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.

suits you very well,” he said with

nodded in agreement on

my clothing is more important than me.” Benson

out the remaining amulet and repeated his explanation from earlier before saying, “I also made

wouldn’t find it odd, even if you were to suddenly know how to style your hair, make clothes, fix watches, and feed

so full of surprises,” Klein replied with a

that, the siblings tidied themselves up before walking out the main door. They took a trackless public carriage and arrived at

in a terrace house as well, but unlike Klein’s place, they had

to wait for around ten seconds before they

a head covered in wine-red hair,

like this dress of yours. It makes

her father, Mr. Wood, senior

our young historian.” He deliberately addressed Benson and Klein in an exaggerated

off his hat and replied with a smile, “Mr. Wood, you look much

of flattery had unknowingly inclined

his hand and

bank employees, but they’re all equally arrogant and stiff, as though they’re the latest machines. None of them are as

the bank, you might not say that about

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

I have good hearing… Although you are flattering me… Klein helplessly looked at

considered handsome… Tsk, Miss Selena, how ugly did you imagine Benson and I to be? A

very happy… Mr. Wood’s lungs are a little problematic. Right, I

Melissa is here.” At that moment, Selena

walked over. She had naturally curled brown

was stunned when he saw her

choose an amulet

greeted Melissa first before looking

stunned and her brows knitted slightly, as

and politely greeted them

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

the other solicitors happily over

cocktail from a table in the corner of the room as he listened

take long before all the guests arrived and

guests had been invited, the Wood family’s dining table could not 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

saw the elegant enamel plates and silver cutlery.

would Chris need so many years to prepare for his wedding?” When he thought of what his sister had previously mentioned, he was puzzled. “Yeah, it was probably

picked up a plate and walked in front of a dining table.