Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 140 A Trap

Number 66, Long Rose Street, the residence of the wizard Gandalf.

Odysseus saw the old gentleman off and began to think about what to eat.

In fact, the old gentleman's problem could be solved on the spot by using "astrological divination", but Odysseus did not do so.

Because he had realized from previous performances that the role of a "wizard" required a certain amount of acting, using methods that shocked or frightened the target to make the other party believe his conclusions.

Just like the case of this old gentleman, there is no such thing as "paternity testing" these days, so there is no way to confirm Odysseus's conclusion.

Of course, it was also thanks to the fact that there was no such thing as a "paternity test" that the old gentleman came to the wizard for help.

In this case, Odysseus must find a way to make the old gentleman have absolute trust in him first, so that he will believe the conclusion that Odysseus finally reaches.

If we want to gain trust, we have to perform some more performances.

This is not difficult to understand, because the wizards in some primitive tribes also have the task of presiding over sacrifices. Sacrifices generally require singing and dancing, and the wizard is the one who leads the singing and dancing.

It was actually a performance.

It doesn’t matter even if we don’t communicate with the gods. After all, we have already watched a cultural performance and no one asked for tickets. It would be embarrassing to say that this sacrifice was fruitless.

While Odysseus was thinking about this, he came to the street and saw a vendor selling Dipsy pies not far away, so he decided to eat two pies to fill his stomach in the evening.

The reason why he often eats this thing is because the taste of Dipsy Pie is similar to some pies he had eaten before he traveled through time, so when he doesn’t know what to eat, he usually eats Dipsy Pie.

In front of Odysseus, there was a customer wearing a hat, about two meters tall, with strong limbs and a beard buying cakes.

The other party paid, ate and left, and then it was Odysseus' turn.

The pancake vendor was slightly taken aback by Odysseus's attire, but he still greeted him warmly, "How many do you want?"

Odysseus said, "Two."

The vendor skillfully picked up two pancakes and was about to wrap them in paper when Odysseus reminded him, "That pancake is burnt."

"It's okay, it doesn't affect your food." The vendor said with a smile.

When Odysseus was about to insist that the other party change it for him, he suddenly remembered that he was currently playing the role of a wizard, and it would damage his image if he cared too much about such trivial matters.

So he smiled and said, "My boy, bad luck will be with you soon."

As he spoke, he paid the money, took the cake and left.

Seeing that the wizard was willing to suffer this loss in silence, the peddler smiled and said nothing more.

Just when he was happy about finally selling the burnt pancake, half a pancake hit him on the head, and the vendor was stunned.

The burly man who had just bought bread from Odysseus held up an iron nail and angrily said, "You found an iron nail in my bread! Don't you want to live anymore?"

Odysseus, who was not far away, looked back and saw this scene, and smiled helplessly. This was obviously a frame-up, because the iron nail was too big to be hidden in the cake.

But the strong man didn't care about that and yelled at the vendor to return the money and compensate for the losses.

The peddler was afraid of being beaten, so he took out his purse and tried to get some money from it to settle the matter.

As a result, the purse was snatched away by the strong man. The peddler stepped forward to argue with him, but was slapped hard in the face.

Odysseus was watching all this quietly not far away, with no intention of stepping forward to help.

After the strong man snatched the money and strode away, Odysseus returned to his residence, lifted his beard and ate the pie.

That night, Odysseus moved into Rose Street and let all the neighbors know that someone had moved into the villa.

The next morning, he used the "teleportation array" in the basement to return to No. 77 Hailin Avenue, where he became the owner of the herbal medicine shop again.

Then he took a carriage to the Gall Herbal Medicine Shop, changed into Mr. Gall's clothes in the basement, and went to the "Nanmu Ballroom".

Mandy had already prepared the carriage. Odysseus had a brief conversation with Mandy and then got on the carriage to Detective Sherlock's residence.

Arriving at 15 Minsk Street, he met up with Klein, Detective Sherlock, who had been waiting there for a long time, and the two of them went to Bernie's residence together.

The carriage moved forward steadily. Klein reminded him, "Although I've found Bernie's address, I can't be sure if there's an ambush nearby."

"I know." Odysseus, wearing a mask and a windbreaker, nodded and said, "We'll have the carriage drive past without stopping. We only need to take a quick look."

Odysseus will then inform the "Mechanical Heart" of the news, and then hand it over to the "Mechanical Heart" for processing.

However, Odysseus believed that there should be no ambush. This was an important clue when Bernie's body was first found.

But on that day, the "astrologer" who made Bernie into a puppet had died, and Odysseus no longer took this clue seriously.

In fact, they didn't need to make this trip because Odysseus believed in Klein's divination.

But right now, the two of them were still in the stage of hiding their extraordinary abilities from each other. If he didn't go and see for himself, it would seem like they were trusting each other too much, which might make Klein feel abnormal.

