Mystery: The Stars Returner

Earl Hall's Villa.

The dim sunlight is slipping out from the crack of the window a little bit.

In front of the desk, Audrey murmured slightly, resting her right elbow on the table, holding her fair face in her palm, and unconsciously drawing circles on the table with her left index finger.

A little annoying, very annoying, very annoying.

Tonight she was going to a party at Glenint's house.

This was decided many days ago. This was also the first gathering after the Qilingers incident, so she still had a lot of expectations.

But her father, Earl Hall, didn't know where he got the news, and he even talked to her about it.

She originally thought that Earl Hall would stop her from going to Gray Lint's party to attend the party, but she did not expect that Earl Hall did not stop her and instead asked her to give a message to Mr. Hastur.

To be precise, she was asked to invite Mr. Hastur to her home.

This was originally a normal social invitation, but when it came from Earl Hall's mouth, it gave people a very strange feeling.

If you really want to invite Mr. Hasta to your home, wouldn't you just send an invitation?

Why do you have to make it so complicated and ask her to convey it on your behalf?

Her eldest brother Hibbert also has a good relationship with Mr. Hastur, so it would be better for him to invite him than to invite him herself, right?

What really gave her a headache was that she had no idea why Earl Hall wanted to invite Mr. Hastur as a guest.

After thinking hard to no avail, Audrey looked at the golden retriever in the corner who was flipping through the pages of the book with her little paws. She looked at it for a while and said, "Susie, can you answer my doubts?"

"Audrey, the book says that you can solve your own troubles by yourself. This is the way to completely eradicate your troubles."

"Susie, you have read so many books, but there is no mention of helping friends in the books?"

"But the book also says that not just any friend can help."

After a pause, Susie asked in confusion: "By the way, Audrey, will friends still be divided into different levels?"

Audrey's eyes lit up and she felt much happier. It was rare that Susie took the initiative to seek help from her.

Ever since Susie focused on studying, it has become increasingly difficult for her to gain a sense of superiority over Susie.

She thought for a moment and said seriously: "Of course, according to the depth of friendship, they can be divided into acquaintances, ordinary friends, good friends, friends worthy of deep friendship, friends worthy of trust in life and death, and friends beyond life and death."

"Then how to judge the depth of friendship between each other? What is the specific symbol? Or is there a quantifiable value? A value exceeding a certain scale means that the friendship between each other can go further?"

Audrey listened silently at first, then slowly opened her mouth, and finally closed it again. She glanced at Susie with a complicated expression and said seriously: "Susie, you are just a dog."

"I know, Audrey, you don't need to remind me, I know how to be a good dog better than anyone else."

"...I mean, you don't need to know too much about humans."

“The book says that because we are full of unknowns about the world, we need to understand the world through learning.

Audrey, isn't this right? "

"..."

Audrey put her hand on her forehead, feeling that she had one more trouble to worry about.

Perhaps from the beginning, I should not have taught Susie to learn knowledge, nor should I have allowed it to learn on its own later.

……

Night, at Gray Linte's house.

In the study room on the second floor, Hastur, Gray Lint, Xio, Forsi and Miss Audrey, who didn't look very good-looking.

Xio asked curiously: "Miss Audrey, your complexion doesn't seem very good?"

"I'm just in a bad mood lately."

Audrey responded with a smile. She couldn't tell others that she was not as good as a dog, and she almost broke down when asked by a dog.

Gray Lint glanced around and said in a regretful tone: "Audrey, why didn't you bring Susie tonight?"

"He has eaten too much recently and has severe indigestion. He is lying at home now." Audrey could guarantee that she was telling the truth.

Susie did eat too much, knowledge, too much messy knowledge, which caused indigestion.

"Is it serious? I can help with diagnosis and treatment. I'm very good at treating pets now."

"Graylint, thank you for your kindness. I have hired the best doctor for Susie."

Audrey refused with a smile. The doctor she was talking about was herself, and she was naturally very good.

In order to prevent others from questioning Susie again, Audrey said slowly: "In the last Qilingos incident, we perfectly foiled his plot to assassinate Duke Negan. In this regard, we can all be regarded as guardians." Backlund’s hero.”

Xio and Forsi were a little embarrassed. They didn't find out much useful information. In the end, it was through reading the newspapers that they found out that Qilingos had infiltrated Backlund to assassinate Duke Negan.

