On both sides of the hall, the musicians played elegant dance music. When the dance was over, the melody of the tune changed to a quiet nocturne.

But Ella was in a very bad mood now. She leaned on the sofa a little far away from the long table and smiled awkwardly at the other guests.

"Feel uncomfortable? Why so suddenly?"

Colonel Dreyfus asked with some astonishment.

"It's all my fault for pulling Bell to discuss the content of the novel. We stayed by the lake for too long. You know, the weather has been getting colder and colder recently."

Fittily blamed himself with some annoyance.

"I have seen the doctor. Because of the drug, Bell can't touch alcohol and greasy food today."

Ella pretended to be weak, and smiled apologetically:

"Sorry to disappoint you."

"It's not your fault, it's just a pity."

Kate shook her head,

"Even this deer was shot down by you, so I feel a little embarrassed to say so."

"Don't worry, the banquet is more important, and I can try other things too."

Ella raised the goblet at hand, but the garnet-colored liquid was not red wine, but freshly squeezed grape juice.The quality of the grapes in Manor Iris is very good, with sufficient sugar and almost no astringency. Even if it is just squeezed into juice, it is a very delicious drink.

She raised her glass to signal to the guests on the long table that the banquet should continue.

Fittili strode over, his smile looked a little gloating.He had some understanding of the status quo, because Ella had already mentioned the negative effects of alchemy props on the way back to the castle.

"Drinking water should barely be counted as eating, right?"

"But obviously, it didn't trigger a penalty."

Ella shrugged and lay back on the couch.

-

Fittili didn't intend to continue digging at his new ally, and soon returned to the long table to continue enjoying the food.

Except for a few unexpected episodes, everything went very well today.He negotiated a deal with Mr. Colonel Dreyfus. Fitilli will be responsible for transporting a large amount of munitions to the south, and Mr. Kate is also willing to transfer part of his responsibility, the shares of the Paris reconstruction project, at a price of [-] louis give him.

Most importantly, Fitili confirmed the identity of Ella Williams and established a friendly relationship with her.

In a happy mood, he cut a small piece of deer rib with a knife, and the dark red sauce gradually melted on the silver plate, which looked a bit like the color of blood.

Is this the color of the sauce?

Fittili frowned, and he took a sip of the wine in the goblet, and the wine seemed to be mixed with the faint smell of rust.

Fetili Hajie felt a burst of irritability for no reason, and the sound of the piano in his ears seemed to become noisy.

He wanted to scold the orchestra he had hired at a high price, and it was an unforgivable mistake to make noise on such an occasion.

But because of his mood, he planned to give them a chance.

Feitili raised his head and saw the opening and closing lips of several other guests. They seemed to be talking about something, but Fetili could not hear anything.

Miss Ajani Dreyfus stepped forward to ask something concerned, but he could only hear the vague wind.

Outside the French windows outside the castle, moonlight filtered through the clouds, and liquid silver flowed upwards in the corridors.

Boom, boom.

Fittili finally heard the discordant noise in the nocturne melody-it was his heartbeat.The taste of rust in the mouth is getting stronger and stronger, it is very sweet blood... these are enough to make people sick.

The wine glass shattered on the ground, and he coughed up scarlet blood!

-

A sharp scream drew everyone's attention back, it was Ajani's voice.

Ella jumped up from the sofa, looked at Fitili who fell on the ground convulsing and coughing up blood, and fell into a daze for a while.

She reacted quickly and shouted:

"Nobody touch alcohol or food!"

Colonel Dreyfus's face turned pale immediately. Having grown up in the army, he perfectly inherited the appetite that a non-commissioned officer should have. He remembered that he almost ate a deer's foreleg by himself.

"Where is the doctor? Go and call the doctor!"

"It will be too late when the private doctor arrives. I have learned a little bit of medical skills."

Ella stepped forward quickly, pretending to check Fittili's body, and at the same time turned on her spirit vision to observe.

In her spiritual vision, Fitili's situation was very, very strange. The balance in her body was broken, and the filthy breath swept up.If this continues, he will become crazy and bloodthirsty, just like those filthy bloods that Fitili himself hates the most.

Ella read silently:

"The third commandment, Fitili Hajie's state will be stable."

The commandments had their effects, and Ayla was bound by negative rules at the same time.A mechanical and cold tone emerged in her consciousness:

【Do not kill】

She frowned slightly.

