Mystery: A Spark

She pushed open the door, locked it behind her, glanced at the symbol of the Lord of Storms in front of her, and subconsciously found a quiet, dark corner.

Audrey sat down, leaned forward, and put her hands on her forehead in a praying posture.

Then she chanted in a low voice in Hermetic:

"You are a fool who does not belong to this era. You are the mysterious master above the gray fog. You are the king of yellow and black who controls good luck."

......

Inside a small hotel in the northern part of Backlund.

Azik, who usually went out to visit old friends during the day, was now sitting quietly at the table.

He placed his fingers on the table, gently tracing the patterns on it, his face indifferent, his eyes deep, as if waiting for something.

Beside Azik, a small white puppy was happily eating jerky.

The smacking sound brought a touch of life to the otherwise quiet and somewhat deathly room.

After a while, a tall, skeletal messenger appeared beside Azik.

The skeletal messenger first bowed respectfully to Azik, then handed him a letter.

As it was leaving, the skeletal messenger turned its head and glanced at the little white dog that was happily eating nearby before disappearing from sight.

Azik opened the envelope in his hand and glanced at it briefly.

Then he reached out and stroked the fur on the little white dog's back, and said to it:

"Little one, take your time eating. I need to go take care of something over there."

"Okay, Mr. Azik."

Arthas swallowed the jerky in his mouth and answered obediently.

After Azik left, Arthas slowly finished the jerky in the bowl in front of him.

It licked its lips, savoring the delicious taste, and then muttered to itself:

"That wretched Arthur, I have a feeling he has some ulterior motive for bringing me here... Oh well, in that case, I'll go see Miss Susie..."

……

Inside the Duke of Negan's villa.

The impeccably dressed guests who had come to the banquet were now somewhat flustered.

Just now, Ziringus, disguised, infiltrated the banquet and launched a vicious assassination attempt on the host, Duke Negan.

Although the assassination attempt failed due to the prepared protection of the bodyguards, Qilingus managed to break through the blockade and escape from the magnificent villa.

What remained was a scene of utter devastation.

In a secluded corner of the chaotic banquet hall, a large, sleek golden retriever was happily feasting from its own food bowl.

Susie had just helped Audrey see through Zillingus's disguise, so Audrey specially asked the waiter to prepare a pot of honey-glazed roast meat for it as a reward.

Susie, who had been focused on eating with her head down, suddenly sensed something was wrong.

It looked up with some confusion and immediately saw a small, snow-white puppy sitting not far in front of it, tilting its head and looking at it curiously.

Susie stared at Arthas for two seconds, then looked down at the roast meat in front of her and hesitantly pushed it forward.

"Do you want some? Let's eat together."

Since there was no one else around, Susie didn't really hide the fact that she could talk.

Arthas thought for a moment with its little head, then hopped over.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I'm already full."

Startled by these words, Susie took two steps back and asked in surprise:

"You, can you speak?"

“Of course I will,” Arthas replied matter-of-factly.

Just then, footsteps approached, as if someone was walking towards them.

Upon hearing the footsteps, Arthas took two steps back with a wary expression, ready to make a run for it at any moment.

Seeing this, Susie quickly said to it:

"Don't be nervous, my master has arrived."

Miss Susie's master must be Arthur's friend... Arthas twitched his ears and stopped his process of entering the spirit world.

Soon, Audrey, with her blonde hair, blue eyes, and elegant demeanor, appeared before the two dogs.

She had just learned from her father, Earl Hall, that Zilingus had been killed by a powerful, unknown extraordinary being.

She also learned that she was about to receive a total of 30,000 pounds in bounties from various countries, as well as a holiday estate worth nearly 10,000 pounds as a gift from the Duke of Negan as a token of his gratitude.

Of course, she could only freely dispose of a small portion of this money, around five thousand pounds.

Regardless, this money will certainly increase her fixed annuity income significantly.

At the very least, the compensation Audrey intended to pay Mr. Chariot was certainly sufficient.

