Charles had never asked about the price. She thought it would be around one thousand Soviet pounds, but that didn't seem to be the case.

“This is top-quality material that only direct descendants of the Russell family can obtain.”

Avina explained, "If you want to buy it in the market, it's impossible to buy it in Ansu, at least. It's already monopolized."

Sure enough, monopoly is the most expensive.

"Avina... lend me some money so I can pay Adele's salary..."

Ciel glanced at the employee card of the Deton Group beside him and said, "I'll return it to you when I get my salary... By the way, can I sell that potion..."

Charles always thought he was quite rich, but he didn't expect that he seemed to have gone bankrupt without realizing it.

"It can't flow into the market, so we have to find reliable private buyers."

Avina glanced at Charles calmly and said, "Didn't Lucy transfer 3000 Soviet pounds to your employee card?"

Avina looked at Charles who was a little dazed, stood up silently, put on a loose coat, and walked out of Charles' suite.

After a while, Avina opened the door again and came back with a check in her hand.

"I'll give you some extra. Come back to me when you're done."

Avina casually handed the check to Charles.

Charles took the check and glanced at the number on it.

5, 000.

Five thousand pounds...

The moment Charles saw the number, his breath hitched slightly, and the hand holding the check froze.

Is this called giving more?

I'm used to being poor and am a little too sensitive to numbers.

How much money is this that many people cannot earn in a lifetime, no, even in ten lifetimes?

Even for Lucy, it would take her a long time to save up five thousand pounds, right?

"This... so much?"

Charles said hesitantly, "Your business..."

"Take it."

Avina crossed her arms over her chest and spoke in an almost commanding tone.

Charles did not refuse any longer and had to accept the check. She did not have much need for money at the moment and did not necessarily need to cash the check.

Is this what it feels like to be kept by a rich woman?

It would be great if there were no supernatural powers in this world. I already have the urge to stop working hard.

"I can give you five thousand baths to repay this debt."

Charles said seriously, "It's hard to say how good the technology is, but the service attitude is absolutely first-class."

Avina: "..."

You've taken all the good things, right?

"Miss Lucy has received much more from you than this. The position of director of the Deton Group is not a title, and it cannot be bought with money."

Avina shook her head and said, "You are so generous, Charles."

Because of her personal experience, Avina would consider the pros and cons more when doing things. In Avina's view, many things Charles did were like charity, wasting many opportunities to make money.

Of course, when it comes to Charles, Avina will not consider the gains and losses either.

What Avina said was indeed true. Charles had not thought about the issue of money for a long time. Whenever he was short of money, he would borrow from Avina. It had become a habit.

After giving the check to Charles, Avina did not stay in Charles' room any longer. She returned to her own room and said that she was going to meet with several gem merchants she had met in Burren City before to discuss cooperation.

After Avina left, Charles changed directly into the uniform of the Deton Group and put on the silver chip mask on his face.

Her current identity is an employee of the Deton Group, and she cannot leave this disguise behind when she goes out on a daily basis.

This layer of skin can help her avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles. The Deton Group still has some influence in Ansu City, and it is a neutral consortium that will not provoke anyone.

While changing clothes, Charles opened the system mall and took a look at the items he brought out.

[[Salvatora's "Hope" Covenant]]

【Destiny Points: 10】

【【Forged "Savior" Scepter】】

【Destiny Points: 50】

50?

What about robbery?

Even if there are extraordinary materials embedded in it, it shouldn't be that bad, right? This is already the price of half a bottle of magic potion!

The Holy Covenant also requires 10 destiny points?

This thing is more expensive than "Pages from the Other World"?

It's clearly just a byproduct of a high-level seal.

Charles has not exchanged these two items for the time being because she needs to think clearly about how to deal with Mond's affairs first.

Ciel took a moment to glance at the simulation interface.

Tomorrow is three days from now, and the previous day simulation was one hundred and forty-seven days ago... It seems that tomorrow is the only option.

There's still room for trial and error, which is fine.

On the way to find Adele, I'll just take it as a chance to refresh myself and think of a solution.

After getting dressed, Charles took his employee card and the check given by Avina and put them in his left pocket, put the pocket watch in his right pocket, and walked out the door.

"Good morning, Sir Ciel."

At the door, Tara, who had been waiting outside early, bowed slightly and greeted politely.

"Walk."

Charles didn't say much. He called Tara, who was wearing a simple maid outfit, walked towards the door, and took her to a carriage exclusive to the Deton Group and headed towards Adele's home.

When leaving the hotel, Charles could feel that although there were no policemen at the door, there were obviously more suspicious reporters. It was probably because Avina leaked the news. Many people wanted to find big news and report the gossip of the upper class.

A beautiful duke's daughter who has been away for several years can attract people's attention if you dig a little bit of information... For example, she actually eloped for love, and the public likes to see this.

