Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

66 Rose Street, the residence of the wizard Gandalf.

Audiss saw the old gentleman off and began to consider what to eat.

In fact, the old gentleman's problem could have been solved on the spot with "astrological divination," but Audiss didn't do so.

Because he had already realized during the previous role-playing that the "wizard" role required a certain amount of performance, using methods that shocked or frightened the target to make them believe his conclusions.

Just like the old gentleman's matter, these days there is no such thing as "paternity testing" or similar institutions to verify Audiss's conclusions.

Of course, it was also thanks to the absence of things like "paternity testing" that the old gentleman came to the wizard for help.

In such a situation, Audiss had to find a way to first make the old gentleman have absolute trust in him, so that he would believe the conclusions Audiss ultimately reached.

Since he wanted to gain trust, he had to perform again.

This is not difficult to understand, because some wizards in primitive tribes also have the task of presiding over sacrifices, and sacrifices generally involve singing and dancing, with the wizard being the lead singer and dancer.

That's actually a kind of performance.

Even if there is no connection with the gods, it doesn't matter, anyway, everyone has watched a performance, and since no one asked for tickets, it's hard to say that the sacrifice was fruitless.

Audiss pondered this matter while walking down the street, seeing a vendor selling Dixi pies not far away, so he decided to eat two pies for dinner.

The reason he often eats this stuff is because Dixi pies taste similar to some of the pies he ate before transmigrating, so he usually eats a Dixi pie when he doesn't know what else to eat.

In front of Audiss, there was a customer wearing a hat, about two meters tall, with thick limbs and a beard, buying pies.

The other party paid the money and left while eating, then it was Audiss's turn.

The pie vendor was slightly stunned when he saw Audiss's attire, but still greeted him enthusiastically: "How many do you want?"

Audiss said: "Two."

The vendor skillfully picked up two pies and was about to wrap them in paper when Audiss reminded him: "That pie is burnt."

"It's okay, it doesn't affect the taste," the vendor said with a smile.

Audiss was about to insist that the other party give him a replacement when he suddenly realized that he was currently playing the role of a wizard, and being too concerned about such trivial matters would damage his image.

So he smiled and said: "Young man, misfortune will befall you soon."

With that, he paid the money, took the pies, and left.

The vendor, seeing that this wizard was willing to suffer in silence, chuckled and didn't say anything more.

Just as he was happy to have finally sold the burnt pie, half a pie came smashing down on his head, and the vendor was immediately dumbfounded.

The burly man who had bought the pie in front of Audiss was holding an iron nail and angrily said: "I found an iron nail in my pie! Are you tired of living?"

Audiss, who was not far away, turned his head and smiled helplessly at this scene. This was obviously a frame-up, because the iron nail was very large and could not have been hidden in the pie.

But the burly man didn't care about that, shouting for the vendor to refund the money and compensate for the loss.

The vendor, afraid of being beaten, had no choice but to take out his money bag and try to take some money from it to settle the matter.

As a result, the money bag was snatched away by the burly man, and the vendor stepped forward to argue, but received a solid slap in the face.

Audiss watched all this quietly not far away, without any intention of helping.

After the burly man snatched the money and strode away, Audiss also returned to his residence, pulled aside his beard, and ate the pie.

That night, Audiss stayed on Rose Street, letting the surrounding neighbors know that someone had moved into this villa.

Early the next morning, he used the "Teleportation Array" in the basement to return to 77 High Lane, where he transformed back into the owner of the herbalist shop.

Then he took a carriage to Gahr's Herbalist Shop, and there in the basement, he changed into Mr. Gahr's clothes and went to the "Nangmu Ballroom."

Mandy had already prepared the carriage. Audiss spoke a few simple words with Mandy, then boarded the carriage and headed to Sherlock the detective's residence.

Arriving at 15 Minsk Street, he picked up Klein, who was already waiting there, also known as Sherlock the detective, and the two of them went to Bernie's residence together.

The carriage moved steadily forward, and Klein reminded him: "Although I found Bernie's address, I can't be sure if there are any ambushes around there."

"I know." Audiss, wearing a mask and a trench coat, nodded and said: "In a moment, we'll have the carriage drive past without stopping, just take a look."

Then Audiss would inform "Heart of Machinery", and then leave it to "Heart of Machinery" to handle.

However, Audiss believed that there shouldn't be any ambushes. When Bernie's body was first found, this was still an important clue.

But on that day, the "Astrologer" who made Bernie into a puppet had already died, and Audiss no longer took this clue seriously.

In fact, they didn't need to make this trip, because Audiss had great faith in Klein's divination.

