Mystery: The Stars Returner

Gift?

Hastur opened Sharon and Maric's gifts on the second night of the New Year.

Maric gave a sterling silver pocket watch, while Sharon gave a mirror, a round mirror with various black patterns inlaid on the edge, which looked a bit mysterious.

But this thing is not an extraordinary item, it is just more refined than ordinary mirrors, there is nothing special about it.

At that time, Hastur thought that Sharon did not give gifts to people very much, so when she gave gifts, she gave him her favorite mirror.

Now it sounds like that mirror has any unusual metaphors?

But he did check it. The mirror was not an extraordinary item, nor was it a sealed object. It was just a nice-looking and exquisite ordinary mirror.

Unable to figure it out, Hastur could only answer honestly: "It was taken apart."

"Well, do you like it?"

"like."

"you are lying."

"..."

Hastur looked embarrassed. He couldn't say that he didn't like the gift from Sharon, right?

But how could a grown man like a mirror?

Even Maric knew to give something he liked better.

Seeing this, Hastur could only move out Russell, the copycat, again, "Emperor Russell once said: Sending goose feathers thousands of miles away is less polite than affection."

"What I care about is the thoughtfulness of the gift, not the quality of the gift."

These words made Maric secretly give him a thumbs up. He was really good at making it up. He obviously didn't like the gift from Sharon.

"Then take the goose feathers and travel thousands of miles."

"Yes, I will always put this mirror in my room."

Hastur seemed to understand what Sharon meant. Could it be that Sharon wanted to see herself through this mirror in the future?

……

Early the next morning, Hastur had prepared a total of seven carriages, including an escort sent by the king, with twelve people.

In order not to attract too many people's attention, Hastur asked them to change their clothes in advance and wait in the carriage.

Then, under the watchful eyes of Greco, Gray Lint, Audrey and others, take the steam train to South Wales.

What age has it been? You can’t ignore the more efficient and faster way of traveling and choose to take a horse-drawn carriage to South Wales, right?

Along the way, his butt would definitely be painfully bumped by the carriage.

On the steam train, Hastur sat alone in a luxurious carriage. Not only could he sleep here, but he also had a variety of food supplies, which was considered a bit of aristocratic privilege.

He didn't really trust the escort sent by the king, but he couldn't refuse. He could only stay in the carriage alone and count the time it would take to get to South Wales.

The distance from Backlund to South Wales is very long, and you have to pass through East Tucker County to reach South Wales in the south.

This journey will take at least five days, and it will also take some time to reach South Wales and our own territory. There are no steam trains available on that stretch.

Being idle and bored, Hastur took out the mirror given by Sharon and looked at it.

He stretched out his hand and gently rubbed the smooth mirror surface, and murmured: "Miss Sharon should be hiding in a certain mirror now. What a surprise it would be if she were hiding in this mirror."

Hastur placed the mirror directly in front of him, looked at himself in the mirror, and smiled.

How is this possible? Sharon still needs to stay in Backlund to handle things. She can't just leave everything to Maric, right?

The steam train roared forward, with Backlund shrinking behind it.

Hastur admired the scenery outside the car window for a while, then took a book and started reading it. This was a book specially selected for him by Professor Wayne, saying it was the possible direction of the laws of the Kingdom of Loen in the future.

By the time it was time to eat lunch, Hastur had read a third of the content.

This book is definitely the product of Professor Wayne's private goods. The various laws in it look like advanced versions of the current laws in the Kingdom of Loen.

The food on the steam train was far less exquisite than the food cooked by one's own chef, so when setting off, Hasta specially offered a high salary to bring along two chefs who were willing to go to South Wales.

After tasting the food that was similar to what he had at home, Hastur glanced at the mirror on the table again, paused for a few seconds, and then said in a deep voice: "The invisibility of resentful souls is prohibited here!"

Golden rules flashed all over the carriage, and Sharon's appearance was revealed on the originally smooth mirror. She was still dressed in a black palace dress, and her blue eyes were looking at herself from the mirror at the moment.

The corners of Hasta's mouth raised slightly, and he said with a smile: "Miss Sharon, are you here to see me off on my last journey?"

"What do you think?"

