Lord of the Mysteries

Klein looked at the serious Dunn Smith and smiled suddenly.

“Captain, I understood something yesterday.”

“And what is that?” Dunn repeated the question in a serious tone. He leaned back and unfolded his crossed arms.

Klein recalled the script that he had prepared.

“As I was concluding my past experiences, I realized that the names of Sequence potions encompass a whole set of principles that can help us gain control over them, a set of principles that allow us to avoid the negative impacts. When we’re doing things according to these set of principles, we seem to become a member of the corresponding job.

“Similarly, these sets of principles are hidden. They aren’t made known to you directly. All we can do is make conclusions from the corresponding job bit by bit, then adjust our understanding based on the different feedback we receive.

“Thus, when I became a real Seer at the Divination Club and obtained my set of principles for the Seer, the auditory and visual illusions that plagued me just vanished.

“That is what I understood.”

After finishing his narration, Klein heaved a sigh to himself. He said everything he needed to say, other than explicitly mentioning the term ‘acting.’

Sigh, let’s hope that the Captain doesn’t tell the Church that I’ve already developed such ideas when he is asked. That would place much more attention on me… There’s also the factor of the relationship between the Seer pathway and the Antigonus family. That might cause trouble eventually. But the Captain has also experienced all kinds of situations, and he’s an experienced and smart person. Once he understands the “acting method,” he’ll definitely notice that the Church is hiding relevant information. He’ll know what he should say and what he shouldn’t… Klein had many complicated thoughts.

But he quickly made a decision and had a plan.

If the Captain was still unable to understand the “acting method” or sense of the cover-up by the Church, then I’ll tell him straight up before submitting the special application!

Yes, I’ll probe him first and determine what he knows…

Dunn listened to Klein’s description in silence, his gray eyes becoming even deeper.

He was silent for nearly twenty seconds as he rubbed his temples before he picked up his pipe and took a whiff.

After sniffing it, he took out a matchbox, seemingly forgetting about the rules of the Nighthawks.

The white smoke billowed into the air as Dunn closed his eyes, seemingly appreciating the smell of tobacco.

After a while, he opened his eyes and smiled at Klein.

“I’m sorry, I forgot that you don’t smoke.”

“Smoking is bad for your health,” Klein answered in all seriousness.

Dunn thought with his pipe in his hand.

have understood something

don’t understand anything! Just don’t loiter in my

the special application to me…” Dunn said to Klein, half-jokingly

it tomorrow? Klein replied inwardly. He took

Neil’s. Today’s mysticism lessons are

Klein leave, his

way towards the steps leading to the basement in high spirits. He saw two strangers, a male and a female,

another two days, definitely within this week, I’ll submit my

a series of inspections and become

…

passage, Klein turned to the armory and pushed the guard

had a shock

looked dispirited, his face was pale. He yawned constantly as he said, “I’ve been a little constipated lately. I tried ritualistic magic that can solve such problems last night. In

has been solved… Klein nearly laughed, seeing that it wasn’t a

he controlled himself. He asked,

twice. He used his Spirit Vision to observe the aura of

yellow and the kidney’s orange colors, but it’s nothing too serious and is within an acceptable range… Klein heaved a sigh

medicine for the diarrhea from Frye.” Old Neil yawned like a

help you guard the armory and study here.

back, his eyes glimmering as he answered, “Lad, you surely are

hand the armory over to

cushion he had placed on his knees and rushed out of the guard

…

task involved escorting a rich merchant to the harbor for a deal. Leonard and Kenley completed

his shooting, and getting tortured

huff… Klein gasped for air. He only regained the ability to take a shower and change after

He spent two soli on a carriage and investigated the other

very grave when the last house with the red chimney left his field of

has just become troublesome. I wonder how much time I would need to investigate about 1600 houses… Sigh. I

I’ll try to complete it within three months, no—two months! Who knows, the target might be found

the material when I get back and plan a

banishing his

he planned to instruct the driver to turn toward Daffodil Street. However, he suddenly realized

Azik went for his holiday, he did write to tell me that he would be back sometime this week, but he didn’t specify the exact date. Since it’s on the way, I’ll leave a note for him. Also, I rented this carriage for an hour with two soli, and the time’s

later, he alighted from the carriage and arrived

than those at Daffodil Street, but not as good as those on Howes Street. There was a patch of grass in front of the house, and

Ding! Ding! Ding!

rope outside the door and sounded the bell within