Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

Chapter 19 The Time Comes

Esther was dreaming again.

This is her second dream since waking up from this world.

The perspective of this dream is broken and chaotic, shaking constantly, as if experiencing a huge earthquake.

Esther went back into that bodyless, feelingless state.But she was no longer irritable, she felt that she was full of excitement and anticipation, as if she had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

In the long rolling gray fog, a layer of translucent material curled up, pulling itself out of the gray fog. Its appearance was ordinary, like a gray curtain.It floated further away, and Esther closely sensed its gray screen.

Going up the steps, there are yellow light cocoons hanging like grapes, two of which have been broken, and there is a complete but uncracked cocoon on the right, which is sunken because it is empty.

At this time, the cracks on the third cocoon were spreading, and the black-haired young man wrapped inside was wearing glasses, a casual plaid shirt and a white T-shirt, and Esther felt that she was stretching out some kind of "spot of light" as an extension of consciousness , knocked on the cocoon, causing those cracks to completely collapse.

[XXX. ]
Esther heard herself calling, in Chinese, without a sound, but clearly expressed the meaning.

[The time has come.wake up. ]
Just like an overripe apple about to fall to the earth, the light cocoon shattered, and the youth inside also condensed into a ball of shimmering light, which was engulfed in that gray curtain, as if wrapped in a quilt and pierced through. The vast gray fog.

to the real world.

Esther felt heartfelt joy, like a wild animal that has been imprisoned for too long, smelling the smell of freedom.

Whose freedom is that?

The dream was shattered, like a broken mirror, every fragment set off turbulent waves, Esther caught a glimpse of some fragments - the beautiful and gentle smile at the corner of the goddess of the night and her raised slender hands, standing on the huge stone. The tumbling and waving tentacles on the chair are constantly shedding translucent worms. The rich crimson surrounds and prints layers of despairing eyes on the doors. A solitary gray curtain drifted down from the edge of the lingering darkness.

Then came a shot that swallowed up all the wreckage of the dream.

Esther woke up from the stone bed.

She seemed to have dreamed a lot, and the amount of information contained in it made cold sweat flow down her back, but the moment she opened her eyes, she was covered from memory again.

It was as if fate had made a bad joke and let her figure it out by herself.

She turned up and pulled the switch on the wall, letting the faint blue light illuminate everything in front of her eyes.

Fortunately, she is still in her stone house:

On the table was the recently popular novel "Storm Heights". Esther felt that the author was very creative but too self-indulgent. Although the following plot was interesting, the turning point was hasty.Occultism and history books were piled up next to each other, some were borrowed from Old Neil, and some were bought by Esther from the bookstore. Recently, she was exploring the history of the Third Age or even the Second Age.

Next to the pile of books, there is a bracelet that was just woven last night. It is going to be given to Daly tomorrow. She finally returned to Tingen to visit everyone on vacation, but she has not seen her for several months. She is completely gone. I remembered Esther, but I only knew that Tingen had a new Nighthawk.Esther hopes Daly won't turn down a cheap blessing bracelet.

Esther poked the little bug on the bedside, and saw it twist impatiently. Although the little bug never communicated with her in front of other Nighthawks, Esther would occasionally go out for a stroll or go to the library. The little bug would chat with her a lot when he had the opportunity, and he was even more knowledgeable than Old Neil in terms of mysticism.

At least her landing buddy was still there, Esther finally felt relieved, and fell back on her bed with a sigh of relief.

Why do I feel that my dreams are not quite right? Is dreaming such a terrible thing?
She still wanted to sleep for a while, but the lingering feeling of horror in her mind made her unable to regain her composure.

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This afternoon, Esther was helping Rosanne organize the magazines in the front hall. Rosanne had ordered so many newspapers and magazines that there were all of them on the magazine rack in the living room at any time. Esther was packing them in order of new and old.The ones that are too old and that no one likes will be packed together, and César will help take them out when the time comes.

When Dunn and Leonard came out from the ground, they were both wearing police uniforms.

"Captain, are you going to the police station?"

"Well, for yesterday's case, there is still someone to investigate."

Leonard shrugged: "You also saw that weird scene at that time, Old Neil's divination showed that there were extraordinary factors in that incident, and the police just found a clue, so we have to look at the situation of the third person .”

Esther was also deeply impressed by the scene she saw during her mission yesterday. The scene was not bloody, but it was so weird that it made people feel creepy, because the dead all died by self-forced suicide.

Esther frowned and looked at the two: "I remember that they were two very young college students... Are there any survivors?"

Dunn nodded: "I hope he will be lucky enough when we arrive, and don't have anything to do with any evil existence."

Leonard gave Esther a thumbs up: "I'll take you there next time, it's not a major case."

"Don't make it sound like taking me on missions is like walking the dog!"

