330.Chapter 323 – Ivars’ Activity Panel

Chapter 323 – Aiwas’s Activity Panel
Exiting from the number one private room, he kept going deeper and deeper until he reached the dead end at the end of the passageway.

Two vicious statues stood at the end – they were winged beasts crouching on pillars. They have the wings of bats and the hideous heads of vicious dogs, as if they were watching over something.

Turn the statues inward so that they shift from watching out to looking at each other. Turning the end of the statue again revealed a gap that allowed only one person to pass through.

“–The entrance to the so-called ‘secret passage’ is here.”

The middle-aged man with short crimson curls introduced Miss Bayard respectfully and politely, “But it’s not technically a secret passage, but merely a hidden underground passage.”

“Underground passage?”

Bayard clasped his hands to his chest and asked with interest, “What is it used for? Could it be …… to prevent catching adultery?”

“It’s good that you know.”

The middle-aged man who looked like a butler had his spine straightened as he just smiled, “There are also some other big names whose identities are not easy to disclose who occasionally come to Arc Moon Manor to play. But it’s not suitable for them to enter through the main gate, so they would come in directly from here at that time. From here, they can not pass through the banquet hall and lead directly to the private rooms, and then just directly call the blood slaves to the corresponding rooms.”

“Just the soundproofing of your private rooms?”

Bayard couldn’t help but pull the 14th he was holding in his hand towards himself and grumbled, “How do you guys do this soundproofing?”

“Oh ……”

The middle-aged man nodded thoughtfully and readily admitted his mistake, “I’m very sorry, Miss Bayard. I think it was the staff member who misinterpreted your request, and I will teach him a lesson afterward.

“It’s like this, generally speaking our private rooms are given next to each other. The rooms don’t have a soundproofing effect to the next door, instead they have a sound amplifying effect to the people lying on the beds – it’s a special design that is used to entertain shy guests with blood slaves, it’s not that the soundproofing doesn’t work. At least from the doorway it was impossible to hear what was going on inside, which was proof enough that there was no problem with our soundproofing technology.

“And if a guest has a need for secrecy about the play, or wants to discuss something, we’ll give special access to the room further back, leaving the left and right sides empty.”

“So that’s how it works ……”

Bayard nodded.

“Don’t you see,” the middle-aged man attentively walked into the secret passage first, leading Bayard forward, “or we don’t know each other well enough. This is your first time to order a private room, right? When you come back to play next time, I will definitely ask them to arrange a room at the back for you.”

“No need, I have 14 with me.”

Bayard blurted out, “I don’t think I’ll be coming back for a long time.”

“Gee, it always comes.”

The middle-aged man seemed as if he had seen and heard this kind of thing many times before, so he didn’t change his face at all, “We have a long lifespan, but that’s not the case with blood slaves. They will grow up and age one day, their looks will deteriorate, and their bodies will no longer be light and soft.

“When that time comes, you can come here and visit. Maybe you’ll fall in love with the new blood slaves again and buy them out – of course, we also support trade-ins, and the old ones can be sold back to us at a discounted price. If you feel that the blood slaves you bought home are too unruly and have too much affection, and you want to discard them but can’t bear to do it …… you can also give them to us. However, the recycling price may not be too satisfactory to you, especially if you are a rich person who does not lack money.

“But we also have other ways to deal with them. As you know, our business has only just started in the Empire less than a year ago, so a lot of our business is old items brought over from the Rest side. And we now know that Imperials are very romantic and nostalgic …… so we have recently launched a new business as well.

“We have noble Moonchild Alchemists and Jewelers who can make those aging mates into gems of all colors, and further polish them into beautiful and timeless jewels. Freeze them in their most beautiful moments so that all that remains in memory is good – all that is needed is for you to put them to sleep one day during a meal and they will be transformed into eternity in an all-painless ceremony.

“If you’re still willing to add a little more money, we also support the idea of having a gemstone designer come in and create a one-of-a-kind set of themed jewelry for you. We also have amber artisans here …… If you add a little more money, we can also preserve their souls inside the gems. If you suddenly miss them, you can wake them up. They don’t know they’re dead, so they can talk and chat with you as usual.”

The man rattled on, warm and polite, “Of course, if one wishes to torture these souls ……”

“- Later will come later.”

Bayard rejected the man’s business pitch without a fight and interrupted, “I just want to get out of here quietly with my little pet. I’ll even take her for another late night snack if I can.” “Sure, sure. She is yours now. Your call.”

The man who seemed to only say “of course” and “your call” just smiled gently.

But then, he glanced back at Ivas slightly.

The passageway was pitch black, and only the son of the moon with his night vision was able to move forward normally.

The activated black night vision made his pupils scarlet, appearing dirty and bloody. The man had an elegant and warm smile on his face, but it was chilling, “I hope I won’t see you again, Number 14. It cost Miss Bayard six figures of gold to buy you out, and I hope you know what Miss Bayard did for you and appreciate the great price she paid for you.”

Number 14’s body shook slightly as if she were slightly afraid. She softly shrank into Bayard’s arms, which backhanded her.

“Don’t scare her, Supervisor Cornelius. This child is very tender, she can’t help being scared.”

Bayard warned, “And I didn’t spend hundreds of thousands of dollars straight away – I just wrote off our debt.”

“Of course, your call.”

Cornelius put his hands behind his back and grinned.

And listening to Supervisor Cornelius’ introduction, Aywas gradually understood a lot of common sense at the end of the Empire.

It was indeed a chaotic era where human life was worse than grass.

The Alchemy Guild and the Art Guild soon joined forces again, and together with the Sons of the Moon, they hunted down those demon scholars in high positions …… Eventually, it led to the demon scholars who had been pushed to their limits summoning powerful demons, leading to the extinction of the imperial royal family, and subsequently triggering the six year long Rift War.

–A year before the Rift War, that was the time when the famous painting was born, the Alchemist, which triggered a fierce conflict between the Alchemy Association and the Art Association.

And now, these Sons of the Moon have been able to raise blood slaves in their manor with honor. They had clearly gained enough status and influence. This meant that the Sons of the Moon had been present in the Imperial Capital for some time, and from what Supervisor Cornelius had said, they had been here for almost a year.

Then full reckoning, I am afraid that it will be less than a month before the large demon summoning …… of the empire’s demise.

A large empire that was originally internally fractured, with factions, more than a few secret fights, and unceasing hatred. If all of its royal clans, all of its legitimate heirs suddenly die out on a certain day ……

Then that would mean that a true chaotic world is coming.

The number of “high ranking people” who will die in such a chaotic world will certainly be many.

Ms. Bayard is just a shadow awakened by the ritual, but the Shadow Demon is real. She has the memories of Bayard, so she must have known many people in this era.

–Maybe when Ivars follows his mentor in the archaeological dig afterward, he’ll be able to dig up Bayard’s friends.

Because of the violent chaos at the end of the empire, much of the history of that time was no longer available. Much of the history of the empire today relies on the truth …… recovered to the best of its ability by the investigations of archaeologists, but there is still a great deal of speculation and conjecture in it.

Since the Shadow Demon came from this era …… that means she is a living fossil from the end of the Imperial Age.

She definitely knows a lot of secrets.

For example, where a certain powerful person was buried, or where there were hidden resource points ……

–From that point of view, the Shadow Demon was practically an active panel for Ivars!
(End of chapter)