Mystery: The Stars Returner

Hasta came about ten minutes earlier than Audrey.

His arrival also attracted a lot of attention, especially the noble ladies who were chatting happily.

With his tall figure, handsome face, and youthful temperament, he is undoubtedly the most outstanding man among the nobles who are almost thirty years old. Moreover, he is still single and has always had a good reputation.

Fortunately, tonight was a banquet hosted by Greco, so those fiery eyes were restrained.

After Hastur arrived, he took a quick glance and found out to his surprise that Mrs. Germani was also invited tonight.

When her eyes glanced over, Mrs. Germani returned a more provocative look. The smile in the corners of her eyes made her look several years younger.

Hastur kept a decent smile and naturally turned around to avoid the area where Mrs. Germani was.

During this period, although Mrs. Germani did not block him at the court door, she often sent him banquet invitations, but he politely declined them one by one.

Perhaps this move aroused Mrs. Germany's desire to win even more, so she simply stopped pretending and no longer sent news in the form of invitations, but directly sent ambiguous letters in a private name.

In response, Hastur smiled every time and burned all the unopened letters.

Except for the accident of Mrs. Germani, Hastur is very free here.

He didn't know many aristocratic children, and there were only three or four who he really knew well. Some of them were not invited to the banquet because of their insufficient status. Gray Linte, as a viscount, was not invited to the banquet either.

Hastur speculated that this might be Greco's way of expressing his displeasure.

He didn't know many people, so he didn't have many people to talk to. Apart from superficial pleasantries, he didn't have to deal with people.

While sipping sweets, I listened to the nobles nearby talking about the latest current affairs and the anecdotes of the upper class.

Very comfortable, just like at home.

In addition to the dessert area, there is also a deli area, but looking at the piles of various tableware, his scalp felt numb and he had no intention of going to the deli area to eat something.

In front of each kind of food, there are special knives, forks, and spoons. There are more than a hundred kinds of them in total.

And they are all made of sterling silver. This way of showing off wealth is too high-end. Most people will lose their courage when seeing such a scene.

This is still a relatively public banquet. If it is a private banquet at a noble family, it will be more luxurious and have more etiquette.

When you sit down at the dining table, there are several kinds of tableware that you will use at the beginning. The servant will calmly replace you with special tableware according to different dishes.

How to accurately select the target from these similar forks, spoons, and knives is a profound knowledge.

After a banquet, each person will use dozens of tableware. If you have not received corresponding training, you will basically make a fool of yourself on the spot.

Complicated, refined, and luxurious, this is the normal life of the great nobles.

Hastur guessed that there might be hundreds of maids responsible for preparing today's banquet, and the money spent would start from a thousand pounds.

This is the huge gap between the great nobles and down-and-out nobles like him.

It wasn't until Audrey's arrival that he caught his attention. From a man's perspective, Audrey's beauty was unmatched by all the noble ladies present.

From the perspective of a noble, there is probably no more outstanding marriage partner than Audrey.

Hastur just admired her for a moment and then looked away. Audrey was beautiful and was Backlund's brightest gem, but she was not the type he wanted to fall in love with.

As for the marriage partner?

He, a down-and-out baron, was obviously incomparable to an earl's daughter who could marry into the royal family at any time.

Even if he had equal status in the future, he would not have such thoughts.

Audrey's beauty is better suited to be appreciated from a distance, like now.

"Well, this caramel pudding tastes better tonight."

Hasta tasted most of the desserts tonight, and finally decided that the dessert champion tonight was caramel pudding.

To show respect for the champion, he took a few more bites.

"So you like desserts very much."

While Audrey attracted everyone's attention, Mrs. Germani, who had been paying attention to Hasta's movements, finally waited for the opportunity.

Hasta kept smiling and pointedly said: "Sweet but not greasy, which is the best compliment for a dessert."

"Are you trying to say that I'm too boring?"

Mrs. Gemeni was very smart, and her tone became somewhat resentful.

Hastur said nothing and gave her a silent answer.

"If two people want to be together, one of them must take the initiative, otherwise the person you like will slip away from you sooner or later."

"Is this another famous quote from Emperor Russell? He is also a love saint?"

"..."

Gemani was startled for a moment, and the rippling atmosphere that had just arisen was ruined by these words.

