Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

Chapter 178

Since Danitz is now "valuable", and Bayam is on alert, he can only stay in the hotel all the time.

Esther had no worries in this regard. She first went to the hotel to pray to The Fool, and after obtaining consent, she held a praying ceremony to receive the pirate bounty from The Hanged Man.

In the evening, Esther went to the restaurant with Intis-style dishes and took away the remaining 150 gold pounds.

The red-haired lady didn't renege on her debts, which made Esther very satisfied.

Of course, it is more likely that the red-haired lady wanted Esther to keep this matter a secret, so she honestly paid the final payment, including the hush money.

After finishing dinner in this restaurant, Esther slowly returned to "Azure Wind" with some food. Remembering that Danitz seemed to be from Intis, she specially packed madeleines for dessert.

Having just replenished the gold pounds in her wallet, Esther didn't mind generously treating Danitz to a meal to make up for his fears of being always intimidated by herself.

When Danitz saw this bag of small cakes, he was quite surprised, and could even be said to be pleasantly surprised: "Shell cake!? This is really nostalgic!"

"It sounds like you like it very much." Esther put the suitcase containing three thousand pounds next to the coat rack, planning to wait for Klein to come back.

Danis slowly biting a piece of madeleine cake:

"Yeah, when I was very young. The bakery closest to my house often made this, but the price was not cheap, and I only bought it during the holidays. Sometimes they would put almonds, or spread the leftovers of the cake with jam and cream on top."

Esther poured herself a cup of hot tea. After staying in Loen for a long time, she also had some preference for tea: "When you earn enough money as an 'adventurer', you plan to return to Intis?"

"Of course! I will definitely go back!"

There was a knock at the door, and Esther immediately jumped up from the chair and ran to open the door excitedly.

Before turning the doorknob, the door opened by itself, which made Klein tense for a moment, but after seeing Esther smiling in front of his eyes, Klein nodded slightly at her:
"No accident?"

"Yes, but it doesn't matter, let's talk about it later. You just came back, do you want to try the shell cake? Then we will share the money!"

Of course Klein knew what Esther was talking about. It was the gold pounds he sent down on the gray fog more than an hour ago.

But on the surface, he thought cooperatively for a few seconds before asking Esther, "Was that gentleman giving you the bounty?"

"Yes, I also received the reward for pretending to go to sea. I am really lucky!"

Klein quite agrees with this sentence.

Danitz saw that Gehrman also grabbed a piece of madeleine cake, and couldn't help but say something proud: "Is it delicious? Anyway, it's Hamel's treat, so don't eat it for nothing."

Klein was expressionless, and glanced at him with cold eyes: "It's okay."

But when Esther opened the suitcase that she brought back earlier, Danitz's eyes were immediately glued to those "beautiful and attractive" gold pounds, and she couldn't move them away at all.

"A lot of money... Is this the bounty from the 'Steel' group before? How did you get it?"

Esther patted the edge of the box: "I split it with the intermediary, but there are still three thousand pounds here."

Klein suddenly said: "He took the flying carpet, don't worry about him."

Danitz shrank back into the chair resentfully: "I know! Just looking at them so directly...It's very exciting."

Klein had to admit that he was also moved when he saw the three thousand gold pounds, but he would never say such a thing.

In the end, under Danitz's envious gaze, Esther took away the five hundred gold pounds, and handed over the rest to Klein, the main force. Klein was a little embarrassed at first, and then he swiftly put away the box amidst Danis' muttering "I want it too".

When Danitz couldn't wait to tell Klein that he was going back to the "Golden Dream" and asked Klein to use a courier to deliver a letter to their captain, Klein used "Gehrman-style intimidation" again, forcing Danitz to contact "Vice Admiral Iceberg" again.

Then, with Danitz's sullen expression on his face, Klein took a suitcase full of gold pounds and went back to his room to rest. He also had to go to the gray mist to check the prayers of the believers in the "Scepter of the Sea God" to see if there was a suitable opportunity to act.

Esther by the side didn't hide her watching expression at all, she looked at Danitz with a smile on her face, and was glared back annoyed by him.

"Speaking of which, have you ever dealt with Mary 'Brilliant Pearl'?"

Danitz recalled for a few seconds: "That young girl with a collar as fancy as a turkey? I have a little impression, but I don't know much about it. I just met at a gathering among pirates. After all, the number of female pirates is quite small."

"What about the pirate group behind her?"

"'Clover', they are even smaller than our fleet, and they only started their activities in the past few years. There is very little information, but I heard that the reputation of the transaction is not bad. I often see 'Brilliant Pearl' and their first mate at pirate gatherings.

