Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Amid Mary's loud curses, Esther and Alexander also climbed up the rope ladder onto the "Clover".

The middle-aged man with short brown hair who had been standing on the bow of the boat calling the three of them was receiving the baptism of Mary's spit. He bowed his head and listened to the instructions with a straight face. There was a group of sailors gathered in the distance. Although they didn't dare to come over, it was always pleasant to watch people being taught a lesson by Mary.

After seeing Esther, the brown-haired middle-aged man finally found an excuse to run away from Mary. His appearance was quite delicate, his high cheekbones made his face appear longer, and his gray-green eyes were very smart:

"Oh my, you are the distinguished guest that the captain always talks about after fortune-telling, right? Welcome to the 'Clover'!"

The other party still spoke Intis. Although Esther could understand it, she couldn't speak it, so she had to respond in Rune:

"Hello, just call me Hamel."

The middle-aged man immediately changed the language and shook hands with Esther twice: "Ah, I'm sorry, we sometimes communicate in Intis. Are you from Backlund?"

"People from Tingen have also stayed in Backlund for a short time." Esther replied with a smile.

According to the time she spent waking up in this world, the time she spent in Backlund was quite long.

"I am Thomas, the princess' first mate."

"Hello Mr. Thomas, I heard you say princess before, does it mean the 'Four-leaf Clover'?"

Thomas grinned sheepishly, which caused deep nasolabial wrinkles to appear on his particularly long cheeks: "Yes, because her temper is very moody. The captain said she is just like a spoiled princess, so we just I often call her that."

Alexander was the last one to climb up. The blue light on the outer layer of his box quickly converged after leaving the sea water, and soon returned to its original appearance without any special features.

Alexander shook the water from his thick glasses: "Where's Aaron? Take our guest to see him, maybe she can help Aaron."

"Her?" Thomas glanced at Esther suspiciously.

Esther was twisting the sea water out of her hair, and the three of them were soaked from head to toe.

Mary also came over and threw her wig unceremoniously into Thomas' face: "Let's change clothes first, Hamel, come with me."

Alexander put his glasses back on the bridge of his nose, but his vision was still blurry: "Okay, you can take her to find an empty room. The things inside your box should be fine. The ability of 'buoyancy bubbles' can prevent water from entering."

Esther picked up the box and followed Mary into the cabin.

Thomas immediately turned to Alexander and switched back to Intis: "How about it, she signed the contract honestly?"

Alexander also used Intis when replying, and deliberately lowered his voice: "Very honest, sometimes even so sincere that she doesn't look like a 'thief'. A very well-behaved girl, unlike the rumored bad behavior of the 'thief' The personality doesn't quite match. I wrote all the words when signing the contract in advance, so I didn't leave any chance for her to cheat."

Thomas touched his chin: "Are you sure she really has the ability in this area? Just don't be deceived by her appearance."

Alexander smiled again: "You can try, she can know the stolen thoughts. So you'd better restrain yourself, lest she discover your suspicion and hostility."

"Tsk, don't make me sound like a villain..."

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After a while, Esther changed into another set of spare clothes.

This bedroom was not big. It was similar to the second-class cabin Esther stayed in on the White Onyx. It was just a little more spacious. It could barely accommodate a set of tables and chairs. The wardrobe was just a few wooden boards nailed directly to the wall. .

Just then Mary also knocked on Esther's door: "Come on, let's go see the captain."

At this moment, the ship's hull shook violently.

Mary suddenly cursed, and then shouted to Esther: "Hurry up and catch up! I really don't understand why the 'Clover' is so noisy today!"

Esther observed two seconds of silence, hoping it wasn't because of herself.

Following Mary all the way to the door of the captain's cabin, Esther heard a meaningless howling sound coming from inside.

The voice sounded quite sad and angry, and Esther couldn't help pointing to the door and asking Mary: "Is your captain... in good spirits?"

"It's okay, he's always like this."

Mary didn't have much expression. She seemed to have been used to it. After knocking hard twice, she pushed the door open and walked into the captain's cabin:

"Captain! Our guests have arrived!"

Esther walked in behind Mary and saw a man with short black hair and deep features. He was wearing a dark red coat with fringed epaulets, and there was a small old burn scar on the left side of his face.

The man was trying hard to break a turquoise crystal ball embedded in the wall. There were also burn marks on the back of his hands exposed outside the cuffs. His gray eyes were full of anger that he could not vent, but when he looked back and saw Esther's In an instant, all emotion disappeared from his eyes.

The man let go of the turquoise crystal ball, weakly supported the wall, and stumbled towards Esther by the door. His eyes seemed to have no focus, and were shining with excitement, and they gradually overflowed with joy and longing:

"So that's it, it turns out that what I saw was such a sign! Who are you? Light, light..."

Esther jumped up and quickly ran behind Mary: "Your captain is really not in a good mental state!"

