Mystery: Who has seen my brother?

Chapter 58 The Truth
The crimson moonlight cast a thin veil over Tingen. The veil flowed like water, creeping into the house through the window, caressing the young man's face, and filling every corner of the house.

Klein stood in front of the dressing mirror, waiting for today's class.

Ripples spread across the mirror like water, and a slender hand reached out from the center of the ripples, grabbed Klein's collar, and yanked him hard.

Klein stumbled and was pulled into the mirror by the hand.

"Hey~ my dear Zhou Mingrui," Eve said with a smile, "Are you ready to receive your sister's love education?"

Klein tugged at his collar, straightening it out after Eve had messed it up. "Not yet."

"Hey?" Eve touched her chin and said, "Tell me what's going on."

"After high-fiving Leonard today, I felt like I was forgetting something," Klein asked. "Did the entity behind Leonard intervene?"

"Of course, otherwise how could you newbies possibly notice it?" Eve said with a smile. "Don't worry, I've already had a friendly exchange with the being behind him, and we've pretty much figured it out. 'He' won't harm you."

Klein was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who is behind Leonard?"

"A weak angel, hiding inside Leonard to recover from his injuries."

Angel!

Another angel. Tingen is so incredibly powerful! Klein complained in his heart. "He" is actually hiding inside Leonard. Wait...

Klein looked up at Eve and said, "Leonard wasn't present when you were talking, was he?"

"Don't worry," Eve patted Klein's shoulder. Just as Klein was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Eve say, "Of course."

"You..." Klein opened his mouth and closed it again, not knowing what to say. Thinking of Leonard's mysterious smile today, he finally asked in frustration, "Then I must have been exposed too. How much?"

"Don't worry, how could I possibly cheat you?" Eve waved her hand and said, "I just said you and I have some kind of relationship. As for what the relationship is, I didn't tell them, so let them figure it out for themselves."

"Yes." Klein nodded firmly.

"Sister, I'm so sad. You don't trust me at all." Eve covered her chest and said tearfully, "The child has grown up, and all..."

As Eve spoke, she glanced at Klein. Seeing him staring at her speechlessly, she thought for a moment, coughed twice, and said with a smile, "You forgot something. Do you remember it now?"

"I went to Sefirah Castle to do some divination, and it turned out to be the notes of the Antigonus family."

"Isn't this great?" Eve said, "You asked me about this before. Look, I told you the clues would come to you soon."

"There's another matter," Klein said with a frown, "It's about Ruirui. Lord Cecima was stopped when she came to Tingen, and they plan to investigate Ruirui first."

Has Cecima come to Tingen?
"That's easy," Eve said nonchalantly. "Let Rarity walk around Tingen and deliver medicine to some injured people. Let the Nighthawks know that she's just a kind-hearted cat, and you're just one of the people she saved who happened to see her."

"That's one idea. Then who is preventing Lord Cecima from entering Tingen? What is their purpose?" Klein asked one by one.

Eve lowered her head, her long black hair sliding in front of her.

He slowly raised his hand, pinched the end of his hair, and recalled the conversation from a thousand years ago.

"Amani... Mikhail has fallen."

"He won't fall like this."

"You mean..." Amanesis did not answer Him, nor did He try to explore.

Sometimes the truth is hard to face, and He would rather be a fool who knows nothing.

When Medici fell, He had wanted to investigate and verify it, but in the end He gave up. If it were true, He could not face Adam, nor could He face the fallen Medici and Mikhail.

This was the second time he had the idea of exploring because of Zhou Mingrui. His participation in the mysterious battle was completely different from...his participation.

But it is extremely difficult to explore this matter. As an angel king in the audience channel, He wants to disguise Himself so that no one can find out.

Furthermore, there was no evidence for this matter unless He himself admitted it. So Eve resorted to the simplest process of elimination. If it wasn't Pales, then the only person in Tingen worthy of His attention was Zhou Mingrui. No, to be more precise, Zhou Mingrui, the master of Sefirah Castle.

Eve patted Klein's shoulder and said mysteriously, "Be careful of the 'audience.'"

Klein was stunned for a moment, then realized that high-ranking audiences were good at composing scripts.

"You can go discuss it with Leonard," Eve said with a smile. "There are two... um... people behind the Cecima incident. One obstructed Cecima, and the other..."

Eve curled her lips and said, "It may have contributed to Cecima's successful entry into Tingen."

"It?" Klein was stunned. "An activated seal?"

Eve nodded and shrugged, "It's just a guess. Okay, anything else to say?"

Klein was silent for a long moment. He slowly lowered his head and said, "I read in the newspaper today that the Welch case has been closed. It seems Welch's father has already believed the police's story."

Eve kept her original smile and looked at Klein.

"He must be very sad," Klein said, silent for a moment, then raised his head to gaze at his sister. Eve's smile grew smaller and smaller, finally flattening the corners of her mouth. She put away her usual carefree expression and stared at him. Klein lowered his eyelashes, grasped Eve's sleeve, and said, "Mom and Dad must be even more heartbroken to have lost two sons at once."

Eve's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she hugged Klein silently. After a long moment, "He" said, "Actually, we are lucky."

"I know."

Klein hugged Eve back and said muffledly, "Melissa and Benson will be very sad to know that they have lost the real Klein."

"you……"

Klein looked down at Eve, smiled bitterly, and said, "I want to tell them, it's not just because of you. Benson and Melissa are the ones who should know about Klein's death."

"When will you tell them?" Eve said softly and gently.

"I will work hard for promotion and apply to be transferred to another city or join the Red Gloves. I'll tell them before I leave Tingen," Klein lowered his eyes to hide his emotions. "They need time to digest this news. They probably don't want to see me during this time. Besides... I don't want to be abandoned by them..."

"Give me some more time. Even if we can't continue to be brothers, at least... at least... I won't..."

Eve gently stroked Klein's back, again and again, comforting the grieving young man.

Klein took a moment to relax, his breathing gradually steadying as he calmed down a bit. "No matter what the outcome, in my heart, Benson and Melissa will always, always, always be my family."

　This cover is not the one I asked my friend to draw. I saw a cover when I woke up today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)