Mystery: The Stars Returner

A glimpse into the future destiny of a country.

Hastur, who was trying it for the first time, was still a little eager to give it a try.

When he closed his eyes and allowed the river of fate to flow forward, incomplete pictures flashed through the dark world in front of him.

The Kingdom of Feneport, the kingdom where the belief in the Earth Mother is based, is a country in flames of war, spreading from Selos County to all parts of the country.

Finally he saw what he wanted to see.

The bright flag from the Balam Empire of the Southern Continent was planted at the highest point of the royal city belonging to the Kingdom of Feneport. The palace belonging to the king was also completely occupied, and the church belonging to the Mother Earth was also torn down and burned.

The last Kingdom of Feneport still did not escape the fate of destruction.

"Is the Night Goddess really sitting back and watching the Earth Mother Goddess fall?"

Hastur opened his eyes again. The picture he had just spied was that the Kingdom of Feneport had indeed perished in the end, and even the church of the Earth Mother could not be saved.

"Or is this just part of the future?"

Hastur, who has had many experiences of spying on destiny, does not blindly believe in the fragments of destiny he sees.

Perhaps the Kingdom of Feneport really was in a state of subjugation at a certain point in time, and even the royal city was breached, but it is possible to counterattack later.

But looking at the overall situation, unless the Kingdom of Loen fully assists the Kingdom of Feneport, the strength of the Kingdom of Feneport alone will not be able to counterattack the ferocious army from the southern continent.

Hastur thought for a while and then left the Hall of Stars.

Hastur, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes and looked at the room shrouded in dim light. The clock on the wall showed that the time had just reached eleven o'clock.

Sharon, who was sitting quietly on the other side of the bed, noticed that he woke up and looked over with slightly concerned eyes.

Tonight, Sharon was not wearing the gothic-style black palace dress, but a light purple pajama style with two aster flowers embroidered on both shoulders, a small black soft hat and the black palace dress. The long skirt was hung neatly on a hanger beside her, and her long blond hair, tied up in a bun, fell freely and smoothly.

The whole person looks a little more tender and tender.

This is the pajamas Hastur specially prepared for her. There is no way, that kind of palace dress is extremely cumbersome, and there are layers inside one layer, so it is quite troublesome and laborious to take it off.

Once, with a little force, Hastur tore the entire black palace dress to pieces. Sharon was so angry that she almost kicked him out of bed.

This time, she was obviously on guard in advance, lest she tear her beloved clothes to pieces again.

"Sharon, come here."

"No."

"I was just thinking of designing a new nightgown for you."

"Do not believe."

"Really, it's probably this style..."

Hastur gave Sharon a brief description of the slip nightgown style of nightgown.

"No." Sharon hugged the quilt tighter.

Hastur smiled, turned off the lights in the room, and then got from one end of the bed to the other, holding Sharon tightly in his arms.

"It's still a little early, let's rest later."

……

The flames of war in the Feneport Kingdom have not spread to South Wales. There are still many merchant ships doing business, and there are more fleets heading to the Southern Continent to make war profits than before.

In the face of huge profits, there are always desperate businessmen who transport some strategic materials to the Southern Continent for sale.

I heard that in the Southern Continent, a part of the navy was specially dispatched to escort these merchant ships that came to do business.

During this period, due to the establishment of the Pirate Kingdom, most pirates stayed on the Rossed Islands and were busy fighting for houses and establishing territories in the Pirate King's City.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that in the future, the Rhoside Islands will definitely become the center of the entire sea, and various investments made in the New King City will definitely receive ten-fold and hundred-fold profit returns in the future.

Even the distant Backlund bankers, when they mention the current Rhoside Islands, their eyes are rarely full of envy for the pirates.

It is a golden land that has not yet been developed, a dream island full of gorgeous gold!

Unfortunately, that is an area that only pirates or citizens of the Star Sea Kingdom can set foot in.

Through his relationship with Bernadette, Hastur also surrounded a large area of ​​land in the core area of ​​the New Royal City in the Rhoside Islands. With his encouragement, Forsi and Xio invested in two shops and a house. .

"This new royal city, known as the Miracle of the Stars, isn't bad."

