Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

Chapter 107
Nearly half of December, Backlund officially ushered in its deep winter. Although there has been no snow, there are a lot fewer passers-by on the streets. Most people are in a hurry, wrapping their windbreakers or scarves tightly. Hold back, hoping to resist the coldness that creeps through the bend of the neck from time to time.

The frequency of Esther going to play to attract customers is also relatively less, and she is not too happy to stay outside all the time.When there is no fireplace, the damp and cold moisture will continue to crawl along the sleeves of people, making people unable to lift their spirits all day long. They just want to hide in the warm room with a hot drink and wait for the weather to pass sooner.

At the Tarot meeting, "The Hanged Man" said that he would have to wait for a while before meeting the craftsman. Of course, Esther would not urge the other party too much, and immediately said it was okay and did not urge him.

"Justice" means that she owes Mr. Fool two thousand pounds, and she will not be able to raise a certain amount of cash until she obtains the right to control the property in February and March next year.When she mentioned this matter, "The Hanged Man" secretly cast his eyes in the direction of "the world".

"Justice" also said that she has been approved by the "Psychological Alchemist Association". In order to avoid accidents, she prayed to Mister Fool for blessing in advance, and would use Roselle's diary as a sacrifice.

With an empty wallet, the "magician" is working hard to conceive the outline of a new story. The recent Tarot Association is no longer so active, and like Esther, he mostly listens to other people's transactions or statements.However, she also mentioned that she is in contact with the descendants of the Abraham family. For this reason, "The Hanged Man" and "Justice" helped the "Magician" guide how to deal with the relative situation, and Esther also gave The "magician" is very grateful to several people for his advice on "how to lie".

"The Sun" mentioned that he continued his daily patrols and missions, and occasionally pretended to catch up on sleep, so as to avoid being noticed to participate in the rules of the Tarot Club, but he talked about the "shepherd" Elder Lovia who was still locked at the bottom of the round tower When, his expression was full of worry.Esther didn't know the details, so she didn't comment on it, and she suppressed the idea of ​​asking "The Sun" about the situation where he was.

"The World" is still begging to buy those few materials, other than that, his words are basically pitiful.

Back to life in the real world, Esther would visit Klein's residence on Minsk Street every now and then, usually in the afternoon or evening.When Klein was not at home, she would leave the snacks outside the door.

If it was when Klein was in a good mood to cook, Esther didn't mind having dinner. Of course, it was inconvenient for her to cook because she didn't have a fixed place to live, so she felt at ease about her hometown skills.The two even studied the recipes of pickled fish and Sichuan-flavored hot pot together. In the end, because the taste of the seasoning deviated too much, the taste of the dishes became completely different.

Klein actually had a lot of things on his mind, but he never mentioned his difficulties to Esther. Instead, he shared with her what he had seen and heard in the detective circle, keeping the conversation between the two always in a relaxed and happy atmosphere.

He concealed it very well, so that Esther couldn't see much abnormality. Even if she could sensitively feel that Klein's emotions were not right occasionally, she couldn't find out what happened to him.

Time just stretches towards the colder and colder winter, like a meandering creek line that never turns back.

It was a slightly sunny day, and Esther's schedule was no different from her usual schedule. After earning a round of tips in the Hillston area, she saw a bakery's new egg tart with cherry sauce, so she went out to visit Ke Lane's thoughts.

When we arrived at Minsk Street, the sky was already quite dark, and the sun was only one jump away from completely sinking into the horizon.

Esther walked towards the door of house NO.15 and climbed the steps in front of the door, but the moment her hand fell on the doorbell pull rope, a vicious chill climbed up the back of her neck, making Esther The paper bag in his hand slipped instantly.

The "spiritual intuition" in his mind suddenly had an extremely dangerous premonition.

Broken egg tarts spilled cherry sauce, staining the edge of the paper bag red.

Esther's heartbeat just started to speed up, and the moment her fear suddenly rose, the light spots in her hair suddenly sprayed out. Although they remained on the outside of her hair and were on standby, it still made Esther feel extremely Not good.

But soon, after a slight riot appeared in the light spot, the prying aura disappeared instead, as if deterred by the hidden power of Esther, she chose to leave this place more cautiously.

The fear that Esther felt was still reverberating. Her feeling seemed to be magnified several times, and her heart was beating so hard that it almost exploded. This forced her to curl up in front of Klein's house, clutching her throbbing heart and panting intermittently. .

She didn't even understand what happened at that moment.

Esther raised her head with tears in her eyes, and found that the sky had completely sunk into darkness. The gas lamps were already on, casting a very long shadow on the open road, and a carriage was driving along the road from the other side.

what happened?She was in a daze for so long?

The moment Esther's senses returned to normal, she realized that she had been here for almost half an hour. Due to her natural sensitivity to the passage of time, Esther was enough to confirm that those were not her hallucinations, and she must have suffered something. human attack.

Lightly hammering her heart, the spots of light in Esther's hair quickly gathered back, and she finally felt that it was no longer so uncomfortable, but this feeling of fear still lingered in her heart for a while.

