Mystery: The Stars Returner

George III stared at Hastur for a while before saying: "Son of Voltaire, I once met you when you were young. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, you have grown into a young talent who can share the worries of the kingdom. .”

"It is because of His Majesty the King's promotion of education reform that I was able to receive a better education and grow into the young man who serves the country today."

Hastur opened his mouth and said that today is your majesty's wise words, which made Earl Hall nod secretly.

"You can talk better than Voltaire."

The stern look on George III's face softened a little, and he said, "Do you know the danger of traveling to South Wales this time?"

"Being able to share the king's worries and do our best for the kingdom has always been what our Campbell family has to do."

"very good."

George III was very satisfied with Hastur's attitude, "From today on, you are Earl Hastur Campbell. I hope you can inherit the Campbell family's loyalty to the kingdom from generation to generation."

Then, George III asked some questions about the South Wales coastal defense line, for which Hastur was well prepared.

Finally, George III rewarded him with 1 gold pounds in the name of the kingdom, allowing him to go to South Wales before January 10 to help the Archduke of South Wales secure the coastal defense line.

After leaving Thordrak Palace, Hastur originally wanted to go home directly, but was stopped by the carriage driver of Earl Hall's family, saying that Earl Hall wanted to invite him to his house for a meal.

Hastur had no reason to refuse this proposal.

After waiting for half an hour, Earl Hall walked out of Thordrak Palace.

"Come on, I have something to talk to you about."

After Earl Hall finished speaking, he got into the carriage, and Hastur asked the coachman to follow Earl Hall's carriage.

Earl Hall's house.

Hastur and Earl Hall appeared at the same time, so Audrey, who was being taught adult etiquette by her teacher, found an excuse to skip the class and brought Susie to Hastur.

"It turns out that the person Earl Hall wants to entertain today is Mr. Hastur."

"I really miss the desserts here."

Audrey laughed, and after exchanging a few words with Hasta, she frowned slightly and said, "Mr. Hasta, are you leaving Backlund?"

"Well, we'll be leaving in a few days."

After a moment of silence, Audrey smiled and said: "I believe Mr. Hastur can definitely solve the problems faced by South Wales County."

After finishing his chat with Audrey, Hastur had lunch at Earl Hall's house, and then followed Earl Hall to his study.

Audrey was unable to enter the study, but was very curious, so she asked Susie to follow Hastur and successfully sneaked into the study.

Hastur glanced at Susie, who was pretending to be sleeping on the ground, and knew that it was a dog spy sent by Audrey to eavesdrop.

"You should have seen clearly the situation in South Wales, but you may not have seen the Archduke of South Wales clearly."

Earl Hall's words were a reminder as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Is there anything special about the Grand Duke of Southwell?" Hastur asked humbly.

“He has a small mind and cruel methods. He will use any means to destroy nobles who do not obey his will.

Many nobles who had been bullied by him came to Backlund to pray to His Majesty the King for justice, but to no avail. "

Earl Hall paused for a moment and then said: "He has such power and status not only because he is loyal to His Majesty the King, but also for another reason.

He was the illegitimate son of the previous Archduke of Southwell, a fact that few people knew. "

"Is that the Archduke Drink Augustus?"

Earl Hall glanced at Hastur in surprise, "I didn't expect you to know the existence of this Grand Duke. This is a figure that even many elderly nobles have almost forgotten."

"I just like to read some idle books, which contain records of the deeds of the former Archduke of Southwell."

Earl Hall nodded and said, "Since you know him, you should understand how terrifying this Grand Duke is."

Hastur heard Earl Hall's warning, which was to tell him to avoid the Archduke of South Wales as much as possible when heading to South Wales, and not to conflict with him, so as not to attract the attention of the Archduke Drink Augustus. giant.

Alas, it's a pity that the Archduke of Southwell and I cannot tolerate two tigers on the same mountain.

Now that Hastur is ready to go to South Wales for development, he naturally wants to be the only voice in South Wales.

Hostility was already doomed when he chose to go to South Wales.

"There are one hundred thousand gold pounds here, and I trust you know how to use them."

