Mystery: The Stars Returner

at noon.

The workhouse still did not find Professor Wayne. Dean Dahn looked gloomy and did not stop Hastur and the two from calling the police.

Now residents of the entire dock area basically know the news about Professor Wayne's disappearance. This is a fact that cannot be concealed.

After calling the police, Hastur and Lecturer Foren waited quietly. When faced with Dean Dahn's invitation to have lunch first, they refused on the grounds that they were in a bad mood and could not eat.

While the people in the workhouse went out to eat, Lecturer Follen finally waited for the opportunity to be alone with Hastur.

He came to Hastur and lowered his voice: "Can we find the teacher?"

"You have to believe in the power of law enforcement agencies." Compared to when he first received the news in the early morning, Hasta felt much more relaxed.

Based on my observation of Dean Dahn today, it is obvious that Dean Dahn does not know the specific circumstances of Professor Wayne's disappearance.

Otherwise, he would definitely not let himself and Lecturer Foulen leave the workhouse, let alone call the police.

Now he has two guesses. One is that this incident was entirely directed and acted by Professor Wayne alone. The other is that Professor Wayne was accidentally involved in extraordinary power, which led to his disappearance.

He is more inclined to the former guess, and he does not rule out that it is related to the ringing of the bell last night.

"Did the teacher discuss something with you alone?" Lecturer Foulun finally asked the biggest question in his mind.

"No, I didn't know anything about Professor Wayne's disappearance before you told me."

"Alas." Lecturer Foulun sighed, with a lot of sadness on his face.

Hastur comforted him not to worry too much and took him out for a walk and to have something to eat along the way.

The two of them have been busy with Professor Wayne's affairs this morning, and they haven't eaten yet. They have also looked for many places, and their stomachs are almost hungry.

After strolling around the dock area for about ten minutes, the two of them found a small restaurant not far away.

Hasta ordered pan-fried veal steak with sausages and a mushroom soup, while Professor Foren ordered grilled fish, sausages and a glass of beer.

After eating the steak and sausage, Hasta still felt a little hungry, but due to the presence of Professor Foulun, he didn't order anything else to eat.

He drank spoonful after spoonful of the tasteless mushroom soup, looking away from the outside of the restaurant.

After watching for seven or eight minutes, before the mushroom soup bottomed out, Hasta caught a glimpse of a petite figure.

She has messy, shoulder-length yellow hair and wears a traditional knight training uniform. She is relatively short, over 1.5 meters tall at most, with some baby fat on her cheeks. Her facial features are delicate and soft, and her eyebrows are not fully opened yet, and she is slightly green. .

This image looks a bit like Hugh.

Hasta carefully checked her height and finally confirmed that the person outside was Xio!

He did not go forward to chat. It was very unaristocratic to strike up a conversation at an inappropriate time.

After a while, Xio who was outside also walked into the restaurant and sat down not far from Hasta.

Did she come here to wait for someone, or did she come specifically to see myself and Lecturer Foulun?

Does she have news about Professor Wayne?

Hastur had many thoughts in his mind, but he still did not choose to initiate a conversation.

After a while, Xio stood up and walked over, approaching Hastur's side, and whispered: "I'm very good at finding people. Do you want to hire me?"

Hasta's eyes brightened slightly and he said with a smile: "We are indeed looking for someone, and we don't have any clues at the moment. Can you really help us find someone?"

"I can't guarantee it. I just think you need to hire a professional. Instead of trusting those police officers, you should trust my professionalism."

"Madam, although you have charm that is easy to believe, don't you think this is too abrupt?"

Xio sat in another seat, pondered for a moment and said, "I confess that I am interested in finding Professor Wayne, but this does not prevent you from paying me to help."

Hastur kept smiling and said: "If your reasons can convince me, we can pay to hire you to help."

In fact, even if Xio didn't take the initiative to come to talk, Hasta was still ready to find a reason to invite her to help.

After all, she is a member of the Future Tarot Club and one of the protagonists of this mysterious world. She should have good luck.

With her luck in finding Professor Wayne, things shouldn't get too bad.

"Professor Wayne is a respectable scholar. I gained a lot from his speech yesterday. People like him should not have to suffer mishaps."

Xio still didn't say a word. Even if Hastur and the others didn't ask her for help, she would take the initiative to find Professor Wayne.

For no other reason than that, she simply didn't want to let such a respectable elder encounter any mishaps.

Hastur nodded and said: "I believe your reasons, now we can talk about the employment fees."

"If you don't find anyone, you only need to pay me 10 pounds. If I play a key role in finding Professor Wayne, then you have to pay me 50 pounds as a hiring fee." Xio made his own small request.

50 pounds is a very reasonable price for a professor.

"Yes, I believe in your character and ability." Hasta did not refuse this condition.

Xio stood up and said a little happily: "This will be the wisest decision you have ever made."

No, I have always made wise decisions.

Hasta felt silently in his heart.

Lecturer Foulun looked strange, and finally asked about the origin of the lady in front of him.

"Hugh Dilcha."

Xio introduced herself and gave a brief introduction to herself. Her words were very convincing and she quickly dispelled Professor Foulun's concerns.

After accepting the employment, Hugh immediately got into the zone. After a while of analysis by Lecturers Hastur and Foran, he finally came to the conclusion that Professor Wayne was most likely still in the workhouse.

This conclusion is consistent with Hastur's guess.

Lecturer Foulun said with some suspicion: "The workhouse has been searched more than once, but no one has been found."

"Because of this, it is the most suitable hiding place."

"We must trust the judgment of professionals." Hasta also added.

"Okay." Lecturer Foulun said nothing more.

"Let us go to the workhouse now to search."

"There's no rush. We'll wait until the police department gets involved."

Hastur stopped Xio's move. He didn't want to find Professor Wayne now.

It's better to wait for the police department to intervene, otherwise it will be very embarrassing.

Hugh was obviously very smart and understood the hidden meaning of Hastur's words.

You can't trust the workhouse!

That's right, it's impossible for a good living person to suddenly disappear in everyone's eyes. The workhouse is indeed the biggest suspect.

After one o'clock in the afternoon, six police officers arrived at the place where Hasta and others were. After a brief verification and explanation, the group went to the Sunrise Workhouse together.

Regarding this decision, Hastur was a little bit reluctant. He did not want to step into the workhouse again, but as a noble who cared about the teacher's whereabouts, he naturally could not leave at this time.