Esther heard the teasing in Leonard's tone, and rolled her eyes at him.This made Luo Shan, who was watching the play next to her, couldn't help "giggling" and giggled. Esther blushed a little. She knocked on the bookshelf and reminded Luo Shan to quickly pick out the magazines she wanted to keep, otherwise she would go to bed with her. Throw them all out.

Dunn shook his head at Leonard's unsteadiness, and took him out to take Cesare's carriage. The place he was going to was some distance away from the Blackthorn Security Company.

In the afternoon, Esther helped Rosanne and Brett summarize the two reports on a typewriter. Thanks to the experience of using a keyboard for various entertainment or study, Esther's typing speed is the fastest among all, and her grammar The contents of the report and the report are very organized, which greatly saves the time for other people to sort out the written documents, so Roseanne asks Esther for help from time to time.

After Esther finished typing the report, she read Sika's new short story in the lounge of the Nighthawks for a while, and gave her personal thoughts. Then she played two games of chess with Frye, and Frye won a big victory. .

She went back to the front hall and waited for the dinner to be delivered, so that she could help Luo Shan take the lunch box and tableware downstairs to distribute to everyone.

Dunn and Leonard had just returned, and Leonard looked at Esther with a smug face: "Look, let me tell you it's not a big deal, right? But that young man's diary is quite weird."

Dunn's expression was much more serious: "I will go to sleep tonight and investigate him. After Daly comes back, it will be better to ask her through psychic inquiries."

"The captain hid a gun in his bedroom, so be careful."

"I won't be so reckless." Dunn glanced at Esther, thinking that after all, not everyone is as special as her, and there will be no dreams at all.

Esther met Dunn's gaze in confusion, and subconsciously asked, "Do you need me to go with you?"

"No, I'll let Old Neil do the divination first, and just find someone on duty to join me at night."

"Ha, this is the benefit of 'Sleepless', no matter how late you stay up!" Leonard crossed his arms and sat on the sofa with his legs crossed.

Luo Shan raised her mouth in dissatisfaction: "It's only at this time that people are enviable. It's so easy to say..."

Esther patted Roseanne on the shoulder, not revealing that she was more worried than envious.Over the past few months, Esther also learned that Rosanne's father was also a Nighthawk and gave his life in the mission, so Rosanne's attitude towards Extraordinary and Nighthawks is quite complicated.

Dunn looked at Esther: "Are you going to visit Daly with me then?"

Esther's expression immediately became gloomy: "I... still won't go. That's right!"

She took out a braided rope bracelet from her pocket. Two violet and indigo ropes were intertwined and twisted tightly, and a tiny auspicious knot hung from it. At least it didn't look ugly. Esther twisted a lot to get close The traditional knot that I remember.

"The captain, please help me to give this to Ms. Daly, just say it is a gift from the new team member."

Esther didn't dare to meet Daly, she was afraid that she couldn't help showing sadness, it would be too embarrassing.

Dunn had learned a lot about Esther from the church, and noticed that Daly had completely forgotten about Esther. He nodded and took the bracelet: "Do you need to pack it with something?"

"No, that's too formal."

Leonard looked at Esther suspiciously: "Aren't you going to meet Ms. Daly? After all, it's a handmade gift, wouldn't it be better to give it to her face to face?"

Esther didn't speak, just shook her head.

Roseanne also had the same question, but she tried her best to think back, and couldn't remember exactly what intersection Esther and Ms. Daly had. In her memory, the two had never met or known each other.

Why does Esther look so depressed?

Leonard tilted his head, and spoke suddenly after a few seconds: "By the way, Rosanne, what did you order for dinner tonight? I can't remember."

"Why are you getting confused? Everyone ordered grilled steak and scallion baked bread tonight. You said you wanted fried fish steak, and Esther wanted it too, so I replaced both of you with fish steak... ..."

Rosanne nodded, and began to ramble about what was ordered for dinner today. Leonard nodded with a "hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" then abruptly changed the subject.

Esther glanced at him gratefully, and gave Leonard a thumbs up behind Roseanne.

Dunn sighed, took out an empty matchbox from the cabinet, put the bracelet inside, and stuffed it into the inside pocket of the windbreaker.

Esther's ability is indeed very special, but it also reveals the cruel nature of the extraordinary world.She has no control over her obliviousness, and once she ceases contact, her connection to others is erased by inexplicable forces.That is to say, Esther cannot leave traces and cannot exist in other people's hearts for a long time. At least for ordinary people, she is an "eternal passer-by". Extraordinary people seem to have a longer impression of her, but it seems In Daly's case, this kind of memory also has a limit.

How sad.

Dunn thought as he touched another knot on the inside of his windbreaker.

Esther gave everyone something small, the women received a bracelet, Old Neil received a bookmark with a pendant, and the men received a knot that could be used to string keys.

From these small handicrafts, Dunn could feel Esther's blessing.

Perhaps Esther also knew in her heart that one day in the future, the Nighthawks in Tingen would also forget her.

She is trying to leave a little trace to prove that she once existed here.

(End of this chapter)