Chapter 435 For Whom the Bell Tolls
Dr. Bai was shocked. He was very sure that Elizabeth was looking at him. She was looking at him when she asked this question!But what does this mean?
Does the moonlight have any special meaning?
When Ah Fu heard Ranran's words, he immediately looked up at the sky. The clouds had dispersed, revealing the bright and flawless moon hidden inside.
"My dear lady, the moonlight is beautiful."
As Ah Fu spoke, he sighed in his heart. The poor young lady could not only not see the beautiful moonlight, but she couldn't even hear his answer. How painful it must be for a person to live in a world without feedback...
"Dear Dr. Arnold, please tell me the details of the young lady's condition."
Dr. Bai still doesn't know whether Elizabeth is an enemy or a friend, so he can't rashly tell the truth that Elizabeth has recovered.
"Miss Elizabeth's situation is indeed complicated and rare. Please allow me to go back and look up the relevant literature and give you an answer."
"Thank you for your hard work. May the flower-eater protect you."
Doctor Bai used this reason to postpone the answer to the question for the time being, and after saying goodbye to Ah Fu, he took a detour to find Hei Cha.
The two fell to the back of the group and hardly attracted anyone's attention.
Hei Cha's face did not look good. "Doctor Bai, how is the situation over there?"
Doctor Bai was at a loss for words. "Let's talk about your side first."
As long as he could confirm that Leonor was the evil child, he could expose Elizabeth at the right time and make her lose the count's trust in her.
Things will become much simpler.
But Hei Cha shook his head when he heard it, "Leonor is not a bad child."
“…Elizabeth, we can’t be sure either.” Dr. Bai said helplessly, and then he told Hei Cha the whole process of the test in front of Hei Cha’s surprised eyes.
"He didn't respond the whole time, but in the end he suddenly looked at you and asked, 'How is the moonlight?'" Heicha frowned.
Doctor Bai sighed, "Anyway, Elizabeth didn't give any clues that she was a bad child."
However, Hei Cha said: "But my intuition is even stronger. She is the evil child."
Doctor Bai was puzzled. "Then why didn't she respond to my pointed words? Even if she couldn't be exposed in front of so many people, she shouldn't have said something like "How is the moonlight?"
"Let's wait." Hei Cha said calmly: "If she is really the evil child, then she will definitely be able to guess your identity and she will take the initiative to come to us."
"And she also needs an opportunity."
"What opportunity?"
Hei Cha curled the corners of his lips, "An opportunity for her to completely recover her health."
"She has clearly recovered, but she is hiding it. This is a considerable obstacle to investigating the truth. She will not allow herself to stay in that state."
As the group was still moving towards the punishment house, a bell suddenly rang from the clock tower of the ancient castle. It sounded like a sound from ancient times, long and distant.
Black Tea and Doctor Bai were still confused, but Armand, who was walking in the front, said coldly, "Go find him."
"Find the person out."
Ah Fu ordered the male servants to form groups of three while searching for Hei Cha's voice among the crowd, "Eve!"
Hei Cha sensed something was wrong, so he immediately left Dr. Bai's side, sneaked through the bushes on the side of the road, and walked out slowly near Ah Fu.
While maintaining an elegant posture, she calmly picked off the leaves stuck to her skirt.
"Butler Ah Fu, I'm here."
Ah Fu's face was very serious. "Immediately have your maids divide into teams of five and patrol the castle."
Hei Cha instinctively felt that this must be related to the sudden ringing of the bell, but the problem was that she didn't know what the bell meant.
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up! This is a matter of life and death! This time, the master won't let you go just because I say a few good words for you!"
The sound of the bell...is related to human life?
But she didn't have time to think now, so she could only act according to Ah Fu's words. The male and female servants quickly formed small teams, holding lanterns and moving in different directions of the castle. The crowds of people made the scene very chaotic.
Ran Ran asked tentatively, "Ah Fu, are you there? I seem to see a lot of people walking around... and there is a yellow light..."
Ah Fu, who was still giving orders, was startled. This description... Could it be that the poor lady was remembering the day of the fire? !
He was about to return to Ranran, but saw that the Earl had been standing behind Ranran without him noticing the time.
He gently stroked Ranran's cheek with his fingers, as if to give her a little comfort in her uneasy environment.
Ranran felt the cold fingers. Even though she didn't see the person behind her with her own eyes, she was already used to it and knew him well. It was Count Armand.
She then put on an expression of trust that would please Armand, but in her heart she wished she had more information.
For example, the meaning of the bell.
Fortunately, the excellent Ah Fu did not disappoint her expectations.
When Alfred saw Armand, he immediately handed over the command to his trusted butler, and then came to Armand and bent down in fear.
"My dear master, the incident happened suddenly and I left Miss Elizabeth. I am willing to bear the punishment for this negligence."
"The poor lady didn't know that the bells in the castle were the death knell. I left her in this situation. If anything unexpected happened..."
Deathstroke? So someone died?
As long as the bells are ringing in the castle of the dead? Is this also Armand's invention, just like the punishment house?
Armand looked at Ranran's face, a smile on his lips, and his fingers moved from Ranran's cheek to her hair.
"Fortunately, Elizabeth was not in danger, so you don't have to be punished for this, but..."
"Afu, you should be more vigilant. No matter what happens at any time, the orders I give you always come first."
Ah Fu's face was filled with guilt. "I always do this when the castle's death knell rings. This time it was subconscious..."
Armand was obviously not satisfied with this answer. "If I had changed my mind, I would have naturally ordered you to arrange patrols, but I didn't say anything, which means you should continue to stay with Elizabeth."
Ah Fu lowered his head deeply, "I understand."
"Did you notice where Melris and the others went?"
Ah Fu was stunned. "I didn't notice it."
Armand snorted coldly, and a clever maid suddenly spoke.
"Just now, several distinguished ladies said that the bell was very interesting. They also wanted to join the search team and start exploring the castle."
"Lord Mellis went with them."
Ah Fu was shocked, "This... is simply nonsense..."
He did not dare to say the last word because of the difference in status and he could not comment on those noble people casually.
Armand raised his lips in pleasure, "Great adventure, very good."
"I just wish this adventure was more interesting."
Ah Fu's shock was beyond words. Not only did he feel that Count Mellis and the ladies were strangers, he even felt that Count Armand was a stranger!
Ranran was still trying to figure out what Armand meant when the bloody words suddenly appeared in her sight.
At the same time, the announcement sounded.
[Main quest starts: Investigate the cause of death of Tok]
Before Ranran could even associate the name Toke with the azure blue eyes in her memory, the owner of the eyes had already died.
She looked around at the reactions of everyone present. Except for Miss Leonor, whose reaction was a little different, the rest of the non-player characters had no reaction at all.
So now only the players know that the deceased is Tok.
Is the bell in the castle's clock tower tolling for him?
