Chapter 333 This is the blessing of the stars
Backlund, the home of Earl Hall.
Audrey was in a good mood. Counting the time, she had not seen Mr. Hastur for almost half a year, and they only exchanged letters.
"Susie, you seem to be in a good mood."
"Audrey, you are in a good mood too."
Audrey raised her head slightly, "Susie, I specifically told Mr. Hastur in the letter that he must not bring you any of Russell's works. Reading too many of those books will not be good for you."
"..."
Susie was silent for a while, then looked at Audrey with a calm face, "Audrey, I have read all the works of Emperor Russell."
This time it was Audrey's turn to fall silent. After a while, she asked: "When did you finish reading?"
"A month ago."
Audrey and Susie looked at each other for a few times, and then Audrey said with emotion: "Susie, you are getting smarter and smarter now."
"Reading can increase wisdom, and the book also says so, Wang."
"..."
Audrey sighed heavily, she missed the silly Susie from before.
Boom, boom, boom.
There was a knock on the door, and without Audrey's instructions, Susie immediately shut up, then found a shady place and lay down on the ground, closing her eyes and pretending to sleep.
Audrey opened the door, and the maid outside the door came to tell her that Earl Hall had something to ask her to go to the study.
Susie, who was lying on the ground, moved her ears, got up and followed Audrey to the study.
In the study, Earl Hall was rubbing the corners of his eyes.
"Dear Earl Hall, did you come to me to help you relieve your fatigue?"
Audrey smiled and came behind Earl Hall, reaching out to massage his shoulders.
Earl Hall closed his eyes slightly and spoke after almost resting: "You should know that Hastur is returning to Backlund, right?"
"Well, will the second brother come back too?"
"If he doesn't come back, he has always had a rift with your eldest brother. It would be better to stay in South Wales."
Audrey was a little lucky that she was a girl, otherwise this kind of internal fight among the nobles would have affected her. Even if she didn't have that idea, it would have aroused the suspicion of her relatives.
"The queen has asked about you many times recently."
Audrey's little hand massaging Earl Hall's shoulder paused. Susie, who was lying in the shadow of the bookshelf, couldn't help but pricked up her ears and listened more carefully.
Earl Hall chuckled and said: "It seems that you already know the queen's thoughts. Who makes my daughter the most dazzling pearl in Backlund."
Audrey withdrew her massaging hands, frowned in distress, and finally pursed her thin lips slightly and said, "I don't like the life of the royal family."
Earl Hall naturally understands his precious daughter's thoughts. He also doesn't really want to be related to the royal family. There are too many rules and it's too chaotic.
He has not yet reached the point where he needs to sell his daughter to maintain his title.
Therefore, he has always tried his best to deal with these things and refuse them.
But recently, the queen seems to be particularly interested in Audrey, and she doesn't know which prince has been thinking about her.
Audrey was obviously just an adult, so she shouldn't have acted so eagerly.
"Don't worry, I will help you block these messy things. My daughter is so good, so naturally she should make her own life choices with her own ideas instead of being chosen by others."
Earl Hall comforted him with a gentle yet firm tone.
"Um!"
Audrey nodded heavily, a smile slowly blooming on her troubled face.
"Woof!"
Susie also barked at the right time, showing that she was firmly on Audrey's side.
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The residence of Forsi and Xio.
After finishing writing for an hour, Forsi lay down on the sofa to rest for two hours, with a rare sad look on his face.
Recently, for some unknown reason, many extraordinary people began to investigate the followers of the stars, which made her afraid to go out and even unable to concentrate on writing.
She also looked to the stars for a solution, and the stars just said that the stars would bless every believer.
This made her think about whether to develop Xio into a believer in the stars. With the blessing of the stars, Xio would be much safer wandering around outside.
Bang! Bang!
Suddenly there was a sound of violent slamming on the door, which made Forsi's heart skip a beat on the sofa.
Could there be an extraordinary person coming to your door?
She looked solemn, touched the bracelet on her wrist, took a deep breath, then stood up and came to the door.
"Who's knocking outside?"
"It's me, little Jerry."
A familiar childish voice came from outside the door, which made Forsi relax a little.
Little Jerry is a seven-year-old kid who lives on the street next door. He has a good relationship with Xio and is the youngest intelligence agent under Xio.
