"You heard the commotion last night, right?"
Cold Frost, dressed in her black trench coat, spoke first.
Last night, she had also heard the commotion coming from next door—the knocking and calls from the 'maid.' In the end, the door to Room 203 opened, followed by a deathly silence.
At the time, Cold Frost assumed the Strange entity would come for her next, so she stayed up all night keeping watch. It wasn't until two or three hours had passed without a knock on the door of her Room 202 that she realized the Strange entity, having succeeded in attacking Room 203, would not make a move on the other guest rooms.
For her, in a way, this was a good thing. However, the two people in Room 203 likely met a terrible end.
"I heard it. The visiting 'It' paid a visit to our room first."
Lin Ye then simply explained the process of the 'maid' visiting, knocking, and speaking.
"Temptation..."
Cold Frost wasn't surprised. Strange instances were bizarre; using sound and scent as mediums to exert the influence of Strange power, thereby affecting a player's sanity and judgment to trigger a violation of the rules, was the most normal thing.
"Passerby, being an old player, shouldn't have been affected."
Since the Level 2 Lin Ye said he could rely on his own willpower to resist the influence of the Strange power and restrain his behavior, the possibility of Passerby being seduced was small. In other words, the one who had a problem was the High School Student.
This made the Office Lady's heart skip a beat.
If she hadn't proactively proposed sharing a room with the old player Cold Frost yesterday, and had instead slept in the same room as the High School Student last night, she feared she would be dead by now.
"I'll knock!"
Lin Ye raised his hand and knocked on the door.
Thump, thump, thump, thump...
The knocking sound rang out.
In reality, he had already seen the situation in Guest Room 203 clearly through his perspective skill.
When he woke up at 6:10 this morning, he used the perspective skill again. The black fog barrier that couldn't be penetrated through the walls and door had disappeared.
This was also one of the bases for his judgment that the 'Strange' had completely retreated and would not appear again.
From ten o'clock at night to six o'clock the next morning was the active time of the Strange, and the entire villa was under the influence of Strange power.
Thump, thump, thump...
The knocking continued.
But there was no sound from inside the room.
Lin Ye looked at Passerby lying motionless on the floor, wondering if he was already dead!
"No one?"
Both the new and old players were dead?
Cold Frost and Asuna couldn't help but raise their assessment of the danger level of the Strange visitor from last night.
It was normal for the High School Student to die, but if the Level 3 old player Passerby also died, then there was a problem.
It had only been one night!
Did that mean once the door opened, there was no chance to even struggle for survival? How could this not worry the several old players!
"Thump, thump, thump!"
"Passerby, it's us. Open the door."
"High School Student, open the door."
Lin Ye knocked again, but there was still not a trace of movement.
However, Lin Ye scanned again and sharply saw Passerby lying on the ground open his eyes. His expression was one of suffering; he seemed to want to open the door, but he couldn't get up at all. He couldn't move.
"Find the maid. Ask if there's a spare key," Lin Ye said.
"Spare key?"
If there was a spare key, couldn't the Strange entity last night have used the 'spare key' to enter directly?
"I'll go immediately," Asuna promised.
"Miss Cold, could you please accompany Asuna?"
"I can."
Cold Frost didn't decline. The two immediately left and headed to the first floor.
At this point in time, the maid should be in the kitchen preparing breakfast.
However, the biggest question lay in the fact that the Strange visitor last night was the maid. So, would the maid during the day attack them?
Harboring this doubt, Asuna and Cold Frost arrived at the first floor and headed to the kitchen.
Sure enough, just as expected, they found the silver-haired maid, Lisa, busy in the kitchen.
"Two guests, it is not breakfast time yet. Please wait a moment."
Lisa immediately put down the work in her hands, looked at the two with a smile, and spoke.
In the kitchen, many ingredients had been cleaned and processed. Eggs were frying in a pan, making a sizzle sizzle sound, and a faint, tempting aroma was permeating the air.
"Good morning, Lisa. May I ask if you have a spare key for Guest Room 203 here? We knocked, but our friend hasn't responded, so we are a bit worried."
Asuna organized her words and asked.
