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.

was still complete with a robust outer wall

there was a stable there, a water well there, and a barracks there. Over there was a garden

or eight years old, but he enjoyed running around while dragging a broadsword that was taller than him.

wife always complained about it being too gloomy in the

…

of his energy field, and what the man said made his scalp tingle. He was also slightly touched, as though he was

No way, there are no such things as evil spirits

stopped muttering and took huge

found the

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

the previous time, the coffin was closed and the warm and pure

Collector…Klein nodded thoughtfully and watched the conflicted Azik walk in front

extended his hands to push the coffin

for a long time, and he suddenly wailed in

lurched backwards with heavy footsteps. He staggered and fell against

hands and sat there

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

then, his spiritual perception told him that the current Mr. Azik was very scary, so scary that the basement grew gloomy

slowly moved closer to the

Azik’s character, but he was afraid that the man

minutes. Then, he

is what my spiritual perception tell me… But in my Spirit Vision, his aura colors don’t have any obvious changes. His emotions are in low spirits, depressed and pained as before… Klein made a quick judgment and felt that Azik had become gloomier

minor.” Azik spoke with

he looked around and

that made

he asked in reply, “Can you

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

trying to do? What is his true

long, but, I’d like to try.” There seemed to be a

“How?” Klein asked curiously.

coffin and

took my child’s skull. I want

really lost your memory after such a long time? This is the

and suddenly cut his

red blood accurately dripped onto the

skeleton, and the entire skeleton suddenly

suddenly heard the sound of a baby crying and felt that there was

his revolver and pointed behind him before turning around slowly. However, there was nothing in sight.

the stairway that connected to the ground floor