Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

After the meeting, Esther and Klein went back to their respective residences.

Because they were both in the Bridge District, it only took ten minutes to take a public carriage before Esther returned to her newly rented house. This time she still only rented it for half a month. She planned to go to Tasok in the second half of the month. First find a hotel by the river and stay for three to five days, and then go to the edge of the East District to find a house.

In order not to attract too much attention, Esther could only endure the trouble of moving around. She no longer bought all kinds of small things to satisfy her consumption desires. Instead, she kept her luggage as light as possible to ensure that she could be anywhere at any time. Departure status.

Therefore, the environment of her apartment cannot be said to be enjoyable. It basically comes with its own furniture. Esther just moves in with her bags and will not decorate many of her own things.

At this time, Xiao Wu was still sleeping in her pocket, and Esther leaned awkwardly in the single armchair, recalling the honorable name at the party, and carefully felt the feedback in her mind.

The weirdest thing is that Esther's intuition showed the opposite tendency at the same time, both approving and opposing her to attract the "Fool". This was the first time Esther encountered such a contradictory situation.

When facing the Aurora Society, the situation where spiritual intuition was contrary to Esther's wishes was very extreme, but this time Esther had no preference, but her mind seemed to be split into two factions, leaving her in the middle of the spectrum at a loss.

"What the hell..." Esther sighed with a headache.

Just as she was staring at the ceiling, letting the spiritual intuition in her mind fight on its own, a muffled sound came from the window.

"boom!"

Esther reflexively jumped up from the armchair, immediately took out the "obsessive-compulsive disorder tie" from her arms, put it to her mouth, and turned to the direction of the window with full vigilance.

She saw a dark figure with trembling wings lying on the outside of the window. She quickly lifted the glass and took the crow into the house.

Xiao Qi looked very embarrassed. His originally soft and black feathers were messed up, as if he had experienced a violent storm. One of his wings was drooping diagonally, and there were a few superficial bloody wounds on his body, but they were already scarred.

"What's going on!? Did you start a fight with someone?" Esther nervously dug out the medical bag, which contained the herbal powder and bandages she bought from the pharmacy to stop bleeding.

After Esther found a pen holder, fixed the crow's wings slightly, and tied a bandage on it, Xiao Qi, who had remained silent throughout the whole process, spoke: "I found that person. I won't alert other members of the family. Under the circumstances, He helped me circumvent some of the restrictions and told me something I could convey."

Then it turned around and looked around the room: "Where's Xiao Wu?"

"It's still sleeping," Esther cleared her throat uncomfortably, "Well, it should still be under the influence of my light spot."

Xiao Qi looked at Esther in surprise for a few seconds, lowered her head and chuckled: "Haha, you actually learned to guard against it, you are really making progress..."

The next moment, all the teasing in its tone subsided, and Esther subconsciously sat up straight, knowing that Xiao Qi was about to talk about something very important.

"Xiao Wu and I have different opinions when it comes to treating you. You should be aware of this and try to influence its sleep."

Esther nodded and admitted the matter.

"You'd better not reveal what I'm going to tell you next to Xiao Wu. Although it can't do anything to you in its current condition, once it gets free, the development of things will be completely out of our control."

"Life threat?"

"Esther, there are many terrifying scenes that can make people want to die."

When Xiao Qi said this, there was a smile in her voice, which made Esther shiver even more. She didn't want to think about what Xiao Qi was referring to: "I know, so what you want to tell me What exactly is it?"

"The light in you has appeared in the real world since the second era, but returned to the spiritual world in the third era."

Esther's pupils gradually dilated, tending to turn to darkness. The buzzing in her mind suddenly became clearer. Those scattered and aggregated thoughts gradually outlined clear murmurs and converged into another voice.

Xiao Qi's beak was still opening and closing: "He is coming to life through you and trying to walk in the world. Our guess about the 'vessel descended by God' has always been correct."

Fragmented light spots escaped from Esther's hair uncontrollably, and were constantly recalled by her suppressed thoughts, like a continuously flowing coil entwined in her hair.

She covered her mouth, and it wasn't until all the light spots were gathered back that Esther put down her hands, trying to calm down her fearful heart.

She knew what "divine vessel" meant. Although she had been joking about "sleeping for a thousand years" with Klein before, Esther did not expect that her ability to "follow her words" would work so quickly.

It was obviously just a joke, but now it seems like a prediction of her ending.

Xiaoqi gave Esther time to regain her composure, but what she wanted to say was not finished yet: "You will attract the 'Hanged Man' because of the existence sleeping in you - He can pass through more abstract and objective things. , the long river of destiny that floats outside time and space to stabilize and even anchor others can, to a certain extent, eliminate the madness felt by high-sequencers."

It was very unfashionable, Esther thought of the kind of filter tank blocked in the drain.

This thought should have made her laugh, but she couldn't laugh at all. She only felt a tightness in her chest, and even the urge to cry disappeared.

