Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 241 Audrey's Coming of Age Ceremony

As the end of the year approaches, the turbulent turbulence in Backlund's dark place seems to have stopped, and everything is calm.

Both nobles, wealthy businessmen and workers and commoners are preparing for the arrival of the new year, with rare smiles on their faces.

But there are still a large number of people who can only stay in their own homes, looking enviously at the smiling crowd on the street outside.

It’s always like this during Chinese New Year, some are happy and some are sad, but this year’s sorrow is extraordinarily strong.

The arrival of the new year has also diluted the assassination of Duke Negan some time ago, and even the battle clouds that may have swept over the southern continent have also subsided a lot.

The villa where Mrs. Gemani lives.

"During the Chinese New Year this year, what wish do you want to achieve?"

On the balcony on the second floor, Moraka embraced Mrs. Gemani's waist from behind in an intimate gesture.

"Yes, but do you have the ability to help me realize it?"

"As long as it's not about the Baron Hasta Campbell, I can find a way to help you."

"let it go."

"..."

With a helpless expression on his face, Moraka sighed and said, "Your mother gave a death order, telling people from the Witch Sect not to disturb your beloved little lover, and I have already tasted the bitterness last time."

"She's also your mother."

"But you are the only one who looks like her. You are the daughter he really hopes for, and I am just an item that can be discarded at will."

Moraka stretched out her hand to caress Mrs. Gemani's familiar yet unfamiliar face. Once upon a time, she had longed to have such a face.

Now she is glad that she has another face, it is too heavy and not free to bear such a face.

"Item? Do you deserve it?"

A cold voice came, and then a figure landed behind Moraka, pinching her chin.

"Hehe, what are you doing here!"

There was a very disgusted expression on Moraka's face.

"Your expression always dislikes me."

Serafina let go of the hand that was holding Moraka's chin, and turned to look at Mrs. Germani who was a little hurried aside.

"Are you still that afraid of me?"

"It's awe."

Mrs. Gemani lowered her head slightly, not daring to meet her mother's gaze.

Serafina glanced at the two of them, and said calmly: "I will live here for a few days."

"Hehe, does an immortal witch also want to celebrate the New Year like others?"

Moraka uttered a taunt, and was naturally rewarded with a resounding slap.

"Who gave you permission to speak to me in that tone?"

"Haven't I always been like this?"

Moraka's stubborn appearance made Serafina only find it funny, longing for maternal love, and deliberately chose to torture herself in this way in exchange for her mother's attention.

Sometimes she would play with Moraka as a daily interaction between mother and daughter, and sometimes, she would deliberately ignore her and let her fall into pain.

A witch can truly grow up in such an environment.

"I'm going down right now and have a new room prepared."

Mrs. Gemani spoke quickly to prevent the conflict between them from escalating again.

Moraka reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said with a sneer, "Why are you still staying in Backlund? According to the plan, you should have returned to the Southern Continent long ago to participate in the war."

Seraphina disdained to speak: "Plan? What plan do you know? Ignorant speculation."

She originally planned to return to the southern continent after Backlund finished her work, cooperate with other members of the organization, and then start a war from south to north on New Year's Eve.

But what is strange is that the originally agreed New Year's Eve war has changed, and it is unknown from where that the war will be in the next year.

Even the original sent down the oracle on purpose, emphasizing this sentence.

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Therefore, she had time to stay in Backlund.

But this kind of thing is obviously not something a Sequence 7 witch should know.

"Are you really going to stay here for the New Year this year?" Moraka, who had been silent for a long time, trembled, with a little caution and expectation.

"My daughter, don't you want me to stay?"

"..."

Moraka's face changed several times, and finally said with a cold face: "I just don't want you to disturb the two-person world between me and Gemanni!"

Snapped!
Moraka's delicate face was slapped again, but she didn't seem to be annoyed by it.

……

Time passed quickly, and the end of the year came in a blink of an eye.

Friday, November 1349, 12.

In today's Backlund aristocratic circle, apart from welcoming the New Year, there is another major event that deserves attention and attention.

Earl Hall's daughter, Backlund's brightest pearl, Audrey Hall will truly come of age in a social sense.

The dinner was naturally extremely exaggerated and extravagant, even the queen came, and there were many other members of the royal family, including two princes who had not yet decided on their marriage.

