Chapter 474 Guests from Outside the WorldSomeone asked weakly, "How could Miss Helen kill Thomas in front of so many people? And Thomas' body has not been found yet..."
Ran Ran looked at Ah Fu upon hearing this, "Butler Ah Fu, the previous search for the murderer certainly did not cover the entire castle, of course I am not doubting that there are omissions."
"But the castle is so big, there must be places that you, Butler Fuku, think don't need to be searched at all."
Ah Fu's eyes lit up. "The small castle in the west is where the servants rest. No one goes there during the day. The gate is open, but every room is locked during working hours. The original intention is to prevent the servants from being lazy. However, the Earl still assigned keys to each servant."
Ran Ran nodded, "That means the servants can go back anytime they want, right?"
Ah Fu agreed, and asked the servants to go to the small castle to check, and handed a heavy bunch of keys to the servant who was running errands.
"When I was trying to catch the assassin, I did think it was unlikely that he would be in the small castle, but I still sent people to search it just in case. I just didn't open the doors and search every room."
Ran Ran said calmly: "The assassin couldn't be in the room without the key, but Thomas is not certain."
"That's exactly the truth!" Ah Fu paced back and forth anxiously while waiting. Fortunately, the glass greenhouse and the small castle were in the same direction, and the servant who ran errands came back soon.
The servant's face was very pale and he was holding something in his hand.
"How is it?" Ah Fu asked anxiously.
"Thomas...Thomas is dead!" the servant gasped. "In his own room, no breath or heartbeat, but..."
"But what?!" Ah Fu shouted anxiously.
"But Thomas was smiling!" the servant said all at once, then tremblingly raised the thing in his hand and handed it to Ah Fu.
“This is what he holds in his hand…”
Ah Fu took it and looked at it carefully. It was a pocket watch, but when he opened the pocket watch, his expression suddenly changed.
With a "click", the pocket watch was quickly closed. Ah Fu seemed to have closed something bad. He looked at Armand with some difficulty in reacting.
"…Owner……"
Ranran guessed it vaguely and could only sigh in his heart.
Armand frowned and said directly: "Speak."
Ah Fu gritted his teeth and said, "It's a portrait of Miss Helen..."
There was an uproar at the scene.
A painting that can fit into such a small pocket watch, and yet allows Ah Fu to recognize who the person in the painting is at a glance... the portrait must be extremely exquisite.
Toke, who had been stunned after killing Christine, suddenly spoke.
"Thomas asked me to draw it."
"He took three months' salary in exchange for me."
Those deep blue eyes seemed to regain some of their spirit because of this memory. "I don't know him well. I should have refused."
"But I'm really short of money... I need to buy more painting supplies to paint a second Miss Alice..."
Toke's face was full of bitterness, and Shenyin's mind reappeared the painting of her naked appearance.
The beautiful white curves have been drawn and the outline of the face has taken shape. Anyone who sees the painting can recognize that the person in it is Alice.
Shame and anger surged up at the same time, Shen Yin gritted her teeth, "So why did you draw that picture?!"
Toke looked at Shenyin in astonishment and sadness, "Miss Alice, you asked me to draw this... You said it was the last time, whether it was a painting or something else."
Shen Yin's face flushed and he denied loudly, "It's not me!"
Not Alice either!
Even though Shenyin only became Alice for a very short period of time, her feelings were very strong because of her personal experience.
The attitudes of the people around her were enough for her to piece together a real Alice. Arrogant and domineering, almost a replica of Christine, the biggest difference between her and her sister was her rebelliousness.
Having seen what kind of life her older sister, who lived a life of conformity, led—despair and suffocation—Alice developed a different personality despite the same favorable conditions she had since childhood.
She never treats herself badly in love affairs between men and women. As long as she likes and her power is enough to overwhelm that person, she can play with others unscrupulously.
Tok wasn't her only lover.
Shen Yin now recalled the handsome servants and attendants in Count Mellis's castle who had strange attitudes towards her...
Those should all be Alice's admirers.
She felt like a rose set off by countless green leaves. Such Alice...
It is absolutely impossible for him to lower his proud head and extend such an invitation to Toke.
Toke was stunned for a moment, "…So it's Miss Ada…"
It was not until this moment that Tok knew what Ada meant by the words she said to him before he died.
"Poor guy, why did you come here if you knew it was a forbidden place?"
"Then you've come to the wrong place."
……
Ran Ran corrected, "In fact, the invitation should have been sent by Madam Christine. After all, she was the one who started the murder plan. It's just that the person she commissioned, the coachman, has completely given up on killing you."
"Miss Ada and Miss Helen got the news through some means, and thus intervened in the murder plan and took action against you."
"That's the general process." Ran Ran paused, "As for why Miss Helen chose Thomas as a cover-up..."
She said, looking at the pocket watch in Ah Fu's hand, "Maybe it wasn't a coincidence. She did it on purpose."
"She took advantage of Thomas's admiration for her and killed him."
Zhong Ning was so absorbed in the subject that he forgot that Helen was carrying a soul-snatcher. "Using emotions to kill people? She wanted Thomas to die, so he really died obediently?"
Ranran blinked her eyes. Of course, part of this was due to Nian's mental control ability, but she couldn't tell the servants in the castle.
Doctor Bai smiled at Zhong Ning, who was stunned for a moment before finally reacting.
But the strange thing was... the servants in the castle all fell silent, and their silence undoubtedly confirmed Zhong Ning's ridiculous question.
It took a long time for Ah Fu to speak, with a somewhat apologetic smile on his old face.
"If it's the masters' order, there seems to be nothing we can do."
"It's like if the Earl asked me to die immediately, I would definitely do it."
All the eight people present had expressions of astonishment.
They are people from the outside world and cannot understand the world's corrupt and backward systems and concepts.
Armand shook his head slightly at Alfred, "Don't tell Elizabeth about this."
Ran Ran looked at Armand with a little surprise, and he said gently: "You can't understand us, just like we can't understand you."
“Institutions are as deeply rooted as ideas, and everything we experience leaves an irreversible mark on us.”
Ranran was stunned. She looked at Armand's relieved smile and was extremely horrified.
“…Who are we?”
Armand took Ranran's hand, bent down, and gave a gentle kiss on the back of her hand.
"Of course it's you guys, the guests from outside this world."
