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When Sirius and Hill left the oracle manor, Li Qi just woke up from sleep.She vaguely felt the bed under her body vibrate, and it seemed to be accompanied by some kind of roar, but when she opened her eyes, everything in the room was as usual, as if everything was a dream.

Li Qi sat up from the bed in a daze, raised her hand and patted her cheek, and was completely awake for a while.

Last night, she seemed to be hesitating whether to go to the dinner or not, but she fell asleep after thinking about it, and when she opened her eyes, it was the dawn of the next day, so she no longer had the need to hesitate.

——Forget it, it's just a dinner party, as long as you can stay with these people, there will definitely be no shortage of social opportunities.

Li Qi was comforting herself when there was a knock on the door.

After obtaining Lizzy's permission, a maid-like girl came in holding a tray.

If Hill or Keech had been here, they would have recognized that this maid was one of Moriarty's exclusive maids, and that the evening gown on the tray in her hand was exactly the same as the one Keech wore at the dinner.

"You're already up, Miss Lizzy?" The maid greeted Lizzy with a smile.

"Are you..." Lizzie asked hesitantly.

"You forgot, I was the one who helped you change your clothes yesterday in the Marquis's room." The maid said with a smile, and lifted the tray in her hand forward, "This is the clothes you wore yesterday, Mr. Marquis Seeing that you like it very much, I ordered me to send it to you, and I believe you must also want to keep it."

Li Qi stared blankly at the tray, on which was neatly stacked a long dress with the main color of pearl white, matched with light blue lace, and seemed to be decorated with colored pearls of the same color.

It was an expensive dress, but it wasn't to Lizzy's liking.Compared with this somewhat cool color, she prefers bright and eye-catching colors such as rose red, light orange, and brilliant pink.

but……

Li Qi hesitated for a moment, then smiled happily, reached out and took the tray over, "Thank you so much, I... I just don't know what to say!"

"You don't need to say anything, Miss Lizzy, as long as you are happy, Lord Marquis just wants you to be happy." The maid quickly waved her hand, and then changed her voice, "Speaking of which, you were so beautiful and elegant last night , so charming! Even His Royal Highness has abandoned his partner and bowed down under your skirt!"

--last night?Didn't she sleep all the time last night?

Lizzie couldn't help but froze.

"Of course, I'm not saying that your choice later was not good. Master Balotelli is also a very outstanding person, and he is a very suitable marriage partner. It is only natural that you prefer him instead of His Royal Highness." The maid said very excitedly, while she was speaking, she described in detail what happened at the ball last night with exaggerated adjectives.

Li Qi didn't understand what she was talking about at all, and could only smile shyly.

Moriarty's maid finished describing how Lizzy and Hill fell in love with each other at the ball, and how they envied others, then changed her voice and asked in a probing tone: "By the way, Miss Lizzy, my master hopes to accept How do you think about your adoptive daughter?"

"Ah, this..." Li Qi didn't even know who the Marquis was now, so she dared to respond casually, so she could only continue to pretend to be shy and vaguely refused to answer.

The maid immediately said: "Don't worry, Lord Marquis doesn't need you to make a decision right away, you can think about it for a while."

"Sorry." Lizzie made an apologetic expression.

"It's okay, it's okay, this is a major event in life, and it's understandable for you to hesitate." The maid continued to say in an aria-like tone with a smile, "However, if you want me to say, you should agree! Although you can't inherit the Marquis The title of the Lord, but the private property of the Marquis must belong to you alone, and the title of Miss Marquis is enough for you to marry into any family in the empire! Hey, if it weren’t for the old men in the family, the Marquis would have had his own How can I only choose a girl to adopt an heir...Ah! Sorry, I seem to have said something I shouldn't have said! Ahhh! Please forget it and pretend that I never said anything!"

After finishing speaking, the maid hurriedly bowed and left Li Qi's room.

——to become the adopted daughter of the Marquis?

Looking at the hastily closed door, Li Qi's eyes suddenly lit up.

Outside the oracle manor, the golden dragon Ti finally satisfied his desire to speak, and explained some of the history he knew, and then opened the space and returned to his own territory with a happy expression.

Although both Hill and Sirius can hear that the "Twilight of the Gods" told by Tau is not complete, just like the history books of human beings are always biased towards the victorious side, Tau's story is also obviously deliberately ignoring some things , such as the role played by the dragon in this battle, such as whether the gods disappeared or disappeared, such as the identity of Moriarty in the oracle manor in that battle.

but--

The magician turned out to be the offspring of gods and humans after intercourse?

The pope and the cardinal don't believe in God at all?

