The sun is high - #102 - Chapter 101 Unconventional means

When a new morning came, Shuge rarely read the newspaper and went directly to the lobby of the Manor Hotel.

He put on a new gray coat, with the revolver beside him and the magic book on his knees. The pendant symbolizing the identity of the official spell caster was not fixed on the magic book, but hung directly in front of him. , he sat quietly on the sofa, his expression gloomy and solemn, coupled with the looming dark magic light and shadow on his body, it gave him an aura that was inaccessible to strangers.

Soon, the housekeeper in charge of the Manor Hotel came to the lobby.

When Shuge first saw this housekeeper, she seemed shrewd and capable, and her face was full of vitality. However, the events that happened in the manor hotel for two consecutive days suddenly burned out her spirit. The person in charge of the family Her ambiguous attitude, the guards who were sent but did not play a protective role at all, and the noble children who were harmed due to bizarre incidents, all brought great pressure to her.

As for Xiuge, a young man with a very special identity and background, she actually has a good impression of him, not only because of his attitude towards others, but also because he has used his own power to directly prevent tragedies and massacres twice in a row. happened, the housekeeper could not imagine what kind of ending she would face if a family member really died in the hotel.

The etiquette of nobles is often used openly.

In the Blacknest Mountains outside the city of Bolden and the Doron River that runs through Walter, there is never a shortage of dead people who were casually abandoned because they offended the nobles.

“Mr. Shuge, you…”

Xiuge raised his head, stared at the housekeeper in front of him, and said with a thunderbolt from the blue: “The people who are still in the hotel should be here to compete for the position of heir, right?”

“ah?”

The housekeeper almost didn’t react. She looked at the magic book in Shuge’s hand and the revolver beside him, and immediately felt her back begin to sweat. Due to the pressure emanating from the other party’s body, the housekeeper finally Still nodded.

“Is such that.”

She forced a smile: “Mr. Shuge, please don’t talk about this topic casually. After all…”

“After all, no one has died in the hotel until now, right?”

Shuge also smiled: “Please answer my question directly, butler, I don’t need your advice yet. And I hope you can understand that if you continue to let things in the hotel develop, I’m afraid you will only have one ending. .”

“…”

The housekeeper looked very ugly. She looked around and saw that the nearest manor guard was still some distance away from her, so she nodded slowly.

Seeing that the other party’s tone was loose, Xiuge also softened his attitude a little. He asked: “Okay, then please tell me, in this manor hotel, are young people in the family allowed to use some unconventional means to compete? ?”

“Non…unconventional means?”

The housekeeper was a little confused by this unfamiliar vocabulary, but she quickly reacted, and her expression immediately became more nervous, and her eyes couldn’t help but drift towards the revolver rifle.

Obviously, she didn’t understand Shuge’s meaning well.

Facing the butler’s fear and surprise, Shuge patiently explained: “I am a member of the Ernst family and a mage of the Council… I think that under the current circumstances, what happened in the manor hotel is Things no longer allow ordinary people to stay here for the sake of their lives.”

Shuge tapped his fingers twice on the cover of the magic book: “Butler, so next, I will politely ask everyone who is still here to leave. Of course, if anyone is unwilling, I will also consider it. Use some rougher methods.”

At this time, the housekeeper finally understood what Shuge meant. She calmed down a little, but her face was still as pale as paper: “Mr. Shuge, the manor will not allow this kind of behavior to happen. Have you seen those guards? They I came here just to ensure that the affairs here are not disturbed…”

“Oh, is that so?”

Shuge smiled, then he stood up, his eyes swept over the guards in the hall, and then he walked straight towards one of them.

This guard has an exceptionally upright figure, a resolute face, and a slightly hideous scar at the corner of his eye. Although he is wearing the uniform of an Ernst Manor guard, he always exudes a strong military aura. .

This is the mark of Votel’s army. Once you join the army, you will naturally be stained with this smell, which is difficult to clean off.

Of course, what attracted Xiuge’s attention the most was the firearm he was wearing.

It was a revolver rifle, the same model as the one used by Shuge – Mucci 2699 revolver gun.

Xiuge smiled at the guard, and then reached out to explore the other person’s sleeves.

The guard did not dodge and allowed Shuge to open his cuffs, so Shuge once again saw the three-clawed falcon pattern outlined by silver thin lines.

“Did you hear what I just said over there?”

“I heard you, sir.”

“If I do this, will it bring trouble and danger to you, Marshal?”

The guard stared at the young man in front of him, who was half a head shorter than himself, and replied: “Yes, but today and tomorrow, the Marshal and Mr. Yerevan will attend the noble meeting in Leyland District together. The Marshal will be very safe in the venue. .”

Xiuge nodded: “Then what will you do when the time comes?”

Like a machine without emotion, the guard said calmly: “Mr. Shuge does not need to know these details, but according to the order of the marshal, we are not allowed to directly participate in the ‘battle between the heirs’.”

After hearing these profound words, Shuge thought seriously for two seconds, then he nodded and said: “I don’t want more people to enter the manor hotel during this process, but there is an exception for a lady. She has The surname of the Ernst family, and also my magic teacher.”

“Yes, sir!”

After getting a clear answer from the guard, Shuge turned around, glanced at the shivering hotel housekeeper standing behind, and then looked at the magic clock hanging on the wall.

The time now is seven o’clock in the morning.

…

At seven-twenty, the sun was already shining on the Leiland District and the hotel in the Ernst Manor.

A sharp knock on the door awakened the ancient building that once served as the home of the Ernst family.