Cold Frost stared, capturing every reaction and expression of the maid.
"Eh, eh, eh? No way! Is it possible the guest went out for a walk himself?"
But faced with Asuna's denial, the silver-haired maid revealed a stunned look. "I will go to the fourth floor immediately to get the spare key."
But having said that, she noticed the fried eggs in the pan. "Please wait for me a moment. Let me cook these few eggs thoroughly, is that okay?"
Asuna wanted to say she could handle it, but Cold Frost spoke up first, "Okay, we'll wait for you."
Can't separate. That was Cold Frost's thought.
Under the current circumstances where the Strange had already appeared, separating and acting alone was simply giving the Strange, lurking who-knows-where, an opportunity to attack.
"Thank you. It will be quick."
Lisa quickly finished frying the eggs. After turning off the fire to ensure there were no safety hazards in the kitchen, she immediately headed to the fourth floor.
Asuna and Cold Frost waited at the staircase on the third floor. A short while later, the maid came down with the spare key, and the three immediately headed to the second floor.
"I apologize for the delay."
Lisa apologized profusely. Soon, she took out the spare key for Guest Room 203 and inserted it into the door lock.
Click...
Accompanied by the sound, the door opened, and the indoor scene came fully into everyone's view.
Passerby was lying motionless on the floor, which instantly gave the maid a fright. The Office Lady, standing furthest away, also turned slightly pale with fright.
This... he couldn't be dead, right!
Lin Ye stepped in first.
Only he knew that Passerby was still alive, or at least still had a breath left.
Tap, tap...
Quick footsteps rang out. Lin Ye arrived beside Passerby and squatted down. "Hey, hey... wake up."
His fingers pressed against Passerby's neck. "There's a pulse. Alive."
Cold Frost nodded. She looked around the circle but didn't find the figure of the other person.
The High School Student was likely doomed.
Only Passerby, who still had a breath left, knew what happened in Room 203 last night.
At this moment, Passerby stared at Lin Ye. His lips moved slightly, seeming to want to say something.
Lin Ye leaned in closer.
After a good while, he heard Passerby's faint voice.
"So hungry..."
"Eat..."
Lin Ye almost suspected he had heard wrong.
"Guest, Guest, what is wrong with him?"
The silver-haired maid Lisa watched with a face full of worry and asked anxiously.
For her, if something happened to a guest, she, as the maid, could hardly absolve herself of the blame.
"Hungry."
One word stunned everyone present.
"Probably because my friend has a large appetite and ate relatively little last night, so he was hungry all night."
"Eh, eh, eh!"
After Lisa exclaimed, she revealed a smile. "I will go prepare breakfast immediately. It will be ready very soon. The guests just need to come to the dining room on time to eat."
The silver-haired maid intended to leave quickly, but Lin Ye grabbed her wrist. "Wait."
"Guest, is there something else?"
"That friend who was sharing Room 203, I don't know where he is now. Has Lisa seen him?"
"Sharing?"
Lisa tilted her head in confusion. "Hasn't Room 203 always been occupied by only this one guest?"
One sentence made the hearts of everyone present sink.
If the maid wasn't lying, then this meant the High School Student was doomed, with no possibility of survival.
"Sorry, I remembered incorrectly."
Lin Ye released his hand, and the silver-haired maid bowed and respectfully exited the guest room.
After the maid left, Cold Frost spoke up. "Can we be sure the maid is telling the truth?"
"Temporarily no. But if we ask that mistress of the villa, I think we can get a further judgment."
The scenario of 'Player dies, instance characters forget the player's existence' wasn't unheard of. Although Lin Ye hadn't encountered it, that didn't mean the possibility didn't exist.
Lin Ye supported Passerby to the bed. He took out bread, but Passerby had no interest.
"It seems you only have an appetite for food from the villa's dining room."
Although Passerby didn't say it explicitly, combined with his current condition, Lin Ye and the other two players all had a guess.
Currently, there were three reasons for Passerby's symptoms. First, related to not eating dinner last night. Second, a manifestation of trauma after being attacked by the Strange. Third, a side effect of him using an unknown item or Strange object.
