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.”

and looked down. He took two steps back and allowed the blue

per normal tomorrow. We still have a case awaiting us,” Isengard instructed Bowen as though

his assistant left him, he closed the door and turned to look at the

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

your exclamation mark,” the cat said

cat’s face was

sat on a reclining chair, and slowly exhaled in comfort. He said with a smile, “I

cat politely reached

observed it and rubbed its pipe

understood

the Church of Steam. Heh heh, so even though it will be quite troublesome for them if they get exposed, I believe that they have a demigod among them. This is

animals wouldn’t be stopped from entering my house. I believe you’ve already figured that out. But when leaving, you’ll definitely be tailed and tracked. Do

think. Were you planning on conferring with me in order to get me to deposit the money

said with a self-deprecating smile, “This is the best solution

didn’t give a direct response

you to lend me an

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 was a 0.5% stamp duty and 20% D-type taxes. So at the

on commercial, financial, and specialized

2,000 pounds are gone just like

as a private detective, his income was difficult to be monitored, so he never declared his income for tax purposes. Later, he became an 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 to heart, believing that it wouldn’t

taxes for the share transaction the previous time, taxes were waived by the Loen government for initial investments related to inventions, as a

brief silence, the cat’s whiskers moved as it said, “Alright, give me the

no problems with

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

way,” the cat replied,

safe inside the master bedroom, using a passcode and key to open it. Then,

that, he left the master bedroom with these briefcases and entered

Isengard placed the briefcases filled with cash on the

trust you,” the cat said after

nodded and pointed

“There are candles inside.”

said, he left the door, held the doorknob, and said with a smile, “I’m really curious how you would leave…

door with a click, leaving the

dark red coat and an old triangular hat

candles and quickly set up a simple altar. Skipping over many of the first few steps, he directly muttered in Elvish, “Blessed of the sea and spirit world, guardian of the Rorsted Archipelago,

servant prays for

pray for you to