In the rude “wake-up service”, one after another young aristocratic guests who insisted on staying in the hotel woke up from their half-asleep. However, everyone who opened the door saw a man with a backpack on his back. A young face holding a magic book and a wizard’s certificate.

They recognized each other and knew that this was the illegitimate son of Salem City who had “sparkled” in the past two days.

However, before they could ask or say hello, Shuge used an extremely tough and direct attitude to convey a message to them – he “hoped” that everyone staying in the hotel could leave their rooms immediately and Go to the hotel lobby, time limit is half an hour.

This was obviously extremely rude behavior. These arrogant family members instinctively wanted to reprimand the illegitimate son in front of them with a bad attitude, rude behavior, and unruly behavior. However, Xiuge’s actions were far more direct than they imagined.

When the muzzle of the rifle was pointed directly at his face, no matter how angry he was, he chose to shut up.

And after these aggrieved young people came to the corridor, the hotel room doors that were directly destroyed by the “door lock removal” magic, and the hotel waiters who were forcibly knocked out and controlled for unknown reasons, made them feel even more inexplicable. of panic and fear.

Shuge’s plan was very straightforward.

After confirming that the guards sent by Old Zeke could provide him with support, he decisively adopted the simplest method.

With the help of the soldiers disguised as guards, Shuge quickly completed the blockade of the entire manor hotel. Although the guards claimed that they were not allowed to participate in the “battle of the children”, they had to clean up the “hidden dangers” in the manor. Molecule” was apparently part of Zeke Ernst’s order.

In just twenty minutes, the waiters in the entire manor hotel were under the strictest control, and those members of the Ernst family who were violently expelled from the room by Shouge were strictly protected and supervised.

After spending a little time and successfully persuading those ladies who were already very frightened but still insisted on staying in the hotel with reason and etiquette, all the guests on the list who still chose to stay have been “counted” Again.

According to Shuge’s observation, none of the members of the Ernst family had any aura that would cause the metal disk to move or alert the ancient creations. So after completing the first round of elimination work, he returned to the hotel. hall.

Among all the hotel waiters who were controlled, Shuge specifically looked for the young girl who had previously handled the groceries for him. However, neither the hotel housekeeper nor the other waiters said that he knew such a girl at all. , and when Xiuge asked about the old-fashioned elevator that could go to the underground floor, everyone was extremely surprised.

They had no idea what the underground floor was, let alone that the elevator could connect to the underground floor!

“In other words, the Black Sun Society’s control of the Manor Hotel should be through the hotel’s waiters. In order to maintain secrecy, they probably used some magical means… Most of the staff operating in the surface hotel should not know However, it may be mixed with members of individual associations and informants.”

Xiuge cast his gaze to the other side of the hall and saw that in the corner, several manor guards had been “cleared out”.

Obviously, the soldiers who were loyal to Lao Zeke knew very well who among their own ranks were the spies who had been inserted into the team. It was precisely because of this that they acted extremely ruthlessly. One of the unlucky guys had a severe blow on his mouth. The butt of the gun was hit hard, and now there are probably not many teeth left in the mouth.

“Make sure word doesn’t get out of the manor and no one is allowed to go to the mansion.”

Shuge found the soldier’s commander. The commander did not show any objection to Shuge’s order, because there was no need for him to remind them that these professional soldiers had already started doing this.

Shuge noticed that some of them had even set up hidden temporary fortifications in the garden outside the Manor Hotel. The personnel responsible for the entrance had also been replaced. Anyone who tried to approach or leave would be immediately arrested. Take control.

At this time, several young people in the hall finally couldn’t help expressing their doubts. Their fathers had very important responsibilities in the Ernst family, so their confidence and courage were far beyond ordinary people. Everyone can see that there are some emergencies beyond their expectations in the current manor hotel and even the entire family manor.

The opinions they expressed were therefore not to object to this sudden incarceration and control, but to ask what it was all about.

These shrewd young nobles have smelled an ominous atmosphere from those professional soldiers.

Xiuge naturally had no way to give a direct answer to their questions. After all, he had no way to directly tell these young people that the ancestors they revered had probably turned into a group of rats walking through the building.

So he took out the glass jar from the side that was wrapped with several pages imprinted with magical rituals, and showed the deformed blind mouse in the jar in front of these young nobles.

“Oh my God, what is this?”

“Is this a mouse? No…how could a mouse look like this?”

Xiuge slightly used the power of the messenger in the mirror to stop the mouse that was most likely the ancestor of the young people in front of him. Then he said: “I only know that you have been staying in the same hotel with these guys these days. There are countless of them here, and they can easily pass through the walls and floors of the hotel… If you don’t want to be chewed to pieces by them, don’t ask any more questions.”

At this point, Xiuge’s tone changed slightly: “You must have heard about the tragic case of rat cannibalism in Salem City, right?”

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

As one of the few people who escaped from Salem City, Shuge had a greater say in this aspect than anyone else present.

Seeing their appearance, Xiuge finally swallowed back the second half of the sentence “I did that thing”. Facing these young nobles with active ideas and well-informed knowledge, it would be difficult not to use heavy blows to intimidate them. Solve the problem.

At this moment, a figure walked into the hotel lobby accompanied by two soldiers.

The young female mage was wearing a brand new Council Mage robe, and a standard scarf from the Votel Chassis Regiment around her neck. When she walked into the hall, she seemed to have brought the cold outside the building in.

She ignored the young nobles who were secretly watching her, but came directly to Xiuge, adjusted her glasses and sat across from him.

“Mr. Sugar, can you tell me why there is so much noise no matter where you go?”