OVERLORD- CH-53. The Garden and the Girl

"You and Darlena have the same idea." Jasmine whispered, "She also bought a shop and plans to run it when she is not an adventurer, but it is in the Baharus Empire."

"Eh? Is that so?" Aya said, and at this time, the carriage began to slow down.

"It looks like it's almost time, Mr. Levi."

"I always feel that this address is a bit awkward." Aya said, "How about you call me Levi and I'll call you Jasmine?"

As he spoke, he reached out and stroked the hair of Camilla, who was about to explode.

"Eh? Is this okay?" Jasmine hesitated, "If you don't mind... Levi."

The carriage had stopped, and Aya looked at Jasmine and narrowed her eyes.

"Jasmine." Aya suddenly stood up and leaned close to the girl's ear. With a smile on her lips, she opened her mouth and whispered something.

"Eh!?" Jasmine's expression froze and her eyes wavered when she heard the other party's words, "Why..."

"Get off, Jasmine." The young man smiled and stepped out of the carriage. Camilla immediately followed him out.

As for Jasmine, she felt as if her feet were not her own, and she didn't even know how she got off the car until the very end.

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When the carriage passed over the inner city wall, Monica felt a little uneasy, but she didn't take it too seriously at the time. After all, there were many high-end restaurants in the inner city.

However, as the journey progressed, the scenery outside the carriage window kept changing, and as they passed one commercial street after another without stopping, her inner uneasiness became more and more serious.

Finally, the carriage was stopped at the intersection of a long street by two soldiers holding silver-white spears. The driver of the carriage in front, which was the carriage Aya and her friends were riding in, showed the soldiers a silver invitation letter, and the soldiers immediately made way.

The coachman habitually wanted to stuff a few copper coins into the soldiers' hands, but those soldiers didn't dare to take his money at all. Monica, who was sitting in another carriage, saw this scene clearly through the window.

In this case, either the guard was strict with himself and had a clean style, or the invitation letter was so important that he didn't even have the courage to accept the bribe.

After passing that intersection, the road became noticeably wider, and the carriage slowed down as required, moving slowly along the road paved with thick stone bricks towards the mansion at the end.

"No way." Thinking of what Levi had said before, about rescuing the Duke of Fengyue's only daughter from the kidnappers, Monica suddenly felt an indescribable sense of helplessness.

"Wow, this place looks so luxurious. Are the grounds paved with stone tiles? It's not shaky at all." Darlena next to her still seemed to have no idea what was going on. She just stared at the scenery outside the window in admiration.

"Ladies, sir, we're here." The carriage slowly stopped, and the coachman jumped down from the front of the carriage and said respectfully at the door, "The fare has been paid, and it's not convenient for us to stay here, so we'll leave first."

"Okay." Monica got off the carriage and looked at the magnificent gate in front of her. She understood why the coachman was not willing to stop.

"Hey, big sister, this isn't the place..."

"You just realized it." Monica tapped Darlena's head, "Don't talk nonsense today."

"Yeah." Nodding quickly, Darlena made a gesture of covering her mouth.

"Due to the time spent on the detour, we arrived a little later than I originally estimated. Fortunately, I had considered this kind of accident beforehand and reserved some time. Now it's exactly the agreed time." On the other side, Aya had also gotten out of the car and walked over here.

"To be honest, I was a little scared." Monica said, "Levi, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Perhaps because she was too shocked, Monica didn't notice anything unusual about Jasmine for a moment.

"Will you still come if I tell you so?" Aya asked back, her face always maintaining an elegant and relaxed expression.

Monica seemed to want to say something, but at this moment, the door of the mansion next to her suddenly opened.

On both sides of this avenue are the most expensive and highest-end residential areas in Kelmais City, and in front of you is the most luxurious and noble mansion in the area.

The heavy door made of black iron and decorated with reliefs and white jade ornaments opened, and the first thing that came into view was a marble-paved road, wide enough for a carriage pulled by four horses.

The road connects the door to the door of the house and is several dozen meters long. The smooth road surface reflects the reddish warm light of the setting sun. On both sides of the road are neatly arranged trees, one after another, built to the same height. Outside the trees is a garden.

"Really, how luxurious." Darlena murmured, almost swearing accidentally.

'Wouldn't it be better to install two fountains in the garden next to it? If there is no electric motor, magic can be used to provide the impetus.' Aya thought. She felt that this marble road was a bit empty.

At this time, the door at the end of the road opened, and a young girl walked out of the house.

Her long burgundy hair was combed into a single ponytail hanging from the right side, revealing one ear. Her fair cheeks were now slightly flushed. Her tight-fitting clothes looked very suitable for activities, and also highlighted her seductive figure that she had inherited from her mother.

There was no extra jewelry on her body, and her face was only lightly made up. Compared to Operan, the girl's expression and demeanor lacked the mature and alluring charm of aged wine, but her curvy figure was not to be outdone, and she naturally exuded a charm beyond her age.

This contradiction actually makes people feel a strange sense of guilt, and for a moment, they can't take their eyes off the girl.

"So beautiful, eh? This is, the rumored 'curse'..."

"Shh." Monica pinched Darlena's waist hard to prevent her from saying anything she shouldn't.

The girl walked slowly in front of the adventurers, and a line of maids followed behind her.

"Angelina, you seem to be recovering well." Aya greeted.

"Thank you...thank you for your care." Angelina's expression stiffened a little, and she tried hard to suppress the urge of twitching her facial muscles, and nodded with a smile.

"Please come in first." Angelina showed an elegant demeanor befitting the eldest daughter of the Duke's family and formally invited the adventurers.

"This is inviting a wolf into the house." Thinking so in her heart, she could only watch Aya and Camilla silently. The young lady felt severe heartache and stomachache.

Aya originally thought that dinner would take up a lot of time and effort, but the result was beyond her expectations. The dinner ended very dull and even quietly.

The entire Moon Shadow team was very quiet during the dinner. None of them were talkative. The only exception was the lively ranger girl Darlena, who was held down by the captain Monica and remained silent with great difficulty.

Operan was unable to attend the dinner due to an urgent meeting and was replaced by Angelina, the only daughter of the Colswaite family and the only heir to the Duke of Maple Moon. However, this young lady was obviously not very good at dealing with such occasions.

She said very few words throughout the whole dinner. After the opening greetings, the girl sat in the main seat at the end of the long table without saying a word, eating silently, which made the butler next to her anxious.

Not only that, she left the table several times to go to the bathroom—probably to touch up her makeup, Aya guessed.

It is also possible that she was not feeling well. Angelina was seen several times with a stiff expression, shaking legs, and covering her stomach with her hands.

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