Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 124: Sherlock Detective, a Master of Finding People
"Nanmu Restaurant", third floor.

Klein glanced at the person in the portrait. He was about thirty years old and looked listless.

He asked, "Is this mission dangerous?"

"There is a certain risk," Odysseus said, "but you just need to find someone. There's no need to do anything else. The danger shouldn't be great."

He said, "As for the reward, if you find the person, it's 60 pounds. If you just find an important clue, it's 20 pounds."

"The reward is generous." Klein smiled and said, "I'll accept this commission."

He didn't even divine whether this mission was dangerous, because he had no intention of going there himself. Instead, he planned to find time to go "above the gray fog" to divine the whereabouts of this person.

Even if there is only a portrait, without hair or clothes worn by the other party, or items that are often used, using the power of "Above the Gray Mist" can still reveal some vague clues.

Through divination, he could know whether his next search in the real world would be dangerous.

If there was no danger, he would go and confirm it.

If there is danger, provide the clue to Mr. Gall and only earn the 20 pounds reward for the important clue.

Then Klein added, "However, I have to wait until my mission to protect Mike is over before I can help you find this person."

In fact, it doesn't need to be that troublesome. He can complete the important part of this task by just going to the bathroom. However, he will stay in the bathroom for a long time and it is very likely to expose his secret of using divination to solve cases, so he doesn't intend to do that.

"Okay." Odysseus nodded: "This task is not that urgent."

He chatted with the two people for a few more words, then used the "teleportation array" to return to the herbal medicine shop.

This week, Odysseus had a lot of things to do. First, he used Gandalf's name and identity to rent a townhouse.

He also began to use the intelligence network of the "Nanmu Ballroom" to spread the news that the "famous wizard" Gandalf had come to Backlund.

The general content of this message is: Wizard Gandalf is good at solving all kinds of strange and bizarre mystical problems. As long as there is any need in this regard, you can consult this "famous wizard".

Odysseus planned to use the next period of time to find opportunities to play the role of "wizard", maintain his good condition, and seek opportunities to digest the potion.

In the afternoon, Odysseus returned to the herbal medicine shop and began to think about how to decorate it.

First of all, the light should be a little dim. The lighting in the house I rented today is not very good. In fact, there is no need to decorate it. Just change the sofa cushions and some bright-colored furniture to dark colors.

You can plant some herbs in the house to add a sense of mystery, and there must be a cauldron on the fireplace.

In people's impression, wizards use this thing to make potions, but Odysseus has seen that thing and it doesn't seem to be very useful.

But in order to maintain the image of a wizard, I had to give it a try.

After deciding on the decoration style, Odysseus saw that there was still some time, so he went to the library to look up books about wizards.

For example, novels with wizard characters and the images of wizards in some horror stories.

Odysseus didn't return to the herbalist's shop until the library closed.

However, Odysseus did not go to the front shop to help, but was studying new witchcraft in the backyard.

He wondered if he should really write a "Compendium of Witchcraft" because he had already invented more than a dozen kinds of witchcraft, and it was even necessary to keep a record of them.

The whole day on Wednesday was very fulfilling, and I also did these things on Thursday and Friday.

After two days of preparation, the townhouse that was just rented at 77 Rose Street has been almost decorated and is expected to start operating next week.

At the same time, because Odysseus has a complete intelligence network, the information he spreads has been effective. It is said that some wealthy businessmen with special needs are inquiring about the address of the wizard Gandalf.

In addition, Odysseus decided to write a book called "The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft". Because of his experience with "The Outline of Combat", the outline of this book appeared in Odysseus' mind.

The first part still explains wizards and witchcraft, and includes his own experience in digesting potions. The second part is the witchcraft he created, and the third part is the application of witchcraft.

This book certainly cannot be published publicly like "Combat Compendium". Odysseus intends for this book to exist in the form of "Book of Secrets".

It is only circulated among extraordinary people, and except for a few "authentic" books printed by Odysseus, the rest are manuscripts.

Odysseus also used these days to make a variety of powders for use in witchcraft. Since the "Mysterious Queen" predicted that there would be a test at the weekend, he had to respond actively.

Besides that, he was also following the progress of the fighting arena and Lelouch incident.

Now Lelouch has completely become a hero who punishes those who have not received the punishment they deserve, so a public opinion war has emerged. On Thursday, a newspaper suddenly published a report that discredited Lelouch.

But on Friday, another newspaper immediately praised Lelouch's spirit and condemned the smear reports.

Odysseus did not participate in this war of public opinion, which was a struggle between radicals and conservatives in Loen's political situation.

The conservatives do not want to see the emergence of such a hero, while the radicals hope to use Lelouch to attack the conservatives.

So the two sides started a war of public opinion, in which both parties became bystanders.

The radical faction's attack on Viscount Vader also marked the beginning of the incident. Throughout Backlund this week, there were many reports.

