Mystery: The Stars Returner

"came back?"

"Well, I'm back."

"Where's Miss Audrey?"

"She went back to Backlund."

"The journey was wonderful, wasn't it?"

"not bad."

The brief conversation occurred in a house in the Hastur family's castle in the countryside.

Because Sharon didn't like the excitement very much, after Hastur and others left Puning Port, she took Azshara back to the castle to live.

In the bright and clean room, the dim light of the sunset came in little by little. Sharon looked out the window, with her back to Hastur. The hem of her black palace dress was gently swaying due to the breeze.

After a few short words, Sharon stopped talking. Hastur took out various dried fishes dried on the Hope and fed the greedy Azshara, while asking them about their lives during this time.

Azshara just rolled her eyes at him, picked up a few pieces of dried fish and left the room, leaving Hastur and Sharon alone.

"Let's go to the spirit world." Hastur walked to Sharon's side.

"doing what?"

"Go see your teacher."

"and then?"

"Discuss something with her."

"whats the matter?"

“A life-long event about her most brilliant student.”

Sharon was silent for a while, "Where's Miss Audrey?"

This was the same topic as before. Although Sharon's expression was the same as before, her tone was completely different.

"I will go to Backlund in a while."

"So, my home was robbed?"

"???"

Such words came out of Sharon's mouth, and Hastur was stunned for a moment. He looked strange and said: "Sharon, where did you hear this?"

With Sharon's temperament, how could she suddenly say such a straightforward thing?

Does she know what this really means?

"The Works of Russell."

"..."

Hasta was silent for a long time, and finally just said: "That is not a serious book, you should not read it in the future."

Serious people don’t write diaries, and serious people don’t write books.

In the end, Sharon did not go to the spirit world with Hastur.

……

On April 4, some time had passed since Hasta returned to Puning Port.

During the day, while handling various affairs, he invited Sharon to go out for a walk together. At night, he wandered around the Loen Kingdom as a container of stars.

Homeless people, people who have lost their spiritual sustenance, the star container can accomplish this better than him.

It’s just that the Sequence 4 potion is not digested as quickly as before. Hastur himself estimates that it will take around the end of the year to fully digest the Homeless Potion.

This speed is not bad. Because of the Sequence 3 Enlightenment Saint Master and the Sequence 2 Star Attendant, he should be promoted quickly.

At night, in the Hall of Stars, Hastur calmly looked at the Mother Tree of Desire, the Superstar Lord, the Djinn, the High-dimensional Overlooker, and the Original Hunger in front of him.

This time at the meeting of the stars, he did not express an opinion, but just watched them silently as they discussed some things.

They are all unimportant things.

The only two aspects that require more attention are the entanglement between the Super Star Master and the Eternal Blazing Sun, and the chasing game between the High-Dimensional Overlooker and Amon in the Land Abandoned by the Gods.

Judging from the tone of the high-dimensional overlooker, Amon may have quietly left the land abandoned by the gods.

Regarding the Feysac Empire and the Mother Tree of Desire mentioned before by Ourolius, no one mentioned it, which shows that they don't pay much attention to the Feysac Empire.

Hastur did not ask them about the Fallen Mother Goddess and whether her camp had done anything recently.

After all, His personality is that everything is under the gaze of the stars, and there is nothing that He cannot observe.

The meeting of stars ended, and only the djinn seemed to be in a good mood.

It should be related to Bernadette's recent desire to create a pirate kingdom on the sea. No one knows more about this extraordinary path than him.

This importance was enough to make His status with Bernadette skyrocket.

After all the outer gods dispersed in the past, Hastur sat alone in the palace of stars. After sitting quietly for a while, he entered the body of the star container through divine descent.

……

Tingen City, Tingen City is quiet and normal late at night. Although there are still beggars curled up sleeping under the street lamps on the streets, the sound of celebrations in front of the bars is still loud.

But this place is ordinary and peaceful. On days when mysterious incidents don't occur frequently, security matters are just minor troubles, and the Nighthawks don't even need to take action.

Their daily life now consists of drinking tea and reading newspapers during the day, and occasionally taking on a few small tasks to improve their financial situation. At night, they no longer need to be highly nervous and guarded. They can often sit outside at the door of the bar and drink. Have a few beers and feel that another ordinary day has passed in Tingen.

Dunn is still the captain of the Nighthawk team here. What is different from the past is that two new Sequence 9 Beyonders have been transferred here, as well as a lucky person who survived a mysterious incident.

