Mystery: The Stars Returner

late at night.

The Tasok River trickled through in the dark night, and on the bank, Sharon came again.

She looked at the calm river with a calm expression, wondering what she was thinking about.

After waiting for a few minutes, a pea vine drooped from the sky. Sharon stretched out her hand, and she was above the clouds.

She is still the same person, the Mysterious Queen. Her dress tonight is much more conservative than before, less personalized, and her elegance contains majesty. She looks more like a princess who has been in a high position for a long time.

Just from a brief look, Sharon knew that the Queen of Mystery was in a bad mood tonight.

If she was in a good mood, she wouldn't dress up like this.

"Little Sharon, your dress is not bad, but don't you like black clothes?"

Bernadette looked at Sharon in front of her with a smile. She still wore the small black hat, and the Gothic palace dress had a little more lively elements than before.

Sharon did not answer the question, but said calmly: "Is this action of the Indulgence Faction directed at you?"

"Well, the evil one has also arrived."

Bernadette put away the smile on her face, and was targeted by a Sequence 1 god. Her situation was much more difficult than before.

Fortunately, this was Backlund, and the evil being was afraid of triggering a divine descent and did not dare to enter rashly. Otherwise, she would probably have to pay a heavy price to escape from him.

Sharon's expression moved slightly, "What exactly did you do?"

"They just revealed to the Church of Storms that they were going to hold a divine descending ceremony in West Balang, which led to the failure of their divine descending ceremony."

When Bernadette said this, she paused slightly and said in a deep voice: "But this is not enough to make that evil creature keep an eye on me. He is still lingering outside Backlund and refuses to leave."

"He only obeys the oracles."

"Have you ever known this god?"

"I don't know. My teacher knows better, but she didn't tell me. She didn't want me to be contaminated."

“Very right choice.”

Bernadette did not continue to talk about this topic, and did not even mention the temperance card.

She knew that Sharon and the others needed the Temperance Card, but it was a trap set by the Mother Tree of Desire. Even she did not dare to go there, let alone Sharon and the others.

"Don't worry about my situation. I'll just take a vacation in Backlund. The food here is very good, much better than at sea."

Sharon looked at her and said calmly: "I'm never worried about your situation. What I'm worried about is that people from the Indulgence Faction will always stay in Backlund."

Bernadette laughed, "Then there's nothing I can do."

"It's you who caused the trouble."

"Little Sharon, what you say is a bit too heartless."

"You need to compensate me for my losses."

"It turns out you came to me if you have something to do. Tell me."

Sharon was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "I need a crying baby flower."

Bernadette took two steps closer and said with a slight smile: "I remember that this extraordinary material is used to prepare the Black Emperor Path Sequence 7 Bribery Potion."

"Ah."

"Why do you need this?"

"I owe a favor and I need to pay it back."

Bernadette just glanced at Sharon without going into details. She stretched out her hand and a wooden brocade box emerged from the void.

"Take it, this box contains what you need."

"Thank you."

Sharon was not polite and put the brocade box away, then turned to leave.

"Little Sharon, it's so sad that you came to me at night for someone else."

Sharon stopped and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"No."

"..."

Sharon looked stunned for a moment and left without looking back.

Bernadette watched Sharon go away, looked at the stars above her head, and whispered: "Are the stars really watching everything?"

She is now certain that the series of hunts she encountered by the Rose School must be related to the Djinn.

The source of the changes in the djinn came from the mysterious meeting above the stars.

Thinking about the meeting of the Outer God in the past makes people’s scalp numb.

She didn't dare to think deeply, but she was more afraid of the stars.

If you are afraid of the stars and careful of the moon, you also need to be wary of the stars.

Bernadette sighed and stopped thinking about these annoying things. It was better to think about which restaurant to go to tomorrow to enjoy delicious food.

……

Headache.

The dizziness is rising, and even my thoughts are starting to wander.

Hasta woke up, covered his head, and lay on the bed to rest for more than half an hour before gradually regaining consciousness.

Last night, Greco and Hibbert seemed to have an agreement and made him drink a lot of wine. Fortunately, there was a Gray Lint beside him to block him for a while.

Coupled with his savage physique, he was able to stay awake during last night's drinking battle without losing his temper while drunk.

The same could not be said for Gray Linte, who was finally helped upstairs by two servants.

Greco and Hibbert were still in the same state, almost 70 to 80% drunk, so they got into carriages and went home to rest.

According to them, they have to get up early to deal with business today.

"Well, I still need to practice my drinking ability."

