Lord of the Mysteries

Ten at night. Backlund was drizzling again as a thin fog produced a blurry sense of beauty amidst the street lamps.

Isengard Stanton’s assistant, Bowen, surveyed the bottom level once before walking to the side of the oriel window and was prepared to shut the final window.

At that moment, a shadow scuttled in and landed firmly on the protruding wall.

It was a blue, short-furred stray cat!

Bowen saw the large pair of yellow eyes looking at him as he couldn’t help but chuckle.

“There’s no food here.”

As a detective’s work made him prone to revenge, and him having many secrets to hide, Isengard Stanton’s cook and servants were paid by the hour. There were a fixed number of hours a day, and they wouldn’t prepare too much food. This made it difficult for there to be any leftovers after dinner.

The blue cat opened its mouth but didn’t produce any meowing sounds. It began speaking like a human, “I’m Sherlock Moriarty. I’m here to meet Mr. Isengard Stanton.”

“…” Although Bowen was a Beyonder who was nurtured by the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, he was a Low-Sequence Beyonder and his horizons were stilted. This was the first time he was encountering a speaking cat, so he was momentarily shocked and dazed.

After a few seconds, he came to his senses and recalled what the cat had just said.

It said… It said it’s Sherlock Moriarty?

This great detective really isn’t simple!

He actually changed into a cat, no—controlled a cat!

Such powers are really strange and terrifying!

Bowen rapidly calmed down and didn’t directly answer the cat. He reached out to close the windows.

After doing all of this, he said with a suppressed voice, “Follow me”

The cat immediately leaped from the platform behind the oriel window as it agilely followed behind Bowen with its tail up. It followed him all the way to the second story and watched him knock on Isengard Stanton’s bedroom door.

“Is there something?” Isengard, who was dressed in pajamas with faint lines, opened the door and asked.

He was just enjoying his tobacco before sleeping.

Bowen cautiously pointed to the crouched blue cat beside him.

“Mr. Sherlock Moriarty is looking for you.”

his brows slightly and looked down. He took two

We still have a case awaiting us,” Isengard instructed Bowen as

him, he closed the door and turned to look at the blue cat who was sitting beside the

expected you to have such Beyonder powers. I was worried you would

noticed your exclamation mark,” the cat said

on a cat’s face was rather odd. It left anyone who witnessed it feel a chill

reclining

you for your compliments.” The cat

rubbed its pipe while

understood what

discover them and end up telling the Church of Evernight and the Church of Steam. Heh heh, so even though it will be quite troublesome for them if they

leaving, you’ll definitely be tailed and tracked. Do you have the means to evade their tracking? Hmm… the sum of money isn’t a small one.

me to deposit the money into a

“This is the best

direct response as it gave a deep

lend me an empty room

problem.” Isengard didn’t press the issue as he said, “The shares were sold for 12,000 pounds. The buyer is the daughter of Earl Hall, Audrey. Well, the hiring of lawyers and accountants, as well as the publishing of the advertisements cost a total of 600 pounds. In addition, there

tax on commercial, financial,

More than 2,000 pounds are gone just like that… The cat’s expression

adventurer, and since the bounties targeted at pirates enjoyed concessions, there was no need for him to pay taxes on them. Hence, he never realized that tax was something he needed to pay. Therefore, back when Isengard Stanton had mentioned taxes, he hadn’t taken it

taxes for the share transaction the previous time, taxes were waived by the Loen government for initial

it said, “Alright, give me the cash. Eh, move

with

tricks on that, as it would be an insult to my intelligence.” Isengard stood up with his pipe.

already on its way,”

open it. Then, he took out stacks of cash, and he stuffed them

he left the master bedroom with these briefcases

the ground as he said

you,” the cat said after taking

and pointed to

“There are candles inside.”

said, he left the door, held the doorknob, and said with a smile, “I’m really

closed the door with a click, leaving

an old triangular

he directly muttered in Elvish, “Blessed of the sea and

prays for your

you to take