"Asaph! Master Augustine! This way—"
When Maka had just sneaked into the Witte family's mansion and was asking about the entrance to the secret room, Miriam seemed to have found a way to enter the underground black market.
At this moment, she took the lead and turned into a dilapidated Muggle shopping street. Her slender legs were seen alternating rapidly, and Marius behind her felt like she could hardly keep up several times.
However, in this situation where she was concentrating on her journey, Miriam was still able to speak calmly.
"Just now I saw a wizard coming out of the antique shop in front of me, and there were several people in a row... so I went over and asked. I heard from them that it was a passage built by a family in the past, although that family completely collapsed later, and the passage But it was preserved..."
"Are many people aware of that passage?" Asa, who was on the side, followed Miriam effortlessly and asked casually.
"No, only a few..." Miriam shook her head and explained, "The other end of that passage is in a warehouse in the black market, and it has always been for private use only."
When Marius heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
"Since it's private...why did they tell you?"
But his question made Miriam unable to help but want to sigh - this young master had too many faults with ordinary people's common sense.
But thinking about it carefully, she still held back the breath. After all, this young master Augustine is of great use to them!
"Of course it's Gold Galleons!" She said helplessly, "If you want to get something from others, you have to pay the corresponding price. And Gold Galleons is the best reward... It's hard to find someone who doesn't like Gold Galleons in this world. !”
As the two of them were talking hurriedly one after another, they suddenly saw Miriam suddenly stop and wave.
"It's right here, right under the old street lamp, the incantation is 'Babu Anson's Little Hat'."
It was already very dark now, and there wasn't enough moonlight. Under the shadow of the old low-rise buildings on both sides of the street, the night seemed particularly dense.
Correspondingly, those street lamps that only emit dim light and sometimes flicker on and off show their extremely high sense of presence.
Even if this kind of street lamp was placed on other streets with more people, it would probably have been replaced and banned long ago.
Miriam brought Asaph and Augustine under the light. The old lampshade of the old street lamp made the light on the ground appear as a medium-sized circle, so that the three of them happened to stand in the middle.
Maybe it’s because it’s still raining lightly at this time! Under the influence of rain and fog, the light from the street lamp seemed to be a cover, covering them inside.
From a distance, it looks like a vulgar stage play is being staged here.
"It should be fine, just recite the incantation!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Miriam recited the mantra silently in her heart. Immediately afterwards, Marius saw her figure suddenly falling downwards, and her whole body sank into the ground in an instant and disappeared.
Following Miriam was Asaph, and the time difference between the two disappearing was less than one second. When Marius came to his senses, he found that he was the only one left here.
"Uh, what's the spell... Babu Anson's... little hat?"
As soon as he finished reading, he suddenly felt the air beneath his feet. The strong falling feeling made him want to reach out and grab something. But before he could take any specific action, he suddenly felt a solid touch on his soles.
Then his legs buckled and he sat down on the hard ground.
"Well, it is indeed in the underground black market..."
Neither Miriam nor Asaph paid any attention to Marius' embarrassment, especially the latter. As soon as Asaph appeared here, he immediately looked around and quickly found a door behind several piles of debris.
"Since this passage is correct, we have some room to move forward and retreat freely." He closed the door again and whispered, "Then... I will first go to understand the current situation of the black market, and prepare for the follow-up tasks. Make some preparations."
"Aren't you going to go to the Witte family?"
Miriam asked, but Asa shook his head decisively.
"The boss said that the Witte family should take the initiative to find me, so that my value can be shown." He was talking, but he quickly twitched his lips, "Okay! It's actually the value of the 'trading items'... I It’s not worth much money.”
"Okay, then you can go shopping first!" Miriam nodded slightly and said, "For us... Well, if you don't want to go, then let's go first!"
"'We'?" Marius, who had just gotten up from the ground, was immediately surprised. "Didn't you just say before that I don't have to go to the Witte family today? And... is it appropriate to go now?"
When Miriam heard this, she immediately smiled and patted his shoulder.
"Isn't this a change of circumstances?" She said cheerfully, "Remember what I told you after we set up the secrecy spell - we can help you take control of the family as soon as possible, and then you can change it into your own. I like it."
