Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

"Even if you can't get used to it, you have to get used to it. After all, we will meet each other in the next few days." Benjamin put down the newspaper with a smile and drank the last sip of black tea in the cup.

The rabbit bit the spoon hard, as if he was gnawing on Benjamin's bones. But remembering the past experience of being "possessed", the rabbit lowered his head and quickly swept away the oatmeal with milk in the bowl.

Esther glared at Benjamin: "Go to the station at nine o'clock tomorrow morning and take the steam train back to Pulitzer Harbour."

"Why not take a boat? It's also very fast to follow the Tasok River all the way to the lower reaches." Benjamin suggested casually.

"It takes longer to take the boat, and there is a checkpoint after passing through Backlund. I asked someone to get him a certificate of identity, and it needs to be traded in Pulitzer Port."

"That's it."

"Aren't you supposed to know this?" Esther asked doubtfully. When Benjamin was parasitic, he clearly learned a lot from the rabbit.

Benjamin swallowed the toast cut into small pieces: "It's just chatting. I always have to find something to talk about, right? But you actually went out of your way to help him apply for identification. You are really doing your best."

Rabbit rolled his eyes at Benjamin again, then stood up from the chair: "I've finished eating!"

Esther had already finished her breakfast. When she stood up, she did not forget to nod to Benjamin: "Then let's go first. See you tomorrow, Mr. Benjamin."

Benjamin shook the empty glass: "Can't we see you later today?"

Esther smiled gently but did not answer the question.

Esther and Rabbit left the hotel restaurant, leaving Benjamin sitting alone at the table. His fingers pointed at the edge of the saucer, and his eyes fell on the chair where Esther had sat.

She did seem to have let down most of her guard, but she would rather take more care of the little Doudin who didn't understand anything than me. "Rabbit" is just a nickname. The kid doesn't even have a serious name. Why does she pay so much attention to him? Is there anything special about him?

Benjamin slowly chewed the last bit of toast.

Esther is now walking in Tingen as a "god's favored one". Even if it is difficult for the gaze of the night to follow Esther herself, it will definitely fall on the group of night watchers and pay frequent attention to the situation here. It is not convenient to attack them at the moment, it would be too easy for me to be discovered...

He pushed the plate in front of him and wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin to hide his proud smile.

There are more important plans now. During the Destiny Hermitage, there is no need to report these trivial matters to the main body. Meeting Esther was just an accident. Since there was no instruction from the real body, I was only acting as "Benjamin Jacob" and had nothing to do with the Amons.

The postman was unwilling to replace my errand, but instead I had some great fun.

Thinking of this, Benjamin adjusted his glasses and stood up from the table.

You have to find a way to track them down, and you can't find Esther, but it's easy to find the boy.

Benjamin didn't plan to do anything, but for him, idleness was idleness, so he might as well go and see what Esther was doing in Tingen.

The results of the tracking left Benjamin speechless. He became increasingly unable to see through Esther's true purpose. It seemed that she was really just wandering around Tingen.

The black and white magpie turned its head, dropped from its wandering height, landed on a gas street lamp, folded its wings, and stopped on the side of the street.

Opposite it is a Gothic church of the Church of the Lady of the Night.

This small church is squeezed between cheap shops and rows of small apartment buildings, without even a wall. The church occupies a very small area, and does not even have much land that can be used as a garden, nor does it have a large number of buildings where church members live for a long time.

Compared with a fully functional temple, or at least a comprehensive cathedral that should be self-sufficient, it is as ordinary as the nearby Daffodil Street. Such a small building would not even be connected to Chanis Gate underground, and it would be impossible to have anything valuable there.

The magpie exhaled blankly, squatted on the street lamp and flapped its wings in boredom, preening its feathers, waiting for the false "sister and brother" to come out of the church.

Zoya allowed Esther to get close to the night so wholeheartedly, and wasn't she afraid that her container would be hidden by the night? Or is this part of the deal between them?

Benjamin's thinking kept diverging all the time, but he couldn't see the key point of this matter, which made him want to complain about the rogue behavior of the main body - Amon handed over the memories of Xiao Wu and Xiao Qi to all the clones, He also handed over some information related to Zoya, but still left most of the memories related to Zoya in his own hands.

The magpie lowered his head slightly, and his black eyes fell on the two people walking out of the church.

Well, it’s not that I can’t understand it. The mutual attraction between extraordinary characteristics, the entanglements left over from mystical connections, etc... This is originally reasonable.

The magpie spread its wings and left in the direction of the taxi, heading to the next location.

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The next location, however, is the cemetery.

The magpie followed the taxi and flew far away, until it left the northern district of Tingen City and the carriage stopped at a cemetery on the outskirts.

