Mystery: The Stars Returner

"Audrey, I don't know this question either."

Susie shook her head and began to tell Audrey what happened last night.

"Mr. Hastur just asked you to help guard the surroundings, but didn't tell you what exactly happened?"

Audrey was not sure whether Mr. Hastur and Susie helped her last night, or whether she saved herself.

"I don't know. He just said there should be a high tower here, and asked me if I had seen that high tower, but I didn't find anything."

"That's it."

Audrey nodded and asked, "How does Mr. Hastur know there is a high tower there?"

"I don't know. He seems to be able to see things that I can't see."

"What else?"

"Audrey, do dogs also dream? Is there any difference between human dreams and dog dreams?"

"...Susie, I just want to know something about Mr. Hastur."

"When he left at the end he was sure you could come to your senses, and I don't know where his confidence came from."

"Susie, I also saw you and Mr. Hastur in the foggy dream last night."

Audrey also told Susie about her adventure last night. She didn't hide anything because Susie would not tell other people these things.

"It's really magical. I really want to go in and have a look." Susie looked forward to it.

"I'll take you in again if I have a chance in the future."

"Audrey, can you come in and out of there freely now?"

"Well, there's one thing you can't tell others. I now have a crystal ball in my spiritual world. Through that crystal ball, I can enter that mysterious world again."

"Interesting."

"Yes, this is very interesting, but I can't guarantee that it will be absolutely safe to enter that spiritual world, so I can't take you in with me for the time being."

"Okay, Audrey, I believe you." Susie sighed regretfully.

Audrey was in a happy mood, thought for a while and said, "Susie, what do you think of Mr. Hastur?"

"Very mysterious, and very concerned about your affairs."

Susie began to talk about some details of her time with Hastur last night. When she heard that Hastur's clothes were torn by thorns and had to go home to change clothes, Audrey already understood that Mr. Hastur must have been there last night. Helped myself in places I didn’t know existed.

He was sure that he could regain consciousness, so he could calmly return to his manor first and then come here to check on his situation.

"Susie, you haven't revealed that you can speak human language, have you?"

"No."

Susie shook her head and said very uncertainly: "Sometimes I suspect that Mr. Hastur is a mind reader. He always seems to know exactly what I want to express."

"Susie, could it be that Mr. Hastur has seen through you?"

"..."

Susie's tail was raised and straightened, and she was a little nervous for a moment.

It also had such a premonition last night, but it was just not sure. Now that I think about it, it seems that it is really possible.

"..."

Seeing this, Audrey also fell silent.

"Audrey, what should we do? Can you humans tolerate a dog that can speak human language?"

"...I think it's not that difficult."

"Oh, that's okay."

Susie's expression suddenly became cheerful again, wagging her tail, not caring about the question just now.

Seeing this, Audrey was a little discouraged and said, "Susie, you don't seem to care much about this?"

"Emperor Russell said: When you face a status quo that you cannot change, the only thing you can do is learn to accept it silently."

"..."

Audrey's eyes widened. She really didn't expect to hear quotes about Emperor Russell from Susie's mouth one day.

Oh my god, which book did this come from? Why don’t I know it clearly?

"Audrey, is this sentence surprising?"

Susie looked at Audrey in a daze, this expression inexplicably made her want to be beaten.

"..."

Seeing Audrey's silence, Susie was very happy and said: "Emperor Russell once said: When you use knowledge to gain the upper hand in a conversation, you should feel proud, because knowledge is the best weapon for mankind."

"..."

Audrey originally didn't want to say anything, but seeing Susie's tendency to stop talking, she said decisively: "Susie, are you hungry?"

"...Audrey, it seems that I haven't eaten since last night."

"Great, let's go enjoy our lunch."

Audrey was in a good mood and led Susie out of the room.

During lunch, Hastur was left to eat by Earl Hall, and Hibbert also rushed back, accompanied by Greg.

They did come out to play this weekend, at Greco's estate.

After hearing the news about Audrey, Hibbert and Greco rushed over.

After lunch, Hastur originally wanted to go back and take a rest. After all, he explored the forest from dark to dawn last night and had to rush to Earl Hall's manor this morning. He was really tired.

