Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 201 Azshara's First Outing

In Backlund at night, the faintly scattered street lamps could barely illuminate a small area near the corner of the street.

Places like Queens and West End, where nobles and wealthy businessmen live, are brightly lit, while in other areas, many people are reluctant to light up lights, and darkness is the theme song here.

West End, a place where light and darkness intertwine.

"Meow!"

"Snapped!"

In the dark alleyway, three stray cats scrambled for food in the trash can and accidentally knocked over the trash can.

The food in the barrel rolled out, some remaining slices of bread and ham sausage, and with a little luck, I could taste a few pieces of steak that were not cleaned.

When the three stray cats were fighting for food, above the alleyway and on the roof of the house, a kitten with black hair and blue eyes walked gracefully, jumping and shuttling between the roofs calmly .

When passing by here, it stopped and looked down at the three stray cats below who were scrambling for food.

It is like a queen, examining its citizens.

"Meow?"

The three stray cats just let out an unidentified meow, and then continued to fight for food.

During the day, they are not the opponents of those tramps. Only when night falls can they gain an advantage in the competition for food.

This is an opportunity for them to fill their bellies more easily.

Azshara did not stop, but followed the roof of the room, jumping from this room to the roof of another house.

Azshara, who continued to move forward, encountered two stray cats preying on the mice that had just come out of the sewer
Its eyes shone slightly, staring at the mouse that kept dodging along the corner of the wall, scratching gently with its paws, feeling itchy.

But after staring at it for a while, it lost interest, because the mouse was held in its mouth by one of the stray cats and went away.

The light of the crimson moon shone down, and in the middle of the night, everything was peaceful.

At such times, the loudest and most joyous barking animals are dogs, stray dogs.

They can be more aggressive than stray cats digging food in trash cans, especially some stray dogs who are already hungry and dizzy, not only will learn how cats hunt mice, sometimes even cats are their hunting targets.

Some of them walk alone in the streets, and some are in groups in small alleys.

This is a dangerous small group. Sometimes people who are alone will be scared to leave when they encounter them.

In addition to looking for food, they are also looking for food. This is the reason why most animals come out in the middle of the night and walk the streets and alleys.

Azshara wandered around and found it boring, so she lay down on the roof to rest for a while, but after lying down for a while, she stood up and shook her shiny black hair wet by the late night dew.

The environment here is not as warm and clean as inside the house. The more he wanders outside, the more he misses his comfortable and fragrant nest.

"Meow."

Azshara wandered around for a while, then ran and jumped in the direction she came from.

Its body is as light as a feather, and it can jump a long distance every time it jumps.

When the familiar house appeared in the field of vision, Azshara meowed softly, and soon came to the window on the second floor, but it didn't go in immediately, but stayed in the shadow, first through the window Peek inside.

After waiting for a few minutes, when Hastur's figure appeared in front of him and stretched out his hands to him, it jumped in from the window.

Jumping in the air, he was grabbed by the soft flesh of the back of the neck and lifted up.

"Go take a shower first."

"Meow?"

"I asked you to go out and try to hunt, but you came back after wandering around."

Hastur flicked his finger on Azshara's head. After Azshara left just now, he also followed behind in the form of a spirit body to prevent any accidents.

I thought that Azshara would act out of nature and the influence of the assassin's potion to act in line with the role of an assassin, but it just circled around here and then came back.

After returning, he also knew how to watch outside for a while, and only came out of the shadow after he appeared.

"Meow."

"Okay, go take a bath first, and I will teach you slowly later."

Hastur carried Azshara out of the room.

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Early Saturday morning, Aster Manor in the suburbs.

Grelint got out of the carriage, looked at the big manor in front of him, couldn't hide his surprise, and asked in bewilderment, "Hasta, the Campbell family still left such a big manor?"

"As for the surprise?"

"Uh, your father has a great reputation. I thought he had already sold out all the valuable things in your family."

Grelint was a little embarrassed to mention the bad news about Voltaire in Hasta.

Hastur smiled and patted him on the shoulder without explaining anything, and led him into the interior of the Aster Manor, where the sculptor in the sculpture garden was still carefully carving out each of his works.

The cousin of the old housekeeper is still staying here. Hastur wanted him to return to Backlund many times, but he declined all of them. He wanted to stay here forever.

Hastur asked Butler Neil to arrange a room for Greint, and at the same time asked him to vacate a few expensive guest rooms.