Yes, if I must say it, Marius did not hate his last name. What he is tired of is actually just the decadence and depression in the Augustine family today.
The so-called "freedom" he expected included "changing the structure of the Augustine family."
only…
"However, all we can do is 'help'. If you want to gain freedom, of course you need to pursue your own efforts. And coming forward to negotiate with the Witte family is the first step in wresting freedom from your elders. .”
After Miriam said these words with sincerity, she moved to the door and took a few glances out.
At this moment when his back was turned to Marius, all the "brightness" and "sincerity" just now faded away. Through the dim light outside the door, we could see a slightly cold sigh on her face.
It was a bit late, and to be honest, Marius had wondered more than once whether he should go home.
If he went back too late without telling him in advance, not to mention what his father would say, at least his uncle Herbert, the steward, would definitely laugh at him.
But after thinking about it, Marius became even more unwilling to go back.
Just when he was thinking about those nonsense and feeling depressed again, Miriam closed the warehouse door again.
"Master Augustine, we can go... We don't have much to do tonight. Apart from trying to finalize the engagement between you and Miss Charlotte Waite, we only have small talk. Remember, with your Marius ·In the name of Augustine, establish a good relationship with the Werther family."
What Miriam said was obviously not difficult to understand for Marius, who had been educated as an heir since childhood. But this was the first time that he actually had a conversation with a large ancient wizard family.
While I vaguely felt "freedom", the pressure obviously began to rise.
"Yes, I know."
After nodding rather hastily, Miriam grabbed his sleeve and walked straight out.
It was only then that Marius, who had been immersed in a complicated ideological struggle, discovered that the companion named Asaph had already left.
While being pulled away by Miriam, Marius tried his best to recall, and finally found a sentence from the chaotic memory.
"... It's not safe there, so be careful."
Asaph seemed to say so before walking out of the warehouse.
"How long do you want me to hold you? Start walking on your own—"
"Oh, sorry!"
…
When Asa was running around in the streets and alleys of the black market, and when Marius and Miriam both went to the old house of the Witte family, Maka had already found the whereabouts of the old family master.
Except for the witch at the beginning, he has not alerted anyone in the mansion.
As he expected, although the witch was also a member of the Werther family, the peripheral members were more reluctant. Of course, even those Witte people who are permanently stationed here may not know the location of the secret room.
So he simply sent the witch who was supposed to accompany Charlotte to the Augustine family and asked her to find a place to hide first.
As for Maka herself, she simply set her first target on the head of the old family.
If the old head of the Witte family had separated from Haierbo at this moment, then he would have had an opportunity to instigate rebellion out of thin air - although he did not think that Haierbo would leave such a good opportunity to him.
But who knows...
"Is Haierbo such a careless person?"
With her back against the wall of the corridor, Maka sensed a rather familiar magic wave in a room.
That was the old head of the Witte family, there was no doubt about it.
"Since it sounds like a trap no matter how you think about it, let's just wait and see what happens... That guy Haierbo has disappeared for the time being, and it's not easy to find him. But if you think about it the other way around... the conditions for using the demon summoning technique are definitely not low. He If you want to get it out, it is indispensable for the Witte family to make preparations."
After thinking about it like this, Maka, who was in the invisible state, couldn't help but frowned.
"Well, I don't know what the so-called 'demon' is?"
The unknown is always the scariest thing, not to mention that the "Devil Summoning Technique" is unclear in ancient documents. Although Maka couldn't be said to be afraid at the moment, he still felt quite threatened by it.
While he was hiding and waiting for a turning point, Miriam and Marius, who had clear goals, had already arrived in front of this huge mansion.
"Go! You go and identify yourself. From now on, I will just be your follower."
"Ah? How can this be-"
"What is allowed or not? Is it possible for me to go?"
"No, I mean... 'entourage'?"
Miriam was a little impatient when she heard this, so she reached out and pushed Marius, and waved her hands repeatedly to signal him to stop inking.
"Oh... okay!" Marius could only take a breath and then took out his wand.