Chapter 323 Aiwass's Activity Panel
Come out of private room number one and walk deeper until you reach a dead end at the end of the passage.
Two ferocious statues stood at the end—winged beasts crouching on pillars. They had bat wings and ferocious heads like vicious dogs, as if guarding something.
Turning the statues inward, they shifted from guarding the outside to looking at each other. Unscrewing the portrait at the end revealed a gap wide enough for only one person to pass through.
"—The entrance to the so-called 'secret passage' is right here."
The middle-aged man with short, curly red hair politely introduced it to Miss Bayard, saying, "But strictly speaking, it's not a secret passage. It's just a hidden underground passage."
"Underground passage?"
Bayard crossed his arms and asked with interest, "What is it used for? Could it be... to prevent being caught in adultery?"
"I'm glad you know."
The middle-aged man, who looked like a butler, straightened his back. He simply smiled and said, "There are also some important people whose identities are inconvenient to disclose. They occasionally come to Huyue Manor to play. However, they are not suitable to enter through the main gate, so they come in directly from here. From here, you can go directly to the private room without going through the banquet hall, and then you can directly call the blood slaves to the corresponding room."
"Is this just the soundproofing of your private room?"
Bayard couldn't help but pull No. 14 closer to him, complaining, "How did you guys do the soundproofing?"
"oh……"
The middle-aged man nodded thoughtfully and readily admitted his mistake: "I'm very sorry, Miss Bayard. I think the staff member misunderstood your request. I will teach him a lesson later.
"That's right. Generally speaking, our private rooms are adjacent to each other. The room doesn't provide sound insulation for the people next door, but it actually amplifies the sound for the people lying on the bed. This is a special design, used to entertain shy guests and blood slaves, not because the sound insulation is bad. At least you can't hear what's going on inside from the door, which is enough to prove that our sound insulation technology is flawless.
"If guests need to keep the gameplay confidential or want to discuss something, we will specifically provide them with a room at the back, leaving both the left and right sides empty."
"So that's how it is..."
Bayard nodded.
"Now you know," the middle-aged man said attentively, entering the secret passage first and leading Bayard forward. "It's just that we don't know each other well enough. This is your first time ordering a private room, right? Next time you come, I'll definitely ask them to arrange a room in the back for you."
"No need, number 14 is with me."
Bayard blurted out: "I don't think I will come for a long time."
"Oh, it will come eventually."
The middle-aged man seemed to have seen and heard this many times before, so his expression remained calm. "We have long lifespans, but blood slaves do not. One day they will grow up and age, their appearance will fade, and their bodies will no longer be light and supple.
"When that happens, you can come here and take a look. You might fall in love with a new blood slave and buy one of them—of course, we also support trade-ins, and the old one can be sold back to us at a discount. If you feel that the blood slave you bought home is too unruly, but you have too deep an attachment to it, and want to discard it but can't bear to do so... you can also hand it over to us. However, the recycling price may not satisfy you, especially for a wealthy person like you who has plenty of money.
"But we have other ways of dealing with it. As you know, our business in the Empire has only been going on for less than a year, so many of our businesses are old projects brought over from Parthia. And we now know that the people of the Empire are very romantic and nostalgic... so we recently launched a new business.
"We have noble Moonchild alchemists and jewelers who can transform our aging companions into various gemstones and further polish them into beautiful and timeless jewelry. They can be frozen in the most beautiful moment, so that what remains in our memories is all beautiful. Simply let them fall asleep during a meal one day, and they will be transformed into eternity in a completely painless ritual.
"If you're willing to pay a little more, we can also support a gem designer to design a set of unique themed jewelry for you. We also have amber craftsmen here... If you pay a little more, we can also preserve their souls in gems. If you suddenly miss them, you can wake them up. They don't know they're dead, so they can talk to you normally."
The man spoke incessantly, enthusiastically and politely: "Of course, if you want to torture these souls..."
"——We'll talk about the future later."
Bayard rejected the man's business pitch in a bad mood and interrupted him: "I just want to take my little pet and leave here quietly. If possible, I can also take her for another midnight snack."
"Of course, of course. She's yours now. You have the final say."
The man who seemed to only be able to say "of course" and "you have the final say" just smiled gently.
But then he turned his head slightly and glanced at Aiwass.
The passage is pitch black, and only the Son of the Moon, who has night vision, can move forward normally.
His activated night vision made his pupils crimson, appearing dirty and bloody. The man wore an elegant, gentle smile, yet it was chilling. "I hope I never see you again, No. 14. Miss Bayard spent six figures in gold coins to buy you. I hope you understand what Miss Bayard has done for you and appreciate the huge price she paid for you."
Number 14's body trembled slightly, as if she was a little frightened. She shrank weakly into Bayard's arms, and Bayard hugged her back.
"Don't scare her, Director Cornelius. The child is very fragile and she can't stand being frightened."
Bayard warned, "And I didn't spend hundreds of thousands directly—I just wiped out our debt."
"Of course, you have the final say."
Cornelius said with a smile, his hands behind his back.
While listening to Director Cornelius's introduction, Aiwass gradually understood a lot of common sense about the late empire.
This is indeed a chaotic era where human life is worthless.
The Alchemy Association and the Art Association soon united again, and together with the Son of the Moon, they hunted down those high-ranking demonologists... In the end, the demonologists who were pushed to the limit summoned powerful demons, causing the extinction of the imperial family and subsequently triggering the six-year-long Rift War.
——A year before the Rift War, the famous painting "The Alchemist" was created, which triggered a fierce conflict between the Alchemy Association and the Art Association.
Now, these Moon Children are able to openly raise blood slaves in their manors. They have clearly gained sufficient status and influence. This means that the Moon Children have been present in the imperial capital for some time. According to Director Cornelius, they have been here for almost a year.
So at most, the time until the large demon that will destroy the empire is less than a month.
A vast empire, already internally fractured, riddled with factions, infighting, and endless hatred, if its royal family and all legitimate heirs suddenly died one day...
That means real chaos is coming.
There will definitely be many "high-ranking people" who die in such troubled times.
Miss Bayard was merely a shadow awakened by the ritual, but the Shadow Demon was real. Since she possessed Bayard's memories, she must have known many people from this era.
——Maybe when Aiwas follows his mentor on an archaeological excavation in the future, he will be able to find Bayard’s friends.
Due to the turmoil of the empire's final years, much of the historical record is lost. Much of the empire's history today relies on archaeologists' best efforts to reconstruct the truth... but there remains a great deal of speculation and conjecture.
Since Shadow Demon comes from this era...that means she is a living fossil from the end of the Imperial Era.
She must know a lot of secrets.
For example, where a powerful person is buried, or where there are hidden resource points...
——From this point of view, Shadow Fiend is simply the active panel of Aiwass!
(End of this chapter)
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