Lord of the Mysteries

Chapter 981 Hazel’s Decision

After hearing Macht’s reply, and combining what he knew, Klein guessed that the rat in the manor was likely the Marauder demigod which had been by Hazel’s side. As for why it went rabid and bit Hazel, he was unsure.

He nodded slightly and tapped his chest four times in a clockwise fashion.

“May the Goddess bless her.”

After saying that, he walked past the host, entered the hall, and waited for the ball tonight to begin.

In a particular bedroom on the third story, Hazel was sitting on a reclining chair feeling dispirited, her feet curled up.

Her left hand was wrapped in thick bandages, but there weren’t any more signs of blood. Her expression was heavy, nothing like her usual arrogance.

In the manor, her teacher, that was in the form of a rat, had suddenly bitten her. This resulted in her being stuck in a similar state, her entire being turbid and muddled. It was as though it wasn’t her hand that was bitten but her heart.

To Hazel, although her arrogance stemmed from her upbringing, with her ability to absorb new information exceeding that of the average person’s, her outstanding looks, her family’s standing in high society, and her maturity compared to her peers, those feelings were still within normal boundaries before she gained extraordinary powers. None of the aforementioned traits made her feel that she was different from others or that she was fundamentally superior to ordinary people.

Therefore, with her teacher, who maintained her sense of arrogance while being a representation of her fortuitous encounter and the source of her strength, suddenly becoming a real rat—to the point of not being able to speak clearly and even bite her without any reason-it left a deep impact on her. She began to question if supernatural powers represented being extraordinary or a monster.

Amidst her thoughts, Hazel subconsciously pulled her black-green hair to the back of her ear and felt frustrated with the melody that came from downstairs.

At this moment, she heard the creaking sound of the door as she turned her head in hesitation.

Walking in was a gray rat with slick fur. Its eyes were deeper than its kind, closer to dark red.

“Hazel,” the rat said in a deep voice.

Hazel was first taken aback before she reeled in delight. She hurriedly stood up and blurted, “Teacher, y-you’ve recovered?”

Just as she said that, she saw gray rats crawling out from the corner of her bedroom, balcony, and bed. All of them had dark red eyes but could only produce squeaking sounds.

Hazel took a step back in shock, overturning the reclining chair. Her body staggered, almost to the point of collapsing. It took her a great deal of effort to recover her balance.

At this moment, she discovered that the red-eyed rats had vanished. The door had been shut tightly, having never opened.

Everything that had happened was a hallucination or a nightmare that stemmed from the worries inside her!

After a moment of silence, Hazel pursed her lips and sighed.

down, raising her hand

massaged her temples, she frowned slightly. She had a nagging feeling that what had happened

as Hazel removed the necklace she wore around her neck, clenching it in her

gems were equidistant from each other. Embedded around

one of the gems lit up slowly, emitting a green glow,

the girl’s mind as her

nor was it a short hallucination from having her mind

Cryptologist!

eyes widened as she muttered

jumped to her feet and looked around anxiously but

idea what she would encounter next, nor did she understand

of was that the other party’s level and

shattered what little

remained silent. The brisk melody from downstairs instantly

herself, believing

did she have the mood or energy to consider the motives of the person

mind, Hazel suddenly came up with

before was here for

illusion, the person had

do? He likely doesn’t know where Teacher is hiding… No, all my neighbors know that I was bitten by a rabid rat… Hazel was thrown into panic as

be sure of the motives of the other party, nor did she know

teacher, but she was afraid of encountering danger and end

to communicate.

lips tightly, she walked to the door and said to her lady’s maid

the

that allowed for greater movement. Her expression was extremely heavy as her teeth bit down on

finally decided to warn her teacher

actuality,

found it despicable of

on the ball’s attendees, Hazel took the opportunity to enter the garden using a water pipe from the balcony. When leaving

his head slightly, glancing at the garden. He had already noticed Hazel’s actions thanks to

girl, she has quite a kind heart… Klein nodded indiscernibly and

take three to five hours on carriage. And before she arrived, he would’ve already used an excuse to leave the

there, one needed to take a detour to an area with a bridge. It was fine in the day, as one could use the steam metro to head to the south side of the Bridge beneath the river. At

the powers of the Marauder pathway. Therefore, he suspected that Hazel, who had an item of a higher level, could “steal” the flight

be faster than her… Klein retracted his gaze