Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

"Even if I want to explore the ruins, I must ask you beforehand." Esther laughed, trying to avoid the topic.

"The World" glanced at "The Lover" again, and a dry chuckle came from under the hood, and then turned respectfully in the direction of "The Fool": "Our private communication is over, Mr. 'Fool'."

The subsequent exchanges didn’t take much time, and today’s tarot session came to an end.

After Esther left the gray fog, she continued to look through the information written by Bani, and gained a lot of understanding about the situation where the "Jacob" family and the "Zoroast" family had almost disappeared from the public eye.

It’s easy for a “parasite” to hide itself.

As for the "Amon Family" supporting the establishment of the Tudor Empire, Esther had already expected it. She still remembered what the "Red Angel" said at the time. The brothers' plan made him an evil spirit, and Mei was not to blame. Dicky discovers that she is a "stealer" and suddenly becomes wary and disgusted.

Time always flies faster when you have something busy to do, at least for Barney.

She crawled out of the house dizzy, walked into the restaurant with erratic steps, and almost buried her whole face in the slices of bread provided for breakfast.

When Esther sat over, she grabbed Barney's collar in time and said, "You can take a rest. We will go ashore in two hours."

Bani's dead eyes looked quite decadent: "But there are still a lot of unfinished things..."

Esther let go of the hand that lifted her collar, and Barney's head immediately tilted down again. It was so soft that it felt as if the bones had been removed, and it lay directly on the table.

Barney stuffed the piece of bread into her mouth and chewed feebly, her eyes unfocused.

"The information you gave me is enough in exchange for the little help I provided. It's quite useful to me. It's enough." Esther tore her bread into several pieces and ate it in small bites. "You can rest now. , there’s no need to hold on any longer, you haven’t slept for how many days?”

"I, I can still..."

"If you continue to squeeze your energy like this, you should be more careful about the risk of losing control. You are just pretending to be crazy, don't pretend to be crazy."

Bani took a hard bite of the bread and a few crumbs fell on the table: "You talk a lot."

Esther shrugged: "Generally speaking, you should be the one who talks the most. I'm just trying to persuade you."

"Because I'm leaving soon, are you observing my condition? Don't worry, I won't die yet."

"An unkillable cockroach?"

Bani's face suddenly twitched, and she quickly chewed up all the remaining bread: "Damn, I really hate Emperor Russell's famous sayings."

Esther was a little surprised: "Why? I thought 'everyone loves Russell' in Intis."

"I hate Intis too." Bani said sullenly.

Mateo turned his head from the table next to him and stopped the chat he had just been having with a few other sailors complaining about the smuggling ship. Mateo raised his middle finger in the direction of Barney: "You are an Intis yourself! "

Barney rolled her eyes at Mateo. Even with a female appearance, she could still make such a scornful expression without any violation: "If I could decide my origin, I would rather go to the bottom of the sea and be a fish." !”

Mateo sneered and turned back to chat with the sailors.

Esther's hand holding the piece of bread paused and she lowered her voice: "How about you consider becoming a 'parasite' in the future?"

"You will share the characteristics and the potion formula with me?" Barney picked up the cup of light beer and drank it in one gulp.

Esther subconsciously scratched her right eyebrow twice with her knuckles: "That may not work. If someone else can give it to you..."

Barney seemed to understand what Esther was implying and shuddered: "Forget it, I don't want to become a 'parasite'."

——

Two hours later, the "Whalebone" once again approached the "Barnacle Pier" on Olave Island and returned to where it started.

The only difference is that Barney has been promoted, and the "deal" agreed between Esther and Barnabas is now over.

Standing on the dock, Ksenia gave Bani another hard hug.

After Bani was placed on the ground, she no longer minded making a fool of herself like this, but she still repeated: "Can you please stop hugging me like this next time..."

"I don't know when we can meet next time, of course I have to express my feelings well!" Ksenia smiled brightly, and then she shook hands with Mateo and Esther respectively, "It's also very good. Nice to meet you!"

"I am very happy to learn a lot on the Whalebone." The backpack on Mateo's shoulders was heavy, but this did not prevent him from straightening his back.

Esther smiled gently: "Goodbye, Ksenia."

Kseniya suddenly pulled Esther to the side and whispered to her: "I just want to ask, are you really an 'elf'?"

Esther shook her head: "I have heard that some elves live in seclusion on Sunia Island, but I am not one of them."

"Well, this answer is not unexpected," Ksenia patted Esther on the shoulder, "I wish you good luck."

Esther was stunned for a moment, then smiled and narrowed her eyes: "This is what I want to say, you will have good luck, Ksenia."