"No one knows the origin of the captain. He is 'Goldfinger' Aaron with a bounty of [-] gold pounds, but he can control a ghost ship and a fleet in a short period of time, and he must have the support of a certain force behind him.

"The chief mate is Thomas the 'bookworm' with a bounty of [-] pounds. He fled overseas because he once robbed the collection of books in a small church of the 'God of Knowledge and Wisdom'. He is also a well-known weirdo in Renburg.

"As for the second officer, it's even more mysterious. This person has almost never appeared on the public face. I only heard people from the 'Clover' mention it. The second officer also didn't offer a reward, which is the most strange."

Esther nodded, and she had a concrete understanding: "You said their business reputation is not bad?"

Danitz recalled the information he knew: "Yes, the 'Bookworm' has corresponding items in hand, which can notarize the transaction. People who have done business with them have never heard of being deceived, but the pirates who tried to attack them also failed. I don't know why they let this pirate group escape."

Esther's heart moved: "Why is the captain's nickname 'Goldfinger'?"

Danitz showed envy on his face: "Because he once closed down a black casino in Bayam...but the other party couldn't find out how he got out of it."

The corner of Esther's mouth raised up: "It seems that I really need to get in touch with 'Brilliant Pearl' more."

Seeing Hamel's smile, Danitz lamented for "Brilliant Pearl" Mary for a second in his heart, it seemed that someone was going to be unlucky.

But it's none of his business, as long as it's not him.

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After Klein walked out of the room and came to the living room, Esther told him what happened. Of course, she omitted the specific content of the commission, but said that she wanted to accept the commission to earn some extra money.

Klein didn't have any objections. He just tossed a coin for divination in front of Esther and Danitz, and nodded silently after confirming that there was no danger.

Esther did not accompany Klein and Danitz to wait for the exchange with "Vice Admiral Iceberg" at eleven o'clock, but went back to the house to rest early. She intentionally avoided the "spiritual seance ceremony" that Danitz called.

Esther would feel terrified every time she performed a prayer ceremony with "The Fool", she didn't know why she was so disturbed about the spirit world.

Out of the instinct of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, she chose to lie down and sleep.

But Esther was destined to not sleep well that night.

When Klein's wireless telegraph was pressed for the first time, Danitz, who was dozing off on the easy chair, was awakened instantly. He spent too long researching how to use this thing, and finally fell asleep in the living room.

Danitz looked at the telegraph machine in the corner of the room that automatically made a typing sound in extreme horror, not sure what the situation was.

And Esther's door opened automatically with a "squeak" behind him, making Danitz's heart almost jump into his throat.

However, when he saw clearly that it was Esther standing by the door, not some female ghost, Danitz felt relieved. He mustered up the courage to get closer to the typewriter, and saw that there was a phantom white paper on it, with a few lines of words written in the ancient Feysac language:
"Hello. I sense a familiar and unique atmosphere, but it is about to dissipate."

Esther stood behind Danis, frowning.

Danitz glanced at her: "I, what should I do? Is this thing an evil spirit?"

"No, it has a familiarity that annoys me, I should have seen this guy."

Danitz immediately stepped aside from the radio receiver: "Then you come to communicate with it?"

Estella crossed the chair, sat in front of the telegraph, moved her fingers, and then began typing crazily at the speed of her hands, using the same ancient Feysac language:

"The last time you appeared in the bathroom mirror, what did you want to do when you suddenly appeared again this time! Although I don't mind riddles or hints, I absolutely hate your "Master" last time. Let me tell you, if you don't explain clearly, this matter will never end! Don't cover it up with perfunctory statements like last time, who are you!?"

Danitz was dumbfounded. Such a long string of texts was typed out by Hamel in less than a minute.

The wireless telegraph was silent for two seconds before re-typed the handwriting: "You can call me Arrodes."

Esther frowned, watching new writing appear on the illusory paper: "According to the principle of reciprocity, it's your turn to answer my question, you don't need to type."

Esther sneered: "Sure enough, it's because if I type, it will interfere with your signal."

The bright red handwriting appeared again soon, but it was in the language of the ancient giant: "Whose fate is the fate you foresee?"

Esther's breathing stagnated for a moment, and the Tarot cards that she turned out the day she met the "Hanged Man" reappeared in front of her eyes.

The "Reaper" sitting on the white horse seems to pass through the cards and time and space, casting a shadow on Esther.

Danitz could only understand individual words in this question, and couldn't help but ask Esther: "What foresight and fate? What is it talking about?"

Esther laughed softly, and didn't explain anything to Danitz, but looked at the radio receiver:

"If it's what I think, it's my fate, and it's also the fate of 'Zoya'."

"correct answer."

White writing floated on the semi-illusory paper.

(End of this chapter)