Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

Chapter 231 The Seagull at the Dock

A week later.

The last Tarot meeting in March came to an end, the light dissipated from the eyes, and the seagull crouching on a tavern sign opened its eyes.

Its eyes are very different from those of its kind, with light and shimmering colors, and there is a section of exposed skeleton at the end of the wings, which seems to have lost its hair due to illness or fighting.

Esther used her slender beak to take care of the wing feathers that were blown by the sea breeze, while recalling what happened in the Tarot meeting just now.

The "World" told her just now that the investigation about the "Fate Hermit Society" had enough information, and the pass used by that organization had been handed over to "The Fool".

What Esther didn't know was that Klein had contacted the magic mirror Arrods through the telegraph and finally confirmed the result. It would be very beneficial for her to join this organization.

And Arrods took this opportunity to give her some small reports rather doglegs, for example, she and Amon "knowledge" as early as Tingen.

And Klein has been unable to verify it these days. Miss Messenger told him that it is no longer possible to confirm the location of the "light" through the spiritual world. Klein had to contact Esther through the "world". conveyed the matter.

If it wasn't for the fact that the light ball on the gray mist was not abnormal, but the light had become even brighter these days, Klein was worried that Esther had once again fallen into some dangerous situation.

Esther stretched her wings twice, flew up from above the signboard of the tavern, and glanced at the bustling market under her wings.In the dock area not far away, a steam passenger ship left the shore and slowly sailed towards the sea in the afternoon sun.

She didn't stay in Tilis for too long, but came to a port city on the coast of the Intersea, not too far from Tilis, but she wanted to be cleaner, so she didn't need to get close to the official Extraordinary of Tilis.

"World" said that he had sacrificed the token of the Destiny Hermit Society to Mister Fool, and "Lover" could pray for it at any time.So Esther decided to find something to eat first, and then went back to set up the ceremony venue to see what the token was.

A seagull flies to the window of a small café and taps its beak on the glass, attracting the attention of a young female shop assistant inside.

The brown-haired, oval-faced girl walked into the kitchen and came out shortly after with a small plate of French fries.

"Why are you here again? Leave quickly after eating, or Levante will be angry again when he sees it." The brown-haired girl put the plate on the open-air coffee table, and reached out to touch the head of the seagull, but was caught by the seagull. The particularly human seabird easily avoided it.

The seagull let go of a silver coin in its paw, blinked innocently, and pushed the "meal money" towards the girl with his mouth.

The corner of the girl's mouth immediately grinned, quickly wiped the silver coin twice, stuffed it into the inner side of her underwear, and hid it very tightly:

"Well, for the sake of this, I don't care. I really don't know how there are such smart seagulls who know how to pay. Did someone teach you?"

Esther also felt that she was being too polite. She should imitate the real seagull style and fly away after grabbing other people's meals.

But she didn't want to eat other people's leftovers, and she didn't want to move around in human form frequently. Ever since she met Amon, who was parasitic on Galvin, Esther had always felt a strong sense of uneasiness.

Although her "spiritual intuition" did not have a clear warning, but out of caution, Esther spent most of her time parasitizing on birds and moving around.And the most inconspicuous thing near the coastline and the port is of course the seagulls flying everywhere.

Esther couldn't hold back her playfulness.

Because Esther would squat outside this cafe sooner or later, frequently grabbing customers’ French fries, the careful waiter soon noticed the seagull, and also found that it had rather weird physical characteristics—shallow The color of the eyes, the wings with exposed tip bones, and the beautiful light golden feathers around the back of the head.

After trying to feed the seagull chips for the first time and getting silver coins by accident, the girl no longer drove Esther away, but treated the seagull as a bird customer and gave the "tip" Hide it secretly from the boss or chef.

After finishing french fries on the open-air coffee table, Esther honked twice to remind the waiter before spreading her wings and flying away.

The figure of the seagull gradually rises, and soon blends into the flock of birds circling the coastline, hiding its existence.

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Esther hid her satchel in an abandoned vacant house on the outskirts of the city.

During the two days she was active in the town, she heard or saw a lot of things as a bird, from the proprietress of the tavern climbing on the bed of a certain guest, the couple who were in harmony on the surface secretly had a tryst with their lover and cursed each other to death , the hooligans who came to the dock threatened the underground industry to pay protection fees, the sailors slept on the street because they were drunk, and their wallets were stolen...

Seagulls are just seagulls, and don't need to understand human behavior. Esther is just a seagull watching quietly.

What she learned naturally included gossip about the family who lived here before, who died miserably because of encountering evil spirits, and so on.

