Please be my partner.

By the time he finished speaking, there was a hint of a low growl in David's voice.

Seeing his senior brother, who was usually known for his gentleness, suddenly so hysterical, Johnny felt a chill in his heart for no reason.

He also felt a little regretful about agreeing to go with David to find the special item hidden by their teacher.

Chapter 158 Night

Time passed gradually and it became dark in the blink of an eye.

What surprised Mellen was that he could indeed sense a hint of weirdness in the manor, but just like a light bulb will never light up if you don't press the switch, he couldn't find the source of the weirdness at all.

This made him give up the idea of resolving the matter as soon as possible, and he prepared to wait patiently for midnight to come and see what the situation was at the manor at night.

At night, the housekeeper found Mellen and conveyed Miss Vera's dinner invitation.

Mellen readily agreed and followed the butler to the restaurant.

At this time, in addition to Vera, David and Johnny had also taken their seats in the restaurant, and Mellen was the last to arrive.

The dinner was very exquisite, with the staple food being slow-roasted thick-cut steak. After being cooked at low temperature for a long time, the steak was soft and tender, with the aroma of the meat and the juice exploding in the mouth. Both the taste, texture and nutrition were at their best.

Then came the pan-fried foie gras. The foie gras itself was a bit greasy, but paired with the perfect amount of white wine, everything seemed just right. Although Melen felt that the amount of this bite was not enough to fill his teeth.

In addition, there are fruit oil rice, roasted lamb legs, mushroom soup, etc.

In short, although the quantity was not large, there were many varieties. After Melen ate it three times in a row, he was almost full.

Seeing Mellen eating with relish, Vera remained expressionless, but David and Johnny looked like they were about to lose control.

Mellen naturally ignored this.

The dinner ended in this weird atmosphere.

Afterwards, Vera naturally left on her own, with no intention of talking to Mellen and the others.

David and Johnny didn't seem to want to have anything to do with Mellen, so they greeted him briefly and left in a hurry.

Looking at this slightly strange and funny scene, Mellen just found it a little funny, shrugged his shoulders, and ignored it.

Looking at the empty restaurant, Mellen had become accustomed to the fact that no one would entertain him. He simply didn't need it, and this made him feel more at ease.

He walked slowly towards the room where he would take a nap at noon.

As he walked through the corridor of the villa, he discovered that there were no gas lamps or more luxurious electric lamps, but instead oil lamps for lighting.

The corridor was spacious, but the oil lamps were not bright enough, which made the road look particularly eerie.

Looking outside through the window in the corridor, oil lamps were lit on several roads in the manor at some point.

Although the oil lamp has a windproof lampshade, it is not completely sealed after all. When the wind blows, the oil lamp will still sway, which makes the flames shining on the puppets flicker, as if they have a terrifying expression.

Coupled with those swaying, ferocious shadows, the atmosphere is completely maximized.

Faintly, Mellen actually felt as if the puppets were secretly watching him.

Melen withdrew his gaze, smiled, and pushed open the door of his rest room.

To be honest, although Mellen is quite strong now, he has only taken the extraordinary course for one semester. Even if you take into account the extra knowledge he has read, he has only just gained a glimpse of the extraordinary and the mysterious.

So, even though the cards in his hand were a royal flush, four 2s, four aces, and a pair of straights, he still decided to play it safe.

Going to the desk, Melen took out a piece of white paper and a quill pen and began to sketch.

Soon, he drew a pattern that resembled a fairy tale castle.

Not to mention, thanks to the stability brought by the extraordinary, this painting looks quite realistic.

Strands of dreamlike power are injected into this painting, making this black and white silhouette appear to be covered with a layer of color.

When everything was ready, he no longer paid attention to this masterpiece and just placed it on the table.

Then pick up a random book from the bookshelf and use it to kill time.

Seeing this, Xiao Honglian quickly condensed her body shape, and did not disturb her master from reading. She just lay on her master's legs and accompanied him quietly.

However, occasionally the little guy would make a whimpering sound, and whenever this happened, Melen would stroke the little guy's head.

Time passed, and when the old-fashioned wall clock in the room rang twelve times in a row, Mellen put down the book in his hand. He noticed that the surrounding environment seemed to have undergone a subtle change.

This change is somewhat similar to his expansion of a fairy tale kingdom, but in terms of magnitude, it is much smaller and will not cause a suppressive reaction from the world.

This alone made Mellen very interested.

As he stood up, the little red lotus that had been lying on his legs naturally turned into wisps of blood mist and merged into his body.

Mellen opened the door and looked outside.

The corridor was still dim and silent. I have to say, this environment is quite suitable for shooting horror movies.

The horror atmosphere is just perfect.

Mellen walked out of the room and prepared to stroll around casually to see what specific changes had taken place.

However, before he could take two steps, a sudden voice sounded behind him...

"Sir, what brings you up so late? Is there something wrong?"

The sound was extremely hoarse, like two pieces of wood rubbing against each other, and did not sound like it was made by a human being at all.

Mellen was about to turn back when he suddenly remembered the rules at the entrance of the villa... It seemed that one of them was not to communicate with other people, and if you leave your room, just keep going forward and don't look back.

After a brief pause, listening to the stiff and dull footsteps coming from behind, Melen grinned and turned to look back.

The environment behind me is completely different from the one in front of me. It is like a layer of translucent frosted glass, and it feels hazy and unclear.

And the person who spoke before was not a human, but a puppet with stiff movements and wearing a maid outfit!

Mellen narrowed his eyes slightly, and just when he was about to make a move...

The haziness in front of my eyes began to recede rapidly like the tide, and the world became clear.

At the same time, the puppet in the maid outfit also became slightly blurry, and unexpectedly turned into... a human?!

