The Death List Novel - Chapter 28

Chapter 28 Strange
“Nice to meet you, Doctor Stan. You’re younger than I thought!” Laura Albert leaned over and bowed slightly while holding the hem of her skirt. She straightened up and asked, “I heard you removed a diseased organ for a townsman in the square of Auditoria Town, didn’t you?”

Was this a question? Qin Lun’s eyes lit up. Although he couldn’t see Laura’s expression, he could feel the girl’s serious gaze hidden under the veil.

“Cough cough cough!” Before Qin Lun could reply, the old butler Jason’s dry cough came from beside him.

“Sorry for my rudeness, please forgive my offense!” Laura was slightly stunned and quickly noticed her question. To Qin Lun, it was a very impolite act. “Thank you for everything you’ve done for Audrey!”

“Please don’t mind, this is the responsibility of a doctor!” Qin Lun smiled and nodded.

Laura seemed somewhat embarrassed. After apologizing, she immediately carried her skirt over the two of them and hurried away.

After Qin Lun rescued people in the town square, the townsfolk talked most about his miraculous pot of “magic potion”. As for the surgery he performed on the spot, no one mentioned it. This was understandable. Surgery in this era was not mysterious. The townsfolk took his surgery for granted as a doctor’s treatment, and they did not find it strange.

Why didn’t Laura Albert care about his potion, World Tree Dew, but rather about a doctor’s most normal surgery?

What made this well-educated noble girl give up her reserved manner and wait in the corridor impatiently before she could even change her outfit, just to ask an obvious fact?

And … thank him for everything he did for Audrey? For Audrey …

Qin Lun looked at the girl’s back and a faint smile appeared on his face. It seemed that there would be many interesting things on this trip to the ancient castle.

…

“If you need anything else, please make sure the servants inform me!”

The old butler, Jason, escorted Qin Lun into a large guest room and closed the door embarrassedly. Just now, in the corridor, the little hostess’ performance made him, an old man who usually had strict etiquette requirements, feel very embarrassed. He taught the etiquette of the Albert Clan disciples from childhood to adulthood.

Although the old butler knew why Laura did this, he still blamed himself. However, while blaming himself, the old man had an extra good impression of Qin Lun. The young doctor had been smiling leniently from just now until now. He didn’t even ask about Laura, as if the young girl’s offense was just a trivial matter.

This was a young man with excellent tutelage! Jason involuntarily gave an evaluation of a professional noble housekeeper.

After the old butler left, Qin Lun turned around and sized up the VIP room he was in.

This guest room was very large, and under the observation, it was almost over a hundred square meters. In the middle was a large wooden bed with a brocade net, tassels hanging on its head, and two mahogany bedside cabinets. One of the cabinets had an exquisite glass lamp placed on it.

There were two small double-door windows behind the room, and on both sides of the walls hung some decorative pastoral paintings. On the right side of the room was a small salon made up of several sandalwood armchairs and a small coffee table. Behind the salon was a luxurious wine cabinet. On the left side of the room was a long desk, on which were written notes, quill pens and ink bottles.

Looking at the elegant and heavy mahogany furniture, Qin Lun nodded slightly. An aristocratic family that could last for hundreds of years indeed had an extraordinary family background. These wooden furniture were all valuable antique treasures if they were placed outside. In Albert Castle, however, they were just ordinary furniture that was casually placed in the guest rooms for the guests to use.

Qin Lun took a few steps forward and sat down at the desk. He took out a quill from the pen holder. He rubbed the soft bird feathers on the back of the quill and slowly fell into deep thought.

In Odia Town, the Albert family, the military castle, Qin Lun dipped his quill in ink and wrote a few words on the note. After thinking for a while, he wrote down the names of Thomas Albert and Laura Albert at the bottom of the three words. Finally, he paused for a moment and wrote down the name of Stephen Albert, the mission objective, at the bottom.

“Bang bang bang bang!” While he was thinking, Qin Lun’s fingers were knocking on the table rhythmically. The quill unconsciously drew a messy black line between a few words.

Suddenly, Qin Lun felt a chilly breeze blowing into the back of his neck, causing goosebumps to form on his skin. He frowned slightly and turned to look, only to see a small two-door window on the back wall of the room open wide. The wooden window was blown by the cold wind and smashed into the outside wall of the room continuously, banging loudly, banging loudly, banging loudly, banging loudly, banging loudly.

Wasn’t the maid in charge of cleaning locked up? Qin Lun stood up, tore off the note with the words written on it, and went to the window.

In front of the window, Qin Lun was surprised to discover that his guest room was on the side of the castle with its back facing the Maya Forest. The castle’s outer wall below the window was connected to a cliff that stood at an angle of 90 degrees.

At this moment, the sky had already darkened, and the darkness beneath the cliff seemed so dense that it could not be neutralized. The cold wind outside the window brought heavy moisture to Qin Lun’s face, and droplets of water flew onto his face, causing him to feel a burst of coldness.

