Chapter 131: Leonard’s Investigation

Chapter 131: Leonard’s Investigation

Loen Kingdom, East Chester County’s capital, Stoen City.

After leaving the manor and entering the villa, Audrey finished socializing with the local noble youths and sent a servant to withdraw a sum of cash from Bavart Bank.

With that, she no longer needed to worry about anything. She could easily repay the 2,000 pounds owed to Mr. Fool’s Blessed and pay Mr. World the 1,800 pounds for the Psychiatrist characteristic.

A quarter of an hour later, Audrey opened the door to her bedroom, glanced at her personal maid Annie, who was supervising the servants not far away, then lowered her head toward the golden retriever crouching by the wall. With a smile at her lips, she lowered her voice. Her eyes glittered as she said, “Susie, you will receive a gift later. Are you looking forward to it?”

If it had been the Audrey of the past, she would certainly have said directly, “Susie, your gift has arrived.” That would let the golden retriever discover that Audrey could obtain real objects even inside her room, and that would very easily make Susie—who had recently been studying the basics of mysticism quite diligently—guess in the direction of ritual magic.

By changing the wording, the matter became Audrey receiving a mysterious letter or message inside her bedroom, confirming that the gift was about to arrive. That allowed for far too many possibilities.

Susie read Audrey’s joy and sincere attitude from the bottom of her heart. Instinctively, she was about to open her mouth, vibrate the air, and ask what the gift was. But she keenly noticed that Audrey’s personal maid Annie was coming closer, so she warily abandoned her original idea.

She returned to the state of an ordinary dog, slowly wagging her tail to express her delight and anticipation.

After deliberately finding an excuse to take a walk outside, Audrey entered the “chemistry laboratory” specially assigned to her and placed the Psychiatrist characteristic and supplementary ingredients one by one upon the long table.

“Susie, do you still remember the procedure for concocting a potion from last time?” She cleared her throat, straightened her back, and played the role of teacher with great interest.

“Woof! I remember!” Susie had already understood what her gift was and was so happy that she let out a bark.

Audrey smoothly followed up with, “Try concocting it yourself.”

Susie lowered her head and looked at her paws. She suddenly fell silent.

Audrey first froze, then also fell briefly silent.

A few seconds later, before the golden retriever could open her mouth, Audrey pressed her lips together and gave a flawless smile.

“Alright, Susie, there is no need to speak. I know what you want to say. You want to express that you are only a dog and cannot concoct potions, correct?”

So awkward, so awkward… At the same time, the outwardly elegant and dignified Audrey covered her face inwardly.

“Woof!” Susie nodded forcefully.

Audrey seized the chance to turn around and very quickly concocted the Psychiatrist potion.

She had previously asked Susie and knew that Susie had fully digested the potion on Wednesday of that week.

That is not even two months in total… Mm, mm. A large part of the reason is that Susie receives relatively little attention and can run around the manor and villa as she likes, eavesdropping on others’ private conversations and “reading” the maids’ true thoughts… That is quite good too. She shares them all with me. Without her, I would never know that many people’s thoughts have such dark sides, even though they are usually so normal and kind… Audrey poured the potion into a bowl and placed it on the ground.

She watched Susie walk over and begin licking it. Inwardly, she could not help feeling a small spark of anticipation.

“Perhaps Susie will also be affected by the potion and show some emotional instability.

“But it is fine. Miss Audrey the Psychiatrist is already prepared and can use ‘Placate’ at any time! Mm, I…