Mystery: The Stars Returner

Backlund, the home of Earl Hall.

Audrey, who returned from above the gray fog, carefully opened the door. Susie, the golden retriever, was carefully guarding the door to prevent others from suddenly approaching.

Audrey knelt down and rubbed Susie's head happily, "Susie, thank you for your help."

"Wow, wang wang!"

Susie shouted a few times, and Audrey quickly understood what it wanted to express, took it back to the room, and closed the door.

After doing all this, Audrey herself was stunned for a moment.

When did I first learn to understand Susie’s dog language?

"Audrey, why do you humans always like to pet your pets' heads when you are happy?"

"Maybe it's because it feels more comfortable to the touch."

Susie retorted: "I read in the book that human beings behave like this out of a desire to dominate. Human beings like weak creatures because they are weak and they have absolute control over them, so even if We are very angry, and you humans will only think that we are being cute.”

"..."

Audrey didn't want to argue with Susie about these topics, otherwise she would always be influenced by Susie in the end.

"Susie, I'm going to join the Psychological Alchemy Society. I will express my interest in psychology at the tea party tomorrow afternoon."

"Audrey, I also want to be promoted to a Sequence 7 psychiatrist."

"..."

Audrey fell silent. She originally wanted to train Susie so that she could be promoted along with her.

But now, she was a little hesitant.

What if Susie is too smart in the future?

I can't be like it and spend all my time reading books.

In the future, she will definitely lose to Susie in the knowledge competition.

"Audrey, you hesitated. Don't you want me to accompany you to advance to a higher order?"

"I think it will be difficult to get two psychiatrists' extraordinary potions from the Psychological Alchemy Society. I don't want you to have too much hope."

"Ok."

Susie lowered her head and twitched her ears, feeling a little depressed.

"But, Susie, you are my best friend, and I will definitely find a way to get another copy of the psychiatrist's extraordinary potion!"

"Audrey, you are so kind."

Susie wiped away her disappointment and wagged her tail happily.

"..."

Audrey felt a little guilty and her cheeks were hot. She had actually learned to be a little tricky in the conversation with Susie just now, so that Susie would be more grateful to her.

Audrey, Audrey, is this the only way you can get the upper hand now?

Audrey thought for a moment and sincerely apologized to Susie for what had just happened.

Susie said generously: "I know, I just deliberately cooperated with your performance."

"..."

Audrey's eyes widened. Now she really had to consider whether to continue helping Susie get promoted.

……

At night, around eleven o'clock.

Forsi returned to his room, closed the door and windows, covered himself with a quilt, and began to pray to the stars.

The familiar starry sky appears, filling the room with brilliance.

Hastur, who appeared in the Hall of Stars, sat high in the hall. Without opening his mouth, Forsi told all about how he pretended to be ill, how he prayed to Mr. Fool in the middle of the night, and how he finally infiltrated the Tarot Society. Say it.

"You did very well."

Hearing that Forsi had been disturbing Mr. Fool's sleep at three or four in the middle of the night, Hastur gave her a very good evaluation.

"This is what I should be playing for."

Although Forsi pretended to be humble, the smile on his face could not be hidden.

"What should I do next?"

"Stay observant."

"I understand!"

Forsi accepted this task with a solemn expression, feeling quite heroic as he died generously.

Hastur did not remind her of her thoughts, and just let her continue to maintain this strong fighting spirit.

It was better than her lying flat all the way.

After the starry sky dispersed, Forsi was still immersed in the praise just now.

This is the affirmation from the stars, and it is the reward that one deserves for his hard work.

"You did very well."

"You did very well."

……

In the Hall of Stars, Hastur ended his communication with Forsi and did not leave the Hall of Stars immediately. Instead, he scanned the stars above his head as usual.

Only the star where the high-dimensional overlooker is located is slightly abnormal.

In the scene where he was originally the only one, another figure appeared, Alger Wilson.

Their current location should be on the Blue Revenge.

"Alger is really unfortunate. No wonder his codename is the Hanged Man. It is indeed a symbol of sacrifice."

"It's strange, the sea is so vast, why can high-dimensional observers find Alger accurately?"

"A pure coincidence? Then Alger's luck is really bad."

Hastur just chose to watch and had no intention of intervening in this matter.

Let Mr. Fool worry about this kind of thing.

Hastur watched for a while longer, and then left the Hall of Stars.

The next day, Hastur was fully prepared and even asked Will to pay some attention secretly before heading to the Employment and Service Association again.

He let the others go ahead, leaving Caius alone.

In the room, Caius was not surprised at all that he was the winner among the eight people.

"Caius, why do you think I chose you?"

Hastur asked his question.

"Because I am the best among the eight people, anyone with vision will choose to hire me as this investigator."

Caius looked calm and spoke with absolute confidence in himself.

"Do you think you are a winner or a loser in life?"

Facing Hastur's sudden turn of the question, Caius frowned slightly and said: "Winner, I consider myself a winner in life. I rarely experience failure."

"Have you ever come into contact with a mysterious organization that likes to wear yellow clothes?"

"been touched."

"What do you think of that organization?"

"Those are the most noble monks I have ever seen in my life. They have the same goal of moving forward."

"Are you also a member of that organization?"

Caius was silent for a while, and then looked at Hastur with a strange look, "You are really different."

"You still have not answered my question."

"Yes, I am also a member of this organization."

This time it was Hastur's turn to be curious. Why did Caius answer all his questions without any hidden thoughts?

Are you pure of heart, or do you disdain lying?

After thinking for a while, Hasta asked again: "Why did you come to participate in this application? A winner in life like you doesn't need to earn this little gold pound at all."

"Because I accepted a task from the organization, and the task requires me to come to this job fair and complete your commission."

"Oh, organizing the task, does the task content require you to be honest and forthright?"

"Yes, no deception is allowed."

Hastur became more and more curious. The monks in yellow sent such a person to see him and did not allow him to lie. Are they really afraid that he will ask everything about them?

"Which god does your organization believe in?"

"I don't know."

"Have you never come into contact with an oracle?"

"I am not sure."

"How many people are there in your organization?"

"I am not sure."

"Who is your boss?"

"I don't have a boss."

“Who is the person responsible for maintaining the entire organization on a daily basis?”

"I am not sure."

"..."

Only then did Hasta understand that the monks in yellow had sent Tiehanhan, but they were not allowed to lie. It turned out to be because he knew too little about things and basically didn't know anything about it.

"When did you join this organization?"

"It's March this year, less than half a year."

"Are you loyal to this organization?"

"Nothing to mention, I'm only here for the reward of the mission."

In this regard, Hastur can only say six things. Apart from this, there is no other suitable evaluation.

"What is the mission reward?"

"The magic potion formula for promotion to sequence 4."

"What is Sequence 4 of this extraordinary path called?"

"priest."

"What about higher sequences?"

"I am not sure."

Hastur was silent for a while, then continued to ask many questions, and Caius answered them all.

But when it comes to the real secrets of the Yellow Monk organization, he doesn't know anything about it. The most common answer is "I don't know."

In the end, Hastur decided to hire Caius to go to South Wales to investigate Viscount Abel's land.

"I will definitely return after completing my mission."

After Caius expressed his determination, he set off directly from Backlund and headed for South Wales.

In the process, Caius didn't even ask about the reward for this mission.

It can be seen that what he cares about is not Hastur's meager gold pounds, but to obtain mission rewards within the organization.

"The Yellow Monks are such a strange organization."

Hastur thought for a long time and could only give the evaluation of "weird".