Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 36 Legal Aid
Sunday, November 4th.

Hastur got up at eight o'clock, got dressed, and went to Backlund University in a carriage after breakfast.

On the carriage, Hastur quietly thought about the extraordinary party that would be held tonight.

Except for the solid unicorn crystal of an earth rhinoceros, he has already collected all the extraordinary materials required for the barbarian potion formula.

The extraordinary gathering at the Bar of the Brave, the speed of collecting materials is too slow, and there has been no news of the solid unicorn crystal of the earth rhinoceros.

In addition, there is also a lady who is also about to be promoted to a barbarian who is also collecting this extraordinary material, so it is difficult for him to collect it in a short time.

In order to collect the barbarian potion earlier, he was going to attend the extraordinary party held by Mr. A tonight.

Although the members of the Aurora Society are crazy and critical, their level is much higher than the Extraordinary Gathering in the Bar of the Brave. It shouldn't be too difficult to buy the solid unicorn crystal of the Earth Rhino at the party.

He can prepare a little more gold pounds for this.

What makes him more difficult now is how to hide his true identity as much as possible at the extraordinary party held by Mr. A.

Although it is quite normal for a nobleman to embark on the path of the Black Emperor, before he is truly strong, he does not want too many people to know what sequence he is in.

Of course, he has another option, to seek help from Greck.

As the heir of Duke Negan, there is no shortage of protection by Extraordinary people around him, maybe he himself is also a Beyonder of the Dark Emperor path.

Although it is difficult to buy the solid unicorn crystal of the earth rhinoceros, Greck and his family must have a lot in stock.

Hastur thought for a long time, and decided to seek help from Greck as the last option, and go to Mr. A to try his luck first.

The carriage traveled all the way and soon arrived at Backlund University.

Professor Wayne was already waiting in the classroom one step earlier, and was handwriting the legal knowledge to be taught today on the blackboard.

"Read the three books I recommended you to read last time, remember?" Professor Wayne asked casually while writing on the blackboard.

"Well, I have remembered."

"I'm here to test you."

Professor Wayne began to ask about the contents of the three law books, in order to test whether Hastur really grasped the knowledge inside.

After asking seven or eight questions in a row, Hastur answered them one by one. Professor Wayne nodded in satisfaction and put down the chalk in his hand.

"Very good. My memory is not bad. I am indeed suitable to be a lawyer."

Hastur smiled and said: "It's all because the teacher taught well."

After the last poorhouse incident, he also called Professor Wayne a teacher along with Lecturer Furren, which was a more intimate title.

"I just accept this praise. Emperor Roselle said something like this: blue comes from blue and is better than blue."

The smile on Hastur's face froze slightly, and he couldn't help complaining in his heart, why does Emperor Roselle have you everywhere.

Also, the meaning of the teacher's words is to praise me, not you.

"Come on, let's start today's lecture."

After chatting a few words, Professor Wayne entered the teaching state.

After finishing today's study, Hastur did not leave the classroom, but stayed in his seat to copy the knowledge points on the blackboard.

This made him feel like he was dreaming back to his high school days. Every time after class, the teacher dismissed the get out of class early and left them a blackboard with knowledge points for them to copy.

It is also a good name, at this time, people in other classes are rushing to the cafeteria, the road will be crowded, and if you are not careful, you will be injured. It is better to leave school 10 minutes later and stagger the rush hour.

This sentence sounds reasonable, but other teachers think so too.

Hastur silently finished copying the contents on the blackboard, took a short break, and checked the time. It was 10:[-], and after waiting for another [-] minutes, Lecturer Furren appeared.

"Mr. Hastur, please forgive my delay today."

"The time is right now, and I just finished my homework."

The two exchanged a few words of greeting with a smile, and Lecturer Furren and Hasta went to the cafeteria to eat together.

It has been a week since the last Gleek banquet ended, this week, Hastur often enjoys lunch with Lecturer Furren.

Both of them are students that Professor Wayne valued, and they can chat well in many ways, especially Lecturer Furren is very good at chatting and telling stories.

He can tell an unremarkable legal story to be extraordinarily exciting and attractive.

It is also possible to dismantle cumbersome legal cases in the simplest way so that people can easily understand the meaning inside.

He is really fit to be a law lecturer.

In addition to these two points, as long as Lecturer Furren has free time every afternoon, he will take Hasta to Jowood District to be a legal aider, helping some suffering people who cannot afford lawyer fees for free.

This move is of great help to Hasta's digestion of the lawyer's potion. In a few days, he should be able to completely digest the lawyer's potion.

Joewood area.

There are a large number of Loen civilians living here. Although their lives are not considered rich, they can basically maintain food and clothing, and they will not be chaotic and poor like the Eastern District.

Lecturer Furren and Hastur arrived at two o'clock in the afternoon by steam train.

As a lawyer with a sense of justice, Lecturer Furren once established a legal association with other lawyers, called the Association for the Study of Justice.

When Hastur first heard the name of the association, he wanted to change it directly to the Justice League.

