Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

Mary and Thomas exchanged an uneasy look, quietly watching Aaron sit back excitedly at his desk.

When the nib of the pen "swished" onto the paper, Aaron's body was still trembling with excitement, but his arms and right hand remained stable under special control, so that the handwriting would not become distorted and blurred.

Not long after his letter started, there was a knock on the door of the captain's cabin.

"Aaron, take out the item that needs to be decontaminated." As soon as Alexander walked in, he noticed that Aaron's expression was strange, and subconsciously looked at Mary and Thomas, "Aaron just fell into a special state again?"

Mary curled her lips: "Yeah, it seems that she was saved by the princess?"

Aaron ignored them, but turned towards the door, looked at the guest who hadn't entered the captain's cabin, and smiled sincerely from the bottom of his heart: "Miss Hamel, thank you for your assistance just now."

"Me?" Esther was at a loss, "I didn't do anything just now?"

"Of course that kind of power doesn't come from the 'Four Leaf Clover', but you, and thanks to you, my current state can be stabilized... I don't know which magical item you chose?"

Esther raised her hand, the patterns on her hand surged, her palms joined together, and she pulled the bone sword out of her palm.

The moment the bone sword appeared, Mary and Thomas entered a state of stress. The revolver in Mary's hand raised the muzzle and looked at Esther nervously and worriedly.

Thomas directly took out a scroll from his arms, only waiting for Aaron to speak and order to attack: "Alexander, stay away from her!"

Alexander patted his heart, and also replied in Intis language: "I used that thing for divination, and she has no problem."

Aaron looked at Esther and the bone sword in her hand. After he nodded, Esther fused the bone sword into her hands again.

Aaron mused: "Can you control it?"

"Well, just think of me as having a special constitution."

Thomas shook his head again and again: "Such a powerful force is not something ordinary people can compete with!"

He almost said "you have a big problem" outright.

Esther leaned against the door frame and looked at Thomas helplessly: "The contract I made with Mr. Alexander is still there. The oath at that time was not broken by the power contained in this bone sword. It should explain a lot of things?"

On the contrary, Aaron thought of some possibility: "Miss Hamel, are you a person favored by God?"

Esther rubbed the center of her right eyebrow in distress: "You can also say that."

"If there is the blessing of the power of the true god, it is normal for the bone sword to be sealed. It is also part of its instinct to fuse the host's bones." Aaron walked to the closet, took out a key from his belt, and began to unlock a safe that was sealed in layers. "The favored person may use the gift of the gods to suppress it."

Thomas turned gloomy eyes between the two: "Doesn't that mean she is more dangerous?"

"No, you're not going to hurt the Clover, are you?"

Before Esther could answer Aaron's rhetorical question, Alexander suddenly said, "Just now the 'Clover' absorbed her blood."

Aaron showed a look of sudden realization: "I see! No wonder the princess would..."

He cut off halfway through his words, which made Thomas, who was full of doubts, feel angry. Ever since Hamel boarded the ship, Aaron's state was even weirder than usual. If it wasn't for the fear that Hamel was still in the room, Thomas would probably continue the previous argument.

"Miss Hamel, come here."

Aaron said so, and took out a small bronze box, which was bigger than a palm, and he looked up at Alexander.

Alexander understood what Aaron meant, and after Esther stepped into the room completely, Alexander walked to the crystal ball inlaid on the wall and patted it.

A green light curtain suddenly emerged from the wall, isolating everyone in the captain's cabin.

"Necessary means, please forgive me." Alexander said politely.

Esther gave Alexander a strange look: "You can do the same in the collection room just now, right? Isn't it better than bearing the negative effects of that necklace?"

"Because I'm also curious about what will happen when you take down that bone sword." Alexander didn't seem guilty at all on the surface, but the reprimanding eyes of Mary and Thomas could explain a lot of things.

He was just too curious, so he let Esther come into contact with the bone sword, "respecting her wishes."

Aaron also lifted the bronze-colored box at this time, revealing the rusty iron key inside. The key itself is not big, only half the length of a palm, but it looks full of weight.

Esther looked at the contents of the box, and felt a little salty and spicy aroma coming from it.This was a bit out of her expectation. She originally thought that what made Aaron so interested would be a more powerful and precious magical item: "A key?"

"Yes, but we can't use it because of the contamination left on it."

"Which era does it correspond to?"

Aaron was very surprised: "From the fourth era, are you also interested in studying the past?"

Esther shook her head in disappointment: "If it was a more ancient mythological era, I would request to follow you to explore, the fourth era... forget it."

