Lord of the Mysteries

Leonard’s singing sounded like a lullaby as it lightly resounded through the doors and into the winding wooden stairwell.

Klein’s mind immediately turned torpid. He felt like he saw a silent moonlight and serene rippling lake.

His eyelids rapidly turned heavy as if he were about to fall asleep standing.

Amid these indistinct sensations, he also felt a strange, formless, and indifferent focus on his back. It felt like he was wandering the spirit world himself.

A baffling sense of déjà vu suffused as Klein suddenly found his train of thought once again. With his strong spiritual perception and extreme familiarity with Cogitation, he barely escaped the influence of the Midnight Poem.

However, he remained serene and could hardly evoke any emotions.

Soon, Leonard stopped singing as he turned his head with a smile.

“I’m considering asking Captain’s permission to apply for a Feynapotter lute. How can there not be an accompaniment when singing?

“Heh heh, I’m just kidding. I can hear them asleep.”

The black-haired, green-eyed Nighthawk with his poetic vibe took a stride forward and walked to the door that separated them from the kidnappers and hostage.

He suddenly moved his shoulder and threw a punch at the door’s lock.

Crack!

The wooden board around the lock shattered in a muffled manner.

“This requires precise control.” Leonard turned his head and smiled. He then reached his hand into the hole and opened the door.

Klein, who had regained consciousness, was not as confident as him. He reached under his armpit, drew his revolver, and turned the cylinder, making sure that he could shoot at a moment’s notice.

As the door swung back, he saw a man sleeping on a table with a gun by his feet. Another man was rubbing his eyes in a daze while trying to stand up.

Bam!

Leonard slid forward and struck the awakening kidnapper unconscious.

Klein planned to enter as well when he suddenly sensed something. He turned around abruptly and faced the stairwell.

Tap. Tap. Tap. Footsteps were approaching from below. It became clear that “something” was a hatless man in a brown coat circling the stairwell in his progression toward the third floor while hugging a paper bag of bread.

Suddenly, he stopped. He saw a gun’s barrel aiming at him with a metallic luster.

His pupils reflected a young man dressed in a halved top hat, black formal suit with a bow tie of the same color. It also reflected the cane which rested along the rail and the dangerous revolver.

“Do not move. Raise your hands. Three, two, one…” Klein’s tone was deep but relaxed.

He held the revolver with both hands as he tried to imagine the man as a target from his practice.

Amid the tense atmosphere, the man in the brown coat threw the bag of bread and slowly raised his hands.

“Sir, is this a kind of a joke? Has there been a misunderstanding?” He stared intently at the finger that Klein had placed on the trigger as he forced a smile.

was temporarily unable to determine if he was an accomplice or a neighbor, but he did not reveal any abnormalities. He said in a deep voice, “Do not attempt to resist. Someone will determine if

noticed the man in the stairwell. He said leisurely, “So the kidnappers have another accomplice responsible for buying and delivering

hearing this, the man’s pupils constricted as he suddenly raised his foot and kicked the bag of bread up in an attempt to

unaffected, Klein coldly pulled the

Bang!

out from

tumbled to the ground and attempted to escape from the second floor; however, Leonard had already reached his hand towards

landed on the

of the blood that had splattered on him. He looked up at Klein and

“Nice shooting.”

his legs… The corner of Klein’s mouth twitched in an indiscernible

or tactile senses after consuming the Seer potion,

Klein nodded in thought as he watched Leonard

kidnapper’s room. They saw Elliott Vickroy jolt awake from the gunshot as he straightened his body and sat up slowly from a

together, they were thrown in

unconscious man who had been shot in the shoulder was bandaged, but Leonard disdained getting

people?” Elliott stammered in pleasant delight when he saw the scene

right. Very precise.” The genuflecting

him… Klein lowered his revolver and said to Elliott,

saved?” Elliott said joyfully without daring to

was apparent that he had suffered quite harshly in the short few hours of being a

some patrolling cops. Get them to inform the tobacco merchant. I do not wish to walk out with

who was wondering about the aftermath, nodded. He put away his revolver, picked up his cane, and walked to the

nagging feeling that he had forgotten something. In addition, he heard Leonard say to Elliott, “Don’t be nervous. You will soon see your father, mother, and your old butler,

…

laughter and walked out into the streets. With the help of pedestrians, he found two patrolling

as a member of the Special Operations Department; instead, he used his identity as a professional

he was not worried at all. He had received an all-purpose weapon usage certificate the day before yesterday. His

and inform the Vickroy family. The other policeman followed Klein to

more than forty minutes, Leonard signaled to Klein while the policeman was not paying attention. Klein was to sneak out

is an extreme waste of time. Let’s leave first,” the Nighthawk with

it clear that he would take any responsibility for any repercussions, he did not retort and

rushed to the building where the kidnappers were. The old butler, Klee, disembarked with his

found it incredulous that

he heard a crisp

past with its windows open. The black-haired and green-eyed Leonard

carriage, Leonard closed the window, turned around, and looked at

his right

was a pleasure working with

that good terms… Klein

quickly. All he could do was marvel at the capabilities of Beyonders. Even though he was

peace among aristocrats after a clash

had many aristocratic

and said with a frown, “Shouldn’t we confirm with Mr. Klee? If

total of

doubt about their providing of the kidnappers’ location from their ‘meeting’

money isn’t that important,” said

very important