Part 2 The Faceless Man Chapter 257 The Name
Outside the Red Rose Manor, Klein stepped out of the carriage, carrying his cane.
Looking at the red-uniformed soldiers standing guard at the entrance, he closed his eyes to keep himself calm.
Since the suspected “0-08” seal has been creating coincidences to prevent the woman wearing the sapphire ring from meeting me, today will be no exception… I don’t need to worry too much about running into her, as long as I can rely on my performance to fool Prince Edzak, then there will be no problem at all… …Klein’s thoughts settled and he stepped towards the entrance of the manor.
After surrendering his gun pouch and revolver, he passed the search and was led by the manservant through the path paved with gray stone slabs, around the pool spraying clear spring water, into the main house, to the second floor, arriving outside the room that according to the layout should be the tanning room.
Throughout this process, Klein kept his heart in his chest, fearing an accident, fearing that the situation would go in the worst and most dire direction.
After knocking lightly on the door of the room, the manservant came to the door panel and lowered his voice:
”Detective Moriarty has arrived.”
It was quiet for a full ten seconds before a thick voice came out of the room:
”His Royal Highness invites him in.”
The words were accompanied by the creaking open door to the room, the warmth radiating outward, a little more than in the hallway.
Under the watchful eyes of the two tall guards, Kraven stepped onto the thick, soft, patterned, warm yellow carpet.
He took a few steps forward, around the museum cabinets on the inside and outside of the partition, and saw Prince Edzak sitting by the floor-to-ceiling windows, enjoying the rare Birkeland winter sun.
The rounded face, which felt intimate and impressive without the slightest hint of a smile, naturally created an atmosphere of seriousness and composure.
Because of the combined effect of the elegant fireplace and metal pipes, the room was warmer than late spring, and Prince Edzak wore no coat, the upper half of his body was only covered with a white shirt with cuffs that blossomed like flowers and a light yellow vest, with accompanying accessories such as cufflinks, lapel pins, and badges that weren’t too conspicuous, but were expensive enough.
At the sight, Klein was secretly relieved in turn that the lady with the sapphire ring was not accompanying the prince.
So he hastened forward and made a curtsy.
Edzak held a cup of steaming black tea in his hand and did not invite Klein to sit down.
He maintained the same expression he had earlier and asked in a deep voice:
”Is there any result from the investigation?”
”No. My divination, my psychic, my visits, and my probing all tell me that Talim died of a sudden heart attack.” Klein responded with obvious self-reproach in his sorrowful expression, “Either way, I’m too weak, Your Highness, you should have hired a stronger and more powerful helper.”
You’d better hire someone else …… He silently added in his heart.
This instant, Edzak seemed to have just taken a good look at Detective Sherlock Moriarty’s face, only to realize that the other party was several years older than before, like he hadn’t been able to sleep peacefully for a long time.
This is not his illusion, because before Klein went out, he used the “faceless man” ability to fine-tune the state of the face, so that the skin looks dry and lack of luster, so that not within the overall messy beard stars, so that the bags under the eyes are bigger, darker and more obvious.
Edzak was silent for a while, setting down the white porcelain cup with gold thread in his hand and saying:
”I see, it’s true that it’s still too forced ……
”I will let someone take over the follow-up, you draw up an investigation report out, do not have omissions.”
Good! Klein clenched his fist in his heart and quickly took out a stack of folded papers from his coat pocket:
”Your Honorable Prince, you don’t need to wait, I’ve always been in the habit of keeping written records.”
Ordering his attendant to take the investigation report, Prince Edzak casually flipped through it and put it to one side, saying:
”Have you anything else?”
”No, Your Royal Highness, please allow me to offer my farewell, er, by the way, I will be traveling to the south for a while, I want to melt the pain in my heart with the warm sunshine there.” Klein responded with a sigh.
”It is a New Year’s custom for many Ruins.” Prince Edzak nodded gently and turned his head to look at the old butler, Finkel, “You see Detective Moriarty out and send a carriage for him.”
The Red Rose Manor had to walk 15 to 20 minutes from the nearest town, and it was only when they got there that they could hire a carriage.
”Yes, Your Royal Highness.” The old butler saluted meticulously.
Klein did not let his guard down and hurriedly excused himself.
He followed the old butler all the way out to the entrance of the manor and retrieved his armpit gun pouch and carry-on weapon.
Less than a minute later, he got into the carriage of the Red Rose Manor.
Leaning his back against the wall of the carriage, he watched the manor grow farther and farther away from him, and Kraven relaxed and exhaled slowly, letting his “heart” return to its original position.
He realized that he had already left the center of the stage.
The next step is to say goodbye to Beckland, go to the south, completely curtain …… after, change a face to lurk back …… he calmly thought about the subsequent plan.
