Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 298 The Lord Said: We Should Travel Far Away

The nobles are really corrupt.

There is a maid who will help you with everything you do. If you are really lazy, you can let the maid wash and dress yourself.

Leonard refused this kindness, went to wash up by himself, and then followed the maid to the restaurant on the first floor to enjoy a hearty breakfast.

There were two maids waiting to serve him, facing the curiosity and appreciation in their eyes, Leonard felt uncomfortable.

After a hasty breakfast, he headed to the back garden where Hastur was.

The back garden here is huge, comparable to a small forest. Leonard fell into a deep silence when he knew that this place and a large area of ​​nearby land belonged to Hastur.

With such good material conditions, do we still need to snatch 008?
Lying flat at home and nibbling on the ancestral property, as long as you don't mess around, it is enough to live a prosperous life.

"Come and taste the unique local camellia."

Inside the pavilion, Hastur invited Leonard to come over for tea.

Leonard sat down and drank a cup of hot tea that Hastur had just poured, only to be amazed at the first sip.

It was the first time for him to drink such a strong tea aroma. Even though he prefers to drink some wine than tea, he still has to admit that this tea is very good, and it should be the kind that has a price but no market.

"This tea can only be found on the cliffs of that mountain, and it can be brewed with such a taste after being exposed to rain, dew, and wind and frost."

What Hastur said was very poetic, but Leonard only felt extravagant.

The tea that grows on the cliffs, you don't need to think about it, you have to risk your life every time you pick the tea, and the life of a tea farmer is more humble than a piece of tea.

Leonard shook his head, suppressing these sentimental thoughts.

After another cup of tea, he finally revealed to Hastur the real purpose of his visit.

"I hope you don't feel bad about it. This is just a normal routine inquiry. You just need to answer my question frankly." Leonard's words only covered this point, and did not fully clarify.

Hastur nodded, indicating that Leonard can start asking questions.

"Do you know Viscount Sterndam?"

"do not know."

"You once had a conflict with him, just the day after you arrived in Puning Harbor, do you remember this incident?"

"Oh, it's him, remember, he wanted to bully my friends who were traveling with me, and even his attendants were taught a lesson by me."

"Did you meet him again after this?"

"No."

Leonard breathed a sigh of relief, but soon he frowned again.

He knew that Hastur would definitely not kill someone because of such a trivial matter, and the death of Viscount Sterdan should have nothing to do with him.

But something must have happened between him and Ince Zangwill.

You can't ask anything along the line of Viscount Stedam, but if you follow the line of Ince Zangwill, you can definitely find some more valuable information.

Leonard thought for a long time, but he still didn't ask Hastur if he had anything to do with the death of Ince Zangwill.

Anyway, the arrangement given by the Eye of the Goddess is to follow the line of Viscount Stedan.

He has already asked in detail, and the death of Viscount Steadan has nothing to do with Hastur, which is enough for him to go back to the business.

Hastur chuckled and asked, "Don't ask?"

"Well, no need, that's it." Leonard forced a smile.

Hastur poured him a cup of tea before he said calmly, "I once met Ince Zangwill in Port Purning."

"?!"

Leonard looked at Hastur in surprise, obviously he had already planned to expose this topic, but Hastur brought it up on his own initiative.

Hastur continued: "On the night when the bolide fell from the sky in Puning Harbor, he was being hunted down all the way."

Leonard put away the surprise on his face, turned to solemnly: "Did you really see it?"

"It's not something that needs to be lied to. That night, it was because of the abnormality of the bolide that fell from the sky that I rushed over to take a look."

Leonard asked seriously: "And then?"

"Then I saw Ince Zangwill running away."

"You didn't catch up?"

"I don't have any enmity with Ince Zangwill, and I'm not very familiar with him. Why take an unknown risk?"

Leonard fell silent, frowning slightly. It is true that Hastur is not familiar with Ince Zangwill. It is very possible that he chose to stay away from this matter.

But he always feels that things are not that simple. If it is an ordinary person, it is true that he will not take risks, but can a person like Hasta really suppress the curiosity in his heart?
"Is this task very tight?" Hastur asked casually.

Leonard nodded, but he didn't choose to reveal too much information about this matter. After all, this is an internal church secret and cannot be easily told to outsiders.

Hastur didn't ask any more questions, and looked at the flowers and plants not far away, where a gardener with large scissors was trimming overgrown branches.

Skillful skills, like a ding jie ox, look very ornamental.

Leonard didn't ask any more questions. After staying here for another half an hour, he got up and said goodbye. He had to go back and report on the progress of the mission.

When he got into the carriage and was away from the castle, he only wanted to hear the old man's voice deep in his heart.

"This friend of yours treats you well."

"Old man, you are finally willing to speak. I called you for a long time last night, why did you pretend to be dead?" Leonard raised his tone dissatisfied.

