Lord of the Mysteries

“Who is it?”

Klein was thinking about the mysterious suicide of the original owner of this body and the unknown danger he might encounter when he heard the sudden knock on the door. He subconsciously opened the drawer, took out the revolver, and asked vigilantly.

The other party was quiet for two seconds before a slightly sharp voice, in Awwa’s accent, replied, “It’s me, Mountbatten, Bitsch Mountbatten.”

The voice paused for a moment before adding, “Police.”

Bitsch Mountbatten… When Klein heard this name, he immediately thought of the owner of this name.

He was the policeman in charge of the street where the apartment was located. He was a rude, brutal, hands-on man. But perhaps, only such a man could be a deterrent for alcoholics, thieves, part-time thieves, villains, and hooligans.

And his unique voice was one of his trademarks.

“Okay, I’ll be right there!” Klein responded loudly.

He had planned to put the revolver back into the drawer but thinking that he had no idea why the police was outside and that they might search the room or do other things, he cautiously ran to the stove where the flames had already been extinguished and put the revolver in it.

Then he picked up the coal basket, shook a few pieces into the stove, covered the gun, and finally placed the kettle over the stove to conceal everything.

After doing all of that, he tidied up his clothes and quickly approached the door and murmured, “Sorry, I just had a nap.”

Outside the door stood four policemen in black-and-white checkered uniforms with peak caps. Bitsch Mountbatten, the one with a brown beard, coughed and said to Klein, “These three inspectors have something to ask you.”

Inspectors? Klein looked at the shoulder badges of the other three reflexively and found that two of them had three silver hexagons and one had two, both of which looked superior to Bitsch Mountbatten, who had only three chevrons.

As a history student, Klein did little to no research into the ranks of police epaulets, except that Bitsch Mountbatten often boasted of being a senior sergeant.

So these three are inspectors? Influenced by conversations with Benson, Welch, and his classmates, Klein had the common sense to make way and point into the room.

“Please come in. How might I help you?”

The leader of the three inspectors was a middle-aged man with sharp eyes. He seemed to be able to read the mind of a person and make them fearful. His eyes were wrinkled, and the edge of his hat revealed light brown hair. He looked around the room and asked in a deep voice, “Do you know Welch McGovern?”

“What’s wrong with him?” Klein quivered and blurted back.

“I’m the one asking the questions.” The dignified middle-aged police inspector had a stern look in his eyes.

The inspector next to him, also wearing three silver hexagons, looked at Klein and smiled gently.

“Don’t be nervous. It’s just a routine questioning.”

gray eyes that, like a lake in an ancient forest that no one visited, gave him

a breath and organized

graduate of Khoy University from Constant, then I’m sure I know him.

of professors and department deans on Earth. That meant there could only be one professor in a university’s department. If an associate professor wanted to become professor, they had

kingdom’s Higher Education Commission had added senior associate professors in the three-level system of lecturers, associate professors and professors after years of observation. This title was given to anyone with high academic achievements or with enough seniority but

point, Klein looked into the eyes of the middle-aged police inspector and

and Naya frequently to interpret and discuss the Fourth Epoch notebook

answering, the middle-aged police inspector

ordinary looks replied mildly, “I’m sorry, Mr. Welch has

some hunches, Klein could not help but shout

like the original owner of this

is a little

about Naya?”

said quite calmly. “Both of them died in Mr.

had

Perhaps it was suicide…

gray-eyed inspector shook

scene suggests that they committed suicide. Mr. Welch hit the wall with his head many times, covering the wall with blood. Ms. Naya drowned herself in a basin. Yes, the kind used to wash your

ends as he seemed capable of

a basin filled with water. Her soft brown hair swaying in the wind, but her entire person remaining motionless. Welch falling to the ground and staring at the ceiling intently. His

the autopsy results and the situation at the scene exclude factors such as drugs and external forces. They—being Mr. Welch and Ms. Naya—showed no

room and asked, pretending to be casual, “When was the last time you

his eyes to his colleague with

With black sideburns and green pupils, he

a new chapter in the notes. Then, I went home to prepare for my interview on June 30th. Uh, the

as well as technical schools, law colleges and business colleges.

in the

forgot to

“Hey!” Klein cried out.

inspector smiled back at him, but did not stop flipping through his notes, while the gray-eyed

time, Bitsch Mountbatten and the dignified middle-aged police inspectors were just watching without interrupting or assisting in the

of the Loen Kingdom did not seem to have such a thing as search warrants. At least he did not know if there was one. After all, the police force

of this body was still a

inspector flip through

end of the notes and suddenly asked,

sense that everyone dies except for deities? Klein was prepared to quibble, but it suddenly occurred to him that he had planned to “connect” with the police in case of possible danger, but he had no reasons

no idea… When I woke up this morning, I felt I wasn’t quite right, as if I had

problem. Of course, it required skills. There were things that could be said and could not be said, and the order of what was said first