Lord of Mysteries: The Outer God is Me

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Tuesday morning, Backlund, 15 Minsk Street.

Klein opened the curtains and sat at his desk, enjoying his breakfast—a sandwich and a cup of coffee—while reading the newspaper.

Compared to his state when the Tarot Gathering ended yesterday afternoon, Klein's mood had obviously adjusted.

This was not surprising. Although Lin Ruo's words were indeed disheartening, he ultimately didn't truly tell Klein the truth about the world, nor did he truly leave Klein in despair.

So, although Lin Ruo's remarks like "You may never be able to go back" and "The method to return home may not even exist" had lowered Klein's mood a lot, and even made him less hopeful about finding a way home, he eventually recovered quickly.

After all, Lin Ruo was not omniscient, nor was Roselle. Their failure to find a way home didn't mean that the method truly didn't exist.

At least, that's what Klein thought.

But to say that Lin Ruo's words yesterday had no effect at all would not be true.

Because after Lin Ruo's persuasion, Klein was still influenced by him, and in his heart, he had made ample mental preparations for the possibility of never being able to return home.

He also indeed planned to learn from Lin Ruo and further embrace this world and integrate into it.

Of course, finding a partner like Roselle and achieving a kind of "rooting" in a sense was obviously impossible. Klein didn't plan to harm any girls, because what if he really found a way home one day?

Lovers and children were ultimately different from other relatives and friends. Other relatives and friends might be sad after he left this world, but they would still continue to live their own lives and have their own families. But if he really had a wife and children and then abandoned them, it would be like pushing them into a fire pit. Klein couldn't do such a scoundrel thing.

So, he should continue to be single!

Well, anyway, even Benson isn't married yet, and even if Melissa wants to urge me to marry, it won't be my turn for the time being…

Klein thought optimistically, deciding not to recall the inquiry in Melissa's last letter about whether he had met a girl he liked in Backlund during this time.

There is a kind of urging to marry, called your sister thinking you should find a girlfriend.

Melissa, who always took care of her brother with the heart of an old mother, still took his lifelong affairs very seriously. Although her concept has always been that marriage needs to be well prepared, ensuring a sufficient material foundation so that the newlyweds can live a decent life after marriage, and if necessary, this preparation work can even last for several years, she strongly supports her brother getting engaged to a girl he likes first.

"Hmm? The Zmanger gang and a suspected other gang and some unknown force had a shootout in the East Borough?" Klein, who was reading the newspaper, paused. He naturally knew what the Zmanger gang was—the subordinates of the Intis ambassador.

Thinking of what Lin Ruo had said after the Tarot Gathering ended yesterday, before descending to the gray fog and leaving the Sherlock Detective Agency, "You calm down, I'm going fishing," Klein suddenly understood.

This was Lin Ruo causing trouble under the guise of Ian.

In that case, the unknown force that had a shootout with the Zmanger gang was MI9?

Klein took a sip of coffee, coming to a conclusion in his heart, and at the same time becoming more and more curious about what exactly was wrong with MI9 that Lin Ruo was targeting them so much.

"Ding-dong, ding-dong—"

Just then, the bell outside the door was rung. Klein was stunned for a moment, and walked towards the door in confusion. When he opened it, he saw two ladies.

One was his landlady, Mrs. Sammer, and the other was a lady wearing a wide-brimmed hat, with her head slightly lowered, her face covered tightly by the black veil hanging from the brim.

…

When Lin Ruo, who had finished fishing, successfully made the Intis ambassador's subordinates and MI9 fight each other, and emerged unscathed, made up for his sleep, and came to the Sherlock Agency, he had just come out of his room when he saw Klein sending off two ladies.

"Yo, good morning, Klein. A commission so early in the morning?" After the door closed, Lin Ruo said with a smile, "Pretty busy!"

Klein, who had already noticed the movement, was not surprised. He glanced at him, and thinking of the content in the newspaper, he couldn't help but complain: "Not as busy as you, causing trouble in the early hours of the morning."

"Hehe." Lin Ruo chuckled twice, his gaze falling on Klein, judging that he should have recovered well and not been too badly affected by his persuasion yesterday. After breathing a sigh of relief, he glanced at the kitchen and said, "Is there anything to eat? I'm hungry."

"There's white bread in the kitchen, as well as eggs and bacon. The milk is in the usual place. Make it yourself." Klein, who was already used to someone coming to freeload, said, then sat back at his desk and continued reading the newspaper he hadn't finished.

"Alright." Lin Ruo nodded, familiarly making himself an egg sandwich for breakfast, pouring a glass of milk, and sitting down on the sofa while eating, he said: "Those two just now, were they your landlady, Mrs. Sammer, and Ms. Mary Gale? Let me guess, did Ms. Mary come to commission you to catch a mistress?"

"Do you know her?" Klein looked at Lin Ruo in confusion.

"I don't know her, but I basically have an understanding of the large and small nobles and merchants in Backlund." While Lin Ruo was speaking, he took a bite of the sandwich, and then gulped down the milk, he said:

"The place where her husband and mistress meet in secret should be the Quelaag Club. It's a club that only allows members to enter. It's not difficult to join, but you need two members to recommend you, and the membership fee is not low…"

"If you want to get any substantial evidence of her husband's affair, I'm afraid you have to join this club. By the way, her husband's lover is called Erica Taylor, currently unemployed, living at 126 New Year Road, Hillston Borough. You can go there and take some photos first, although it's not key evidence, but at least you can give Ms. Mary a preliminary report."

Klein: ?

Isn't this the commission I just received? How do you know so much?

"This is called… basic understanding?" Klein even suspected for a moment whether he had some misunderstanding about basic understanding. Otherwise, how could Lin Ruo just casually meet someone and even know where the other party's husband was having an affair with his lover, and even know the lover's detailed situation? It couldn't be called basic understanding at all.

This is almost exposing the other party's entire background.

"This is not a difficult thing to investigate." Lin Ruo smiled upon hearing this. Of course, it was impossible for him to just casually meet someone and even know the other party's background, but Mary Gale was an old acquaintance in the plot.

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