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Even as winter approaches, the manor's well-manicured gardens still look good.

It is not easy to maintain a perfect garden with a large area. It not only requires high maintenance costs, but also requires full taste and correct vegetation selection.Salomon was very satisfied with the results of the work of the Crawford family's housekeeper and gardener. At Laura's request, the old housekeeper who had served the Crawford family for three generations agreed to help the mystic renovate the house that had not been opened for decades. Managed walled gardens and greenhouses - the butler was a thoroughly English man who insisted that gardening was a way of expressing his master's taste.To this end, he gave several books published by the Royal Horticultural Society to Salomon, entrusted the mystic to pass them to Dinah, and expressed regret that he could not teach the housekeeper step by step how to choose vegetation and vegetation shapes.

The old housekeeper did not change the appearance of the 125 acres of land adjacent to the Thames River. Instead, he directed the engineering team to clear the weeds and shrubs on the forest trails to a minimum, and cut down the new young trees for riding horses to the forest clearings in the early morning or evening. use.

"I'm sorry, I decided this matter without authorization." The old butler said without apology. He insisted that the forest paths strewn with fallen leaves would help improve the aesthetic level of the manor owner.

"I have to protest against the revised plan submitted by your housekeeper. She is still too young to understand the importance of gardening." The old housekeeper frowned and pointed to the front yard.He was extremely satisfied with the newly erected marble sculpture in the shape of a girl, but he was not so satisfied with the four cornerstones at the intersection in the front yard. "I think it is an extremely stupid decision to place an anti-aircraft missile tower in the front yard. Mines and electrified barbed wire should not be placed along the river. This is a destruction of the beautiful scenery. My opinion on the construction map goes beyond that. Sir, you should understand that I am say something."

"Perhaps my safety is more important to Dinah than the view." Salomon shrugged.

Dinah and Tita formulated an extremely strict security plan for the manor, trying to transform the manor into an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack fortress.They planned to replace the iron gate of the main driveway, which was originally used to block uninvited guests, with two thick steel gates, then erect two searchlights on both sides of the gate for night exploration, and arrange sentry machine gun towers on the reinforced front wall. .Not only that, they plan to place an anti-aircraft missile tower on the marble base in the front yard. If possible, they also want to build a bunker, arrange the forest clearing into a military camp, and widen the forest path to allow tanks to pass through. road - if Salomon hadn't rejected this plan, they would have dug up the garden ground in the front yard now and installed a heavy bolter machine gun with a caliber as big as a human head into the bunker.

But Salomon still agreed to Dinah and Tita's plan to build a secret tunnel.

The engineering team will build a tunnel under the manor that leads directly to the riverside clearing. At the end of the tunnel is a helipad hidden underground, where an assault transport boat is docked.If someone were to attack the estate, gunships with powerful firepower, Sisterhood patrols equipped with motorcycles, and bio-modified bloodhounds would be enough to solve most problems.Even if the enemy cannot be beaten back then, a heavy tank hidden under the fountain in the front yard will crush all enemy illusions.

The old butler looked at Salomon as if he were a fool. He still couldn't understand why some people thought that an anti-aircraft rocket tower was more suitable as a landscape than a marble sculpture. "This is not the sort of thing that would welcome a guest, sir."

"I think so too. But considering that the guests I interact with are not ordinary people, I think Dinah's considerations are reasonable." Salomon shook the old housekeeper's hand, "Thank you for your help, sir. Just a moment. The gunboat will take you back to Crawford Manor, where our chef will prepare a delicious French dinner for you and your wife.”

"Your butler also needs to learn. Not only taking care of the housework, but also how to manage the family property is a course that needs to be learned. If you need family trust business, I can recommend you the one currently serving the Crawford family. Trust funds." This is sound advice, and many wealthy people use this method to avoid risks.But Salomon knew that was not what he wanted to say.

The old housekeeper hesitated for a while, and then returned to the topic, "There is another thing, and that is Dame Crawford...that is, Laura. When will she finish her work and return to the UK? After Anna disappeared, Gram She needs to decide many things about the Lawford family. She is now a Baroness, and she needs to meet the Queen."

Salomon pursed his lips, almost forgetting that Anna and her brother Constantine were still in prison.

Since he handed over the work of digging up the Holy Trinity to the intelligence department, he has never inquired about the progress, let alone interrogated the two people in person.The dossier about the Holy Trinity did not have the seal of "High Level Confidentiality", so he didn't bother to check it. At most, it was related to international financial organizations and Jewish consortiums. At worst, it was similar to the Knights Templar before the destruction, and their operating philosophy was the same. The Albigensian Crusaders are not that different. In the final analysis, [Holy Trinity] is still a mortal organization hidden behind the scenes. It cannot pose a threat to the immortal city with high-tech weapons and equipment. It only touches the surface of the magical world and is not worth investing too much energy.

"She is still busy cooperating with us to remove the stronghold of the [Holy Trinity] organization." Salomon found a more reasonable excuse, "The media that usually slanders the Crawford family are almost all [Holy Trinity] industry, and we are using financial means—well, some not-so-honest means—to acquire those media outlets and make them our mouthpieces to clear the name of Sir Richard Crawford. Before long, we She will set off on an adventure again. Maybe after that mission she will have the idea of ​​returning to the manor."

"You are the Baroness's adventure partner. I hope you can change the Baroness's mind." He said, "Although I cannot find out your background information, I can infer something from those decoration plans. Whether it is you Either your wealth or your power is enough to change many things. Mr. Richard once mentioned [Holy Trinity] to me. According to my investigation, Mr. Richard’s death is inseparable from that organization. I have never been able to I told the Baroness this because I was worried that she would be too impulsive. But now she has begun to face that organization, so I would like to ask you to protect the safety of the Baroness. She is the most important member of the Crawford family. "

"I can't do this, old housekeeper, you've never seen her hammering a mountaineering pick into someone's skull." The mystic mage smiled bitterly, "I can guarantee that her combat power is enough to deal with most mortals. There are almost no People can hurt her.”

The old butler was not satisfied with Salomon's answer.In his eyes, Lara Croft was still a little girl running around the manor, climbing up and down, the girl who was helpless after Richard's death, the girl who hammered a mountain pick into other people's heads. It's simply impossible to do.

The mystic had no intention of telling the old butler the true identities of Anna and Constantine, otherwise he would blame himself for having served the woman who led to the demise of the Crawford family.Laura also thinks so, so the old housekeeper still doesn’t know that Anna is from [Holy Trinity].