It seems that he invited himself to the castle. I am afraid that investigating the cause of the Duke's death and the abnormalities in the castle is just a cover for him.
His real purpose should be to get Jian Yao to side with him, to be his backer and partner, and to swallow up the Duke's family as well.
It's a pity that the character played by Jian Yao is not interested in these things, and she doesn't bother to get involved in such things. She just wants to concentrate on serving the gods she believes in.
Even if Jian Yao doesn't need to play this role, she doesn't plan to work with Gray. Anyway, she will leave after this dungeon ends, and she won't be able to take these with her.
So Jian Yao pretended that she didn't understand what Gray said, and instead changed the topic: "By the way, can I walk around in the castle? I never took a good tour of this castle when I came here before."
After Gray heard Jian Yao's words, the look in his eyes darkened a bit, but after all, he was still concerned about Jian Yao's identity and did not break his face directly on the spot.
"Lord Jian Yue, of course this is a small matter, Milan! Take Lord Jian Yue around the castle, and remember to satisfy Lord Jian Yue."
Gray glanced at the maid standing at the dining table and called her name directly.
The maid named "Milan" glanced at Gray and respectfully led Jian Yao out of the restaurant.
Hongyan didn't want to stay here and look at the annoying Gray, so she put down the wine glass in her hand, smoothed the wrinkles of her silk nightgown with one hand, and left without looking back.
Gray looked at the backs of the others leaving, and then glanced at the butler who was standing expressionless. He felt that he had laughed at them several times, and the anger in his heart became more and more intense.
Jian Yao, who was in the corridor, followed Milan and passed the locked room in the lobby on the first floor again.
The wide door made of black wood exudes a mysterious and dangerous aura, seeming to tempt passers-by to push it open.
Jian Yao glanced at the thick iron chain and the big lock on the door, evaluated it, and found that she could cut it off with just one strike of the Thunder Sword.
But now is not the time.
She glanced at the maid walking in front of her. She didn't want to attract attention now. What she wanted to do would inevitably arouse the suspicion of other players. If they doubted her, it would be more difficult to pass the level.
Milan took Jian Yao to the other side of the first floor of the castle. This side is where the castle kitchen and servants live.
According to the character of the character played by Jian Yao, she didn't bother to go to the servant's room, so she didn't say she wanted to go to the servant's room. Instead, she told Milan that she wanted to go to the kitchen to see the ingredients and thank her.
The chef of the castle.
Milan's expression was a bit hesitant, as if he didn't want Jian Yao to go to the kitchen, but Jian Yao's hand had already pushed open the kitchen door.
It is worthy of being the kitchen in a castle. The room is several hundred square meters in size.
The cooking table is so clean that no dust or crumbs of ingredients can be seen, and there are no ingredients in the kitchen, as if no one has been cooking here.
Even the chef is not here, and there is not a trace of human life left in the air.
If there is no chef in the kitchen, then who cooks their meals these days? Is it conjured out of thin air? It can't be made by the "monster" who wants to kill them, right?
Jian Yao imagined the "monster" covered in black mist cooking exquisite delicacies in the kitchen with its sharp-nailed hands, and a chill swept through her entire body.
She shook her head and shook away this very outrageous imagination.
After the two of them finished visiting the castle, they walked from the side door of the castle to the garden.
As soon as Jian Yao went out, her eyes were greeted by a large area of beautiful bright red flowers. The delicate petals were swaying in the wind towards the sky, but the dark red color seemed to be watered with blood.
And those lush branches and leaves are like the trunk of human beings struggling to climb out of the earth.
It is such a beautiful scene, but it makes people feel chills running down their backs.
"Milan, who is this...?"
An old voice sounded behind Jian Yao, and an old man wearing a tattered straw hat was seen holding a pair of large scissors in his hand and staring at Jian Yao.
Milan took a few steps forward, looking a little nervous for some reason, and said to the gardener: "This is Master Jian Yue who came from the temple to investigate what happened recently."
The gardener looked at Jian Yao with a bit of disappointment in his eyes, as if he regretted that he could not do anything to her.
The three of them just chatted for a few words and then dispersed. Milan and Jian Yao planned to go back to the restaurant and wait for the meeting to begin, while the gardener walked into the garden carrying a pair of scissors, apparently intending to complete his daily tasks.
Garden pruning work.
There is a huge clock in the dining room of the castle, and the black iron hour hand has almost reached twelve noon.
After Jian Yao walked in from the door of the restaurant, she glanced at the time on the clock. Unexpectedly, she had already spent almost a whole morning just browsing the castle.
But she did get some useful clues.
At this time, apart from Jian Yao and Mi Lan, Wu Jiu was sitting in the farthest seat wearing a hooded cloak.
He kept his head lowered and tried his best to reduce his presence. Unfortunately, his extremely high charm value was not under his control. Everyone would look at him when they came in from the door.
The red smoke is sitting next to the main seat. This is a position exclusive to the duchess. As long as she is a duchess, this position will always belong to her.
She was still shaking the wine glass in her hand. The dark red wine liquid rippled beautifully in the transparent glass, and her bright red lips were dyed watery color by the wine.
As for the others, they arrived belatedly after Jian Yao sat down.
But those who will come to this meeting should be the nine players mentioned at the beginning of the dungeon, right?
The seats in the restaurant were quickly filled with nine people. These nine people were Jian Yao, Hong Yan, Wu Jiu, Gray, An Jie, Liz, the housekeeper, Milan and the gardener.
It's just that Jian Yao really didn't expect that the housekeeper and the gardener were also players. After all, the former acted too low-key and couldn't see any flaws at all, while the latter looked at her with a perverted look, not like she was acting.
The Big Ben clock in the restaurant rang out its dull chimes on time when the hour hand reached twelve o'clock.
The bell rang directly through the entire restaurant, and at the same time, the sound of the terrifying game system appeared in the minds of the nine of them.
[All players have arrived and the first round of meetings is about to begin]