Lord of the Mysteries

Half past seven in the evening, around the Moretti family’s dining table.

“Klein, why do you need to be at work so early as a consultant? Would emergency matters at the security company be more dangerous?” Benson forked a potato from a dish of potato-stewed beef as he raised the matter in concern.

Klein carefully spat out the bones from a pan-fried dish and gave his prepared answer.

“A batch of historical documents needed immediate shipping to Backlund. I had to be present to handle the handover and make sure there was nothing missing. As you can guess, the bunch of fist-swinging bastards don’t know any Feysac.”

Upon hearing his answer, Benson, who had finished chewing his food, could not help but sigh.

“Knowledge is truly important.”

Making use of this opportunity, Klein took out the remaining five-pound note and handed it to Benson.

“This is my additional payment I received today. It’s time you get some decent clothes too.”

“Five pounds?” Benson and Melissa said in unison.

Benson took the note and looked at it repeatedly. He said in both shock and doubt, “This security company sure is generous…”

His weekly salary was one pound ten soli, which meant six pounds exactly every four weeks. He only earned one additional pound from this additional payment!

And with that salary, he had managed to support his siblings, giving them a decent place to stay and allowing them to eat meat two to three times a week. Every year, they could get a few new clothes!

“Are you doubting me?” Klein deliberately returned with a question.

Benson chuckled. “I doubt you have the ability nor the guts to rob a bank.”

“You aren’t someone who can lie,” Melissa answered seriously after lowering her fork and knife.

I-I’m now someone used to lying… Klein immediately felt a little ashamed.

Although it was a result of the circumstances of his reality, his sister’s belief in him left him melancholic.

“It was relatively urgent and important today. I also played a crucial role… which is the reason for the five pounds,” Klein explained.

In a way, what he said was the truth.

As for the five pounds that he would be reimbursed with—the one he would use to join the Divination Club—he planned on concealing it. Firstly, if he brought five pounds home again, he would truly scare his siblings, making them suspect he was doing something illegal. Secondly, he had to save to buy additional materials to practice being a Seer and to grasp more mysticism knowledge.

Benson bit off a mouthful of wheat bread in satisfaction and thought for more than ten seconds.

“The work I’m at doesn’t need any decent clothes. Well, to be precise, the clothes at home are sufficient.”

plan on buying a few books on accountancy and studying. Klein, Melissa, I do not wish

read some of the grammar books in my room? To be truly dignified and to earn a handsome

to come, the civil servant examinations will appear in Loen Kingdom. Preparing ahead of time

eyes lit up when

indeed forgotten about that. Here,

poured clear oyster soup into three cups and

at his sister who was wrestling with the pan-fried fish. He chuckled

up and shook

think

Klein finished the sentence

Melissa nodded in

seek the best fabrics and the newest designs, it would not be too expensive. We can save up the remaining money,” said Klein

“Melissa, are you planning on wearing the old dress again to

Melissa’s classmate and good friend. She came from quite a good family background. Her elder brother was a practicing solicitor and her father was

the so-called bash was only a dinner invitation to friends where

head and mumbled a response. Then, she

suddenly

send a calling card over. She wishes to make a formal

Shaud?” Klein looked at his siblings,

the side of the table with

Shaud from 4 Daffodil Street? I met her husband before.

he knows Selena’s brother,” said Melissa with some

are at 2 Daffodil Street… Klein

get to know our neighbors, but as you know, I still have to be at the

neighbors of his former life when he was young, as well as the neighbors in the apartment from Iron Cross Street. He was amused as

visits… Shouldn’t neighbors get to know each

aware. You have read a lot of newspapers recently, but you have not broached the magazines catered towards families and middle-aged women. They placed families with an annual income of a hundred to a thousand pounds as middle-class. They promoted it as the framework of the entire kingdom and praised how the middle-class doesn’t have the arrogance of

it becomes a target of the middle-class. Thus, this

spoke, he shook

They will visit their neighbors and friends from two

and Melissa

from two to

fork and knife,

I did was read the magazines my female colleague

gatherings. Later, it was considered as formal attire

Mrs. Smyrin. We must not

…

was a Sunday

his halved top hat. Picking up his silver-inlaid black cane, he

greeted Rozanne who was planning to sleep in the break room after finishing her night duty. After which, he went all the

corner, he met a