below.

Looking at Richardson, who was dressed neatly and looked refreshed, Klein nodded with a smile and said:

“Well done.”

Without waiting for Richardson to respond, he took off his hat and handed it along with his cane to his personal servant, Enuni, and asked directly:

"Is the living room ready for the ladies to chat and play cards?"

"It's ready. Poker, tarot and some board games are here. Pianos, violins and other common musical instruments have also been moved in." Richardson answered smoothly.

Klein walked through the door and nodded slightly:

"Where's the smoking room for the gentlemen?"

"Like the ladies, they are all on the second floor of the main building, five rooms apart." Richardson gave the answer without being reminded by the servants in the manor, or even thinking about it.

In order to ensure that the first hunting activity initiated by his employer went smoothly, he took care of every little thing. Although he was physically tired, he was extremely excited.

Klein asked about the dinner and guest rooms and confirmed that everything was ready.

Not long after, he waited for the first batch of guests who had changed their name to Dantes at the Manor de Meguer:

Congressman Macht and his family!

"This place is much bigger than my Elk Manor." Macht smiled as he took off his coat and handed it to the servant, praising him. "I've always heard that Meige's homemade wine is excellent, but I've never had the chance to taste it. Today I can finally satisfy my curiosity."

“I hope I won’t disappoint you.” Klein smiled modestly.

As a famous grape-growing area in the northern continent, the champagne, red wine, and white wine in the northwest suburb of Backlund are all of excellent quality. However, most of the estates here belong to the nobility, and the homemade alcoholic beverages are basically not sold to the outside world. Therefore, almost no one has heard of it in the market. Only people in the upper class or those close to this circle know the situation.

Meige is one of the most representative estates in this area. Its home-brewed wine has been widely praised in the circle. The red wine of special years has even been priced at hundreds of pounds per bottle by collectors.

However, Klein was able to buy such a manor for 20,000 gold pounds, and naturally he also agreed to some conditions, that is, all wines from special years must be taken away by people sent by Duke Negan.

Senator Macht was well aware of this, and he did not expect to drink a collection-level wine. He smiled and said:

"You can open a few more bottles of wine and pour me a small glass of each, so that I can carefully taste which vintage is the most outstanding."

As a member of the upper class, he had indeed never drunk the wine from Meige Manor. The reason was simple: he was a member of the New Party, and the previous Duke Negan was the main funder of the Conservative Party.

"No problem." Klein agreed immediately and glanced at Hazel's face beside him.

Compared with July and August, the girl was obviously much more cheerful. She was no longer timid when meeting strangers and was even unwilling to participate in dinners and dances. This made people who knew her think that she was sick.

This was all thanks to Audrey the Justice. When she met Dwayne Dantès at the Loen Charity Student Aid Fund, she mentioned twice that she had recently met Miss Hazel Macht.

At first glance, there seemed to be nothing wrong with this kind of communication, because Hazel was familiar to both Audrey and Dantes, and was an intersection of their circles. It was a normal tendency to find topics to talk about from similar friends during casual conversation. However, Klein understood Miss Justice's hint and realized that she was saying that she had met Hazel twice at a ball and a banquet, and had received follow-up treatments twice.

After arranging the rooms for the Macht family, Klein welcomed the second group of guests who came for the weekend hunting activity:

Major General Qonas Kilger and a friend he had asked to bring along.

Klein knew this friend, but he didn't know Dwayne Dantes. He was a steam-powered car tycoon, Franmi Cage, the main investor in the bicycle project. He relied on a lawyer who looked like a "lawyer" to buy an extra 10% of the shares from Sherlock Moriarty at a low price.

Since it was related to "lawyers", it made sense that he was friends with the "Fallen Count"... Klein smiled and walked forward, hugging Major General Qiunas and Franmi Cage respectively.

"Welcome."

He then stepped back and said to Franmi, who was a quarter of Feysac blood, tall and fat, with very light blue eyes:

"I heard your steam-powered car is very famous, why didn't you drive it over here?"