This rule means that even if the hidden magician is exposed, she must hold back.Although it is a bit troublesome, it is not unacceptable.

After Fetili's condition stopped deteriorating, Ella took out a sedative and poured it into the other person's throat.

In the eyes of other guests, Ella just performed some normal rescue operations, while Feitili's complexion gradually improved and the situation became stable.

"In an adventurous career, some simple medical skills are essential."

Ella hugged Fitili onto the sofa smoothly, then turned around and explained to the others.

She inadvertently dipped her finger into some of the blood Fitili coughed up and rubbed it with two fingers.This bit of blood quickly turned to ashes under an invisible flame, and Ayla felt something foreign there...it was a very holy breath, like holy water or something like that.

It's harmless to ordinary people, and a bit of sacredness may even be good for your health, but to dirty blood, it's like pouring cold water into boiling oil.

"Where, thanks to you, otherwise I don't know what will happen."

Kate said with lingering fear.

And Dreyfus asked with a blue face:

"Do you want to check it for us? If the food is poisonous, everyone may be poisoned."

"There shouldn't be any problem with the food, otherwise, after so long, it wouldn't be just Fidili who had an accident."

Ella made up some stories in her mind and tried to use confusion spells to make them more believable.

"Fitili's old injury was affected, possibly due to the stimulation of the afternoon's sports and alcohol."

The two men looked at each other, and both breathed a sigh of relief. Fitili was their friend, but at the same time, they also had considerable interests involved.If he was killed in his own manor, in the eyes of both of them, they would have great suspicion of each other.

Although the matter was safe and sound in the end, it was impossible to continue the banquet.The two said goodbye one after another, boarded their exclusive carriage and drove away from Ayres Manor.

-

Fittili regained consciousness and found that he was lying in his bedroom, butler Walter, Geneviève and his personal doctor were sitting on the chair beside the bed.

The middle-aged doctor said that his body is fine now.

Walter mentioned that Colonel Dreyfus and his sister Adjani, the Kate couple, and Mr. Yusuf Bell have all gone back one after another.

The stage actress felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her. Maybe as long as she took good care of the other party and moved him during this time, she would be able to stand out among Fittili's rumored girlfriends.

"Thank you for your concern, but I want to rest for a while and don't bother me until tomorrow morning."

Under the doctor's signal, Genevieve reluctantly left the bedroom.

After the three of them left the room, Fitili relaxed. It was already difficult for him to maintain a cover-up. His curly black hair faded quickly, and his eyes also alienated into amber vertical almond shapes.

After a few minutes, Fitili made sure that there was no other movement in the house.

"Williams, I smell it, are you here?"

The space inside the wizard began to distort, Ella's translucent figure was outlined on the chair, and she frowned again.

"This statement is really... somewhat annoying."

A bone china teapot with gold rim and a teacup of the same craftsmanship were suspended, and a cup of warm black tea floated towards Fitili's bedside table.

"Drink it, I added some tranquilizers."

Feitili drank the black tea, took a breath with a grin, and said:

"Too much sugar."

Ella crossed her calf over the knee of her other leg and moved into a more comfortable position.

"Aren't you afraid that I'm the one who poisoned you?"

"Of course not you."

Fittili was stunned for a moment and said:

"If you want to kill me, just do it in the woods. No one in the manor can stop you. Rather, you who returned to the banquet hall with me are the least likely to poison... .But what exactly is that?”

"Holy water, or some sanctified silver fragments... probably this kind of thing. But it seems that they shouldn't kill you, at most, they can only make you lose your mind for a period of time."

Fittili's eyes dimmed a bit, and certain words in Ella's words stung him, and Fittili remembered some unpleasant things.

He looked a little haggard, and said mockingly:

"That might be fatal to low-level dirty blood types. ... It would be great if high-level dirty blood types with pure blood really die that easily."

Ella just remained silent and didn't continue to say anything.

After a while, Fittili showed a puzzled look:

"But who exactly wants to kill me so much?"

-

It was already late at night, and when the serial murder case was still unsolved, there were hardly any pedestrians on the street.

Occasionally, there would be a few homeless tramps lying on deck chairs by the side of the road. In their opinion, there was no reason for them to be targeted by murderers.What's more, they really have nothing to hide from.

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