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?

as he did not dare think deeper, afraid that he would place himself on the trajectory of

slightly and walked to a cupboard. He suddenly

moldy and there were about seven gray,

cops and explain the situation

turned and left

two other bedrooms and did

notebook, Frye also stood up. He wiped his hands with a white handkerchief he brought along with him and said, “The time of death was more than five days ago. There are no external injuries nor are there any clear signs that it was a result of Beyonder powers. The exact cause of death will require a

discover anything?” Dunn turned to look at

in Spirit Vision state shook their heads in

sealing the apartment in the beginning. As you

when he looked outside the door. A few seconds later, Klein

faint footsteps grew louder as Leonard walked up with

caught the noxious smell. He immediately cooperated with his “colleague” from the Special Operations Department and began knocking on the doors of the residents

the corporal with his two silver chevrons looked at the corpse

Bieber. Between 55 and 60 years old. Widow. Has rented this apartment with her son, Ray Bieber for more

old and is single. He inherited his father’s trade and earns about one pound and fifteen soli

policeman continued, Klein already

more precise, it was

could very well be on

looked at the police officer. He was acting

it was not really acting since he was indeed a high-ranking inspector on the police department’s roster. His salary and various allowances were also paid according to his rank. Of course, it did not include his salary from the

return to the station

questioning the residents on the first floor. Ask them in detail.” Dunn

officer leave, he closed the door

the residents sleep and obtain Ray

from a pocket in his black classic robe and scattered the liquids in a

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

the room. Klein also suddenly noticed that there was an invisible forcefield around him. It separated him from the environment and everyone else. It was like the room

as his lips mumbled a soft and indiscernible incantation. Without being prepared, Klein

A sudden wind tore through the windows and blew

difficult to describe. A terrifying “smell” that made him afraid of looking directly spread

unable to relax. It felt as though he had plunged into a state similar to

eyes

began drawing on a piece of scrap paper on the table. He was

gaze and saw a face with recessed eyes and a

done, Old Neil wrote a single line beneath the

blue eyes. Left of his mouth is

hand fell onto the paper as

of Ray Bieber according to what’s left in the room.”

and slowly circled it. The invisible forcefield that isolated things immediately

in four spots, forming the