Before Franmi could answer, the tough-looking Qonas Kilger smiled and said:

“No, you don’t know him, he never misses an opportunity to show off his steam-powered car.

"But the cart was too heavy, and on the way it got stuck in the mud and couldn't be pulled out. Fortunately, I never believed his tricks, so I followed behind in the carriage myself, otherwise he would have to walk the rest of the way."

"The main problem is that our roads are too bad. They need to be renovated and rebuilt, just like a steam train needs to have tracks laid!" Franmi retorted, and spread his hands to Klein, "I was thinking of getting some investment from you, haha, let's talk about it later."

It was you who invested in us before, but now you are looking for investment from me... Klein then deeply realized one thing, that is, he is a well-known rich man in the upper class of the kingdom!

He donated shares worth more than 10,000 pounds, purchased an expensive manor, and established connections with the military. It's obvious that he is very rich!

But in reality, my total assets are only about 50,000 to 60,000 gold pounds, which is probably only one-tenth of Miss Justice's wealth... I don't know when I can become a millionaire... Klein laughed at himself and thought for a moment:

"It's okay. I'm very interested in the combination of machinery and steam. I'd like to take a look at your steam-powered car when I have time."

"Very good." Flammy smiled immediately, "If I hadn't known that you donated a large amount of wealth to the Church of Darkness, I would have thought you were a believer of steam."

After all, he had once drawn a triangular holy emblem on his chest... Klein did not continue the previous topic, in order to avoid being discovered by Qiunas.

He pointed to the stairs and said:

“How about going to the Smokehouse and trying out the cigar collection here?

"It was not until I bought this manor that I knew there was a room built here to store cigars, with a constant temperature and humidity. However, as you know, I can smoke, but I don't like it."

"Good, is there a 'Chief'?" A smile appeared on Qonas Kilger's face.

“Of course.” Klein replied in the affirmative.

He actively held hunting activities for only one main purpose, which was to hunt the Major General Deputy Director of Military Intelligence 9, so he took the other party's preferences into consideration in all aspects.

However, Klein was not in a hurry to start this hunt because he did not have enough understanding of Qiunas Kilger, a man who hid his demigod strength. He still had to wait for one gathering and one hunt to understand his behavior preferences, level of vigilance, and personal belongings.

As a "magician", Klein does not perform unprepared performances!

…………

Inside a house in Cherwood District.

Fors put down the book in her hand, looked at Xio who was walking around in the living room, and couldn't help but ask:

"What's troubling you?"

Xio glanced at her and said:

"I am wondering whether to inform MI9 immediately about Viscount Stratford's close contact with the strange woman, or to keep it secret until there are further developments."

"Why do you want to hide it?" Fors asked first, and then answered himself, "Viscount Stratford is related to your father's death, but you don't have the opportunity or strength to confront him. You are afraid that it will be exposed and affect your mother and brother. Now, he may be in a better condition to deal with because of the accident that happened to that strange woman. This is your chance, so you hesitated, right?"

Xio was silent for a moment and said:

"Yes."

Fors closed the book, stared into her friend's eyes, and said seriously:

"Since you hesitated, it means you already have a tendency in your heart."

Xio nodded slowly and said:

"Yes."

Fors gathered her slightly curly long hair, stood up, and stretched out her right hand.

"I already know your decision. Um, do you need help?"

Seeing that Xio hesitated and did not answer, she laughed and said:

"I am a Sequence 6 Beyonder!"

Without waiting for Xio to speak, she glanced around again:

"If you're worried, we can always get additional help."

What she meant was to ask members of the Tarot Club for help.

Xiu thought about it, exhaled and said:

"Not necessary for now. Let's try it first. Uh, let's go out now and continue to monitor Viscount Stratford."

"Now?" Fors was stunned for a moment. "Okay, but before that, I'll use the crystal ball to do a horoscope to confirm the degree of danger."

After a busy period, she held the pure crystal ball in one hand and said:

“There is a certain danger.”

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