Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Even after experiencing the strange things on Bansi Island last night, Esther's waking hours remained unwavering.

Ever since the circulation space was expanded last night, Esther's migraines had been tormenting her from time to time. Fortunately, as the night passed, the pain in her mind had completely subsided.

The servant's room Esther chose was also one with a small window. At this time, golden light spots spilled into the cabin from the window. She looked out with a smile. The sky was gradually clearing up, and there were moving figures on the pier. Everything seemed to be... Everything is back on track.

But Bansi Island hides such dangerous anomalies, and this life may have come to an end.

Esther gave up her deep thoughts and walked out of the room when Klein walked into the room, holding a black wooden box in his hand.

Esther also saw Donna and Denton following Klein, and greeted the two children:

"Good morning, you two woke up so early."

Donna stretched out her hand behind her back and put what she was holding on the table:

"Sister Hamel! Uncle Sparrow! This is one hundred and fifty pounds that my father, mother, Uncle Cleeves, um, and Uncle Dimurdo and his family asked me to transfer to you!"

"Hey, so many!? Is this really good?" Esther was a little surprised. She clicked on the stack of gold pounds and quickly put them back on the table.

Donna's smile was very exciting: "They said this is not enough to express their gratitude, it is just to supplement your consumption!"

Klein said expressionlessly: "It's okay."

Since Klein had no objection, Esther certainly would not push out the gold pounds delivered to her door. After she casually counted out thirty gold pounds, she handed the rest to Klein.

Klein gave her a questioning look, and Esther shrugged indifferently: "For me, as long as I have money to eat, it's fine. I won't want to run away if someone gives me something delicious."

It took a lot of effort for Klein to hold back his laughter and not let his character collapse in front of Donna and Denton.

The two children looked at each other and couldn't wait to ask Klein about last night's situation. The barrage of questions made Klein's head confused.

Esther was still snickering beside her, but the next second Donna turned to her: "Sister Hamel, are those you used last night magic? There are really fireflies living in your hair! Those adventures you talked about Is it all true?"

Klein gave Esther a look. Esther understood, but pretended not to understand: "Yes, those adventure stories are all true. Uncle Sparrow's past fights against evil were extremely heroic!"

Klein's arm that was taking off his coat paused, and he felt some kind of taunting tone.

He's never had better luck at the "Battle of Evil" table!

Klein couldn't help but explain, and briefly said a few words about "extraordinary abilities" to prevent Esther's nonsense from causing the two children to have worse misunderstandings.

Donna couldn't help but ask: "Can we, can we also become people like you through rituals and potions?"

Esther subconsciously touched her right eyebrow: "This is not a good thing. Everything has a price. If you want to become an extraordinary person, you may be forgotten by your family and hunted by people in the church. There is no such thing as Would you still like someone you can rely on or trust?”

Confusion appeared on the faces of the two children, and Denton looked at Klein: "But didn't Sister Hamel act with Uncle Sparrow?"

What Klein did next was beyond Esther's expectations.

He said in a deep voice:

"As long as you choose this path, you will always be accompanied by danger and madness. You can win them a hundred times, a thousand times, but as long as you lose once, you will be like that fallen bishop."

Klein rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, revealing a shriveled old arm, and another arm with transparent skin that could see all the blood vessels and muscles.

Dense flesh sprouts suddenly appeared on his face, and he was twisting wildly like worms, frightening the two children and retreating to the door.

"Do you see clearly? This is crazy."

Esther did not stop Klein's move.

This kind of deterrence is actually for the good of those two children.

After Donna and Denton were frightened and rushed into the corridor, she stepped forward and closed the door tightly:

"Is this okay? In fact, I can just steal their ideas."

Klein shook his head at her: "They have the right to choose their own life after knowing the truth. You can't take away this right."

"That's right. Now I always think of convenience and habitually steal these troublesome things...it seems to be more and more like a 'thief'." Esther pressed her temples with her knuckles and said nothing.

"Is acting effective for you?" Klein asked.

"I don't need to digest the potion, but it may be adversely affected..." Esther frowned mid-sentence and suddenly stopped talking.

Daniz's door was opened, and he yawned and walked out of the room: "What happened just now? I thought I heard a scream before."

As a result, a cane stained with blood flew towards him, and Daniz caught it in a hurry. When he raised his head again, he saw the cold expression on Herman's gold-rimmed glasses:

"Wash clean."

Daniz's face fell instantly again.

Shit! I should have continued sleeping until noon!

