Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 156 - 155: A Stable Job

Chapter 156: Chapter 155: A Stable Job

Standing by the window, Ronald quietly watched the carriage that had just stopped outside.

Under the interference of the spell set up by Everton.

Unless the other party had a targeted spell or some special surveillance spell.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, with the windows closed, it was almost impossible for people outside to see inside Ronald’s room.

His gaze passed through the one-way glass that had been treated, and Ronald saw the vehicle of the first visitor of the day.

It was a dark-brown, four-wheeled carriage.

Slowly pulling up beside the manor’s gate, waiting for the driver to come down and open the door before the person inside, holding an umbrella, stepped out of the carriage.

With the umbrella blocking, Ronald couldn’t clearly see the person’s face.

But judging from the fancy umbrella and the lower half of the dress visible, it was definitely a female visitor.

At the same time, there was also a maid following beside the woman.

The two walked toward the gate one after the other, and in the blink of an eye, they crossed the manor’s wall and stepped onto the snowy ground; their footprints were clearly visible behind them.

Seeing that there were no other visitors in view.

Ronald simply retreated to his desk.

After quickly flipping through the portraits in the book, he left the room.

Click—

He locked the door of his office, then Ronald made his way to the staircase along the second-floor corridor.

The staircase area of the building had an open design, and by adjusting the angle, one could completely see between the second-floor corridor and the first-floor hall.

Less than a minute later.

Ronald heard the footsteps of the first guest of the day entering the hall.

She was a woman who looked to be under thirty, with blonde hair and an ordinary face, but armed with a considerable amount of makeup, she could also pass as a beauty.

Ronald quickly recalled.

Among the names he had just remembered, he immediately identified her identity.

— Cady Binning.

An expert in cosmetics trading from Berenwich.

Mr. William Binning’s wife.

According to Everton’s information, the Binning family’s spell was related to scents, as the best-selling product in Mr. William Binning’s shop was their special perfume.

And the maid beside Mrs. Binning was actually a third-rate magician they found in the countryside.

The Binning family paid this person a salary, who then served them.

Among them, Mrs. Binning had been living in Berenwich for over ten years, and that "maid" had been serving in the shop for three years.

In the introductory document, this was considered a visitor who didn’t need much guarding.

Not much guarding, huh...

It seemed that the first visitor of the reopened exhibition should not pose any problems.

Thinking this, Ronald planned to go back to his office to continue.

However, just a second before turning around.

He froze in place.

"..."

As previously mentioned, the conditions on the second-floor corridor and the first-floor hall could be seen from each other.

Mrs. Binning, who was getting ready to explore, suddenly wrinkled her nose and then turned directly to look in Ronald’s direction on the second floor.

Soon after, Mrs. Binning on the second floor noticed and gave a charming smile.

She also leaned slightly in Ronald’s direction.

"..."

Ronald was stunned for quite a while before he realized what she meant.

With a stiff expression, he turned and left the second-floor corridor.

He hadn’t expected that he, coming here to be in charge of security, would need to be mindful of his own safety?

Returning to the office, Ronald sat down on his chair with an odd expression.

Then, he began to use his emotional sensing abilities purely to detect the other party’s movements.

If possible, Ronald didn’t really want to make himself too conspicuous at the moment.

Moreover, based on Ms. Binning’s abilities just demonstrated, his own office was likely already known to her.

After all, if she could sniff out his scent so keenly on the first floor, then an office just a path away was, of course, discoverable to her.

Everton’s spells had no power to prevent others’ sense of smell.

"..."

With one hand supporting his chin, Ronald flipped through a roster while keeping track of Ms. Binning’s whereabouts.

She was mainly moving around on the first floor, occasionally chatting with the exhibition’s staff. Other than the usual behaviors of visitors, there were no suspicious actions.

Click-click—

At that moment, a subtle sound arose behind Ronald.

Rising again, Ronald went to the window and saw another carriage approaching from the direction of Berlwinch.

This time, a young man and woman emerged from the carriage, siblings actually.

They were local nobility from Berlwinch and had not yet inherited their parents’ titles.

Their visit today was likely just a leisurely outing.

"..."

"Now the real work starts, huh..."

After murmuring to himself, Ronald moved his chair next to the window and propped up the roster with one hand.

While attempting to discern the visitors’ origins, he officially began his work for the day.

After all, the secret exhibition set up by Everton was aimed at the mystical community to show off their strength and their plans for development in Berlwinch.

The items displayed by the Ginkgo Leaf Business Alliance were mostly of a mystical nature.

Rare materials, ancient magical artifacts, some bound stacks of thick pages...

Of course, these were not the originals.

Being from the mystical side themselves, the Ginkgo Leaf Business Alliance would not be foolish enough to bring out such items just to display them briefly.

Doing that would bring them no benefits.

The only things that would appear would be big, troublesome issues.

These displayed pages were actually the shop’s planning schematics and a portion of the public project proposals for the Ginkgo Leaf Business Alliance.

How those possessing mystical powers discreetly use their abilities to produce goods and establish a safe and reliable operating mechanism.

This type of information, openly presented, would naturally attract the interest of those in need.

Displaying capabilities and sincerity was the main purpose of this event.

And then...

Then the day passed just like that...

Ronald’s first day of work encountered no disruptions from the imaginary foes.

He didn’t know if it was due to the heavy snowfall or some other hidden factors.

From the first visitor in the afternoon until the mansion’s gates closed at night, Ronald did not detect any malicious individuals coming straight to the door.

Of course.

He welcomed not having to engage in battle.

He organized today’s work records and then handed them over to the mansion’s document handlers.

Ronald securely locked the office door and then headed to the guest room on the second floor to rest.

After all, with two consecutive days of security duty, he didn’t plan to return to Berlwinch tonight.

In any case, he hoped the work would go smoothly...

As he extinguished the lights and sent out a mist for automatic defense, Ronald hoped so.