The current South Wales has not been affected by the war. Butler Neil and his party are still on the way. Hastur took Sharon to the Rhoad Islands, which can be regarded as realizing his original plan to take Sharon here. Promise of.

Sharon did not speak, but concentrated on looking at the buildings in the royal city and the scenes on the streets on both sides.

Although most of the people living here are pirates, they seem to adhere to the principle of being gentlemen when they go ashore. From dressing to behaving, they are all decent, although a little unnatural.

Even in the most chaotic pubs, there were no fights or shirtless people sitting outside in the street.

They looked more gentlemanly and elegant than the nobles in Backlund, but this was only on the surface. Their eyes always showed their yearning for the freedom of the sea, and they missed the rush of blood when they robbed merchant ships to obtain large amounts of wealth.

"Is this the law of the Star Sea Kingdom?"

After walking around, Sharon finally asked her doubts.

"On the sea, they are still pirates who burn, kill and loot. On land, they are gentle and polite gentlemen."

"Not insane?"

"Human beings are very contradictory creatures. Sometimes they want to be a good person, and sometimes they want to indulge their innermost desires. The Star Sea Kingdom just provides them with a choice."

Hastur once participated in the formulation of the laws of the Star Sea Kingdom, and he also guessed a little about Bernadette's vision, and continued: "There are always people who will gradually like a peaceful life and dislike those who fight and kill. You can say that this is A very time-consuming edification and influence.”

"For a long time, people who longed for a peaceful life were passed down from generation to generation. Pirates who liked adventure and galloping died one after another. Most of the people who survived in the end longed for peace."

"The age of piracy will eventually pass, in the not-too-distant future."

"At that time, the Star Sea Kingdom was no longer a pirate kingdom, but a real sea kingdom and paradise."

The two of them walked to the gate of the palace and castle while chatting.

There was a guard guarding the place. Hastur took out the pass that Bernadette had given him and walked in with Sharon.

Unlike the bustling streets of the royal city, the castle was extremely quiet. Except for guards guarding a few important posts, there was not a single soul anywhere else.

Along the way, it was empty, like walking in a deserted botanical garden.

After entering the core area, Cattleya and Edwina appeared in front of them.

Two people were discussing something in a quiet little courtyard.

"It's you, the young earl from Backlund." Cattleya remembered Hastur.

"It's you, come on, come on, use your knowledge to help me solve these problems."

Edwina came over and invited Hastur to help her solve some annoying problems.

During the time when she was discussing the laws of the Star Sea Kingdom, she had seen the young count's profound attainments in popular literature and mysticism.

"Go."

Sharon nodded and walked towards the room where Bernadette was.

Cattleya frowned subconsciously, looked Sharon up and down, stood up and said, "I'll take you to see the Queen."

"Need not."

Sharon walked over on her own, and Cattleya followed her with her frown deepening.

"Her character really hasn't changed at all." Hasta looked at Cattleya's obviously defensive expression on Sharon and found it interesting.

Edwina smiled and said, "Why do you think there are so few people in this castle?"

"Tsk, you women are much scarier than men when you are jealous."

Hasta sighed and took over some of the questions Edwina wrote on the cardboard.

Some are problems encountered by Xinghai Kingdom in its development, and some are consultations on the future development direction of Xinghai Kingdom.

This should be a national issue that Bernadette left to Edwina to solve.

On the other side, Sharon walked into the room where Bernadette was sitting as if there was no one around.

As soon as she walked in, Bernadette hugged her shoulders and said in a friendly tone: "Little Sharon, you haven't come to see me for a long time. Have you been indulging in the gentle land recently and unable to extricate yourself?"

Sharon took half a step back, and slapped away Bernadette's hand on her shoulder in disgust, "You have become the queen of a country, can you be a little more queenly?"

"How long has it been, and you have become tired of the old so quickly?"

Bernadette had long been accustomed to Sharon's indifferent expression. She took her little hand again and walked into the room, "Tell me what you have been doing with that little man during this time."

"boring."

"I think he knows how to talk, but why is he so clumsy at pleasing girls?" Bernadette pretended not to hear that the boredom in Sharon's mouth meant the question she asked.

Behind her, Cattleya's eyes widened when she saw this scene. She seemed to hear the sound of her own heart breaking.