Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

at dusk.

Because Aaron's spiritual intuition gave a crazy warning for no reason, Thomas was dragged out of the door by Aaron as soon as he stepped into the hotel. The two of them carried several heavy boxes and set off back to the "Clover" before it was completely dark.

"Stop telling me about your premonitions and divination. I will beat you up one day." Thomas said with a sullen face. If the box in his hand didn't contain gold coins, he would be happy to give it to the back of Aaron's head. one time.

Aaron laughed very disdainfully at this: "Ha! It's like you are telling the 'craftsman' to never touch magical items again."

"I will convey your words to Mr. Alexander exactly as they are, Aaron." Thomas sneered.

"I'm telling the truth. It's best for me to follow my heart. Only by following the current situation can luck naturally develop into the situation that suits me best."

"Tsk."

It was getting dark. Aaron put the box in his right hand under his arm, took out his pocket watch and looked at the time: "It's not too late for us to get back to the ship..."

Suddenly, there was an inexplicable chill that made Aaron freeze all over, and he subconsciously glanced back in the direction of the Behrens Center Block.

Thomas noticed Aaron's footsteps paused momentarily: "What's wrong?"

"I don't know. I feel that Behrens is quite uneasy today. We will leave directly when the people who disembark come back tomorrow morning."

Aaron quickened his pace, and Thomas had to hurry up to keep up.

Going around the cave where the "Clover" was located, the two quickly walked to the ship. They didn't need to call the sailors to lower the rope ladder. Thomas took out a handful of silver powder from his arms, sprinkled some on Aaron first, and then sprinkled the rest on himself.

Soon, the two people flew into the air lightly, flew slowly towards the direction of the "Clover", and landed smoothly on the clean and clean deck.

"If it weren't for worrying about the existence of the 'Hidden Sage', maybe I would have chosen the 'Peeper' at the beginning. I hesitated for a long time." Aaron walked in front with a smile. All these funds were to be brought back to Inti. This, including the portion that will be distributed to the sailors on this ship, must be placed in the warehouse for safekeeping.

Thomas shook his head solemnly: "So you are really lucky... Damn it, you really should take the 'monster' path. On average, I have to endure that kind of forced knowledge twice a week, and some people do it more often than This is still high, and we don’t know how we have endured it all these years.”

"Maybe you also have some kind of good luck and are connected to this ship. The princess can always help us save good luck until the critical moment." Aaron said jokingly.

Thomas twitched his lips: "Is letting that Hamel board the ship a part of your good luck?"

What Toma didn't expect was that Aaron said very calmly and even proudly: "Of course! To be honest, this may be the luckiest thing in my life!"

If Esther were asked to describe it, she could find a word like "brainless fan" that is quite appropriate, but cannot exist in this world.

Thomas couldn't think of it. He could only say with a straight face: "You are really hopeless."

"You are not my way, you won't understand." Aaron shook his head and said, this overly proud attitude made Thomas even more angry.

After placing the boxes containing the rewards, Thomas decisively went back to his cabin to rest, completely ignoring Aaron's invitation to have a drink.

Aaron returned to the captain's cabin and happily flipped through the ledger. After comparing the funds entered, he smiled happily and picked out a bottle of Chaillot from his private collection.

Just as Aaron was humming the barcarolle and pouring wine into the goblet, the "Clover" suddenly trembled. Aaron quickly raised the mouth of the bottle, but in such a sudden situation, his reaction was still half a beat too slow.

As large amounts of red wine spilled, Aaron felt his heart become cold.

"It needs to be cleaned up again...but the princess reacted so strongly, maybe Hamel and Mary. It's so late now, why don't they find a hotel to stay overnight?"

After cleaning the table by himself, Aaron came to the deck very annoyed.

Thomas arrived much earlier than he did, not out of premonition but out of vigilance. He happened to meet the sailor on the night watch and knew about the two ladies shouting under the boat.

At this moment, Thomas was watching Mary and the two climbing up the rope ladder to the boat. He asked Aaron a question first: "You came all the way back so late?"

Mary easily turned over the side of the ship and stood firm on the deck: "There was an accident. I don't know why I was targeted."

Esther also jumped up and smiled sheepishly: "It feels like it has attracted strange forces. There are inexplicable blood servants and people who are suspected of being members of the Spiritual Religion."

"Are you the disaster star?" Aaron commented with a smile, because his sleeves were stained a little, and he still had a faint smell of wine, "Xibailan is so big, it is quite rare for you to be so unlucky. This is probably the price of good luck.”

Mary shook her head: "But we'd better leave quickly. Those two blood servants are going crazy, and the people from the Spiritual Religion will control the nearby spirits, which will leave a lot of problems."