But among these three possibilities, the first was the highest.
"There are still twenty-something minutes until 7:30."
Lin Ye walked to the window, pulled open the curtains, and opened the window.
Fresh breeze blew in, and the fresh air diluted the oppressive and gloomy atmosphere of the guest room.
"Asuna, help me out."
Lin Ye pointed, and Asuna walked over, understanding his intent.
The target was precisely that blooming chrysanthemum on the cabinet.
Cold Frost watched, feeling that these two players had already formed a tacit understanding.
But Asuna's reaching movement froze. A small slip of paper placed beside the chrysanthemum on the cabinet caught Asuna's attention.
The paper was placed face down, glowing with a faint ancient yellow hue, and black handwriting could be faintly seen on the other side.
Asuna reached out and flipped it over. The black handwriting came into view.
[Mother said she is happy.]
[Is this happiness?]
[I do not quite understand.]
[But Mother indeed smiles more.]
[Maybe this is happiness!]
[I hope he can give Mother more happiness!]
...
Asuna's first feeling upon reading it was that this was an excerpt from some book. But with a piece of paper appearing abruptly beside the chrysanthemum flower pot, she couldn't feel this was useless information no matter what.
"Zero, Miss Cold, take a look at this."
Asuna handed the antique paper to Cold Frost, who was nearest. After reading it, Cold Frost passed it to Lin Ye.
Lin Ye quickly finished reading it. "Mother... could it refer to the wife of this villa's male host?"
Asuna pondered and asked in confusion, "Besides the Master, Aiqi, and the maid Lisa, is there a fourth person in this villa?"
But regarding the current guessed identities, the existence of this 'Mother' didn't seem abrupt.
"Who is Mother? Is she the wife of the Master who left the villa? What is her relationship with Aiqi?"
These all required more clues.
Lin Ye looked at the two. "We'll find a chance to inquire with the maid and the Eldest Miss later."
But seeing that both Asuna and Cold Frost's gazes were fixed on him, Lin Ye realized these two intended to hand the heavy responsibility of conversation over to him.
"Actually, isn't there a very suitable person among us?"
"Who?"
Asuna followed Lin Ye's line of sight to look at the Office Lady, Linlin, who had been maintaining silence behind them.
The Office Lady's expression changed slightly, and she pointed a finger at herself. "Me? No, no, no, I can't do it. I definitely can't do it."
"Your proper job is sales. Conversing with the maid and the Eldest Miss is absolutely not a problem."
Can that be the same?
Those two... if she said the wrong thing, she could very likely die!
"Miss Cold will accompany you. There won't be safety issues. In broad daylight, major problems won't occur."
No, now that you've said that, I'm even more worried.
But facing the gazes of the three old players, the Office Lady wanted to decline. However, thinking that if she declined and did nothing, she might lose the protection of the old players, she gritted her teeth, weighed it again and again, and made a decision.
"I can try, but I can't guarantee I'll definitely be able to pry out any useful information."
"Acceptable."
As long as the Office Lady did it, that was enough.
Being a rookie, she didn't realize something, but the three old players had already realized an important matter.
The appearance of this note must have triggered some key condition.
And what was the biggest difference between Room 203 and Guest Rooms 202 and 204?
Suffering a visit from the 'Strange' last night.
Perhaps only when the Strange visited and entered the guest room would the guest room produce an extra clue. Perhaps a clue would only be produced when a player died.
If it was the latter,
This problem could be big or small.
To obtain more clues to clear the instance, it was very likely some players would have other ideas and choose some special ways to pit their companions to death.
This was not impossible.
Don't look at how the several players had gotten along happily so far; one may know a person's face but not their heart. Who knew the true inner thoughts of others!
Several people searched Guest Room 203 again, then returned to their respective guest rooms to look for potentially newly added clues.
But until breakfast time arrived, Lin Ye and the others didn't find any pale yellow notes similar to the one in Guest Room 203 in their rooms.
This note clue was an item exclusive to Guest Room 203.
Lin Ye carried Passerby on his back to the dining room.
Soon,
A rich breakfast was placed on the dining table.