As for the reward for Mr. Fool's favor, she planned to ask about it at the next Tarot meeting.

After learning from her father that the matter had been resolved that night, Audrey came over immediately.

She wanted to ask Susie for details, to find out exactly how it had seen through Qilingus's disguise.

Unexpectedly, after arriving here, she saw that Susie had an adorable little white dog by her side.

Huh? Where did this cute little dog come from? I don't think anyone else at this party brought a pet... Audrey looked at the little white dog in front of her, feeling a bit puzzled.

She crouched down and reached out to touch Arthas.

Arthas did not dodge, obediently letting her stroke him.

At this moment, Susie spoke up:

“Audrey, it can talk too, and it talks better than I can.”

Audrey stopped stroking the dog, looked at Susie, then at the well-behaved little white dog she was stroking, and seemed a little dazed.

Seeing her lost in thought, Arthas greeted her.

"Hello, Miss Audrey."

"Uh, hello, are you also... an extraordinary one?" Audrey never expected that this chubby-looking, cute little dog would actually be an extraordinary dog.

While asking the question, she was also secretly wondering which extraordinary path this extraordinary dog ​​might have taken.

“Yes,” Arthas replied, wagging his tail.

“Wow, I thought I was the only one here with an extraordinary pet. What’s your name?” Audrey asked.

"My name is Arthas."

"Then, can I know who your master is? Is he here too?" Audrey asked curiously.

Although Audrey herself was just a novice Extraordinary, her understanding of the Extraordinary World was not very deep.

But she knew very well that the little white dog in front of her was unlikely to be a wild, extraordinary dog.

Even Susie often makes mistakes in word choice and sentence structure when speaking to her.

But according to Susie, the little dog named Alsace speaks better than her.

Moreover, it seemed rather friendly, something that would be unlikely for a wild, extraordinary creature.

Therefore, Audrey believed that the Alsace before her should have a master.

“My master isn’t here right now, but he says he knows you.”

Chapter 92 Curious Audrey

Although Arthur's original words were that Miss Audrey in front of him was his friend.

But Arthas thought this was just a little trick Arthur had told him before, a "friend out of thin air" ploy.

So Arthas softened Arthur's words, changing "I have a friend" to "I know someone".

Therefore, even if Arthur and Audrey were indeed friends, Arthas's words could not be considered wrong.

Since the word "acquaintance" itself already includes the relationship of "friendship," this statement is flawless in any way.

"Hmph, I'm just that clever, there's no way I could be fooled by that stinky Arthur..." Arthas thought to himself with a touch of smugness.

"You know me?" Audrey was taken aback when she heard this.

Then, she began to mentally search her relationships, trying to figure out who the little white dog's owner was.

However, her interpersonal relationships are both quite complicated and quite simple.

It's complicated because Audrey had a wide circle of friends and knew quite a lot of people.

The reason she is said to have simple interpersonal relationships is that the people she knows can be roughly divided into three categories.

One type is the nobles and their families of the Kingdom of Rune. These families are wealthy, and if they really wanted to put in the effort to raise an extraordinary pet, it would be quite simple.

One type is the highly educated intellectuals of the Kingdom of Rune, such as professors and senior lecturers from various colleges.

They also belong to the high-income group, possess a lot of advanced knowledge, and have the ability to raise extraordinary pets.

Another category consists of people she made privately and with whom she had a relatively close relationship.

The most typical examples are Hugh and Fors.

In addition, members of Tarot clubs can also be categorized into this type to some extent.

Therefore, Audrey only needed to think back on the people she knew before realizing that she could not possibly find Arthas's master based solely on the fact that she "knew" them.

So she...

"Um, Mr. Arthas, could you give me a few more hints?"

"Give me a few more hints?" Arthas tilted his head, sensing that things were a bit more complicated than they seemed.

It already knew from Arthur that its apprentice potion came from Miss Susie's master, the Miss Audrey standing before it.

So it thought that Miss Audrey would be able to easily guess who her owner was after hearing the hint it had just given.