Chapter 7 The Man in the Oil Painting
Baron Charlie was in a good mood today. The factories that he had recently invested in had successfully entered the profit period. Moreover, a member of the parliament he had paid to support was successfully elected again. At least he would not have to worry about legal and administrative harassment in the next four years. Even one of his personal maids was found out yesterday that he was pregnant with his own child. Haha, all good things have been piled up recently. Baron Charlie was in a difficult mood.
However, when Baron Charlie entered his storage room after dinner as usual, preparing to appreciate his collection, he was surprised to find that on a precious medieval chair in the center of the storage room, there was a man who had almost hidden his whole body under his black robe.
However, Baron Charlie had seen the world. Although a stranger broke into his storage room, he did not directly call the male servant outside to come in and catch people, but closed the storage room door quietly. Then, he lit a cigar for himself, took a deep breath, and spoke to the man in black robe who was still sitting in front of him:
"Dear guest, is there anything you are asking me for?"
"Dear Mr. Baron, I'm here to ask you to do something." The man raised his head slightly and showed his pretty face. Who would it be if it were Xiao Xuan?
"No problem, please tell me your business. You are clear. There are many people who have invited me to do business all year round. I just don't know if you are planning to pay me a reward? Or is the reward my own life?"
"Mr. Baron, your life still belongs to you safely. I will use this as a reward for your business." Xiao Xuan spread his palm and a huge diamond appeared in his palm.
Seeing such a large diamond, Baron Charlie's heart seemed to have missed. He quickly took out a pair of white gloves from his pocket and put them on his hands cleanly, and quickly picked up the diamond from Xiao Xuan's palm:
"Tsk tsk, I can guarantee that this diamond is not much more than the one on the Queen's crown. It is absolutely priceless. Dear distinguished guest, just tell me what you want to ask me to do for you. As long as it is within my ability, I, Charlie, will never frown."
"I want a garment company under your command, which will require 100,000 pounds of cash."
“That’s all?”
“That’s all.”
"Haha, dear sir, what you just said is completely inconsistent with the value of this diamond."
Xiao Xuan smiled slightly, "The requirements I mentioned must be in place tomorrow."
"No problem, dear guest, I will not ask about your origin or your identity. I will only tell you that if there is anything else in the future, I can continue to come to me, Charlie."
"Then thank the Baron. I will come back tomorrow morning. I hope the Baron can prepare everything that should be prepared."
Xiao Xuan stood up from the chair, thinking of Charlie's symbolic bow, and then he opened the door of the collection himself and walked out in a straightforward manner.
Charlie was not worried about whether the other party could walk out of his manor safely. He knew that since the other party could enter his storage room without knowing the sound, the other party would definitely have the ability to easily enter and exit his manor. In Charlie's mind, Xiao Xuan had already attributed him to the ranks of "River Thieves", and he was an extremely powerful type of thieves. Otherwise, who could get such a big and beautiful diamond? To deal with such a person, Baron Charlie knew the rules, and he didn't have to "benevolence" to this diamond. Since the other party dared to put this diamond here first, it meant that the other party was not afraid that he would swallow it in a bad way.
However, when Charlie put the diamond in an exquisite box and was about to leave the storage room, the bookshelf on the side of the storage room began to tremble slightly, and the old man in an oil painting hanging on the wall in the kitchen actually blinked at this moment.
Charlie was not shocked at all. He saluted the painting very respectfully and said respectfully:
"My dear great-grandfather, do you need your descendant Charlie to do something for you?"
The man in the oil painting began to become more and more vivid and flexible. His eyes and nose began to move, and then he spoke:
"The man...had aura of a magician on his body just now...I... need you...here...I'm here...I need...his blood."
"No problem, great-grandfather, I am willing to do anything for you, but if that person is also a magician, can I subdue him?" Charlie's face showed a hesitant look.
"It's okay...the magical aura on him...it's very weak...at most...it's an apprentice magician...this person...it's no big deal...next time...introduce him into this storage room...prepare in advance...a cup of fresh boy blood...spread on the oil painting...then...I'll take action myself...subdue him."
"Since my great-grandfather can take action himself, there will be no problem. Charlie must follow your instructions."
Charlie saluted respectfully again, and the oil painting slowly became normal again. The man in the painting still maintained his original appearance, as if he had never moved at all.
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"Oh, my dear friend, and this beautiful lady beside me, I am glad that you have come to visit my home. I have ordered the servants to prepare the most sumptuous and exquisite lunch to treat you. Your most loyal friend, Charlie, welcome you."
The next morning, Charlie greeted Xiao Xuan and Ye Xuan who came here at his doorstep, and very attentively brought Xiao Xuan and Ye Xuan into the living room.
"Mr. Baron, what I need, are you ready?"
Xiao Xuan had no intention of slowly chatting with Charlie. After all, he would not stay in this mission world for too long, so there was no need to build his own network of relationships in this world.
"I have prepared the transfer contract for that garment company, and I have prepared 100,000 pounds of cash, and they are all in my storage room. Let's go, beautiful lady, I'm honored to invite you to visit my storage room here, and even if you like any collection, I will give it to you directly."
"Thank you, Mr. Baron." Ye Xuan's performance was also very appropriate. She asked Charlie to walk into the storage room with her hand, while Xiao Xuan followed behind.
After all three of them entered the storage room, Baron Charlie closed the door of the storage room. He turned around and saw Ye Xuan and Xiao Xuan looking at the collections he had collected. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but his hand quickly picked up a wine glass on the table. The liquid in the glass was dark red, like wine, but this was not wine, it was the blood of a boy. He specially ordered his servant to go to the street to catch a wanderer and kill him and take it off. He had done this before, because his great-grandfather, the existence in the oil painting, needed a cup of such blood every three months. This time, the need for this cup of blood was the one that the great-grandfather said was a magician.
In Charlie's view, the magician's blood must have a greater effect on his great-grandfather than the blood of ordinary people.
"Ba." Charlie poured all the blood from the cup onto the oil painting.
"Well, Mr. Baron, are you just now?" Ye Xuan heard the voice and turned around and asked in confusion. Then, she saw the oil painting of "swage" splashed with red, and said in surprise: "What are you doing? Mr. Baron, why do you destroy this painting?"
Baron Charlie did not reply, but stood calmly against the wall, looking at the man and woman in front of him.
Xiao Xuan put one hand on Ye Xuan's shoulder and said, "He is not destroying this painting, she is awakening the soul hidden in this oil painting."
"Soul?" Ye Xuan said in surprise.
Immediately afterwards, the storage room suddenly became dim and a stream of "wind" began to blew, but the storage room was completely sealed, and even the temperature dropped a lot at this time, making people feel a chill.
Ye Xuan couldn't help but hide behind Xiao Xuan. Xiao Xuan stood quietly in front of the oil painting, watching the oil painting start to slowly change. The man in the oil painting seemed to have come alive, and he actually leaned out and crawled out of the oil painting.
"Hehe, there is actually an apprentice magician entering my home. Since you are here, let's stay. Your blood has magic elements, which is a great supplement for me. I need you to contribute your blood, Mr. Apprentice Magician."
"Training Magician?"
Xiao Xuan repeated the words of the ghost in the oil painting, and suddenly felt a little funny. He was indeed an apprentice magician, but because of his soul ring, his real magic level was definitely not comparable to that of a little apprentice magician. Especially, his undead magic is best at dealing with this kind of deceased soul!
Chapter completed!