Chapter 479 The beginning of the cat-dog dispute
Hasta got off the car and hadn't walked into the door of Earl Hall's house yet, the golden retriever Susie ran out from inside, giving Hasta a knowing look while running.
Well, was he caught peeking at a banned book?
Hasta understood Susie's look of help in a second, and told him not to worry.
They were banned books, but they were just some books that Audrey didn't allow Susie to read, not some taboo knowledge.
"Woof."
Susie turned around very obediently and led Hasta in front.
Entering Earl Hall's house, Audrey stood with Countess Hall. When she saw Susie, she raised her eyebrows slightly and gave Hasta a small look secretly. In front of Countess Hall, she didn't pursue Susie's secret reading.
After dinner, Countess Hall naturally let Audrey take Hasta to stroll around the back garden. As for Earl Hall, he didn't come back for dinner tonight.
When the two were alone, Audrey pouted her lips slightly and pretended to be angry and said, "Is Mr. Hasta hiding something from me?"
"Susie likes it, so I can only satisfy her small request."
Hasta sold Susie without hesitation, which made Susie, who was walking in front, stiffen. She looked back at Hasta who betrayed her, and then fell to the ground in a funny way, curled up, and looked like she was hit hard.
"Look, Susie's pitiful look is really irresistible."
Susie felt that another sharp flying knife was inserted into her cold heart, and she couldn't help but let out a sad whimper.
"Okay, I don't blame you."
Audrey lowered her body, reached out and stroked Susie, indicating that she didn't need to be so nervous.
"Woof..."
Susie whimpered, and secretly gave Hasta a look that said she had done it, and Hasta also made a scissors hand gesture to her.
"Do you really think I don't know that you are deliberately playing the victim?" Audrey patted Susie on the head unhappily, "You want to work with Mr. Hasta to deceive me again, you deserve to be beaten."
"Woo..."
Hasta could only give Susie a helpless look.
After the episode, Hasta and Audrey sat in the small pavilion in the garden and chatted. The surrounding pale yellow ambient lights were on, and the whole garden seemed particularly quiet.
The two talked about the recent major events in Backlund, some daily life, and occasionally some mystical knowledge.
It was not until Earl Hall came back that Hasta and Audrey ended their unfinished chat.
After chatting with Earl Hall in the study about the development of the situation in the Kingdom of Loen and the countries in the northern continent, Hasta left Earl Hall at around nine o'clock.
Looking at the direction Hastur left, Countess Hall sighed softly: "You don't look like a couple in love."
Audrey's face flushed, she took Countess Hall's arm and smiled: "This is good."
Not hurried or slow, accompany each other, this kind of plain and tasteful getting along is what she wants, not like those crazy lovers who have to stick together all the time.
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After returning home, Hastur just went upstairs and saw a black cat flexibly pounced in his direction. He reached out and grabbed Azshara and flicked its head with his fingers.
"Did Sharon come back with you?"
"Meow..." Azshara looked up aggrievedly. After not seeing her for so many days, her master's first sentence was to ask Miss Sharon. Isn't it obvious that he wants to make her jealous?
"Look at you, she should be back." Hastur rubbed Azshara's head and let her go to play by herself.
"Meow?"
Azshara opened her eyes wide. She suddenly felt that she was the most redundant one in this family?
"Azshara, I'm used to life without you."
"Meow?"
Azshara leaned closer and smelled the scent of the golden retriever, and her hair almost exploded all over her body.
This meant that just now, her master had been close to the golden retriever for a long time.
This was unbearable!
Azshara left Hastur's arms and left quietly along the shadow of the wall.
Hastur went to Sharon's room. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Sharon, who had not been seen for a long time. She was wearing a black court dress and a small soft hat. Her light golden hair was hanging down. She was standing quietly in front of the window with her back to him.
There was no light in the room. The only light came from the hazy moonlight outside the window.
Sharon, wearing a black court dress, seemed to blend into the night, mysterious, lonely and cold.
