Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 72
Aster flower, Aster Manor... Could there be such a coincidence?
He paused, his expression solemn, any coincidence could be the prelude to a conspiracy.

Moreover, he has recently provoked an Extraordinary from the Destiny Path, any coincidences and coincidences may contain terrible things.

Aster flower...

Hastur stopped in front of the door and thought for a long time before he remembered the records about aster flowers.

Aster represents elegance and mystery. Many people believe that it has magical powers. It was considered a sacred flower in ancient Rome and ancient Greece.

Among them, the star-shaped aster flower is used to represent the stars in the sky.

Represent the stars?

Hastur looked up subconsciously, the gray mist covered the sky above Backlund, and the bright sun had to struggle to reveal a ray of light.

The stars clearly visible at night are hiding behind the scorching sun without a trace.

Hastur stared blankly for a while, then laughed, and said softly, "Too many coincidences, it seems too deliberate."

"Today is another beautiful day."

Hastur called the carriage and got in the carriage and headed to Grelint's house.

Hastur looked shocked when he returned the 2200 guineas in 220 ten-pound notes.

As far as he knew, Hasta's financial situation was not good, so how could he spend this sum of money all at once?

"Hasta, are you the baron who assisted the police in solving the workhouse case?" Grelint said in surprise.

"It just happened to happen."

"No no, you are too modest, although it is a very good character."

"The police department gave me a bounty, which is quite generous."

"They have been crying poor to the king, and they can still come up with such a sum of money. It seems that you played an important role in this case."

Grelint asked the housekeeper to keep the money, while leading Hasta to the study.

"You should ask that Lord Greg to help you operate it, and maybe you can get the king's reward."

With no one else present, Greint spoke much more directly.

"The King doesn't like us Campbells very much."

Hasta sat on the sofa, sipping a cup of marquis black tea, and his tone was more casual.

"Your father, Voltaire, um...he really didn't like the king very much, otherwise he wouldn't have been cut by the king because of those absurd behaviors."

"Didn't his title come from gambling?"

"It's not all because of this reason. Your father lost too much land by betting and didn't change his viciousness, which caused the king's dissatisfaction, which eventually led to the reduction of the title from earl to baron."

Hastur thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Just helping to solve a case, this credit is not enough to make the king look at me differently."

Grelint smiled, "Adding Duke Negan's weight is enough."

"Greint, you are still too young."

Hastur shook his head and said with a smile: "Besides the king's lineage, the Negan family is the most honorable. Their influence is already too great. On this issue of title promotion, Duke Negan will never express his opinion easily. They even take the initiative to avoid suspicion.”

"That's right. Duke Negan has kept a low profile over the years. The king is now more optimistic about Earl Hall, and even wants his son to marry Audrey."

Grelint thought about it seriously, and it was indeed as Hastur said, so he didn't continue this topic.

The two chatted in the study for another two hours, during which Hastur told Grelint a lot of mystic knowledge, and asked him to learn some ancient Hermes and giant languages.

Leaving Grelint's house, Hasta went to Backlund University, and went to the Brave Bar to chat and play cards with Maric at night.

Another day of plenty.

……

West Balam.

The warlords here are divided, and behind them are the shadows of many other countries, turning this half of the southern continent into a colony.

Tonight, in an unknown small town, a black light surged from the center of the town, and the black light spread in the wind, covering the entire town in the blink of an eye.

Residents of the small town walked out of their houses one after another and came to the huge square in the center of the town.

Their faces are filled with happy smiles, and their eyes are full of longing for desire.

Regardless of men, women, young or old, they took off their obstructive clothes and exposed themselves to the crimson moon naked.

The crimson light fell on the snow-white body, adding an even more hazy aura.

Reproduction is the instinct of many living things.

Even plants that cannot move, they also show extreme desire to reproduce.

Reproduction is the continuation of new life and the truth that the world has survived to this day.

To resist reproduction is to violate human nature.

Only by breaking away from the shackles of those ethical dogmas and indulging the desires from the bottom of the heart can one obtain true freedom and happiness.

Indulge your desires and multiply your life.

As more and more townspeople participated, the breath of desire in this place became stronger and stronger, wisps of life force drifted out from the men and women, and gathered on an altar in the center.

Maihamus stood in the middle of the altar, using calm and bewitching words, luring the townspeople to take off their shackles and join in this grand event.