"I've never seen him like this. He usually says weird things. Aaron! Wake up!" Mary stepped forward and shook the man's shoulder vigorously.

But the other party didn't respond at all, still staring closely at Esther, unable to look away at all.

Mary was also troubled: "How about you go out first?"

Esther quickly walked out of the captain's cabin, not forgetting to close the door tightly.

What kind of thing is this... But recalling the man's demeanor just now, Esther was basically certain that Captain Aaron was a "monster" or an extraordinary person of the "destiny" path.

Only they will be so sensitive to the existence of "light" in themselves.

After three minutes, Mary poked her head out of the room and said, "You can come in now, the captain has calmed down."

Esther stepped into the captain's cabin again and found that Captain Aaron's face was covered with a book. Including the subsequent process of shaking hands and introducing themselves, the book on his face was not taken off at all. His line of sight was completely blocked.

"It's an honor to meet you...Light."

Esther's smile was a little forced: "You can call me Hamel, Hamel Brook."

"I'm sorry, I really don't know what to call you. I see something in you that I have never seen before. I am Aaron Drasco, the captain of the Clover. Although you are just like them Call me Aaron.”

When the two of them shook hands, Aaron just feinted twice and immediately retracted his hand, pressing the book tightly against his face: "If you have any requests, you can ask for them, and the 'Four-Leaf Clover' will be open to you." Equivalent to my authority..."

"Captain!? Are you serious?" Mary next to her was shocked. She had never heard such an outrageous request.

Esther also frowned. The captain's attitude was too strange: "I don't need it. A ship can only have one captain. This is the law of life at sea, isn't it? I'm just here to complete the commission."

Aaron was silent for several seconds, then took a deep breath and continued: "Yes, yes, it's a commission. But why are you a 'thief'? I clearly saw..."

"This also bothers me," Esther rubbed her head. "It's best that we don't discuss it in depth. Have you really calmed down?"

A longer silence.

Esther sighed and turned to the embarrassed Mary next to her: "I'd better go out first. If Mr. Aaron really calms down, you can call me again."

"Ah, okay..." Mary could be said to be the most confused among the three. After hearing Esther's reasonable proposal, she immediately accepted it.

When Esther walked to the door, Aaron spoke again: "Miss Hamel."

"What?"

"There is a disaster in you, a red disaster. It is an omen that I cannot understand. If it were not for the existence of light, maybe I would have lost control and died the moment I saw it."

Esther was stunned. She wrote down Aaron's words: "I understand, thank you for the reminder."

"Next we have to go to Tyrinhos Island to replenish enough sailing supplies, and then go to Behrens Port in West Balam." Aaron put down the book in his hand a little, and his gray eyes seemed to light up slightly. Light, "Would you like to come with us? I have a hunch that this voyage will be beneficial to both of us."

"Benefits? Although I really have nothing to do, I can stay on the ship," Esther leaned against the door and looked at the other party doubtfully, "but I can't imagine what benefit this matter will have to me. I can't control you. The whole fleet, Captain Aaron.”

Aaron blocked the book in front of his eyes again, blocking the sight of Esther:

"We will all know. Fate will provide the answer, Miss Hamel."

The words of the good stickman only make people more curious. There are so many things he hides...

After thinking for two seconds, Esther said nothing, nodded and left the captain's room.

Mary quickly stepped forward and closed the door of the captain's cabin tightly. Aaron breathed a sigh of relief and threw the voyage diary on the table.

The open page of the diary was covered with many meaningless and chaotic scribblings. Mary felt dizzy just by casually glancing at it and quickly looked away.

"Is my acting skill good just now?" Aaron rubbed his eyebrows and asked in a low voice.

Mary raised an eyebrow in confusion, walked to the crystal ball embedded on the wall, and looked at the green vortex that was constantly rotating inside: "Acting? I didn't notice it at all."

"...Well, that Hamel, she has a very, very profound influence on my sequence. In order not to alarm her, I can only comfort her first. Fortunately, she is really not hostile, otherwise I would have lost control now."

Mary felt that the little respect she had for the Captain was becoming even rarer: "You really look like you're making excuses."

Aaron patted the table: "Alexander signed a notarized contract, so he can't take action. Neither Alexander nor I can count on it. We can only rely on Thomas to prepare countermeasures at any time in case Hamel makes any changes."

"It's good that you're still awake," Mary looked relieved. "You just said something about opening the 'Clover' to her. I really thought you were completely crazy."

Hearing Mary's words, Aaron's expression immediately became serious. After sternening his face, he had a somewhat serious captain's demeanor: "Even if I don't want to, I can't help it."

Mary's eyes widened in surprise: "You mean..."

"The 'Clover' can completely obey her, not me. I didn't expect that the negative effects that have troubled me for so many years will subside immediately after she boarded the ship."

Aaron closed the voyage diary and pointed to the crystal ball on the wall: "Call Alexander and Thomas over for me. It's necessary to check it in depth."