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.

No way, even though he’s petty and stingy, and wants to

is on the brink of losing control.” Klein consoled Rozanne. He quickly made his way past the partition and opened the door

the sudden intrusion, nearly

didn’t blame Klein, his expression

hiding anything, “Captain, my divination tells

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

I became a Beyonder, I saw a pair of mysterious eyes looking over everything behind Old Neil. There

something was off and, thus, attempted

up immediately. As he walked over to to the coat rack,

Old Neil hasn’t acted any differently from ordinary Beyonders. 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 that he’s relatively healthy other than his frailty that’s due to his age. Thus, I think that he’s only close to

on his black

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

use ritualistic magic to

idea when he

could we use Sealed

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,

“Number: 0611.

“Name: Peaceful Hair Strands.

be used carefully. It can only be applied for

Nighthawk

direct contact with

decoration formed with many strands of

as contact is made with a living being without any protection, the living being would lose all their desires and emotions, including, but not limited to: Hunger, Anger, Grief, Pain, Envy,

desire to break contact with it. They will silently stay in their spot until the end

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

than two hours, the victim would become silent for

Sequence tested

by

of hair aren’t equipped with the capability to live. It doesn’t have any inclinations of escaping the

It was something left behind when a Captain of the Nighthawks

Dunn nodded after he

retrieve the Sealed Artifact from Chanis Gate and submit the application

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

mission?” Royale asked

serious tone, “Pay Old Neil

her eyes wide as

yet.” Klein

didn’t speak any further. They slipped into silence, turning the mood

few minutes passed, and Dunn finally returned from