Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 74 Loen's Future Core Power Circle
Chelf was terrified, shouting for help while struggling to swim ashore.

Fat is fat, but his swimming skills are not bad, but when he was about to reach the shore and got up, Hastur kicked him into the lake again.

He was worried that he couldn't find anyone to provoke him, so that he could speed up his potion digestion speed.

This Viscount Chelf Barron was lucky, he wanted to make himself a rabbit master when he came here, he was looking for a beating!

Hastur glanced around, but it was a pity that he didn't have any suitable long weapons, such as bamboo poles or wooden sticks, otherwise, he would let this Viscount Chelf Barron experience what it means to have a brain bloom.

Soon, the movement here attracted the nearby nobles to gather.

Seeing someone falling into the water, they all called their attendants to go into the lake to catch people.

Hastur stood on the shore and did not stop him. When Chelf was helped from the lake to the shore by two attendants, he walked over, smiled, raised his right foot, and cut it in the middle. Ralph's heart kicked him into the lake again.

Chelf wanted to curse and took another gulp of lake water.

The surrounding nobles came to their senses and realized that Chelf's falling into the water was not an accident, but a conflict with someone.

Hastur was prominent in noble circles and was quickly recognized.

The smarter nobles slipped away first, not wanting to participate in this troubled water.

The nobles who were friendly with Chelf shouted that Hastaan ​​should be accused of murdering the nobles.

Audrey and Grelint also came nearby. Seeing that Hastur was causing trouble, Audrey was slightly surprised and blinked.

In front of so many nobles, kicking a viscount into the lake is really daring.

Tonight is a party organized by the royal family. Even the great nobles have to restrain their temper, at least on the surface to live in peace.

Grelint hurried forward and pulled Hastur out of here first to prevent Hastur from being kicked into the lake again.

"That Viscount Baron is really nothing, but this is a royal party, so it's better not to make it too ugly, or it will easily leave a bad impression."

Grelint carefully analyzed the pros and cons of Hastur to prevent him from acting impulsively. Hastur just listened silently and didn't care.

Even if the person who said that just now was a prince, he would still kick him.

After finally catching an opportunity of legitimate defense, he will not easily miss it.

After a while, Chelf was finally rescued from the lake and coughed up a lot of lake water, obviously drinking a lot just now.

But he didn't dare to come directly to Hasta to settle the score. He just gave Hasta a look of resentment, and left the party early in desperation.

It is indeed disgraceful to kick someone, but the person being kicked will only be more humiliated.

And drenched all over, staying here will only become a joke.

After a small episode, everything returned to its former excitement.

When Gleick and the eldest prince of the royal family appeared, it symbolized that the party was halfway through.

"This eldest prince is deeply loved and trusted by the king, and he is likely to become the new king in the future." Grelint lowered his voice.

It's not possible. When George III fails to be promoted to the Dark Emperor in the future, he will be Loen's new king, Govington II.

Hastur thought for a while, seeing Greck's friendly communication with the eldest prince, he had to feel that the Negan family was really good at betting.

Greck greeted the surrounding nobles, and then led the eldest prince towards Hastur.

Grelint hurriedly adjusted his clothes, straightened his back to make himself look more energetic and elegant, and then took Hastur to greet him first, and said hello.

Greck introduced: "This is Baron Hastur Campbell, the last heir of the Campbell family. This time, it was he who helped the police solve the case of the Sunrise Workhouse. He is also my good friend."

The eldest prince smiled and said: "You are young and promising, the kingdom needs nobles like you who are full of wisdom and courage."

Hastur also replied a few polite words, just chatted briefly, and the eldest prince left first.

Greg glanced at Greint, who understood, and silently turned and left.

"How did Viscount Barron offend you tonight?"

"It's just a small matter, and he will get the punishment he deserves."

Greg nodded, revealed the matter, and said: "After the party is over, don't leave yet."

"A reward from the king?"

"Well, the king asked the eldest prince to come forward, obviously he is very optimistic about you."

Hastur understood the meaning of these words. The king asked the eldest prince to come forward in order to make himself grateful to the elder prince for his kindness in the future.

This is indeed a promising behavior.