The massacre of magicians by the Holy See was really to expel the alien blood, not just to expand its power?

After hearing the end of Titanium, Hilton suddenly felt that his worldview and values ​​had been greatly impacted.

—He's probably going from an atheist to a total unbeliever.

Hill secretly cursed.

After Ti left, Sirius also brought Adong back to Hill's side, got on his horse, and returned to the Oracle Manor.

However, when entering the Oracle Manor, an accident occurred. Hill and Sirius passed through the gate of the manor smoothly, but A-Dong seemed to be pushed by an invisible hand. Immediately fell and fell out of the gate.

Hill and Ceres quickly grabbed the reins, got off their horses, and went to see A-Dong.

"What's going on?" Sirius asked suspiciously.

At this time, the servant of the manor who guarded the gate also ran over and asked the reason anxiously.

Hill's heart skipped a beat, remembering that Ti couldn't enter the Oracle Manor, and immediately winked at Sirius, reminding him that this might be the "masterpiece" of the Marquis.

"Try again." Sirius helped Adong up, and walked towards the gate of the manor again.

This time, nothing happened. Both A-Dong and Sirius entered the manor smoothly, as if everything that happened just now was just A-Dong's own carelessness.

Although there were still doubts in their hearts, no one said much in this kind of place. After entering the manor, they mounted their horses again and went straight to the mansion.

After returning to the mansion, Sirius took Adong back to the room on the grounds that he needed to change clothes.

Hill knew that he and A-Dong must have some private things to say that were not suitable for him to listen to, so of course he could only avoid it wisely and walked to his room alone.

Although Sirius showed great trust in him, Hill was not sure what this trust was based on.

Maybe it's because of his father Angel, maybe it's because of... Keech.

Thinking of this, Hill couldn't help but feel sad and depressed.

Sirius really showed a different attitude towards him after Kiki used his power to intimidate Adong in Rose Manor.Since then, Seres has tried to bypass him more than once to recruit Kiki, but Kiki is not someone who can use money and power to lure him, and Sirius can't get what he wants in the way the nobles are used to.

——If Keech accepted the olive branch offered by Sirius, he would have been kicked away by Sirius long ago!

Hill thought to himself mockingly.

Not long after Hill returned to the room, Sandra came slowly, to find out why he left her missing with "Licky" last night.

Hill couldn't explain it, so he could only mistakenly admit the crime of sex and fainting. Anyway, it was true, but the person who made him faint was not Lizzy but Keech.

But when Sandora reminded him, Hill remembered that he still had a problem to deal with.

—Joy.

——He had to give Joey a reasonable explanation for what happened last night.

——If he doesn't want to lose this friend.

Hill thought so, but had a headache how to explain it.He couldn't tell the truth and tell Joey that it wasn't Lizzy but Keech.Even if he said it, Joey might not be able to forgive him. On the contrary, it would be easier to completely break with him, and even spread the matter, causing him to lose his reputation and be spurned and excluded by the entire aristocratic circle.

In contrast, if the person who danced with Hill last night was really Lizzy, things would be much simpler.

Although Joey is pursuing Li Qi, it is only a formal pursuit after all, not a real marriage proposal.As the only child, even if Joey loves beauty more than power, he can't put aside his status and devote himself completely to love.

What's more, Li Qi had already rejected Joey with various hints, which was known by many people.

Under such circumstances, there is nothing wrong with Hill's pursuit of Lizzy. He can give Joey a status that he cannot give to Lizzy, and he is also a good friend of Lizzy's younger brother.

But the problem was that the person who appeared at the dinner party last night was not Lizzy, and Hill was not sure what kind of attitude Lizzy would show after learning about this incident.

After sending Sandora away, Hill called Lucy and asked her to pay more attention to Li Qi's every move.

Upon hearing this order, Lucy hesitated for a moment, and said, "Master Hill, there is something you should perhaps listen to."

"What?" Hill asked, raising an eyebrow.

"This morning, I went to wake Miss Lizzy up as usual, but another maid from Lucifer's family entered Miss Lizzy's room before me." Lucy said, "I didn't hear them talking What, but when that maid left, I followed her and found that she went to the back house where Marquis Lucifer was. I inquired about her identity from the other servants in the front house, and learned that she was Lucifer The exclusive maid of the Marquis."

Hill was slightly taken aback. Could it be that Moriarty didn't know that Lizzy last night was actually Keech, or...

"After that, did Miss Lizzy behave abnormally?" Hill asked.

"When I went back to wake her up, she asked me about the reactions of other guests to the dinner last night, and her tone and expression were very unnatural, and even... a little flustered." Lucy frowned, and then Then she changed her voice again and said angrily, "Of course, based on her performance last night, she should be flustered, she is so, so... how could she dance three dances with you and lure you to leave the venue? !"

