Mystery: The Stars Returner

Too tired, maybe.

Klein just nodded and approved Audrey's diagnosis of his mental condition.

"But there is one thing, Mr. Klein, I need to explain to you." Audrey said softly: "The road of life has always been moving forward slowly. It is good to stay in the same place and look back, but like this Life is like staying where you are."

"Miss Audrey, do you know what choice I am hesitating about right now?" Klein asked curiously.

"I don't know. I just analyzed and summarized it based on your psychological state. Even if you know something, you told me yourself."

"Thank you for your suggestion just now." Klein smiled and said nothing more.

Audrey paused for a while, then asked tentatively: "It's probably just the first time that Mr. Klein and I met, but you seem to have already known me?"

"Mr. Hastur always shows off to me that his fiancée is Backlund's most dazzling pearl." Klein's face did not show any flaws.

He knew that Audrey, as an audience member, had already doubted his identity.

Hastur did not expose Klein's lie, but whispered in his heart: "Klein, if you really let go of all this and choose to live in peace, then what you should do now is to tell Audrey frankly that you That’s Mr. Fool.”

Mr. Fool, Klein is destined to be unable to let go of this identity.

In fact, Hastur doesn’t want to force Klein to move forward, but Zaratul is about to be recognized by the goddess of the night. Once Zaratul enters the Hornakis Mountains, if he succeeds, he will be the new Fool. If he fails, he will be Amon. The stepping stone to godhood.

Neither of these two results is a good thing for Klein.

Hastur and Audrey did not stay at Klein's house for long and left before Benson and Melissa returned.

Audrey and Hastur were walking down the street. Audrey said, "That Mr. Klein just now lied, even though he concealed it very well."

"Everyone has a side that they don't want to be known about."

"Oh, Mr. Hastur, too?"

"What did you ask in that question just now?"

"I said Mr. Klein just lied."

"Well, he did lie, that's obvious."

"..." Audrey smiled and said, "Mr. Hastur's mind is very fast."

"Because I'm with you, my wisdom has improved a lot."

"Seeing that Mr. Hastur is so good at talking, I will openly address the question just now."

The two walked slowly along the street, sometimes looking at the surrounding street scene, discussing the changes in Backlund during this period, and sometimes talking about Backlund's still unimproved air quality problem.

At night, when Benson and Melissa came back, they saw Klein sitting on the sofa in a daze.

Melissa hesitated to speak, and finally stayed where she was. Benson sighed and chose to walk towards Klein. Melissa wanted to hold Benson's clothes, but she only stretched out her hand halfway and then retracted it. return.

"Benson, are you back?" Klein came out of his daze and said with a smile, "I cooked a few of my favorite dishes today. Even though it's my first time, I think they taste good."

"Klein." Benson called out to Klein, then hesitated and said, "I know you hide a lot of things from me and Melissa, but we don't care because we know you are doing it for our own good."

"But you shouldn't hide your true inner thoughts. Apart from staying in Backlund to accompany Melissa and me, you should have other things you want to accomplish, right?"

"Although we really like you to stay with us and don't want you to take risks, we don't want to detain you in this small world for your whole life because of our own reasons."

At this point, Benson laughed to himself and said, "Melissa and I have a small world, but yours is a big one. Maybe you should do something great and full of miracles."

"It's also a great thing for me to be able to stay with you quietly like this all the time." Klein patted Benson on the shoulder, straightened his wrinkled collar, and said with a smile: "Let's eat first. It won’t taste good if it’s cold.”

At night, Klein had another dream.

It's still the whisper of "Honakis... Fregra...", and it's still the huge black mountain range.

What is slightly different from last time is that the figure in the gray fog of history no longer roars hysterically. He seems to be enjoying a kind of tranquility, the tranquility of the night.

When the dream shattered, Klein woke up.

The meaning of this dream is very clear. Zaratul in the fog of history is being recognized by the goddess of the night.

Maybe it only takes one day, maybe tonight, the Goddess of the Night will allow Zaratul to enter the Hornakis Mountains for a final attempt.

"The two consecutive dreams are no longer just premonitions. They are dreams specially given by the goddess of the night. She wants to tell myself that she doesn't have much time to think about it."

Klein understood the meaning of this dream. As the saying goes, there are only three things that can happen. If the goddess of the night gives another dream, it means that she has completely given up on herself and chosen to help Zaratul enter the Hornakis Mountains for the final fight.

“Keep going, or stay where you are?”

Klein got up from the bed, opened the door, and looked at the closed door of Benson and Melissa. He paused for a while, then walked to the bathroom, walked four steps backward, and went to the Sefirah Castle. He sat quietly on the bronze bench by himself. Head of the table.

His eyes swept over the seats belonging to Miss Justice, Mr. Hanged Man, Little Sun, Vampire, Miss Magician, Leonard, Ms. Hermit and the World.

……

After Klein came down from Origin Castle, he washed his face before returning to his room.

As soon as his door closed, Benson's and Melissa's doors opened silently.

Benson and Melissa looked at each other, with a mixture of relaxation and relief in their eyes, but also tension and worry.

"Go to sleep."

Benson closed the door again, Melissa nodded, glanced at Klein's door, and closed the door to rest.

The next day, before Benson went to work and Melissa went to school, Klein said with a smile: "I took a long break during this period and thought a lot. I think I still need to complete that last thing."

Melissa stood up from the sofa subconsciously, with a nervous look on her face, but finally she sat down again with red eyes.

"No matter what decision you make, we will choose to support you silently."

"Thank you."

"Melissa and I each took a day off today. I heard that there was a grand ceremony held in Queens around 10:30 in the morning. It was very lively."

"Okay, let's go together later."

At around nine o'clock, Klein and the other three set off in a carriage, and it was already ten o'clock when they arrived in Queens.

Only when he arrived here did Klein understand why Queens was so lively today.

In order to welcome Mr. Hastur back to Backlund, the new governor of Loen Kingdom, Greg Negan, specially invited a bunch of song and dance groups or circus to put on a grand performance.

No tickets are required, as long as you dress neatly, you can enjoy it for free.

After watching the song and dance troupe's performance, the three of them found a more luxurious restaurant in Queens to enjoy a luxurious lunch.

In the afternoon, they went to the circus to watch the animal training and acrobatic performances.

When he returned home, it was already past six o'clock in the evening. Klein specially bought a lot of ingredients, such as sweet and sour pork ribs, pan-fried steak, braised fish... and a portion of tomato scrambled eggs.

This time, he did not deliberately hide his knowledge of hometown cuisine.

He thought that if he really left and never came back, at least he could give Benson and Melissa something to think about.

"This is pure Intis food." Klein explained: "I once traveled to the Republic of Intis, and I happened to know the current governor of the Republic of Intis. We have a very good relationship. If you two If you encounter any difficulties that are difficult to solve, you can go to the Republic of Intis for help."

"The Star Sea Kingdom, that emerging country that is rising, is a very good place to go. You can visit it when you have time. It is also a good choice to settle down."

"The world is big, you can go out and see it."

Klein spoke a lot by himself, while Benson and Melissa just bowed their heads and remained silent.

The next day, when Benson and Melissa came out of the room, they no longer saw Klein.

"I'm scared, really scared that Klein won't come back..."

Melissa could no longer restrain her sadness, while Benson comforted him with red eyes: "I believe in miracles, and I believe that Klein can create miracles. He will definitely come back safely. We are his family, and we should choose to believe He, isn’t he?”