Lord of the Mysteries

Chapter 26

Tap! Tap! Tap! The sound of footsteps echoed through the dark, narrow corridor, which was otherwise silent.

Klein kept his back straight as he kept up with the priest’s pace. He did not pose questions or chat idly with him, remaining silent like a windless body of water.

After passing through the heavily guarded passageway, the priest opened a secret door with a key and pointed down a stairwell made of stone. “Turn left at the intersection to reach Chanis Gate.”

“May Goddess bless you.” Klein gestured the sign of the crimson moon on his chest.

Commoners practiced etiquette, while the religious partook in ritual blessings.

“Praise the Lady.” The priest returned with the same gesture.

Klein did not speak further as he walked down the dark stone stairwell with the aid of the refined inlaid gas lamps on both sides of the wall.

Midway, he subconsciously turned back and saw the priest standing at the entrance. He was in the shadows and appeared like an immobile wax statue.

Klein looked away and continued to proceed down. It did not take long before he hit ground laid with ice-cold stone slabs. This led him to the intersection.

He did not turn towards Chanis Gate because Dunn Smith, who had recently finished his shift, was definitely not there.

He turned right and saw the familiar path. Klein went back up another flight of stairs and appeared inside Blackthorn Security Company.

Seeing doors that were tightly shut or half-closed, he did not rush into them. Instead, he went to the reception and saw a brown-haired girl focused on a magazine with a sweet smile.

“Hi, Rozanne.” Klein came to her side and deliberately rapped the table.

Knock! Rozanne stood up suddenly and knocked over a chair and said in a fluster, “Hi, nice weather today. Y-you, Klein, why are you here?”

She patted her chest and heaved a few sighs of relief. She was like a young lady afraid that her father had caught her skiving.

“I need to find Captain,” answered Klein simply.

“…You gave me a fright. I thought Captain came out.” Rozanne glared at Klein. “Don’t you know how to knock!? Hmph, you should be thankful that I’m a tolerant and kind woman. Well, I do prefer the term lady… Is there a reason why you are looking for Captain? He’s in the room opposite Mrs. Orianna.”

Even though he felt uptight, Klein was so amused by Rozanne he smiled. He pondered for a moment before saying, “A secret.”

“…” Rozanne’s eyes widened and while she reeled in her disbelief, Klein did a slight bow before bidding her farewell.

He went through the reception’s partition and knocked on the door of the first office on the right.

“Come in.” Dunn Smith’s deep and gentle voice sounded.

behind him. He took off his hat and

was dressed in a white shirt and black vest. Even though his hairline was rather high, his gray eyes were deep, and he appeared much

me.” Klein

deep gray eyes silently looked at Klein’s eyes. He did not follow up on the topic of being followed and instead,

“Yes.” Klein answered.

switched the subject back. “It might be that Welch’s father doesn’t believe the cause of death that we reported and had hired a private investigator from Wind City to

known as Wind City. It was a region with extremely advanced coal and steel industries. It was one of the

to be investigating where Welch received the Antigonus family’s notebook. Of course, we can’t eliminate other people or organizations that might

I do?” Klein asked in a

that it was the first

took a mouthful, his eyes not showing the sliver of

returned with a

“Of course, do not scare them off

bade him farewell. He left the room

left at the intersection, and bathed in the light from the gas lamps on

sound of his footsteps echoed, making him sound

Klein arrived at the stairwell. He went forward and

did not say a word when they met. The

before returning to the prayer hall. The circular holes behind the arched altar were still as pure and bright, while the darkness and silence of the building’s interior remained. There were

Klein slowly left the prayer hall with his cane and newspaper as though nothing had ever happened, successfully leaving Saint Selena

He immediately regained the familiar feeling of being observed.

a question surfaced

continue monitoring me by pretending to pray? If he had not done something wrong, there would be no problem walking in with an open and aboveboard manner, right?

likelihood of it being a private investigator is very slim… Klein exhaled and no longer acted as nervous as he was previously. He took a casual stroll

on the door

police department’s underground shooting range was opened to the public as a way to earn some

and the feeling of being watched vanished instantly. He took this opportunity to hand over his Special

led

from his armpit holster and the box of

his desire to protect himself win over his procrastination. Therefore, he could not wait to

removed the silver demon hunting bullets. Following that, he filled the cylinder with normal brass

time, neither did he leave an empty spot to prevent misfiring, nor did he take off his formal attire and halved top hat. He planned on practicing in his usual getup. After all, it was

and rolled it with his

hands, raised it up straight, and aimed

his experience at military training 1 , how to form a line with the iron-sights, and

Rustle! While his clothes rustled, Klein repeated his aiming and his holding stance. He was as serious as a student taking

wall and sat down on a long, soft bench. He placed the revolver

the revolver with the

moved back from the recoil. The

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