"It's a nice night like this."

Dunn was sitting at the door of a bar very close to Blackthorn Company, tasting the beer here, and looking at the two newcomers opposite who were having a drink with a kind face.

Tonight is Saturday, a day where you can occasionally relax a little.

While the atmosphere was lively while drinking wine, a new member complained that he had nothing to do recently and could only drink tea and read newspapers every day, which was completely different from the mysterious world life he had longed for.

Dunn just smiled and told the other person that ordinary days are the most valuable wealth in the mysterious world.

Another new member curiously inquired about the major incident that shocked the entire Kingdom of Loen. They wanted to hear Captain Dunn, a former survivor, personally tell about the extraordinary incident that had been encrypted.

"Knowing too much is not a good thing. You must learn to restrain your curiosity."

Dunn shook his head and refused to tell. Although he often forgets many things, there are some things that he will always remember.

Not far away, on a wine table, a middle-aged man was silently tasting the beer here, looking at them with a calm and gentle look.

When Dunn and the others left the bar, he put down the 2 soles and 2 pence for the drink, stood up and left, lowered the brim of his hat with his hand, walked through the street shrouded in dim lights, and arrived at the very beginning step by step.

The sky began to light up, and more and more vendors appeared on the street pushing their goods and shouting loudly.

"Come, come, delicious pan-fried meat and fish!"

"Fresh and hot oyster soup, a bowl of it in the morning will keep you energetic all day long."

"Fresh fish from the port only costs fivepence a piece."

"Small waffles, eel soup and ginger beer."

"Conch, conch, conch!"

The familiar shouts made the middle-aged people wandering the streets late at night feel warm in their hearts.

He looked around, then raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and ordered a pan-fried fish, a bowl of oyster soup, a small waffle, a seared snail and a glass of ginger beer...

He has always wanted to find an opportunity to have a portion of all the food on this stall. Today, his wish has come true.

Drinking ginger beer in the morning is really a bit of a luxury.

The middle-aged man finished an overly rich breakfast and ordered lemon pudding to eat while walking.

When he passed by the street outside the Blackthorn Security Company again, he took off his hat, bowed slightly in that direction, and seemed to say something that only he could hear clearly.

When he put his hat back on, he stopped a carriage, went to the steam train station, and bought a ticket to Backlund.

Backlund, the city of hope, he was going to this city again.

After getting used to the life of wandering at sea, he felt that he should return to Backlund and enjoy life.

Well, this time, let’s be a noble yourself.

What name should I give it?

Dwayne Dantès seems like a good name.

As for his identity, he is a mysterious rich man from Disi Bay who believes in the goddess of the night.

He sold off his original land and mines and prepared to come to Backlund to look for new opportunities, and was interested in donating his title.

This is just the first level of identity on the surface. In order to deal with the official Beyonders, he needs to prepare a less glorious identity for himself. This will make it easier to hide from the in-depth investigation of the official Beyonders.

Because every rich man cannot always be honest in the process of accumulating strong property.

An adventurer who secretly traveled to East and West Balam in the Southern Continent and struggled for ten years. During these years, he accumulated a considerable amount of wealth through less than legitimate means.

This time I returned to Backlund to settle down in Backlund so that I could take care of myself in the future.

There are many such rich men in Backlund, and his double disguise should be enough to cope with daily inspections.

The journey from Tingen City to Backlund will still take some time, and he can continue to conceive and perfect his dual identity.

When the pattering rain hits the car window, when the gray fog covers the direction of travel.

The speed of the steam train suddenly slowed down to avoid slipping on rainy days and causing traffic accidents.

Klein put away his distracting thoughts, turned sideways, and looked out the car window.

Outside the car window, there is a world of rain and fog, where everything is hazy and blurry.

But vaguely, he saw a long team holding oil lamps, using the dim light to shuttle through the gray and foggy world.

What is even more strange is that the members of that team are all dressed in yellow clothes, with yellow hoods on their heads to cover their faces, and one hand is holding an oil lamp for illumination. , holding a book tightly in the other hand.

Due to the double cover of raindrops and fog, and the fact that the steam train was much faster than walking, Klein could not clearly see the name of the book. He could only vaguely see the cover of the book, which seemed to be a figure in yellow clothes and a yellow robe.

They were like ghosts, left behind by the steam train in a hazy world of raindrops and mist in the blink of an eye.