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?

by shock as he did not dare think deeper, afraid that he would place

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

was moldy and there were about seven gray,

go downstairs to get patrolling cops and explain the situation here,”

Leonard turned and left

Dunn opened the door to two other

a white handkerchief he brought along with him and said, “The time of death was more

to look at Old Neil and

Spirit Vision

the beginning. As you know, there will usually be similar processes when we use ritualistic magic,” Old Neil thought for a few seconds

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

faint footsteps grew louder as Leonard

began knocking on the doors of the residents

later, the corporal with his two silver chevrons looked at the corpse on

Bieber. Between 55 and 60 years old. Widow. Has rented this apartment with

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

the policeman continued, Klein already knew the critical point that

be more precise, it was unknown where Ray

very well be on

Dunn looked at the police officer. He was acting as the role of a

acting since he was indeed a high-ranking inspector on the police department’s roster. His salary and various

police officer shook his head nervously and said, “I’m not sure… I’ll have to return to the station to search for it. It’s

questioning the residents on the first floor. Ask them in

he closed the door and turned

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

from a pocket in his black classic robe and scattered

pulled out a clump of powder and

noticed that there was an invisible forcefield around him. It separated him

being prepared, Klein vaguely heard

the windows and

felt goosebumps all over him. He found it difficult to describe. A terrifying “smell” that made him afraid of looking directly

tensed up, unable to relax. It felt as though he had plunged into a state similar to what one would have after working on

eyes opened, his eyes

pen from his pocket and began drawing on a piece of scrap

a face with recessed eyes and a tall nose bridge rapidly

hair was done, Old Neil wrote a

hair, deep blue eyes. Left of his mouth is a

The fountain pen in Old Neil’s hand fell onto

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

back to his original spot and slowly circled it. The invisible forcefield that isolated things immediately dissipated in the form

Lady.” Old Neil tapped his chest in four spots,