The Faceless Man Chapter 156 – Hints

　　Recognized!

　　Klein was so creeped out that he nearly went straight into combat.

　　Even if he hadn’t opened his psychic vision, he could confirm from Emlyn White’s tone and words that he wasn’t lying, he was confident, he was very sure!

　　The feeling of tightness had just welled up when a question suddenly occurred to Klein:

　　Why should I worry about this?

　　Whirling around, he answered his question in his head:

　　If I’m recognized, I’ll be recognized, the situation now is different from that of almost two months ago!

　　I was once in front of the official monitors, running around in a panic over Ambassador Beckland, trying to grasp at every straw, and in this process, contacting the transcendental circle, or even transforming into an Extraordinary, are all possibilities, so even if the Extraordinary’s identity is exposed, they won’t think too deeply and dig up my past.

　　Moreover, Detective Eisinger Stanton has a high probability of being an Extraordinary and maintains a relatively good relationship with the police department and official organizations, he had vaguely guessed that I was a kindred spirit before and softly pulled me in, in this respect, I am barely considered a peripheral member of the officialdom, and it is not a certainty that I will be arrested if something really goes wrong.

　　More importantly, I’ve let my current image run deep and am not afraid to have my picture on the wanted list, and can just give up 15 Minsk Street and the identity of Sherlock Moriarty once the situation is not right!

　　So what have I got to worry about?

　　Well, I divined it before I came here, and the revelation is that the danger is almost non-existent.

　　As the thought flashed, Crane’s contracted pupils, slightly altered face, and poised state, all eased, as if the other were talking about the day’s weather.

　　Seeing him in his usual state of mind, Emlyn White raised an eyebrow and took a few steps sideways, squeezing past him and sitting slowly on the side.

　　The vampire looked ahead at Bishop Utrafsky, who was guiding the faithful through the communion ceremony, and gave a hey:

　　”Mr. Detective, aren’t you afraid that I’ll go to the police station and yell that you’re the Extraordinary One?”

　　Klein likewise looked ahead without turning his head:

　　”I’ll follow you there and yell that it’s a vampire!”

　　Go ahead, hurt each other! Who’s afraid of who!

　　Emlyn White’s expression stiffened for a moment, and he raised his right index finger and said:

　　”Bloods, noble bloods! Understand?”

　　Without waiting for Klein to speak, seeing that Bishop Utrafsky was focusing on the communion ceremony, Emlyn White let out a low laugh and said:

　　”Anyway, I’m finally going to be free.

　　”I pretended to give in and told that old man that I was willing to convert to Mother Earth Goddess and deeply repent of what I had done in the past, although I didn’t know that I had anything to repent of, but there was still no problem in making a show of it.

　　”That old man actually believed it just like that, and was so happy that he let me out on the spot and made me a clergyman here, telling me that if I could memorize the Holy Scriptures of the Church of Mother Earth God, he would let me go home.

　　”Haha, this kind of old man whose brain is full of muscles and who believes in religion to the point of stupidity, is really good at cheating!”

　　Good trick? Klein gave the smug vampire a sideways glance and looked ahead:

　　”Father Utravski used to be a pirate and has probably killed more people than your father ever saved, and pirates for the most part don’t trust their fellow pirates, they are full of fraud and betrayal amongst themselves. To be a relatively successful and always alive pirate, Father Utravski is definitely not a good liar, even if he’s not good with his head.”

　　Seeing Emlyn White’s disbelieving face and wanting to retort, he rubbed the tip of his cane and added leisurely:

　　”The priest holds a powerful seal called the ‘Heart Nightmare Candle’ that allows the bearer to enter the deepest recesses of the target’s mind, where no one can lie.

　　”And, that’s just one of the things it does, whether it has any other powers, I don’t know.”

　　Emlyn grew frozen, his eyes slowly losing focus.

　　After a dozen seconds or so, he blushed and whispered:

　　”When I said I was willing to convert, the old man came in carrying a horse lamp with a candle inside it, and I didn’t look closely at what the candle looked like ……”

　　Klein turned his head sideways and gave Emlyn White a pitying look:

　　”Perhaps Father Utravski used it to plant a suggestion in you that you would gradually, completely, and truly come to believe in Mother Earth.”

　　Emlyn tugged at the corners of his mouth in a smile worthy of a living corpse:

　　”I don’t feel it at all, it shouldn’t be like what you say.

　　”Besides, aren’t my parents going to be looking for me soon? They can accuse the priest through the commoners that he’s forcibly detaining me, and make him choose between the reputation of the Church of Mother Earth and letting me go.

　　”Isn’t that a great solution?”

　　Keeping a sympathetic look on his face, Klein crossed his arms and brought them up to his mouth and nose in a serious confessional gesture:

　　”If I were Father Utrafsky, I’d choose to call the police and let them set the record straight,” he said.

　　”Do you think it will be the bishop with legitimate missionary credentials or a vampire that will suffer in the end?”

　　”…… Bloods, bloods!” Emlyn White’s facial muscles seemed to spasm.

