Mystery: The Return of the Stars

The next morning, Hasta went to Backlund University after a long absence. He had two classes with Professor Wayne, and then went to the cafeteria with Professor Foulun to have dinner.

"I have some things to deal with recently, and I don't have time to be a legal aid for the time being."

"It's such a regrettable thing. I will tell them for you."

Lecturer Foulun was not too surprised by Hastur's decision. It was impossible for a nobleman to concentrate on being a lawyer, let alone a legal aid all the time.

After dinner and farewell to Lecturer Foulun, Hastur went to the court and listened there all afternoon.

When I returned home at half past five, Butler Neil walked towards me with a worried look on his face.

"I took people to take a tour of the manor this morning. It is too big. It will definitely not be enough to recruit ten new people. It will take at least twenty people to maintain all aspects of the entire manor."

Then, Butler Neil described the general situation of the manor to Hastur.

It covers a large area, and there are three lakes in the manor. One is an artificial lake in front of the garden, and the other two lakes are behind the house.

There are also sculpture gardens, art galleries, playgrounds, wild forest parks and other areas.

The main building has at least sixty rooms, not including bathrooms, study rooms, balconies, kitchens and other rooms used for other purposes.

This is a place specially used by the nobles to hold grand receptions, large banquets, garden parties and other activities.

Generally, only aristocratic families have the ability to maintain such a large manor.

Hastur listened silently and quickly thought of a question. There must be many collections in such a large manor, right?

It is the tradition of many great nobles to collect items that are rich in history and value and use them as exhibits for their own families.

As long as you take out a few collectibles, you can sell them for at least tens of thousands of gold pounds, right?

Butler Neil broke his thoughts, "The manor is not suitable for hosting outsiders for the time being. Except for some daily necessities, everything else including collections has been moved away. This is very unseemly for a nobleman." one thing."

He chose his words very carefully and did not directly say that the collection was lost in gambling by the previous Baron Campbell.

"..."

Hastur had only one thought in his mind, gambling on dogs should be damned!

Such a huge family fortune will never be used up in a lifetime as long as you don't invest in gambling and just eat, drink and have fun.

"If you want to move in, in addition to the necessary cleaning and grooming, you also need to fill in some missing items in the manor and repair some places. This is a big expense."

"Is 100 gold pounds enough?" Hasta reported a number with a headache.

"Not very decent." Butler Neil hesitated and said this.

"...200 gold pounds."

"I will try to handle this matter within five days."

"Well, let's do this first."

Hasta sighed. The mental damage fee he finally got back from Andrew had to be paid out before he could cover up the heat.

The life of a noble is really a waste of money!

…

Tuesday, April 11th.

Gray Lint held a small party in the villa, and Hastur arrived at the villa an hour early at Gray Lint's urging.

The only people at the real party tonight were Gray Linte, Hasta, Audrey, and Forsi.

Originally, Gray Linte had no intention of inviting Forsi to the party, but considering that having only Audrey as a lady would make the situation more awkward, he sent someone to send an invitation to Forsi.

At the same time, it can be regarded as a thank you for Forsi's hard work on the pharmacist's potion formula.

"Hasta, I have prepared all the extraordinary materials, what should I do now?"

Gray Linte looked at the table full of materials in front of him, looking very excited.

"It's very simple, just mix them together according to the dosage on the formula."

"……It's that simple?"

Gray Linte blinked, feeling that this was too perfunctory.

After all, this is the beginning of stepping into the extraordinary world. Even if there is no need to hold any ceremony, it should still be a special place, right?

Hasta said with a smile: "Sometimes extraordinary is that simple."

"Hasta, help me match it."

Hastur put away the smile on his face and said seriously: "Graylint, the extraordinary world is far more dangerous than you think. Some things need to be dealt with by yourself. If you blindly seek help, it will be difficult to go far in the extraordinary world. ”

"...Then I can prepare it myself?"

"Well, I will guide you from the side."

"good."

Gray Lint took a few deep breaths, and slowly started to mix the extraordinary ingredients together according to the instructions in the potion formula, and finally concentrated it into a cup of thick green liquid.

Smelling the pungent smell of the potion, Gray Lint's facial features twitched together slightly, and finally he drank the medicine master's potion in one gulp under Hastur's gaze.

"Remember, every time you take a potion, it is a competition with madness. Suppress the madness, stay rational, and try to prevent yourself from being affected by those strange phenomena and nonsense..."

Hastur carefully guided Graylint on the side, allowing him to gradually pass this stage.

As for the extraordinary means of activating spiritual vision, he planned to wait for Gray Lint to rest for a few days before telling him.

He had always felt that Gray Lint was not very talented in the field of mysticism, and it was better to do things step by step.

As for the acting method and the two extraordinary laws, he will not tell him, but will only guide him slowly.

