Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang.

As soon as the sky turned dark, Klein waited for the expected doorbell. At this time, he was chopping pork, so he had to put down his kitchen knife and apron to open the door first.

He took out the gold pound that Miss "Lover" needed from the gray mist early, put it in a bag and kept it next to the wardrobe in the bedroom on the second floor, and waited for her to come to pick it up when she found time.

Opening the front door, Esther's smiling face appeared before Klein's eyes.

"Good afternoon!" Esther lifted the bag on the handle to Klein, and the inside exuded the sweet scent of baked pastries with a lingering warmth.

"It's getting late, it's time to say goodnight, Ms. Hamel." Klein said jokingly, backing away from the door so that the fellow could enter the house, "Why did you bring something here again? This time it's What?"

"I'm not being polite, I'm just sharing happiness. The almond muffins and raspberry pies in this store have been listed in "Becklund Food Encyclopedia"! I visited the store yesterday, and their taste is really sweet and delicious It’s not greasy, it’s worthy of being a reputable gourmet magazine.”

Klein took the bag and put it on the dining table. Esther naturally followed him to the kitchen. Of course, he also saw the minced meat on the chopping board:
"What are you going to do today? Pork pie? It's pork."

"Zhajiang noodles, but strictly speaking, it's just noodles with meat sauce. I previously adjusted a seasoning ratio that tastes closer to miso. It just so happens that you are here today, so I'll try it for you too." Klein replied with a smile.

"Aha, it's a pity that none of us know how to ramen, so we can only use Fenbo noodles." Esther said, after washing her hands briefly, she consciously picked up a knife and a spare cucumber. With light hand movements, a complete circle of skin from head to tail is quickly peeled off.

Klein noticed that Esther's hands were covered with a layer of white gloves. Although it didn't affect the dexterity of her fingers, it was strange.

Klein didn't ask directly, but chatted casually: "Didn't you ask me to find information about 'Amon' and that family? I got a little clue..."

Although Esther was distracted, she didn't stop at the movement of waving the knife to slice cucumbers: "Did you really find it? No danger!"

"No, I just heard from my friend that there is a mausoleum outside Backlund, and all the information was lost when a team of extraordinary people went to explore, so I considered the danger there and reported it to the 'Mechanical Heart' .If they get information they can tell me, it will be paid for this lead."

Esther slowed down slightly: "But, how are you going to explain this clue to them? Then you are exposed?"

Klein smiled smugly at her: "In fact, after I helped them track down that demon, they discovered my Extraordinary identity, so I agreed to be their informant."

"Can it still be like this? It's good that you didn't take the risk. But the Quaternary Mausoleum in Baiya Town is indeed quite dangerous, and it would be a good thing for the officials to help destroy it."

"Esther, I didn't say that the tomb is in Baiya Town."

The movements of Esther's hands immediately stopped, and her guilt was clearly on her face: "Haha... I just, I just went to investigate, and I also inquired about that location."

Klein scraped the minced meat off the chopping board and poured it into an empty bowl with the side of a kitchen knife: "Don't be so nervous, we are all adults, I know that there are boundaries and privacy when interacting with each other. I just hope Don't be too reckless, when you want to risk yourself, you must pay attention to safety, okay?"

Only now did Esther smile, lowering her head to hide her flushed cheeks, because she always worried the fellow and concealed so many secrets from him, she felt a little guilty: "I know, thank you for your concern, it's just..."

"We all have reasons to move forward, Esther," Klein put down the kitchen knife and turned to her, "but it's very important to be alive, you can't always rely on your good luck."

What Klein didn't say was in his eyes: There is only one Li Xing in this world.

That's right, there is only one Zhou Mingrui in this world.

Esther's smile was a bit bitter: "I know, I will try my best to survive, and so will you! Don't take risks!"

Klein silently added in his heart: This is different.His resurrection method probably still has two lives, but he is not sure if Esther has another accident, will it be that "Zoya" who wakes up.

If that day really comes, Klein doesn't know how to face "Esther".

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After eating Fenbo Bolognese, both of them sat lazily at the dining table, and Esther proposed the purpose of visiting Klein today.

"You want to take away gold pounds? Have you found any extraordinary materials?" Klein's skill of pretending to be stupid is becoming more and more proficient.

Esther smiled and flicked her fingers: "I found a gentleman and asked him to find someone to build a new weapon for me. It is a very handsome claw knife! I think it is very suitable for the 'stealer'. It needs speed and finger coordination A short weapon of control."

Klein didn't seem to have seen this kind of thing before, so he just nodded: "Okay, I'll go upstairs and get it for you."

"I'm sorry to trouble you, please continue to ask you to keep the rest for me."

At the Tarot Club before, Esther hid the gold pound that Mister "World" bought and handed over to "The Fool" after purchasing the human-skinned shadow feature at Klein's house. Klein's expression was quite weird at the time, so Esther Tell him that he sold some materials to others in exchange for it.

She thought that Klein had misunderstood her for doing some illegal transactions, and suddenly made so many gold pounds.