Hastur sighed. In the circle of nobles, socializing is normal, and drinking is even more common.

In order not to make a fool of himself when he was drunk in the future, he felt that he needed to increase his drinking capacity.

After resting for a while, Hastur got up and went to the bathroom to wash up.

The considerate butler Neil has already prepared sweet soup for sobering up and food suitable for drunkenness.

Hastur enjoyed the food for a while and asked, "Where is Gray Lint?"

"Still resting in the guest room upstairs."

"I thought he had gone back. It seems that his drinking capacity is not good."

Hastur smiled, then thought of a good way to prevent drunkenness.

Gray Lint is now a pharmacist. It shouldn't be difficult to develop a medicine to prevent drunkenness, right?

I just took advantage of his drunkenness to convince him to concentrate on his research.

Seeing that Hastur had almost recovered after eating, Butler Neil came to report on the reception of gifts last night.

Yesterday was the day he moved to his new home. Most of the people attending the dinner brought a gift.

Each gift needs to be recorded so that the next time someone moves to a new home, a gift of similar value can be given.

Hastur closed his eyes and listened silently.

Among the gifts sent last night, the gift from Greg was the most valuable. He must have known that his family's background was shallow, so he specially sent ten antiques so that he could temporarily act as a front.

According to Butler Neil's estimate, the total value is at least 5000 gold pounds.

This is a great gift.

Gifts from other people are normal and fall within the normal category.

The same goes for Hibbert and Audrey. The value of the gifts they sent was about 100 gold pounds. This was a normal gift for human relations.

Professor Wayne did give him some good things, three ancient books that were not collected even in the library of Backlund University. They were considered unique books.

What surprised Hastur was that in addition to the people who attended the banquet last night, he also received three additional gifts.

One came from Mrs. Gemani. If he hadn't suddenly heard Butler Neil mention it, he would have almost forgotten this person, even though she left a deep impression on him.

The other two gifts were unsigned, and even Butler Neil couldn't tell who sent them. It was as if they appeared out of thin air in the pile of gifts.

Normally, there will be a dedicated person to record these gift lists.

But Butler Neil asked the person in charge of this matter last night, and he insisted that he did not receive an unsigned gift last night.

Hastur asked Butler Neil to carry the two gifts to the study upstairs. He wanted to open them himself and see what was going on.

He estimated that one of the gifts might be from Mr. A.

As for who sent the other gift, he had no idea for a while.

I went upstairs and came to the study. After waiting for a while, someone brought the two gifts.

Gifts, one big and one small.

The small gift was wrapped in a small light gray box, somewhat similar to a box containing a ring.

Hastur first scanned the area with his spiritual vision and frowned slightly.

After thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "The resurrection of extraordinary items is prohibited here!"

After setting the rules, he opened the box and took a look.

Inside the small box lies a coat of arms painted in gold and silver. The front of the coat of arms is engraved with carvings of sword blades and bows and arrows.

His vision had told him that this was an extraordinary object.

At this moment, the surface of the coat of arms is covered with a layer of spiritual seal, and it is also tied with silver thread into the shape of a cross star. As long as the silver thread seal is not damaged, this is an ordinary coat of arms.

Hastur stretched out his hand and turned the coat of arms over. The entire back was black iron, but in some places, it was stained with light blood.

Put it in the palm of your hand and weigh it gently. It is very heavy, as if it is polished from a piece of pure iron.

"The smell of war..."

Hastur turned the coat of arms back to the front again, and touched the carvings of the sword blade and bow and arrow with his fingers. There seemed to be a war hidden in them.

"Even if Mr. A gave a gift, he would not give such a gift."

"Who sent this gift?"

"He must have good intentions."

Although Hastur could not pinpoint the specific information of this extraordinary item, he could feel that it was more extraordinary than the rule bell he obtained some time ago.

After thinking for a while, Hastur put the coat of arms into the box and put it away, then took out another gift.

This gift is a long iron box, about thirty centimeters long, and about five centimeters wide and high.

Hastur opened the outer packaging, and the golden light shone slightly. After it was completely opened, there was a golden box hidden inside the long iron box!

The golden box has no openings in its entire body and is integrated into one piece, as if it was forged from a single piece of gold and is shining with wisps of golden light.

If you look closely, it looks more like a rectangular golden coffin!

Hey!

Hastur quickly retracted his hand and stood up, his face full of caution and his heart extremely heavy.

Is this ghost thing the golden box that those group of extraordinary people with destiny paths are after?