Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Esther stood at the door in silence and awkwardness for more than ten seconds, until a burst of laughter erupted from behind the door, and the door of Apartment No. 7, Lily of the Valley Street was pushed open from the inside.

Noen held the doorknob, and his heartfelt smile made his whole person look warmer: "Come in, that unattractive guy is accepting everyone's ridicule. You can see the most interesting scene when you come in now."

Norn dodged and let Esther walk in. The man with astonishing behavior and wearing sunglasses was being grabbed by the ears by the short Mrs. Romano and roared. His height of 1.8 meters was useless in front of the fierce and abusive landlord.

Several other people gathered around and laughed, making the corridor quite crowded:

Richie, the "enthusiastic chatterbox" whom I met yesterday, smiled until the freckles on the tip of his nose shone, and his glasses were lightly misted; Candela, a dark-skinned Ms. Byron, covered her face with her palms, but there was also a smile in her mouth. There were intermittent sneers; the two girls they had never seen before almost rolled into a ball with laughter. They supported each other to prevent them from collapsing to the ground. The one with blond hair and heavy makeup even laughed to tears, and the black-haired one even burst into tears. The one was leaning against the wall, his laughter as clear and sweet as a wind chime.

Noticing Esther walking in, Richie clapped his hands vigorously: "Okay, okay, let Gal accept Mrs. Romano's 'etiquette instruction', as we agreed! Three! Two! One - —”

Several people spoke in unison, including Noen, who closed the door to the apartment and was standing next to Esther, and the man in sunglasses whose ears were being pulled by Mrs. Romano: "Welcome to Apartment No. 7, Lily of the Valley Street!"

Violent, fiery emotions rushed into Esther's eyes.

In a daze, she seemed to have returned to that night. All the Nighthawks sat together to celebrate the night when Klein became an official team member. Everyone raised their glasses under the leadership of Dunn, and their voices were filled with the same emotions as these young people. of joy and expectation.

Esther showed her brightest smile since leaving Tingen: "Thank you!"

The corners of Mrs. Romano's mouth also curled up, and her eyes showed an extremely gentle look, but the next moment she returned to her fierce expression, and she increased her strength on her hands, making the man wearing sunglasses beg for mercy even more painfully.

"Look at the confetti here! What do you want to do? Go sweep the floor quickly! Sweep them all away! If you leave a petal behind, you can go out and sleep on the street tonight! Immediately!"

"I'm going, I'm going! Please let go, beautiful Ms. Romano!"

Mrs. Romano let go of the red ears of the man in sunglasses: "Bah! Don't use these false tricks to praise my old woman! And don't harm Luna! She is not the same as you! She is a good girl!"

The man in sunglasses rubbed his ears and sucked in the cold air, but he still walked up to Esther, stretched out his hand and introduced himself in a barely normal way: "Gavin Leples, I prefer others to call me Gal, if you want It's okay to call me 'sweetheart', little sheep."

Esther shook hands with him: "Luna Duboa, your style doesn't look like a Loonian."

"Of course, I'm from Intis of Love and Steam. We can go there together for our honeymoon if we have the chance -"

Candela raised her foot and kicked Galvin in the calf, forcing him to hold his leg and get out of the way. The lady from Bayram fiddled with her long feather earrings with her fingertips, and nodded to Esther with a very exaggerated smile: "Candra Gonzalez, welcome."

Because of Candela's rescue action, Esther's affection for her doubled: "Thank you! Nice to meet you."

The girl with blond hair pushed Calvin unceremoniously to the side. She was wearing rose red lipstick and glittery eye shadow, but the heavy makeup on her face was not gaudy, but made her more energetic: "I It’s Agnes! Agnes Torpin, a law student at Backlund University! Your hair color is so beautiful, but your appearance is very strange. Are you of mixed race?”

"Okay Agnes, don't scare our new friend," the black-haired girl came over, stretched out her hand to shake Esther's hand, the dimples on her face were particularly sweet when she smiled, "Joseph Finn Muller, Agnes and I are both from Lundberg and studying at Backlund University. If you want to be admitted to Backlund University in the future, you can come and hang out with us at any time."

Richie clapped his hands excitedly: "As for me, you already know me, Luna! There have been no new people since me. I'm so happy to have a small welcome party. I even baked a cake!"

Agnes winked at Esther: "You will like it! Don't look at Richie's always careless appearance. His cooking skills are the best here, even better than Mrs. Romano."

Mrs. Romano coughed twice and said with a straight face: "Don't be too noisy! This will save the neighbors from complaining to me!"

Noen nodded: "Don't worry, I will watch them."

Surrounded by several people, Esther walked into the restaurant in the public area happily and a little dazedly. The paper bag in her hand was taken by Norn and placed on the cabinet next to it. Richie took the cake out of the kitchen - —This is a two-layer cake, decorated with cream decorations on the outside, and several sunflower shapes are drawn on the top with jam, mint leaves, cookie crumbs and chocolate shavings, exuding a warm fragrance.