A glass of milk, a fried egg, a sandwich, plus french fries and seasoned ketchup.
"Guests, please take your time."
Lisa left.
Lin Ye looked at Passerby sitting in the chair.
At this moment, looking at the food before him, Passerby's breathing became faster and faster.
The color and scent were tempting, giving him a bit more spirit; he seemed to even have some strength.
The next second,
Ignoring his image, he sprawled onto the table and began gnawing at the sandwich.
The Office Lady was shocked.
Lin Ye didn't react much. If he were starving to the extreme, he feared he would be even more savage than Passerby!
A few minutes later,
Draining the milk in the glass in one gulp, Passerby leaned back against the chair and let out a long breath. "I've recovered."
"I almost starved to death."
It was truly almost starved to death.
The torture of hunger made him wish he were dead.
Experiencing the feeling of extreme hunger for the first time in his life, Passerby felt he would never forget this experience, nor did he ever want to experience it again.
"Eat some more?"
"I won't be polite."
Facing the sandwich Lin Ye handed over, Passerby took it and immediately started gnawing, finishing it in two or three bites.
Lin Ye greeted the maid and asked for two more sandwiches.
Lisa entered the kitchen with a smile and began preparing the sandwiches.
Asuna and Cold Frost both had questions, but no one spoke up to ask at this time. With the maid right in the kitchen now, it wasn't suitable for them to converse about the 'Strange event last night.'
Finally,
Half an hour later, the five people finished breakfast.
Outside the villa,
The sunlight was brilliant, the breeze was gentle, the blooming chrysanthemums swayed, and a faint floral scent filled the air.
"Tell us about what happened last night!"
"Mm."
Passerby didn't hide anything. He recalled the visit from the Strange last night and simply recounted the process.
"The first thing heard were footsteps coming from next door, your side. A Strange entity was knocking on your door."
"But it failed, and came to knock on my door."
"About seven or eight minutes in, the state of the High School Student sleeping on the floor wasn't right. He got up. I realized he was bewitched. I tried to stop him, but failed."
Passerby couldn't stop the High School Student?
Under normal circumstances, that was impossible.
Passerby sighed. "Because of hunger. It caused my reaction to be slow, and I didn't have much strength. I think this is because I didn't eat dinner last night."
"Did you eat the food you brought yourself?"
"I ate it. I ate a lot. Especially after ten o'clock, I started to feel hungry. I ate several ham sausages myself, but... useless."
Passerby looked at everyone. "I think to be active in this villa, we must eat on time. The food here is the important energy source guaranteeing our activity. Once we don't eat, upon reaching a certain time point, we will face the state of our bodies being in starvation."
He sighed lightly. "If I had eaten last night, perhaps I could have successfully stopped the High School Student."
"How did you escape it?"
This was the question the three old players on the scene cared about most.
Since the door opened and the High School Student died at the hands of the Strange, there was no reason Passerby would be spared, right?
It couldn't be that the Strange only attacked one person at a time, right? That once one person was caught and died, the Strange wouldn't act against the other person?
"I used an item, the Feign Death Card."
"After use, enter a state of feigned death for five minutes. It can deceive the Strange."
Generally speaking, players wouldn't reveal the effects and abilities of the items they held. But now, facing the inquiries of the other players cooperating in the same instance, he thought about it, weighed it carefully, and chose to say it.
The item was already used. He didn't have a second Feign Death Card. Saying it wouldn't have too big an impact on his strength.
Secondly, if he kept it a secret, it was extremely likely he would be suspected by the other three players of sacrificing the High School Student for his own survival.
Ultimately, only he knew the truth of last night.
If he lied, the other players couldn't determine it either.
"Do Miss Cold and Miss Asuna know of this item?"
Both shook their heads. They hadn't encountered this item.
"What I said is true, but I don't have another Feign Death Card on me," Passerby explained.
"The items of the Strange Game are bizarre and varied. Having an item to play dead isn't very strange." Cold Frost spoke up; she was inclined to believe Passerby.
"There is one more question."
Lin Ye asked about the paper by the flower pot.
