Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Esther murmured in her heart, and began to think about the strangeness of the incident just now. What puzzled her the most was "her own reaction." Normal people would panic the moment they see blood, and even people who don't faint from blood would probably feel scared when they see that scene at first sight.

Esther recalled that her heartbeat accelerated at that moment, more because of the loud noise when the knife was thrown out than because the man's hand was cut off. Her mood was too calm when facing that scene, as if she had indifferently seen the incident and watched it happen before those words were spoken. This was indeed not like a normal person.

Okay, maybe I'm a little abnormal, but that's all.

Then Esther put the incident behind her.

But just because she doesn't want to get involved doesn't mean things won't come to her.

Esther was carrying a bag of snake fruits and oranges, which she bought with her own money from the familiar fruit stall owner. Perhaps because it was the first food she tasted, Esther fell in love with snakes. Oranges were the ingredients she considered using to research new baked goods. Since she was embarrassed to ask Wendy to pay for them, Esther bought some on the way.

She was blocked in the alley by several people. Esther chose this path because it was a shortcut. Now it seemed that she was not the only one who preferred this path.

The leading man had an unshaven beard and a short knife on his right wrist, which matched his ferocious aura.

"We meet again." The man smiled ferociously, as if he had already planned how to treat Esther.

Esther's eyes passed over these people one by one, pausing briefly on the handsome round-faced man in the last row, and finally returned to the man in the lead: "You will die of an unexpected betrayal."

The man's expression suddenly became ugly. He obviously remembered the strange thing about his broken hand last time, and he immediately wanted to call for people to swarm him, hoping to kidnap this stupid bitch away and torture her to death.

Esther did not ignore the instructions of the little bug this time. Esther knew that this was not a situation that she could solve alone, so she decided to follow the instructions and raised her hand while spreading her fingers towards the person opposite and behind her. .

Snake fruits and oranges rolled to the ground.

But once again she changed the words the bug told her: "You're going to steal their lives."

"I want to steal the fate that you and I share."

This sentence was not spoken in Loen language. Esther didn't know what language it was. She just spit it out according to her intuition. Her instinct gave feedback ahead of her thinking.

Then Esther clasped her hands together.

At this moment, Esther's hair faded to silver, and tiny star-like light spots rose from her head, bursting out haloes that blurred people's vision. Esther's black pupils spread outward until they filled her pale gray eyes, and a chaotic and twisted light shone from them. A violent light burst out from her body, filling the alley.

Esther ran out of the alley in a panic. All those people stood frozen on the spot, with a strange blankness gradually disappearing in their eyes. The round-faced man in the back row was the first to come to his senses. He looked around, bent down and picked up a snake fruit on the ground. He felt that he seemed to have forgotten something, but could not remember it. This made him full of vigilance and suspicion. Is there a higher-sequence Beyonder that has just passed by?

The leading man with a broken arm kicked an orange away hard, and the orange fell onto the dirty brick wall, with juice dripping all over the floor.

"**, why do you feel so annoyed... let's go find a place to drink!"

They left dejectedly, and everyone was not in a good state of mind. However, the round-faced man glanced at the alley again before leaving. He felt a subtle sense of uneasiness, but it did not evoke any memories.

Esther's heart was beating very fast, and her head almost exploded. She could only run forward based on instinct, and she didn't even notice when she bumped into someone.

The pain formed a hole along with the collapse of her memory, constantly absorbing any thoughts that Esther had, and almost draining her of all her emotions and thoughts. Esther could not hear any of the instructions of the little insect, and only the little bug was left. The ringing in the ears that was getting louder and louder, and the constant chaotic pain, made Esther feel that her body was getting more and more out of control. The pain was cheering in every cell. She wanted to scream, and wanted to let out the light in her body. Tear them all out and throw them all out——

[Esther.]

Someone was calling her name. But the language was not in Loen language.

Seems to be……

Esther's eyes were suddenly able to focus, and she fell down on the edge of several crates, trying to breathe. The cold air could alleviate the burning pain in her chest.

"How are you?"

A soft voice sounded, and Esther looked up and found that the person speaking was a beautiful woman with a youthful appearance but an old-fashioned makeup. Her blue eyeshadow and blush were quite strange, and her black hair was tied into an equally old-fashioned bun. , the black robe on his body was well-tailored but looked a bit sinister.

