Mystery: The Stars Returner

After a depressing silence, Earl Hall finally spoke: "Why do you think I invited you to my home tonight?"

Hey, this is actually the problem.

Hastur was a little surprised. He thought that Earl Hall was about to transform into a domineering father who loved and protected his daughter.

It seems that Earl Hall is indeed a very elegant nobleman, and even his questions are circumstantial.

Hasta thought for a while and said: "Because I am too close to Miss Audrey, I deliberately invited me to my home as a guest. Firstly, it is to see what I am like. Secondly, it is also to make me recognize the reality. Thereby reducing the interaction with Miss Audrey.”

Before Earl Hall could say anything, Hastur smiled and changed the topic: "If he were an ordinary noble, he would think like this."

"But the person standing in front of me is Earl Hall, a powerful nobleman in front of the king. His heart and demeanor are not comparable to those of ordinary nobles."

"Just as I believe in Miss Audrey, Earl Hall also believes in his daughter."

Earl Hall's expression remained unchanged and he said calmly: "How do you say this?"

"You will not interfere with Miss Audrey's choice of friends, nor will you invite me to your home out of such boring thoughts."

"Under your guidance, Miss Audrey has become elegant, confident, and intelligent. You believe in her vision of people and will only respect the friends she makes. She will not do anything extra to influence or interfere with Audrey." Miss Li’s choice.”

"You are a wise man who has experienced the world, and you also believe in Miss Audrey's wisdom in handling things. She has begun to grow up. You will only give her the freedom to choose, and you will not always restrain her growth."

Hastur's sincerity and sincerity coupled with some flattering words made Earl Hall's eyes, which had always been indifferent to emotion and anger, shine with a strange light.

Hastur's words were not purely to please Earl Hall, but a judgment based on his understanding of him and his attitude tonight.

He believed that Earl Hall was different from Greco and Hibbert. Earl Hall was not a simple and superficial person. Such a person could not be deeply trusted by the king.

Reality is not a TV series, and Earl Hall is not the kind of character who can be summed up with just one adjective.

He is an elder full of wisdom, even though his belly is already a little bigger.

Earl Hall looked at Hastur, and then said slowly: "I am very satisfied with your answer."

"It is because of my understanding of you that I can make such a judgment."

"Oh, you know me very well?"

"I just know that no one in your position is a fool. Your thoughts are different from those of Greco and Hibbert. They will only see me getting close to Miss Audrey and then have some unauthorized thoughts." Misunderstand."

After Hastur finished speaking, he gave Hibbert, who was behind Earl Hall, an apologetic look.

There is no way, this is indeed his true thought, and in order to please Earl Hall in front of him, he can only feel sorry for Hibbert first, believing that he will understand his difficulties.

A slight smile appeared on Earl Hall's face, "Hibbert really likes to make decisions without permission. He seems to simply think that I invited you to my home tonight for the sake of matters between you and Audrey."

"As a father, I certainly don't like my daughter to make friends with people with ulterior motives, but I believe in Audrey's vision and judgment. She has grown up and is fully capable of making choices about her own affairs. For a As a father, this is something to be proud of.”

"I invite you to be my guest tonight. Firstly, I want to meet the younger generation of nobles in the Loen Kingdom. Secondly, I also want to see how outstanding that guy Voltaire's son is."

what?

Hastur was really stunned for a moment. Did Earl Hall have a good relationship with Voltaire Campbell?

In my own impression, there seems to be no beautiful picture of the two of them living in harmony.

Earl Hall saw Hastur's doubts and said with emotion: "When he was young, Voltaire was indeed a very good young man, and he was worthy of praise in many aspects.

Unfortunately, after he got married and had his own children, he seemed to be a different person.

He is different from me. After I had my own child, I started working hard in order to give my child a better future. "

Through Earl Hall's narration, Hastur could imagine the story of the two of them when they were young.

Before Voltaire got married and had children, his light should have been very dazzling, while Count Hall seemed relatively ordinary.

Later, Voltaire began to change his temperament because he had a child, while Earl Hall began to work hard because he had a child of his own.