Kseniya didn't take it to heart, waved to the three people again, and then flew back to the bow of the "Whalebone" on a gust of wind.

Under the midday sun, the white ship broke through the golden light on the sea and moved away from Olavi Island.

Bani shook her head: "Let's go, we have to find a place to buy tickets first. Aren't you going to Bayam? I'll go with you."

Her demeanor was too easy-going and casual, but she seemed not very energetic, and she lost the arrogance she usually had when quarreling with others.

Esther checked the remaining funds in her bag. When she stayed at Olavi Island, she had already converted the money on hand into gold pounds. Plus the information fee provided by "The Hermit", there was not much expense in the short term. troubles.

Esther looked at Bani: "Are you going to Bayam too?"

"Well, I've been out for too long. It's time to go back, otherwise they will become suspicious."

"Aren't you afraid of them finding out? That's right. What you want is for them to know about promotion."

"Hey, you know it very well." Barney hummed twice disdainfully.

Mateo took two quick steps and followed Esther: "I know there is a ferry ticket seller on the island. His bar is not too far from here. If you go there now, it should be open."

"Oh, I don't see that you are quite capable. I thought you were just her poor little tail. That's good, so you don't have to let Esther steal it."

In addition to Mateo's annoyed look, Esther's reproachful look also fell on Barney: "What are you talking about? I won't steal things randomly."

"Why, are you still a 'law-abiding citizen thief'? I have never heard of such a person." Bani stretched her waist, said with a smile, and reached out to stop a passing taxi. .

——

The process of buying the boat ticket went smoothly. As long as Banabei, who had returned to his male appearance, kept his mouth shut, there was almost no possibility of provoking anyone else.

When Esther stepped into the tavern, she walked behind Barnaby and quietly stole his ability to speak while Barnabas wasn't paying attention. Barnabas, who reacted within a few seconds, glared at Esther the whole time.

It wasn't until the three of them walked out of the tavern that Esther returned his voice.

Because he was still walking on the street, Banabei lowered his voice even if he was angry: "You are abusing your extraordinary abilities, and you will be arrested by the Righteous God Church sooner or later!"

Esther rolled her eyes at him: "You seem to have forgotten my identity as the 'Goddess Star'."

"Bah, you don't believe it yourself. When the demigod announced his name, your expression was the same as if you heard that your wallet had been stolen!" Banabei took out the cigarette case from his pocket, shook one out and took it out. On the side of the mouth.

In the past few days, Bani would never smoke in front of Ksenia, and was even worried about the smell of cigarette smoke on her body. Banabe had to endure the habit of smoking for ten days very strictly, and she felt like she was almost sick from being suppressed.

Esther was very resistant to Barnabas' description: "What the hell, a thief bumped into a thief? I won't allow anyone to steal my wallet!"

Banabei lit up the cigarette with a snap of his fingers, took a puff of it with emotion, and exhaled for a long breath: "Ah, I'm finally alive again."

Esther slapped her nose twice: "I don't like the smell very much. It's very pungent. I'm a little surprised. Since you care so much about Ksenia's attitude, why don't you try to confess your true appearance to her? "

"What if she hates me?" Barnabas replied in a sharp tone, as if Esther's question was stupid enough to make him laugh. "Isn't it better to be a friend? There is no need to worry about crossing the line."

"I always feel that Ksenia might know something, so she always accuses you of being a 'bad girl'."

Banabei took several puffs of the cigarette and almost put it directly into his mouth. After a while, he said indifferently: "Who knows, my encounter with her was just by chance. We were not the same people in the first place. .”

"To put it bluntly, no one is on the same journey as anyone else," Esther flexed her fingers and scanned the lines where the feathers intersected with the river. "Everyone is an isolated island."

Mateo suddenly broke into the conversation: "No."

When Esther and Barnabas looked at him at the same time, Mateo noticed a very similar indifference in their eyes, but Mateo still had the courage to say:

"My father said that the relationship between people is very important. Everyone is changing the people around him and being changed by the people around him. The people we have met are all part of our lives. No one I can live alone forever."

Barnabas exhaled a stream of smoke from his nostrils: "You are not an eight-year-old child. What does it mean to talk about what your father said every day? It's really boring."

Esther just smiled at Mateo and said nothing.

I would like to make a small apology, that is, why the male protagonist of this article has not appeared yet.

I went to the dentist yesterday and I had some thoughts. The buzzing sound in Esther's mind was almost the same as the skull-shaking buzzing sound when drilling teeth, the kind that makes the Tianling Cap take off. This analogy is quite vivid.

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