Mystery: The Stars Returner

Brave Bar.

Quiet nights, noisy drinkers, sometimes accompanied by a few flirtatious drunken words.

Hastur sat at the bar and ordered a blue and red cocktail.

Regarding Ince Zangwill, he decided to tell Leonard personally what he had experienced during this period. He believed that he, who had been arranged by 008, could understand whose handiwork this inexplicable coincidence came from.

After waiting for about half an hour, Leonard walked in through the bar door.

As soon as he came in, he asked the bartender to serve him wine, and also recorded the wine Hastur drank on his account, saying that he wanted to make up for the previous meal he owed.

In response, Hastur ordered another glass of wine worth 1 gold pound and 4 soli. Leonard's mouth twitched slightly and said: "Although I have some spare money now and can afford a meal, you have to take it easy. "

After saying that, he also ordered a glass of wine that was as expensive as Hasta's. You can't treat others to a good drink while you drink cheap Southwell beer.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Hasta began to mention what happened to him during this period, intentionally or unintentionally, and finally said: "What the hell, I always feel that what happened recently is too coincidental, and I don't know what kind of bad luck I have." .”

Leonard was interested and said: "A continuous coincidence? I have had such an encounter before, and it was not a good experience."

"Have you had the same experience?"

"Well, before I came to Backlund."

Leonard began to talk about what he encountered in Tingen, but skipped the incident between Ince Zangwill and 008.

"So do you think this coincidence is destined?"

Leonard heard this, shook his head and said: "Maybe there are some forces that we don't understand, hiding in the dark, secretly affecting our daily lives."

Hasta thought for a moment and said: "I have some impression of the Tingen you mentioned just now. Is there a defected archbishop who came to your place and caused a lot of trouble?"

"You know about this?"

"I once heard from a friend that the archbishop's name seems to be Ince Zangwill. A friend of mine once met him in Backlund."

"Really?"

Leonard's mood suddenly became excited, and his eyes were fixed on Hastur, hoping that he would tell more about Ince Zangwill.

Klein also mentioned to him last time that Ince Zangwill was hiding in Backlund, but he could never find his hiding place.

"My friend has a high status. When he came to see me some time ago, he suddenly knocked down a countess. It was unexpected and sudden."

Hastur used Prince Edsac, whom he had never met, as a shield. He kept disturbing him. This was the price he should pay.

"Can you please reveal the identity of your friend?"

Hastur glanced around, then lowered his voice and said: "Prince Edsac, a true member of the royal family."

"Such a high status indeed."

Leonard couldn't help but sigh, the Hastur in front of him was worthy of being of noble origin, and he even had a prince as a friend.

"He recently fell in love with a girl, well, an ordinary girl without aristocratic status. He even insisted on getting married to her. You know, not long ago, he had been in love with the daughter of Earl Hall's family, but in the blink of an eye, he fell in love with her like crazy. I fell in love with another girl, and I don’t know what kind of magic power that girl has.”

"Maybe there really is some magic." Leonard said thoughtfully.

If that girl was a witch, it would be easy to explain the behavior of Prince Edsac who fell in love with someone else in a short period of time.

"Oh, I forgot, you have met such a girl before, and you have only met Miss Serafina a few times."

"..."

Leonard looked away awkwardly, his eyes a little wandering. He really didn't want to mention this topic.

That Miss Serafina was no ordinary witch, but a Sequence 3 immortal witch. She almost ate him up that night.

"Leonard, do you still believe in love now?"

"...of course I believe it."

Leonard answered reluctantly, but he was cursing in his heart: "What bullshit love, whoever wants to believe it is a fool!"

Hasta said happily: "It seems that you have completely overcome the painful shadow of breaking up with Miss Serafina."

"Hasta, although I don't care so much now, we should talk less about her and let everything in the past drift away with the wind."

Leonard really doesn't want to talk about this topic. If he invites the ageless witch again, he may not have the same luck as last time.

"But Miss Serafina is already here."

"?!!"

