Lord of the Mysteries

2 Daffodil Street. Klein nodded at Azik and briskly walked to the door of his house, fished out his keys, and opened the door.

Melissa was already home, so she heard the click of the door lock and quickly came out of the kitchen and into the living room.

Upon seeing Klein, she said with eyes beaming with joy, “I bought groceries. There’s chicken, potatoes, onions, fish, turnips, and peas. I even bought a small jar of honey.”

Sis, are you also getting used to the occasional luxury? Klein chuckled.

“You’ll have to prepare dinner tonight. Count me out for I’ll be out of town. I might not return until dawn. Yea, I’m doing a favor for Mr. Azik, a teacher from the Khoy University’s Department of History.”

As he spoke, he turned sideways and pointed at the carriage that was waiting outside.

Melissa’s lips opened and closed twice, before she pursed them and said, “Alright.”

Klein bade his sister farewell and left. He got into the rented carriage that Azik had hired and traveled two hours and forty minutes to Lamud Town.

It was almost nine at that point. The sky was dark, and they could only rely on the crimson moonlight and the twinkling starlight that penetrated the clouds to illuminate the areas without street lamps.

After he instructed the driver to wait in town, Klein led Azik towards the ancient abandoned castle.

As they walked, he realized that Azik was walking faster, to the point of him having to break out into a small jog to keep up. In the end, it was Azik who led the way.

Klein wanted to say something initially, but cleverly swallowed his words when he saw Azik’s solemn expression and tightly pursed lips.

With such speed, they quickly arrived at the ancient castle.

The castle which was almost a wreckage extended itself in all four directions while its spire looked desolate, wild, eerie, and dark.

Azik looked at the ancient castle and slowed down his footsteps.

He stopped there and his gaze looked profound but lost, as though he was hovering between dreams and reality.

Suddenly, he groaned in pain, lifting his hand to pinch his forehead while his muscles looked distorted with agony.

“Mr. Azik, are you okay?” Klein asked carefully as he activated his Spirit Vision.

When they were onboard the hired carriage, making their way from Daffodil Street to Lamud Town, he had done a quick divination by flipping a coin to see if there would be any danger on their trip.

But he believed that divination wasn’t all-powerful, and he kept his guard up to prevent any misinterpretation on his part. Plus, Azik was quite mysterious. No one knew about his past, and it was uncertain how he would respond if he were to be stimulated by an encounter with his past. Caution and worry had accompanied Klein throughout the trip.

Azik didn’t reply immediately but took another two steps forward with a pained expression. He relaxed the hand that was holding his forehead. He then pointed forward with a dreamy tone.

“I’ve seen this ancient castle before in my dream.

complete with a robust outer wall and a

that there was a stable there, a water well there, and a barracks there.

or eight years old, but he enjoyed running around while dragging a

about it being too gloomy in

…

the color of his energy field, and what the man said made his scalp

transcendental creature that has lived for fourteen hundred years? Is he a human or an evil spirit? No way, there are no such things as evil spirits running around under broad daylight

stopped muttering and took huge strides through the

way into the castle without Klein’s guidance. He found the hidden gear with obvious familiarity and opened the secret door to

his cane tightly, Klein followed behind Azik. They walked down along the stairs and returned to the place where

coffin was closed and the warm and pure feeling

Corpse Collector…Klein nodded thoughtfully and

hands to push the coffin lid until

gazed at the skeleton without a skull for a long time, and he suddenly wailed in

with heavy footsteps. He staggered and fell against the

face with his hands and sat there

and extended his hands, but he retracted them again, not daring

that the current Mr. Azik was very scary, so scary that the

slowly moved closer to

trusted Mr. Azik’s character, but he was afraid that

uneasy situation, he waited for a few more minutes. Then, he finally saw Azik lower his

my Spirit Vision, his aura colors don’t have any obvious changes. His emotions are in low

but it’s very minor.” Azik spoke

he looked around and

sense the power that

stunned. Pleasantly surprised, he asked in reply, “Can you

scene who stayed in the red chimney house created coincidences in secret and came to Lamud’s ancient castle to take

to do? What

I’d like to try.” There seemed to be a volcano that was close to

“How?” Klein asked curiously.

and gazed upon the

child’s skull. I want

Mr. Azik, are you sure the black armored knight is your child? So you really are an antique… You really lost your memory after such a long time? This is the price you have to pay in order to obtain such longevity? Klein took a silent breath,

and suddenly cut

red blood accurately dripped

the skeleton, and

the sound of a baby crying and

before turning around slowly.

the stairway that connected to the