On Saturday morning, Odysseus was eating breakfast and reading the newspaper in the herbalist's shop.

Today's headline was that the King had ordered Viscount Wade's noble title to be demoted to Baron. Odysseus smiled, clearly the radicals had gained a considerable advantage.

This is not difficult to understand. After all, Viscount Wade's son was involved in such a big scandal, but the king only demoted Wade's title. This was already an attempt to prevent the radicals from winning a landslide victory and then taking advantage of the victory.

I guess Wade is no longer in the mood to avenge his son, and reporter Mike is completely safe.

However, Odysseus still planned to wait until next week to send the manuscript of "Fighting Outline" to Mike.

In the morning, Odysseus received a report from Mandy, and reporter Mike and Detective Sherlock left the "Nanmu Ballroom".

Then we should get important clues about Bernie soon.

As Odysseus expected, in the afternoon, his pocket watch lit up again. It was a signal from Mandy.

Odysseus immediately went to the basement to change into Mr. Gal's clothes and rushed to the "Nanmu Ballroom", where he saw the returning "Detective Sherlock" again.

"I've found the person in the portrait for you," Klein said seriously. "To be precise, we found his body.

"I've already confirmed that the body is the person in the portrait."

Odysseus had already anticipated this outcome, so he said, "Please take me to see it."

The two men took the carriage provided by the "Nanmu Ballroom" and came to a relatively remote street in the northern district. They jumped over the wall and entered a deserted courtyard.

Klein opened the door to the basement in front. A musty smell and a faint stench of corpse emanated from inside. When he entered the basement, he saw Bernie's body.

Odysseus's spirituality can confirm that this person is the one who bought the "sunflower" from Gar's herbal medicine store before.

At this time, he was sitting in the corner, looking ahead with lifeless eyes. Many exposed parts of his face, such as the back of his hands, had traces of being bitten by rats, especially his cheeks, where several teeth were exposed, making him look hideous.

Odysseus asked, "Can you guess how he died? And roughly how long he's been dead?"

Klein replied, "The time of death should be last week..."

"Last week?" Odysseus looked at the body again, confirming that there were no signs of widespread decay.

Klein saw Mr. Gar's confusion and said, "When I first arrived, there were still ice fragments around here. I think the ice was slowing down the decay of the corpse."

In fact, it was the time of death he had predicted. In fact, there was no ice in the basement, but the strange thing was that about a week had passed, and the body had no obvious signs of decay.

Klein guessed that this was probably a side effect of some extraordinary ability, but he had no idea what that ability was, so he made up the story about the ice cube.

Because although Klein and Mr. Garr both knew that the other was a Beyonder, they had not yet broken the window paper.

Odysseus probably understood what Klein meant. He guessed that Bernie might have died shortly after buying the "Golden-edged Sunflower" from the herbal medicine store.

"He looked like he died from excessive blood loss," Klein continued, "but I couldn't find any wounds."

Odysseus observed carefully but found no clues, so the two of them left the basement together.

As the two men were walking up the stairs, behind them, Bernie's body, which was leaning against the wall, suddenly turned its eyes and looked at the two people who were leaving.

Odysseus and Klein both sensed something and turned back together.

But Bernie's eyes had returned to their previous angle.

The two men looked at each other and realized that the body was not normal.

But Klein had no intention of continuing the investigation, and Odysseus also planned to send this information to the "Mechanical Heart" for official Beyonders to investigate.

So the two of them tacitly looked away, pretending nothing had happened, and left quickly.

After getting on the carriage, Odysseus counted out 60 pounds in cash and said, "You are a very capable detective."

Klein took the money and confirmed its authenticity while saying, "It was just luck. My informant just happened to find a clue."

"I have two more commissions," Odysseus continued. "First, find this man's address. Second, try to find out who he met during his lifetime.

“This commission may be a little dangerous, but the rewards will also be increased.

"The first commission is 30 pounds, the second commission is 30 pounds for each person found, and 100 pounds if we find the person hiding behind Bernie."

Klein smiled and said, "I'll accept this commission."

He still accepted the commission without divination, because he planned to complete only the first commission, which was almost no danger, while the second commission sounded very dangerous. At that time, he could say that he was not capable enough to find the person Bernie had met in his lifetime.

In addition, he did not tell fortunes in front of Mr. Gal in order to prevent Mr. Gal from discovering his fortune-telling ability.

The carriage sent Klein back first. After Odysseus returned to the herbal medicine shop, he immediately went to write a letter to the "Mechanical Heart". When he was halfway through the letter, the clerk Kena came to the backyard and said that a medicine buyer wanted to see Odysseus for something important.

Odysseus didn't think much about it and followed him out.

When he arrived at the store, he saw that the person buying the medicine was actually Bernie!

(End of this chapter)