"Lucy, it's not she bewitching me, but I bewitching her." Hill waved his hand to Lucy displeased.

Lucy hurriedly bowed to apologize, and asked Hill's forgiveness for her careless words.

Hill didn't have the mood to argue with her at this time, he waved her away and continued to monitor Li Qi.

After Lucy left, Hill meditated alone in the room, and soon came up with a bold idea.

He immediately stood up, left the room, and walked towards the place where Li Qi was temporarily staying.

Lizzy was not in her room. Hill asked the servants on duty around him, and soon found Lizzy in the courtyard outside the mansion.

The moment she saw Hill, a trace of panic flashed across Lizzy's face, but she quickly lowered her head pretending to be shy, avoiding Hill's gaze.

Hill became more and more sure of his guess, raised the corners of his mouth, walked to Lizzy with a smile, poured out his compliments to her, and brought up all the incidents of last night as if expressing his heart.

"I sincerely apologize for what I said before, Miss Lizzy, I realized last night that I only said those words because I was too admiring of you to bear that you were Coveting, even just watching you dance with other men makes me feel like a knife and heartbreak." Hill said affectionately in an appropriately depressed tone, but in the process of saying these words, although he looked at Li Qi , but Keech was on his mind.

As Hill expected, Lizzie didn't question Hill's words, she just lowered her head and listened shyly, as if she was the protagonist of last night, the lady who was in love with Hill.

Hill wasn't sure whether Lizzy had acted as an impostor on his own initiative, or had received Moriarty's instruction, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel that it would be too boring to do such a thing in Moriarty's capacity.

—Anyway, as long as Lizzy doesn't deny it, that's enough!

Hill was thinking this way, but Li Qi suddenly made an unexpected request.

"There is one thing, I hope Mr. Balotelli can give me an idea." Lizzie used her surname as a title cautiously.

"I am willing to help you, my lady." Hill smiled, "Also, please call me Hill."

"Hill, in fact, I have encountered a difficult thing..." Li Qi hesitated, and said with reservations about Moriarty's desire to adopt her as an adopted daughter, vaguely The time of occurrence, only the outline of the content is stated.

Hearing this, Hilton was startled, and subconsciously felt that Lizzy was lying to him.

—but what's the point of such a deception?

Hill frowned, and asked tentatively, "This is what the Marquis himself told you?"

Li Qi smiled awkwardly, but did not answer.

Thinking that Lizzy had been "missing" since last night, and that Moriarty's maid had visited her again this morning, Hilton narrowed his eyes, and his thoughts turned from the authenticity of this incident to Moriarty's purpose.

Lizzie was obviously ignorant of last night's events, so she must have seen no one last night, including Moriarty, of course.Therefore, this matter can only be conveyed to her by Moriarty's maid, just like he used suggestive words to convey to Lizzy what happened last night.

And such an important and weird thing, Kiki will not hide it from him, so Kiki must not know.

——What exactly is Moriarty planning?Why come up with such a strange arrangement?

Hill thought suspiciously, and suddenly realized something.

After last night, I am afraid that everyone will think that he and Li Qi are lovers who are in love, even if he proposes marriage to Li Qi immediately, no one will be surprised.If Li Qi becomes the adopted daughter of the Lucifer family again, her status will naturally rise accordingly, not to mention that she is the sister of two magicians, adopting this matter is like issuing a blood certificate for her, allowing her She can rightfully become the mistress of the Balotelli family.

Moreover, after becoming the adopted daughter of the Lucifer family, even if Lizzy exposed Chimera's blood, she would not be able to marry anyone from the Lucifer family and give birth to a child with the surname Lucifer.

——Moriarty didn't do this just to let him marry Lizzy smoothly, right?

Thinking of this possibility, Hill couldn't help being dumbfounded.

Hill hurriedly took a deep breath, calmed himself down, turned to Lizzie and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Lizzie, I can't make any decisions for you on such an important matter, you should talk to Keech or you Talk to other brothers and listen to their opinions."

"But I can't contact them now." Li Qi said embarrassedly.

"Perhaps we can use the contact tower of the Magic Association, but we are leaving for Grant County tomorrow, so we can do it tomorrow night or even the day after tomorrow at the earliest." Hill said seriously, "In addition, From my point of view, you might as well have another earnest talk with His Excellency the Marquis to confirm his sincerity, and ask him to give you more time to think."

"...Well, thank you for your suggestion." Li Qi responded, but did not express whether she accepted it or not.