After Aaron put the box on the table, Alexander took out an octahedron crystal with smooth and clear cuts from his arms, and there was a faint white mist flowing in the crystal.Alexander put the crystal next to the box, and after putting on the black gloves in an orderly manner, he politely spread his palms:

"Then I will trouble you, just transfer the stolen pollution to this."

Esther moved the palm of her right hand: "But I haven't tried this kind of thing before, so I can't guarantee that it will meet your requirements."

Aaron laughed suddenly: "Don't worry about this, my luck has always been very good."

Esther could see the suppressed frenzy in his eyes, which made her look away and take two steps forward, stood in front of the table, opened her palm to the key, and shook it lightly.

She seemed to have grasped something, an illusion between concepts and entities, Esther clenched her fists tightly, feeling the irresistible fragrance coming from her fingers.

She looked at her right hand and blinked, and then made a move that made the eyes of the others pop out——

Esther raised her hand to her mouth, then let go.

A clear swallow sounded in the captain's cabin.

This time, everyone, including Aaron, took two neat steps back, trying to stay away from the lady who had turned from "suspicious" to "scary".

Esther covered her mouth, obviously it smelled salty and spicy, but it tasted like rotten bitter ink, which made Esther's face gloomy.This was too different from the urgent desire, which made her feel sick to her stomach, with a nauseous feeling of wanting to retch.

The psychological gap is also very large, which is the complete opposite of eating delicious food that smells bad!
The moment she swallowed the strange object, Esther seemed to hear some kind of calling, and kept repeating "Honakis" and "Fregella", but the ravings disappeared in an instant.

Esther kept covering her mouth and looked at Aaron: "Do you have anything to drink here? I'm a little sick."

Aaron opened the secret compartment under the table: "But I only have wine here, do you want kirsch, apple brandy? Or something simpler..."

Thomas felt a helpless feeling of losing emotional control: "It must be simpler! Shut up! Give her the whole bottle of the most ordinary Bai Danxia!"

"My bottles of Bai Danxia are not ordinary!"

Aaron retorted, uncorked a bottle of sweet white wine, and stuffed the bottle into Esther's hand.

Esther really didn't care, for her now, as long as it was anything to drink, she looked up at the mouth of the bottle and swallowed it, and it took a long time to dilute the disgusting taste.

I always feel that I have done similar things before... Esther wiped off the wine dripping from her mouth, and smacked her lips. Her face gradually turned red, but her eyes were quite calm and clear.

The aftertaste of alcohol is full of mixed sweet and sour fruit aromas, which can clearly taste the taste of apple and citrus, and the mouthfeel is slightly viscous.

It seems to be quite delicious?Esther thought so after letting out a breath of relief.

The fanaticism in Aaron's eyes finally disappeared, replaced by the heartache of seeing other people "spoiling everything", especially when it was his treasure.

Alexander looked Esther up and down, guarding against possible changes in her: "Are you really okay?"

"No."

"Not out of control or..."

Esther knew what Alexander meant, and he was worried that after Esther's sudden death, the pollution and the bone sword would go out of control together, and the "Clover" would be miserable.

Esther shook the remaining half bottle of wine in her hand: "It's okay, I'm really okay."

"...It's fine." Aaron looked a little depressed, because Esther had no intention of returning the rest of the Danxia Blanche to him, "Mary, please send our guests back to the house."

Alexander walked to the green crystal ball again, took two shots, and the light curtains on all sides of the wall disappeared.After the two ladies left, Aaron closed the box containing the keys, sat down in the chair with a dejected face, and rubbed the space between his brows vigorously, as if he wanted to squeeze water out of his head.

"At least we have good news..."

"It's two." Thomas walked to the table and put the key box back into the cupboard for Aaron. "Getting rid of the bone sword will do us more good than harm. It's like what the emperor said, 'losing a horse is not necessarily a bad thing for an old man, it may also be a good thing'."

Aaron picked up the pen again and continued to write the previous letter: "I hope the teacher will not be angry because of this."

"No, that one must have known that you only have a brain the size of a pea."*Thoma replied indifferently.

"That's why the master sent you to my ship, didn't he? Take four hundred louis from my safe to Miss Hamel."

Alexander had to remind Aaron: "Our agreed remuneration is [-] louis and [-] Filkin."

Aaron sneered twice: "I always have to get back the money for the wine, it's private brewing! I've already given her a very fair price!"

*There is also a pumpkin seed and chickpea analogy, which is derived from the typical misunderstanding that intelligence is directly proportional to brain, but it is very interesting.

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