Lord of the Mysteries

Seeing the unconvinced look his sister’s face, Klein suddenly felt like it was a good opportunity. He sized her up and said with a solemn expression, “Melissa, I think you aren’t showing enough respect to today’s banquet as well.”

“What?” Melissa wore a puzzled look.

Klein pointed at her neck.

“As a lady, you are lacking a necklace that accentuates that area.”

Without waiting for his sister to say another word, he smiled as he fished out a silver amulet wrapped with angel wings from his pocket.

“Thankfully, I prepared one for you.”

“…” Melissa was taken aback at first before she asked, “How much was it?”

Sis, your concerns are really quite misplaced… Klein silently scoffed as he explained with a chuckle, “It’s actually not very expensive. Since it was in an incomplete state, I imitated an item that I’ve seen before and engraved blessing incantations and beautiful patterns on them.”

“You engraved them?” Melissa was indeed distracted.

“How is it? What do you think of my work?” Klein took the opportunity to hand over the amulet to his sister.

Melissa studied it before gently biting down on her lip.

“I like the surrounding angel feathers.”

If you think the incantations and symbols I engraved are ugly then just say so. There’s no need to mince your words… An amulet’s value is in its effects! The corner of Klein’s mouth twitched. Just as he was about to urge his sister to accept it, he saw Melissa put on the necklace with a forced expression on her face. She then carefully adjusted the positioning of the amulet.

“Perfect.” Klein sized her up and gave her exaggerated praise.

Melissa shot him a glance and looked down at her amulet. She said listlessly, “Klein, you were never like that before. Acting like that…”

“Perhaps it’s because of my good job. With a decent income, I’ve become more confident.” Klein interrupted his sister and gave a preemptive explanation.

Sigh, even though I received the original Klein’s memory fragments, making myself appear natural in most major aspects, certain fine details are still there. I’m still used to presenting my real personality… Especially when I’m getting closer and more familiar with Benson and Melissa… He sighed inwardly.

Melissa seemed to accept his explanation and pouted her lips.

“It’s great that you’re like that… really great…”

After the two engaged in a short conversation, Benson came down having changed his clothes. He wore a white shirt with a black vested tuxedo. His black bowtie and a pair of long, straight trousers made it seem like he had undergone a complete makeover. It was like he was a successful businessman after years of hard work.

Same for the receding hairline… Klein chuckled inwardly.

well,” he said with

nodded in agreement on the

my clothing is more important than me.” Benson gave

opportunity to fish out the remaining amulet and repeated his explanation

it odd, even if you were to suddenly know how to style your hair,

just so full of surprises,” Klein replied with

walking out the main door. They took a trackless public carriage and arrived at the North Borough’s Fania Street where Selena’s house

house as well, but unlike Klein’s place, they had a porch.

around ten seconds before they were able to see the

a head covered in wine-red hair, the girl

this dress of yours. It makes

father, Mr. Wood, senior employee of Backlund Bank’s

elder brother. Welcome, our young historian.” He deliberately addressed Benson and Klein in an

he took off his hat and

of flattery had unknowingly

his hand and

and stiff, as though they’re the latest machines.

were to meet me at the bank, you

At times, she would mention in her usual tone that, “Elizabeth is already here,”

Klein helplessly looked at the two sixteen-year-old girls walking ahead of

handsome… Tsk, Miss Selena, how ugly did you imagine Benson and I to be? A balding, gloomy, fat man with a pale expression and lifeless eyes? Klein pinched his

is healthy. She’s excited and very happy… Mr. Wood’s lungs are a little problematic. Right, I see his pipe… Klein swept his gaze across the

that moment, Selena introduced

blue frilly dress walked over. She had

when he saw her because he knew the

an amulet

Melissa first before looking at Benson

her brows knitted slightly, as though she was

politely greeted them as though nothing had

to the sofa in the living room where they were introduced to Chris—Selena Wood’s brother—and the

other solicitors happily over the topic of

don’t have such socializing skills… He picked up a cocktail from a table in the corner of the room as he listened quietly. At times, he would

the guests arrived and the banquet

accommodate everyone. Therefore, the banquet was done in a buffet manner. The maidservant served the steak dishes, roast chicken, fried fish, mashed potatoes, etc and placed them on different tables. The male servants were responsible for carving the meat, allowing

and silver cutlery. He felt

thought of what his sister had previously mentioned, he was puzzled. “Yeah, it was probably to save up money to buy this cutlery that

a plate and walked in front of