Lord of the Mysteries

The Antigonus notebook is in the apartment across the kidnappers’!

Although it was very coincidental, Klein believed that his intuition was correct.

He immediately got out of bed and rapidly changed out of the old clothes he usually wore to bed. He picked up a white shirt beside him and draped it on, quickly buttoning from top to bottom.

One, two, three… He suddenly realized that he was “missing” buttons. The left and right sides did not seem to match.

On careful look, Klein realized that he had made a mistake buttoning the first button, causing the shirt to warp.

He shook his head helplessly before taking a deep breath and slowly breathing out, using some of his Cogitation techniques to restore his calm.

After putting on his white shirt and black trousers, he barely managed to wear his armpit holster steadily. He pulled out the revolver he hid under his soft pillow and holstered it.

Without time to tie a bow tie, he draped his formal suit on and with a hat and cane in each hand, he walked to the door. After putting on his halved top hat, Klein gently twisted the door handle and walked into the corridor.

He carefully closed his bedroom’s wooden door and sneaked downstairs like a thief. He used a fountain pen and paper in the living room to leave a note, informing his siblings that he had forgotten to mention that he had to be early for work today.

The moment he was out the door, Klein felt a cool breeze and his entire being calmed down.

The street in front of him was dark and silent without any pedestrians. Only the gas lamps illuminated the streets.

Klein took out his pocket watch from his pocket and snapped it open. It was just six in the morning and the crimson moonlight had not completely faded away. However, there was a hue of sunrise over the horizon.

He was just about to seek out an expensive for-hire carriage when he saw a two-horse, four-wheeled trackless carriage approaching him.

“There are public carriages this early in the morning?” Klein was puzzled as he went forward and waved for it to stop.

“Good morning, Sir.” The carriage driver stopped the horses skillfully.

The ticketing officer beside him had his hand to his mouth while yawning.

“To Zouteland Street.” Klein scooped out two pennies from his pocket and four halfpence.

“Four pence,” the ticketing officer replied without any hesitation.

After paying for the ride, Klein got onto the carriage and found it empty. It exuded a clear loneliness amid the dark night.

“You are the first one,” said the carriage driver with a smile.

horses widened their pace

morning.” Klein sat near the

“From six in the morning to nine at night, but all I

there no breaks?” inquired Klein in

a week.” The carriage driver’s

six to eleven in the morning. Following that, we have lunch and an afternoon break. Near dinnertime, which is six in the evening, we replace our colleagues… Even if we do not need rest, the two

the past. There was an accident that should not have happened. Due to fatigue, a carriage driver lost control of his carriage and it toppled. It

carriage drove towards Zouteland Street and picked up seven to eight passengers

he did not converse further. He closed his eyes and recalled the experiences from yesterday, hoping

the sun was

with his left hand and briskly

outside Blackthorn Security Company after going up the flight of

still closed and had

ring of keys by his waist and found the corresponding

pushed forward as the door slowly opened. He saw the black-haired, green-eyed Leonard Mitchell sniffing

cigars… You seem to be in a rush?” the poet-like Nighthawk

asked instead

pointed at

office. As an advanced Sleepless, he only needs two hours of sleep in the day. I believe it’s

and quickly passed through the partition. He saw that Dunn Smith had opened the door to his office and he was standing at

the matter?” Dressed in his black windbreaker, he held

feeling of déjà vu came to me. It should be the notebook. The Antigonus family’s notebook.” Klein tried hard to make his answer clear

Smith’s expression did not

him. This

notice it back then until I had

out on making huge contributions.” Leonard, who had walked to the partition,

as he instructed with a solemn expression, “Get Kenley to replace Old Neil’s watch

acting frivolous as he immediately informed Kenley and Frye who were in the Nighthawks’ entertainment room. One of them was a Sleepless and the other was

of the Nighthawks began driving down the sparse streets in the

in as the carriage driver, lashing

on one side. Facing them were Dunn Smith and

either had not been under the sun in a very long while or he had a severe blood deficiency. He looked to be in his thirties with black hair and blue eyes. He had

again in detail.” Dunn adjusted the collar of

began from their mission commissioning until the dream. By the side, Old

to be entwined with that Antigonus family’s notebook. I never expected you to meet it in such a

of Elliott’s kidnapping. It was solely a crime motivated

It was too coincidental!

ideas as he was in deep thought. Likewise, Corpse Collector Frye maintained his