Lord of the Mysteries

2 Daffodil Street. Inside the living room that was painted with the luster of dusk.

Klein stood in front of the oriel window as he told Frye and Leonard.

“My divination revealed something. I saw a grayish-blue two-story building in my dream. The windows on the first floor were all shut tight, and the curtains were drawn. It’s surrounded by a few meters of brown soil without any greenery or flowers. It also has a terribly gloomy garden, just like the kind you find in a horror story.

“The only characteristic that can be used to identify it is a nearby river, a slightly broad river.

“It might be the Tussock River or Khoy River. We could only find out through process of elimination. Hopefully we can still make it in time.”

The Tussock River was the biggest river in the Loen Kingdom, coming down from the northwest where the Mirminsk mountain was. It flowed towards the southeast, passing by the Midseashire, Awwa County, and then passing through the capital, Backlund, and into the sea near Pritz Harbor.

The locations where it converged in Tingen City included the southwest corner of the West Borough and the harbor in the South Borough. The source of the Khoy River came from the northern York Mountain as it passed through the university district in the East Borough and locally merged with the Tussock River.

Those were the two main rivers around Tingen. The rest could only be considered streams, and none of them had an expansive water surface.

Upon hearing Klein’s description, the pale and cold Frye nodded lightly in agreement.

Since there were no other clues, process of elimination was the only efficient method!

Just then, Leonard smiled and said, “Perhaps we can narrow down the possible locations of the target.”

“How do we narrow down the possibilities?” Klein frowned and asked in reply as he looked at the silver vine-leaf pocket watch.

Leonard chuckled.

“A criminal with a plan and a goal would select targets somewhere far away from the location of his altar. This is a result of their natural instinct—to be safe.

“Only when there aren’t many soon-to-be-dead people left in the areas far from his altar would he consider the nearer targets.

“So, we should read through the information again, exclude the areas where the number of death incidents rose rapidly above average standards.

Klein’s eyes lit up when he heard that.

“Brilliant conjecture!”

At the same time, he sighed inwardly, I really don’t have the talent to be a detective!

Frye nodded and picked up the documents on the coffee table and started reading it again.

After a few minutes, he deepened his hoarse voice and said, “There really is such a region, and there’s only one possibility.”

“Which area?” Klein asked.

next to him.

Klein clenched

the southwestern area of West

the papers in his hands in agreement, as though he wasn’t the one

…

the sunset reflected off of a broad river that was

the carriage, inspecting one house after another. They were searching for a grayish-blue house with a dilapidated garden. If possible, they

spot, leaning against the wall of the carriage as he

of

of the building was a gloomy

it!” Klein said while

and Leonard squeezed over to look out the window. There was almost no space

that were drawn on the first floor appeared

they had the right building; he was completely certain that it was the building that he saw in his dream. That was where the

carriage driver to continue driving forward. They passed their target and continued away from it,

they turned around, Leonard told the driver to stop the

this carriage and tell the Captain to come here for assistance.” Leonard snapped his fingers and

as a rookie and that I shouldn’t be involved in such a dangerous mission?

Frye nodded in agreement.

and your job is a support

person who could kill so many in order to hold a ritual won’t be an easy opponent. Only the Captain could make this situation less terrifying… Klein took a breath and

at Leonard, then at Frye before forcing a smile and

Until the Captain arrives, we’ll

anything but

was quiet for a while, he then took out a copper penny and said, “Let me divine once

a good outcome.” He flipped the coin at

Dang!

flipped into the air, then landed firmly in Klein’s

it was the King’s head. He immediately let out a breath

is to be careful and prudent at all times,” he explained to Frye and

turned around. He

naggy as my eighty-year-old

nodded seriously and got off with his

the revolver in his

driver, who had been hired by the hour, didn’t object but allowed the horses to continue the

…

36 Zouteland Street.

entered the Blackthorn Security Company, Rozanne, Mrs. Orianna, and the others had already gotten off work. It

sofa in the guest area. The gas lamp was unlit, and he seemed to blend into the darkness