Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

Esther stood at the door in silence and embarrassment for more than ten seconds, until a burst of laughter erupted from behind the door, and the door of the No. [-] apartment on Lily of the Orchid Street was pushed open from the inside.

Nuo En held the doorknob, and his heartfelt smile made him look more genial: "Come in, that incomprehensible guy is being laughed at by everyone. You just come in now to see the funniest scene."

Norn dodged to let Esther come in. The man wearing sunglasses who behaved astonishingly just now was being yelled at by the short Mrs. Romano. His 1.8-meter height was useless in front of the fierce and cursing landlord.

Several other people were laughing around, which made the hallway quite crowded:

The "enthusiastic chatterbox" Ritchie I met yesterday laughed until the freckles on the tip of his nose were shining brightly, and his glasses were covered with a faint mist; the dark-skinned Ms. Balam Candela covered her face with her palms, but her mouth was also blurred. There was intermittent laughter; the two girls who had never seen each other laughed so hard that they almost rolled into a ball. They supported each other so that they would not collapse on the ground. That one was leaning against the wall, his laughter was as crisp and sweet as a wind chime.

Noticing Esther walking in, Rich clapped his hands vigorously: "Okay, okay, let Gal accept Mrs. Romano's 'etiquette instruction', and do it as we agreed! Three! Two! One— —”

Several people spoke in unison, including Noen who was standing next to Esther with the apartment door closed, and the man in sunglasses whose ears were being pulled by Mrs. Romano: "Welcome to Apartment No. [-], Lily of the Valley Street!"

Fierce, burning emotions rushed into Esther's eyes.

In a daze, she seemed to have returned to that night, the night when all the nighthawks sat together to celebrate Klein's becoming an official team member. Everyone raised their glasses under the leadership of Dunn, and their voices were full of the same feelings as these young people. joy and anticipation.

Esther showed the brightest smile since leaving Tingen: "Thank you!"

The corners of Mrs. Romano's mouth also curled up, her eyes showing a look of extreme tenderness, but the next moment she returned to her fierce face just now, and she increased her strength in her hands, making the man wearing sunglasses beg for mercy even more painfully.

"Look at the confetti in this place! What do you want to do? Go and sweep the floor for me! Sweep it all up! Leave a petal behind and get out and sleep on the street tonight! Immediately!"

"I'm going, I'm going! Please let go, beautiful lady Romano!"

Mrs. Romano let go of the red ears of the man in the sunglasses: "Bah! Don't flatter my old lady with these false tricks! Don't harm Luna either! She is not the same as you! She is a good girl!"

The man in sunglasses rubbed his ears and sucked in the cold air, but he still walked up to Esther, stretched out his hand and made a barely normal self-introduction: "Galvin Leples, I prefer people to call me Gal, if you want You can also call me 'sweetheart', little sheep."

Esther shook hands with him: "Luna Duboa, your style doesn't look like a Loenian."

"Of course, I'm from Intis from 'Love and Steam', there's a chance we could go on our honeymoon together—"

Kendra raised her foot and kicked Galwin's calf, forcing him to get out of the way with his leg hugged. The lady from Balam fiddled with her long feather earrings with her fingertips, showing a very flamboyant smile and nodded to Esther: "Candra Gonzales, welcome."

Because of Kendela's rescue, Esther's affection for her doubled: "Thank you! It's a pleasure to meet you."

The blond girl pushed Galwin aside politely. She was wearing rose red lipstick and eyeshadow with sequins, but the heavy makeup on her face was not gaudy, but made her more energetic: "I It's Agnes! Agnes Thorpin, a law student at Backlund University! Your hair color is so beautiful, but your appearance is very strange, are you a mixed race?"

"Okay, Agnes, don't scare our new friend," the dark-haired girl came over and shook hands with Esther. The dimples on her face were so sweet when she smiled, "Joseph Finn Muller, Agnes and I are both from Lemburg, and we are both studying at Backlund University. If you want to be admitted to Backlund University in the future, you can come and play with us anytime."

Rich clapped his hands excitedly: "As for me, you already know, Luna! No newcomers have come after me, so happy to have a small welcome party, and I even baked a cake!"

Agnes winked at Esther: "You'll like it! Don't look at Rich's carelessness, his cooking skills are the best here, even better than Mrs. Romano's."

Mrs. Romano coughed twice, and said with a straight face: "Don't make too much noise! ​​Save the neighbors from complaining to me!"

Norn nodded: "Don't worry, I will watch them."

Surrounded by several people, Esther happily walked into the dining room in the public area with a bit of confusion. The paper bag in her hand was taken by Norn and placed on the cabinet next to it. Rich brought the cake out of the kitchen— ——This is a two-layer cake, decorated with cream decorations on the outside, and a few sunflowers are drawn on the top with jam, mint leaves, biscuit crumbs and chocolate shavings, exuding a warm fragrance.

