Ciel sat in the tidied room, boredly examining the decor of Adele’s room. Tara stood behind Ciel, her head lowered, secretly glancing at Ciel’s hair.
Adele didn’t bring many items. The entire room seed a little empty. However, there was a vibrant bouquet of flowers in a vase, which looked like it was sent by Amy.
Besides that, there was a small picture fra on Adele’s bedside table. It contained a sowhat childish charcoal drawing of two little girls, one tall and one short, holding hands and smiling as they walked forward.
The slightly yellowed paper indicated that this drawing was quite old. It looked like it was drawn a long ti ago. She didn’t know if it was by Adele or Uris.
After waiting for a few minutes, the door was gently opened. Adele poked her head in and looked at Ciel, asking, “Can I co in?”
“Of course. This is your room…”
Ciel nodded, watching Adele walk into the room.
Adele had already changed into her own clothes. Her original maid uniform was probably returned.
“Did he pay you?” Ciel looked at Adele and asked with a smile.
“Oh, right, I forgot,”
Adele seed to be reminded just now. As soon as she walked in front of Ciel, she turned to leave, apparently planning to go ask for her salary.
“Don’t go. Co here. Sit down properly.”
Ciel had to speak to call Adele back.
The temporary butler was already sweating profusely. If Adele went to ask him for her salary now, Ciel was worried that the butler would imdiately drop to his knees and plead with Adele on the spot.
After all, this was just a small misunderstanding. There was no need to put any more pressure on the other party.
“Okay.”
Adele turned around again and walked back, obediently sitting opposite Ciel.
The fact that Adele had lived this long without being completely swindled was largely thanks to her sister Uris.
Speaking of Uris, Ciel just rembered and asked, “Has your sister returned to the Holy See?”
“She has returned.”
Adele nodded. “I’m going to have lunch with my sister at noon… Ciel, do you want to co with ? You haven’t t my sister yet.”
I have t her, but whether your sister has t is another matter.
“I won’t bother you. Adele, thank you for making the potion for before,”
Ciel reached into her pocket and took out five 20-pound banknotes, handing them to Adele opposite her. “This is your paynt.”
Adele, who was rejected, looked a little disappointed. She waved her hand repeatedly at the banknotes Ciel handed her, “It’s too much, Ciel… I didn’t really do anything. Just consider it practice.”
“Do you have money for food?” Ciel looked at Adele and asked.
Adele: “Yes… maybe?”
Ciel: “What about next month’s rent?”
Adele: “But…”
“Didn’t you say you would listen to from now on?” Ciel shook the banknotes in her hand and said, “Take it.”
“Okay… Thank you, Ciel, you are too kind!”
Adele stood up, took the banknotes Ciel handed her with both hands, and bowed deeply to Ciel.
Adele… did she forget that she still had over a hundred pounds with Avena…?
But that money was likely already in the negative—because Avena had also helped cover Adele’s rent.
“Oh, right,”
Adele, having received the money, seed to rember sothing. She looked at Ciel and said, “Ciel, setting up a new laboratory requires purchasing new equipnt… Where do you think I should buy it?”
This was a question that had troubled Adele for a long ti.
Previously, her equipnt was purchased at a low price from within the Redemption Society. Even after she left the Redemption Society, the Redemption Society did not co to take the equipnt back.
But she had co to Ansu rather urgently this ti. Adele couldn’t pack all the equipnt and take it with her. She only took the more important materials and all the reagents. The remaining items would likely be cleared out by the landlord after the rent expired.
Because Adele had promised Ciel that she would consult Ciel before doing any important things in the future, Adele thought that purchasing equipnt was such an important matter that she had to ask Ciel first.
“Buying equipnt?”
Ciel thought for a mont and said, “Make a list of the equipnt and materials you need and give it to .”
This was a sensitive ti point. After the Ansu Royal dical Association bombing, a private transcendent suddenly purchasing a large amount of laboratory equipnt could easily alert the Royal Orchestra or the Queen’s Sword.
She needed a procurent channel that the other party couldn’t investigate. Handing it over to Lucy would be much more discreet than buying directly from the Redemption Society.
It seed that after the previous incident, Adele had also changed. This child was still receptive to advice.
For the rest of the ti, Adele and Ciel chatted a little about the direction of her research. The current Ciel could also understand what Adele was saying with professional knowledge.
After confirming there were no issues, Ciel said goodbye and left Adele’s new ho.
After visiting Amy on the way, Ciel, with the list Adele had given her, headed towards Lucy’s mansion.
When passing by the Holy See of the Church of the God of Order, Ciel had the carriage take a slight detour, passing by a private park—in the depths of the park was Avena’s family cetery.
After having Tara wait in the carriage for a mont, Ciel directly got out of the carriage.
As soon as she got out of the carriage, Ciel saw the gravedigger standing at the park entrance, waiting. He had spent the entire night on duty and had heavy dark circles under his eyes. But he seed to be waiting for soone. Seeing Ciel walking towards him, he subconsciously took a step back.
“Uh… Miss, please stop. This is private property.”
The gravedigger stood before Ciel, trembling.
For so reason, whenever he looked at the eyes through the openings of the silver chip mask, an uncontrollable fear surged in his heart.
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