At least these light spots didn't fly out in large swaths, otherwise they would definitely attract the attention of other residents, and might cause big troubles for Klein at that time.

That would be too bad.

The carriage stopped suddenly, and Klein walked down from it, walking towards Esther who was still kneeling on the ground with a little anxiety: "Ai——what's the matter!? Are you okay?"

Esther knew that her complexion must be very bad, and her voice trembled a little when she spoke: "I, I seem to have met someone."

Noticing that there was another man coming down from the rental carriage, Esther lowered her voice after Klein approached and said, "I'm afraid it's a very ferocious Extraordinary, I haven't seen anyone."

Esther barely stood up with Klein's support, her feet were weakening, but fortunately her body returned to normal soon after the fear subsided.

The man who walked over was only in his twenties, with a pair of rigorous blue eyes. He was dressed in a black double-breasted long dress and a half-height silk top hat. He was meticulously dressed, and he seemed to be the gentleman that best fit Loen's impression. There is a sense of discipline all over the body.

"Hi ma'am, what trouble do you encounter?"

Esther didn't dare to get too close to Klein's circle, she smiled and shook her head, but she didn't know that her face was pale and bloodless, which would only make people more worried: "Sorry, I was just here to give Detective Sherlock some Dim Sum, thank him for helping me solve the troubles in the East District...I didn't expect to have a relapse here."

"I'll call again tomorrow."

Esther grabbed the paper bag with dark marks on the ground, and the egg tart inside was almost shattered after she missed it.

She had to go, the Extraordinary who was hiding in the dark might have followed her, and Klein couldn't be implicated.What Esther didn't know was that the actual situation was quite the opposite. The other party's target was Klein from the beginning, and she was the one who was implicated.

She bowed respectfully and said goodbye to the two: "I hope I didn't spoil your fun, good night, gentlemen."

The strange young man took off his hat and saluted: "I hope your health will recover as soon as possible, ma'am."

Klein beckoned to Esther: "Then I won't send it off. You must be careful on the way, and notify me as soon as possible, or seek help nearby."

Although Klein hinted at "The Fool", he didn't know whether the fellow had heard this sentence.

Esther nodded, and quickly left the gate of NO.15 Minsk Street.

Lawyer Jurgen, who was standing beside Klein, pressed the brim of his hat awkwardly: "This lady looks scared."

"It should be because she was in too much pain when she was unwell just now," Klein added, "but I didn't expect her to..."

He smiled wryly, but didn't finish the sentence.

Lawyer Jurgen nodded: "Let's go back to have dinner first, my grandma must have been waiting for a long time."

Klein nodded, and took a deep look at the door of his house: "Let's go, I'm already looking forward to Mrs. Doris's craftsmanship."

After eating dinner at the Ergen's house, Klein leisurely touched the black cat Brody for a while, and nimbly dodged Brody's paw that returned, without showing any abnormalities in front of this friendly neighbor.

But when he left Jurgen's house and walked towards the door of Minsk Street No. 15, Klein flipped through the mailbox as usual, and took out a copy of "Becklund Evening Post" that had just been delivered.

He stopped on the doorstep with a newspaper and spread it out as a cover, but in fact a copper penny was caught on his fingertips.After silently reciting "It will be dangerous to enter the door" seven times, Klein flicked it into the air, flipped the hard side and fell back into his hand, showing the back side.

There is no danger in the room, did the other party just leave?Why did he or she target Esther at the door?Could it be that the other party was in the room at the time, so she felt murderous towards Esther who came to visit... Judging by Esther's appearance at the time, if the murderer lurking in the dark really wanted to do something, she might not have much ability to resist.

Or is it because the opponent's attack caused the light on Esther's body to react, and the opponent noticed that something was wrong with her, so she left directly?
That's right, that unknown person's attack on Esther looked more like a temporary intention. Esther didn't make an appointment to come to visit me today. The other party couldn't use this to set a trap for her. It should be more of a rush I am here.

Klein touched the paper doll stand-in in his arms, stepped into the door, and looked at the living room vigilantly.He is well aware that divination may be disturbed, and even the definitive results may change, so one cannot trust them all. This is an important rule he summed up when he played the role of a fortuneteller.

There was indeed one more thing on the coffee table, and it was a letter.

Klein slowly approached the coffee table. During the process, the surroundings were quiet. There was no sound, and no one was ambushing in the room to attack him.

After opening the letter, Klein was very sure that the other party's target was him.

There is only a thin piece of letter paper inside, with a bloody smell on it, and a few simple words written in the dark red liquid:

"You are all going to die!"

Klein immediately identified the suspect in this incident.

In fact, he came back so late today, and it is also inseparable from this Extraordinary hiding in the dark. Ryan became a suspect and was taken to the police station, so he had to ask Jurgen's lawyer for help and let him make a profit.

I hope that Esther will not enter the other party's sight because of this incident.

Klein frowned. While thinking about the significance of the other party's actions, he stepped up to the second floor and walked into his bedroom.

Another letter lay quietly on the desk.

Klein also opened the bloody book, allowing the words inside to appear under the crimson moonlight outside the window:
"You're next."

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