The woman was extending a hand towards Esther, and Esther used her strength to stand up. Only then did she realize that in panic, she ran back to the door of the bar where she woke up, the "Vulture Bar" The door number is still hanging halfway up, but a cordon has been put up at the entrance of the bar, and nearby residents are not allowed to enter.

But this woman seems to have just come out of it?

"Thank you, maybe... I'll be fine if I take it easy." Esther moved her palms, not daring to recall the power she had elicited before, and the voice that suddenly appeared in her mind was also very strange.

The woman noticed the way Esther looked at the bar: "Do you have any special impression of this place?"

This is where I woke up - of course Esther didn't dare to say that. She still didn't know the identity of this woman, especially her strange dress, which made Esther dare not put down her guard for a while: "It seems like here It’s been abandoned for a while.”

"Yes, but I heard that there was a strange light appearing here, probably more than half a month ago."

Esther's heart skipped a beat, which was roughly the time she came into this world.

Light? Of course Esther thought of her outrageous behavior in the alley just now. Was it the power of that little insect? No, that's not right... Esther couldn't tell, her thoughts began to get confused, until she realized that she was still being stared at.

The woman kept looking at Esther thoughtfully and did not say anything to disturb the girl whose face was full of complicated emotions.

"Sorry... I don't know." Esther's words were so dry that she didn't even believe it.

Incredibly, the woman just smiled and patted the head of Esther, who was obviously shorter than her. Her actions gave Esther a strange sense of comfort, and her chilly body quickly recovered.

Perhaps Esther's expression looked too dazed at this time, and the woman was not very reassured about her: "You look frightened, little one. It's really not safe for you to walk around alone at this point. You need my help." Are you going home?"

"Thank you, no need. I know the way from here to Slim Bakery. It should be fine."

"That's good, be careful."

Esther nodded repeatedly, looked at the woman again, and then turned and left.

Daly Simone frowned and looked at the sign of "Vulture Bar". The etheric body on the girl's body showed that her mood was fluctuating violently, but it quickly improved after coming into contact with herself. The strangest thing is that when the girl approached, the spirits nearby quickly dissipated. The spirit that Dai Li was trying to communicate with seemed to be greatly frightened and instantly left her sensing range. I don't know. Ran away somewhere.

A month ago, the owner of the "Vulture Bar" suddenly disappeared. Originally, this was a disappearance case that could be easily solved by the local police. As for the removed wine or furniture, no one would bother to check it, but after someone I witnessed that one night when the former bartender returned to the bar, the clocks of several houses on this street exploded, and the time stayed at three seventeen in the morning.

It was obvious that there were traces of extraordinary power involved. Old Neil's divination had no results, so Dai Li once brought Luo Yao to the area to inquire about natural spirits who could communicate. Unfortunately, there were no traces when they traced the intersection. Even if they changed Others came to the scene to check and noticed nothing unusual.

Because there was no subsequent change in the matter, the night watchman's energy could not be placed here for a long time, so in the end the captain had no choice but to shelve the incident. Today, Dai Li also walked here twice on a whim before going to the cemetery to dig a grave. Unexpectedly, I met such a strange girl.

Dai Li still turned on her spiritual vision when she met the girl, and noticed that something was very wrong with the girl. Her surface etheric body was a little too bright, so that people could not clearly see her inner astral body, which was only vaguely revealed. Among them, the rainbow-like intersecting color blocks are difficult to distinguish.

Could it be that that girl is a hidden wild Beyonder?

Dai Li made a note of the store Slim Bakery. As long as she went there to see it later, she would know if there was something wrong with this girl. If the girl does not leave, you can take the opportunity to make contact and observe more. If she leaves, Dai Li can ask the police station to help investigate her origins and clues based on her appearance, and even directly issue a wanted warrant.

In particular, Daly's spiritual intuition told her that the girl must be related to the strange things in the "Vulture Bar".

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After Esther returned to Slim Bakery, she didn't mention anything about what happened tonight to Wendy and Fiona. She just lied and said that she went out to relax, but she was almost bitten by an unknown wild dog and ran away all the way. I've made a big circle and now I'm back.

Wendy comforted Esther for a few words and asked her to go to rest early.