There have long been rumors that when Miss Audrey, the most brilliant pearl in Backlund, will be inlaid on the crown when she becomes an adult.

The Queen's appearance tonight seems to confirm the credibility of this rumor.

As the protagonist of tonight's banquet and the absolute focus, Audrey, dressed up, stood in the lounge, waiting for the start of the New Year's party.

There was no expression of happiness, joy, or excitement on her face. Instead, she frowned and sighed, and there was a faint sparkle in her pair of bright eyes.

In front of her was a newspaper, which read:

"...According to preliminary statistics, a total of more than 36000 people died directly in the smog, and the plague that spread later took away more than 80000 people, including young children and healthy teenagers..."

"The dock area is the hardest-hit area of ​​this smog incident. The death toll alone accounts for 20000% of the total. The number of seriously ill people is still less than [-]."

"The Kingdom allocated a huge sum of money to relieve the workers who lost their jobs in the dock area..."

Afterwards, Audrey could already see a little blurry.

Her eyes were fixed on those numbers, the smog incident actually caused the death of 10,000+ people!

How many people does Backlund have in total?

And at this time, in this magnificent villa, under the kind introduction of the queen, she will welcome her coming-of-age ceremony in front of a large group of gorgeously dressed nobles.

This is what Mr. Hastur said, the attributes that you have already had when you were born, and they will not be transferred by your own thoughts.
Audrey couldn't help closing her eyes.

At this time, Earl Hall and Countess Hall walked in, and praised in unison: "You are more beautiful than everyone tonight, baby, it's time to go out, the queen is waiting for you."

Audrey opened her eyes and showed an elegant and bright smile. Accompanied by her father and mother, she left the lounge and came to the party hall.

She walked all the way to the highest platform, and in the astonishing eyes, she handed the hand of the elbow-length gauze glove to the queen.

The queen led her and walked to the edge of the high platform. Facing all the guests, she smiled and said, "Although this is a dark period in Backlund's history, we still have a gem that illuminates the entire city. Her wisdom and her beauty Her character, her manners are impeccable."

"Tonight, I will officially introduce her to you."

"Miss Audrey Hall."

boom! boom! boom!
Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, fireworks lifted into the sky.

On the evening of the last day of 1349, Audrey officially came of age in a social sense.

Standing on the high platform, Audrey maintained an elegant smile, looking down at the nobles who were applauding.

Are they simply rejoicing that they are adults, or are they applauding to echo the queen's speech, or is this just a customary etiquette they are used to?
When her eyes fell on Mr. Hastur in the crowd, she could be 100% sure that Mr. Hastur was sincerely wishing her adulthood.

Her gaze didn't stay for too long. After scanning around, she looked at the night sky outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, where clusters of fireworks rose, which was beautiful and dreamy.

If it weren't for the shocking figures in the newspaper, she might have naively believed that the outside world was no different from the world she lived in.

After the queen's introduction, Audrey left the high platform and began to greet each of the nobles who knew or didn't know, familiar or unfamiliar.

She always maintains her elegant side, even though it is exhausting.

Especially when she saw Susie hiding in the corner and looking at everyone with a detached gaze, her heart was even more tired.

Susie noticed the envious eyes from Audrey. It got up, changed a position where Audrey couldn't see, and continued to look at everyone as a spectator.

"Susie, do I need to prepare any presents for you for the New Year?"

A familiar voice came from behind, Susie subconsciously stopped wagging her tail, but soon continued to wag her tail lazily.

For this Mr. Hasta, it is not as scary as before, and it can already get along with it calmly.

"Actually, I think that with your wisdom, you should study Emperor Roselle's ideological works in depth. It must be very suitable for you."

"Wang!"

Susie was moved.

It had mentioned this matter to Audrey before, but Audrey ruthlessly rejected it, saying that it should not read too many books now, let alone come into contact with some strange ideas.

Now this Mr. Hasta's words make him feel that he has met a bosom friend.

Last time, it was Mr. Hasta who kept mentioning Roselle, so he would look for opportunities to read the books left by Roselle, and was deeply fascinated by it.

It's a pity that it can't open its throat now, and can freely communicate with this Mr. Hasta about his impressions of Emperor Roselle's books.

He could only watch Hastur being called by Hibbert to drink and socialize.

Susie, who was not disturbed by anyone, continued to lie on the corner of the second floor and continued to observe everything that was happening here. She was the best audience tonight.

(End of this chapter)