So Esther came here resolutely, and hid her satchel by the flowerbed behind the empty house. With the help of the messy grass and the stones she moved, she put all her things here, so she didn't have to drag them around.

Esther also left a little spot of light here, let the circle surround the satchel, and used the ability of "luck" to protect her remaining belongings from being discovered.

Esther landed on the rock and escaped from the parasitic seagull.

The abnormal features on the seagull quickly returned to its original state. It still stood there blankly, blinked at Esther, and a laurel-colored light emerged from its eyes.

Now occupying the seagull and controlling its body are the spots of light in Esther's hair.

The "parasitic" ability of the dots of light is more like a parody of Esther. She can only make the dots of light stay for a short time on creatures that have been parasitized by Esther for a long time, but because she does not have a particularly organized wisdom , these points of light can only execute some simple instructions.

Even after they parasitize organisms, they cannot convey complex emotions, and they do not have any language ability to communicate.Only part of the instinct and perception similar to animals shows unconditional obedience and intimacy to Esther.

"Wait here for me, fly away if you feel the danger."

Esther touched the seagull's head, and after the seagull lightly pecked her fingers to express her understanding, Esther picked up the stone, dug out the satchel hidden in the shallow pit below, and carried it again.

She walked directly to the broken house that had been empty for a long time. Esther had inspected the situation of this "haunted house" when she first arrived here the day before yesterday.

The ground and the damaged furniture were covered with a layer of dust, and no one had set foot here for at least several months, because she was worried about causing changes in the spirit world and attracting other Amons, so Esther did not try any divination.

She doesn't really believe in the haunting here, it's more likely that the family has encountered extraordinary events, and the official Extraordinary came too late, and the whole family died under unknown circumstances.

The site was obviously treated, and there were signs of objects being piled up and burned behind the house. There was a lot of ash near the ground, which made the soil almost thicken by a whole layer.

There are also traces of being burned by some kind of force in the house, and there are scorched black spots everywhere. Although the remaining influence has almost dissipated, Esther deduces from the feeling that this place was once cleaned by the "Church of the Eternal Sun" Fan.

This is one of the reasons why she infers that there have been extraordinary events.

Her shoes stepped on the dust, but did not leave deep footprints. Before entering here, Esther would steal part of the "gravity" so that she would not leave too many traces.

She didn't want to spoil the desolate atmosphere here and let others find too many abnormalities, so she didn't directly steal the dust away.

There is a basement in this house, and it is also the emptiest place in the whole house, where the burnt marks are the most conspicuous, and nothing is left.

It is very suitable for Esther to arrange the ceremony.

If some "evil spirit" really came out, Esther wanted to catch him and study it - she really wanted to see if she could parasitize a spirit body.

Esther stole the dust from the basement floor, and quickly arranged the praying ceremony. In front of the temple of gods ravaged by strong winds, she bowed her head deeply again. Now she knows why she has such a strong interest in the spirit world. of fear.

In addition to being affected by "Zoya", Esther's body is also prone to signs of collapse when approaching the spirit world. If it wasn't for the "pale bone nail", she would have gotten into big trouble last time.

After the gate of the spirit world was closed, Esther raised her head again and picked up the eyeball-sized badge from the ground, which faintly exuded spiritual brilliance.

The front of the badge is engraved with the corresponding symbols of "fate" and "concealment", and the two are combined.The back is designed to be smoother, with a small ancient Hermetic language engraved on it: "Hold this thing, and you can join."

According to the method "World" said before, Esther poured spirituality into this badge, and the next moment, a strong spiritual light burst out from the badge in her hand.

Esther's heart tightened, she threw it backhanded, and spread her hands, ready to steal the impact of the explosion at any time.

This was just her instinctive reaction, and her "spiritual intuition" didn't portend any danger.

So Esther ended up having to pick up that badge again.

The ancient Hermetic language behind it has changed to "1350 o'clock in the evening on June 6, 6, at the mouth of the Tussock River", and it is not even April yet, and there is still a lot of time before the next meeting of this organization.

Esther rubbed her chin, thinking about how to help the "World" search for clues. Maybe she can ask about the "blasphemer" and see how the people inside react... It would be even better if she could get information.

Esther completely ignored the possibility that this issue might cause collective panic, or in other words, ignored the harsh persecution that this path has received.

Putting away the token of the Destiny Hermit Society, Esther began to write to Klein again, telling him as "briefly" as possible about her recent situation.

She didn't mention meeting that Amon clone.

(End of this chapter)