Lord of the Mysteries

Klein backed up from the fork in the path, without touching Zreal’s corpse.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Suddenly, a sound echoed in the distance through the empty sewers.

Klein listened for a few seconds before decisively retreating towards the exit, down the dirty concrete road that ran along both sides of the sewage channel.

There was no need to take risks in matters that didn’t involve him.

Klein closed the iron manhole cover after he climbed out of the sewers. After ensuring that the surrounding area looked normal, he returned to his rented room in the East Borough and changed out of his disguise.

Then, he put on his gold-rimmed glasses, walked to another street, took a rented carriage, and returned to Cherwood Borough in the silence and cold of three in the morning. However, he didn’t return to Minsk Street.

Then, Klein made another huge detour, and only after confirming that no one was following him, did he enter his house. He slept till dawn and was woken up by the doorbell.

He sat up immediately, put on his shirt, buttoned his vest, and hurried down to the first floor to open the door.

And even before that, his premonition ability as a Clown was already capable of naturally forming the image of the visitor in his mind.

The visitor was wearing an old coat, a brown round hat, and a tattered satchel. He had bright red eyes, a delicate face, and a quiet temperament. It was none other than Ian, the teenage boy who had come to entrust him with a job yesterday.

“Good morning, Detective Moriarty,” Ian greeted him and looked around. “Any progress? Yeah… I’m only asking because I happened to pass by.”

Klein nodded seriously and said, “Yes.”

“…” Ian seemed shocked as he didn’t say a word for quite a while.

After a while, he stammered in surprise, “Have you determined Mr. Zreal’s condition?”

“Yes.” Klein paused for a moment, then said seriously, “I found Zreal’s corpse.”

“Corpse…” Ian’s pupils shrank as he repeated it in a low tone.

He wasn’t too surprised, as if he had already expected the worst possible outcome.

Klein watched silently without interjecting.

“Sigh…” Ian exhaled and warily surveyed his surroundings. “Your efficiency is amazing. Can you take me to see Mr. Zreal’s body?”

“No problem. In fact, that’s what I was planning to do.” Klein then thought for a moment before saying, “I hope you won’t mention me when you call the police. Just say that you found the corpse yourself. I believe you know how to make up a reason.”

Ian wasn’t surprised; he knew that not every detective liked to deal with the police. In fact, except for the very famous detectives, who often gave advice to the police with mutual cooperation, the rest were discriminated against, ostracized, and even extorted from.

This was the current situation of the Loen Kingdom.

“Alright,” Ian readily agreed.

Considering that they were entering the sewers, Klein changed into a set of clothes worn by the common working class, put on a deer-hunting cap, and took a lantern with him.

Both of them took the public carriage to the East Borough. They walked for half an hour to reach the remote sewer entrance under the watchful gazes filled with numbness and malicious intent.

asked, half-surprised and half-curious, as he watched Klein lift the manhole cover and climb

and answered casually, “Skillful training which includes many techniques in reasoning,

the sewers.

have received very

him directly. He held the already lit lantern and led Ian to the fork in the path where

he approached. More of Zreal’s body was missing now when compared

not something a rat can do… Klein muttered to

Ian was able

gradually vomited yellow-green bile. Klein took out the Quelaag’s Oil he prepared, unscrewed the cap, and bent over to place the mouth close

up,

later, he weakly whispered,

up slowly and examined the

can confirm that this is

out of politeness. “I suggest you call

nodded indiscernibly as he followed Klein back

moment, Klein clapped

what should be done after

for a few

matters. You

think of one at the moment,” Klein answered frankly. “I want to know where I

without thinking, “Go to Bravehearts Bar at Iron Gate Street in

two matters in the future. I have a feeling

gave him a look but didn’t

streets in the East Borough. The secluded spot, once again, regained

a while, Klein suddenly turned around and retraced his steps. He then hid

waiting for two or three minutes, he saw Ian return silently as

a timely manner,

the scraping sound of the manhole cover being

his head out, Klein discovered that Ian had re-entered

a clue or something on Zreal’s body? Indeed, this matter

satisfied his curiosity, Klein decided to leave for real and planned to

…

in his home situated

study was tightly shut, separating the four people inside from the

yellow lace dress, Audrey pushed a bulging envelope across the

wanted to say something polite, but her hand had reached for the envelope faster than her mouth. Feeling the weight of the money, she could only say sincerely, “Miss Audrey, thank you for your generosity. Your honesty

the thin string around the envelope and

thick and exuded a special

its face value. Beside her, Fors, who appeared

at least… Observing the thickness, Xio tried to figure out how many

exchange looks with Fors and saw

lot more than

and said, “A total of eight hundred pounds. Decide how you will split the money between

very sorry that this matter had placed you in

accept the request… Even if it’s divided evenly, with my savings, it’s enough to buy the potion formula for Sheriff… Xio, who

and beautiful Miss Audrey wouldn’t pay them any less, but what if she had made a mistake