What a wonderful evening.

Esther thought as she sat at the dining table, laughing with the others at Richie's jokes.

Noen sat in the corner, lowering his eyes and listening to the laughter in the room. He unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth.

Calvin's eyes under his sunglasses glanced at Norn, and then at Esther, staring at her intently and calmly, but he was teasing Richie, and used another witticism to attract Agnes and Josephine's attention. color. Candela ate the cake quietly. It could be seen that she was not used to or liked such occasions, but she stayed until the end.

When Mrs. Romano walked out of the restaurant carrying a piece of cake, she stayed at the door for a few seconds. She looked back at the group of young people in the room, sighed silently, and walked toward the stairs leading to the second floor with a stooped back.

——

The brilliance of the crimson moon barely penetrates the window, and the haze over Backlund is like a filter, making the night here even calmer.

There were no lights on in the room, and Esther was sitting on the low sofa in the dark bedroom. Xiao Wu, who was in the form of an insect of time, was lying on her lap, raising half of his body to look at her.

"You are very happy, but also very sad." Xiao Wu's words were full of certainty. Through the invisible restraint that sealed it, Esther's overly strong emotions were constantly being transmitted to it.

"Xiao Qi probably didn't have time to tell you something special about me."

"You have a special destiny."

Esther laughed softly, as if what Xiao Wu said was not the truth, but a mocking joke. She took a few breaths before speaking again: "Yes, it's so special. This is really - fuck it." fate!"

Xiaowu didn't speak, it felt the sadness in Esther's heart.

"If the fate of ordinary people is a line in time and space, then I am a whirlpool floating outside." Esther drew a circle in her palm with her fingers. "I only exist in this hole, even with the If others interact, they will disappear from their fates after the ripples subside."

"Do you know the name of Sequence 2 of our Extraordinary Path?"

Esther shook her head: "Xiaoqi never mentioned the knowledge related to this sequence to me. It was more interested in scaring me with the dark history of various orthodox churches."

"Even if you were told that you were a thief, would you be willing to practice 'stealing'?"

Esther raised her eyebrows: "How is that possible! That is an immoral thing."

Xiao Wu sneered: "Aha, then what's the use of telling you? Normal Beyonders should act according to the corresponding path, abide by the 'rules' of the Extraordinary properties in the potion, and wait to digest the current sequence before taking the next level. Use the magic potion to get promoted. And you are an out-and-out alien."

"I know now. I thought it was normal at first. After all, I..." Esther stopped talking. She felt it was necessary to carefully conceal her identity as a "traveler". Xiao Wu and Xiao Qi had some slight differences in their personalities. Deviation, she is no longer as innocent as when she first landed, and will confide everything to the little bugs around her.

After experiencing Old Neil's loss of control and Dunn's near-sacrifice, Esther's sense of superiority as a "traveler" has long since disappeared, not to mention the experience of Klein and herself being killed.

She recited Ince Zangwill's name silently in her mind and placed him at the top of her enemy's blacklist.

Xiao Wu moved closer to Esther. In fact, he only moved two inches on her legs. His voice was softer: "Sequence 2 of the Thief Path is the 'Trojan of Destiny'. You can understand it as 'The Thief of Destiny'. A thief who has reached this level can steal the fate of others and replace them."

"What will happen to the person who is replaced?"

"An empty shell without destiny, identity, or even self-awareness will of course lose all connection with the real world. Apart from death, what else do you think that person will do?"

Esther shuddered, she frowned and leaned heavily on the sofa, but she could no longer feel relaxed: "But I, I haven't lost my destiny either! I will just lose my connection with them, it shouldn't be... …”

"So I feel strange too, Esther," Xiao Wu looked back and forth at the confusion on Esther's face, feeling satisfied with the panic in her eyes, "What on earth are you?"

Of course there is no answer to this question. Xiao Wu let out two chuckles and crawled obediently into the palm that Esther handed him, trying to curl up into a ball, but his movements paused: "Also, you'd better Beware of all the Extraordinaries in this apartment.”

"You mean Norn? Or Mrs. Romano?"

"Including him and her." After Xiao Wu said this, he completely curled up and fell into a deep sleep.

Esther keenly caught the implication of Xiao Wu's words, which meant that there were other people in Apartment No. 7 on Lily of the Valley Street who were also extraordinary people.

Xiao Wu, like Xiao Qi, harbors ill intentions toward the Zhengshen Church. Esther knows this very well, but she has no idea who else might be an Extraordinary.

Do you want to use extraordinary abilities to steal their thoughts and find out?

Esther suppressed this idea as soon as it came up. Her instinct was against the behavior of "stealing". Even if Xiao Wu informed Esther about the "acting method", it would be difficult for her to do anything to ordinary people.

The people living here even held a welcome party specially for her. It was too difficult for Esther to be wary of them.

Take it one step at a time.

The fifth update.