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 as they proceeded

imagined there to be a public carriage so early in the morning.” Klein sat near the carriage driver and made idle chatter to divert his

said in a self-deprecating manner, “From six in the morning to nine at night, but all

there no breaks?” inquired

shifts to rest once a week.” The carriage driver’s tone

from 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 horses will

accident that should not have happened. Due to fatigue, a carriage driver lost control of

drove towards Zouteland Street and picked up seven

Klein was less tense, he did not converse further. He closed his eyes and recalled the

were bright when the sun was fully up, the carriage finally

his left hand and briskly jumped off

into 36 Zouteland Street and arrived outside Blackthorn Security Company after going up the flight

closed and had

of keys by his waist and found the corresponding brass key and inserted it

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

to be in a rush?” the poet-like Nighthawk asked in a relaxed

Captain?” Klein asked instead

at the

sleep in the day. I believe it’s a potion those factory owners or bankers

He saw that Dunn Smith had opened the door to his office

windbreaker, he held a gold-inlaid cane with a solemn and

should be the notebook. The Antigonus family’s notebook.” Klein tried hard to make his answer clear

Smith’s expression did not have any

him. This was possibly a flash of his spirit

and I saved the hostage yesterday. Opposite the kidnappers’ room. I didn’t notice it back then until I had a dream and received a revelation,” Klein did not

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

expression, “Get Kenley to replace

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

two-wheeled carriage that came under the jurisdiction of the Nighthawks began driving down

vest. He stood in as the carriage driver, lashing out a whip from time to time,

the carriage, Klein and Old Neil sat on

He looked to be in his thirties with black

the situation again in detail.” Dunn adjusted the

sleeve as he began from their mission commissioning

fate seems to be entwined with that Antigonus family’s notebook. I never expected you to meet it

Thankfully, Leonard just mentioned that there was no indication of hidden factions of mysterious powers at play from the preliminary investigations of Elliott’s kidnapping. It was solely a crime motivated by money. Otherwise, I would really

It was too coincidental!

deep thought. Likewise, Corpse Collector Frye