Do you want me to use this money to honor the Archduke of South Wales?

What a waste.

Hasta pretended to be puzzled and said: "What is this money for?"

"This is an investment by our Hall family in you. I believe your future will not be simple." Earl Hall made his words clear directly.

With an angel investment of one hundred thousand pounds, Earl Hall is really rich.

Hasta was filled with emotion. The funds he had raised from law firms and factories during this period were only about 100,000 gold pounds.

This was already his bottom line. Unexpectedly, Earl Hall doubled his wealth directly.

……

Hastur left Earl Hall's house and returned home not long ago.

Greg, who heard the news, also found a reason to come to meet him.

In the study, Hastur and Greco sat opposite each other.

Grek sighed and said, "Hasta, I really didn't expect you to have grown to this point."

"Maybe I'm born more suited to the path of an extraordinary person."

Hastur understood what Grek was referring to. The speed with which he found and killed Lockhard last time had revealed a lot of information.

"Now I also understand why you chose such a path. No matter how powerful you are, it is not as reliable as having strong power in your hands."

"Grek, we are still friends, this has not changed."

Greg laughed, "This should be the best news I've heard in a while."

"I'm also very lucky to have you as a friend."

The two chatted for a while, and Greco suddenly said: "I know that you will need a lot of money when you go to South Wales to build your territory, so I have prepared two hundred thousand gold pounds for you, and I have some money in South Wales. Part of the industry will be handed over to you to manage when the time comes."

"It's too much money."

"Not much. One hundred thousand gold pounds is the bounty for the assassin, and the other one hundred thousand gold pounds is the traveling expenses of my private sponsor friend."

"..."

One hundred thousand gold pounds for travel expenses?

The road from Backlund to South Wales is really long and rugged.

"I hope you won't refuse. These wealth are nothing to me."

Grek gave Hastur no reason to refuse.

"Two hundred thousand gold pounds... It's hard for me to say no." Hasta sighed in his heart.

Today alone, he has already received 400,000 gold pounds!

Adding in his own 100,000 gold pounds, his wealth instantly soared to 500,000 gold pounds!

This money was too much to use to build the territory, and he could even form a private army.

Well, it shouldn't be called a private army, but a knightly order guarding the territory.

……

1350 1 Month 9 Day.

Since the last time he saw King George III, Hastur spent several days peacefully.

To prevent half a million gold pounds from being too much of an amount to be safe these days.

Hastur secretly transported 400,000 gold pounds to the Hall of Stars. Anyway, there was still a month until the next gathering of stars.

He had already decided to leave for South Wales tomorrow. Before that, he followed Professor Folan to find Professor Wayne. Professor Wayne gave him a list, saying that the people on it were from South Wales. Friends from the county, if you need help, you can try to ask for help.

Hastur went to Graylingt's place to attend the last extraordinary gathering. Graylingt generously gave him a lot of medicines refined during this period, which basically have all kinds of medicinal effects and are widely used.

He also went to the Brave Bar to meet Leonard again, and this time Klein was also there, saying it was to thank him for providing him with a seat at the Opera House during the last New Year.

Before leaving, Hastur asked Klein a question.

"Do you like the ordinary and warm life you have now, or do you prefer an adventurous life outside alone?"

The choice given by Klein is the former.

This is a not-so-surprising answer. Right now, Klein's destiny trajectory has begun to deviate, and his growth rate has also slowed down.

This is a good thing for Hastur.

The later the Fool takes the throne, the later the start of the Divine War will be.

At night, Hasta invited Maric and Sharon again to hold a farewell party.

"I'm leaving Backlund tomorrow. Are you willing to leave with me?" Hasta invited again.

Maric lamented: "I'm looking forward to going on an adventure with you in South Wales, but unfortunately, I still have a lot to do."

Sharon, who looked calm as usual, did not answer.

Hastur felt a little disappointed, but still smiled and said: "I will send you some specialties from South Wales to make you regret not going to South Wales with me."

Maric laughed and said: "What you do is not a punishment at all, it is clearly a reward."

Sharon glanced at Hastur and said calmly: "Have you opened the gift I gave you in the New Year?"