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In Empress Borough, Backlund, at Earl Hall's luxurious villa.
"...His eye sockets were deeply sunken, and the human skin on his body had long vanished, replaced by black skin with red liquid flowing from it. His skin slowly became like that of a Devil, deep black, with red liquid flowing."
"His eyes also began to turn crimson, and his entire body exuded the aura of a Devil..." Aaron narrated vividly.
Susie was also lying between Aaron and Audrey, listening very intently. Well, even if she didn't understand, only Evelina was boredly pulling at Susie's golden fur.
Audrey's cheeks were flushed, her fists clenched, a little scared yet wanting to continue listening, until she heard that the Devil named Jason Beria was killed by Aaron, then she finally let out a long breath.
This was something she couldn't fully understand from the newspapers. With the firsthand account, Audrey felt as if she were on the scene, witnessing the battle with her own eyes, which completely satisfied her fantasies about the Beyonder world.
"The kind and beautiful Miss Audrey, with the help of her assistant Susie, successfully captured the heinous murderer, punishing evil and promoting good..." Audrey thought, somewhat distracted.
Looking at the expression on Audrey's face, Aaron thought for a moment and decided not to shatter this precious longing.
Aaron glanced at the wall clock and lightly coughed, saying,
"Audrey, I think we should go downstairs, otherwise the party will be over." He even made a joke, "If we don't go out soon, I'm afraid Anne will rush in and arrest me."
Audrey also glanced at the time; it had actually been two quarters of an hour. She immediately felt a bit embarrassed and mumbled a defense: "Anne is very good, she just sometimes adheres too strictly to the rules."
As Audrey spoke, a sentence suddenly popped into her mind for some reason:
"Unmarried noble men and women are not allowed to stay alone in a room, even during the courtship or engagement phase. If noble men and women are together, they are usually accompanied by a guardian to ensure proper conduct and avoid any situations that might cause misunderstanding."
Audrey's cheeks instantly flushed crimson, and she stood up in a hurry, walking towards the door, almost tripping over Susie who had also stood up.
She fumbled to open the door while saying to Aaron, "Let's go, the party should be ending soon."
Anne, the personal maid, was pacing back and forth at the door, anxiously glancing at the hallway clock. This was the sixth time she had done so.
Clenching her teeth, Anne took a deep breath, prepared to be reprimanded, and was about to step forward to open the door, but before she could push it, the door opened.
Audrey, with a flushed face, was startled by Anne at the door the moment she opened it. Aaron was following behind her, also walking out the door.
Anne looked at Audrey, whose cheeks were flushed but whose attire was neat, and she breathed a sigh of relief. Her gaze lingered on the emerald green necklace around Audrey's neck, and a hint of admiration flashed in her eyes. Seeing Aaron behind her, she immediately understood.
In the ground floor hall, the banquet was already nearing its end. Some people were laughing and chatting, but more people seemed absent-minded, their gazes wandering as if searching for something.
It wasn't until they saw the two figures descending from the second floor that many people's eyes flickered. Councilman Macht proactively went to greet them, smiling as he spoke;
"Beautiful Miss Audrey, your attire today is captivating. You and Lord Aaron truly make a perfect match, a talented man and a beautiful woman."
As a believer of the Evernight Goddess, and a supporter of the New Party, he was naturally pleased to see the relationship between the East Tucker family and the Hall family progress further. Moreover, Lord Aaron's proposal perfectly aligned with his political aspirations, so he spared no effort in promoting it.
Aaron looked at Councilman Macht with satisfaction, praising him in his heart: "Very discerning, very sensible."
He then followed the topic and exchanged warm greetings with him. Many conservative party members around them joined the discussion with smiles on their faces, all very interested in Aaron's previous proposal to establish the 'Kingdom Air Pollution Investigation Committee'.
There were also some people standing on the outermost edge, watching Aaron being surrounded, and they did not go forward to talk. Their expressions were fluctuating, and they quietly turned and left.
Audrey walked away, her face flushed, and found her Mother, Lady Catherine.
Lady Catherine smiled as she looked at the blushing Audrey, then at the emerald green necklace, and stroked Audrey's soft golden hair, saying nothing.
The banquet came to an end in such a peaceful atmosphere. After Earl Hall's speech concluded, thunderous applause erupted in the banquet hall.
At the entrance of the banquet hall, Aaron vigorously rubbed Susie's head, then bid farewell to Audrey, and boarded the luxurious carriage with Evelina, returning to the villa.
.....
In the luxurious East Tucker villa in Empress Borough, on the second-floor bedroom, after sending Evelina out of the bedroom, Aaron skillfully set up a Wall of Spirituality. His consciousness sank, passing through layers of illusory whispers, and arrived inside the magnificent grand hall.
Aaron sat upon the throne and reached out for the divination pendant. After a moment's thought, he then incorporated the Black Emperor card into his body. The boundless dark golden mist seemed to gather into waves, forming a great wind.
It formed a majestic armor on his body, a pitch-black crown appeared on his head, and a long cape of the same color draped behind him. Lines imbued with divinity also emerged on the armor.
Feeling the surging power within him, Aaron nodded in satisfaction and closed his eyes to divine the whereabouts of Flora Jacob, the descendant of the Jacob family who had appeared in Backlund.
Vague dreams flashed by, and strange but meaningless patterns appeared. A moment later, Aaron opened his eyes, disappointed.
Even with the fusion of the Black Emperor card, which greatly elevated his standing, without a practical and precisely directional divination medium, he still couldn't get a result from divination using only the information and inferences he had.
But it wasn't a complete loss; the only thing that could be confirmed was that Ms. Flora Jacob, the demigod of the Jacob family, had already arrived in Backlund. No other information could be obtained.
It seemed she hadn't found the secret treasure left by the Jacob family yet. There was still some time before she would be severely injured, sealed, and parasitic on a mouse.
"The Jacob family's treasure!" Aaron's lips curled into a mocking smile. An Amon avatar was hidden within it. It was fortunate it hadn't been opened, otherwise, this demigod of the Jacob family wouldn't even have had the chance to parasitize a mouse.
Putting away the divination pendant, Aaron was about to return to the real world when he heard a slightly hurried prayer. It came from a man. Aaron looked down at the contracting and expanding prayer light, which was Sid Watson's prayer.
Aaron extended his spirituality and, from a strange perspective, saw Sid Watson in a room, confronting a man and a woman.
The man and woman opposite him were both pale, with obvious burn marks on their bodies and blood-red eyes, as if suppressing the malice in their hearts. They were Sharron and Maric, and at their feet lay a strange dagger that was sometimes illusory and sometimes real.
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