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Hastur smiled and patted him on the shoulder without explaining anything, and led him into the interior of Aster Manor. The sculptor in the sculpture garden was still carving each of his works carefully.
The cousin of the old butler is still staying here. Hastur has tried to let him return to Backlund many times, but he has declined. He wants to stay here forever.
Hastur asked Butler Neal to arrange a room for Gray Lint, and also asked him to free up several expensive rooms.
Although this time he invited Audrey and Earl Hall to visit the suburban manor, Audrey and Earl Hall may not necessarily live here.
They must have a large manor of their own nearby, and they will probably choose to return to their own manor to live.
Near noon, Audrey and Earl Hall arrived at Aster Manor in a carriage.
"This manor has not been sold yet, thanks to Voltaire's ability to bear it."
Earl Hall got out of the carriage and looked at the Aster Manor in front of him, feeling full of emotion in his heart.
Audrey's eyes were bright. She didn't know that Mr. Hastur actually owned such a large manor. The location and conditions were excellent. If it were to be sold, it would definitely not be less than 100,000 gold pounds.
"I didn't expect Mr. Hastur to be so rich. He's richer than me, right?"
Audrey calculated in her mind that she was no longer as rich as Mr. Hastur...
This made her feel a little lost. The only advantage she had was overtaken by Mr. Hastur.
Doesn’t this mean that we are completely backward?
She patted Susie's head, and then pinched its ears several times under Susie's resentful eyes.
In front of the gate, Hastur and Gray Lint received the news and came to the door to greet them.
Greg saw Susie today
When he came here, he was very happy and wanted to say hello, but when he glanced at Earl Hall beside him, his face drooped again.
"Earl Hall, Miss Audrey, welcome you."
After a few brief greetings, Hastur led Earl Hall and Audrey around the Aster Manor.
When he arrived at the sculpture garden, Earl Hall stared at the middle-aged man who was obsessed with sculpture for a while, and then said: "Master Miller, I thought he had left Backlund long ago, but I didn't expect him to stay here. He is quietly engaged in carving work in a manor."
This sentence aroused the curiosity of Audrey and Hastur.
Hastur has never known the true identity of this middle-aged man. He just regarded him as an ordinary carver. He did not expect that he was a master. Even people like Earl Hall knew him.
"There are always some people in the world who don't like power and money, but are motivated to pursue their own path in life. Master Miller is one of them. His carving skills are well-known throughout Backlund."
Earl Hall did not introduce too much, nor did he disturb Master Miller, who was still obsessed with sculpture. He looked at the new works in the sculpture garden and uttered a few praises from time to time.
Hastur didn't know much about sculpture, but Audrey knew more. She had seen the royal family's sculpture garden, which was known as the largest and most beautiful sculpture garden in the Kingdom of Loen.
But some of the works displayed inside are not as good as a few sculptures on the edge that are already covered with vines.
This should be a new work in which the artistic style of Master Miller has changed again after he retired here.
Hastur didn't have much feeling about this. He could only see that these sculptures were very good, but he did not have such a wide range of knowledge and experience about what was good about them.
Audrey, who was aware of this, specifically asked Hastur to lead her into the sculpture garden for a walk. The two of them chose a different route from Earl Hall.
On the way, when she encounters some interesting or exquisite works, Audrey will stop and give Hasta a scientific introduction to what is so good about this work.
In this regard, Hasta can only satisfy Audrey's little thoughts, and at the same time update his knowledge.
After walking around for a full circle, Audrey said with emotion: "This sculpture garden is really big. If these works were all sculpted by Master Miller, he would have been sculpting here silently for at least ten years. "
“Perhaps this is the craftsmanship of striving for excellence.”
Hastur also admires such pure people. Only people with such a character can continue to achieve new achievements in art.
"Would you like to stay at the manor and enjoy lunch together today?"
"I've also always wanted to try Mr. Hasta's desserts."
"Does Earl Hall prefer food with strong flavors?"
Audrey nodded in affirmation.
"Where's Miss Audrey's taste?"
"I prefer it to be lighter, and the presentation of the dishes must pass the standard."
The two of them chatted at the entrance of the sculpture garden and waited for about ten minutes before Earl Hall came out.
This time, in order to entertain Earl Hall and Audrey, Hastur asked Butler Neil to recruit two master chefs and asked them to make some new dishes for Earl Hall and Audrey to taste.
Food can sometimes be used as a bribe.
Anything that people have a preference for is a point that can be bribed.
For example, someone bribes someone with a dessert. As long as the dessert is amazing enough, Hasta feels that he should be successfully bribed.
After enjoying a delicious lunch, Hastur, Earl Hall, Audrey, Gray Lint and a dozen attendants came to the entrance of the forest in the afternoon.
Chapter 202 Hunting in the Forest
The afternoon sun was not too hot, and the pale golden light shone down, illuminating the entire forest brightly.