Passerby revealed a stunned look. "No. I can be sure that before I went to bed, there was absolutely no note with writing recorded there."
A rookie might ignore it, overlooking certain locations and objects in the room, but the possibility of an old player making such an oversight was very small.
"I suspect it appeared after the 'Strange' visited, or perhaps it was an object left by the Strange."
There was quite a lot of information now.
Lin Ye and the other three launched a discussion.
"If the Strange was the maid, and she knew the location of the spare key, why didn't she use the spare key to enter our rooms directly?"
The maid knew the location of the spare key.
"In the Strange state, she couldn't use the spare key? Couldn't find the spare key?" Asuna proposed her own conjecture.
"The Strange couldn't go to the fourth floor?" Cold Frost thought of a possibility.
And Lin Ye proposed yet another possibility. "During the nighttime hours, the door can only be opened from the inside."
This was also possible.
Who was the 'Strange' that visited last night?
The maid? The Eldest Miss Aiqi? The Master who left the villa, or the Mother mentioned in the new clue?
Or was it that German Shepherd, John?
Based on existing information, the probability of it being the maid Lisa was the highest.
Of course, the probability of the Strange disguising itself as her to deceive the players was also very high.
The four continued discussing. The Office Lady also occasionally interjected. By now, she had become accustomed to this place and started to actively integrate.
"Finally, let's confirm whether there is a Strange entity among us!"
Lin Ye's sentence was like a stone falling into a calm lake, stirring up layers of ripples.
"How to confirm?" The Office Lady asked back subconsciously.
If there was a method to confirm, shouldn't they just confirm everyone one by one?
Asuna extended her hand. "Gently."
Lin Ye took out a dagger and lightly cut a line on Asuna's hand.
A wound appeared; the blood only flowed for a moment before healing immediately.
In this moment, the Office Lady understood.
This was utilizing the rule of 'Reminder 8' to determine if a Strange entity existed.
"I'll be next! Brother Zero, gently. I'm also very afraid of pain."
"Get lost."
Lin Ye unceremoniously cut Passerby.
His wound also healed very quickly. This indicated he was also human.
"It seems I haven't turned into a Strange entity."
"Not necessarily. Maybe you can switch back and forth between human and Strange identities."
"Hahaha..."
Passerby laughed loudly.
He knew that in this test, he was the most dangerous one.
Because even he didn't know what happened during the five minutes he was in the feigned death state.
It was entirely possible he had been parasitized by the Strange and become a host.
Subsequently, Cold Frost and the Office Lady Linlin also tested; there were no problems.
"Brother Zero, how about you go test the maid and that Eldest Miss? Oh right, and that German Shepherd John. That dog could also quite possibly be a Strange entity."
"Great method. I'll leave it to you."
Lin Ye said seriously to Passerby.
Passerby immediately shook his head and refused. "I can't. How could I compare to you, Brother Zero."
"You're Level 3, and you can't compare to me?"
"Level doesn't prove strength. It's not like Level 30 versus Level 2."
From the contact this day, Passerby didn't feel his strength would be much greater compared to Lin Ye.
Moreover, for this dangerous, high-risk matter, he would rather lose face and admit he was inferior than bear the risk.
The suggestion to test the maid and others was temporarily shelved.
At this point,
This conversation was also drawing to a close.
Cold Frost accompanied the Office Lady to contact the maid.
And Lin Ye pondered whether he needed to find an opportunity to head to the fourth floor to investigate.
Just like how his perspective skill couldn't see through the guest room walls during the nighttime hours last night, the fourth floor and the basement of the villa were also in an isolated state; he couldn't see through them.
This wasn't a problem with the perspective skill, but an isolation and anti-peeping ability inherent to those partial areas of the villa.
There was definitely a problem with the fourth floor and the basement.
Meanwhile, by the window on the fourth floor of the villa,
The figure of a young girl with long blond hair was standing. Her bright eyes were gazing out, and her field of vision was precisely on Lin Ye and the others walking in the courtyard.
Suddenly, she blinked and saw the man in the courtyard smile at her and wave to say hello. She nodded slightly, then cast her gaze toward the beautiful scenery in the distance.