It was a really good evening.

Esther thought as she sat at the dinner table, laughing with the others at Rich's jokes.

Norn sat in the corner, lowered his eyes to listen to the laughter in the room, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

Galwin's gaze under the sunglasses glanced at Norn, and then at Esther, staring at her intently and calmly, but he was joking with Richie, using another witty remark to draw Agnes and Josephine to their knees. color.Kendela ate the cake quietly, and she could tell that she was not used to or enjoying such occasions, but she stayed until the end.

When Mrs. Romano walked out of the restaurant with a piece of cake, she stayed at the door for a few seconds. She looked back at the group of young people in the room, sighed silently, and stooped to the stairs leading to the second floor.

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The brilliance of the crimson moon could hardly penetrate through the window, and the smog over Backlund was like a filter, making the night here even more tranquil.

The lights were not turned on in the room, and Esther was sitting on the low sofa in the dark bedroom, Xiao Wu in the form of a bug of time was lying on her lap, lifting half of her body to look at her.

"You are very happy, but also very sad." Xiao Wu's words are full of certainty. Through the invisible bondage that seals it, Esther's overly exuberant emotions are constantly being transmitted to it.

"Xiaoqi probably didn't have time to tell you some special things about me."

"Your fate is very special."

Esther laughed in a low voice, as if what Xiao Wu said was not the truth, but a mocking joke, she took a breath before opening her mouth again: "Yes, it's really special, this is really—fuck him fate!"

Xiao Wu didn't speak, it felt the sadness in Esther's heart.

"If the fate trajectory of ordinary people is a line in time and space, then I am a vortex floating outside," Esther drew a circle with her fingers, "I only exist in this hollow, Others have intersections, and they will disappear from their destiny after the ripples subside."

"Do you know the name of our Extraordinary Pathway Sequence Two?"

Esther shook her head: "Little Seven never mentioned to me the knowledge related to this sequence, it is more keen to scare me with the black history of various Orthodox churches."

"Would you be willing to practice 'stealing' even if told you were a thief?"

Esther raised her eyebrows: "How is it possible! That's immoral."

Xiao Wu sneered: "Aha, then what's the use of him telling you? A normal Extraordinary should act according to the corresponding path, abide by the 'rules' of the Extraordinary properties in the potion, wait for the current sequence to be digested before taking the next level The potion for promotion. And you are an out-and-out alien."

"I know now. I thought it was normal at first. After all, I..." Esther stopped talking. She felt that it was necessary to carefully conceal her identity as a "time traveler". Xiao Wu and Xiao Qi had slightly different personalities. Deviation, she is no longer as naive as she was when she first landed, and she will tell all the things to the little bugs around her.

After experiencing Old Neil's loss of control and Dunn's near-sacrifice, Esther's sense of superiority as a "traveler" has long since disappeared, not to mention the experience of Klein and herself being killed.

She silently recited Ince Zangwill's name again in her heart, and listed him at the top of the enemy's blacklist.

Xiao Wu moved closer to Esther, in fact, he only moved two inches on her leg, and his voice became softer: "Sequence Two of the Thief Path is the 'Trojan Horse of Destiny', you can understand it as 'Fate Thief'. Thieves who have reached this level can steal the fate of others and replace them."

"What about the replaced one?"

"An empty shell without destiny and identity, or even self-awareness, will of course lose all connection with the real world. What do you think of that person other than death?"

Esther shuddered, she frowned and leaned heavily on the sofa, but she couldn't feel relaxed anymore: "But I, I didn't lose my destiny! I just lost my relationship with them, it shouldn't be... ..."

"So I also find it strange, Esther." Xiao Wu looked back and forth at the bewildered expression on Esther's face, satisfied with the panic in her eyes, "What the hell are you?"

Of course, there will be no answer to this question. Xiao Wu chuckled twice, and obediently climbed into the palm of Esther's hand, trying to curl up into a ball, but his movements paused: "Also, you'd better Be careful of all Beyonders in this apartment."

"You mean Norn? Or Mrs. Romano?"

"Including him and her." After Xiao Wu said this, he rolled up completely and fell into a deep sleep.

Esther keenly grasped Xiao Wu's implication, that is to say, there are other people in apartment No. [-] on Lily of the Orchid Street who are also Extraordinary.

Xiao Wu and Xiao Qi have the same malice towards the Orthodox Church, which Esther is very clear in her heart, but she doesn't know who other people may be Extraordinary.

To steal their ideas with extraordinary abilities to find out?
As soon as this idea came up, Esther suppressed it. Her instincts were resisting the act of "stealing". Even if Xiao Wu told Esther about the "acting method", it was difficult for her to do anything to ordinary people.

The people living here even specially held a welcome party for her. It was too difficult for Esther to suspect them with a vigilant attitude.

Let's take a step by step.

Fifth update.