It is impossible for the girl to find the evil god in the textbook

Although Ella could confirm this with her spiritual vision, she still asked politely.

"Of course, my riding skills will not be affected in any way."

Ella took off her black coat and handed it to the accompanying Miss Annai, and followed Fittili into the living room.

"It's a very nice place, and the manors I've seen in Alsace are much smaller."

"I suggest that you also rent a manor in Paris. When you really integrate into the high society in Paris, you always need to invite guests to hold balls or holiday hunting activities. Champs Elysees NO.30 seems a bit small to do these things."

"I will think about it."

Ella added mentally, if I had money.

There was still some time before the banquet, and Ella was led to the chess and card room by Fittili Hajie, where there were already other guests.

They are Kate Millier, a wealthy businessman from Paris Saint-Germain, and Sir Dreyfus, a captain of the Royal Navy.

"Kate, Dreyfus, this is the Yusef Bell I told you about."

"You mean the Count of Monte Cristo who recently returned to No. 30 of the Champs Elysees?"

Dreyfus joked humorously.

Fittily Hager did have goodwill towards Ella. He introduced this kind of friend to Ella in order to help her quickly integrate into the upper class circle in Paris.In his opinion, such a small accident can quickly shorten the relationship between himself and the other party.

"Perhaps we can invite the count to play a few cards."

"Why not?"

Ella smiled, chose a vacant seat and sat down.

Chapter 25 Honestly

Ella didn't use magic in the game, so within a few rounds, she quickly lost all the gold louis she took out.

But that's nothing to be discouraged about, and a well-timed loss would help her build a friendly relationship with the other two at the table.

Colonel Dreyfus is very interested in Ira's adventures. Ira has long-term travel experience at sea, and it is easy to find topics of interest to the other party.

On the other hand, Mr. Kate is more interested in the gold in the west, and has the idea of ​​hiring a team to see it on the spot.

There was a knock on the door, and several noble and elegant ladies came to the chess and card room.

Fittili introduced their identities, two of them were Colonel Dreyfus's sister, Miss Ajani Dreyfus, and Mr. Kate's wife, Ms. Green.

He was very close to another pretty lady, who called herself Genevieve, and Ella remembered where she had heard the name.She seems to be the deadly stage actress of Paris and one of the rumored girlfriends of Fittily Hage.

"Have you had a good time?"

Colonel Dreyfus took Adjani's hand. To be honest, he was not happy to let his sister come to this place alone because of Fittilly's reputation, and he was here today for this reason.

"Mr. Hajie has a very rich collection. His gallery is like an exhibition hall in a palace. I think you must go and see it too!"

Miss Ajani has just turned 16, showing the innocence and sunshine that this age should have.But it also made Colonel Dreyfus more vigilant.

Fetili Hajie seemed to think of something, and suggested:

"There is still half an hour before the banquet. We can indeed go to the gallery. Besides the collection, there are some paintings of my own. In addition, the smoking room is also near the gallery. If you are interested, you can try Havana cigars. "

Mr. Kate half-jokingly said:

"For most men, that's more interesting than art."

Fittily stepped forward to Ella's side,

"Yosef, can I invite Miss Farmine and the others to take a look at my work?"

"Of course, if they want to."

Kate misunderstood the relationship between Farmine and Ella at first, but after solving the misunderstanding, she naturally shifted the topic here:

"I hear Mr. Bell is married?"

"Yes, but unfortunately, my wife has not been in Paris recently, and there is no way to introduce her to you."

Ella replied with her prepared remarks.

Mr. Kate had been married for five years, and Ms. Green was a cousin of the famous Baron Haussmann.

"Marriage hasn't done me any favors in recent years, but I've gotten engaged."

Colonel Dreyfus said that, except for Ira, most of the others knew this well, and a lady with a high enough status might be the best opportunity for him to be promoted.Dreyfus's words also implied that he was about to be promoted.

"Maybe we should call you Your Excellency the General next time we meet."

Fittili obviously understood what he meant, and congratulated at the right time.

To his surprise, Dreyfus seemed to have no intention of stopping this topic. Mr. Colonel said:

"And you, when will the Maple Leafs of Montreuil settle down?"

Kate nodded sympathetically, he took the sentence and said:

"Fitili, although you are not a believer, maybe I shouldn't say that. What follows is just a good friend's advice. Too much indulgence is not a good thing after all. You really should settle down sooner."

"Don't say that friends, that's too selfish, I belong to everyone, it's not fair to other beautiful ladies—"

"Oh, here you go again..."

