Chapter 247 Sharon's New Year's Gift
Gift?
Hasta opened the gifts from Sharon and Maric on the second night of the New Year.
Maric gave a sterling silver pocket watch, while Sharon gave a mirror, a round mirror with various black patterns on the edge, which looked a bit mysterious.
But this thing is not an extraordinary item, it is just more delicate than an ordinary mirror, and there is nothing special about it.
At that time, Hasta thought that Sharon didn't give gifts to people very often, so when giving gifts, he gave him the mirror he liked more.
Now it sounds like there is any unusual metaphor in that mirror?
But he did check it out, and the mirror was not an extraordinary item, nor a sealed object, but just an ordinary mirror that is more beautiful and delicate.
Unable to figure it out, Hasta could only answer honestly: "I opened it."
"Well, do you like it?"
"I like it."
"You are lying."
"..."
Hasta looked embarrassed. He couldn't say that he didn't like the gift from Sharon, right?
But how could a grown man like a mirror?
Even Maric knew to give something he liked more.
Seeing this, Hastur could only bring up Roselle, the plagiarist, again. "Emperor Roselle once said: A gift of goose feathers from a thousand miles away is a token of great sentiment."
"What I care about is the intention of the gift, not the value of the gift."
These words made Maric secretly give him a thumbs up. He was really good at making up stories. He obviously didn't like the gift from Sharon.
"Then take the goose feathers and travel a thousand miles."
"Yes, I will keep this mirror in my room."
Hastur seemed to understand a little bit of Sharon's meaning. Could it be that Sharon wanted to visit him through this mirror in the future?
...
The next morning, Hastur was ready. There were a total of seven carriages, including a guard team sent by the king, with twelve people.
In order not to attract too much attention, Hastur asked them to change their clothes in advance and wait in the carriage first.
Then, under the watchful eyes of Greg, Greylint, Audrey and others, they took the steam train to South Wales.
What era is it now? You can't just choose to take a carriage to South Wales when there is a more efficient and faster way to travel?
This way, his butt will definitely be hurt by the carriage.
On the steam train, Hastur sat alone in a luxurious carriage. Not only could he sleep here, but he also had various food supplies, which was also a little privilege for the nobility.
He didn't trust the guards sent by the king, but he couldn't refuse. He could only stay in the carriage alone and count the time it would take to get to South Wales.
The distance from Backlund to South Wales is very long, and you have to pass through East Tucker County in the middle to reach South Wales in the south.
This trip will take at least five days, and it will take some time to get to South Wales and his own territory. There is no steam train to take on that road.
Bored, Hastur took out the mirror that Sharon gave him and looked at it.
He gently stroked the smooth mirror with his hand and murmured, "Miss Sharon should be hiding in a mirror now. If she is hiding in this mirror, what a surprise it would be."
Hasta placed the mirror in front of him, looked at himself in the mirror, and smiled.
How could this be possible? Sharon still needs to stay in Backlund to deal with things. She can't just leave everything to Maric, right?
The steam train roared forward, with Backlund shrinking behind it.
Hasta admired the scenery outside the window for a while, then took a book and flipped through it. This was a book specially selected for him by Professor Wayne, saying that it was the possible direction of the laws of the Kingdom of Loen in the future.
By the time of lunch, Hasta had read one-third of the content.
This book is definitely the product of Professor Wayne's private goods. The various laws in it look like an advanced version of the current laws of the Kingdom of Loen.
The food on the steam train is far less exquisite than that cooked by his own chef, so when setting off, Hasta specially offered a high salary to bring two chefs who were willing to go to South Wales.
After tasting the food that was similar to that at home, Hastur's eyes swept across the mirror on the table again. After a few seconds of pause, he said in a deep voice: "It is forbidden for the ghosts to be invisible here!"
The golden rules flashed and filled the carriage. Sharon's appearance was revealed on the originally smooth mirror. She was still dressed in a black court dress, with blue eyes, looking at herself in the mirror at this moment.
Hasta's mouth corners slightly raised, and he smiled: "Miss Sharon, are you here to see me off for the last time?"
"What do you think?"
