Lord of the Mysteries

Faced with his sister’s question, all Klein could do was reply with a regretful smile, “Sore muscles.”

He originally believed that by consuming the Sequence potion, his constitution would be enhanced as a Beyonder, but the harsh reality told him that a Seer’s stats points were all allocated to his spirituality, mind, intuition, and interpretation. It didn’t aid him in adjusting to combat training quickly.

As for the original Klein, he had focused on his studies early on and had suffered from malnutrition. That led him to possess a below-average physical condition. The fact that he was having ‘after effects’ from working out was to be expected.

“Sore muscles? I remember you returning after dinner last night and you didn’t do anything else… Does alcohol cause sore muscles?” Melissa inquired with an inquisitive look.

Does alcohol cause sore muscles… Sis, that question… can’t help but make me have inappropriate thoughts… Klein laughed dryly and said, “No, this has nothing to do with alcohol. It was from yesterday afternoon. I joined the company’s combat training.”

“Combat?” Melissa was even more astonished.

Klein organized his thoughts and said, “Well, this is what happened. I considered it and believe that as a historical and relic consultant of a security company, it’s impossible for me to stay in the office or port warehouse forever. Perhaps there will come a day when I have to accompany them to the villages or an ancient castle, to the site of some relic. That might require me to hike, to cross rivers, and to walk a lot. I’ll have to endure all sorts of tests posed by nature, so I have to possess a sufficiently healthy body.”

“So you joined combat training to enhance your stamina?” Melissa seemed to understand her brother’s intention.

“That’s right,” Klein answered with great affirmation.

Melissa said with a frown, “But that isn’t gentlemanly… Don’t you always keep yourself to the standards of a professor? A professor only requires the ability to read historical documents, ponder over difficult questions, and maintain a polite and gentlemanly demeanor.

“Of course, I’m not saying that those aren’t all good things. I prefer men who can solve problems on their own, regardless of whether that solution requires brawn or brain.”

Melissa smiled.

Klein smiled and said, “No, no, no, Melissa. Your definition of a professor contains a misconception. A true professor can communicate with people gently and politely, but he can also educate the other person using the principles of physics by raising a cane to convince someone when there is an obstacle in communication.”

“Principles of physics…” Melissa was momentarily at a loss, but she quickly understood what her brother was saying. She was suddenly unable to retort him.

Klein didn’t say anything more but widened his pace with great difficulty as he headed for the bathroom.

Melissa stood there and looked for a few seconds. She suddenly shook her head and caught up to Klein.

“Do you need my help?”

She posed as if she was supporting someone.

“No, there’s no need to. I was hamming it up a bit earlier.” Klein felt humiliated. He suddenly stood straight and walked normally.

Watching her brother walk steadily to the washroom and close the door, Melissa pursed her lips and muttered, “Klein is getting more and more pretentious… I even believed that his muscle soreness was really that serious…”

In the bathroom, Klein stood behind the tightly shut door, his face suddenly contorting in pain.

his breath, tensed his body, and

he finally went downstairs with great effort, had breakfast, and saw Benson and Melissa off,

little while, Klein took his cane, donned his top hat,

…

with shade-providing foliage, flourishing with birds

along the river, Klein took a turn towards the history department. Then, he found

and entered the room, but he was shocked to see that the man sitting at his mentor’s

morning, Mr. Azik, Where’s my mentor? We made an appointment by letter to meet here at

topics, smiled and said, “Cohen had a last minute meeting and went

brown eyes, and gentle facial features. Being in his presence brought on an indescribable feeling, as though you could see in the man’s eyes that he had been through the vicissitudes of life. Under his

suddenly frowned as he carefully observed

at his attire. “Have I committed some breach

vest, white shirt, black bow tie, dark colored trousers, leather boots with

and

mind me. I suddenly noticed that you are way more energetic than before. You look

did my mentor manage

and took out a gray-covered book. “You are no longer a Khoy University student anymore. You can

took the academic monograph, and with

in-line with the current trends; it used hard paper as a hardcover and it was printed with an image like an abstract version of the main peak of Hornacis

found a seat. He flipped open the book and

book, he suddenly realized that there was a cup of rich and

down the silver saucer and pointed

you.” Klein nodded with

teaspoon of

Peak’s Relics, was not a very thick book. Klein finished reading it when it was

on the main peak of Hornacis Mountain and its surrounding area was obviously an advanced civilization, which existed as part

life appears similar to that of humans. I can assume

revered yet feared the darkness of the night. Hence, they called their god

didn’t need to be buried, because they didn’t die. However, that would be contradictory to the contents of the wall murals. In the wall murals, the people in the nation believed that death is not the end. They believed that their deceased family would protect them in the night. Hence, they would keep their deceased family members at home, on the bed, by their side, for

that for the

and continued to

of the Evernight obviously overlaps with

seemed to be no disturbance at all… The table was arranged with cutlery, and there were dried stains of rot on the dining plates… In some rooms,

nation’s people? They seemed to have left their homes in a hurry, without taking anything with them, and they never

no burial grounds, this only makes

even had the belief that the people residing

and cast his gaze at an

peak of the Hornacis mountain

photo, the lofty palace had a collapsed wall and was overgrown