Ark's Journey to the Demon God

address?Is the hotel OK?

Shen Muke had no choice but to reply: "I have just arrived in Londinium and I don't have a fixed place to live yet... When I settle down, I will send you the address to your store."

"Understand."

……

Chatting with the old gentleman like this, Shen Muke walked around the store, and then a piece of clothing placed in the window attracted his attention——

This is a very spacious robe. The exquisite tailoring makes it look bloated when put on a plaster model. Instead, it is very stylish. The robe is divided into multiple layers. The outer layer is elegant black and has a white lining inside, revealing the exquisiteness. The neckline is complicated and gorgeous. The cuffs, neckline and hem are also embroidered with gold thread patterns, adding a bit of fashion.

"The item you are looking at now is a new concept product launched by our store." The old gentleman explained: "Since it has not been officially launched yet, there is no specific price yet..."

"Can I order one?"

"...Yes, but our store needs you to guarantee that you will not re-gift or resell this piece of clothing before it is officially launched on the market."

"no problem!"

Shen Muke nodded, and then readily wrote a check for 550 pounds.

550 pounds for just one piece of clothing?

The old gentleman was surprised by Shen Muke's wealth, and mentally improved his status a lot.

[It seems that Old Tom and the others need to be more agile. This is a big customer. 】

“I love your generosity.

"The old gentleman took the check and personally sent Shen Muke out of the store.

……

Once the clothing problem is solved, it’s time to find a place to stay.

After much consideration, Shen Muke decided to buy an independent villa directly in Londinium.

The main reason why I buy instead of rent is because renting has to deal with the landlord, which is very troublesome.Moreover, he came to Victoria to do something that would affect the entire kingdom, and he had to keep it strictly confidential. It would be more convenient to have a house of his own.

Therefore, he needs to find a suitable annex as soon as possible, then buy it and transform it into his [base] in Londinium.

Shen Muke spent the whole morning wandering around the Oktree District. After asking around, he found a suitable area.

This area is on the edge of Oaktree District and has a relatively beautiful environment. Many businessmen and parliamentarians have properties here.

And the most important thing is that it is far away from the busy city and very quiet.

He wandered around the area twice and finally found a suitable one——

On the side of the gate of the annex, there is a sign with an introduction to the annex:

This is a third-hand villa. The first owner was a councilor. Due to a job transfer, he sold it to a businessman. Now, the second owner wants to leave Londinium due to business problems. You should cash in the annex before leaving.

Shen Muke nodded, and then found the owner of the house according to what the sign said:

A seemingly shrewd film-maker named Kate Black.

The process of buying a house went very smoothly, and the other party seemed to be very eager to sell it. Shen Muke bought it for only 5000 pounds.

That's right, 5000 pounds, about seven and a half [Green Sparkles].

╮(￣▽￣)╭

After all, it is an annex in the central city of the capital, so the price is considered cheap.

Carrying his bag, Shen Muke walked into the room and sat on the sofa wantonly.

Snapped!

With a snap of his fingers, dozens of dead souls in military uniforms appeared.

【Hampa's Soul Control】

"Clean the house and check to see if there is anything wrong with the house."

Shen Muke does not plan to hire any servants or housekeepers, these dead souls will take care of everything for him.

Sitting quietly on the sofa, Shen Muke finally relaxed. It was only then that he truly entered Londinium.

The journey to Victoria has just begun.

Chapter 4 A sudden invitation to a party

On the second day after checking into the annex, Shen Muke discovered a small flaw in his plan.

The dead souls under him don't know how to do housework.

Shen Muke couldn't help but look at the dead souls who were busy and accomplishing nothing, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

[Hampa's Soul Control] is a method used by the Demon God for conquest. It essentially serves the purpose of war. And if he wants to use these dead souls to replace servants and housekeepers, it is a dog's act to trick a mouse. They don't know how to do housework at all!

When sweeping the floor, use too much force and break the broom.

I was cleaning the windows and accidentally broke the glass.

Don't even think about cooking. What kind of cooking skills do you expect a group of Ursus rough guys who were professional soldiers during their lifetimes to have?They are not a Chinese cooking class.