Benjamin suddenly felt that following Esther might be a wrong choice, and that her journey might not have much purpose.

This is like the unique uncertainty of the "destiny" path. After these extraordinary people glimpse the wonders of fate, they are easily driven by fate and do many things that others cannot understand. They appear to be quite unique.

Benjamin flapped his wings and landed on the tall iron spiked wall outside the cemetery.

She can't come here to visit her grave, right?

Esther walked among the tombstones, and Rabbit looked around. His eyes jumped between the moss-covered tombstones, and then landed on the next square iron plate with carved patterns of levers and gears.

Rabbit had seen dead people in the East District, but he had never set foot in a cemetery. Such a place where the dead were buried so densely made him subconsciously rub his arms, trying to smooth out the goosebumps on his body.

"Hamel..."

Esther glanced at the quiet beds, which all belonged to the sleepers in Tingen City: "What's wrong? Are you scared?"

Rabbit immediately straightened his back and shook his head vigorously: "I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid! It's nothing!"

Esther chuckled: "It's okay, I just came back to take a look, we will leave soon."

"Come to the cemetery and have a look," Rabbit seemed to have thought of something, "Then what you want to see...is he also your friend?"

Esther raised her head and looked at a tombstone they were passing by.

Above is a frontal photo of a gentle and shy young man with black hair, and below are three lines of words that are still clear. Esther turned her palm and stole a little bit of dust that had fallen in front of the smooth monument.

It looked like no one had been here for a while. If her memory was correct, there seemed to be a brother and sister in the Moretti family. It was unknown whether Klein had visited them.

Esther's steps did not stop, as if she had not made that little move just now. She continued to walk forward, passing through the eyes of the deceased in the photos among the tombstones, and said with a smile: "No, it's me."

Hearing Esther's answer, Rabbit's eyes widened in horror. He subconsciously covered his mouth with his hands, but did not step back to the side. He just kept looking up and down at Esther.

Rabbit even tentatively poked Esther's arm, as if he was afraid that she would suddenly undergo some kind of change and then disappear.

Esther couldn't hold it back and laughed loudly for a while. Until the rabbit's face turned red from embarrassment, she raised her hand and patted the rabbit's back:

"Don't worry, don't worry! I won't suddenly become transparent or fly away, nor will I turn into a ghost or anything. I'm just standing here."

"You're trying to scare me on purpose!" the rabbit muttered, putting his hands in his pockets dissatisfied and twisting his head to the other side angrily.

But Rabbit quickly turned his head again and asked doubtfully: "Then why do you still want to come and see me if you have nothing to do?"

"I want to move my tombstone and not leave any unnecessary traces in this city." Esther said softly.

"Move it? Then if someone comes..." Rabbit swallowed back his words halfway. He remembered what happened in the East District before. Even if it was a special event that had such a wide impact, no one seemed to remember what happened in the end.

He was the only one who left a very faint impression, but he couldn't remember anything more.

Esther gradually slowed down. She did not remember the location of her tombstone. She just relied on the induction to reach the end of the road: "Because no one will come to mourn me. It is just occupying public resources." That’s all.”

A magpie fell lightly from the sky, flew straight to Esther's shoulder, and folded its wings after standing firm.

When Esther looked at the black and white, slender bird approaching, her body suddenly stiffened and her steps paused momentarily. There was silence for several seconds before she continued walking forward, as if she suddenly came out of some trance.

The rabbit curiously looked at the magpie, which was not afraid of people at all, and Esther sighed: "Mr. Benjamin, you scared me."

"You don't look like you're scared by me."

The rabbit shrieked: "Is this bird talking? It can actually talk!? Did you raise this -"

"I have always wanted to say that you should know how to be more respectful to others." The magpie squinted its eyes and stared at the rabbit. Its black eyes were surrounded by white eyeliner like glasses. "If it weren't for the agreement between me and her, you would have Just shut up forever."

"Mr. Benjamin!" Esther couldn't help scolding, asking the magpie to quiet down.

She looked at the magpie's head covered with black feathers, but she still couldn't say anything serious.

Only then did the rabbit react: "Wait, you call it Benjamin..."

Magpie hummed dissatisfied, and clasped her paws on Esther's shoulders harder: "I'm too far away from you to hear what you're talking about, so I came here to listen."

"Are you really so idle that you have nothing to do? Are you just following us all the way?" Esther said with a wry smile, but there was not much blame in her words.

Sensing her softened attitude, Magpie squatted on her shoulder more calmly: "I just don't have anything to do. Don't you welcome me?"

"Of course I don't welcome your stalking behavior like this...but do whatever you want."

Esther stretched out her hand, subconsciously wanting to poke the magpie's head, but she quickly put her arm down and turned her gaze to the front. (End of chapter)