Chapter 230 Guidance, eating melon again
Brave Bar.
Quiet nights, noisy drinkers, sometimes accompanied by a few flirtatious drunken words.
Hastur sat at the bar and ordered a blue and red cocktail.
Regarding Ince Zangwill, he decided to tell Leonard personally what he had experienced during this period. He believed that he, who had been arranged by 008, could understand whose handiwork this inexplicable coincidence came from.
After waiting for about half an hour, Leonard walked in through the bar door.
As soon as he came in, he asked the bartender to serve him wine, and also recorded the wine Hastur drank on his account, saying that he wanted to make up for the previous meal he owed.
In response, Hastur ordered another glass of wine worth 1 gold pound and 4 soli. Leonard's mouth twitched slightly and said: "Although I have some spare money now and can afford a meal, you have to take it easy. "
After saying that, he also ordered a glass of wine that was as expensive as Hasta. You can't treat others to a good drink while you drink cheap Southwell beer.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Hasta began to mention what happened to him during this period, intentionally or unintentionally, and finally said: "What the hell, I always feel that what happened recently is too coincidental, and I don't know what kind of bad luck I have." ”
Leonard was interested and said: "A continuous coincidence? I have had such an experience before, and it was not a good experience."
"Have you had the same experience?"
"Well, before I came to Backlund."
Leonard began to talk about what he encountered in Tingen, but skipped the incident between Ince Zangwill and 008.
"So do you think this coincidence is destined?"
Leonard heard this and shook his head: "Maybe there are some forces that we don't understand, hiding in the dark, secretly affecting our daily lives."
Hasta thought for a moment and said, "I have some impression of the Tingen you just mentioned. Did a defecting archbishop come to your place and cause a lot of trouble?"
"You know about this?"
"I have heard from friends that the archbishop's name seems to be Ince Zangwill. A friend of mine once met him in Backlund."
"real?"
Leonard's mood suddenly became excited, and his eyes were fixed on Hastur, hoping that he would tell more about Ince Zangwill.
Klein also mentioned to him last time that Ince Zangwill was hiding in Backlund, but he could never find his hiding place.
"My friend has a high status. When he came to see me some time ago, he suddenly knocked down a countess. It was unexpected and sudden."
Hastur used Prince Edsac, whom he had never met, as a shield. He kept disturbing him. This was the price he should pay.
"Can you please reveal the identity of your friend?"
Hastur glanced around, then lowered his voice and said: "Prince Edsac, a true member of the royal family."
"Such a high status indeed."
Leonard couldn't help but sigh, the Hastur in front of him was worthy of being of noble origin, and he even had a prince as a friend.
"He recently fell in love with a girl, well, an ordinary girl without aristocratic status. He even insisted on getting married to her. You know, not long ago, he had been in love with the daughter of Earl Hall's family, but in the blink of an eye, he fell in love with her like crazy. I fell in love with another girl, and I don’t know what kind of magic power that girl has.”
"Maybe there really is some magic." Leonard said thoughtfully.
If that girl was a witch, it would be easy to explain the behavior of Prince Edsac who fell in love with someone else in a short period of time.
"Oh, I forgot, you have met such a girl before, and you have only met Miss Serafina a few times."
"..."
Leonard looked away awkwardly, his eyes a little wandering. He really didn't want to mention this topic.
That Miss Serafina was not an ordinary witch, but a Sequence 3 immortal witch. She almost ate him up that night.
"Leonard, do you still believe in love now?"
"...of course I believe it."
Leonard answered reluctantly, but he was cursing in his heart: "What bullshit love, whoever wants to believe it is a fool!"
Hasta said happily: "It seems that you have completely overcome the painful shadow of breaking up with Miss Serafina."
"Hasta, although I don't care so much now, we should talk less about her and let everything in the past drift away with the wind."
Leonard really doesn't want to talk about this topic. If he invites the ageless witch again, he may not have the same good luck as last time.
"But Miss Serafina is already here."
"?!!"
