Chapter 445 The game beginsRanran was a little surprised. It turned out that the task rewards could not be obtained repeatedly and would be replaced by other things.
The more humane possibility she had considered was to strengthen her sense of smell, so that at least the mission rewards would be correct and the explorers would not have wasted their efforts after completing the mission.
It is better to replace it with something else directly.
[Silent Death Knell]
The name sounded related to the main quest, which was great. It was worth her effort to get information from Armand.
Ranran looked at the task panel and found that there were no more side quests.
Now the only thing left to solve is the main task - finding the truth behind Tok's death.
Ah Fu appeared at the door at the right time and knocked on it. "Master, Count Mellis took the game you mentioned earlier seriously. He is now waiting for you in the banquet hall with Miss Leonor and the others."
Armand raised an eyebrow, "Leonor asked Melris to be his helper? Who else?"
Ah Fu said truthfully: "Miss Alice, Miss Ada and Miss Helen. Mrs. Christine also wanted to attend, but Earl Mellis refused her."
Ran Ran blinked her eyes, and sure enough, it turned into a competition between camps.
Armand: "I thought she would find some helpers who could complement her?"
Ranran sighed in her heart, because the dungeon was divided in this way, and Leonor had no choice.
Armand: "Where's head maid Eve?"
"There are two male servants, Haier and Xiaoduo, and Doctor Arnold."
Armand half sighed and half mocked, "You are Mellis's doctor, but you are standing on the opposite side of him? What a strange relationship."
"One more thing..." Ah Fu wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Because Miss Leonor has five members, Maid Head Eve also suggested that they should have five members, and now they are still short of one..."
Armand frowned, "One more person is missing to tell me what's the use, she will find it herself."
Ah Fu, under tremendous pressure, continued according to the words that Hei Cha taught him: "Eve hopes that Miss Elizabeth will take the position of the missing one."
He looked up at Ran Ran and smiled, "Miss, are you willing?"
Hei Cha's words were still ringing in his ears, and Ah Fu felt as if he had shouldered a heavy responsibility just by recalling them.
"Remember this, Butler Alfu! You must say this last sentence, and you must say it to Miss Elizabeth, otherwise Count Armand will definitely reject you without even thinking about it!"
Armand tilted his head to observe Ranran's expression and spoke before she could open her mouth.
"I give you permission, Elizabeth. I'll allow you to do whatever you want."
The three words "I do" were stuck in Ranran's throat. In fact, even if Armand didn't allow her to participate, she would try her best to participate.
She nodded and smiled back at Armand, "Yeah, I'd love to join in, too."
Ah Fu was slow to react to this sudden change. This was completely different from what Eve said. He was stunned and only heard Armand's low voice.
"Afu, do you know that your expression right now can easily be misunderstood by me?"
"Misunderstanding of what, my Lord?"
Armand smiled and said, "You misunderstood me as someone who was so unkind that I would not allow Elizabeth to attend."
Ah Fu immediately drove Hei Cha's assumption out of his mind. He shook his head violently, "I would never dare to think like that!"
Ranran's participation in the roundtable meeting was finally confirmed during this episode.
As for why it was a round table meeting, it was because the venue prepared by Armand was an empty room with only a huge round table. A light source came from nowhere and shone down from above everyone's heads and landed in the center of the round table.
Ever since Armand said that she could say anything in front of him, Ranran no longer concealed her true nature.
And she had a feeling that he liked her more now than when she pretended to be weak and dependent on Armand.
"Why choose here?" She looked at Armand, who answered truthfully, "It has a better atmosphere here."
"Since we are going to play, let's play it immersively." Armand took a seat facing the door, and the two camps sat down on both sides of him.
The seating arrangement was somewhat similar to the previous dinner, with Ranran and Melris sitting on either side of Armand.
Next to Ran Ran is Hei Cha, the captain of their camp appointed by Armand. Next to Hei Cha is the real captain of the [Pure White] camp, Minister Gao.
Next to Minister Gao is Doctor Bai, and the last one is Zhong Ning.
It was only now that Ranran realized that Zhong Ning was actually a male servant named Xiaoduo.
Next to Melris was Leonor, the captain appointed by Armand, next to Leonor was Alice, and the remaining two were Helen and Ada.
Christine was not allowed by Mellis to participate in the competition, but she insisted on coming to watch the fun.
She sat opposite Armand, claiming to be the referee of the competition with an absolutely impartial and fair attitude. In fact, everyone knew that the real referee was Armand.
The two camps first conducted an internal communication session to avoid the possibility of information being shared. Armand looked at Ranran's dilemma as she had to try hard to lower her voice so that the opposing team wouldn't hear her, while also trying to let her teammates in the distance hear clearly what she was saying, and clapped his hands and called for Ah Fu.
This time, Ah Fu was also available upon call, but maybe he didn't come here often and he was in a hurry. When he appeared in the room, he didn't even have time to fold the thin black wings behind him.
Ranran blinked her eyes and realized that the red-eyed dwarf Afu was actually a bat.
"At your service, my Lord."
Armand said simply, "Open the secret rooms on both sides and let them communicate inside."
Ranran was stunned and looked at Armand. She wanted to use the word "considerate" to describe him again.
She kept staring at Armand, which made him feel uncomfortable.
He just coughed lightly and said, "Go ahead. This is also for a better sense of immersion."
The ten people walked towards the secret rooms on both sides and closed the stone doors. No sound could be heard in the entire room.
Christine complained in her seat, "Count, the soundproofing in your house is too good."
Armand snorted coldly, "Secrecy is the first priority for a secret room, so it naturally requires excellent soundproofing."
Christine was full of complaints, but she didn't dare to vent them to Armand. She just stared at the secret room on Melris's side.
Ah Fu kept shaking his head, thinking that this Lady Christine was really just as the rumors said, she loved Count Mellis terribly, even though Count Mellis did not love her.
But he didn't love anyone. Count Mellis treated everyone equally coldly. Christine could get a little difference from him because of his wife's status...
She is considered a lucky woman, at least compared to most unfortunate women in this world.
A person with money, power and love.
Even so, Ah Fu still felt pity for the person. In his mind, only someone like his master could be called a strong man.
As Ah Fu was thinking this, Armand's eyes were also fixed on the secret room on Ranran's side.
……
"…Master, if you want to see Miss Elizabeth, you can go directly."
Armand sneered at this and said, "Since I promised Elizabeth to sit in the middle and remain impartial, I will do this."
"Have you ever seen a referee favor one side during a match? Not to mention going directly to one side's preparation room during a match. That's simply not nice!"
When Ah Fu heard Count Armand say this, he saw eagerness in his eyes.
"Master, you..."
"Okay, don't bother me anymore." Armand turned his head and looked at Christine opposite him expressionlessly.
"I'm the referee, I won't waver."
Ah Fu touched his nose and thought to himself that he didn't say anything disruptive...
Christine also touched her nose, thinking that she was the referee...