So Odysseus decided to go and have a look. Bernie's residence was at 17 Verdi Street, and the driver, who had received instructions long ago, drove past at a steady speed.

Odysseus and Klein in the carriage glanced at No. 17 intentionally or unintentionally. Their spirits did not sense any danger there.

But just as the carriage was about to leave Verdi Street, both people in the carriage felt a gaze on them.

Although this gaze was very covert, both of them were on a higher spiritual path and noticed it.

They pretended not to notice the gaze and continued with the previous topic.

After a second or two, the gaze disappeared.

After leaving Wildey Street, Odysseus frowned slightly: "Although the Moss Ascetic Order didn't set up an ambush here, they did set up an "observation post" to observe everyone passing through No. 17 Wildey Street. But what's the point of them doing this?
After walking a distance, Klein used a coin to divine. Since they were no longer under surveillance, he smiled and said, "The observation just now serves as evidence. Number 17, Wildey Street, is indeed the place you're looking for."

Odysseus nodded slowly, took out two ten-pound notes from his wallet and handed them to Klein: "This is the reward for the first mission."

He paused and said, "There's no need to investigate the second task."

The second task that "Mr. Gal" gave Klein was to find out who Bernie had contact with during his lifetime.

But for now, let the Mechanical Heart investigate all of this.

The two of them tacitly agreed not to continue talking about the commission, but instead started chatting again.

"The sunshine is really nice today," Klein said with a smile. "I can actually see the sun's shadow in the sky."

There was indeed a faint sun in the sky, and faint sunlight was shining on the streets.

Although it looked like there were some thin clouds, this was already very good weather in Backlund during the winter.

On Minsk Street, the two said goodbye and Odysseus left in a carriage.

After watching Mr. Garr's carriage drive away, Klein glanced at the pale sun in the sky before taking out his key, opening the door, and going inside.

Bang~
When he closed the door, a thick fog like a python suddenly emerged from the street outside, but no one passing by seemed to notice the fog, otherwise they would have screamed in surprise.

The thick fog stayed in front of No. 15 Minsk Street for a while, and then drifted towards the carriage in which Odysseus was riding.

Although the thick fog had left, a faint "star ring" appeared on the door of No. 15.

It was a small ring, seemingly made of crystal, with faint starlight flickering inside.

……

Elsewhere, Odysseus rode a carriage and headed straight for the Backlund Mechanical Research Institute.

At the same time, he was still thinking about the question just now: Why did the "Moss Ascetic Order" leave people around Bernie's residence to observe?
Theoretically, this action is meaningless. First of all, Bernie and the "astrologer" are both dead, which means that this clue has been broken.

Odysseus could no longer use Bernie's clues to find the trace of the "Moss Ascetic Order", so there was no need for them to continue watching here and observing the progress of Odysseus's investigation.

On the contrary, sending people to keep an eye on this place actually left clues.

If we can catch that person, it will be a new clue.

You might want to observe whether there are any suspicious people approaching 17 Wildey Street?
But why don’t they just hide and observe this?
prophecy!

Odysseus suddenly realized that the demigod before was most likely Sequence 3. He had received a prophecy that he could meet Odysseus around Bernie's residence!
The mission assigned by the "Hidden Sage" is to "capture Odysseus". Now the "Invisible Servants" of the "Mysterious Queen" are watching Gar's Herb Shop and Odysseus's residence, making it difficult for them to start from these places.

So they thought of taking advantage of the opportunity when Odysseus went to No. 17, Verdi Street, to capture Odysseus again!

Odysseus suddenly realized that he was in danger!

Although he was wearing a mask now, it was completely useless under the gaze of the "Eye of Prying Secrets" and he must have been recognized.

Not only is he dangerous, but Klein is also dangerous, because the other party can easily mistake Klein for an accomplice of Odysseus and control him.

Odysseus thought for a moment and said to the driver, "Go back to 15 Minsk Street!"

Then he whispered, "Are you there?"

After waiting for two or three minutes, no one answered. After all, the "Mysterious Queen" only promised that if you called for help at Gar Herbal Store and 77 Hailin Avenue, she would hear you immediately.

Odysseus quickly took out a pen and paper and wrote in his notebook: I am in danger now, at 15 Minsk Street.

He then stopped the carriage and handed the notebook to the driver, instructing him to deliver it to Max at the Backlund Mechanical Research Institute as soon as possible.

Then he ran all the way to No. 15 Minsk Street and saw the "star ring" on the door.

Odysseus avoided the door and knocked cautiously at the window.

After just two knocks, Klein opened the door. However, he had a strange smile on his face, and for some reason he was soaked. However, Klein didn't seem to take it seriously at all.

(End of this chapter)