...
The silver-haired maid, Lisa, was cleaning. The wet mop dragged across the ground, pulling out a wet trail.
The Office Lady Linlin arrived.
She thought for a moment and proactively stepped forward. "Lisa, let me help you too!"
"Eh! No, no, how can I let a guest help! Absolutely not."
The maid refused flatly.
Cold Frost watched from not far away, vigilant.
"It's fine. I have been receiving your care, I just want to make some repayment."
"No, hosting the honored guests well is the duty of a maid. No repayment is needed."
"So that's how it is."
She smiled and asked again, "Does the maid's duty include one thing?"
"Hmm? What thing?"
"Serving in bed."
"Eh, eh, eh, eh!"
Lisa exclaimed, "This, this, this... it's not like that! Where, where is there serving in bed? We... I am... a legitimate maid, not that kind of bed-serving maid."
The silver-haired young girl blushed and explained hurriedly, "If not for the guest being a girl, I would have reported you for sexual harassment."
"Haha, my friend asked me to ask."
"Uh!"
"Who told our Maid Lisa to be so pretty? It gave my friend ideas."
"No. Even if it is an honored guest invited by the Master, it is not allowed."
"Then who is allowed?"
"No one is allowed," the maid said righteously with a puffed-up face.
"Haha, I will tell them to let them not harbor fantasies, hahaha."
She laughed and continued to inquire, "By the way, I still don't know about the mistress of this villa!"
"Mistress? The mistress is Miss Aiqi. What is wrong?"
"I refer to Miss Aiqi's mother, Master's wife."
"Ah!"
Lisa revealed an expression of sudden realization. Soon, she revealed a depressed mood. "Missing. She suddenly disappeared. We searched, but... didn't find her."
"Did she go missing after the Master left, or before he left?"
"Left..."
Lisa's words came to an abrupt halt. "Sorry, I... can't remember clearly. If the guest wants to know, you can ask the Eldest Miss. The Eldest Miss should know."
"Mm."
The Office Lady helped, and conveniently asked a few other questions in passing.
Finally, after the floor of the first floor was mopped clean, the Office Lady Linlin took her leave.
Cold Frost didn't leave immediately. Instead, she observed in secret. Only after determining the maid didn't have any abnormal changes did she leave.
The silver-haired maid hummed a song and continued her cleaning.
The key information brought back by the Office Lady was two points: the disappearance of the villa's mistress, and the maid's own unclear memory. This made one have to suspect that her memory had problems.
The possibility of the silver-haired maid being the Strange increased further.
"We need to go to the fourth floor to explore and obtain more useful information."
Lin Ye spoke up.
Everyone knew the fourth floor was important and had more clues, and the key to enter the basement was likely on the fourth floor. But how to go to the fourth floor safely?
"That blond Eldest Miss stays on the fourth floor all the time," Asuna said.
"It's hard to find a time when she isn't on the fourth floor."
Once discovered by the blond Eldest Miss that there were players on the fourth floor, the outcome for that exposed player definitely wouldn't be good.
The greatest probability was a result like the disappeared High School Student.
"Find a reason to trick her down. If we can't trick her, then..." Lin Ye pointed to the forest. "Yesterday evening, Miss Cold and Brother, you two ran into her outside the villa!"
"She won't necessarily come out this evening!"
"Try it. Tonight will definitely be more ferocious and dangerous than last night. We need more clues and information."
Actually,
Whether it was bamboozling the blond Eldest Miss to leave the fourth floor and come downstairs, or forcing the blond Eldest Miss to show herself by heading to the forest, the problem wasn't huge. At most, it would just fail.
The key to the problem lay in who would explore the fourth floor.
Everyone knew the risk of exploring the fourth floor.
One slip-up, and the result was death.
"Since it was my suggestion, I will execute it! You guys be responsible for luring out the blond Eldest Miss and entangling the maid to prevent the maid from going to the fourth floor."
Asuna was stunned. She hadn't expected Lin Ye to be willing to proactively shoulder this burden.
"I leave my safety to you all."
This trust made Asuna feel a heavy responsibility.
"I will. Please rest assured."
