Mystery: The Stars Returner

As the new year approaches, the turbulent turbulence in Backlund's darkness seems to have stopped, and there is peace.

Both nobles, wealthy businessmen and workers and common people are preparing for the arrival of the new year, with rare smiles on their faces.

But there are still a large number of people who can only stay in their homes and look enviously at the smiling people on the street outside.

The Chinese New Year is always like this, some are happy and some are sad, but this year the sadness is particularly intense.

The arrival of the New Year has also diluted the assassination case of Duke Negan some time ago, and even the war clouds that may have swept over the southern continent have also subsided a lot.

The villa where Mrs. Germani lives.

"Do you have any wishes that you want to realize during the Chinese New Year this year?"

On the balcony on the second floor, Moraka held Mrs. Germani's waist from behind in an intimate gesture.

"Yes, but do you have the ability to help me achieve it?"

"As long as it's not about that Baron Hastur Campbell, I can find a way to help you complete it."

"let it go."

"..."

Moraka looked helpless and sighed: "Your mother issued a death order, telling no one from the Witch Cult to disturb the little lover you miss so much. But I already suffered the consequences last time."

"She is also your mother."

"But you are the only one who looks similar to her. You are the daughter he really has high hopes for, and I am just an item that can be thrown away at will."

Moraka reached out and touched the familiar yet unfamiliar face of Mrs. Germani. Once upon a time, she had also longed to have such a face.

Now she was glad that she had another face. It was too heavy and unfree to bear such a face.

"Item? Do you deserve it?"

A cold voice came, and then a figure fell behind Moraka and pinched her chin.

"Haha, what are you doing here!"

Moraka had a very disgusted expression on his face.

"I always dislike your expression."

Serafina let go of her hand holding Moraka's chin, and turned to look at Mrs. Germani who was a little anxious.

"Are you still so afraid of me?"

"It's awe."

Mrs. Gemani lowered her head slightly, not daring to look at her mother.

Serafina glanced at the two of them and said calmly: "I will live here for the next few days."

"Haha, does an immortal witch also want to celebrate the New Year like others do?"

Moraka mocked and was naturally rewarded with a loud slap.

"Who allowed you to speak to me in this tone?"

"Aren't I always like this?"

Moraka's stubborn look only made Serafina laugh. She longed for maternal love and deliberately chose to torture herself in this way in exchange for her mother's attention.

Sometimes she would play with Moraka and treat it as a daily interaction between mother and daughter. Sometimes, she would deliberately ignore her and make her fall into pain.

A witch needs to be in such an environment to truly grow up.

"I'll go down and have a new room prepared."

Mrs. Gemani spoke quickly to prevent the conflict between them from escalating again.

Moraka stretched out his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth and sneered: "Why are you still lingering in Backlund? According to the plan, you should have returned to the Southern Continent to participate in the war."

Serafina didn't bother to speak: "Plan? What plan do you know? Ignorant speculation."

She originally planned to return to the Southern Continent after finishing her work in Backlund, cooperate with other members of the organization, and then start a war from south to north on New Year's Day.

But the strange thing is that the originally agreed-upon New Year's Eve war has turned out to be unexpected, and there is even a rumor from nowhere that the war will take place after the New Year.

Even Yuanchu sent down an oracle specifically and mentioned this sentence emphatically.

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Therefore, she had time to stay in Backlund.

But this kind of thing is obviously not something a Sequence 7 witch should know.

"Are you really going to stay here for the New Year this year?" Moraka, who had been silent for a long time, spoke in a trembling voice, with a little caution and expectation.

"My daughter, don't you want me to stay?"

"..."

Moraka's expression changed several times, and finally he said with a cold face: "I just don't want you to disturb the world between me and Gemani!"

Snapped!

Moraka's delicate face was slapped again, but she didn't seem to be annoyed by it.

……

Time passes quickly, and the new year is here in a blink of an eye.

Friday, November 1349, 12.

In today's Backlund noble circle, in addition to welcoming the New Year, there is another major event that deserves attention and attention.

Earl Hall's daughter, Backlund's brightest pearl, Audrey Hall will truly come of age in a social sense.

The dinner was naturally extremely exaggerated and extravagant. Even the queen came, as well as many other royal members, including two princes who had not yet decided on their marriage.