Leonard was so frightened that he quickly turned around and looked at the door of the bar. Sure enough, he saw a familiar figure walking in his direction amidst the admiring gazes of many drinkers.

damn it!

Why is she here suddenly?

Did you come here on purpose to squat on your own?

Leonard's muscles tensed up and cold sweat began to break out on his back. He kept calling the old man for help, but the old man never gave him any response.

As Serafina approached, the smile on Leonard's face became more forced. He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to escape, but he was worried that Hastur would be in danger if he stayed here alone.

"Miss Serafina, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are as beautiful as ever."

Hastur greeted him warmly, and Leonard looked at Hastur with a stiff expression, but hesitated to speak.

"Someone didn't seem to welcome me very much."

Serafina walked over to Leonard and sat down next to him. She ordered a glass of Bloody Mary. Her fingers gently slid across the edge of the glass, and her eyes fell on the nervous Leonard's face from time to time.

After a while, he said: "Since the last time we were separated, I have always wanted to see you again. I didn't expect to meet you here tonight. It seems that the fate between us is not shallow."

She didn't come here specifically for Leonard tonight, but to negotiate with Hastur about Panatia and give him the compensation he wanted.

Leonard had a very forced smile on his face, trying hard to suppress the fear and nervousness in his heart, and finally said the words "Long time no see."

Hastur, who was sitting on the other side of Leonard, watched Leonard's conversation with the ageless witch with a smile.

For Serafina to appear here tonight, Will must have secretly allowed her to appear. She probably wanted to enjoy herself in silence for a while and see what kind of sparks Leonard and Serafina would create.

"You are so heartless. You left in a hurry last time and heard nothing from me after that. Are you men the kind of creatures that become heartless when you get out of bed?"

Serafina's resentful tone sounded as if she was the one who was abandoned in this relationship.

"I had important things to deal with at that time, so I had no choice but to leave first."

At this point, Leonard could only bite the bullet and follow what the other party said.

Try to buy as much time as possible, maybe you can still have a chance to escape.

Serafina seemed to see through all of Leonard's thoughts, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly as she said, "Are you thinking about how to escape again?"

"How could it be? I came to this bar tonight just to reminisce about the good times when you and I first met,"

"really?"

"Of course, Serafina, how could I lie to you?"

Leonard has already begun to enter the character state. He wants to lure the ageless witch away from the bar so as not to implicate innocent people.

"Lies come from every mouth, and this is your man's mouth."

Serafina spoke sarcastically and seemed not to be moved by Leonard's words at all.

"Aren't you women always telling lies?"

Leonard wanted to retaliate like this, but he didn't dare to offend the other party at this time.

He turned to look at Hastur and said as calmly as possible: "Hasta, didn't you just say that you still have things to deal with at home? Leave this place for me to reunite with Serafina."

As he spoke, he gave Hastur a few winks, hoping that Hastur could understand and follow his words and leave here in time.

"Leonard, why do your eyes keep twitching?"

"..."

Leonard opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.

I advised you to leave with good intentions, and even gave you a crazy wink, but you asked me if there was anything wrong with my eyes?

Whose eyes have problems now?

Hastur, you are usually such a smart person, can't you see that there is some kind of problem between me and this Miss Serafina?

"Leonard, what's wrong with you?"

"Haha, I'm fine!"

Leonard said these words very seriously. Before Hastur could answer, he raised his voice and said: "Hasta, my friend, can't you see that right now I just want to be with this beautiful Serra?" Miss Fina, are you alone?"

Seeing that Hastur could not understand what he meant, Leonard had no choice but to apologize to Hastur later.

As for whether there will be a future, he can't guarantee it.

Hasta was also stunned for a moment. He did not expect Leonard to come up with such a solution.

One-third of the drinkers in the bar were already looking at this location.

Leonard saw that Hastur had no intention of getting up and leaving, and was about to say a few more words. At this time, Serafina beside him spoke first.

"Leonard, it's over between us. Now, the person I like is your good friend, Mr. Hastur."

This sentence was like a bombshell, attracting the attention of the remaining two-thirds of the drinkers in the bar.