Mystery: The Stars Returner

Backlund, the home of Earl Hall.

Today is a good day. Earl Hall, who has always been diligent in political affairs, has a rare day off. When he got up early in the morning, he specially asked the person in charge of the kitchen to go out to buy some fresh ingredients and asked the chef to prepare some delicious dishes.

Audrey was a little strange at first, but soon she learned from Countess Hall that her second brother came back from South Wales with Mr. Hastur.

As for her second brother, she had not seen him for several years, and in the past she had only communicated with him through letters.

Susie, who was following Audrey and silently watching all the goings-on around her, was also wagging her tail happily. She also had a snack today.

At about 3:20 in the afternoon, Audrey led Susie and followed her eldest brother Hibbert to the steam train station to pick someone up.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, the steam train coming from South Wales stopped firmly on the platform.

Soon, Audrey, who was waiting on the carriage outside, saw her second brother and Mr. Hastur.

"Long time no see, my brother."

Hibbert eagerly stepped forward to hug Alfred, with a joyful smile on his face.

Audrey stood on the edge, glanced at the scene of deep brotherhood in front of her, and looked at Mr. Hastur, who was holding a little black cat.

The corners of her mouth raised slightly, and she couldn't help but think of the unusual behavior Mr. Hastur made the night before he left Backlund last time.

"Meow?"

Azshara, who was lying in Hastur's arms, looked down from a high position, lowered her noble eyes, and glanced at Susie who was following Audrey without any trace.

Is this the extraordinary dog ​​who likes to read?

The golden hair looks very vulgar, but it is not as beautiful and elegant as the shiny black hair.

It also needs to follow its owner's side, unlike when it can be held intimately in its owner's arms without even needing to walk.

No matter in every aspect, I am much better than it.

Azshara raised her head proudly, retracted her gaze from looking at Susie, and continued to show a lazy look, curling up in Hastur's arms.

Hibbert and Alfred caught up with each other for a while, then greeted Hastur warmly, and Audrey also chatted with her second brother for a while.

After briefly renewing their friendship, Hibbert and Audrey invited Hastur to enjoy dinner at home.

For such an invitation, Hastur just refused with a smile. The protagonist of Earl Hall's house today is Alfred. He will not come to the door at this time. He will visit later when he has time.

When they parted ways with Audrey and others halfway and returned to their home, Butler Neil had already arranged everything.

This time he did not notify Butler Neal when he came back. He should have heard the news about his recent return from Earl Hall's house.

I lay down in my own big bathtub and took a comfortable bath, washing away the travel dust along the way.

If he didn't want to come back to Backlund with integrity, he wouldn't have chosen an extremely slow means of transportation like a steam train.

Borrowing the path directly from the spirit world is many times faster.

In order to make it easier to travel in the future, Hastur has decided to formulate a rule related to the apprentice path for the chain of stars after promotion to Sequence 5 Chaos Instructor.

My Sequence 5 self corresponds to the traveler on the apprenticeship path. In the future, I only need to open a space door to travel.

After enjoying the meal prepared in advance by Butler Neil in the restaurant on the first floor, Hasta sat on the sofa in the lobby on the first floor and listened to Butler Neil's report on what happened during this period.

After understanding it, he went to the study room on the second floor to read the relevant financial reports and future development plans of the factory and the law firm.

Because it’s only been about a month since I last came back, so there aren’t many things that have piled up.

At around eight o'clock at night, Hastur left Azshara at home, got on the carriage and went out.

He did not go directly to the Brave Bar to find Sharon and Maric, but went to Fors and Xio's new residence.

The address of this residence was what Audrey told him today.

Since Adam helped cover up George III's desire to be promoted to Black Emperor, Bernadette should not be able to detect this with her ability.

He needs to discuss this matter with Bernadette. As for the reason? All this is the will of the stars.

When Hastur knocked on the door of this big house, there seemed to be a sound of things breaking, and then there was the sound of Xio complaining.

After a while, Xio asked carefully through the door. When she learned that Hastur was visiting, she slowly opened the door.

"What happened just now?" Hasta walked into the house and asked casually.

