Mystery: The Stars Returner

Backlund, the home of Earl Hall.

Audrey was in a good mood. Counting the time, she had not seen Mr. Hastur for almost half a year, and they only exchanged letters.

"Susie, you seem to be in a good mood."

"Audrey, you are in a good mood too."

Audrey raised her head slightly, "Susie, I specifically told Mr. Hastur in the letter that he must not bring you any of Russell's works. Reading too many of those books will not be good for you."

"..."

Susie was silent for a while, then looked at Audrey with a calm face, "Audrey, I have read all the works of Emperor Russell."

This time it was Audrey's turn to fall silent. After a while, she asked: "When did you finish reading?"

"A month ago."

Audrey and Susie looked at each other for a few times, and then Audrey said with emotion: "Susie, you are getting smarter and smarter now."

"Reading can increase wisdom, and the book also says so, Wang."

"..."

Audrey sighed heavily, she missed the silly Susie from before.

dong dong dong.

There was a knock on the door, and without Audrey's instructions, Susie immediately shut up, then found a shady place and lay down on the ground, closing her eyes and pretending to sleep.

Audrey opened the door, and the maid outside the door came to tell her that Earl Hall had something to ask her to go to the study.

Susie, who was lying on the ground, moved her ears, got up and followed Audrey to the study.

In the study, Earl Hall was rubbing the corners of his eyes.

"Dear Earl Hall, did you come to me to help you relieve your fatigue?"

Audrey smiled and came behind Earl Hall, reaching out to massage his shoulders.

Earl Hall closed his eyes slightly and spoke after almost resting: "You should know that Hastur is returning to Backlund, right?"

"Well, will the second brother come back too?"

"If he doesn't come back, he has always had a rift with your eldest brother. It would be better to stay in South Wales."

Audrey was a little lucky that she was a girl, otherwise this kind of internal fight among the nobles would have affected her. Even if she didn't have that idea, it would have aroused the suspicion of her relatives.

"The queen has asked about you many times recently."

Audrey's little hand massaging Earl Hall's shoulders paused. Susie, who was lying in the shadow of the bookshelf, couldn't help but pricked up her ears and listened more carefully.

Earl Hall chuckled and said: "It seems that you already know the queen's thoughts. Who makes my daughter the most dazzling pearl in Backlund."

Audrey withdrew her massaging hands, frowned in distress, and finally pursed her thin lips slightly and said, "I don't like the life of the royal family."

Earl Hall naturally understands his precious daughter's thoughts. He also doesn't really want to be related to the royal family. There are too many rules and it's too chaotic.

He has not yet reached the point where he needs to sell his daughter to maintain his title.

Therefore, he has always tried his best to deal with these things and refuse them.

But recently, the queen seems to be particularly interested in Audrey, and she doesn't know which prince has been thinking about her.

Audrey was obviously just an adult, so she shouldn't be so eager no matter what.

"Don't worry, I will help you block these messy things. My daughter is so good. Naturally, she should make her own life choices with her own ideas instead of being chosen by others."

Earl Hall comforted him with a gentle yet firm tone.

"Ok!"

Audrey nodded heavily, a smile slowly blooming on her troubled face.

"Wang!"

Susie also barked at the right time, showing that she was firmly on Audrey's side.

……

The residence of Forsi and Xio.

After finishing writing for an hour, Forsi lay down on the sofa to rest for two hours, with a rare sad look on his face.

Recently, for some unknown reason, many extraordinary people began to investigate the followers of the stars, which made her afraid to go out and even unable to concentrate on writing.

She also looked to the stars for a solution, and the stars just said that the stars would bless every believer.

This made her think about whether to develop Xio into a follower of the stars. With the blessing of the stars, Xio would be much safer wandering around outside.

Bang! Bang!

Suddenly there was a sound of violent slamming on the door, which made Forsi's heart skip a beat on the sofa.

Could there be an extraordinary person coming to your door?

She looked solemn, touched the bracelet on her wrist, took a deep breath, then stood up and came to the door.

"Who's knocking outside?"

"It's me, little Jerry."

A familiar childish voice came from outside the door, which made Forsi relax a little.

Little Jerry is a seven-year-old kid who lives on the street next door. He has a good relationship with Xio and is the youngest intelligence agent under Xio.

Most of the time, children are less noticeable and are more suitable for gathering intelligence.

