Red Rose Manor, outside a luxurious room filled with various antiques.

Klein stood at the door and asked the sixth maid he encountered today.

The young maid was wearing a black and white maid dress that was typical of the era. She had a pretty face and was in the prime of youth. Her brown hair was naturally curly, which made her look a little playful.

"When Mr. Talim comes to visit, who does he come into contact with?" Klein repeated the previous question with a numb expression.

The maid replied without pausing:

"Mr. Talim usually asks to see His Royal Highness, or to ride with him, or to discuss things. If His Royal Highness happens not to be here, he will meet with the young lady. They are very good friends, and he has the permission of the butler."

Talim and the commoner girl that Prince Edessak likes are good friends? They meet privately from time to time? He should be persuading her to leave here so as not to affect the prince's reputation... Klein nodded thoughtfully:

"What will they, I mean, Mr. Talim and the young lady talk about?"

When he asked this question, Klein suddenly recalled Talim's love-like behavior some time ago. With his rich "experience" from the information age, he inexplicably made up a melodramatic love story.

The maid was not afraid of the great detective. She smiled, shook her head and said:

"We will be asked to leave the room at times like this."

This... Klein couldn't help but make associations. He even felt that Prince Edessak's hat, helmet and other items should be coated with a different coating.

Before he could ask any more questions, the maid chuckled and said:

"Detective Moriarty, if you want to find out what that lady and Mr. Talim talked about, you can ask her directly."

“The old butler wouldn’t allow it.” Klein confidently pushed out his shield to block the arrows.

He smiled and said:

"You seem to know more than the previous servants. You even know how to call me Detective Moriarty."

The maid glanced around and said with a smile:

“Because I take turns serving that young lady, she has always wanted to meet you, Detective Moriarty. After all, she was a good friend of Mr. Talim and was very concerned about his death.

"It's a pity that she always misses you."

"Always?" Klein was very sensitive to words like "always," "just happened," and "miss."

The maid nodded seriously and said:

"When His Royal Highness invited you to be his guest for the first time, she deliberately lost her temper and wanted to take the opportunity to go downstairs for a walk to meet you, but who knew that you left in a hurry.

“Afterwards, she offered to go to Mr. Talim’s grave to lay flowers on his behalf, but because she didn’t know what you looked like, she couldn’t find you.

"And today, she happened to go to the golf course behind to ride a horse to relax. Otherwise, even if the housekeeper didn't allow it, she would find a way to see you."

What a coincidence... Just as Klein was about to sigh, he suddenly grasped a key point:

On the day of Talim's funeral, the commoner woman whom the prince loved went to present flowers on his behalf!

What concerned Klein the most that day was the lady with a black veil on her face and a sapphire ring on her hand. She was likely carrying a Level 0 Sealed Artifact, or was a powerful being of the same level!

Suddenly, Klein's mind flashed back to the scene at that time:

The woman with the sapphire pinky ring on her hand, wearing a heavy black dress, gradually walked away accompanied by two maids...

One of the two maids had naturally curly brown hair…

The image of the maid quickly overlapped with the maid in front of Klein, and they were extremely consistent!

Klein's body suddenly tensed up, and sweat dripped from his vest, but his expression did not change at all.

Using the Joker's ability, he pretended to recall the past and asked with a smile:

"Did you follow that young lady on the day of Talim's funeral?"

The maid responded nonchalantly:

"Yes."

...Fuck, it's really her! Klein kept smiling:

"Great, next question."

He asked other questions as if nothing had happened, and then asked another servant to continue.

However, Klein secretly shortened the process and sped up the progress.

He had to leave Red Rose Manor before the young lady returned on horseback!

At four o'clock in the afternoon, before it got dark, Klein said goodbye much earlier than expected and took the carriage sent by the old butler back to the city.

Sitting in the car window, with his back against the wall wrapped in silk and cotton, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and had the energy to think about the whole thing:

The one who cursed Talim was the beloved commoner of Prince Edessak...

Why would she go after a fallen descendant of a noble family to avenge Talim's attempt to separate her and the prince?

However, there was no need for her to do it herself. She could find an opportunity to expose this matter in public. Prince Edessak had plenty of ways to make Talim disappear without a trace...

Before his death, Talim was in love. Hmm... the first sign of this was after he successfully persuaded the commoner woman to leave Prince Edessak... they had an affair? So, the commoner woman who was brought back to the manor cursed Talim to eliminate the hidden danger?

It makes sense logically, but the problem is, how could a big man with a "0" level seal or a strong man of the same level be restrained by Prince Edsak? Even if Augustus is an angel family with enough accumulation, he would have to use huge power and adopt special methods to imprison him. This is not something a prince can do...