Moreover, Shen Muke discovered a very important problem, that is, the upper class society in his imagination was different from the real upper class society in Victoria.

In his conception, the so-called servants and butlers were just tools used by the nobles to dress up and satisfy their own desires.

But now, he found that this was not the case.

The butler is not an ordinary servant, but a special agent.

Almost all nobles and big businessmen do not do many things themselves, but let their butlers do it for them. In a sense, a butler is equivalent to an upgraded version of a secretary.

As for servants, they are even more needed.

Because the owner is busy with work, he cannot have time to buy food, cook and clean himself, so he must have someone to act as his agent in daily life. The so-called servant is actually very necessary.

Shen Muke had no choice but to send away the dead souls under his command. It was better to find professional people to do professional things.

He went to the relevant intermediary and successfully found a good butler candidate——

Alan Cotter is a man in his 40s from Kuranta. He wears neat and strict clothes and has a kind face.

Of course, Shen Muke liked him not because of these, but because of two other reasons——

First of all, he is highly myopic.

That's right, this Alan Cote is an unknown degree of super myopia!He is the kind of person who, without his glasses, can distinguish between humans and animals ten meters away, and Shen Muke needs this kind of talent!

It's good if you can't see clearly. It can save Shen Muke a lot of trouble.

As for whether he will delay work because he can't see clearly?Shen Muke said: He just can't see clearly, but it's not that he can't see. Anyway, as long as it can be used, it will be fine ~

If Allencott's poor eyesight was the reason that made Shen Muke recognize him, then his identity was the final blow that made Shen Muke make up his mind.

He is a Casimir.

Mr. Allencott was born in the Grand Knights of Casimir. He left Victoria in order to make a living. However, although he left his homeland, he himself was very nostalgic for the country of knights, so he always paid attention to the news of his homeland.

Therefore, he knows that the flag-bearer of Sunset Canyon

story, and also knows the name of [Jie Dian].

When Shen Muke showed the medal of "Jie Dian" in front of him, Mr. Allen was immediately moved to tears and repeatedly promised that he would work diligently and hard as a way to thank this "Knight of Honor" for his motherland.

Therefore, Shen Muke finally chose Allen to be his butler as a businessman.

Mr. Allen packed his luggage that day and planned to stay in the villa that night, but was politely rejected by Shen Muke.

Shen Muke gave him a key and then stipulated his work schedule——

At nine o'clock every morning, he comes to work in the annex. Sometimes Shen Muke will leave early, so Mr. Allen needs to open the door by himself.

At noon, have dinner with Shen Muke, and then Mr. Allen can rest in the bedroom on the first floor.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, I got off work on time and left the annex. Then Mr. Allen could do whatever he wanted.

Mr. Allen was so shocked by this clause that he was speechless. He really couldn't imagine that the other party asked him to be a housekeeper but also asked him to commute?

Moreover, Mr. Allen has also worked as a housekeeper before. He knows that this job is often very busy. In order to cope with the master's call at any time, the housekeeper must live in the house. A job like this Mr. Agaritu's The request was something he had never seen before.

However, Mr. Allen was very cautious. Since the master did not tell the reason, he did not ask, as long as he completed his job.

Moreover, the conditions given by Shen Muke were very generous - a monthly salary of 100 pounds.

This is a figure beyond Mr. Allen’s imagination. You must know that due to his vision problems and his identity as a Casimir, the several jobs he did before only paid about 70 pounds a month. Now Mr. Agaritu is offering him a salary of about [-] pounds. With such good conditions, what else could he complain about?

……

The housekeeper problem is solved.

As for the servants, Shen Muke finally decided to give up the idea of ​​hiring servants.

We can't just have a few short-sighted Casimir servants do the work, right?Not to mention the question of where to look for it, even if it was found, the scene would be too bizarre!

There is no second person with good eyes in the whole house. What kind of picture is this?

In the end, Shen Muke decided to spend more money to do fewer things. Based on the principle that the shortest way is to take the long way around, he went to several restaurants in the central city and first ordered food delivery services for half a year, so that the restaurants could Food will be delivered to your doorstep at the prescribed time for three meals a day.