Just then, with a flash of inspiration and a tightening of his aura, he saw the door of the compartment open quickly and close noiselessly!
Before he made his response, a figure flew outlined, dressed in a heavy black dress and wearing a sapphire ring on her hand.
Sapphire Ring! Seeing this scene, the pupils of Klein, who was about to attack or jump out of the car, shrunk, and sat back, not daring to act rashly.
That was a terrifying figure who was carrying a level 0 seal or was a demigod at this level!
This …… is really afraid of what comes …… “0-08” or something else, you create a coincidence? Klein s spirit and body were instantly highly tense, and he watched the figure completely appear.
The age of that woman is very different from the style of her dress, and it is also eighteen or nineteen years old, with a slightly round face, slender eyes, gentle temperament, sweetness and darkness, and it is an extremely outstanding beauty.
She …… Klein was first stunned, then recognized the other party and blurted out:
”Tris!”
Isn’t this the one who turned from “instigator” Tris into “witch” Tris?
How did the wanted woman become the prince’s woman?
How did she become a member of the Witch Cult, and how did she end up with Prince Edelsek?
Moreover, she was carrying a level 0 seal or a magical item of the same level!
Upon closer inspection, he realized that Tris had changed somewhat from before, her features that were not outstanding enough on their own had become more soft and delicate, and the combination of them was even more appealing to the heart.
Hearing his stunned words, Tris was not surprised but delighted, revealing a sweet smile and said:
”You know me ……
”I knew you knew me!
”A detective with extraordinary abilities must have paid special attention to the various wanted posters!”
He, er, she looked pleased …… Klein asked with suspicion in his caution:
”What do you want?”
He clearly remembered that the other party was not a kind person, Tris, through abetting, single-handedly created the “Clover” tragedy, while Tris let many innocent civilians die early in Tingen City.
Tris pursed her lips and said:
”It’s simple, you go and report me to the Night Watch, the Substitute Punisher, and the Mechanical Heart as soon as possible! Have them come here to arrest me!”
Report yourself to the police to arrest yourself? This, this siren, uh, this woman is crazy, right? Klein was a bit bewildered by what he heard.
Soon, he tasted the implication:
Tris would rather be locked up behind the Charnis Gate than stay at the Red Rose Manor, and she was trying her hardest to get out of here!
Simply put, she thinks that this is more dangerous and desperate than being captured by the Nightwatchman Substitute Punisher and the others …… Klein struggled to control his expression and asked in a deep voice in return:
”What are you afraid of?”
Tris froze for a second, then whirled around and opened her eyes wide, eyes misty and unfocused:
”That someone is manipulating my life, that there are always coincidences that horrify me afterward.
”And I’m becoming less and less like myself.”
As she said this, the corners of her mouth turned up and she said:
”Can you imagine? Can you imagine the pain of loving those shy, cute maids and always finding myself waking up at dawn in the arms of a naked man?”
I can, so stay away from “assassins”, stay away from “witches” …… Klein couldn’t help but imagine that scenario, and for a moment he shuddered.
Tris continued with what looked like a self-deprecating smile:
”I thought that I could get rid of that weird state by working hard to improve and become ‘joyful’, so I asked someone to collect the appropriate extraordinary materials for me, and as a result, it got even worse.
”There are times when I forget a lot of things, but they really happen again, I endure the nausea, lure Talim, want to let him help me escape from here, who knows, I don’t know when to use the curse to kill him …… Do you believe that this kind of thing can happen?
”Oh, and they changed my name to make me completely abandon my past self, no! Never!
”They thought I could only overcome coincidence for a very short time and would soon be back on track, hmmm, that was an illusion I purposely created for them, and so, I met you, Mr. Detective!”
”Joy”…… Witch …… Material …… Klein remembered with a start a past event, that is, the time when the In the extraordinary party organized by “Wisdom Eye” Mr. Eisinger Stanton, someone had asked for the main ingredient of the “Witch of Pleasure” potion, and he had the formula, but did not care about it, and then gradually forgot about it.
It turned out to be Tris’s helper! At that time, she was at Prince Edzak’s side? Why do I inexplicably feel that she is now smiling poignantly …… “Joy” is poisonous ah …… Klein inhaled a breath, his thoughts are a mess.
As he organized his thoughts, he asked casually:
”What did they change your name to?”
Tris answered with a nice frown and slightly misty eyes:
”Tris Chick.”
Tris Chick …… Chick …… Chick! Klein looked up with a sudden start, once again having a tingling sensation all over his body, and his entire person stiffened as if he were a statue made of marble.
At this moment, there was only a single entry from Russell’s diary echoing frantically within his mind:
”June 5, got an ancient tome, which surprisingly mentioned the name of the ‘Original Witch’ ……
”k called, Chick ……”