"Of course I hope that Miss Sharon's move means she agrees to go to South Wales with me."

"Ah."

Sharon in the mirror nodded slightly, confirming Hastur's statement.

"So you already agreed to my invitation when Miss Sharon gave me a New Year's gift?"

"Ah."

Hasta, who was in a happy mood, stretched out his hand and stroked the edge of the mirror and said, "Why didn't you tell me that you wanted to give me a surprise?"

"I overestimated your intelligence."

"..."

Hasta thought the same thing. Obviously, the night before leaving, Sharon specially reminded herself to remember to take the goose feathers with her to travel thousands of miles. If she was smart, she should have noticed the true meaning of that sentence.

After all, he still couldn't believe that Sharon would agree to his invitation to accompany him to South Wales.

"What was the reason that made Miss Sharon change her initial decision?" Hasta changed the topic to a topic that was more beneficial to him.

"I need a demigod mummy to help me advance to Sequence 4."

"Just to be promoted to a higher rank?"

"Isn't this reason enough?"

"..."

Hastur sighed and said, "Do you need me to accompany you to the Southern Continent?"

"If necessary."

"Then you left all Backlund matters to Maric?"

"Well, he needs to learn some restraint."

Sharon glanced at Hastur again and said, "Do you prefer that the person who appears here is Maric?"

"Of course not. I also think that Maric should be given more experience in handling things on his own. Being too eager to take risks is not a good thing."

Hastur immediately denied this statement.

If Maric were to hide in this mirror, he would probably throw the mirror directly out of the car window.

"Miss Sharon, do you want to come out? You can't enjoy the scenery along the way by hiding in the mirror."

"Ah."

Sharon nodded, her body floated out from the mirror, and sat down gracefully opposite Hastur. Her upper body was slightly tilted, and her eyes were looking at the scenery that kept flashing past the car window.

Hastur leaned back slightly on the seat cushion and looked in Sharon's direction. This trip to South Wales finally won't be lonely.

After a long time, Sharon suddenly said: "A New Year's gift from you?"

"I am hiding in my territory in South Wales, and only there can I fulfill this gift."

After the brief exchange, the car became quiet again.

Sharon looked out the car window at the scenery, and Hastur took her as the scenery.

Until, there was an unusual feeling outside the carriage.

Sharon looked back at Hastur, who shook his head slightly, indicating that she could hide in the mirror first.

Sharon didn't say anything and directly entered the mirror in the state of resentment.

After a while, Hastur fell into sleep. There was only darkness in the dream, and no human figure appeared. Soon, the dream fell into pieces.

A very short dream, like taking a nap when tired.

"The people from the Church of the Night Goddess should be the night watchmen of Sequence 4."

Hastur murmured, letting Sharon know in the mirror.

Just now it was the ability to enter dreams on a large scale. He should be using this extraordinary ability to search for someone.

It was probably a wanted fugitive who was also on this steam train.

If a Sequence 4 Night Watchman could come forward, it wouldn't be Ince Zangwill, right?

Hasta's heart skipped a beat, it was really possible.

But is Ince Zangwill crazy?

Dare you hitch a ride on yourself?

Or maybe he didn't know anything and just happened to be on the steam train heading to South Wales?

Is his luck so bad?

"Do you need me to go check it out?"

"No, I'll take care of things here. Don't take risks."

Hastur doesn't want to risk Sharon, even though her wraith abilities are great for gathering information.

"Ah."

Sharon's figure disappeared in the mirror.

"Miss Sharon, you can't sneak away. The other party is not coming for us."

"will not."

The light on the mirror flashed.

……

In the third carriage of the steam train, the disguised Ince Zangwill looked expressionlessly at the scenery outside the window.

He is also a Sequence 4 night watchman, and with the 008 masking information, the opponent's ability to enter large-scale dreams cannot find his whereabouts at all.

What surprised him was that there seemed to be members of many different organizations on this steam train.

Is it all because of the statement that the Southern Continent War will happen later this year?

He heard this from the mouth of the Witch Sect. The Black Saint stopped him from leaving Backlund and asked him to wait for a while.

Maybe it’s also because of this sentence.

At this moment, they are also on this train.