Mystery: The Stars Returner

The headquarters of the Rose School.

In the dense forest, there was a huge black tree, with vines spreading out in all directions, completely covering the entire hill.

The countless human-faced fruits on the tree trunk opened their eyes one after another at this moment, from bottom to top, looking at the top of the tree crown with eager and longing eyes.

There was a white-gold star hanging there.

It is as big as a house, and the whole body emits silvery white light. When the light shines on every corner of the black tree, it can promote the further growth of the big tree.

Sunlight is the best nourishment for plants.

Around the big black tree, there was a circle of devout believers. They knelt down to worship and dedicated their faith and lives to the existence in front of them.

On that night, the gods sent an oracle, and at the same time a star broke through the starry sky, hanging on the top of the tree crown without anyone noticing.

The gods told them that this was a star of life that could bring reproduction, but it was also a star of destruction that brought war.

It seemed like they had two gods overnight.

While the believers were worshiping devoutly, the space in the distance shook slightly, and the god Si'a appeared dragging his disabled body.

He looked very embarrassed, his right arm was severed, the wound was charred black, dark mucus flowed from the broken arm like blood, and the blood-colored eyes on his body exploded from time to time.

Lines of maggots gathered at the broken arm, seeming to be licking the wounds and reconnecting the broken arm.

The god Si'a brought a trail of black mucus to the big black tree, and allowed the vines to tie him up and pull him to the middle of the tree.

At the crown of the tree, white-gold stars sprinkled beams of light, shrouding the whole body of the god Sin Si'a.

His body began to grow rapidly. With the rhythmic breathing and breathing, the flesh and blood on the broken arm squirmed, and soon a new arm grew.

The god Si'a opened his eyes and looked at the star, just like looking at a sun. The dazzling light made him only dare to look at it for a moment, then withdrew his gaze and remained silent.

When the alternation of night and day comes, when the sky finally shines with the first ray of light.

The white-gold star hanging on the big black tree shone brightly, constantly absorbing the light of the orange sun in the sky.

The god Si'a couldn't see clearly what was happening, but he seemed to be able to feel that the sun in the sky was constantly weakening, and the white-gold star in front of him was constantly growing.

It is preparing to become the next sun hanging in the sky.

The god Si'a closed his eyes and allowed himself to be nourished by the silvery white light.

The sun hangs in the sky, promoting the reproduction and growth of all things in the world. He is also a member of all things in the world.

……

Republic of Intis,

Today, all the clouds over the headquarters of the Eternal Blazing Sun Church have been dispersed, leaving only a golden sun shining endless light.

The sunlight passes through the colored glass and disperses into colorful rays of light, falling on a golden holy crown in the main hall.

The top of the golden holy crown is inlaid with various gemstones, among which a colorless and transparent gemstone is the largest.

It has no color, but can carry more colors of light.

Under the golden holy crown, stood an old man dressed in gorgeous and noble clothes. White and golden silk threads were at the collar of the robe, and the hem of the clothes was intertwined into small suns.

Her hair is golden, the same color as the sun.

He is the Pope of the Eternal Burning Sun Church.

Behind Him at the foot of the steps stood six devout archbishops.

Except for the archbishop who was still responsible for guarding churches in various places and could not rush back, the other archbishops arrived here the next day after receiving the order.

This is a place where you can listen to the oracle.

"Everyone, I have received the oracle. God said that for all dirty and corrupt evil churches, we will burn their bodies with flames and pierce their chests with the sword in our hands."

"There are also blasphemers who dare to steal God's authority. Death is the most suitable destination for them."

"God gave us a reminder that the enemy is in the southern continent, in that chaotic and disorderly area."

"Go, take God's blessing and your loyalty to God, go and destroy all enemies, and bring God a victory!"

The pope's voice became louder and louder, activating the power of the golden holy crown and turning it into golden rays of light, allowing the six bishops present to bathe in God's gift.

"Praise the sun!"

After the six archbishops left, the Pope walked up the steps, stretched out his hands, picked up the golden holy crown, and put it on his head.

Golden light flashed all over his body, and the old pope gradually regained his youth in the holy light, and his wrinkled face began to become fuller and fuller.