There have long been rumors that when Miss Audrey, Backlund's brightest pearl, reaches adulthood, she will be set in the crown.

The queen's appearance tonight seems to confirm the credibility of this rumor.

As the protagonist and the absolute focus of tonight's banquet, Audrey dressed up stood in the lounge, waiting for the New Year's party to begin.

Her face did not show happiness, joy, excitement, etc. Instead, she frowned and sighed, with a pair of bright eyes flashing vaguely.

There was a newspaper in front of her, which read:

"...According to preliminary statistics, a total of more than 36000 people died directly in the smog, and the subsequent spread of the plague took away more than 80000 people, including many young children and healthy teenagers..."

"The dock area is the hardest-hit area by this smog incident. The death toll alone accounts for 20000%, and the number of people who are seriously ill is no less than ."

"The kingdom has specially allocated a huge sum of money to provide relief to workers who have lost their jobs in the dock area..."

Audrey's view of the following content was somewhat blurry.

Her eyes were fixed on those numbers. The great smog incident actually caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people!

How many people are there in the entire Backlund?

At this time, she will usher in her coming-of-age ceremony in this magnificent villa, under the cordial introduction of the queen, in front of a large group of gorgeously dressed nobles.

This is what Mr. Hastur said, the attributes that he already possesses when he is born, and they do not change due to his own thoughts.

Audrey couldn't help but close her eyes.

At this time, Earl Hall and Countess Hall came in and praised at the same time: "You are more beautiful than everyone else tonight, baby, it's time to go out, the queen is waiting for you."

Audrey opened her eyes and smiled elegantly. Accompanied by her father and mother, she left the lounge and came to the party hall.

She walked all the way up to the highest platform, and handed the hand wearing an elbow-length white gauze glove to the queen under the astonishing gazes.

The queen led her to the edge of the high platform, faced all the guests, and said with a smile: "Although this is a dark period in Backlund's history, we still have a gem that illuminates the entire city, her wisdom and her beauty. , her character and her etiquette are impeccable.”

"Tonight, I will formally introduce her to you."

"Miss Audrey Hall."

boom! boom! boom!

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, fireworks took off.

On the night of the last day of 1349, Audrey officially came of age in a social sense.

Standing on the high platform, Audrey kept an elegant smile and looked down at the nobles who were applauding for this.

Are they simply rejoicing that they have grown up, or are they applauding in order to echo the queen's speech, or is this just a courtesy they are accustomed to?

When her eyes fell on Mr. Hasta in the crowd, she could be 100% sure that Mr. Hasta was sincerely sending his blessings for her adulthood.

Her eyes didn't stay for long. After scanning around, she looked at the night sky outside the floor-to-ceiling window. There were clouds of fireworks rising there, which was beautiful and dreamy.

If it weren't for the shocking numbers in the newspaper, she might have naively believed that the world outside was no different from the world she lived in.

After the queen's introduction, Audrey left the high platform and began to greet the nobles who she knew or didn't know, familiar or unfamiliar with.

She always maintained her elegant side, even though it was tiring.

Especially when she saw Susie hiding in the corner, looking at everyone with a detached look, she felt even more tired.

Susie noticed the envious gaze from Audrey. She stood up, changed to a position where Audrey could not see, and continued to look at everyone as an audience.

"Susie, do I need any gifts for you in the New Year?"

A familiar voice came from behind. Susie subconsciously stopped wagging her tail, but soon continued to wag her tail lazily.

For Mr. Hastur, it is not as scared as before and can now get along with him calmly.

"Actually, I think that with your wisdom, you should study in depth the works of Emperor Russell on thought. That will definitely suit you."

"Wang!"

Susie was moved.

It had mentioned this matter to Audrey before, but Audrey rejected her ruthlessly, saying that it should not read too many books now, let alone be exposed to some strange ideas.

Now Mr. Hasta's words made him feel that he had met a soulmate.

Last time it was Mr. Hastur who kept mentioning Russell, so it looked for an opportunity to read the books left by Russell, and became deeply fascinated by it.

It's a pity that it can't open its throat now and exchange its thoughts about Emperor Russell's books with Mr. Hastur freely.

He could only watch as Hastur was called by Hibbert to go drink and socialize.

Susie, who was not disturbed by anyone, continued to lie in the corner of the second floor and continued to observe everything happening here. She was the best audience tonight.