The Secret Master

Strange, distorted, and indistinct fluctuations flashed by in an instant, so fast that Klein almost suspected he was hallucinating. If it weren't for his already proficient grasp of inspiration, he would have likely ignored this anomaly at this moment. Thinking of his sister upstairs, Klein frowned and clenched his walking stick, bypassing the bathroom and turning towards the stairs of Wood's house. He hurried up the stairs, following the residual traces in his inspiration, and arrived outside the living room near the balcony. It must be here... Klein murmured, raising his hand to tap his temples twice. One by one, "energetic fields" passed through the walls and the wooden door, entering his eyes. Most of the colors were normal, but the outlines were blurry. But one of them, the surface was rippling with sinister black and green, slowly eroding inward. "Surely there's something wrong," Klein's expression became unusually serious. He extended his right hand and unfastened the silver chain wrapped around his left wrist. His left hand held the silver chain, allowing the yellow crystal pendant to hang naturally in front of him. When the oscillation subsided, he drew the light ball and murmured to himself in his mind: "There is a danger caused by extraordinary powers in the room in front of me." —Normally, "sorcery pendulum method" is only suitable for divination related to oneself and small-scale objective situations. Therefore, Klein's description was quite meticulous: "The danger" would cause oneself to be affected, and "the room" was right in front of him. ... "There is a danger caused by the supernatural in the room in front of me." After repeating this sentence over and over, for a total of seven times, Klein opened his eyes and saw the yellow crystal pendant rotating clockwise at a fast speed. This indicated that there was indeed a danger caused by the supernatural in the room, and the degree of the danger was not low! Selina was a fan of mysticism. She had caused a big problem by playing a certain ritual with her friends? What should be done? Klein rubbed his eyebrows and re-tied the yellow crystal pendant, then reached out to knock on the door. Ding ding ding! He rhythmically knocked three times, and a kind smile appeared on his face. With a creak, the door opened, and Melissa, wearing a new dress, appeared in front of Klein. "Klein, is there something wrong?" The girl didn't expect her brother to come over and was rather surprised for a moment. Klein answered with a smile that showed no shadow of gloom: "I heard you were having a good time, and I was a little curious for a moment." "Sorry, I disturbed you." Melissa apologized sheepishly, "We were playing with the magic mirror divination, Selina knows a lot and it was very fun." Magic mirror divination... Girl, why don't you guys play the pen spirit or the disc spirit? Klein shook his head with a mixture of annoyance and amusement. His gaze passed over Melissa and looked into the living room, where he saw Selina, with her curly red hair and a sunny smile and deep dimples. However, in his clairvoyance, this girl holding the silver mirror and with a bright red hair was even more severely eroded by that strange black-green. His thoughts whirled, and Klein deliberated his words: "Ha ha, I won't disturb your game anymore. Oh, by the way, where is Elizabeth? I just talked to her about the grammar of the Gufasak language, and she said she had a question to ask me." "Elizabeth?" Melissa looked up and down her brother, emphasizing the words strangely, "She is only sixteen years old." Hey, what are you thinking! Klein immediately explained: "This is a normal academic discussion. Elizabeth is very interested in history and ancient languages." Melissa looked at her brother again and then said: "She is inside, let her come out." "OK." Klein stepped back and left the position near the door. Watching her sister turn around, he let out a relieved sigh, glad that it wasn't Melissa who encountered the danger. He merely waited for a few seconds, and then the confused Elizabeth came out, asking in doubt: "Mr. Moretti, what do you want? I never said I was interested in history and ancient languages..." Just then, her words were interrupted by Klein's serious and solemn expression, and the entire person suddenly tensed, as if smelling something bad. Klein took a few steps sideways and signaled to Elizabeth to come half-way through the door. The girl with cute baby fat cheeks was affected by the sudden heavy atmosphere and unconsciously followed. "You know, I am a fan of mysticism." Klein stopped his steps and turned his body, saying directly. Elizabeth nodded slightly in response: "Yes, I even think you are a mysticism expert." "No, I'm just a fan, but this doesn't prevent me from noticing that your magic mirror divination has problems." Klein said solemnly. "Has a problem?" Elizabeth almost raised her voice and hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand. Klein thought for a moment and said: "I know that simple words won't make you believe. Now, go back to the living room, while Selina isn't paying attention, sneak a look at the front of the mirror that she has never shown you." "How do you know she doesn't show