Butler Frey was waiting at the back of the road at the top of the mountain just like yesterday.
At midnight, it was still snowing.
He set up a small charcoal stove by the roadside, and the warm firelight swayed on the old man's face.
Frey had served three generations of Earls and was loyal to the Cavendish family. He returned to Aknaits one month before the Earls in order to repair the manor that had not been occupied for twenty years, but unexpectedly he met Galen.
When he found the slovenly middle-aged man sleeping soundly in the wine cellar, he thought there was a thief.
But when Galen's body floated out from the pile of wine bottles, Frey realized that he had misunderstood him.
Haha, I thought it was a thief, but it turned out to be a ghost. That’s okay.
After a lucky escape, Frey began to organize the work of exterminating ghosts responsibly.
But gradually, things started to go wrong.
He originally thought that it was just a little ghost that was occupying his home.
But after three groups of adventurers failed one after another, Frey approached the city hall and asked them to help solve the problem.
The Cavendish family has been rooted in Aknaits for generations, and its power in the city is second only to the Marquis of Wyndham.
Although he has been away for twenty years, after marrying the Eastern Kingdom royal family, the count's status in the king's heart has not declined but has risen. He is a hot and popular dignitary. The officials of the city hall should pounce on him like a licking dog to serve him - —
But they only sent a priest.
Naturally, the result was that he died in vain. Senior officials avoided seeing him, and the police tried to evade him in every possible way...
After all, Frey was just a housekeeper, and he couldn't bring shame on the officials.
But he didn't think much about it, he just felt that the count's influence had weakened after not returning for many years.
He went to the military department, which had a better relationship with the Cavendish family, and finally sent a master, a young major who ranked first in the naval officer competition.
But after the major returned home defeated, he kept silent about the evil spirits.
Frey finally realized something was wrong.
He hurriedly increased the reward in the Adventurer's Guild.
But something even stranger happened again. All the adventurers above Aknaiz's gold level happened to be outside.
Without exception, they were unable to take over the task before the count returned to the city.
Adventurers were transferred from other cities and told that it would take another week.
Just as the anxious Frey was preparing to recruit masters from the Assassin's League, good news suddenly came from the Adventurers Guild.
A magician named Cheryl took over the task, and she also brought a young man from Hogwarts with her.
But she also put forward a condition. The Hogwarts magician needed a magic material unique to the South Sea Islands - lava dragon scales.
Lava dragon scales are extremely difficult to obtain, and due to their origin, they are almost impossible to find in the magic market. Fortunately, the Cavendish family, which had had trade relations with the Nanyang Islands for hundreds of years, happened to have a collection. Frey thought about it and agreed to their conditions.
Who would have thought that the next day, Cheryl would disappear from the world, and she could not be contacted.
The magician at Hogwarts is quite reliable. After Cheryl was absent, he found a master who was said to be from the Northern Continent, and the two of them entered the manor to fight against the evil spirits.
I thought that the Hogwarts Dragon Academy students, plus a platinum-level adventurer, would be able to deal with an evil spirit with certainty.
Who would have known that the magical light that lit up from time to time in the main building of the mansion would flicker all night long.
The two came out the next day and said it was not done.
There is only one day left before the count returns to Aknais.
It was too late to go to the Assassin League. Frey pinned all his hopes on Peter and Harry, because although they didn't get it, they didn't say they couldn't.
Harry had lived up to his trust and was worthy of being a student of Hogwarts. He always started and finished his work. Late at night, the two of them came back after their rest and said they would try again tonight.
Frey also vaguely felt that this evil spirit was not simple, so he was waiting here.
Regardless of whether the two succeeded or not, as the earl's butler, he could not be rude to the two who tried their best to help.
Unexpectedly, they came out less than half an hour after entering.
Peter and Harry walked in tandem, and Harry's expression seemed a little...
Excited?
Frey quickly picked up the teapot filled with hot tea from the charcoal stove, poured two cups, and hurried forward to meet them.
"Thank you for your hard work, you two. Come and have a cup of tea to warm yourself up."
Frey was not in a hurry to ask about the evil spirits. Seeing that the two of them were neatly dressed and calm, they should have brought good news.
It was freezing outside on a snowy day, so Harry drank the black tea in one gulp, regardless of burning his mouth.
It's okay for Peter. After all, he has lived in the ice and snow of the northern continent, and the winter in the south is much gentler in his eyes.
"Mr. Peter, seeing how relaxed you look, has the evil spirit in your home been eliminated?"
Instead of answering his question, Peter asked:
"How much is that oil painting in the hall worth?"
Frey's smile faltered.
When you two were fighting evil spirits, you wouldn't have damaged the oil painting of the first earl, right?
It was a retirement gift from the founding king to the first Earl of Cavendish, to commend him for his heroic achievements in the founding war, and it was proof of the honor of the Cavendish family.
The painter is also a well-known big shot. In terms of art and antique value alone, the value of the painting exceeds 2,000 gold coins.
That's all, if it's broken, ask someone to repair it, as long as the evil spirits can be defeated.
Frey forced a smile and said:
"Did it get damaged in the battle? It's okay. It's not worth a lot of money. It's not as expensive as the building materials for the hall. You don't need to worry about it."
"That's great. The hall has been smashed anyway, so adding one more painting is not too much."
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Peter thought it was an expensive thing, so that would be easier.
"Please arrange for someone to cut out the canvas where the old man's left eye is painted. We want to use it."
"Why, why is this?"
"Galen... is the evil spirit. He lives on that canvas. Someone has tampered with that part, and someone wants to do harm to the count."
"what did you say?!"
Frey was shocked.
Peter winked at Harry and asked him to speak.
Peter has just reached a new agreement with Harry. Before finding the Youmeng Church to rescue the brave, the two will form a bottom lane combination, with you and me, working together!
They discussed Frey's identity. It was obvious that he was unaware of the Marquis's plan, otherwise he would not have broken Galen's plan.
In other words, he can be trusted.
Harry pulled Frey aside and dragged out Galen's origins and the Marquis's conspiracy.
Of course, the part about Peter’s divination is omitted.
Five minutes later, Frey, with a gloomy face and cold eyes, overturned the charcoal stove.
"Albert's secretary came to me just the day before yesterday and said that if the Earl had no place to stay after returning to Aknaits, he would stay in his hotel in the inner city. He also pretended to have packed up the penthouse guest room. .....How dare he?!"