Audrey looked at Xio and Forsi and said with a smile: "Your information is very valuable and will help me make a correct judgment. I am willing to pay each of you 500 gold pounds for this."

How many? 500 gold pounds? !

Xio and Forsi opened their eyes wide at the same time and their pupils shrank. This was a reward of 500 gold pounds!

The total bounties from the missions they had done in the past were less than 500 gold pounds, right?

Miss Audrey is really synonymous with generosity!

No, she is shining all over, she is the angel who saves the poor!

"Thank you for your generosity."

Xio and Forsi paused for a while before reacting.

"This is the reward you deserve."

Audrey had a smile on her face. The Zillinges incident brought her at least 20000 gold pounds.

Paying the 1000 gold pounds was not a problem for her.

Then, Audrey looked at Gray Lint, and also said that he was also rewarded with 200 gold pounds.

Originally, Audrey planned to pay 500 gold pounds as a reward for the risk Gray Lint took.

But it was difficult to explain this matter openly, so Gray Lint, who did not help with anything on the surface, could only receive less remuneration than Xio and Forsi.

As for Mr. Hastur...

Audrey's eyes fell on Hastur, and she did not propose to pay the relevant remuneration.

They had already negotiated before, and what Mr. Hastur wanted was to be promoted to the nobility.

As for the remuneration, she knew that Mr. Hasta's financial situation was very good recently, so she had no idea of ​​spending money to observe Mr. Hasta's reaction.

She also felt that it was a pity that as Mr. Hastur became richer, it became harder and harder for her to appreciate this simple pleasure.

After settling this matter, Audrey returned the stage to Gray Linte, who was already ready to make a move.

"Everyone, I recently got a magical dog, a dog that can do backflips."

As Grelint spoke, he stretched out his hand and shouted, "Lett, come here."

A golden retriever puppy squatting outside the door ran in and fawned over Gray Linte very intimately.

"Come on, shake hands."

The little golden retriever raised its right front paw, and then looked at Gray Lint. After Gray Lint stretched out his palm, he placed his right front paw on the palm of his hand.

"Lite, you did a great job."

Gray Lint was very satisfied with the little golden retriever's performance. He reached out and touched its head twice, and then shouted: "Laite, do some backflips."

"Wang."

The little golden retriever barked and started backflips on the spot, and it was still backflips continuously.

This attracted the attention of Xio and Forsi, and even Audrey cast curious glances.

"Come on, do another front flip."

Gray Linte then directed the little golden retriever to perform other somewhat difficult actions.

After a lot of work, Gray Linte happily took out the meat strips and rewarded the little golden retriever who won applause for his efforts.

Forsi asked curiously: "Is this the extraordinary ability of the animal trainer?"

"Yes, I can now easily see through the inner thoughts of any animal. They are also willing to get close to me and obey my commands. It is not difficult for me to tame them, as if they were born this way. ” Gray Lint was happy to answer this.

Xiu sighed: "This is the charm of the extraordinary world."

"It's a pity that Backlund doesn't sell those more powerful pets, such as large lizards, two-headed flying dragons and other creatures."

Gray Lint felt regretful that he was no longer satisfied with just taming kittens and puppies. Things that were too simple could not bring him a sense of accomplishment.

Forsi was a little unsure and said: "Such creatures generally only exist in the primeval forests of the southern continent, right?"

"My second brother is currently in the Southern Continent. He once told me that there are indeed many magical creatures that are on the verge of extinction there, such as a giant snake that can swallow an elephant in one bite, a giant ape that is seven or eight meters tall, etc. "Audrey briefly did some popular science.

"I really want to take a trip to the Southern Continent."

Gray Linte stroked the little golden retriever's head, his tone full of regret.

Hasta reminded with a smile: "The Southern Continent is not peaceful at the moment, you'd better give up this idea."

"I'm just thinking about it. Apart from the air, Backlund is fine. I don't want to go to the Southern Continent to suffer."

Gray Lint waved his hand to show that he was not stupid.

Then Xio also began to share what he saw and heard during this period, the most important of which revolved around the believers in the stars.

Gray Linte looked curious when he heard this, Forsi looked slightly strange, and the smile on his face was a bit forced, and Hastur listened quietly and calmly.

Audrey, who took the expressions of other people into her eyes, couldn't help but linger on Forsi for a while.