"I'm not really a human being, am I?"

In any other situation, Xiao Qi would probably have applauded and praised this self-deprecation, but now it just nodded quietly and stared at Esther wordlessly.

The crow's black eyes were reflecting the pain and unwillingness on her face.

——

Esther didn't sleep that night.

The bad news that almost broke her heart was like a "birthday gift" from the world. On the same day last year, she appeared helplessly in this world, surrounded by "little people" who were full of malice towards her. seven".

Why is this so? Why is it such a weird and scary world? Esther couldn't help but ask herself this question.

When Xiao Wu woke up from his deep sleep, he saw Esther moving the armchair to the window and staring at the scenery outside in a daze. Through the light clouds, a crescent moon was emitting crimson moonlight.

Xiaowu had long suspected that Esther had tampered with the restrictive power on her body, but it did not point this out. It was just to maintain the surface peace so that she could gain some time to think independently. Every time he thought about the situation he was in, Xiao Wu felt a kind of cold anger emerge in his heart - this was not in line with "His" character, and was the effect of suffering too much emotional resonance from Esther.

Xiaoqi has been with her longer than me, no wonder it looks so abnormal...

Xiao Wu turned around and saw Xiao Qi, who had finally reappeared, taking a nap on a soft cushion, with her bandaged wings exposed on the outside.

However, under Xiao Wu's gaze, Xiao Qi quickly opened her eyes and lazily jumped to Xiao Wu's side: "Why don't you sleep a little longer?"

Xiao Wu in the form of the Time Worm shook his head: "I've slept enough recently. Have you really seen Him?"

"I saw it. What He told me was not complete. The part I can know is limited."

Xiao Wu turned to Esther on the other side: "Did you tell her too?"

"Of course, of course!" The cunning look in Xiao Qi's eyes was all too familiar to Xiao Wu. It was the pleasure brought by lies and deceit, "I relayed everything I heard to Esther, look at her like this Can’t sleep tonight.”

Xiao Wu didn't like to see this clone's expression of such joy. Its tail almost lifted up. However, directly exposing Xiao Qi's concealment of some information would only make Esther's trust in her even less. Disadvantaged.

Esther was still hugging her knees quietly, huddled in the armchair, like a sculpture isolated from the world. As the protagonist under discussion, she had no desire to intervene in the conversation between the two, and kept looking at the red moon. daze.

"Why are you in such a mess?" Xiao Wu didn't rush to ask, but raised another topic.

Xiaoqi shook the wings that were still intact: "He doesn't really want me to leave so soon, and I'm not sure what he wants to do by staying with me. If he really wants to inform the 'head of the family', then I It's better to try to escape, lest the time comes... Anyway, His intention to stop me is not very strong, otherwise I would have no chance."

Xiao Qi was worried that Esther was still there, so she didn't tell the whole story.

Xiao Wu chuckled: "You don't really think you are special, do you? Don't even fool yourself, 'Xiao Qi'."

It bit the word very hard, and the mocking meaning in it made Esther's blank eyes turn and fall on them.

"Your head of the family is 'Amon'." She said weakly, as if she was sleepwalking.

Neither Xiao Wu nor Xiao Qi spoke. Esther's current mental state is not right. They don't want to be the target of venting, and they are also afraid of irritating Esther and causing her to suddenly lose control. Silence has become the best choice.

Esther didn't care about their responses and continued to speak: "You are also 'Amon'. This is not a surname, not just an identity, but a name... Everyone is Amon?"

She raised her hand and pinched her right eye socket.

Esther's fingers pressed hard on her own eyeballs, and Xiao Qi was worried that she would just snap her fingers and dig out the entire eyeball. But she didn't. The pain from the pressure on her eyeballs kept reminding Esther that she still had a fragile human body that could be destroyed.

If she pressed it harder like this she would go blind.

Esther's arms hung down weakly, and chaotic snowflake dots and lines appeared in front of her right eye.

She did not have the courage to dig out the throbbing thing under her eyes, nor did she have the courage to face the strange light ball in her mind. Esther never realized that she was so cowardly and so afraid of death.

She looked at Xiaowu and Xiaoqi again: "I'm very grateful for the many things you told me, otherwise I might not know why until the moment I lost myself."

"You shouldn't trust us." Xiao Wu suddenly spoke. Xiao Qi next to him scratched his paws and remained silent.

Esther actually laughed, but the smile was as hollow as her eyes, like a pot that had been pierced, all the stable and gentle will leaked out: "You are rarely so frank. If it weren't for Xiao Qi, you would Standing next to me, I would think you are Xiao Qi."

"Do I trust you? What a weird joke. I can't even trust myself."

After saying that, Esther seemed to be really amused. The chuckle that came out of her mouth was just breathy, like the "rustling" of dead trees when they trembled in the cold wind.

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