Lord of the Mysteries

Ding! Dong! A rope was being tugged, causing the doorbell and the sound it made to constantly tinkle and send its sound echoing throughout the spacious but relatively empty living room.

Klein, who was seated on the sofa reading a newspaper to study the various investment opportunities, stood up. He was wearing a white shirt and a black vest without a bow tie, just like what one would wear at home.

The first job in my career as a detective? But I can’t always be at home, waiting for a mission to arrive. Yes… I need to hang a notice on the door, along with a fountain pen, so that clients can write down the time of their next visit and allow me to prepare in advance… However, for a new detective in this profession, without any fame, doing so would basically be the same as not having a “next time”… Sigh, I can only go through the trouble of performing a divination in the morning to see if I would receive any jobs for the day. And if so, what time so as to make plans… Of course, it’s also possible that I would miss out on missions from powerful Beyonders. Well, so be it, it might be a good thing after all…

He walked to the door, and without looking through the peephole, the image of the visitors outside appeared in his mind:

One of them was an old lady in a black plush hat. Her back was slightly hunched, and her face was deeply wrinkled. Her skin was shriveled and sallow, but her dark dress was very formal and neat.

Her temples were completely white, but her blue eyes were quite lively. She was looking at the young man beside her, gesturing for him to pull the doorbell again.

The young man was in his twenties, with eyes similar to those of the old lady’s. In the progressively cold weather, he wore a black double-breasted coat, a half top hat, and a bow tie like he was about to attend a banquet, it was as if he wouldn’t relax his demands of himself at any moment.

With the help of a Clown’s premonition, Klein turned the handle, opened the door, and greeted his visitors with a smile before the bell could ring again.

“Good morning, Madam, Sir. What a wonderful day it is, at least up to this point for I have already seen the sun for five minutes.”

He spoke of the weather in a slightly exaggerated manner, small talk that had been popular in Backlund for more than a century.

“Yes, it’s always shy and doesn’t come out from behind the fog and the dark clouds.” The old lady nodded in agreement.

By her side, the lad asked, “Are you Detective Sherlock Moriarty?”

“Yes, and what may I help you with? I’m sorry, please come in. Let’s sit down and talk.” Klein turned his body to the side, making way for his guests as he pointed to the guest area.

“No, there’s no need. I don’t want to waste any time. My poor Brody is still waiting for me to save it!” the old lady said with a rather sharp voice.

“It?” Klein noticed the most important pronoun and suddenly had a bad feeling.

The very formally dressed young man nodded and said, “Brody is a cat owned by my grandmother, Madam Doris. He went missing last night, and I hope you can help us find him. We live at the end of this street, and I’m willing to pay you 5 soli for it. Of course, if you can prove that you’ve spent more time and effort than that, I’ll make it up to you.”

Find a cat? The reason why you’re entrusting me with this job is simply because of the convenience stemming from how we live on the same street… Klein felt that this wasn’t the detective career that he had imagined.

a clown… Well, I can’t turn down my first business deal. This is a seer’s point of view… He pondered for a few seconds and asked,

spoke out before the young man could open his

he ran off just like that. No, it must’ve gotten lost. I’ve placed lots of chicken breast in its bowl, but it refuses

curved up and said, “I’m very satisfied with your description, Mrs.

request. Alright, let’s go to your home now. I need to search for clues and find traces. You should be clear that the basis of my reasoning lies in the details.” Mrs. Doris didn’t consult her grandson as

on his coat and hat, picked up his cane, and followed Madam

parts of Backlund had been rebuilt with cement or asphalt. Even during a downpour, the roads

do your best to find Brody. It’s been one of the pillars of my grandmother’s

grandmother’s mind, so much so that she’s started

nodded and said, “I’ll do my best.

Cooper, a senior solicitor,”

Street

his favorite box. He always sleeps here.” Doris’s wrinkled face was filled

down and found several strands of black cat fur

up and gripped his silver-inlaid cane with the hand that

observe his surroundings

secretly slipped from the end of the cane but didn’t leave it completely. It just made it difficult for Jurgen or Doris to

after, the black silver-inlaid cane tilted to the side. It fell very slowly, with very little

cane again, looked in that direction,

he strode over to an old

of Brody running away?” Jurgen asked with concern. The

Klein kneeled and pulled open the door at the

Meow!

black cat darted out, tail high,

did you get locked in there?” Mrs. Doris cried, surprised and

head in

did you know it was in the

smiled, and replied in a deep voice, “Inference,

…

Doris and Jurgen, as well as their friendship, Klein returned to

even got close, he saw a figure loitering in front of his

When Klein looked over, he saw that the visitor was a boy of fifteen or sixteen, dressed in an old coat and a round hat