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Chapter ElevenA Mysticism-Type Detective A thin veil of pale-red moonlight lay across the dim room, making every object indistinct, every outline blurred. The three men in black coats slept soundly in different places. On the set of small sofas, Klein sat with his eyes closed, half melted into the night, as though he too had sunk into deep sleep. His dream was a gray, distorted world through which flashes of light occasionally passed. In the end, those flashes fixed into a single image. It…-
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Chapter TenThree Matters After carefully listening to the end, Klein asked in return, “So, you suspect that the Zeriel those detectives saw was someone else in disguise?” Ian held his brown round-topped hat and answered as if he had already thought it through. “That is one possibility, but I believe it would be too difficult. Difficult enough to require bearing tremendous risk. The gathering was at night, and the lighting was indeed not especially bright, but most of the participants were…
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Chapter NineThe First Commission Ding, ding, clang, clang. The bell tugged by the rope kept shaking, sending its sound throughout the spacious yet relatively empty living room. Klein, who had been sitting on the sofa reading newspapers and studying investment opportunities, stood. Wearing a white shirt and black waistcoat without a bow tie, he looked rather relaxed and domestic. My first commission as a detective? But I cannot always sit at home waiting for work to come knocking… Mm. I should…
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Chapter EightA Higher-Level Tarot Club Upon the restless waves of the Sonia Sea, the Blue Avenger rose and fell like a leaf, sometimes thrown high, sometimes swept down, yet showing no sign of capsizing at all. Alger Wilson stood inside the captain’s cabin, his back to the racks holding red and white wine, pacing several unconscious steps. In the end, he clenched his teeth and returned to the mahogany desk with a grave expression. Moving aside the brass sextant, he found paper and a fountain…
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Chapter SevenKlein’s Sacrificial Ritual An experiment? Justice Audrey was instantly excited. She nodded with reserve and elegance. “I would be very willing to cooperate.” As a Spectator, she clearly remembered that Mr. Fool had used the word “experiment” in only two matters: first, when He had pulled her and The Hanged Man into this mysterious space, and second, when He had given out His honorific name and asked the two of them to try praying. Both results had been sufficiently…
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Chapter SixExplanation If The Fool had merely said that Roselle’s diary recorded certain simple pieces of common knowledge, The Hanged Man Alger might not have made up his mind to pay compensation for the answer. On one hand, the word simple was very damaging to curiosity. On the other, he was always guarded about exchanges with The Fool. Such matters reminded him of those examples of deals made with evil gods and demons. But now, he knew the contents of that so-called simple common knowledge. He…
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Chapter FiveFree Common Knowledge “June 3rd. After discussing it with Edwards and the others, I gave up on the idea of reaching a tacit understanding with the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun. That might very well expose my true intention and allow the Sauron family, along with the old nobles who support them, to notice in advance and make targeted arrangements. If that happened, things would become extremely difficult and dangerous. “What a pity. Green died in the Misty Sea. He was the smartest…
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Chapter FourMr. Door’s Description Mr. Door… That naming style is rather like mine… I wonder what the true name of this pitiful fellow trapped deep within the storm, lost in the darkness, might be. I wonder what Sequence he corresponds to. Or perhaps, as Emperor Roselle suspected, he really is one of the evil gods or demons… Half silently criticizing and half mocking himself, Klein laughed inwardly. He was just as interested in certain histories of the Fourth Epoch. “I know that the…
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Chapter ThreeThe Unchanged Gathering Klein’s first morning in Backlund began with pale fog, a sky of poor visibility, cold damp air, cheap tea costing one penny per liter, and two slices of toast spread with inferior butter. He had been busy the entire morning. First, he went to the headquarters of the Backlund Post, located right in Cherwood Borough, and spent thirty pounds to reserve a small advertisement for one month. Starting Tuesday, loyal readers of the Backlund Post would see a tiny…
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Chapter TwoMadam Sammer “Did you see a boy in his teens? Wearing an old coat!” One of the men who had rushed into the carriage glared fiercely at the conductor. From the corner of his eye, Klein saw that the man was lean and capable-looking, his skin darkened as though by long exposure to sunlight, his eye sockets far more sunken than those of ordinary Loen citizens. Highlander? Or mixed-blood? He nodded thoughtfully. In the central part of the Northern Continent, where the Hornacis…
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