Mystery: The Stars Returner

The darkness dissipated, and the first ray of dawn passed through the distant sky, staining the forest, along the window, through the curtains, and fell on the beautiful face of a girl on the bed.

The girl frowned slightly, perhaps because the dazzling sunlight disturbed her dream. She pouted her lips in dissatisfaction, but she seemed to think it was not elegant. She tightened her mouth and her eyelids trembled slightly.

After a while, she finally woke up. The first thing she did when she opened her eyes was to use the back of her right hand to cover her eyes that were exposed to the sun.

"Audrey, my baby girl, you finally woke up!"

Earl Hall spoke happily, his voice was not as calm as usual, but slightly trembling.

Audrey looked at the nervous and excited Earl Hall with a smile on her face and said with a smile: "I just had an interesting dream."

"It's good that you're fine. If something happens to you, I don't know how to explain it to your mother."

Seeing that Audrey had regained consciousness and looked and talked as usual, Earl Hall was truly relieved.

Audrey chatted with Earl Hall for a few more words, then she felt very hungry and almost made an obscene sound.

She blinked lightly and said: "Dear Earl Hall, I need to solve a very important problem."

"what is the problem?"

Earl Hall couldn't understand the implication, so the maid came to Earl Hall and whispered a few words before he left with a smile.

Then Earl Hall left the room, and the personal maid immediately asked people to bring appropriate food and nourishment.

In the lobby on the first floor of the manor, Earl Hall cordially held the hand of Archbishop Anthony Stevenson of the Church of the Night. "Thanks to the archbishop for helping me this time, otherwise my daughter Audrey would still be sleeping now."

"This is the blessing of the goddess."

Anthony Stevenson smiled and kept his words decent.

"Yes, everything is blessed by the goddess."

Earl Hall suppressed the excitement in his heart and restrained his gratitude.

Yesterday, he sent two waves of people to seek help from the Goddess Church. Unexpectedly, Archbishop Anthony Stevenson, who is the head of the entire Backlund Diocese, would come in person.

He also used the blessing to escape from the nightmare for Audrey overnight. Sure enough, early this morning, his baby daughter Audrey successfully woke up.

This deepened his belief in the goddess.

After a while, Audrey came down from upstairs with light steps and seemed to be in a good mood.

"Where's Susie? Why haven't I seen it?"

Audrey originally wanted to ask Earl Hall about Mr. Hastur, but she heard the personal maid mention that Earl Hall was very dissatisfied with Mr. Hastur for bringing this unnecessary disaster to her.

She did not mention Mr. Hastur, but indirectly asked about Mr. Hastur's situation through Susie's whereabouts.

"Susie was taken away by Baron Hastur Campbell. He said he was going to the forest to help you regain your consciousness."

Earl Hall's tone clearly revealed dissatisfaction.

Before Audrey could continue to ask, Earl Hall introduced Archbishop Anthony to her, saying that it was because of this powerful archbishop's action last night that she regained consciousness in the early morning of this morning.

Audrey remained skeptical about this. If her memory was correct, it was because of Mr. Hastur and Susie that she was able to escape from that foggy dream last night.

But at the moment, it was impossible for her to express doubts about Archbishop Anthony, so she could only express her sincere thanks.

After a few more pleasantries, Archbishop Anthony said with a smile: "All this is the blessing of the goddess."

"Yes."

Audrey nodded in agreement, but her mind flashed to the light of the stars she saw when she climbed to the top of the tower in the foggy dream.

Well, the moon symbolized by the goddess, and the stars rotating around the moon, should be equivalent to the goddess's blessing, right?

She was just a little unsure, but it wasn't that she doubted her belief in the goddess.

She has always been very devout in her belief in the goddess.

After a while, Hastur and Susie arrived at the door.

Looking at Hastur, who was clean and tidy, Earl Hall's face darkened, but he didn't say anything and just nodded symbolically.

"Wang!"

As soon as Susie saw Audrey's figure, she ran over to her, circled around Audrey many times, and let out happy whimpering.

"Susie."

There were many guests here, so Audrey did not squat down, but bent slightly to touch Susie's head.

She was also very excited at the moment. In that foggy dream, Susie led Mr. Hastur to rescue her and successfully guided her to the silver-white tower.