you the front of the mirror?" Elizabeth blurted out. According to the internal records of our night watchmen, for ninety percent of the cases involving evil "magic mirror divination", similar situations would occur... Klein smiled slightly: "Common sense." When the confused and frightened Elizabeth re-entered the room, her composed and calm smile vanished, and her face was filled with worry: Although they were both in the North District, it would take at least 15 minutes by public carriage from Fanny Street to Zortlan Street. One way and back, when the captain and his team arrived, the situation might have already deteriorated to an unmanageable state... If Benson and Melissa weren't here... But I can't deal with those hidden and unknown entities... Is there any way to temporarily curb it... Right, Selina is a fan of mysticism. Her room should not be lacking in pure dew, essential oils, and herbs... While Klein was desperately thinking of a solution, Elizabeth casually found an excuse to sit next to Selina. "Please help me divine when I will encounter a romantic and handsome gentleman?" The young girl on the opposite side took a sip of wine, in the teasing gaze of everyone, blushed, and with courage, said. Selina gave a light cough, seriously stroking the back of the mirror and said: "The magic mirror, magic mirror tells me, when will the gentleman in Unina's mind appear?" After saying it three times, she picked up the mirror and moved closer to her own face. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Elizabeth suddenly turned sideways and leaned forward to look. According to the prediction, she thought she would see Selina's face in the mirror, and see half of her own face. However, what she saw was only Selina. That small mirror contained only Selina, and it was Selina's entire body! The mirror was pitch-black, with a cold expression of Selina standing in the center! Elizabeth shivered all over, suddenly turned back, leaned against the back of the sofa, and for a short time, she forgot to breathe. She couldn't help trembling uncontrollably, without finding an excuse, she suddenly stood up, stumbled towards the door, and dared not look back at the smiling Selina. "The gentleman of Unina will appear on the second Sunday of the second month after half a year..." With a laugh, Elizabeth opened the door and saw Klein standing in the shadow of the wall lamp, wearing a tailcoat and a half-high silk hat. "Mr. Moretti, I, I..." She stammered and couldn't say anything. Klein smiled calmly and said: "Don't disturb the young ladies inside." Influenced by his smile, Elizabeth calmed down a little, reached out to pull the door, and quickly came to the wall lamp. "I saw it, I saw that only Selina was in the mirror, the devil-like Selina..." She whispered. Sure enough... Klein became more serious and asked in a low voice: "Do you know which room Selina's bedroom is? Do you know where her mysterious items are?" ?" "Right there, the mysterious items are also there." Elizabeth pointed to the room diagonally across without hesitation. Klein took his walking stick and walked over. He unscrewed the unlocked wooden door, and with the light from the street outside and the crimson moonlight high up, he turned on the gas lamp. In the dim light, he glanced at a bottle after bottle of hydrosols, flower essences, boxes of herbal powders, and candles, and each of the amulets. These items were either placed on the desk or neatly arranged in the shelves, all with labels giving their names. After confirming, Klein said to Elizabeth who was following him: "Do you want to save Selina?" "Yes!" Elizabeth nodded subconsciously and then asked blankly, "Is it dangerous?" "There is a certain degree of danger. After all, I'm just a fan of mysticism." Klein replied calmly. "A certain degree of danger..." Elizabeth pursed her lips for a few seconds and said, "What do I need to do?" Klein comforted her gently with a smile: "Don't be nervous. All you need to do is pretend that nothing happened when you return to the living room, to Selina's side of the clock, and remember after that, use the excuse of surprising Selina to bring her here, gently knock on the door, one long and two short. Then, well, then it's up to me." Elizabeth thought it through silently and nodded solemnly: "Okay." Watching her return to the living room, Klein glanced at his watch, closed the door of Selina's bedroom, and then quickly cleared the desk with his hands and feet, picking out the necessary items one by one onto the chairs. Immediately after that, he picked up two candles with a faint fragrance, placing them respectively at the upper left and upper right corners of the desk. These are the symbols of "The Red Queen" and "The Queen of Peril and Fear". Klein was going to hold a ritual here, using the power of the Night Goddess to confront that mysterious, unknown entity that was affecting Selina! Since he was only Sequence 9 and didn't have powerful ritual magic, to succeed, he definitely had to get Elizabeth to bring Selina into the "Sealed Circle" and the "Altar" range! So, he also had to consider the possibility of the other party noticing and resisting! Based on these factors, Klein prepared to use the "Interruptive" ritual magic.