However, they had no interest in Charles walking out of the hotel. There were many people dressed like Charles coming in and out of the Deton Member Hotel, so there was nothing worth paying attention to.

Charles took a carriage and went directly to the Saint-Iseline Gardens in the Mafaire district. Adele did not live in a high-end villa around the park, but in a three-story apartment across the street - but the whole building was rented out.

Although it was early morning, many maids could still be seen going up and down to help carry things and clean. Among them, Charles saw Adele - Adele was wearing a small maid outfit and was vigorously wiping the rust stains on the black iron railings outside the building.

The hem of the small maid skirt almost reached Adele's knees. Although the maid outfit had no waist, the waist tied with the white apron was so slender that an adult's two palms could be wrapped around it with just a fist's length away. However, the white apron and the black maid skirt on the upper body were propped up high.

It was like stealing Tara's maid outfit.

The carriage stopped in front of the door. Charles got out of the carriage with Tara. She stopped in front of Adele and said, "What... are you doing?"

Adele, who was working hard, heard the sound, turned around, raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead, and smiled foolishly at Charles.

"Char? Why are you here?!"

Seeing Ciel seemed to make her happy.

"Why are you cleaning?"

Ciel inquired.

"I don't know. I just arrived and saw them gathering to distribute maid outfits. I got one, and then I was assigned a task."

Adele looked at Ciel and blinked.

Charles: "..."

Could it be that he moved in, and then the maid Lucy sent to clean the house saw him and thought he was sent here to help clean as well?

Then, Adele actually changed her clothes and happily helped with the work?

"You truly have a selfless heart."

Ciel didn't know what to say, so he could only complain.

If Lucy came over and saw Ciel's friends being treated like maids, she would probably feel like the sky was falling.

"Really? Hey hey..."

When Adele heard Charles' "praise", she scratched her slightly red face with her index finger in embarrassment.

"It's nothing, actually. I'm just helping to clean my new house. I used to help with chores when I was a kid, and I never made any trouble."

The first half, in which she often worked, should be true, but the second half, in which she never made trouble, was probably made up - because Charles had heard the correct version from Julis a long time ago, and Adele was a troublemaker when she was a child.

Adele's experience in the orphanage and the education provided by the Church of the Savior and the Redemption Society made her feel that she was no different from ordinary people even after becoming a superhuman, and she would not reject this kind of "low-end" labor - in this respect, she was somewhat similar to Charles, who also came from the lower class.

It's just that Charles won't be as... uh... pure as Adele.

"Sir, you are here..."

Seeing Charles's attire, a middle-aged man in a well-dressed uniform, who looked like a butler, quickly stepped forward and bowed slightly in front of Charles.

They are all members of the Deton Group. Of course, he knows what the silver chip mask represents. From the assistant director to the think tank, they are all members.

"Don't stand in front of this gentleman. Go to work, kid."

The butler spoke to Adele beside him. Although his tone was gentle, one could still sense a hint of dissatisfaction in him, as if he was complaining that Adele was inconsiderate.

"I'm here to see my friend."

Ciel spoke up.

"Your friend is..."

"The owner of this house."

"oh oh."

The temporary butler nodded repeatedly and said, "I'm sorry, I haven't seen that gentleman either. It seems he hasn't arrived yet."

"She's arrived."

Charles pointed to Adele who was standing beside him and said, "She's cleaning."

The butler was stunned for a moment. He slowly turned his head to look at Adele, who was hiding behind Charles shyly. In an instant, his face froze.

Buho! My job!

224

Chapter 224 Simulation, help Qiang Yin kill the key man?

Charles sat in the tidied room, looking at the decoration in Adele's room boredly. Tara stood behind Charles, lowered her head, secretly glancing at Charles' hair.

Adele didn't bring many things, and the whole room seemed a little empty, but there was a bunch of bright flowers in the vase, which looked like they were sent by Amy.

In addition, there is a small picture frame on the head of Adele's bed, on which is a somewhat childish charcoal drawing of two little girls, one tall and one short, holding hands and smiling towards the front.

The slightly yellowed paper showed that the painting was quite old and looked like it was painted a long time ago. I just didn't know whether it was painted by Adele or Julis.

After waiting for a few minutes, the door was gently opened. Adele poked her head in, looked at Charles and asked, "Can I come in?"

"Of course, this is your room..."

Ciel nodded and watched as Adele walked into the room.

Adele has now changed into her own set of clothes, and her original maid outfit has probably been returned.

"Did he pay you your salary?"

Ciel asked, looking at Adele and smiling.

"Oh, I forgot."

Adele seemed to be reminded and just turned around to leave when she walked in front of Charles. It seemed that she was going to ask for her salary.

"Don't go, come here and sit down."

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