As for hygiene, Shen Muke found a cleaning company and asked them to come and clean twice a month.

At this point, his identity as a "big businessman" was finally managed.

……

After Shen Muke finally took care of everything, his clothes arrived three nights later.

After paying the bill cheerfully, he packed a few pieces of clothing into his wardrobe so that he no longer had to wear Kjerag-style clothes to run around.

Shen Muke took out the exquisite robe from the box and admired it.

There are many reasons why he likes this robe, the most important of which is that it perfectly adapts to the needs of his [Warlock] profession, and the style of this robe is also "mage" enough.

While admiring it, Shen Muke heard another knock on the door.

"Is the money not settled?" He opened the door and saw a well-dressed old butler bowing to him and then handing him an invitation.

"Dear sir, my master will hold a banquet at home this weekend, and I would like to ask you to honor it."

This weekend, the day after tomorrow.

Shen Muke nodded, took the invitation, and replied: "Thank you for the invitation, I will definitely go."

After seeing off the old butler, Shen Muke put the invitation in his hand on the table and thought quietly.

Suddenly someone invited him to a banquet, which Shen Muke expected.He had done his homework beforehand and knew that this was the standard behavior of the nobles and upper classes in Londinium.

For the so-called upper-class people in Londinium, the area where they live represents their social circle, and these small circles form groups. In this small circle, they hug each other for warmth and care for each other.But now that Shen Muke suddenly moved here, this is an intrusion into the small circle, so someone will inevitably invite him to socialize. This is a show of goodwill and a test. Those people are testing his identity and structure, testing whether he can win over him. Enter the circle and test whether he is "safe".

Shen Muke nodded secretly. He knew that this was an opportunity. Through this banquet, he could find out a lot of things, such as the situation of the Victoria Parliament and the old king, such as the situation in Londinium...

"Is it the weekend? I also booked Valerie's place, but I can't go now..."

Chapter 5 New business, new friends

Over the weekend, Shen Muke dressed up to attend!

The craftsmanship of Savile's dressmaker is really good. The whole dress fits perfectly. In the pocket of the dress, the dressmaker thoughtfully gave a monocle without prescription as a matching set, which made Shen Muke's dress more appropriate.

After adjusting the monocle, Shen Muke put it on his right eye, and then let Butler Allencott sort out his clothes.

"The host who invited you to the banquet this time has a good background. He is a big noble." Mr. Allen said while sorting out:

"He is Earl Warwick, also known as Warwick the Ancient, Warwick of the Northern Front, whatever you want to call him, just remember one thing, he is a real big shot.

, so you must not make him unhappy..."

Mr. Allen talks a lot because he is so worried about his employer.

This Mr. Agaritu seems to have made a fortune doing business elsewhere, and now wants to start a new business in Londinium, so he intends to make friends with the upper class people in Londinium. However, he does not know that he has made a fortune before. Living in some backward place, his whole person embodies an aura of wantonness that is completely incompatible with the upper class society, which frightens Allen, who is used to seeing the behavior of nobles and parliamentarians.

After listening carefully to Mr. Allen's instructions, Shen Muke smiled and reassured: "Don't worry about me, Mr. Allen, I'm just going to the banquet, not to the execution ground, right?"

Mr. Allen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. These are all unlucky metaphors. Can this be said to nobles?

Under Mr. Allen's uneasy gaze, Shen Muke jumped up to pick up his carriage and drove to the Earl of Warwick's villa.

On the carriage, Shen Muke opened [Lamer's Insight] and used clairvoyance to check everything at the destination at the moment——

The annex is very large, with gardens at the front and back. Having such a large annex in the central city is enough to show its status. Unfortunately, in Shen Muke's opinion, these are just garbage.

The more prosperous the banquet is now, the more ironic the chaos in Londinium will be 20 years later!

His sight entered the back garden, where the banquet was held. At this time, many people had gathered there. Well-dressed gentlemen and ladies were communicating with each other. They had different expressions, sometimes laughing, sometimes frustrated, sometimes beaming. In Shen Muke's eyes, In his eyes, it was like a Chaplin satirical pantomime.