Leonard was so frightened that he quickly turned around and looked at the door of the bar. Sure enough, he saw a familiar figure walking in his direction amidst the admiring gazes of many drinkers.
damn it!
Why is she here suddenly?
Did you come here on purpose to squat on your own?
Leonard's muscles tensed up and cold sweat began to break out on his back. He kept shouting at the old man for help, but the old man never gave him any response.
As Serafina approached, the smile on Leonard's face became more forced. He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to escape, but he was worried that Hastur would be in danger if he stayed here alone.
"Miss Serafina, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are as beautiful as ever."
Hasta greeted him warmly, and Leonard looked at Hasta with a stiff expression, wanting to say something but stopping.
"Someone doesn't seem to welcome me very much."
Seraphina walked to Leonard and sat down, ordered a glass of Bloody Mary, and her fingers gently slid across the edge of the glass, her eyes occasionally falling on Leonard's nervous face.
After a while, she said: "Since we parted last time, I have always wanted to see you again. I didn't expect to meet you here tonight. It seems that we are destined to be together."
She didn't come to see Leonard specifically tonight, but to negotiate with Hasta about Panatia and give him the compensation he wanted.
Leonard had a very reluctant smile on his face, trying to suppress the fear and tension in his heart, and finally said the words "long time no see".
Hasta, who was sitting on the other side of Leonard, smiled and watched Leonard's conversation with the immortal witch.
Seraphina's appearance here tonight must have been secretly allowed by Will. It is estimated that she also wants to eat melons quietly and see what kind of sparks Leonard and Seraphina will create.
"You are so heartless. You left in a hurry last time and then there was no news. Are all men the kind of creatures who become heartless after getting out of bed?"
Seraphina's tone was resentful, as if she was the one who was abandoned in this relationship.
"I had something important to deal with at that time, so I had to leave first."
At this point, Leonard could only bite the bullet and follow the other party's words.
Try to buy some time, maybe there will be a chance to escape.
Seraphina seemed to see through all of Leonard's thoughts, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly and said: "You are not thinking about how to escape again, are you?"
"How could that be? I came to this bar tonight just to reminisce the good times when you and I first met,"
"Really?"
"Of course, Seraphina, how could I lie to you?"
Leonard has already started to get into the role. He wants to lead the immortal witch away from the bar to avoid implicating innocent people.
"Lies come out of your mouths, that's the mouths of you men."
Seraphina said sarcastically, and seemed not to be moved by Leonard's words at all.
"You women's mouths are always full of lies."
Leonard wanted to fight back like this, but he didn't dare to offend the other party at this time.
He turned to look at Hasta and said as calmly as possible: "Hasta, didn't you just say that you have things to deal with at home? Leave this place for me and Seraphina to reunite."
As he said, he also winked at Hasta a few times, hoping that Hasta could understand and leave here in time according to his words.
"Leonard, why are your eyes twitching all the time?"
"..."
Leonard opened his mouth and didn't know what to say for a while.
I was kindly persuading you to leave, and even winked at you crazily, but you asked me if there was anything wrong with my eyes?
Whose eyes are wrong now!
Hasta, you are usually so smart, can't you see that there is some problem between me and Miss Seraphina?
"Leonard, what's wrong with you?"
"Hehe, I'm fine!"
Leonard said this very seriously. Before Hasta could answer, he raised his voice and said, "Hasta, my friend, can't you see that I just want to be alone with this beautiful Miss Seraphina?"
Seeing that Hasta couldn't understand what he meant, Leonard could only resort to this last resort and apologize to Hasta later.
As for whether there would be a future, he didn't dare to guarantee it.
Hasta was also slightly stunned. He didn't expect Leonard to come up with such a solution.
One-third of the drinkers in the bar had already looked at this position.
Seeing that Hasta had no intention of getting up and leaving, Leonard was about to say a few more words. At this time, Seraphina next to him spoke first.
"Leonard, it's over between us. Now, the person I like is your good friend, Mr. Hasta."
This sentence was like a heavy bomb, attracting the attention of the remaining two-thirds of the drinkers in the bar.