Gray Lint held the golden retriever Haug, who had devoted all his efforts, with great ambition.
He wants everyone to know today that his Haug is the best companion and the smartest golden retriever, smarter than Audrey's Susie.
Behind Earl Hall, specialized personnel led three slender hounds with smooth fur and eyes that were staring at the depths of the forest for him.
The price of each of these three hounds is a daunting figure.
Hastur was holding a hound that was obviously two sizes smaller. Compared with the three hounds of Greylint's Haug and Earl Hall, his hound was obviously not yet fully grown.
Even Audrey, who never liked hunting, took Susie, who was not very happy, to join in the fun.
"Susie, let's work hard. If you lose too badly, I won't give you delicious food when you go back."
Audrey greeted Susie, who was obviously not very enthusiastic, and then looked at the beagle that Hastur was leading. It was only half the size of the Hauge of Grelint next to it.
Needless to say, even if it encounters a ferocious wild animal like a wild boar, even if it encounters a suitable prey, it will be difficult to catch up with it, right?
Earl Hall's eyes also fell on the beagle, looking back and forth at its various parts, eyes, fur, claws and other details. He was quite surprised and said: "Although your hound is still small, it still has great potential. If you can If he is well trained, he might become an excellent hunting dog.”
Hastur smiled and said: "I am a layman in this area and not very proficient. If Earl Hall likes it, it is better for you to train it, so as not to waste a good hound seedling in my hands."
Earl Hall did not express his position, neither refused nor agreed.
Hastur estimated that Earl Hall wanted to see how well the beagle was trained before making a decision.
The four of them entered the forest with their hounds at the same time. The attendants behind Earl Hall were divided into two teams, one followed Audrey and the other followed Earl Hall.
Hastur didn't really need attendants to help him, he just brought two people with him symbolically, and Gray Lint brought four people with him.
After entering the forest, the four of them each chose a direction to move forward.
Audrey chose a direction adjacent to Hastur. .
"Hauge, today is the time for you to show off your wisdom and skills. You must not embarrass me."
Grelint yelled, and let go of the rope leading the golden retriever, letting him lead the way into the dense forest with no roads.
Earl Hall also let people loose their reins, and then commanded the three hounds in an orderly manner to form a triangular encirclement formation.
Once one of the hounds spots prey, it will alert the other two hounds to join together and take advantage of the encirclement to round up the prey.
If it is a more difficult prey such as wild boar, the hounds will first chase and intercept it, slowly consuming their physical strength, and then wait for Earl Hall's team to catch up, and then cooperate with the personnel to surround and kill the prey.
"You are very lucky today."
哈斯
Ta gave his little hound a small blessing and let it rush into the depths of the jungle.
Its small size is an advantage when traveling through dense forests and thorns.
"Susie, it's your turn to go."
"Woof woof?"
"Susie, you see they have all gone to look for prey, you should act quickly."
"Wang?"
Susie turned her head and didn't really want to talk to Audrey. She really wasn't very interested in this kind of thing.
"Okay, Susie, if you don't work hard today, I will take you to see Gray Lint from now on."
"Woof?!"
Susie finally walked slowly along the forest path with elegant steps under Audrey's encouraging threats.
"..."
Audrey's cheeks felt hot at this, and she could only explain that Susie was an extraordinary hound who took an unusual path.
Soon, Earl Hall's three well-trained hounds were the first to find the prey. There was no need to encircle the prey, and the hound that found the prey easily killed the prey.
A brown-spotted silly roe deer.
Immediately afterwards, Hastur's little hound also heard the sound of finding prey, which made Glerint, who had been looking forward to Haug's show of strength, very depressed.
Hastur led the two attendants behind him and quickly caught up to the place where the beagle found the prey.
It's a ferocious wild boar, it looks like it weighs over a hundred pounds.
As non-domesticated pigs, wild boars weigh less and are more aggressive.
The beagle only dared to harass from a distance and did not dare to step forward too much. It was very smart and knew to drive the wild boar in the direction of Hastur and others.
Upon discovering his prey, Hastur took the double-barreled shotgun and fired casually. The bullet grazed the forest leaves and accurately hit the right front leg.
The boar howled and rolled into the bushes.
Hastur asked the two attendants behind him to clear the way forward, followed behind him, and the hounds also surrounded him, roaring at the hiding place of the wild boar.
When he found the wild boar, Hastur gave it another shot, then took out food to reward the beagle, so that it could continue to look for prey in front.
As for the wild boar, just note the approximate location and someone will deal with it.
Perhaps stimulated by Hastur's hunting of a wild boar at the beginning, Earl Hall also had a desire to win, commanding three hounds to continuously surround and kill the prey.
An hour later, Earl Hall had the most results, two roe deer, three foxes, and one wild boar.
Hastur ranked second, with two wild boars and a deer.