He has always paid great attention to his sleep.

Hibbert and Greco stopped him and asked him about Audrey.

They just knew that Earl Hall sent people to ask for help from the Church of the Night Goddess, and finally alerted Archbishop Anthony.

As for other specific details, they did not know.

Because of Earl Hall's reminder, Hastur avoided talking about his own credit, and attributed the reason for Audrey's awakening to the blessing of the Evernight Goddess.

Hibbert looked happy about this, while Greco was slightly confused.

He knew Hastur's character and knew that he would definitely do something. He couldn't just wait for Audrey to regain consciousness.

Hastur didn't explain anything. While the three of them were chatting, Gray Lint, who had taken care of Hauge after lunch, also came.

The four of them came to the back garden of the manor to chat, and happened to bump into Audrey and Earl Hall, as well as Susie who was resting on the ground.

"You guys talk first. I'm a little sleepy, so I'm going back to my room to rest."

Audrey looked at the time and saw that it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon. Today was Monday, the day when the Tarot Club was held.

"I'm also a little tired and want to take a rest."

Hastur also offered to leave for now, as he really wanted to catch up on some sleep.

But in the eyes of Hibbert and Greco, Hastur clearly wanted to create an opportunity to chat with Audrey alone, so they very generously let Hastur leave.

Hastur was led by the maid to a guest room on the second floor.

When passing by Audrey's room, she found Susie guarding the door with a vigilant look on her face.

Thinking that today happened to be Monday, and Audrey was hiding to participate in the Tarot Club, and asked Susie to show her, Hastur stopped, ready to tease Susie.

"Susie, where is Miss Audrey?"

"Wang."

"I want to meet Miss Audrey, can you show me the way?"

"Wang!"

"Anyway, we went on an adventure together last night. You shouldn't be so heartless, right?"

"Wang."

"Emperor Russell said: Dogs are mankind's most loyal friends."

"Woof." Susie wagged her tail.

"Emperor Russell also said: The pursuit of knowledge is what distinguishes all intelligent creatures from other animals."

"Wang?"

"Do you also like Emperor Russell's quotes?"

"Wang."

"Then I recommend you to buy a copy of "The Encyclopedia of Sayings of Emperor Russell", which contains detailed records of various interesting remarks by Emperor Russell."

"Woof!" Susie's eyes shone slightly, showing great interest in this.

Hastur originally planned to say something else, but he saw Audrey, the personal maid, walking over and looking at him with a wary expression.

"Susie, let's discuss Emperor Russell's artistic achievements next time."

"Wang."

After Hastur left, Susie was a little scared and lay on the ground. It almost blurted out "Hello" just now.

Fortunately, it controlled itself in time.

"The Encyclopedia of Quotations from Emperor Roselle", this book sounds like a good book, do humans also like Emperor Roselle?

It also thought that it was the only one who knew how to appreciate Emperor Russell's lonely and unknown mood.

Next time I will ask Audrey to buy it for me.

……

Tarot Society.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool."

"Good afternoon, Miss Magician."

"Good afternoon, Mr. Sun."

"Hey... where is Mr. Hanged Man?"

After Audrey finished saying hello, she scanned around the familiar people in the Tarot Society, but suddenly found that Mr. Hanged Man was missing.

She was curious and a little lucky at the same time. If she had woken up one day later, wouldn't she have missed the Tarot session she had been looking forward to for a week just like Mr. Hanged Man?

"He encountered something, so he was absent from this Tarot meeting." Klein opened his mouth to answer Audrey's doubts.

Just two days ago, Klein received a prayer from Mr. Hanged Man.

In Mr. Hanged Man's prayer, he mentioned that he is currently in a very bad situation and may not be able to attend the Tarot meeting normally next Monday.

At the same time, he also mentioned that Mr. Fool’s help was needed at critical moments.

After saying this, Mr. Hanged Man immediately ended his prayer, as if he was afraid of something.

Regarding this situation, Klein just assumed that he already knew about it.

As for how to help, he currently does not have the ability to directly intervene in what is happening on the sea.

I can only wish Mr. Hanged Man good luck on his journey.