Besides, how could such a person possibly be interested in Talim?

Why did she keep wanting to see me? Did she notice that I was using the gray fog to spy on her?

No, if that were the case, I would have been buried with Talim on the day of his funeral... Besides, when she first wanted to see me, I hadn't received my flesh, blood, hair, or personal belongings, and hadn't done any divination!

Klein thought about it in confusion, and finally decided to bury the problem deep in his heart, not to explore it, not to investigate it!

I hope that with my previous reminder, the Mechanical Heart will be able to discover that the royal family attaches unusual importance to this matter. Yes, their attention may not be for the reputation of Prince Edessak, but for other reasons! I hope that the royal family will continue to restrict that lady and prevent her from visiting me... In a few days, when the time is right, I will hand in this task, saying that I can't do anything, and then use the excuse of going to the south for vacation to change my identity and hide for a while! Klein's mood gradually calmed down.

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The dusk in Backlund is always replaced by gloomy clouds and drizzling rain. Klein, who is physically and mentally exhausted, holds his half-high silk hat with his hand, lowers his body slightly, walks quickly through the wet streets, and returns to No. 15 Minsk Street under the light of the gas street lamps.

After a short rest, taking advantage of the dim environment, he walked four steps backwards and entered the gray fog.

After being promoted to Sequence 6 "Faceless Man", he had always wanted to check if there were any changes in that mysterious space, but because he was too tired last night, he was unable to wake up in the middle of the night, and he was "busy" outside during the day, so he could only wait until now.

In addition, Klein also needs to eliminate interference and divine something.

That is, after this promotion, when his spirituality was not yet stable, he no longer heard the illusory mumbling of "Honakis...Fregera...Honakis...Fregera"!

He wanted to figure out whether this was a natural change after being promoted to Sequence 6, or if there was some other reason.

Inside the majestic palace, a mottled bronze long table and twenty-two high-backed chairs with different symbols on the backs stand quietly, as if they have never changed.

The same was true of the gray fog beneath them and the endless void around them.

But as soon as Klein entered here, his spiritual intuition keenly discovered that the mysterious space was slightly different from before.

He was not in a hurry to explore and try. He calmed down, sat at the top, took out a pen and paper, and wrote down a divination sentence:

"That's why I didn't hear any whispers after I was promoted."

Holding the paper in his hand and muttering something, Klein leaned back in his chair and quickly entered a dream with the help of meditation.

In the gray sky and earth, pictures flickered and finally froze on one scene.

That was Klein when his face and body were still covered with light-colored granulations. He was surrounded by a layer of illusory, thin, grayish-white mist that was imperceptible to others.

The dream was shattered. Klein opened his eyes and roughly understood the reason:

"The gray fog intertwined with reality, helping me block out the whispers that came from somewhere unknown...

"After being promoted to Sequence 6, my connection with this mysterious space above the gray fog has become closer, which has brought about certain changes, and I can naturally borrow a little power?

“At present, it should be like this.

"Well, try to explore the surroundings and see if there are any specific changes."

Klein slowly stood up and followed his inspiration, heading in a certain direction outside the ancient palace. Under his feet was a gray fog that spread out like the sea.

He walked for an unknown amount of time, and when he wanted to stop and give up exploring, he suddenly saw a flash of light at the end of the road ahead.

Klein was delighted and quickened his pace, moving closer.

Seven or eight seconds later, he saw a staircase leading to heaven!

The stairs were made of pure light, sacred, transparent, and clear, and could shock everyone's heart.

The stairs extended into the void above. There were only four levels, and each level was quite high, as if prepared for creatures larger than giants.

Klein looked up in the direction it was pointing and saw a layer of grayish-white mist that condensed in mid-air, as if holding something up. The Stairs of Light were still a certain distance away from there.

Four steps, does that mean I have finished drinking Sequence 9, Sequence 8, Sequence 7, and Sequence 6 potions? What is above that layer of mist? Klein walked forward cautiously, came to the Stairs of Light, and stepped onto the steps.

There was nothing strange about the steps, they were solid as if they were made of stone.

Klein climbed up the stairs to the fourth floor, then tried to look above the gray-white mist. Unfortunately, his sight could not penetrate it at all.

He thought about it, took two steps forward, and jumped up with all his might.

However, as soon as he left the Stairs of Light, he lost his upward momentum and his spiritual flying instinct, and fell straight down, stepping on the gray fog that was the bottom layer.

It looks like I need to upgrade two or three more sequences. If Sequence 4 is indeed a qualitative change, then after I become half god and half human, it should be enough... Klein looked up and made some judgment.

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