Lord of the Mysteries

Eugh! Eugh!

Klein squatted there, vomiting involuntarily. He was soon done with his puking since he did not eat breakfast.

At that moment, a tin-colored square flask that looked like a cigarette box appeared in front of him.

The mouth which had lost its stopper emitted a mixture of smells akin to tobacco, disinfectant, and mint leaves. It cleared up Klein’s nose and rejuvenated him.

The pungent smell continued to linger, but Klein no longer felt nauseous. He soon stopped vomiting.

He traced the tiny flask up and saw a pale hand that did not seem to belong to a member of the living. He saw the mouth of a black windbreaker’s sleeve and saw Corpse Collector Frye with his cold and dark bearing.

“Thank you.” Klein recovered completely and with his hands on his knees, he stood back up.

Frye nodded without any expression.

“It’ll be fine once you are used to it.”

He put back the flask’s stopper and put it into his pocket and turned around, walking to the highly decomposed corpse. Without gloves, he began examining the old woman. As for Dunn Smith and Leonard Mitchell, they paced slowly around the room, occasionally touching the table’s surface or newspapers.

Old Neil pinched his nose and stood outside the door, grumbling in a muffled voice, “Seriously gross. I’m going to request for additional pay this month!”

Dunn turned his head over and touched the wall beside the chimney with his gloved right hand. While doing so, he asked Klein, “Does this place look familiar?”

Klein held his breath and constructed the silver pocket watch in his mind to calm down.

With him already in his Spirit Vision state, he immediately felt different. A scene that came from the deepest recesses of his memories flashed past his eyes.

Chimney, rocking chair, table, newspapers, the rusty nails on the door, the tin cans inlaid with silver…

The scenes were dark and dull, like a documentary from Earth. However, it was even more blurry and illusory.

The scene quickly stacked against what Klein was seeing. The feelings of déjà vu and having been here before presented themselves clearly. An illusory and ethereal scream seemed to pass through invisible walls:

“Hornacis… Flegrea… Hornacis… Flegrea… Hornacis… Flegrea…”

“It feels a little familiar.” Klein answered honestly while his brain felt a stabbing pain. Thankfully, he quickly tapped his glabella twice.

Hornacis… The Hornacis mountain range that appeared in original Klein’s diary?

That is content that was deciphered from the Antigonus family’s notebook…

The murmurs were very similar to one of the previous ones. It involved the word ‘Hornacis’ Is this a form of enticement?

did not dare think deeper, afraid that he would place himself on

walked to a cupboard. He suddenly reached out his hand and pulled open its

and there were about seven

to get patrolling cops and explain the situation here,”

and left the

door to two other bedrooms and did a

any sign of the Antigonus family’s notebook, Frye also stood up. He wiped his hands with a white handkerchief he brought along with him and said, “The

discover anything?” Dunn turned to look at Old

longer in Spirit Vision state shook their

the corpse, everything else is normal. Actually, no, there was an invisible energy sealing the apartment in the beginning. As you know, there will

the door. A few seconds later, Klein and Old Neil sensed something and turned to

later, faint footsteps grew louder as Leonard walked up

Special Operations Department and began knocking on the doors of the residents on the second floor to

two silver chevrons looked at

Has rented

son is about thirty years old and is single. He inherited his father’s trade and earns about one pound and fifteen soli a week. According to their neighbors, they have not seen them

policeman continued, Klein already knew the

more precise, it was

could very

a picture of Ray Bieber?” Dunn looked at the police officer.

on the police department’s roster. His salary and various allowances were also paid according

police officer shook his head nervously and said, “I’m not sure… I’ll have to return to the station to

the residents on the first floor. Ask

the police officer leave, he closed the

have to make all the residents sleep and obtain Ray Bieber’s looks. Yea, I don’t really trust sketches based

He took out a few thumb-sized bottles from a pocket in his black classic robe

that, he pulled out a clump of powder and scattered it

the room. Klein also suddenly noticed that there was an invisible forcefield around him. It separated him from

his eyes as his lips mumbled a soft and indiscernible incantation. Without being prepared, Klein vaguely heard the words, “Goddess, give me strength,” “We

sudden wind tore through the windows

he felt goosebumps all over him. He found it difficult to describe.

had plunged into a state similar to what one would have after working on a highly

eyes

out a fountain pen from his pocket and began drawing on a piece of scrap paper on the table.

saw a face with recessed eyes and a tall nose bridge

done, Old Neil wrote a

hair, deep blue eyes. Left of his mouth is

Neil’s hand fell onto the paper as his body convulsed a few

image of Ray Bieber according to what’s left in the room.” Old Neil whispered as the color of his eyes restored

The invisible forcefield that isolated things immediately dissipated in the form of

his chest in four spots,