Although this time he invited Audrey and Earl Hall to visit the suburban manor, Audrey and Earl Hall may not necessarily live here.

They must have their own big manor near here, and they will probably choose to return to their own manor to live in.

It was close to noon when Audrey and Earl Hall arrived at Aster Manor in a carriage.

"This manor has not been sold yet, thanks to Voltaire who was able to bear it back then."

Earl Hall got out of the carriage and looked at the Aster Manor in front of him, full of emotion in his heart.

Audrey's eyes were shining brightly. She didn't know that Mr. Hastur actually had such a large manor. The location of the manor was very good. If it was really going to be sold, it would definitely not be less than [-] gold pounds.

"I didn't expect Mr. Hastur to be so rich, richer than me, right?"

Audrey made some calculations in her heart, she is no longer as rich as Mr. Hastur...

This made her feel a little bit lost, and Mr. Hastur caught up with her only dominant side.

Doesn't this mean that we are completely behind?

She patted Susie's head, and then, under Susie's resentful gaze, pinched its ears several times.

In front of the gate, Hastur and Grelint came to the gate to greet them after receiving the news.

When Grelint saw Susie coming here today, he was very happy and wanted to say hello, but when he caught a glimpse of Earl Hall, his face turned pale again.

"Earl Hall, Miss Audrey, welcome to come."

After a few brief greetings, Hastur led Earl Hall and Audrey around the Aster Manor.

When he came to the sculpture garden, Earl Hall stared at the middle-aged man who was obsessed with sculpture for a while, and then said: "Master Miller, I thought he had already left Backlund, but I didn't expect him to stay here quietly engaged in carving work in a manor."

This sentence aroused the curiosity of Audrey and Hasta.

Hastur has never been clear about the real identity of this middle-aged man, and just regarded him as an ordinary engraver, but he did not expect to be a master, even people like Earl Hall knew him.

"There are always some people in the world who don't like power and money, but are motivated to pursue their own life path. This master Miller is one of them. His carving skills are well-known throughout Backlund."

Earl Hall did not introduce too much, nor did he bother the master Miller who was still obsessed with sculpture. He looked at the new works in the sculpture garden and gave a few praises from time to time.

Hasta doesn't know much about sculpture, but Audrey knows more. She has seen the sculpture garden of the royal family, which is known as the largest and most beautiful sculpture garden in the Kingdom of Loen.

But some of the works placed inside are not as good as the sculptures on the edge that have been covered with vines.

This should be the new work of the master Miller whose artistic style has changed again after he lived in seclusion here.

Hastur didn't have much feeling about this, he could only see that these sculptures are very good, but the specific good thing is that he doesn't have such a wide range of knowledge and experience.

Audrey, who realized this, asked Hasta to lead her into the sculpture garden for a good tour. The two of them chose a different route from Earl Hall's.

On the way, when encountering some interesting or exquisite works, Audrey would stop and tell Hastakop what is so good about this work.

In this regard, Hastur can only satisfy Audrey's little thoughts, and at the same time update his knowledge.

After shopping around, Audrey said with emotion: "This sculpture garden is really huge. If these works were all carved by this master Miller, then he would have been carving here silently for at least ten years. "

"Perhaps this is the ingenuity of excellence."

Hastur also admires such a pure person, only such a person can continuously achieve new achievements in art.

"Shall we stay at the manor for lunch today?"

"I've always wanted to taste the desserts from Mr. Hasta's house."

"Does Earl Hall prefer heavy food?"

Audrey nodded in affirmation.

"What about Miss Audrey's taste?"

"I prefer something lighter, and the appearance of the dishes must pass the test."

The two of them chatted at the entrance of the sculpture garden and waited for ten minutes before Earl Hall came out.

This time, in order to entertain Earl Hall and Audrey, Hasta asked Butler Neil to recruit two master chefs and asked them to make some new dishes for Earl Hall and Audrey to taste.

Food is sometimes one of the weapons that can be used as a bribe.

Anything that people have a preference for is a point that can be bribed.

For example, if someone bribes with a dessert, as long as the dessert is amazing enough, Hasta thinks that he should be bribed successfully.

After enjoying a delicious lunch, in the afternoon, Hastur, Earl Hall, Audrey, Glaint and a dozen attendants came to the entrance of the forest.

(End of this chapter)