His eyes were full of enthusiasm, and a smile formed at the corner of his mouth.

He can feel that their god is watching here, He is watching himself!

Previously, he always believed that sexual intercourse between men and women was a kind of profanation to holiness.

Only by restraining desire can one wake up the divinity from this struggle and see the gods.

But it wasn't until he actually met God that he realized that he had gone in the opposite direction in the past.

Desire needs to be indulged.

Indulging desire is a way to love yourself the most.

Only by being honest with yourself first can you face the world with the same mentality.

Restraining, controlling desires is nothing but self-deception.

This is the instinct of being born as a human being, and the root of all things to reproduce.

If everything in the world restrains itself and no longer reproduces life, how dead and silent this world would be!

Here we come, God's eyes are coming through the starry sky.

Mahms was trembling with excitement, every time he witnessed a miracle, his soul would be baptized.

"Gathering a crowd for promiscuity, it really is you human scum!"

A deep drink breaks the tranquility of this place.

Mahamus raised his eyes and saw a large group of figures approaching in the dark night!

"You lackeys of the church! You are trying to sabotage the coming of God!"

……

The sea, the Dawn.

In the captain's cabin, the phantom of the lamp god appeared from the wishing lamp, and said with a smile, "Now believe that I didn't lie to you, right?"

He was in a good mood. This time, the Church of the Storm teamed up with the Church of the Eternal Sun and the Church of Knowledge and Wisdom to destroy the Goddess Ceremony of the Mother Tree of Desire in West Balam.

Help him win the bet with the mother tree of desire, so that he can have more confidence to negotiate and trade with the mother tree of desire.

It was a little elated.

Bernadette stared at the lamp god and said: "According to the information I have received, that godly descendant did not preside over it in person this time, and the whole divine descending ceremony seems much simpler than before."

"It's just a trial."

"You definitely have something to hide from me."

The lamp god thought for a while and said, "I did conceal part of the news. I made a bet with the Mother Tree of Desire. If I can destroy his divine descent ceremony this time, he will give me a tarot card."

Bernadette's expression moved slightly, she knew that the tarot cards in the mouth of the lamp god must be the one with mysterious power left by her father Roselle.

"Mother Tree of Desire originally wanted to bet with a demon card, but I rejected it. The demon card is too dangerous for you, so I asked him to replace it with a temperance card."

"I'm not going to take that temperance card."

Bernadette directly refused, the things from the Mother Tree of Desire are not so easy to get, the devil card is very dangerous, is the temperance card safe?
The lamp god looked at the roof of the cabin, his eyes seemed to penetrate the obstruction, and he saw the stars twinkling in the sky.

"I didn't prepare that temperance card for you from the beginning."

……

"Extra, extra, the Church of the Storm teamed up with the Church of the Eternal Sun, the Church of Knowledge and Wisdom to destroy a large-scale cult sacrifice ceremony in West Balam!"

"Extra, extra, the Mysterious Queen's Dawn, which crosses the sea, has appeared near Damir Port!"

"Extra, extra, the mysterious baron who secretly helped the police solve the big case of Sunrise Workhouse turned out to be him!"

On the street, a kid selling newspapers holds a stack of newspapers in his left hand, shakes a newspaper in his right hand to attract the attention of customers, and loudly sells today's newspapers to passers-by.

"Give me one."

Hastur, who was passing nearby, asked the coachman to stop the carriage to buy a newspaper.

In the carriage, Hastur spread out the newspaper and read it carefully.

Judging from the news revealed in the newspaper, the Genie has already won the bet.

I don't know if the lamp god and the mother tree of desire have completed the transaction in private?
Bernadette's Dawn appeared near Port Damir. Could it be that she had secretly entered Loen and came to Backlund, right?

Given the anomalies displayed by the lamp god during this period, Bernadette would definitely carry the wishing lamp with her to avoid accidents.

It seems that I have to be careful of the prying eyes of the lamp god, and it is best not to meet Bernadette.

Hastur looked at another piece of news, wondering which kind-hearted person told him about helping the police solve the case.

The newspapers were full of praise for this young, promising and handsome baron, and they didn't hesitate to praise him.

Hastur put down the newspaper, a little headache, he doesn't want to be so famous.

(End of this chapter)