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

and a barracks there. Over there was a

boy. He was only about seven or eight years old, but he enjoyed running around while dragging a

always complained about it being too gloomy

…

the man said made his scalp

a 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 and getting involved with the Nighthawks… Klein couldn’t help with his thoughts and allowed them to

and took huge strides

all the way into the castle without Klein’s guidance. He found the

walked down along the stairs and returned to the

previous time, the coffin was closed and the warm and

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

extended his hands to push the

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

and fell against the wall

and sat there

quickened his pace and extended his hands, but he retracted

his spiritual perception told him that the current Mr. Azik

slowly moved closer to

but he was

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

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

it’s very minor.” Azik spoke with an

looked

sense the power that made your fate

surprised, he asked in reply, “Can you trace

in secret and came to Lamud’s ancient castle to take

do? What

to be a volcano that was close to erupting

“How?” Klein asked curiously.

the coffin and gazed upon the skeleton

child’s skull. I want to find him

So you really are an antique… You really lost your memory after such a long time? This is the price you have to pay

and suddenly cut his index finger with his

fresh red blood accurately

and the entire

baby crying and felt that there

turning around slowly. However, there was nothing in sight. Nothing

the stairway that connected to the ground