When the golden light dissipated, the old pope could no longer be seen, only a young man in his early twenties with a kind face and a well-proportioned figure.

He was wearing a white robe, with bare feet, and the holy crown on his head turned into a golden ribbon, curling up his dazzling blond hair.

"Praise the sun."

With a cry of praise, He stepped out of the main hall and left this sacred temple that He had guarded for decades.

……

Backlund.

At night, Hasta sat at his desk and looked through the plans sent by Harley's manager regarding the factory's subsequent business activities.

Pick up the pen, revise some unreasonable content on it, and put forward some small suggestions of your own.

After finishing it, he handed the plan to Butler Neil and asked him to send someone to deliver it to Manager Harley.

At about half past eleven, Hasta finished taking a shower and started to go to bed.

He first went to the Hall of Stars for a tour and found nothing unusual, then left the Hall of Stars.

When he fell asleep, the wind chime hanging in the study swayed slightly.

In the dream, Will suddenly appears.

"Urolius has arrived in Backlund. If you have nothing to do recently, don't go out and wander around anymore. Although he is not very smart, he doesn't like to talk when doing things, and he doesn't like to talk to people about big things. If we really meet him in person. , you will be miserable."

Hasta was surprised: "How did He come to Backlund?"

"Because the aura of destiny here is too strong, he should have felt the unusual destiny here, so he came here specifically."

"Can you lead Him away?"

"It takes some time, so I came here specifically to tell you to be careful in the near future."

"Ah."

Hastur nodded, thought for a while and said: "Is there any way to cover up the fate here? Otherwise, there will always be existences related to fate coming, and I will keep encountering them."

One Bernadette was already difficult to deal with, and here came the mercury snake, and he couldn't leave Backlund. This life was really torturous.

"The solution is on your own."

"In myself?"

"Don't underestimate yourself."

After Will finished speaking, he took two steps and hesitated before whispering: "Don't let anyone send you ice cream anymore in the near future. When that stupid snake leaves Backlund, remember to double the compensation to me."

"can."

After receiving Hastur's promise, Will waved his hand and disappeared from Hastur's dream.

After being disturbed by Will in this way, Hastur no longer felt as sleepy as before.

Returning to the Hall of Stars, he stretched out his hand to summon the third chain of order.

Just now Will said that the solution to the problem lies within himself, and he wondered if it had something to do with the Chain of Order.

Perhaps he could avoid these fateful distractions by creating a new rule.

But I have already formulated a rule about fate last time. Is it too wasteful to formulate a second rule about fate?

Hastur thought for a moment and summoned the chain of order that had previously determined the relevant fate.

He wanted to try to see if he could modify the previously established rules. If so, he could keep the third chain of order.

When he revealed his will, the second chain of order trembled slightly, and enlightenment emerged from the depths of his heart.

The general meaning is: the main part has been decided, only slight additions and deletions of rules can be made, but the previous rules cannot be completely overturned.

"Only slight additions and deletions...it seems to be enough."

Hastur thought for a while and added another sentence after the original sentence.

The hermit of fate, he can always avoid coincidences and accidents caused by fate.

Such a sentence should be able to try to avoid the intersection of one's own destiny with the destiny of others.

This makes it easy to avoid existences like Bernadette and Ouroleus.

The modified rules are generated, and Hastur has no special feeling.

He waved away the second chain of order and looked at the third chain of order, which had not yet formulated new rules.

Originally, he wanted to keep it for emergencies, but now it seems that he still needs new abilities to protect himself.

In formulating the first rule, he made for himself something like a general rule.

The second rule is that he formulated rules about destiny, which gave him the ability to master part of the path to destiny.

Which aspect of the third chain of order should be better developed?

Is the extraordinary path where the goddess of the night is located?

His secret authority is very useful whether it is used to protect oneself or to plot against the enemy.

The original Rose of Redemption, the goddess of the night, relied on her secret power to become the second key figure in the plan.

That is an authority that even an existence like the ancient Sun God would find difficult to pry into.

How should we formulate rules that only involve secret authority?

Hastur was lost in thought.