Xio snorted softly and glanced at Forsi who was cleaning the floor. "It's not that someone's mental endurance is too poor. He was startled when he heard the knock on the door. He even spilled the coffee in his hand. land."

"Xiu, you have the nerve to accuse me, aren't you shocked yourself?"

"But I didn't spill the coffee."

"That's because you didn't have coffee in your hands at that time."

"Cough cough cough..." Seeing Forsi's voice getting louder, Xio coughed twice, signaling that there were other people in Forsi's house.

Forsi's face suddenly turned red. He hurriedly cleaned up the debris on the floor and put the garbage into the trash can in the kitchen.

Xio glanced at the floor that was wet with coffee. Fortunately, that place was not covered with expensive carpets, and he was secretly relieved.

After inviting Hastur to sit down, Forsi had already made two cups of hot tea.

He handed one cup to Hastur and enjoyed one by himself. Seeing that Xio was about to say something, Forsi spoke first: "I can only take two cups at a time. If you want to drink tea, go to the kitchen by yourself."

Xio rolled his eyes, got up and went to the kitchen to get a cup of hot tea, deliberately sitting next to Hasta and opposite Forsi.

"It seems that you guys have been living a relatively stable life recently." Hasta saw the two people's little moves in his eyes, and said with a chuckle.

"not good."

"It's not stable at all."

Xio and Forsi each exchanged a sentence. Finally, Forsi smiled and motioned for Xio to tell about their life during this period.

Xio took a sip of hot tea, and as the smoke rose, she took a breath and then told about her life with Forsi during this period.

Since the last time Forsi was contaminated, they moved to this place under the care of Miss Audrey, and then met a woman who called herself a sage.

During this period, the sage sent Xiu out to investigate the news, asking Forsi to go out more often when she was fine, to be a competent bait, and not to stay in the house all day.

Not to mention, Forsi is still very qualified as a bait. Within a month, she encountered three waves of people who wanted to attack her. Although they all survived in the end, it also left a shadow in Forsi's heart. .

Fortunately for Xio, she had long been accustomed to the life of running around outside, and finding information was an old trade she was good at.

Thanks to the care and feeding of the sage, Xio and Forsi are now Sequence 7 Beyonders.

In the words of the sage, they can finally be of some use.

But these are not the real dilemmas of Forsi and Xio. The trivial daily life of not being able to make ends meet is their biggest enemy.

If Forsi hadn't sold the news about the God of War's fall for a sky-high price of 2500 gold pounds last time, the two of them would have spent all their savings.

Forsi said with emotion: "Living in such a good house, daily consumption far exceeds the previous expenses. I always feel that buying too cheap things is polluting this big house."

"Yeah, buying clothes and food, we can't go back to the poor days." Xio also felt sad.

Hasta understands this feeling very well. At this time, due to changes in living environment, consumption concepts have changed.

Living in a big house, you can naturally continue to eat vegetables and live a hard life, but as long as you still have money in your pocket, you will gradually improve your consumption habits until it is worthy of the value of this big house. consumption level.

Hastur smiled and said: "I also have a high-reward mission here, which can help you solve your financial problems."

Xio shook his head and refused: "Mr. Hastur, it's not that we don't want to help, we don't have free time at the moment."

"Yes, our time already belongs to the Sage." Forsi also agreed.

"I'm here tonight. In addition to visiting you, I also want to discuss matters with your sage."

"Mr. Hastur knows the Sage?"

"Hastur is also a believer in the stars?"

Facing the different questions from Xio and Forsi, Hastur just nodded calmly and said: "Not bad."

Xio and Forsi looked at each other. Although they were a little shocked, they were not too surprised.

It was Hastur who helped Forsi become a believer in the stars in the first place, so the possibility that he himself is a believer in the stars is naturally very high.

"So tonight is the meeting of the Star Believers?"

Xio and Forsi's eyes lit up at the same time. The Sage was too high and unattainable, so they didn't have much of a feeling of being followers of the stars.

But Hastur is different, very realistic.

"A meeting of believers in the stars?"

A green and crisp pea vine appeared inside the house accompanied by a sound.

The iconic pea vine and the familiar voice proved that the visitor was Bernadette.

Hastur looked relaxed and still sat firmly on the sofa, while Xio and Forsi stood up subconsciously.