　　He clenched his fist and smashed the back of the chair in front of him:

　　”I can wait and ask the old man to let me back in when I memorize the sacred code! He’s a truly pious man and won’t fail to keep his word!”

　　Without turning his head, Klein gave a laugh and said:

　　”I’ve been to 48 Riverbend Avenue, and your parents have moved out.”

　　”Inevitably, not only will they move away, but they’ll move somewhere I don’t know.” Emlyn White responded without hesitation.

　　Klein added in a rather relaxed tone:

　　”They moved out in such a hurry that they didn’t take a lot of things with them, such as, for example, the ones in your room.”

　　Emlyn White’s expression instantly became extremely brilliant, his mouth dropped open, he stood up violently, pushed his way out from Klein’s side, and rushed towards Bishop Utrafsky who was in front of the Sacred Emblem of Life.

　　”Father, Bishop, I want to go home, I want to go home, I want to go home!” Emlyn shouted loudly.

　　Seeing that there were still believers who hadn’t finished the communion ceremony, Father Utrafsky didn’t respond, but just gave the poor vampire a calm look.

　　Emlyn closed his mouth in a huff and became quiet.

　　He paced back and forth, looking anxious.

　　Klein smiled, got up, grabbed his cane and hat, and strolled down the aisle to reach the front row of the church’s prayer hall.

　　When the communion service was over, he walked up next to Father Utrafsky and spoke with a serious look on his face:

　　”Bishop, I don’t know why you are keeping Emlyn here, and I don’t want to know; I know only one thing, that his parents have commissioned me to take him back.”

　　If this giant of a priest easily agrees to my request, then it will be the only way to light wax for Emlyn the vampire, no, from today onwards, he must hate candles, it is better to have a moment of silence …… Klein thought darkly.

　　Father Utravski looked down at them and replied with a gentle expression:

　　”Emlyn can go home anytime.”

　　…… Klein glanced at Emlyn White, raised his right hand, and nodded on his chest.

　　He wanted to tap four times clockwise into the Crimson Moon, but in the end, he forced himself to draw the triangular holy emblem.

　　Emlyn, rather jittery by his look, didn’t say anything and rushed straight to the church door, leaving the place without incident.

　　Klein followed his flank at a not-too-slow pace, not in a hurry.

　　After nearly trotting forward for a while, Emlyn suddenly slowed his pace and said dully:

　　”I think I’m starting to miss the Harvest Church, the feeling of memorizing the Canon, the Sacred Symbol of Life, and want to go do the cleaning and purging, and just do it for an hour, an hour ……”

　　That’s even more “evil” than I thought, no matter where this vampire goes, he has to report back to Harvest Church every day for an hour of forced labor? Actually, it’s okay, at least it didn’t forcefully change Emlyn’s beliefs by hinting, it’s quite respectful, why do I use the word “respectful” …… The candle is called “Nightmare of the Heart”, which is said to come from a dragon. , supposedly from a dragon, the “audience” pathway is a bit scary ah …… Klein nodded his cane and said:

　　”Do you need me to remind you of anything else?”

　　”No!” Emlyn said with a twisted expression and an angry tone, “I will fight this feeling! I’m moving to the Mesopotamia, I’m moving to Forsak, I don’t believe that being away from Berkland will make me want to come back!”

　　He gritted his teeth and suddenly exhaled:

　　”We’ll take the wagon back to Riverbend Avenue.”

　　”Good.” Klein responded indifferently.

　　After walking a few steps, Emlyn stopped a rented carriage.

　　When he was about to log into the carriage, his back suddenly stiffened for two seconds, and then, in a very low voice, almost inaudible to Kline, he said:

　　”I haven’t any money on me.”

　　”I do.” Klein spoke with a smile.

　　Emlyn stopped talking and entered the carriage, and Klein sat down across from him, asking as if in thought after the carriage had begun to move:

　　”Your father was a healer? With an excellent level of potions?”

　　Emlyn raised his chin out of habit, though he was listless:

　　”It is a gift of our blood race. The most outstanding ones, those masters of magic potions, are all Bloods!”

　　”That’s so ……,” Klein whispered to himself, not knowing what he was thinking.

　　Emlyn said after a moment of silence:

　　”Remember to write to your friend and tell him that I’ve returned to Riverbend Avenue, and that my parents will come looking for me.”

　　”Good.” Klein replied succinctly.

　　After nearly twenty minutes, the carriage pulled into Riverbend Avenue and stopped in front of the house at number 48.

　　After pulling out the money to pay the bill, Klein stepped out of the carriage and saw Emlyn White look over to where the bedroom was located, his expression becoming unusually agitated.

　　The vampire restrained himself and turned to Klein, pressing his hand to his chest and bending over in a very deep salute:

　　”No matter what, I must thank you.”

　　Klein instantly revealed a smile:

　　”You are welcome.

　　”I will be asking your parents for the bounty for finding you, as well as the fare for the car just now.

　　”And you will also have to concoct potions with extraordinary effects to help me treat a patient.

　　”This is the reward your family should pay.”