But now that the two of them were still in the stage of concealing their extraordinary abilities from each other, it would seem a bit too trusting if they didn't go and see for themselves, which might make Klein feel abnormal.

So Audiss decided to go and take a look.

Bernie's residence was at 17 Verdi Street. The coachman, who had already received instructions, drove past at a steady speed.

Audiss and Klein in the carriage both glanced at number 17, intentionally or unintentionally. Neither of their spiritual senses felt any danger there.

But just as the carriage was about to leave Verdi Street, the two people in the carriage both felt a gaze.

Although this gaze was very secretive, both of them were from pathways with high spirituality and noticed it.

They pretended not to be aware of this gaze and continued the conversation they had been having.

A second or two later, the gaze disappeared.

After leaving Verdi Street, Audiss frowned slightly: "The Moss Ascetics may not have set up an ambush here, but they have set up an 'observation post' to observe everyone who passes by 17 Verdi Street. But what's the point of them doing this?"

After walking another distance, Klein first used a coin to divine that they were not being monitored, then smiled and said: "The gaze just now can also be considered evidence that 17 Verdi Street is indeed the place you are looking for."

Audiss nodded slowly, took out two 10-pound notes from his wallet and handed them to Klein: "This is the reward for the first task."

He paused and then said: "The second task doesn't need to be investigated."

Previously, "Mr. Gahr"'s second task for Klein was to find out who Bernie had been in contact with before his death.

But now let "Heart of Machinery" investigate all of this.

The two of them tacitly didn't continue to talk about this commission and instead chatted idly again.

"The sunshine is really nice today," Klein said with a smile: "I even saw the shadow of the sun in the sky."

In the sky, there was indeed a faint sun, and faint sunlight sprinkled on the street.

Although it looked like there were some thin clouds, this was already very good weather for Backlund in winter.

On Minsk Street, the two said goodbye, and Audiss left in the carriage.

Klein watched "Mr. Gahr"'s carriage go away, looked at the faint sun in the sky, then took out his key and opened the door to go inside.

Clang ~

After he closed the door, a cloud of thick fog suddenly emerged on the street outside, like a python, but the pedestrians seemed to not see the fog at all, otherwise they would have exclaimed in surprise.

The fog lingered in front of 15 Minsk Street for a while, then floated towards the carriage that Audiss was riding in.

Although the fog had left, there was a faint "Star Ring" on the door of number 15.

It was a small circular ring, as if made of crystal, with faint starlight flickering inside.

… …

On the other side, Audiss took the carriage straight to the Backlund Mechanical Research Society.

At the same time, he was still thinking about the question just now: Why would the Moss Ascetics still leave people to observe around Bernie's residence?

Theoretically, this move doesn't make much sense. First of all, Bernie and the "Astrologer" are already dead, which means this clue has been broken.

Audiss can no longer use Bernie's clues to find the traces of the Moss Ascetics, and they don't need to continue staring here to observe Audiss's investigation progress.

On the contrary, sending people to stare here leaves clues instead.

If they could catch that person, that would be a new clue.

Could it be that they want to observe if any suspicious people are approaching 17 Verdi Street?

But why are they hiding instead of observing this?

Prophecy!

Audiss suddenly understood. The demigod before was likely Sequence 3, and he had received a prophecy that he could meet Audiss around Bernie's residence!

The "Hidden Sage"'s mission was to "capture Audiss." Now Gahr's Herbalist Shop and Audiss's residence are being watched by the "Mysterious Queen"'s "Invisible Servants," and it's difficult for them to attack from these places.

So they thought of using the opportunity of Audiss going to 17 Verdi Street to capture Audiss again!

Audiss suddenly realized that he was now in danger!

Although he was wearing a mask now, the mask was useless under the gaze of the "Eye of Secrets," and he had definitely been recognized.

And not only was he in danger, but Klein was also in danger, because the other party could easily control Klein as an accomplice of Audiss.

Audiss thought for a moment and said to the coachman: "Return to 15 Minsk Street!"

Then, he whispered, "Are you there?"

He waited for two or three minutes, but there was no response. After all, the "Mysterious Queen" had only promised that she could hear him immediately if he called for help at the Galt Herb Shop or 77 Heylin Avenue.

Audis quickly took out paper and pen and wrote in his notebook: I am in great danger right now at 15 Minsk Street.

Then he stopped the carriage and handed the notebook to the coachman, asking him to take it to Max at the Backlund Mechanical Research Association as quickly as possible.

After that, he ran all the way to 15 Minsk Street and saw the "Star Ring" on the door.

Audis avoided the door and cautiously went to knock on the window.

He had only knocked twice when Klein opened the door, but his face wore a strange smile, and for some reason, he was soaking wet, as if Klein didn't care at all.