The other two sighed in unison.

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Fittili's gallery is between the living room and the smoking room. It is said to be a gallery, but in fact the spacious space with a length of nearly 20 meters is more like an exhibition hall of a museum.

The red-painted wooden shelves are filled with porcelain and some artworks of various styles, including crystal sculptures and some old swords.

On the dark red walls, there are large and small paintings inlaid. There are many famous works in Fittili's collection that are as valuable as the manor, and there are also some unknown paintings.

Religious, pastoral, iconographic, they are arranged not by style but by age on both sides of the corridor.There are gold-plated fonts under the border of each painting, showing the year and author.

Walking through the corridor is like walking in the long river of history. The owner of the gallery seems to have collected the long years to enjoy quietly. Although it is messy, it seems calm.

At the back of the corridor, Fittili's own works are placed.

Although Ella doesn't know much about art, she can intuitively feel that it is indeed a master level.Fittili's paintings are displayed in the gallery without any obtrusiveness.

Kate was not very interested in these works of art, he would just habitually replace them with equivalent gold louis in his mind, and soon went to the smoking room alone.While others continue to go deeper into the gallery, admiring the paintings along the way.

In the deepest part of the gallery was an easel, and the painting on it was only half-finished. Judging from the outline and basic tone, it was a beautiful girl with silver hair and black dress.It is worth mentioning that the light in the painting looks quiet and sacred, and the girl has white wings growing behind her, which looks quite religious.

Ella recognized at first glance that the figures in the painting were very similar to herself, and that they had been beautified a lot. She avoided Fittili's eager gaze and felt uncomfortable.

"I named this painting 'angel', as you know, I was shot a few days ago. When I was unconscious, I saw such an angel."

With stars shining in Ajani's eyes, she sighed:

"Isn't it very romantic?"

Ella couldn't help laughing and interjected,

"The angel himself may not think so."

"why?"

Ajani asked suspiciously.

"You think..." Ella explained half-jokingly.

"Maybe it's because this Miss Angel didn't want to pick Mr. Fitilli up at all, so he turned around and flew back to the kingdom of heaven, that's why he survived."

Several other people present laughed, only Fittili's smile seemed a little embarrassed.

The banquet was about to begin, and Fitili didn't make too extravagant arrangements, and prepared a buffet banquet similar to a buffet.

After inviting the two ladies to dance separately, Ella went to the long table to pick out some salad and fried duck breast.

It wasn't until today that she realized how good Farminie's craftsmanship was relative to her salary. Frankly speaking, she was not inferior to the full-time chefs in this Iris Manor, but the salary she asked for might not be ten percent of theirs. one-third.

But this also aggravated her suspicion to some extent. With Farminie's level, there should be no reason to accept her employment with this kind of remuneration.

In the afternoon, Fittili invited everyone to go hunting in the swamp area behind his manor. With the help of excellent blood horses and hounds, this was just a very relaxing pastime.

To be honest, Ella is not very interested in this kind of activity. Most of the time, she just casually fires a few shots, and then watches those elk and hares running in the field.

It was only when it was getting late that she randomly selected a few prey as trophies. If she performed too poorly, it would conflict with the adventure of "Yosef Bell", which was something Ella did not want to see.

But fortunately, the three men did not perform very well. Compared with hunting, Fitili spent more time riding horses and strolling with the ladies.

Dreyfus watched Fittilly's actions the whole time, lest his sister be deceived by the gentleman.

Kate, on the other hand, is not good at using a shotgun at all.

Today's dinner will use the hunted prey as the main course. Under Fittili's signal, the servants dragged the prey back to the kitchen for disposal, and the rest of the people also returned to the lounge one after another.

"Bell, I have something to tell you alone, let's change places."

Aila felt a sudden in her heart, knowing that this was the real purpose of the other party inviting her.

"can."

They let the horses continue forward, through the woods in the manor, and came to a lake.

The sky had already darkened, and this place was far away from the buildings in the center of the manor, and it would take a long time to come here even on horseback.

The horse walked into the shallows, and the cool spring water splashed from the horse's hooves, and the light on the water gradually disappeared.

When the last ray of sunlight in the evening disappeared, the silent two met their eyes and spoke at the same time.

"You are a dirty blood."

"You're Ella Williams."

This is the first real meeting between the two people who put aside the cover-up.

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The pale flame was like a ghost holding a candle in the night sky, and Ella started to take action without warning.

Chapter 26 Allies