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At eleven o'clock, in Audrey's room at Earl Hall's house, Susie, who was lying on the floor, smelled a familiar smell. She stood up and came to the window sill, put her two front legs forward on the window sill, and leaned her head forward to look at the world outside the window.
Under the crimson moonlight, a black cat was standing on the crown of a beech tree, looking down at herself through the window.
In the dim night, its existence was like an elf in the dark night, small and elegant.
The pair of dark blue pupils were particularly recognizable. After just a few glances, Susie recognized the origin of the black cat.
Azshara, the little black cat who had been following Mr. Hastur, was obviously bigger than the last time they met, and had grown from a little black cat to an adult black cat.
But why did it come here in the middle of the night?
Did it come here specifically to say hello to me?
But why did it come quietly? It could have come with Mr. Hastur during the day.
Susie thought about it and waved her right front leg to indicate that she welcomed its arrival tonight.
"Meow."
Azsara made a small sound and signaled Susie to come out of the room.
Susie glanced at Audrey who was still sleeping and shook her head.
It must be responsible for Audrey's safety and cannot leave the room without permission, because it is Audrey's most trusted sentinel.
"Meow!"
Azsara raised her voice, with a little more impatience in her tone, but she also didn't want to disturb Miss Audrey who was sleeping soundly.
This is a private matter between it and this golden retriever!
It will not let its owner be taken away by this golden retriever!
Well, it must stand firmly on Miss Sharon's side, otherwise there will be no place for it in the house in the future.
Azsara shouted twice in succession, but Susie just lay her head on the window sill and had no intention of going out.
The meowing soon attracted the attention of the patrolling guards, who came with lanterns and searched around.
Seeing this, Azshara did not stay any longer, and her light body shuttled gracefully on the treetops of various trees.
What a beautiful jump.
Susie envied Azshara's ability to move so lightly, unlike it, it was too lazy to climb a tree, let alone jump flexibly on the treetops.
Until Azshara's figure completely disappeared in the dark night, Susie returned to her original position and lay down.
With her eyelids closed, she continued to dream that she had turned into a spiritual dragon and flew freely.
On the other side, Azshara, who had failed to fight, while complaining about the cowardice of the golden retriever, returned home along the way she came.
Its elegant and light figure shuttled easily on the roofs of various houses. Late at night, the dark night was its best protective color.
When it approached a street, it caught a glimpse of a group of people in yellow clothes below, shuttling near the street.
They looked solemn, as if they were worshipping the most devout faith in their hearts.
It just stood on the roof and watched for a while, then retracted its gaze and walked home with elegant steps.
When it returned home, it naturally jumped from the window on the first floor to the balcony on the second floor, and then walked along the window sill covered by shadows, ready to go to the bedroom where the owner rested, where there was also a small nest of its own.
Just like the big golden retriever accompanied its owner, Miss Audrey, it also wanted to accompany its owner quietly.
But Azshara did not see the figure of her owner in the owner's bedroom. She thought about it and turned to Miss Sharon's bedroom.
Before she got close to the window, she smelled the scent of Miss Sharon and her owner in the room.
The owner was with Miss Sharon, but why was there no light in the room?
Are they discussing something quietly?
It restrained its own breath and footsteps, curiously approached the window, put its ears against the wall, and listened carefully to the movement inside.
"Can I stay here tonight?"
"No."
"Can we go to the spirit world to visit your teacher tomorrow?"
"No."
"Do you like Sharon?"
"..."
After a brief conversation, Azshara heard a sound similar to smacking lips, which lasted for two or three minutes.
"Sharon, you are from the temperance lineage, good at restraining desires, so are you also good at restraining lust?"
"It's different."
"What's different? They all come from people's almost instinctive desires."
"..."
"I'm also helping you overcome your desires."
"No need..."
"Sharon, are you running away?"
Hearing this, Azshara's blue eyes opened wide, and she felt inexplicably shocked.
It listened carefully for a while, and Miss Sharon seemed to hide in the mirror and didn't come out, and no sound came out.
Azshara walked silently and odorlessly to the roof of the villa, lying quietly facing the bright starry sky, and sighed with fatigue.