Regardless of whether it was his subconscious guidance or whether Susie and Hasta really helped him in his efforts last night, he needed to thank them for their help.

"Sit down. This is Archbishop Anthony who is in charge of St. Samuel's Cathedral. It was he who brought the blessing of the goddess and saved Audrey."

Earl Hall gave Hastur a brief introduction.

It was only when he saw that the clothes on Hastur's body were not the same as yesterday that he calmed down his anger a little.

This proves that Hastur and Susie were indeed working hard to save Audrey last night. They arrived late today. They should have gone back to the manor to freshen up before coming here.

"..."

Hasta's expression was a little complicated, but he still smiled and said: "Thank you Archbishop Anthony for helping to solve Miss Audrey's problem. This also makes up for my mistake of not taking care of Miss Audrey."

"Everything is blessed by the goddess, who always shows mercy to every devout believer."

Archbishop Anthony didn't take any credit at all, he just gave all the credit to the blessing of the goddess.

Because when he came to treat Audrey last night, he only realized that Audrey's deep sleep was probably related to abnormalities in the spiritual world. He just said the right prayer and blessing.

As for Audrey's ability to regain consciousness today, it can only be explained by the goddess' blessing.

"You must be Voltaire's son. That's great. You do have a shadow of Voltaire when you were young. Of course, in terms of appearance, Voltaire is still a little inferior to you."

After chatting for a while, Archbishop Anthony also took the initiative to mention things about Voltaire.

This surprised both Hastur and Count Hall that an archbishop who guarded the entire Saint Samuel Church still remembered Voltaire who had been dead for many years.

And from the tone of voice, it seemed like they were very familiar with each other.

"This is the greatest wealth my parents left me." Hasta responded with a smile.

Archbishop Anthony nodded and said nothing more. He chatted with Earl Hall for a while, then stood up and left.

Earl Hall glanced at Hastur and then at Audrey, and asked Audrey to take Susie upstairs first.

The other miscellaneous people were also screened away, leaving only him and Hastur sitting face to face.

"Tell me about what you and Susie discovered last night."

"Last night, Susie and I went to the area where Miss Audrey encountered the fog, and did some exploration, and we did find something unusual."

"What's abnormal?"

"It seems there used to be a tall tower there."

Hastur just introduced a few words briefly, and did not expand this issue in depth, nor did he mention the issues related to the mind dragon.

"That's it?" Earl Hall said displeased.

"Well, I think this may have something to do with what happened to Miss Audrey."

"Just a tower and it doesn't exist anymore?"

"Yes, it should have weathered and decayed over time."

Earl Hall was silent for a while, stared at Hastur and asked: "Do you think it was you who helped Audrey wake up or Archbishop Anthony?"

"Only Miss Audrey should be able to answer this question."

"It seems that you think you and Susie saved Audrey?"

"..."

It was really hard for Hastur to answer this question. He didn't dare to say that it was entirely his and Susie's credit, but he could at least take half of the credit, right?

At the last moment, he used the power of the Palace of Stars to help Audrey escape from that spiritual world.

Earl Hall's gloomy expression softened a lot, and he looked at Hastur with more satisfaction, "When will you return to the manor?"

"When the morning sun first shines on the earth."

Earl Hall nodded, "No matter who saved Audrey, the only one I can tell the public is Archbishop Anthony."

Hastur only thought for a moment and understood the meaning of Earl Hall's words.

Many people must have known that Earl Hall invited Archbishop Anthony. This credit must belong to Archbishop Anthony and the blessing of the goddess of the night.

Secondly, it also means protecting your privacy.

Earl Hall must have known something different about himself through what happened last night, otherwise how could he dare to compete with Archbishop Anthony for credit.

"I see."

"You are still young, and there will be many opportunities for you to perform in the future."

Earl Hall was very satisfied with Hastur's attitude. Only those who know how to restrain their sharp edges and keep their appearance low can go further.

Upstairs, Audrey finally waited for the chance to be alone with Susie.

There were no outsiders present, and Susie, who had already held back her words, couldn't help but say: "Audrey, I'm really worried about your safety!"

"I understand, Susie."

Audrey knelt down, hugged Susie's neck, and stroked her head. After a while, she asked, "Susie, did you and Mr. Hastur save me last night?"