Soon, Klein returned to the living room with his handbag, and he ordered an extra hundred gold pounds. Although he didn't know why Esther asked for an extra amount, he wouldn't ask.

Once you ask, it will reveal that Klein also knows the transaction price, which will easily arouse Esther's suspicion.

Although the fellow's style of acting is very casual, and she always looks a little innocent, Klein knows that her intuition and thinking are extremely sharp, but she tends to relax too much in front of him.

Klein didn't want to meet Esther at the Tarot meeting, at least the identity of "The Fool" couldn't be revealed to anyone.This is not just because it will be embarrassing, but more to ensure that the real identity of "The Fool" will not be discovered by anyone. The gray fog has been noticed by "Amon", in case anyone else wants to tell the real Sequence Seven Klein doesn't guarantee that he can handle the "Fool" in the real world.

There is really no room for people to relax.

With this in mind, Klein decided to prepare the potion immediately after getting the hair of the deep sea naga sacrificed by "The Hanged Man".

Esther took the handbag and put it at her feet, and she didn't rush to open the point amount directly. She trusted Klein quite a bit, otherwise she wouldn't have borrowed his place to store gold pounds.

But it also reminded her of something: "Speaking of which, I always forget to ask you, do you have any materials for promotion needs? I can go and ask people I know for you."

She was still a newcomer last month, so she didn't trust the Tarot Club that much, but after these few transactions, Esther felt that it was reliable enough, so she dared to ask Klein's needs with confidence. The Tarot Club has a wide variety of members. , so that Esther always felt that she was very dispensable, but she also mentioned a little trivial information about the Eastern District, including some people spreading strange new sects recently.

And the "World" and "The Fool" who was about to collect the promotion materials sighed in his heart. On the surface, he just smiled and shook his head, using one lie to cover up the other:
"Don't worry, I'm still waiting for the reply from the 'Mechanical Heart'. If there is something to gain from exploring the ruins this time, they may be willing to trade the materials, so they don't need to spend so much gold."

"That's right, it's a pity that I don't have a public identity, and it's too dangerous to deal with official Extraordinary..." Esther picked up the teapot and filled the cups of black tea for the two of them, her eyes were a little sad, "I don't know How are they?"

Of course Klein knew who "they" Esther was talking about.

"I hope they are all doing well... No, they must be all well now and will get better and better."

Many familiar and distant faces passed before Klein's eyes one by one. He said softly, staring at a tea stem floating on the water in the teacup.

"Is this also the prophecy of the 'Seer'?" Esther's gloomy eyes disappeared, and before Klein could reply, she continued with a little excitement, "But that morning in the East District, I really I saw a former colleague in the church of the Church of Evernight nearby, and he actually joined the Red Gloves!"

Klein had no problem with her abruptly changing the subject: "Are you asking me to guess? Let me think about it...could it be Leonard?"

Esther stared at Klein in surprise, "You didn't use divination to cheat, did you?"

Klein laughed: "Hahaha, then do you want to guess?"

"It shouldn't be. After all, you lost so much money in poker before and never cheated with extraordinary abilities."

These words were too heart-wrenching. If Klein could not perfectly control his expression, Klein's smile would have been distorted: "It's just because he also has something special about him. It's just a simple reasoning. This is the professionalism of a detective."

"But I didn't expect Leonard to pass the review of the red gloves. After all, there is an old gentleman hidden in him."

"Sir?"

Esther nodded: "The Sequence Four of 'Thief' is 'Parasite', as its name says, it should be able to parasitize on other people."

"This is Leonard's 'Goldfinger'. It's a pity that he still thinks he is the protagonist of this era, haha..." Klein chuckled, and soon his voice dropped again.

"Leonard shouldn't be in any danger," Esther saw Klein's worry, "As a Nighthawk, he has now joined the Red Gloves' elite team, and has always been under the watchful eye of the church. If that There is a threat from the 'parasites', and it is impossible for the church to remain untouched until today."

"Could they not be aware of such parasitism?" Having experienced the crisis of "sun" being parasitized, it was hard for Klein not to feel worried.

"Maybe it's just my personal feeling, but that old gentleman doesn't look like a bad person. He once told me a little about 'Zoya', and shared a sentence about destiny from the 'Stealer' pathway."

Klein was a little dazed: "The 'Thief' path is also related to fate?"

Esther's expression didn't change much, she shook the teacup, and the light red liquid at the bottom of the cup quickly cooled in the air:
"The Sequence Two of 'The Thief' is the 'Trojan Horse of Destiny'. Since this old gentleman knows this sentence, he probably has to call him 'His'. There is at least a demigod hidden in Leonard, and there is a bigger one. It might be an angel."

Esther raised her eyes and smiled gently: "What else can we do? If we report to the church, what will happen to Leonard, can we be sure?"

Klein's eyes reflected her smile, and he also saw the indifference and sadness behind it that could not be expressed.

There was a "crack" in the fireplace, and the sparks that jumped out fell back and melted into the red-hot charcoal.