Trafford’s Trading Club

In the bustling capital city, there is such a place.

It is hidden among the tall buildings, as if it is suddenly isolated from the entire capital, making it appear quiet.

This is not done through some kind of magic, it is simply a matter of clever use of space during design.

Mottled walls, fragments of sunlight, and coolness.

This is the hotel recommended in the guidebook: Rose Mansion.

Strangely enough, the Rose Mansion actually occupies a large area, but it also gives people the feeling that if you don't pay attention, you will miss the bustling streets.

A maid with bangs that almost covered her eyes was holding a broom and leaning to the left on the steps in front of the door, seemingly falling asleep.

The signboard of the mansion also looks quite old... there are still a few traces of being bitten by insects.

"Hello!"

Nan Xiaonan walked directly to the dozing maid and called out.

The reason for being so proactive is...she has the lowest status.

Although Miss Youye always calls herself a maid, Nan Xiaonan doesn't believe this nonsense at all. This maid lady is a very bad person at first glance.

However, the sleepy maid in front of the door didn't seem to hear the call, so Nan Xiaonan had to pat her shoulder gently.

But she didn't expect that with just a gentle pat, the maid would go down the steps directly.

Nan Xiaonan: "???"

When did I become so powerful? ?

…

At Boss Luo's signal, the maid helped Nan Xiaonan into the lobby of Qiangwei Mansion and placed her on the sofa nearby.

The maid actually passed out...for unknown reasons.

There were no customers in the hotel at this time...except for the maid who fainted for unknown reasons, no other staff members were seen for the time being.

Nan Xiaonan tried to give water to the fainted maid, "Did we come to the wrong place... It doesn't feel like this is a popular tourist hotel?"

Although it is very quiet, although it is very elegant, although it has great charm...but at the same time, it also reveals the taste of poverty that is about to go bankrupt.

"No, it's right here." The maid girl shook her head, "There used to be a lot of customers here... But now it seems that it has really declined. However, from the peak to the decline, things will always develop like this, even if things change There is nothing surprising about how it is now."

Isn't this the place you introduced me to?

Why is it that even though it's declining, it doesn't seem like it's very concerned about it?

Nan Xiaonan suddenly couldn't figure out what the maid was thinking... At this moment, the fainted maid slowly woke up.

"Don't move yet." Nan Xiaonan said quickly at this time: "Are you conscious? Look at how many fingers there are here, and look at me. Do you look good or bad?"

"Two fingers." The maid was silent for a few seconds, then whispered: "And...it doesn't look good."

"...It seems you haven't fully woken up yet!" Nan Xiaonan nodded: "Come on, close your eyes again, let's do it all over again. How many fingers are these?"

"Who are you?" The maid turned away at this moment and looked at Boss Luo and the maid behind Nan Xiaonan with a hint of doubt. Then she seemed to have thought of something, her expression changed a little, and her voice became a little helpless. : "The boss didn't come back today, so your trip may have been in vain."

"If the boss hasn't come back, won't this place be open?" Boss Luo said calmly at this time: "We are planning to stay, but it seems we can only find another place to stay."

"Stay here!" The maid suddenly screamed and pushed Nan Xiaonan away. She jumped up like a slingshot, "It's no problem to stay here! Dear guest, I am the maid Claire from the Rose Mansion. , at your service! If you have any luggage, I will carry it... Hey, where is the luggage?"

"We didn't bring much luggage, it was a simple trip." Boss Luo smiled.

The maid Clary nodded, "Then, let me take a few of you to the room first. Please follow me."

With that said, the maid of the mansion walked forward, but as soon as she took two steps, her knees instantly kissed the floor and then her head hit the floor directly.

There is no doubt that human facial features are three-dimensional... So Nan Xiaonan pinched her nose subconsciously and said to herself: It hurts!

"Are you...are you okay?" Nan Xiaonan quickly went up to help.

I saw that the maid of the mansion looked weak and helpless even under the help.