Mellen frowned. Whether it was his perception or the feedback from Xiao Honglian, the maid in front of him was indeed a human being, a real human being!

"Could it be that I saw it wrong before?"

As soon as this thought came to his mind, he extinguished it.

Mellen didn't think he wouldn't make mistakes, but at least he wouldn't make such a low-level mistake.

He was absolutely certain that the maid he had seen before was definitely a puppet!

Suddenly, he froze for a moment and looked around.

Although the world in front of me is clear, there seems to be a hint of haziness in the distance.

After carefully sensing it for a moment, he looked at his outstretched hand with a thoughtful look.

Perhaps, it was not the maid in front of him that changed, but the surrounding environment that changed.

Mellen found that he seemed to be dragged into another dimension without realizing it.

Because of the different levels, the perspective of looking at things has also undergone fundamental changes.

To put it in simpler terms, Mellen was in the real world before, so the maid he saw in another dimension was just a puppet.

The moment he intersected with the latter, it seemed that some rules were triggered, causing him to be dragged into this level.

Once they were on the same level, the maid became normal in his eyes.

Perhaps at this moment, Melen has also become a puppet in the eyes of other people in reality.

So are those rules at the door a reminder to prevent people from falling from reality into other dimensions?

He thought that one of the options was to ask the butler to help guide the way. Does that mean that the butler is... a good person?

Although the maid felt very strange about the guest's dazed behavior, she did not disturb him. Instead, she stood aside and waited quietly.

After a long while, Melen finished thinking, looked at the maid, and said, "I can't sleep, so I want to turn around a little. Is that not okay?"

The maid looked embarrassed and said, "Well, it's not impossible, but the lady and the other guests have already gone to bed at this time. If you wander around like this..."

Although the maid didn't say it explicitly, her meaning was obvious.

Mellen smiled slightly and said, "It's not necessarily that they are asleep yet."

Then he waved his hand and said, "Okay, go and do your thing, don't worry about me."

After saying that, he turned around and continued on his way.

The maid looked at Mellen's back, her expression seemed a little confused.

After turning the corner, Mellen's smile faded and he muttered to himself, "Didn't he follow me?"

In Melen's expectation, if the maid was some kind of monster, then she should not be allowed to leave Melen's sight under any circumstances. But now she got rid of it so easily. What does this mean?

Moreover, the reason why Mellen was in such a hurry to leave, in addition to testing the maid's attitude, was more importantly because he found that with the communication with the maid, he was getting further and further away from reality!

To be honest, this is not a good experience. It is a bit like drifting on the sea in a canoe. The shore is clearly within sight, but your boat is drifting farther and farther into the depths of the sea. Unfortunately, your boat has no sails or oars, so you cannot make any changes at all.

If someone who can't swim encounters this kind of thing, he will die of despair!

Fortunately, Mellen can 'swim'.

Moreover, since those rules can be written, it means that there should be other ways to return to reality.

Melen now thought of the simplest and most reasonable method... wait until dawn.

Since the changes in the manor only occur at night, as long as you can survive until dawn, there is a high probability that you can return to reality.

Moreover, the thing hidden by Nomi, which Melen couldn't find even after searching the entire manor during the day, might have been placed by the latter in the night world.

But before looking for her, Mellen decided to meet Vera first. After all, he had made a deal with the latter to rescue her from here.

As I walked along, I would run into manor servants every once in a while, although I had never seen any during the day.

They were cleaning and tidying up very diligently, and they looked very curious when they saw Mellen.

In front of Vera's room, there were two maids guarding.

When they saw Mellen, they immediately showed their vigilance. One of them stepped forward and said, "Sir, have you come to the wrong place? This is Miss Vera's room. Please go back to your room and rest."

Mellen smiled and said, "I'm here to see Miss Vera. Please let her know."

The maid's eyes were filled with even more vigilance, and when she looked at Mellen, it was as if she was looking at a rude person.

The fact is, who would stay at someone else's house and wake up their daughter in the middle of the night?!

The maid's voice became extremely impolite and she said, "Sir, please go back. The lady has fallen asleep. If you have anything to say, please talk to her tomorrow!"

Mellen thought for a moment and said, "Actually, it was your lady who asked me to come to her at this time. You might as well ask her. After all, there is no need for me to lie about this matter!"

Seeing Mellen's confident words, the two maids began to doubt him. Only then did they carefully examine Mellen...

He has sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and is handsome and elegant. What a graceful and elegant young man.

"Looking at it this way, it seems that he is quite a good match for my lady!"

This thought flashed through the minds of the two maids unconsciously.

Then, the maid who spoke first said, "Then... then please wait a moment. I will go ask the young lady."

As he spoke, under the vigilant look of the other maid, he quietly opened the door a crack and slipped in.

In fact, he and Vera naturally had no agreement to meet late at night, but knowing that he would take action tonight, Vera would probably be prepared and wait for him to come at any time.

Just then, the maid came out of the room and looked at Mellen with some displeasure.

She said in a slightly angry tone: "You lied, the lady has already fallen asleep!"

"Fell asleep?"

Mellen frowned, unable to figure out whether Miss Vera was forced to fall asleep or was too rough.

Logically speaking, the former is more likely.

After thinking about it for a while, Melen had no intention of forcibly waking Vera up. He nodded slightly to the two maids and left.

Melen thought to himself, since he couldn't see Vera for the time being, he might as well look for the things hidden by Nomi first.

Just as he was thinking about where to start, he suddenly caught a glimpse of two blurry figures in the manor, disappearing at the end of a road.

David and Johnny?

The purpose of these two people is most likely to get the thing that Nomi hid.