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.

he’s petty and stingy, and wants to be reimbursed for all of his expenses, he’s still a good person. He

cannot be sure, but I think that Old Neil is on the brink of losing control.” Klein consoled Rozanne. He quickly made his way past

startled by the sudden intrusion, nearly choking on

blame Klein, his expression

answered simply without hiding anything, “Captain, my divination tells me that

late wife loved music,

a pair of mysterious eyes looking over everything behind Old Neil. There was also an almost transparent human figure

that something was off and, thus, attempted a

to the coat rack, he asked in puzzlement, “Why didn’t you

He even worked with me to help Swain deal with a Mandated Punisher who had lost control. I’ve also observed the colors of his aura from time to time and noticed

put on his black hat and windbreaker before

go pay a visit to Old Neil now, and oh—try

to control him and use ritualistic magic to stabilize

an idea

use

had been thinking about how he could resolve Old Neil’s problem and save him, but he hadn’t arrived at an answer as he had been too flustered, too uneasy, and too worried. He was reminded by Dunn Smith’s words and recalled that the Sealed Artifact might be

“Number: 0611.

“Name: Peaceful Hair Strands.

Considerably dangerous. It has to be used carefully. It can only

classification: Official Nighthawk

Method: No direct contact

simple decoration formed with many strands of

would lose all their desires and emotions, including, but not limited to: Hunger,

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

force is used to break contact between the person and 0611, then the person will gradually recover. But experimental data suggests that the

two hours, the victim would become silent for

highest Sequence tested is Sequence

avoid contact by means such

equipped with the capability to

appeared during a failed advancement. It was something left behind when a Captain of the Nighthawks failed

Dunn nodded after he heard

I’ll retrieve the Sealed Artifact from Chanis Gate and submit the application

way, no time to waste! Klein didn’t dawdle. He immediately went

mission?” Royale

in a serious tone, “Pay Old Neil a

a visit… he?” Royale opened her eyes wide as she

Klein shook his head

slipped into silence, turning the mood

few minutes passed, and Dunn finally returned from the