"No...it's nothing." Clary reluctantly showed a smile at this time, "I just...just haven't eaten for four days."

…

"Boss, I just took a look in the kitchen... This is the only thing I can find that looks edible." Nan Xiaonan pinched her nose and took out a clay pot, "Pickles."

"There are actually pickles!" Clary sighed in disbelief.

"Is this the kitchen of your mansion?" Nan Xiaonan couldn't help complaining at this time: "You actually heard the sound of happiness?"

Clary nodded solemnly: "Pickles, go with the rice! You can eat a lot of rice. Unfortunately... there is no rice. Rice, I want to eat..."

"How poor is your hotel..." Nan Xiaonan couldn't help but sigh, "How can we stay if we don't have anything? I just checked and the lights here can't be turned on. Could it be that even water and electricity are not available?" There isn’t one, right?”

I saw Clary looking pitiful at this time, sitting on the sofa uneasily, squeaking: "Water... there is some, the boss brought the water from the green sprinkler pipe outside..."

Nan Xiaonan rolled her eyes, looked at the boss and the future boss's maid, and lowered her voice: "Boss, why don't we find another place?"

"The environment here is good." Boss Luo smiled slightly and said: "The food problem can be easily solved... Please go buy some food and come back."

With that said, Boss Luo handed the crystal card given by the maid into Nan Xiaonan's hand.

"I also bought Miss Cleary's... When I came up, I seemed to see a bakery and smelled the aroma of bread. It must have been fresh bread just baked. I bought a few bottles of milk and came back. .Miss Cleary hasn’t eaten for a few days. Drinking some milk first will be better for her stomach.”

Xiao Nanzi, scum!

When going out, Nan Xiaonan clearly saw the maid Kerili swallowing her saliva... She rolled her eyes again. However, my boss is indeed very friendly to everyone.

emmmm... It's better than just looking at people with their chin no matter who they are looking at.

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"It looks like there haven't been any guests here for a while, right?"

Luo Qiu's voice sounded quietly,

Clary was a bit embarrassed and said: "Recently...the number of customers lately has been very low."

At this time, Boss Luo's fingers lightly scratched the back of the coffee table... He rubbed his fingers and found that there was no dust on them. "Miss Clary is very serious about her work."

"Hmm..." The maid nodded sheepishly.

"Did the business here encounter any problems?" Boss Luo asked casually: "I heard that this should be a relatively popular hotel, and there is a special introduction in the traveler's guide."

Clary said in surprise: "Sir, how long ago did you read the Traveler's Guide? Ever since that incident... there should be no one willing to recommend Rose Mansion."

Boss Luo said casually: "Maybe the version of the guide is a bit old... We are not from here, so the consultation on Liberty City will be lagging behind. What does that matter refer to?"

"Actually, it's not a secret." Clary shook her head and said, "You can find out just by asking around."

Clary began to talk about how the Rose Mansion's business had begun to decline rapidly.

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"Depraved?"

Inside the bakery, Nan Xiaonan was showing off her little bit of cuteness, chatting with the big-nosed aunt in the bakery.

"Yes." The big-nosed aunt said as she stuffed a few more freshly baked breads into the bag: "Several residents in succession have lost their divine status due to staying in Rose Mansion. One of them still As for the third-level God's Favored Ones, they have now fallen to the level of ordinary God's Favored Ones... Don't you know? This incident was still very sensational at the time!"

Nan Xiaonan took out the overstuffed bread from the big-nosed aunt and put it back on the shelf. She shook her head and said, "We just came to [City of Saints], so we don't know about this."

Nan Xiaonan discovered that people here like to call Orleans City [City of Saints]... or [Holy City of Orleans], or simply [Holy City]. It is rare to directly say [City of Freedom]... that is, the boss Like this with the maid lady?

