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?

dare think deeper, afraid that he would place himself

to a cupboard. He suddenly reached out

bread inside was moldy and there were about seven

downstairs to get patrolling cops

and left

door to two other bedrooms and did

were no clues as well as 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 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

discover anything?” Dunn turned to look at Old Neil and

no longer in Spirit

As you

door. A few seconds later, Klein and Old Neil

footsteps grew louder as Leonard

expression changed 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

two silver chevrons

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

father’s trade and earns about one pound and fifteen soli a week. According to their neighbors, they have not seen them

the policeman continued, Klein already knew

it was

notebook could very well be on

of Ray Bieber?” Dunn looked at the police officer. He was acting as 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

to the station to search for

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

officer leave, he

you. If not, we will have to make all the residents sleep

Neil nodded. He took out a few thumb-sized bottles from a pocket

clump of powder and

noticed that there was an invisible forcefield around him. It separated him from the environment and everyone else.

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

A sudden wind tore through the windows and blew up the

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

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

eyes opened, his

drawing on a piece of scrap paper on the

and saw a face with recessed eyes

short hair was done, Old Neil wrote a single

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

fountain pen in Old Neil’s hand fell onto the paper as his body

Ray Bieber according to what’s left in the

turned back to his original spot and slowly circled it. The invisible

in four spots, forming the shape