Just when she was about to say something more, Hastur gave her no chance and walked towards Audrey.

This made her face change slightly, and she stared straight at Hasta's back. When she saw that Hasta just passed Audrey in the end, another smile appeared on her face.

Do you want to use Miss Audrey's light to make me feel gloomy?

It's really easy to guess the little man's thoughts.

With a smile on her face, Germani stood up and walked towards Audrey, chatting politely for a few words, and then gave Hastur a provocative look.

baffling.

Hastur only had this idea about this. He just wanted to avoid Mrs. Gemani, and had no intention of using Audrey to politely reject her.

This kind of thing is so boring, he won't waste time on it.

The banquet was halfway through, and soon it was time to dance.

There are many people who want to invite Audrey, but most of them know that they have little chance, and Audrey will not give them this opportunity.

She only danced once with her eldest brother, Hibbert Hall, and then made an excuse to go to the lounge on the second floor of the manor to avoid this period of time.

Mrs. Germani looked around, but could not find Hastur, which made her very frustrated.

On the second floor, in Greco's study, Hastur had already left the center of the dance floor and came here to rest.

When he made the request, the housekeeper at Greco's house knew that he had a good relationship with Greco and consciously led him the way to avoid Mrs. Germani.

Sitting on the soft sofa in the study room, Hasta closed his eyes and rested for a while. He had eaten a lot of desserts tonight and took this opportunity to digest them.

After a short rest, Hastur stood up and walked to one of the rows of bookshelves, found a book about law and opened it.

He would rather stay here and read than dance down there.

At least reading can increase his knowledge and wisdom, while dancing below will only waste his time.

Boom boom boom!

Ten minutes later, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in." Hastur opened the book and spoke naturally.

The door opened, and two figures came out of the door.

Hastur glanced back, looking slightly startled. He originally thought that the only person who would come to the study at this time was Greg, but he didn't expect that it would be Audrey and her personal maid.

Well, we also have to count Susie, the future fantasy dog.

Audrey and Hastur looked at each other, feeling a bit of astonishment in each other's eyes.

This is Greg's study, a place of privacy. Generally, only close people can come here. Audrey can only come to the study with Greg's permission.

I thought the person inside was the servant responsible for guarding the study, but I didn't expect it to be a young and handsome noble boy.

Judging from age, he should be about the same age as himself.

After all, his temperament is young and immature, making him look several years younger invisibly.

Hasta took the initiative and said, "Miss Audrey, I'm glad to meet you here. If you don't mind, would you like to enjoy some quiet reading time?"

He was seeing the most exciting part and didn't want to be distracted at this time.

"Ah."

Audrey nodded calmly and sat on the other side of the sofa under the vigilant protection of the maid.

After sitting for a while, Audrey deliberately asked about the other party's identity. It could be seen that the other party was reading so seriously that she was too embarrassed to disturb him.

After all, I don't know the other person, which is quite rude.

After thinking about it, she left the sofa, stood up and walked to several rows of bookshelves. She wanted to find suitable books here, and had no intention of going back and sitting on the sofa.

Greg's study room is very large and has a rich collection of books. Many rare books are collected here, and there are even many books recording occult knowledge.

If it weren't for the fact that her personal maid was still around, she would definitely find a related book to read.

After about ten minutes, Hastur finished reading the key points, closed the book, scanned around, and found Audrey deep in the bookshelf, quietly flipping through the books.

Hastur glanced twice and then set his sights on Susie, the future fantasy dog.

At the moment, Susie has not taken the magic potion and has become an audience dog, but is only generally smart.

Facing Hastur's hooking of his index finger, it didn't even look at it and found a place to lie down not far from Audrey.

The tail wags gently, as if refusing all disturbances that may affect sleep.

"Susie must be a female, right?"

"Should I raise a big male dog in the future and give it the audience potion so that it can become a magical dog couple with Susie?"

"In this way, they can keep each other company. When no one is around, they can get together to discuss which human being was stupid again today."

Hastur imagined the scene in his mind of two extraordinary dogs getting along.

It feels like not many people are watching it.

Did I write too gently and slowly?

I predict that when Klein is born, he will be promoted to Sequence 7 around Chapter or .

Isn't this speed too slow?