Lord of the Mysteries

What? Klein was left dumbfounded when he heard Rozanne’s question. He recalled in his daze, “I previously visited Old Neil’s place just last month. I saw a piano in the living room and he told me that his deceased wife loved music…”

As he spoke, Klein suddenly became alarmed as he began having unpleasant thoughts.

Rozanne knitted her beautiful brows and said with uncertainty, “Perhaps I remembered wrong… No, Mrs. Orianna and I frequented Old Neil’s place during the earlier half of the year. There was no piano in his living room back then. I clearly remember asking him why he chose to remain single. His answer was that he hasn’t met a lady that he wished to marry…”

There was no piano during the earlier half of the year, and he answered the question of why he chose to remain single… Klein tightened up and asked in a deep voice, “Rozanne, how long has it been since you visited Old Neil’s place?”

“Not ever since Kenley became a Nighthawk, and Viola chose to resign as a clerk. I’ve been either burning the midnight oil or catching up on sleep, so how could I have the time to visit him? It’s been… since the beginning of June.” Rozanne became a little lost upon receiving the question, so all she did was answer honestly.

Klein’s heart sank, as if he sensed something was wrong.

He fished out a halfpence from his pocket and held it between his thumb and middle finger.

He took a deep breath and quickly decided on a divination statement.

“There’s something wrong with Old Neil’s current situation.

“There’s something wrong with Old Neil’s current situation.”

…

His pupils quickly darkened as he recited the statement silently and entered Cogitation.

Ding!

He flicked his thumb, pushing the brass coin into the air and allowing it to spin.

Pak! The coin fell right into Klein’s open palm.

This time, the portrait of George III was facing up.

The portrait signified that it was correct, that it was positive.

That meant that there really was something wrong with Old Neil’s current situation!

As Klein clenched the coin, he suddenly remembered the translucent pair of cold and ruthless eyes without any brows that he had seen behind Old Neil when he had just become a Beyonder and was experimenting with his Spirit Vision.

Old Neil had explained that the pair of eyes was a characteristic of ritualistic magic!

That’s right, I also saw an almost formless human figure by the door at the periphery of the light. The color of its aura was identical to the surrounding darkness… Also, after I completely digested the Seer potion, I secretly changed the way I activated my Spirit Vision to the tapping of my left molar. I happened to look at Old Neil and he suddenly coughed violently… Scene after scene appeared in Klein’s mind, turning his expression grim.

at him and asked in fear, “Did Old Neil lose control? No way, even though he’s petty and stingy, and wants to be reimbursed for all of his expenses, he’s still a good

that Old Neil is on the brink of losing control.” Klein consoled Rozanne. He quickly made his way past the partition

by the sudden intrusion, nearly choking on

happened?” He didn’t blame Klein, his expression instantly becoming

hiding anything, “Captain, my divination tells me that there’s something wrong with

that his late wife loved music, but today, Rozanne told me

Old Neil. There was also an almost transparent human figure near the door spying on us. He told me

was off and, thus, attempted a

coat rack, he asked in puzzlement, “Why

who had lost control. I’ve also observed the colors of his aura from time to time and noticed that he’s relatively healthy other than his frailty that’s due to his age.

put on his black hat and windbreaker

very reasonable deduction… Let’s go pay a visit to Old Neil now,

control him and use ritualistic magic to stabilize his condition to

had an idea when he heard

we use Sealed

he had been too flustered, too uneasy, and too

“Number: 0611.

“Name: Peaceful Hair Strands.

Grade: 3. Considerably dangerous. It has to be used carefully. It

classification: Official Nighthawk member or

direct

simple decoration formed with many strands

their desires and emotions, including,

living beings under 0611’s influence will even lose the desire to break contact with it. They will silently stay in their spot until

between the person and 0611, then the person will gradually recover. But experimental data suggests that the prerequisite to this is that the person has not been in contact with the Sealed Artifact for more than two

lasts for more than two hours, the victim would

Sequence tested is Sequence

can avoid contact by means such

the capability to live. It doesn’t have any inclinations of escaping the

advancement. It was something left behind when a Captain of the Nighthawks failed to advance to Sequence

Dunn nodded after he heard

room. I’ll retrieve the Sealed Artifact from Chanis Gate and submit the application after we come

time to waste! Klein didn’t dawdle. He immediately went to the recreation room and shouted

mission?” Royale asked

exhaled and said in a serious tone, “Pay Old Neil

Old Neil a visit… he?” Royale opened her eyes wide

not confirmed yet.” Klein

any further. They slipped into

minutes passed, and Dunn finally