Esther didn't have the time to research any new bread or pastries. After doing some simple cleaning, she returned to her exclusive little attic.

Beside the narrow window sill, there was a pile of handkerchiefs folded, the middle of which was dented, forming a very simple nest. Esther took the little bug out of her pocket, put it in the nest, and stared at it with complicated eyes.

"What exactly is that power?"

"I don't need to guess. I don't need to guess. The power of stealing comes from you, but that kind of light comes from myself. I can be sure of this."

"This is not ridiculous self-confidence. There are huge secrets hidden in the superpowers of this world. I mean extraordinary power. It cannot appear out of thin air. I have this knowledge."

"What you said makes sense. I can't prove whether these perceptions are my imagination. I should find someone with powers similar to mine."

"...I feel like you're playing with me. Why are you saying something sarcastic again now? Isn't that what I just meant!"

"What do you call this? Thief? It doesn't sound like a good person. Is this what you call your extraordinary power?"

Esther felt the contempt coming from the little insect and couldn't help but sigh: "I really don't like this ability. People who steal everything will one day find that nothing belongs to them."

So her insect mentor lost his temper, huddled up in a ball and pretended to go into hibernation, and refused to talk to Esther anymore, ending this extremely rare conversation between the two.

This is the first time Esther has communicated so much with this little bug. In the past, it was more bored and disdainful towards Esther. It seemed that it was surprised by Esther's ability, so it had some feelings for Esther. communication, and demonstrated a certain amount of extraordinary knowledge. But the character shown by the little bug during the conversation was very unbeatable, and his words were full of mischief and badness, which gave Esther a headache. She didn't know if she could believe it.

It's not a bad thing, so just think of it as a good thing. Esther is actually very happy because this little bug is the first person she communicates with after becoming conscious. Now that she can understand more about it, Esther feels an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.

But it wasn't until she was lying in bed that Esther realized that the little bug didn't explain the power hidden in her body at all, and the topic was just dismissed.

The next morning, Esther was busy with Fiona in the kitchen. After she had just finished kneading a new batch of cute animal-shaped bread dough, Wendy suddenly came in and called Esther out.

Esther simply wiped her hands and hurried to the store, where she met someone who surprised her.

"You are the one from yesterday, ah, that lady, good morning." Esther then realized that she did not know the other person's name.

"Daily Simone, hello, little one." This lady is wearing a black veil today and a black robe similar to yesterday. With her dress, it would not be against the rules to appear at the cemetery at any time to attend the funeral. feel.

It might be a little scary in the middle of the night.

"Hello! Just call me Esther," Esther habitually put on a business smile, "Ms. Simone, do you want to buy anything?"

Dai Li looked at the cute cat black bread and rabbit white bread in the window with interest: "You can call me Dai Li, as a courtesy. Is this a specialty of your store? It's very cute."

Wendy patted Esther on the shoulder very proudly: "It was designed by the 'little guy'. Isn't it amazing? She learns everything very quickly, she is a very smart child."

Esther blushed, and her smile became much more sincere: "Don't be so exaggerated, Grandma Wendy."

"Have you ever thought about publishing this design? If this kind of dessert can appear at the ladies' tea party, it will definitely be very popular."

Wendy was a little confused: "Oh, we're not sure about that... we may not be able to do such a big business."

Esther: "I just want to help Grandma Wendy. I probably have no intention of becoming a private chef. I still have a lot to learn."

Dai Li did not insist: "That's not bad. I will come to visit more in the future. It would be better if there are cakes in the future."

"Of course! I'll definitely think about it when I learn how to bake cakes with Grandma Wendy and Fiona!"

"Then help me weigh a piece of black cat bread, two pieces of white rabbit bread, and this tingen cake, which I heard is a specialty of the store?"

Under the signal from Wendy's eyes, Esther immediately picked up the things Dai Li wanted to buy and put them in the paper bag for packing: "Okay, I'll put them in for you! Can I use the paper bag in the store?"

Dai Li nodded and quickly left Slim Bakery after paying.

Esther returned to the kitchen and was in a particularly good mood because of the praise she received from Daley. She unconsciously hummed some songs, all of which were songs that Fiona had never heard before.

Life always seems to be getting better, doesn't it?