One has died by the Tasok River, and the other has become a powerful noble in the Loen Kingdom.

If you had such a friend when you were young, when you are old, you will slowly tell the stories of their youth like Earl Hall in a tone filled with emotion.

Hibbert, standing behind Earl Hall, also had surprise written on his face.

He didn't know that his father had such a youthful past with Voltaire.

But if you think about it carefully, it is easy to understand. Voltaire was also a hereditary earl, which happened to have the same status as the Hall family.

People of the same class will naturally play together.

Just like myself, Hastur and Grek now.

History has come full circle and come back.

"I hope you can keep your original intention in the future and don't do anything that disappoints people." Earl Hall reminded him kindly.

"I'll take this as a lesson. The Campbells never stumble in the same place twice."

Hastur gave his assurance.

"There will be a new round of elections for the House of Lords after the year. I will strongly recommend you to become a member of the House of Lords."

Earl Hall suddenly said something shocking, and even Hibbert behind him was shocked.

Why did you suddenly make such a promise?

Hastur was also shocked by this sentence. He had not successfully bribed Earl Hall. Why did Earl Hall say such a thing?

Earl Hall glanced at him and continued: "You studied under Professor Wayne. He is very knowledgeable in law. You will spend two years in the House of Lords and your legal experience will be enough to become a senior judge in the House of Lords."

"In terms of title, Baron is a bit too low. You can buy enough land. When the new and old nobles change, with the help of Duke Negan and me, you can naturally be easily promoted to the title."

"If you can impress the king deeply, it will not be difficult to directly restore your position as hereditary earl of the Campbell family."

In just a few words, Earl Hall seems to have paved the way for Hastur's future nobility.

"..."

Hastur didn't know what to say for a moment.

According to normal logic, even if Earl Hall is not specifically targeting him, he would not help him in this way, right?

Is it for Voltaire's sake?

But this doesn’t seem to make sense!

After pondering for a moment, Hasta asked: "Why are you willing to help me like this?"

"You said before that I trust my daughter's vision. Since she thinks highly of you and seeks my help for you, I will naturally meet her small request."

Earl Hall's tone was very calm, as if becoming a member of the House of Lords, a senior judge, and being promoted to a peerage was an easy matter.

It turned out that Miss Audrey interceded for him and asked for Earl Hall's support.

Hastur's doubts were somewhat relieved, but he soon felt that something sounded wrong about what he said.

Did Earl Hall say this to allow himself to accept Audrey's favor?

"Emperor Russell once said this: Politics is not about fighting and killing, but about human relations."

"..."

The corner of Hastur's mouth twitched slightly, and Russell's classic quotation came again. Why does this guy have such a sense of existence?

"Thank you for your kindness. Can you let me go back and think about it seriously?"

Hastur thought about it and decided to delay it for a while, giving himself enough time to review the matter and guess Earl Hall's true intention.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to accept such good intentions.

"Go back and think about it?"

Earl Hall's originally gentle tone suddenly became a little colder, "Baron Hastur Campbell, are you going to reject my kindness?"

"Emperor Russell once said: There is no free bread in the world."

Hastur decided to use magic to defeat magic, and said calmly: "I don't think I can bear this heavy kindness now."

"Isn't it that you came to my home tonight to seek my help?"

"Yes, but your help is so direct that I dare not accept it easily."

Hastur told the truth that he did want to seek help from Earl Hall, but he did not want to owe a huge favor because of it.

And this kind of arranged path always makes people feel unhappy from the bottom of their hearts.

The help he wanted was not so direct. He just hoped that Earl Hall would not deliberately block his promotion channel at critical moments in the future.

To put it simply, the helpful relationship he hopes to establish with Earl Hall is based on interests rather than favors.

Earl Hall saw through Hastur's thoughts and sneered at the corner of his mouth: "Innocent, do you think everything can go in the direction you want?

In the face of the interests of the nobility, favor is just a tool to be used.

It seems that you did not learn the essence of how to be a qualified nobleman. "

"An unqualified naive nobleman, oh, go back."

Earl Hall did not give Hastur a chance to speak again, and directly issued an eviction order without mercy.