"Brother Zero, rest assured. We will definitely entangle those two and not let them go to the fourth floor. Leave it to us!"
Passerby also guaranteed it, and Cold Frost also proactively spoke up to promise.
They knew that if they were negligent on their side, or even intentionally guided the blond Eldest Miss or the maid up to the fourth floor, it was entirely possible to take the opportunity to pit Lin Ye to death.
In a certain sense,
This was also a test of human nature.
Cold Frost felt she needed to remind Lin Ye. She felt that a player like Lin Ye, with upright conduct who held high trust in other players, was truly too rare. She didn't hope for Lin Ye to invite betrayal and death because he happened to trust bad players.
The personnel allocation arrangement was confirmed very quickly.
Asuna and Passerby were responsible for the maid.
Cold Frost and the Office Lady were responsible for the blond Miss.
At 4:30 PM,
The operation began.
Asuna and Passerby found the maid first and proactively expressed to the maid they would help with tonight's dinner ingredient processing.
"This, this is so embarrassing. Miss Asuna already helped me once yesterday."
"I like preparing cuisine. I also want to learn from you, Lisa, how to make delicious cuisine, to make for Mom and Dad to eat in the future."
"S-So that is how it is!"
Lisa no longer suspected Asuna, and Passerby also gave an explanation. "I didn't eat my fill last night. I came to help today, and conveniently see what delicious cuisine there is tonight."
"Guest, it will definitely satisfy you."
"Haha, I'm looking forward to it."
On the other side,
Cold Frost and the Office Lady walked out of the villa, heading in the direction of the forest. Finally, they even let the Office Lady head to the forest alone, but the blond Eldest Miss never appeared.
Cold Frost realized the plan failed; the blond Eldest Miss wouldn't appear every time to stop them from going out to the forest.
"Let's go back."
Cold Frost and the other returned to the villa at the fastest speed.
"Lisa, just now outside the villa, we seemed to have seen Master Carter."
Cold Frost's sentence startled Lisa, and the movements in her hands stopped too.
"You, you... wouldn't have seen wrong, right!"
She seemed somewhat disbelieving.
"I, I saw him too," the Office Lady spoke up with a frown and hesitation. "It should be him."
"I will go look."
"He already ran back into the forest. We wanted to chase after him, but thinking of your reminder, we didn't go over."
"Is that so..." Lisa was disappointed.
"Should we tell Miss Carter?"
Cold Frost spoke up.
"This..."
"Lisa, please invite Miss Carter down! We want to chat with her about the matters between father and daughter. Although we are just guests and our status isn't suitable, ultimately we are guests invited by Master Carter, and we also want to contribute an effort to ease the relationship between father and daughter."
The reminder stated 'Miss Carter does not like to hear things about the Master'. They couldn't mention it, but it didn't mean the maid couldn't relay it on their behalf.
At the same time, this was perhaps also a method to attract the blond Eldest Miss to leave the fourth floor and come downstairs.
Even if there was a possibility of violating the rules, they needed to try.
After all, Lin Ye couldn't be the one bearing all the risks while they bore no risk at all.
"I, I understand."
With Asuna also speaking up to persuade, the maid agreed. She went upstairs and stated the intent to the blond Eldest Miss.
Half a minute later,
The blond Eldest Miss, Aiqi Carter, appeared in front of everyone.
"What do you want to say?"
Her bright eyes swept over everyone on the scene.
Finally, Asuna stepped forward and spoke, "Actually, Miss Carter, I want to chat with you about the matters between me and my father."
Aiqi Carter: ???
Matters between you and your father?
Meanwhile, Lin Ye on the third floor used perspective to confirm the group was in the kitchen, so he stepped onto the stairs heading to the fourth floor.
Ten seconds later,
He entered the fourth floor.
Unknown if it was an illusion,
Lin Ye felt a heavy aura.
"Let me see what important clues and items are here!"
Lin Ye said as he sprang into action.
But on the first floor,
The blond Eldest Miss, having listened for a while, suddenly stood up.
This reaction immediately startled all the players.
Did this blond Eldest Miss sense a problem?
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