Monarch of Evernight: One Three Two Exploration
bsp;Before this, Qianye had never seen or had the opportunity to see what the bedroom of a duke-level figure looked like, but no matter what, he could not imagine the scene in front of him.
As a Duke of a famous demon descendant, Lin Jiaer also inherited the extravagant tradition of the upper class of demon descendants, which was vividly reflected in the space. This cannot be said to be a bedroom, but should be called a bedroom area. It is centered on a hall that is large enough to be called a small square, and the rooms are layered on top of each other, just like a small maze.
The hall is magnificent, and the dome depicting prehistoric wars is three or four stories high from the ground. Qianye studied the relief paintings on the dome carefully, but he couldn't tell which war the paintings were about. The picture showed a melee of four races, with some minor races mixed in. Some of them Qianye recognized, but most of them couldn't name them.
There are no humans in this painting, indicating that this was a war before the empire was founded. To be painted on the dome of Lin Jiaer's bedroom, this must have been an extraordinary battle, and it would have ended with the victory of the devil.
If this painting is moved back to the empire, the prehistoric research on Yongye will inevitably go further, and the contradictions between Yongye's races will be better understood.
In addition, the color tone of the entire hall is mainly dark with dark gold, with some deep red in between, which is the luxurious style favored by demons. There is a huge bed at the end of the hall. It is not a problem for a dozen people to lie on it, even if they are all as tall as Lin Jiaer.
To be honest, Qianye doesn't like this area. This place is too big, too empty, and too insecure. As long as he can remember, Qianye has rarely been able to sleep peacefully at night. He was like a wild beast in the wilderness, always keeping his ears open and alert to everything around him even in his sleep. For him, the best place is dark, warm, not large, and has an escape route.
The hall was in a mess. Lin Jiaer was not the only one here, but there were dozens of corpses lying on the ground. They were both men and women, most of them naked. It was obvious that they were having a grand, lewd and promiscuous party before their death. They will appear in Lin Jiaer's bedroom area, and it seems that most of them are the Duke's personal slaves.
Qianye moved a corpse blocking the road. This is a young woman, completely naked. By the standards of all races, she is a beauty with a hot figure and a delicate face. She was covered in bruises and minor injuries, and it was obvious that she was having a very exciting time. At this moment, her beautiful face was full of pain and despair, and the image she saw at the last moment was still condensed in her eyes, which was the door to the bedroom area and the crowd of people crowding in front of the door.
Obviously, the war broke out suddenly and Lin Jiaer had to fight, but the banquet in the hall continued. Not long after the war started, Lin Jiaer's ship suffered a fatal blow from Qianye and was intercepted in the middle. These slaves are not ship crew members. They only have outstanding appearance and not much strength. In critical moments, they can't even open the door to the bedroom area, and then they die from the erosion of the void force. Although there is final protection in the bedroom area to prevent them from turning into mummies, this also prolongs their painful death process.
Qianye shook his head, having a new understanding of the extravagance of the demon nobles. One can imagine what Lin Jiaer was doing in the room before the encounter. Apart from various valuable decorations, there was nothing in the hall that interested Qianye. So he began to search the small rooms one by one.
Most of the small rooms were for slaves, and Lin Jiaer's own bedroom was not much larger. It seemed that she preferred to sleep in the hall. There seemed to be nothing in this room, but the power of the remnant ship had been lost, and all the secret rooms could not escape Qianye's perception, so Qianye soon found the real secret room.
This secret room is elegantly furnished. The calm wood-colored walls are carved with fine patterns, the smooth floor is covered with high-quality exquisite carpets, and various classics are neatly placed on the glass shelves, just like a quite... A charming study room. There is a desk in the middle with an open notebook on it. The pen is still inserted in the ink bottle. It seems that she plans to come back and continue writing.
There are two dolls placed against the wall, each wearing a set of armor. The samples are different and the quality is also uneven. Both armors are a bit old, and there are many repair marks on them. Some damage is difficult to repair and still leaves traces on the exterior. They were of too average quality for the current Lin Jiaer, but they were placed in the core secret room. They were obviously the armors that had grown up with her, and were placed here as a souvenir.
On the other wall are some weapons, which are also souvenirs.
This is the last notebook left in this secret room. Qianye sat on his seat, opened it and read it carefully. This notebook is not an ordinary diary, but records many secrets and various transactions. Most of them are various shady contents, such as some of Lin Jiaer's interactions with demons and even other big figures. Many of them are memories from her youth, when she was often forced to do something, or even directly conquered by violence.
These were supposed to be painful memories, but now that they were written, they turned into extremely stimulating memories, and she couldn't stop thinking about them. It seems that as her strength increases and her power expands, there are fewer and fewer exciting things for her. On the contrary, those humiliations in my youth are more interesting now when I think back on them.
That's all, but some of the IOUs mixed in are quite interesting. Among them, a certain Duke made a series of conditions because he wanted Lin Jiaer to help fight a crucial war. There was a plan to lend his three underage sons and daughters to Lin Jiaer for a month, as long as they didn't die.
This document, and other similar IOUs, made Qianye understand what Song Zining once said. In the eyes of those in power, nothing is untradeable as long as it is beneficial to the overall situation.
Some other content involved a series of secret transactions. Many of them are of great value. For example, in a conflict between the spider demons and the demon descendants, a spider demon marquis received a huge benefit and gave up an important defensive position. As a result, the spider demon army's retreat was cut off, and it was a disastrous defeat. In that conflict, the spider demon clan lost territory equivalent to three provinces of the empire. Lin Jiaer himself was also part of the deal. She devoted three full pages to denouncing the Marquis for his pompousness and futility.
If Qianye remembered correctly, he had heard the name of the Spider Demon Marquis. The then Marquis has now become a Vice-Duke, and has become a new member of the Nerubian clan. If this deal is exposed, I'm afraid it will cause a moderate earthquake between the two clans, and at least the spider demon deputy duke will probably be severely punished. In that war, the spider demon clan lost many important people.
The real value is this notebook. It's nothing more than scandals, what high-ranking person doesn't have a lot of things behind him? But these secrets are all clues. If Qianye were in Yongye and holding this notebook, he would most likely become successful, but it was more likely that he would die and be killed quietly.
This notebook has become heavy. Qianye can't figure out how to use it for a while. He put the notes into Andua's space and put them away carefully. There are many secrets inside, which may be useful in the future.