"Don't the old man need to take more rest after so much exhaustion? Are you not afraid of disturbing my sleep if you shout so hard?"

"..."

Leonard smiled awkwardly, and just changed the subject, "By the way, old man, what did you mean by that sentence just now?"

"Which sentence?"

"Why did you suddenly say that Hastur was nice to me?"

"Could it be that your friend treats you poorly?"

"No, I didn't mean that." Leonard quickly denied, still puzzled: "You wouldn't say something like that for no reason."

"Then you take it as the reason why I didn't have a good rest last night."

"...Old man, do you know something?" Leonard would not believe such obvious perfunctory rhetoric.

"When asking this sentence, should you think about it yourself, what do you want? Is it the truth of the matter or maintaining the friendship between friends?"

Leonard was silent for a while, which is why he never wanted to face Hastur, he always felt very awkward.

"Wait, your underlying meaning is that Ince Zangwill has something to do with Hastur?" Leonard grasped the point from the sentence just now,

"Oh, I didn't say that."

Leonard gritted his teeth angrily, "Old man, you just like to play tricks like this. Didn't you sell coffins when you were alive?"

The voice deep inside disappeared for a moment, and finally only one sentence came.

"If you can walk out of that castle alive, you should be glad that you have a good relationship with that Mr. Hasta."

"?!"

Leonard's heart was tickled by these words, but no matter how much he asked, the old man never answered his question again.

It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon when we returned to Puning Port, and Ms. Ilya hadn't come back yet, so Leonard took a rest in his room first.

After six o'clock in the evening, Leonard found Ilya and reported what he had heard this time.

How Hastur answered, he will report, never mixed with personal views.

Illya nodded calmly and said, "Well, we have also investigated what happened that night. It is true that a group of mysterious people were chasing and killing Ince Zangwill."

Leonard relaxed a little, and asked curiously, "Have you found out which organization you are a member of?"

"No, but there are already some clues." Seeing Leonard's face full of doubts, she added: "The cult information collected in the church has not been updated for nearly a hundred years. It is an organization that has not been born for a long time and does not have enough influence. Powerful organizations will not be included in the record."

Leonard snorted, indicating that he could understand, and then he asked about his next task.

"You have all worked hard during this time, so just rest here for two days."

Illya gave Leonard and the others a short vacation, and she wanted to send back the information compiled during this time to Backlund, to see what instructions there would be from St. Samuel's Church.

Leonard, who returned to his room, sighed and rested for a few days. This would have been a good time to visit Hastur.

But after last night's surprise visit and investigation, he doesn't have the mood and face to go a second time now.

……

In Tamu Town, Mr. A, who has been loyally guarding the birth vessel of the Lord, was found by the members of the Aurora Society.

The leader is another divine envoy, Mr. S.

"Where did you take the divine power of the Lord!"

In the face of Mr. S's cold reprimand, Mr. A looked very calm, unmoved at all.

As the Lord said, he was destined to bear sacrifices and misunderstandings, so why should he explain anything.

"I originally wanted to give you a chance to wake up because we have worked together for so many years. I didn't expect that you not only betrayed the Lord's faith, but also refused to repent. Are you going to become the Lord's enemy?"

Mr. A is still silent. Such misunderstanding is a necessary process for him, and he will not argue with a poor believer who does not have the favor of the Lord.

Seeing that Mr. A has remained silent, Mr. S has no intention of continuing to ask.

Kill Mr. A first and then search his memory, and you can also find the whereabouts of that divine power.

He is also an envoy of the Aurora Society, and also a Sequence 5 shepherd of the Hanged Man path.

The competition in this battle is the quality of the souls that both sides graze in their hands. Whoever has a better combination of extraordinary abilities will have more hope of winning.

But this obviously wouldn't be a fair contest, and other members of the Aurora Society took advantage of Mr. A's entanglement to search every inch of the house.

It is inevitable for Mr. A, who does not want them to disturb the Lord's sleep, to be distracted. He wants to get rid of Mr. S's entanglement, but he still cannot do so.

In the end, he had to pay the price of his left arm to force Mr. S back temporarily and rush to the house they were searching for. Below that house is the bedroom where the Lord rests.

As the most loyal believer of the Lord, he will fight to the death for the Lord.

Mr. S who came later said with a sneer, "It seems that you are hiding the divinity of the Lord in the basement of this room."

As a member of the Aurora Society, he is well aware of the role of the basement.

Mr. A remained speechless and continued to fight in blood. At this moment, he was really like a soldier returning from the world of the dead, guarding this house, and would rather die than take a step back.

Just when Mr. A had the will to die, the familiar voice of the Lord came from his ear.

"Let's go, we should travel far."

(End of this chapter)