“Is it raining?” Qin Lun wiped his face and tore the note in his palm into pieces before throwing it down the cliff.

In the short span of ten seconds that he closed the window, the lonely rain drops outside the room turned into a downpour of rain. The rain and cold wind smashed against the wooden window, as if knocking rhythmically on the door.

“Bang, bang, bang!” There was a real knock on the door on the other side of the room. However, combined with the darkness and storm that he had just seen on the cliff outside the window, Qin Lun’s heart trembled slightly for no reason.

“Doctor Stan, the banquet is ready. The baron asked me to invite you to the banquet!” The old butler Jason’s voice came from outside the door.

“I’m coming out!” Qin Lun’s eyes lit up as he turned around to look at the medicine chest in the corner and walked towards the door.

Behind Qin Lun, the tightly shut window was blown down by the wind and rain, trembling slightly. The rain slowly seeped through the window frame, leaving a water stain on the windowsill.

“Crack!” A bolt of lightning lit up in the wind and rain outside the window, illuminating the empty guest room. In the blink of an eye, a strange palm print appeared on the water mark on the windowsill.

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Qin Lun followed the old butler into Albert Castle’s dining hall. The dining hall was very big, with a long dining table in the middle and several maids standing by the wall.

Several members of the Albert family were already present at the dining table. Seeing Qin Lun enter, Baron Thomas Albert, who was sitting in the main seat, nodded at him. The old butler took him to the first on the baron’s left hand.

Across from Qin Lun sat a blonde youth who looked like a baron. The young man was in his twenties, strong and heroic. She wore a white shirt with a V-neck and no formal clothes. She looked a little wild and unruly.

On the youth’s left hand was Laura Albert, whom Qin Lun had met. Although Laura was still wearing a whale skirt, she had already removed her veil and revealed a calm and serene face. As he had expected, this sweet and gentle voice of a young girl was indeed a standard beauty.

Across from Laura was a seven or eight year old girl sitting on Qin Lun’s left hand. The girl was dressed in a princess dress, with a head of smooth golden curly hair, snow white skin, tender like water, and looked like a beautiful Barbie doll. At this moment, she was staring curiously at the unfamiliar youth beside her with her pair of big, beautiful eyes with jade blue pupils.

Looking at the girl’s plump face, Qin Lun suddenly remembered the little blur that should still be in the moonlight. He couldn’t help but reach out and pinch the tender meat on the girl’s face, revealing a friendly smile to her.

The little girl did not expect Qin Lun’s sudden attack. She stared with wide eyes and was somewhat at a loss for what to do.

“Haha, looks like our Dr. Stan likes Little Elizabeth very much!” The old baron, who was sitting in the main seat, let out a hearty laugh.

“Forgive my offense, Miss Elizabeth!” Qin Lun smiled as he looked at the young beauty. Although his mouth was apologizing, no one in the restaurant could feel his sincerity.

“I hate this body that hasn’t grown up. Everyone treats me like a child!” Little Elizabeth finally came back to her senses, glared at Qin Lun, and angrily stabbed the steak in front of her with a knife and fork.

The little fellow’s fierce actions and childish voice made everyone in the dining room laugh heartily.

Qin Lun held the wine glass and slowly sized up the people at the dining table. After a brief episode with Elizabeth, the distance between him and the members of the Albert family was much shorter, with friendly conversations interspersed in an orderly meal.

“Doctor Stan, forgive me for taking the liberty! Did you really take out that infected organ of the townsfolk in the town square and cure him?” Halfway through the meal, the blonde youth opposite Qin Lun finally got to the point.

Again, it was a question about the operation! Qin Lun frowned slightly. Whether it was Laura or the Baron’s son, Bonny Albert, they all took the initiative to avoid the suspicious “potion”. They only questioned the most ordinary surgery.

Could it be that he had neglected something, or perhaps … Qin Lun’s eyes were shining as he put down the wine glass!

“That townsman was only treated in a relatively timely manner. He was infected with that strange disease for a very short period of time. The lesions in his body were all concentrated in one place, so he could be saved!” Qin Lun cautiously said, “Besides, my family has an ancestral secret medicine that seems to have some special effect on curbing this epidemic …”

Hearing Qin Lun’s vague explanation, the Alberts looked confused and exchanged glances.

“Thank you for your hospitality, Baron. I will continue to do my best to serve every townsman in Odia. May I know what orders you have?” Qin Lun changed his mind and wiped his mouth. He stood up and asked with a smile.

“En … you’ve just arrived at the castle today, and it’s getting late again. Let’s talk about it tomorrow!” The old baron hesitated and looked in Qin Lun’s direction. He smiled and replied, “If you don’t want to rest, you can look around the castle. The scenery here is very good, and you can see the entire town of Odia from the castle’s height.”