Thomas nodded expressionlessly: "The situation in Behrens Port will definitely be very tense these days. It just so happens that we plan to set off as soon as the remaining people return to the ship tomorrow."

Mary walked towards the stairs leading to the cabin with regret on her face: "I would have bought two bottles of wine to take with me. Let's go back and rest. Hamel?"

Esther pointed at Aaron: "I have something to talk to Mr. Captain."

Aaron's eyes changed: "I won't buy you a drink."

"We're talking about business!"

——

Aaron sat back behind the desk, picked up the Chaillot he had not finished, and filled a new glass.

When Esther walked into the captain's cabin, she smelled the excessive aroma of wine in the air: "Do all Intis people like drinking so much?"

"Just like everyone in Loen drinks tea."

Esther couldn't help but smile and shake her head. It was such a stereotype, although it wasn't wrong either.

Aaron also laughed: "If you are a Loen gentleman without a sense of humor, I would never dare to say this. Fresh water can easily deteriorate and get bugs when at sea. Since alcohol is better preserved, you should heard about it."

"Even if Mr. Alexander sets up the equipment to purify the water, there will be a strange smell." Esther added.

"Just get used to it. We have to return to Intis in the next period of time. If we don't pass through the spiritual world, the voyage will be quite long." Aaron took a sip of wine with enjoyment. "What serious business did you want to tell me before?"

"Can you help me write to the 'Queen of Mystery' to ask something?"

Aaron shrugged and used body language to signal Esther to pull up a chair and sit down: "Yes, yes, but you have to tell me what exactly happened on the island today."

Esther told all the people she and Mary met in Port Behrens exactly as they were, and took off her gloves, giving Aaron a glance at the feather-like patterns on her hands that could not be completely restrained.

"Blood servants, vampires, I'm not sure about these people. I just heard that a small number of believers of the original moon are active in the southern continent. Others are most likely from the Spiritual Religion. After all, the origin of the bone sword in your hand is also related to 'Death' belief related."

Esther rubbed the back of her hands: "I just don't understand why they are targeting us so quickly."

Aaron thought for two seconds: "If it's just this matter, I can help you answer it. I wonder if you have ever heard of the 'Law of Extraordinary Characteristics Aggregation'?"

"How to say?"

“High-sequence items in the same pathway will unconsciously attract medium- and low-sequence items, and adjacent pathways will also be attracted in this way.”

Esther nodded: "For the 'pale bone nails' on my body, it is consistent with this kind of aggregation, but I don't know why it attracts vampires——"

She paused for a moment before quickly remembering that she had seen the cult member who was controlled by a doll, and heard the words "I see you" when the doll dissipated.

"You seem to have remembered something?" Aaron saw Esther's hesitation.

"Yeah, I probably have a little bit of a guess."

The power hidden in the red moon above her head is completely different from the goddess of the night. Is it the other party who is tracking me? Including "Mr. Door" who communicated during the full moon that day, he was also surrounded by the red moon...

Esther rubbed the center of her right eyebrow: "Aaron, when you return to Intis, you are going to explore the ruins, right?"

"Yeah, it looks like you've made up your mind."

Esther's eyes were particularly firm: "Please tell your teacher that I agree to go with you."

Aaron smiled and raised his glass to Esther: "I will, I always feel at ease when you are here."

"Don't be happy so quickly, I have conditions."

Aaron's smile deepened: "You need a copy of the extraordinary characteristics of the 'parasite', rather than a simple clue, right?"

Esther opened her eyes wide and quickly connected the key people in this matter: "Has your teacher given you instructions beforehand?"

"After all, in this matter, the clues are not equivalent to the help you may provide us. The teacher has already considered that you may increase the reward. She told me that if this expedition can yield results of similar price, then You can deliver that magical item directly to you through me.”

"Is it a magical item?" Esther thought for a moment, but still agreed to this relatively reasonable deal. "If this expedition does not bring you satisfactory results, is she willing to change hands with that item?"

"Yes, yes, but she will have other entrustments for you in the future."

Esther was silent for a moment and sighed helplessly: "Well, I have nothing to say. Your teacher's decision is actually fair."

Aaron drank the last bit of rose-colored wine in the goblet: "We don't need to set a trap in this regard. Safety is the priority in everything, and the same is true for you. My teacher is also good at divination. This is Our best choice.”

Esther thought about the "blasphemous card" and guessed that the divination of the "Queen of Mysteries" was also of a very high level, enough for Aaron to gain great confidence from this teacher.

Esther turned and walked towards the door of the captain's cabin: "Only one of my friends who is proficient in divination told me that divination is not omnipotent."

Aaron smiled and said nothing, but he muttered in his heart: "Soothsayer"? Does Hamel still know people from the Secret Order? There are actually more and more doubts about her...