"Are you alone?" Forsi was still a little worried.

"Yes, someone asked me to send you a note."

Squeaking, the old door made a dull sound due to its age.

Forsi opened the door anyway, and there was indeed little Jerry alone outside.

Little Jerry placed a crumpled piece of paper in her palm, looked anxious and spoke quickly: "Sister Xio may be in danger."

stop? !

Forsi hurriedly spread out the note, which read: "If you want your friends to be safe, come to the warehouse at No. 32 Tes Street."

Hugh was kidnapped?

Or is this just a simple prank?

Forsi's face turned pale, he squeezed the note and asked Jerry the details of what happened.

"When I was looking for Sister Xio on the street, I was suddenly stared at. A tall and thin man with a scar on his right cheek came over and handed me this piece of paper with a look on his face. Fierce asked me to pass the note to you..."

After listening to Little Jerry's description, Fors told him not to worry too much and promised that he would get Xio back.

If she guessed correctly, the other party must be targeting the Stars Believers. During this time, many wild Beyonders have been targeted.

Xio has been wandering around outside, no matter how careful he is, he will be targeted one day.

After letting Jerry leave first, Forsi closed the door and window and returned to her bedroom. She briefly reported the situation to Qun Xing. After receiving a word of understanding, she felt relieved to go out with the three-sided thorn that had been left at home.

The warehouse at No. 32 Tes Street is located in a remote place, with only a pile of rubbish and no other debris around it.

Inside the warehouse, Xio was tied to a pillar, his face was pale, and his eyes were full of worry.

During this time, some people were going crazy looking for followers of the Stars. She was lucky and thought nothing would happen. As soon as she left a secret gathering today, she was targeted and arrested.

These people collected information in detail. They even knew about Forsi living with her, and set up a plan to use her as bait to trick Forsi into coming here.

She didn't want Forsi to come here to save her at all. If she guessed correctly, Forsi was the disciple of the stars that these people had been looking for.

But Forsi came anyway.

When Xio raised his eyes and saw Forsi appearing at the warehouse door, he couldn't help but blush, and shouted: "Forsi, you fool! You will fall for such an obvious trap, so you don't know how to hide, and then Are you waiting for an opportunity to find someone to rescue me?"

Forsi smiled and said, "I'm afraid that if I don't come, nothing will happen in the future."

She knew very well that if she didn't show up, Xio would definitely not survive.

As for whether she could rescue Xio today, she could only place all her hope on the blessing of the stars.

There were three people guarding Hugh, one of whom was the tall and thin man with a scar on his face as described by Jerry.

"Your friend only has one chance to live." Someone held a sharp dagger and put it against Xio's smooth throat.

Forsi managed to keep calm, "What do you want?"

"Are you a believer in the stars?"

This voice seemed to come from within my mind, full of majesty that allowed no concealment.

"Yes!"

Forsi felt that his mind was in chaos, and he blurted out uncontrollably and admitted that he was a disciple of the stars.

But before the three of them could be happy, vines suddenly shot out from the depths of the ground, piercing the three of them from the soles of their feet to their heads.

Their corpses were hung on the green vines as thick as their wrists. The blood dripped down the vines, mixed into the soil, and was absorbed by the roots of the vines.

The tied Xio was stunned and couldn't help but say: "Forsi, when did you become so powerful?"

Forsi reluctantly smiled at Xio, staggered, and hurriedly held on to the door frame of the warehouse while retching.

The death method of being directly stabbed in a string by vines was too exciting, and she couldn't accept it for a while.

After recovering a little, Forsi bowed towards the vines and said respectfully, "Thank you for your help."

In fact, she had no idea who was secretly saving her.

Her intuition told her that this was the blessing of the stars.

"Leave and be careful next time."

An intellectual and pleasant voice came from the darkness, and several vines emerged from the ground again, completely eating the three corpses until they were all eaten up, without leaving even a drop of blood.

"I will be careful."

Forsi didn't wait for an answer. She was silent for a while, then ran to Xio, took out the three-edged thorn and cut the rope around her wrist.

"Wow! Forsi, when did you get to know such a powerful person?" Xiu, who had regained his freedom, said in an exaggerated manner.

Forsi knew that Xio was deliberately changing the topic to prevent herself from blaming herself too much for what happened today.

She had a bright smile on her face and said proudly: "This is the blessing of the stars!"