Most of the time, children are less noticeable and are more suitable for gathering intelligence.
"Are you alone?" Forsi was still a little worried.
"Yes, someone asked me to send you a note."
Squeaking, the old door made a dull sound due to its age.
Forsi opened the door anyway, and there was indeed only little Jerry outside.
Little Jerry placed a crumpled piece of paper in her palm, looked anxious and spoke quickly: "Sister Xio may be in danger."
stop? !
Forsi hurriedly spread out the note, which read: "If you want your friends to be safe, come to the warehouse at No. 32 Tes Street."
Hugh was kidnapped?
Or is this just a simple prank?
Fors's face turned pale, and she held the note tightly and asked Little Jerry about the details of what happened.
"When I was looking for Sister Xiu on the street, I was suddenly targeted. A tall and thin man with a scar on his right cheek came over, handed me this note, and asked me to pass it on to you with a fierce look on his face..."
After listening to Little Jerry's description, Fors told him not to worry too much and promised that he would find Xiu back.
If she guessed correctly, the other party must be targeting the believers of the stars. Many wild extraordinary people have been targeted during this period.
Xiu has been wandering outside, and no matter how careful she is, she will be targeted one day.
Let Little Jerry leave first, Fors closed the doors and windows and returned to her bedroom. She briefly reported the situation to the stars. After getting a word of understanding, she felt relieved to take the triangular spike that Xiu left at home and go out.
The warehouse at No. 32 Tes Street is located in a remote area. There is no other debris around except a pile of garbage.
In the warehouse, Xiu was tied to a pillar, his face was pale, and his eyes were full of worry.
During this period, some people were frantically looking for believers of the stars. She was lucky and thought nothing would happen. Today, she was targeted and captured just after leaving a secret party.
These people collected detailed intelligence, and even knew that Fors lived with her. They set up a plan to use her as bait to trick Fors here.
She didn't want Fors to come here to save her at all. If she guessed correctly, Fors was the believer of the stars that these people had been looking for.
But Fors still came.
When Xio raised her eyes and saw Fors appear at the door of the warehouse, she couldn't help but redden her eyes and shouted: "Fors, you fool! You fell for such an obvious trap, don't you know to hide, and then wait for an opportunity to find someone to save me?"
Fors smiled and said: "I'm afraid that if I don't come, there will be no future."
She knew very well that if she didn't show up, Xio would definitely have no way to survive.
As for whether Xio could be rescued today, she could only put all her hopes on the blessing of the stars.
There were three people guarding Hugh, one of whom was the tall, thin man with a scar on his face as described by Little Jerry.
"Your friend has only one chance to survive." Someone held a sharp dagger against Hugh's smooth throat.
Fors tried to keep himself calm, "What do you want?"
"Are you a believer of the stars?"
This voice seemed to come from his mind, full of majesty that did not allow any concealment.
"Yes!"
Fors felt his mind was in chaos, and he blurted out that he was a believer of the stars.
But before the three people could be happy, vines suddenly sprang out from deep underground and pierced through the three of them from the soles of their feet to their heads.
Their bodies were hung on the green vines as thick as their wrists, and blood dripped down the vines, mixed into the soil and absorbed by the roots of the vines.
The tied up Xio was stunned and couldn't help but say: "Fors, when did you become so powerful?"
Fors forced a smile at Xio, staggered, and hurriedly held the door frame of the warehouse door and retched.
The way of death directly stabbed by vines was too exciting, and she couldn't accept it for a while.
After recovering a little, Fors bowed to the vines and said respectfully: "Thank you for your help."
In fact, she didn't know who saved her in secret.
Her intuition told her that this was the blessing of the stars.
"Leave, be careful next time."
An intellectual and pleasant voice came from the dark, and several vines emerged from the ground again, completely eating the three corpses until they were completely eaten, without even a drop of blood left.
"I will be careful."
Fors didn't wait for a reply. She was silent for a while, then ran to Xio's side, took out the three-edged thorn and cut the rope on her wrist.
"Wow! Fors, when did you know such a powerful person?" Xio, who regained his freedom, spoke exaggeratedly.
Fors knew that Xio was deliberately changing the subject to prevent herself from blaming herself too much for what happened today.
She smiled brightly and said proudly, "This is the blessing of the stars!"