That's right, I am just young, with both wisdom and courage. The Campbell family was once a hereditary earl, and the future is indeed bright in the future.

Only people like Chelf who have no eyesight and no IQ dare to offend him blatantly.

Greg didn't stay long, and left after saying a few words, but his arrival sent a signal to the surrounding nobles.

Hastur Campbell was his Greg Negan buddy, the good kind.

With Greck's deterrence, some nobles who originally wanted to stand up for Chelf have tacitly revealed this matter.

Hastur, who was not disturbed by anyone, came to Greint and Audrey's small circle with a glass of wine, smiled and exchanged a few words, blended into their circle, and quietly waited for the end of the party.

He was very curious about what kind of reward the king would give this time.

At least not less than 2000 gold pounds, right?
If you give 10000 gold pounds directly, he will hand it over to Greg to help invest in stocks and make a profit first.

With Greint and Audrey present, Hastur showed the elegance and decency that a nobleman should have, especially when chatting, he always impressed everyone who talked.

Especially the unmarried girls who looked at him with eyes full of admiration and curiosity.

Curiosity is the beginning of the fall.

Fortunately, Hastur is not a person like Grelint. As soon as there is such a sign, he will stop exuding charm in time, so as not to be really disturbed by these noble girls.

After eleven o'clock, the nobles who participated in the party left one after another. Grelint originally wanted to leave with Hastur, but in the end he could only leave alone with envy.

The crowd gradually dispersed, and soon an attendant came to Hastur and led him into the private space inside the manor.

The eldest prince, Greg, and Hibbert were already sitting on the sofa chatting.

This is the core power circle of the future Loen Kingdom.

Greck represents the Negan family, and Hibbert is behind Earl Hall. These two are important ministers of the Loen Kingdom today, and they are great nobles with power and wealth.

Hastur just scanned around, then walked over naturally, saying hello to everyone.

In the future, he believed that he would also enter the most core circle of power in the Loen Kingdom.

After chatting for a while, the eldest prince asked someone to bring a small yellow-brown box and put it in front of Hastur, "This is a reward for courage and wisdom."

……

The party is over, get on the carriage.

Hastur placed the small yellow box on his lap, and slowly opened it with his hand.

There were so many people just now, he was too embarrassed to open it directly in front of the eldest prince.

I can only hold back my curiosity, and now I can finally get a glimpse of it.

Inside the box lay three pieces of paper... to be precise, three pieces of land deeds.

One of the deeds was a large house in Queens, which was originally owned by the Campbell family and exported by Voltaire.

The other two title deeds are aristocratic territories, located in South Wales, with a combined area of ​​about 1000 acres.

In conversion, it is almost 400 hectares.

Compared to a real aristocratic territory, 1000 acres is only about one-sixth of the earl's standard territory.

This has to mention the talent of Voltaire. He divided his territory into fifteen parts, that is, fifteen title deeds, each of which is about the same size.

Normally, the nobles' territories are not allowed to be bought and sold without the king's permission, let alone used for gambling.

But Voltaire was very resourceful. He didn't directly say that it was a bet, nor did he sell it to others directly. He just let the nobles with the title deeds help him manage the territory.

As for the output and taxes in the territory, it is the cost of hosting the territory.

Hastur silently put away the title deed, put it back in the box, and closed the box.

It's a pity that the king didn't give him a chance to choose, otherwise he would directly choose the equivalent gold pound.

With the abolition of the "Corn Law", the land of the nobles will become less valuable, and the economic benefits that can be produced in the territory will also be greatly reduced.

He can take a large sum of gold pounds first, go to the stock market to earn a round, and then buy a large amount of land that has become cheap.

Once back and forth, there is a huge difference in gold pounds.

Fortunately, the house in Queens was not bad, and living in Queens was safer than living in the West Side.

As for the territory, he has no intention of managing these things for the time being.

And it was still far away in South Wales, so he didn't have time to go out for a walk.

We can only ask Butler Neil to send someone to investigate first, and consider other matters later.

……

Hall of Stars.

Fifteen days later, Hastur appeared in the image of the ruler of the stars, stretching out two chains of order to lead the arrival of the lamp god and the mother tree of desire respectively.

(End of this chapter)