The big-nosed aunt continued to take out the bread that Nan Xiaonan had put out and stuff it into the bag, "That's no wonder, you are outsiders so you don't know. I think you must have read some travel guide or something like that, so Did you find it on purpose? But it's a pity that the Rose Mansion has been greatly affected since the corruption incident. At first, some people still didn't believe it, but after more victims appeared one after another, the Rose Mansion There is no sense of humanity to live here anymore. Little girl, I advise you to find another place to live."

"Will you definitely lose the level of a divine companion if you live in Qiangwei Mansion?" Nan Xiaonan gave up taking out the bread from the bag and asked with a frown.

"That's not true." The big-nosed aunt shook her head and said, "But no matter what, one person among a few people is the same as one person among a hundred people. After all, if this possibility exists, who would dare to go there? Living? For example, I have been praying devoutly since I was a child, and now I have barely become an ordinary God's favored person. What if I accidentally fall under the God's favored person? "

Nan Xiaonan shook his head: "In other words, this matter has not been proven, it is just a rumor spread by everyone?"

"Anyway, the Sheriff of the Holy City came to investigate. Although there was no result from the investigation, the Sheriff also said that there were some strange words in this mansion, and ordered Qiangwei Mansion to suspend operations for rectification... If it weren't for the little girl, you asked about this I didn’t even know that Qiangwei Mansion was open for business again.”

"That's it..." Nan Xiaonan nodded and said immediately: "Thank you very much. Let's pay. If you stuff it any more, the bag will burst."

The big-nosed aunt was not embarrassed. After laughing, she stretched out her hand to Nan Xiaonan and touched it gently in front of her. "Then let's settle the bill. Thank you for the three hundred and thirty-seven free coins... use it." You can pay with your will, today’s exchange rate is 1:9.231!”

Nan Xiaonan couldn't help but blink her eyes. She didn't see anything, but she always felt that the big-nosed lady's wave was not a meaningless move.

She couldn't help but think of the travelers she met at the airport who were arrested for littering. It seemed that they had done similar things...

Is it something that can only be done after becoming a favored person of God?

But there is no doubt that she is not God's Favorite, not even a resident of this Kingdom of Holy Light... Nan Xiaonan calmly took out the crystal card at this time and said calmly: "Use this to settle the bill."

The big-nosed aunt was immediately startled, "Wish Power Crystal Card?! Girl... No, respected petitioner, I didn't know you were... Oh, look at what I have done!"

The big-nosed aunt looked at the filled bag on the counter with an annoyed look on her face.

Petitioner?

Nan Xiaonan got a new term again.

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"Our boss has a friend in the Public Security Bureau, and he spent a lot of effort earlier to get the approval document to reopen the business." Clary sighed, "It's just that although we can open the business again, the customers... …”

"The level of the divine companion dropped..." The maid asked suddenly at this time: "Are you sure what the level is?"

Clary nodded and said: "Each customer will register their personal information after checking in...those customers have indeed lost their level. After all, the power you can get every time you pray...can't fool anyone."

Boss Luo thought for a moment and said, "Then these victims all stayed in the same room...or did they do the same thing? Are they even related to each other?"

Clary shook her head and said: "It's not a fixed room, and these victims don't know each other... They didn't do anything strange during their stay. But the level drop of the gods did happen, and it happened in When they were praying in the mansion...that's why they thought that the level drop was because the Rose Mansion itself had a power that corrupted people, and it was cursed."

Boss Luo suddenly said: "I want to take a look at the rooms where these victims have stayed, is that okay?"

Clary was surprised and said: "This... aren't you afraid that the level of the Divine Familiar will drop? If, if it happens unfortunately, we will have nothing to compensate."

Boss Luo shook his head and said: "Don't worry, we are not God's Favored Ones, so even if there is any problem, it probably won't affect us."

Clary was startled and said subconsciously: "What, you are not..."

"It's very strange." Boss Luo smiled casually and said, "Miss Clary, you are also not a favored one by the gods."

The maid girl's face turned paler instantly, and she said in horror: "You...how could you!!"