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?

was gripped by shock as he did not dare think deeper, afraid that he would place himself on the trajectory of losing

to a cupboard. He suddenly reached out his

bread inside was moldy and there were about seven

get patrolling cops and explain the situation here,”

Leonard turned and

that, Dunn opened the door to two other

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

Dunn turned to look

longer in Spirit Vision state shook

the beginning. As you know, there will usually be similar

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

footsteps grew louder

once he caught the noxious smell. He immediately cooperated with his “colleague” from the Special Operations Department and began knocking on the doors of the residents on the second floor to gain an understanding of

corporal with his two silver chevrons looked at

60 years old. Widow. Has rented this

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

the policeman continued, Klein already knew the critical point

precise, it was unknown

could very well be

at the police officer. He was acting as the role of

inspector on the police department’s roster. His salary and various allowances were also paid according to his rank. Of course,

sure… I’ll have to return to the station to search for it. It’s not typical for us to

the first floor. Ask them in detail.” Dunn gave

leave, he closed the door and turned to Old

to you. If not, we will have to make all the residents sleep and obtain Ray Bieber’s looks. Yea, I don’t really

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

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

influenced by the nauseating smells in 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 in its

lips mumbled a soft and indiscernible incantation. Without being prepared, Klein vaguely heard the words, “Goddess, give

wind tore through the windows and blew up

difficult to describe. A terrifying “smell”

It felt as though he had plunged into a state similar to what one would have after working

Neil’s eyes

his pocket and began drawing on a piece of

his gaze and saw a face with recessed eyes and a tall nose bridge rapidly

curly short hair was done, Old Neil wrote a single

blue eyes. Left of his

The fountain pen in Old Neil’s hand fell onto the paper

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

circled it. The invisible forcefield that isolated things immediately

Old Neil tapped his chest in four