Part 1 The Joker Chapter 116 The Child of Llanerus
Christina didn’t notice Mr. Diviner’s bewilderment, glanced at Angelica at the reception desk position, and pressed her voice:
”I mean the child of Lanlus.”
She reached out and pointed to the young girl in the ruffled hat next to her:
”This is my niece, Megoos, whose mother is my eldest sister, and I regret, and apologize, that I should have thought Lanlus to be the outstanding, exceptional young man he is at first, and introduced Megoos to the unmarried man, and watched them become lovers.”
”Megoose’s parents were also previously pleased with Lanlus and planned to invest their entire savings in the steel company after their engagement; fortunately, Lanlus escaped before this happened, which prevented the family from suffering a fatal loss; unfortunately, my sister and brother-in-law had to explain to their relatives and friends that the engagement was canceled and had to worry about the baby that Megoose was carrying. Ossie’s troubles with the child in her belly.”
”We both believe in the God of Steam and Machinery, are not followers of the Storm Lord, and do not believe that lovers must be chaste before marriage; we do not blame Megoos, and even sympathize with her, but the survival of the child does make it difficult, especially when he has a father like that.”
This is cheating money plus cheating …… Klein looked over at Megoose, who was standing quietly by, and realized that the girl was quite a beauty.
She had a polished forehead, long blonde hair, large eyes much like Christina’s, and was pursing her lips at the moment in a melancholy and stoic manner.
What an outrageous swindler, and managed to run away …… Klein cursed Lanlus and thought for a moment:
”If it is a child that has already been born, I do have a way to divine the general whereabouts of Lanlus with the help of him, but unfortunately, it will require a wait of several months, hmmm, this may be the embodiment of the results of the previous divinations, endure, wait, persevere, cease to be greedy, and then the turnaround will be welcomed and the sun will be seen.”
”Months ……” Christina muttered, shaking her head, “No, after all this time, even if we find Lanlus, we won’t get our money back …… ”
She glanced sideways at the blonde Mego Oss, her voice involuntarily turning deeper:
”Do you have any items there that Lanlus has carried with him?”
”No.” Mego’oth answered, clear and soft, “Does the ring he gave me count?”
”It must be an item that has been carried for a long time.” Klein shook his head no.
Christina was silent for a few seconds and looked at Mego Oss:
”You have to make a decision, I think keeping this child is going to make your life afterward difficult and full of thorns, are you going to tell him that his father was a fraud and cheated a lot of people, including his mother?”
”It’s time to go to the clinic to go to the hospital, and that will still help us find Lanlus and get back what we lost.”
Hey, would that be too heavy-handed of a divination? It was not good for Klein to interfere in other people’s family matters, so he could only wait patiently by the side, bellyaching every now and then.
Mego Oss lowered her head and lowered her gaze, not speaking for a long time.
Only after a while did she touch her belly and said with a gentle smile:
”He’s not like his father, he’s a very considerate and pleasant child.”
”He gently kicks me every day to tell me how he’s feeling, and he hums and whistles to help me fall asleep with music ……”
As Klein listened, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
The first half of Megoos’s words belonged to a common reaction, but the second half, bordering on raving, was talking about unrealistic things.
Was this a shock so great that she had a mental problem? Klein raised his right hand and reached for his brow, trying to pretend to knead it to soothe his exhaustion.
Just then, Mego Oss snapped around and walked briskly toward the door, leaving only one sentence behind:
”Perhaps his father will return secretly because of his birth and will keep part of his wealth for him ……”
Christina took a breath and slowed down for a few seconds:
”I’m sorry to bother you, Mr. Moretti, we’ll try to find Llanerus’ belongings.”
Klein nodded his head imperceptibly and watched her descend the stairs, sighing and shaking his head.
……
The next morning, Klein had just entered Blackthorn Security, greeted Roxanne, and opened his mouth to ask:
”Where’s today’s newspaper?”
The sweet brunette Roxanne surveyed him, puzzled:
”Klein, you’re weird eh.”
”Why?” Klein asked back with a smile as if he had expected it.
Roxanne rolled her eyes and said:
”You used to read the paper during your lunch break because you had an occult class in the morning, and well, old Neil is already waiting for you in the armory!”
”I was aware in advance that there would be a reward for a case, that’s why I wanted to look through the papers and memorize the look of the criminal, maybe I’ll meet him one day?” Klein explained with a smile.
”Really?” Roxanne curiously picked up a few of today’s newspapers and started flipping through them quickly, “The wanted poster …… Lanerius right?”