Think about it later or forget it. After all, Lecturer Furren and the others are a group of ordinary people, so it is better to leave the fight against evil to the Church of the Seven Righteous Gods.

Carrying out the Justice Research Association, there is a secret stronghold in the Jowood District, which is difficult for ordinary people to know.

According to Lecturer Furren, this is not an ordinary stronghold, but a place where the hope of Ruen's future laws gathers.

It is the soil where justice is born and the spear that implements fairness.

Well, it is actually an ordinary law firm.

The entire Justice Research Association, plus Hasta, who has not officially joined, is only five people.

Lecturer Furren and Hasta came to the law firm, and the other three were busy with their own affairs for the time being. Today, the two of them will provide legal assistance to those who need it.

Hasta chose the location of the legal aid near the Holy Wind Church. Originally, Lecturer Furren wanted to set the location near the workhouse, after all, there are more people in need of help there.

But this proposal was directly rejected by Hastur.

It is impossible for a place like the workhouse to be safer than near the Holy Wind Church.

Although the old storm pigeon is sometimes very irritable, he will never stand by when it is time to make a move, and still has a sense of security.

Moreover, if you encounter an irresistible force, you can still call out His honorable name and seek His help.

The clergy of the nearby Holy Wind Church knew the purpose of Hasta and Lecturer Furren's visit, so they came here specially to provide them with some help.

Among the two temporarily rented rooms, Lecturer Hastur and Lecturer Furren each chose one as their working place today.

Hastur sat on the chair, with his hands naturally on the table, a cup of Earl Gray tea and his heavy walking stick beside him.

After adjusting his mentality a little, and lowering the black curtain, Hastur's eyes were sharp and serious, he looked towards the door of the room, and said in a deep voice, "Come in."

When he first came here to act as a legal aid, because of his smiling face, gentle attitude, and his slightly immature appearance, it was easy for people to doubt his professionalism.

Male help-seekers are okay, they will implicitly express that they will refer to the advice, and then turn to Lecturer Furren's door and line up.

Some female help-seekers are more troublesome. Generally, people who need legal aid have hidden pain in their hearts that they want to vent.

Facing Hastur, they naturally regarded him as a listener and a bucket of tears.

Someone was crying heartbreakingly one second, and begged Hastur to hug her the next.

Some people quietly approached Hastur while talking about their tragic experiences.

This made him very uncomfortable, and it was difficult for him to speak harsh words to push people away. In short, it was very uncomfortable.

Later, after discussing with Lecturer Furren, he decided to draw a black curtain in front of the table to block the sight of the help-seeker.

This method is really good. It not only blocks those distrustful eyesight, but also saves a lot of unnecessary entanglements, increases the privacy, and makes help-seekers more willing to reveal their feelings.

After waiting for about five seconds, the first caller came in today.

Hastur also couldn't see the other party clearly, and could only guess their identities from the other party's speech and behavior.

Today, the seeker should be a middle-aged man in his 40s, and his worries are about property distribution.

He has three children, two boys and one girl. The eldest son is 23 years old this year, the youngest son is 11 years old this year, and his daughter is 17 years old. He is not married yet.

Originally, his family's conditions were only above the food and clothing line. Although the family was not very rich materially, they had a good relationship with each other.

But when he made a lot of money last year because of luck and foresight, subtle changes took place in the originally happy family.

The eldest son is already married and has a child. It stands to reason that he should be the best choice to inherit the property, but the mother of the eldest son is no longer alive, and the mother of the younger son is his current wife.

Regarding the issue of property division, she naturally wanted to fight for her son.

Separation, this is the solution she proposed, let the elder son's family move to live in another place, he can be given a sum of money, and then her son will inherit other properties.

The eldest son's family was naturally unwilling, and he even threatened his stepmother many times that if he could not inherit the property, then he would not care about brotherhood.

The implication is that he may be cruel to his younger brother.

This kind of thing is not uncommon when faced with huge property disputes. As long as other possible inheritors are removed, the eldest son is the only heir.

The thing that the help-seeker is most afraid of now is the tragedy of his sons killing each other, so he hesitates to make a decision.

Hastur silently listened to the middle-aged man's narration, and already had an idea in his heart.

This kind of thing is actually very common, and it is more obvious in noble families.

Fortunately, the law of Loen only guarantees the inheritance rights of the eldest son, and how much the other descendants can get can only depend on how generous the eldest son is.

Even if you don't pay even 1 penny, and just drive other people out, there is no legal problem.

However, this kind of behavior is very disgraceful. Under normal circumstances, no nobleman would do such an extreme thing. On the contrary, they would share a considerable amount of property with their brothers to show their generosity.

Another point is that the stepmother cannot directly interfere with the property distribution of the nobles. No matter how favored she is, her children will not be able to inherit the title unless there are no other suitable heirs in front of her children.

Ordinary civilians don't have much property. Generally, there will not be too much property to inherit, and even a pile of debts may be inherited. In this case, it is difficult to generate property disputes.

There are more cases, but it is the support of the elderly.

(End of this chapter)