Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Can you live calmly using others as stepping stones?

Esther couldn't tell the answer to this question.

Of course she is happy to live, to enjoy the fragrance of flowers or the delicious sweets, to feel the sunshine, cold wind or crowded and noisy crowds, these are all part of her life. But after this "resurrection from the dead", part of her innocent expectations for the world also died from her.

The prerequisite for Esther to sacrifice for others now is that the other person must be someone she values ​​and cares about. Her remaining sense of justice and courage are not enough to support her to die at will.

She developed a distinct fear of death.

I don’t know how the captain and the others are doing now...

With this thought in mind, Esther walked out of the platform and sneezed under the foggy haze.

Although it is not as ferocious as the sandstorms I have seen before, such thick fog lingers in Backlund for a moment, turning the clear blue sky here into a joke.

Esther looked up at the nearby buildings, occasionally seeing several Gothic buildings towering on the slopes: "No wonder the people in Backlund love to chat about the weather, and Mr. Jacob likes the sky in Tingen so much. If only I have lived here for a long time, and every time I see a sunny day, I will bring a chair out to bask in the sun and leave."

Xiao Qi pecked her ear: "Which district do you plan to go to?"

"I originally wanted to go to the Southern District, but the pollution is worse than I thought. The Southern District is probably even worse."

Xiao Wu, who was in his coat pocket, suddenly poked half of his head out: "We have a VIP channel in Backlund, so we can go to more fun places."

"Ha, indeed, that would be so fun." Xiao Qi echoed maliciously.

The attitudes of the two made Esther instantly terrified. She shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, no, I'd better stay in Backlund first. I don't have your strange adventurous spirit."

"Hey, boring guy." Xiao Wu shrank back, dismissive of Esther's coercion.

After groaning in her stomach, Esther's immediate goal became to fill her stomach. She walked two streets, found the cheapest-looking cafe, and ordered a nine-penny sole with a staple sandwich. combo.

This is already the cheapest one. The cheaper ones only have a variety of coffee or afternoon tea desserts, which are far from enough to fill your stomach.

As expected, everything near the station was expensive, and Esther deeply missed the prices on Iron Cross Street.

Esther took out half a slice of bacon from the sandwich and gave it to Xiao Qi, who had been staring at her. However, this was a misunderstanding. Xiaoqi was purely observing Esther's heartbroken face, but it was also happy to get some food from Esther.

There is no need to tell Esther that she can go outside to find something to eat, such as going to the pier to grab French fries or something.

After his destiny was split, Xiao Qi lost the ability to change back into human form, and his connection with the identity of "Amon" was forcibly severed. This was simply the retribution of the "Trojan Horse of Destiny" ability to himself.

Xiao Wu, who is still in the form of the Time Worm, is unaware of this.

Therefore, the name "Xiao Qi" is closer to his self-perception than "Amon".

Seeing that Xiaoqi could accept bacon, Esther happily gave it to her by tugging on some bread, and then a corner of lettuce leaf, her face full of joy from feeding her.

It wasn't until Xiao Qi bit her finger viciously that Esther stopped treating Xiao Qi like a pet.

After leaving the cafe, Esther walked into the bookstore not far away and picked out a detailed map containing Backlund's transportation route. The shop owner seemed to realize that she was an outsider, and enthusiastically handed Esther a local sightseeing brochure, which introduced many specialty shops and famous performances. Of course, he also charged Esther two pence more.

Esther flipped through the manual, put the coat on her body, and rolled the cuffs inward twice to make it easier to move.

"The Return of the Earl is actually performed throughout the year, and there are always concerts. There are even book signings for famous novelists... Roxanne will definitely like the entertainment activities here. It's great. Is this a big city? "

Esther picked up the map again and quickly determined her location. She rubbed the center of her right eyebrow and suddenly remembered what she had forgotten to ask before: "Xiao Qi, are you the 'decryption scholar' of Sequence Seven?"

"Yes, someone told you while I was napping? There are actually such knowledgeable guys among those Nighthawks."

"Well, what is Xiao Wu's sequence?"

"It is the 'Dream Stealer' of Sequence Five. It is the transition from stealing ability to conceptual progress."

Esther's eyes lit up: "This is a good name, it sounds very romantic!"

Xiao Qi choked on her words and slapped Esther on the back of the head with her wings: "No matter how good the extraordinary ability is, it will be a waste for you!"

Esther rubbed her messed-up hair and quickly analyzed the route to the southern area of ​​the bridge: "If I could choose, I would definitely choose an easy way to pick up the wallet dropped from the sky on the walk -"

Before she could finish her words, a flowerpot fell from the sky and landed just a step away from her.

Xiao Qi buried her face under her wings and chuckled twice before saying, "Why don't you learn divination, which specializes in predicting bad luck and making money."

"Forget it, no one wants to hear about bad luck. Everyone wants good luck." Esther looked up at the roof and saw a balcony with several flower pots hanging on it, and a watering can protruding from the fence. Come, the person holding the watering can is an old woman.

"Madam! Your flower pot!" Esther shouted loudly, and the passers-by glanced at what was happening here and walked around.

The old woman poked her head out from between the fences and was surprised to see the broken pottery pots and soil on the ground, and quickly waved to Esther.

Soon the old woman came down from upstairs, still carrying a broom and an iron bucket. Esther helped bend down to hold the bucket while the old woman quickly swept away all the debris and soil on the ground.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't hurt you, did I? My husband is always stubborn. I told him that it was dangerous to put the flower pots like this, but he never listened."

"No, no, I'm fine," Esther patted the dust on her clothes, "Fortunately, I didn't hit anyone."

The old woman nodded, apologetically took out two soles and stuffed them into Esther's hand: "Are you scared? I'm so sorry, young man, take it."

"This, this doesn't mean-"

"You look like you're from out of town, you ran away from home, right? Haha, who hasn't been young and willful? Think about it, my husband and I were like this back then..." The old woman smiled slyly, It seems that the plots of many romantic novels have been imagined, but the deviation from reality is getting bigger and bigger.

"Thank you, thank you very much!"

Esther did not refuse any more, and took the two sulers into her arms with the old woman's satisfied eyes, then quickly said goodbye and went to the nearest "subway station".

Xiao Qi stared at the sudden good development of things with his mouth open, and whispered in Esther's ear: "I know where you should go to make money."

Esther walked with a smile under the hazy and gloomy sky of Backlund. Good things like wealth from heaven were enough to keep her in a good mood for a while: "Huh? Do you have a good idea?"

"You should go to the casino."

"...I shouldn't have counted on you."

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