"Of course I hope that Miss Sharon's action means that she agrees to go to South Wales with me."
"Yeah."
Sharon in the mirror nodded slightly, confirming Hastur's statement.
"So you had already agreed to my invitation when Miss Sharon gave me the New Year's gift?"
"Yes."
Hasta, in a good mood, reached out and stroked the edge of the mirror and said, "Why didn't you say it clearly? This was a surprise for me?"
"I overestimated your wisdom."
"..."
Hasta thought about it and it was true. The night before she left, Sharon specifically reminded her to remember to bring goose feathers for a long journey. If she was smart, she should have noticed the true meaning of that sentence.
In the final analysis, he still couldn't believe that Sharon would agree to his invitation and accompany him to South Wales.
"What is the reason that made Miss Sharon change her original decision?" Hastur changed a topic that was more favorable to him.
"I need a demigod mummy to help me advance to Sequence 4."
"Just to advance to a higher sequence?"
"Isn't this reason enough?"
"..."
Hasta sighed and said, "Do you need me to accompany you to the southern continent?"
"If necessary."
"Then you let Maric handle all Backlund's affairs?"
"Well, he needs to learn to restrain himself."
Sharon glanced at Hastur again and said, "Do you prefer Maric to appear here?"
"Of course not, I also think that Maric should be given more experience to handle things alone. It is not a good thing to be too eager for adventure."
Hasta immediately denied this statement.
If Maric really hid in this mirror, he would probably throw the mirror directly out of the car window.
"Miss Sharon, are you going to come out? You can't enjoy the scenery along the way if you hide in the mirror all the time."
"Yes."
Sharon nodded, floated out of the mirror, and sat down elegantly opposite Hasta, with her upper body slightly tilted, looking at the scenery flashing outside the car window.
Hasta leaned back slightly on the seat cushion, looking in Sharon's direction. This trip to South Wales will finally not be lonely.
After a long time, Sharon suddenly said: "Is this your New Year's gift?"
"I'm hiding in the territory of South Wales. Only when I get there can I redeem this gift."
After a brief exchange, the carriage began to quiet down again.
Sharon looked at the scenery outside the car window, and Hasta regarded her as the scenery.
Until, an unusual feeling came from outside the car.
Sharon looked back at Hasta, who shook his head gently, indicating that she could hide in the mirror first.
Sharon didn't say anything, and directly entered the mirror in the state of a resentful spirit.
After a while, Hastur fell asleep. In the dream, there was only darkness, and no human figure appeared. Soon, the dream broke apart.
It was a very short dream, just like a short nap when tired.
"The people from the Church of the Goddess of Night should be Sequence 4 Night Watchmen."
Hastur murmured, telling Sharon in the mirror.
It was a large-scale dream entry ability just now, and he should be using this extraordinary ability to search for someone.
It is probably a wanted fugitive who is also on this steam train.
It can't be Ince Zangwill who can make a Sequence 4 Night Watchman come forward, right?
Hastur's heart skipped a beat, it's really possible.
But is Ince Zangwill crazy?
Dare to hitchhike with him?
Or, he doesn't know anything, but just happened to get on this steam train to South Wales?
Is his luck so bad?
"Do you need me to investigate?"
"No, I'll take care of things here, don't take risks."
Hastur didn't want Sharon to take risks, even though her ghost ability was very suitable for exploring intelligence.
"Yeah."
Sharon's figure disappeared in the mirror.
"Ms. Sharon, you can't sneak away, the other party is not coming for us."
"No."
The mirror light flashed.
...
In the third carriage of the steam train, the disguised Ince Zangwill looked at the scenery outside the window expressionlessly.
He was also a Sequence 4 night watchman, and with 008 shielding information, the other party's large-scale dream entry ability could not find his whereabouts at all.
What surprised him was that there seemed to be many members of different organizations mixed in this steam train.
Is it all because of the sentence that the war in the southern continent will end after the new year?
He heard this sentence from the mouth of the witch sect. At that time, the black saint stopped him from leaving Backlund and asked him to wait for a while.
Maybe it was because of this sentence.
At this moment, they were also on this train.