Otherwise, with Gray Linte's big mouth, he could easily leak this knowledge and cause trouble and danger for himself.

By the time the two came out of the secret room, Audrey and Forsi had been waiting in the study for more than ten minutes.

Although the two of them didn't know each other yet, there was no awkward silence.

"I wasted time."

Gray Lint smiled awkwardly, and then introduced Audrey and Forsi respectively.

"Have you become an extraordinary person?"

Forsi saw that Gray Linte's face was pale and there was cold sweat on her forehead. Her spiritual power seemed to be leaking out, which made her make a guess.

Hearing this, Audrey also cast a curious look.

Gray Lint raised his chin slightly, unable to control his smile, and raised his voice: "Yes, I am already an Extraordinary, a Sequence 9 Medicine Master!"

You like to show off, Gray Linte, you are still too young.

Hastur sighed in his heart. If it were him, he would never show off such a thing, or even want others to know that he was already an Extraordinary.

Extraordinary? Gray Lint really succeeded!

Audrey was shocked. She was also pursuing the extraordinary, but she had not yet started.

Unexpectedly, Gray Linte could be ahead of her on this matter.

Forsi didn't feel anything at all and was still lazily leaning on the sofa.

Audrey was quite envious and said: "Graylint, I didn't expect you to be one step ahead of me."

"I need to thank my good friend, Hastur, for all this. He found the pharmacist's potion formula for me, so that I can successfully enter the extraordinary world."

Gray Lint enthusiastically gave the credit to Hastur. In the previous conversation with Maric, Maric asked him not to reveal his identity as much as possible, and he naturally complied.

"Is Baron Campbell also an Extraordinary?" Audrey's curious eyes fell on Hastur.

Graylint was also curious about this issue.

Hastur said with a smile: "I haven't decided which path to take yet."

"Didn't you successfully hold a resurrection ceremony?"

Audrey became more and more curious. She had heard Gray Linte tell many legendary stories about Hastur.

"It is precisely because I was lucky enough to survive this disaster that I dare not embark on an extraordinary path at will."

As he spoke, Hastur tapped four times in front of him to draw a crimson moon, and said piously: "Praise the goddess."

Audrey's heart trembled and she asked in confusion: "Is the Extraordinary Road dangerous?"

"Well, it's more dangerous than the adventure stories in the books, and certainly more magical."

Looking into Audrey's innocent eyes, Hasta added: "If you don't have a certain level of awareness, it's better not to enter the extraordinary world and become a noble. It's also a good choice."

"Yes, the extraordinary world is dangerous and scary."

Forsi has a good say on this issue. She has personally experienced dangers more than once, especially on the night of the full moon.

"I will think about it carefully." Audrey said with a smile: "Thank you Baron Campbell and Ms. Forse for your advice."

"Don't worry, I will act as a forerunner and open up a way forward for you." Gray Lint was obviously a little distracted.

Audrey smiled but said nothing. Compared to Gray Lint, who always liked to show off his excellent side, she was more willing to let Baron Campbell be the guide on her extraordinary path.

The other party was far superior to Gray Lint in terms of conversational skills and mystical knowledge.

"Miss Audrey, if you have any questions about occult knowledge, you can ask my friend Hasta."

Having shown his excellent side, Gray Lint decided not to carry it any longer and planned to go down and take a rest first, otherwise he would have a severe headache.

Soon, Gray Lint found a reason to leave first, leaving Hasta to entertain Audrey and Forsi.

"Miss Audrey, what kind of extraordinary person do you want to be?" Hasta smiled and dropped the topic to avoid an awkward atmosphere.

"Mysterious, powerful, and omnipotent." After Audrey finished speaking, her face felt a little hot, thinking to herself, was this statement too childish?

"Miss Audrey's idea is very consistent with my imagination of extraordinary people." Forsi took over the topic.

"Aren't all extraordinary people like this?"

"Of course not. Some extraordinary paths are very cruel. Although they are powerful, they are accompanied by heavy blood and killing along the way."

"Is it so scary?"

"Well, they are scarier than the most evil criminals in novels."

Audrey was a little frightened by Forsi's words and looked at Hastur, seeking his explanation.

Hasta said with a smile: "Crazy and chaos are indeed common, but there are also better types of extraordinary people, such as pharmacists. They can treat diseases and save people, and treat diseases that ordinary doctors cannot treat."

"Extraordinary people such as readers, generalists, and secret voyeurs pursue knowledge, use knowledge to help others, and even promote the progress of the entire society."

"It is said that Emperor Russell was once a generalist. Many of the technologies he developed have improved our lives to this day."

Hasta talked about it in detail, but did not explain it in depth. At most, it only touched on the level of Sequence 9.

As for the knowledge of acting, extraordinary laws, and sequence 0 above sequence 1, he couldn't speak a single word.