——

"I've always been curious about how you and Gehrman met." Daniz asked.

Entering the first-class dining room, the two of them ordered breakfast with the waiter and sat down in a location where the early morning sunlight was softer. Because Danitz wasted a lot of time washing his cane, there were already many people getting up at this time, and many breakfast guests were sitting at many tables.

Esther took two sips of the apple juice brought by the waiter and leaned lazily on the armrest: "We just met like that. We were just colleagues at first."

Colleague relationship? Sure enough, these two people used to be bounty hunters, and they gradually became familiar with each other after joining forces on a certain mission. Daniz thought about the strange tacit understanding between the two people and immediately came to a conclusion in his mind.

Esther cut the waffles into small portions, dipped them in jam and put them in her mouth. She knew that Danitz would misunderstand without looking at her.

But she was telling the truth.

"Looking at the abilities of the two of you, you must have done well before, right? Why did you think of going to sea?" Daniz forked a piece of sausage, still trying to take the opportunity to inquire about the two people's past.

"Opportunities, of course there are more opportunities at sea," Esther glanced at Daniz, "Like you?"

"It's none of my business! I thought Herman was a pretty good prospect that night, but who knows..."

Danitz chewed the sausage ferociously, obviously venting his anger on the food.

Esther stared at him in surprise: "Have you ever thought about Ragelman joining the gang? Why, isn't it to join your team?"

If it weren't for the first-class restaurant, Daniz would have punched the table hard: "I didn't know he was such a lunatic!"

"Don't say bad things about people behind their backs, they might be heard."

Esther reminded Daniz with a smile.

Daniz looked around in horror, but did not see Gehrman's figure. He immediately returned to his high-spirited and arrogant demeanor: "How is that possible? He can't hear our chat... You won't tell him, right?"

"No, after all, he doesn't care if you tell him to his face, because he is just like that." Esther modified Klein's character from the side.

"I'm not that stupid! Tell him in person? I'm afraid he'll let me take a bullet if he gets excited."

Danitz was indeed a little panicked. He recalled that Gehrman was proficient in divination, but after considering what Hamel said, he felt that what she said did make sense.

Esther swung the apple juice in the cup and looked out the window at the sparkling sea: "I'm quite curious about your team. Your captain can be so admired by you, must he also be a powerful Beyonder?"

As soon as Danitz mentioned topics related to "Vice Admiral Iceberg", he became very excited: "Of course! Our captain is super powerful and very smart! Otherwise we wouldn't follow her!"

"Then you should introduce me to me if you have the chance."

"That's no problem. You - you're not trying to trick me again, are you?"

Esther didn't speak, just kept a bright smile.

Just let Daniz think about it.

Esther plans to go to sea, and Danitz's words, deeds, and character are quite different from the brutal pirates in Cleeves' stories. Esther guessed that this had something to do with the style of the pirate group itself. The concept of the "Iceberg Vice Admiral" might not be so difficult for her to accept.

But you have to wait for the right opportunity to see it with your own eyes.

——

Klein didn't get up until lunch time, and his clean cane was already leaning against the coat rack.

Esther and Daniz were drawing on a notebook on the table. When Klein walked over, he found that Esther was playing "Backgammon invented by Emperor Russell" with Daniz.

On the several torn pieces of draft paper nearby, one could see at a glance that the black piece was in a tragic situation. In the ongoing chess game, Daniz was holding back his hair with one hand and gesticulating around the white piece with the other hand. He had never decided where to place the black piece. where.

How miserable. Klein sighed in his heart. Playing this kind of brain-using game with a "decryption scholar" path, you don't have to think twice to know that there is no chance of winning.

Esther noticed Klein walking out of the room out of the corner of her eye, and immediately persuaded him, "Danitz, forget it. It's time for lunch."

"I don't believe it. I can't even win a game!? Damn it!" Daniz yelled, cursing, "Who is blocking the light like this, I can't even see clearly!"

Then he looked up and met Hermann's emotionless eyes.

There was a few seconds of silence that suffocated Daniz.

Klein has almost turned suppressing laughter into a daily performance project. He glanced at the two of them coldly and put on his double-breasted gown: "Go to the restaurant."

Even on the way to the restaurant, Daniz argued with Esther:

"It's just a little bit close! I'm going to win in two more moves, and you will definitely lose this time!"

There was a smile on Esther's lips: "If you don't believe it, why don't you go back and continue after we finish eating?"

"I know it without continuing! This one must be..."

Klein couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Where did Daniz get his courage? It's really admirable.