Klein replied instantly:
”Yes.”
”…… Dastardly swindler! I can’t believe I swindled over 10,000 pounds!” Roxanne looked at it carefully for ten seconds or so, and suddenly spoke out in indignation.
Klein, sharing her feelings, followed in condemnation:
”It is indeed too abominable! I’m tempted to volunteer to take over the case!”
Roxanne looked at it for another dozen seconds or so and shook her head regretfully:
”There doesn’t seem to be a transcendental element involved in this case, and even if there was, it would be handed over to the Storm Lord’s vicarious punisher.”
Klein didn’t quite understand what Roxanne meant, but after taking the paper and flipping through it, he lamented regretfully:
”Yes, there are so many people being cheated, the followers of the three major churches must be included, and the location of Lanlus Steel is the Southern District.”
Cases related to transcendental factors that involved the followers of a certain deity alone would be handed over to the corresponding squad, but if the followers of the Goddess of Darkness, the Lord of Storms, and the God of Steam and Mechanics were all involved, they were attributed according to the jurisdictional area – the Golden Sycamore District, the North and West Districts to the Nightwatchman Squad, the East, South, and Wharf Districts to the Substitute Punisher The East, South, and Docklands are under the Punisher’s Squad, and the University District and suburbs are under the Mechanical Heart.
In the midst of looking through it, Klein also memorized what Lanlus looked like:
He had a full forehead, dark hair with brown pupils, and wore glasses with nearly round lenses and a slightly upturned mouth that seemed to mock everyone.
Except for the glasses, Lanlus had no distinctive features, and was very ordinary.
After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Roxanne, Klein passed through the partition and prepared to enter the underground.
At that moment, he saw the pale-skinned and cold “corpse collector” Frye and the white-haired and black-pupiled “writer” Siga Teang walk out of the recreation room at the same time and turn toward him.
After a brief greeting, Klein watched his two teammates leave and noticed Dunn Smith in a black trench coat open the door and stand next to them.
”Got a case?” Klein asked curiously.
At this hour, the two night watchmen wouldn’t be out together for no reason.
Dunn’s gray eyes swept up and he nodded and smiled:
”There is something suspected to be haunted in a place in the West End, I’ll have Sega and Frye take a look at it, but you don’t need to be concerned about such things, I don’t intend to involve you in any more missions until you have initially mastered your fighting skills, I have to be responsible for my team members.”
Captain, you really are a good man, except for a high hairline and a poor memory, there are no shortcomings …… Klein secretly praised, confirming the rhetorical question:
”That means I just need to take occult classes and do combat training without contributing anything, and then I’ll get a paycheck?”
”It’s only temporary.” Dunn gave a definite reply.
Only need to “listen to the class” and “fitness”, can get a full, generous salary, think about it is quite cool …… Klein thought happily.
I hope there will be no more coincidences! He prayed silently.
……
The smooth and peaceful life without ripples lasted until Friday, when Klein arrived at Besick Street by car after finishing his fighting practice.
Outside Henry’s Private Detective Agency, he glanced around, put on his gauze mask after making sure no one was paying attention to him, put up the collar of his trench coat, and entered the building with quick steps.
Knocking on the front door, Klein once again saw Detective Henry in his middle-aged tough guy persona.
”Good afternoon, sir, one of your commissions has come to fruition.” Detective Henry with deep blue eyes said in a smoky voice.
Klein deliberately muffled his voice:
”Is it the information of the gentleman who frequented the Evil Dragon Bar?”
The gentleman who purchased the audience’s magic potion aids ……
”Yes.” Henry said as he raised the pipe in his hand.
Then, he didn’t say anything and only smiled as he looked at Klein.
Understanding the other party’s meaning, Klein heartily took out four one pound bills and handed them over:
”Here’s the second payment.”
He paused and added:
”Write me a receipt.”
He was running low on £1 in his personal money ……
”No problem.” Henry coughed twice and examined the bills for security seals while ordering his employees to bring paper and pens.
Immediately afterward, he invited Klein to take a seat in the couch area and quickly wrote and stamped the receipt himself.
With that done, Henry took a drag on his cigarette and said:
”According to your description, my assistant and I waited for three days at the Evil Dragon Bar before we finally met the gentleman.”
”He is indeed a rather alert gentleman and very observant as well, fortunately I am an old hand at this ……”
”His name is Duster Guderian, a doctor at the Greenhall Asylum.”