Chapter 85: Urgency

The strange fluctuation was short-lived. Klein even suspected that he was hallucinating.

If he wasn't considered rather skilled at spiritual perception, it was very likely that he would've written off the abnormality.

Klein frowned. He tightly held onto his cane and went upstairs, following the traces with his spiritual perception before arriving at the living room beside the balcony.

He raised his hand and tapped twice on his glabella. Auras penetrated the walls and the large wooden door before entering his vision.

Most of the colors were ordinary with a blurry outline. However, one of them in particular was rippling with a sinister dark green color over its surface that slowly corroded inwards.

Just as I thought, something wasn't right. Klein removed the silver chain that was wrapped around his left wrist and held it in his left hand, allowing the topaz to dangle before him.

When the topaz stopped swinging, he traced the spherical light and chanted inwardly, "The room before me has danger caused by the supernatural."

After repeating the chant seven times, he saw the topaz rapidly rotating in a clockwise motion.

Klein wrapped the chain around his wrist before knocking on the door three times rhythmically and wore an amiable smile on his face.

The door opened with a creak, and Melissa appeared in front of him.

"Klein, is something wrong?" The girl was momentarily surprised to see him.

Klein responded calmly. "I was just curious since I heard you gals enjoying yourselves."

"Sorry for disturbing all of you." Melissa lowered her head, feeling somewhat embarrassed. "We're playing with magic mirror divination. Selena knows a lot, and it's very fun."

Magic mirror divination... Why don't you gals play Charlie Charlie Challenge or Ouija boards? He looked behind Melissa and into the living room and saw Selena smiling.

However, in his spirit vision, the wine-red-haired girl, who was holding a silver-coated mirror, was being encroached by the sinister dark green colors.

As his mind whirled, Klein said, "Heh heh, I won't be interrupting your game. Ah, right. Where's Elizabeth? I had chatted with her over Feysac grammar. She mentioned that she wanted to ask me some questions."

"Elizabeth?" Melissa emphasized her words. "She's only 16."

Hey, don't let your imagination go wild! Klein explained, "It's a very normal academic discussion. Elizabeth is very interested in history and ancient languages."

Melissa took a deep look before saying, "She's inside. I'll inform her."

"Alright." Klein took a step back.

He only waited for about ten seconds before Elizabeth walked out and asked curiously, "Mr. Moretti, what's the matter? I never said I was interested in history and ancient languages."

At that moment, her sentence was halted by Klein's solemn expression. He took a few steps diagonally as a gesture for Elizabeth to move behind the door.

"As you know, I'm a mysticism enthusiast." Klein spoke directly to the point.

Elizabeth nodded. "Yes, I believe that you're an expert at mysticism."

"No, I'm only an enthusiast, but this doesn't stop me from noticing that your magic mirror divination has turned into a problem," Klein said with a heavy tone.

"A problem?" Elizabeth hurriedly raised her hands to cover her mouth.

Klein paused for a moment before saying, "I know words alone will make it difficult for you to believe me. Return to the room, and when Selena isn't paying attention, steal a glance at the front of the mirror, which Selena has hidden away from all of you."

"How do you know that she hid the front of the mirror from us?" Elizabeth blurted out.

Klein smiled and said, "General knowledge."

When the doubtful and frightened Elizabeth returned to the room, his composed smile vanished instantly.

Klein couldn't deal with those hidden and unknown existences. It would take too long to inform the Captain.

Right, Selena is a mysticism enthusiast. Her room definitely has no lack of pure dew, essential oils, herbs, and other items.

Just as Klein was racking his brains for a solution, Elizabeth sat next to Selena by using an excuse of discussing something with her.

A girl opposite her sipped a mouthful of red wine, and despite her blushing, she mustered her courage to ask, "Can you help me divine when I'll meet a romantic and handsome gentleman?"

Selena said as she rubbed the mirror's back, "Mirror, mirror, tell me. When will the gentleman in Yonina's heart appear?"

After repeating it three times, she picked up the mirror and raised it in front of her.

Seizing this opportunity, Elizabeth turned her body to take a glance. According to her expectations, she felt that she would see half of Selena's face.

However, the small mirror only had Selena, and it was Selena's entire body. The reflection was completely pitch-black, with Selena standing in the middle with a cold expression.

Elizabeth trembled as she leaned against the sofa and momentarily forgot to breathe. Without giving an excuse, she got up, stumbling to the door, not daring to look back at the beaming Selena.

"Yonina's gentleman will appear on the Sunday of the second week, half a year later..."

Amidst giggles, Elizabeth opened the door and left the room to see Klein, who was standing below the wall lamps.

"Mr. Moretti, I-I..." she stammered in a daze.

"Don't disturb the girls and ladies inside." Klein said.

Elizabeth calmed down and closed the door as she quickly walked over to the wall lamp.

"I saw it. I saw only Selena inside the mirror. A devil-like Selena," she whispered hoarsely.

Klein's expression turned serious as he asked. "Do you know which is Selena's bedroom? Do you know where her mysticism items are?"

"There. The mysticism items are in there as well." Elizabeth didn't hesitate to point at a room diagonally across.

Klein walked over, opening the unlocked wooden door and entering the room. Under the crimson moon's illumination, he turned a valve and lit a gas lamp.

A pale yellow light glowed as he swept the area and found bottles of pure dew, flower essence, boxes of herbal powder, candles, and amulets.

These items were placed and labeled on tables or neatly arranged inside a rack.

After confirming the items, Klein said to Elizabeth, who had followed behind him, "Do you want to save Selena?"

"Yes!" Elizabeth nodded before asking in a daze, "Will it be dangerous?"

"A certain amount. After all, I'm only a mysticism enthusiast," Klein replied frankly.

"A certain amount of danger..." Elizabeth pursed her lips, "Is there anything you need from me?"

Klein comforted her, "Don't be nervous. Now, all you have to do is pretend to return as though nothing had happened. Return to Selena's side. Five minutes later—remember—five minutes later, tell Selena that you have a pleasant surprise and bring her to me. Knock on the door softly, one long knock and two short ones. Following that, well—leave it to me."

Elizabeth nodded seriously. "Alright."

Seeing her return to the living room, Klein glanced at his pocket watch, closed Selena's bedroom, and quickly cleared the desk. Then he picked the items needed and placed them on a chair.

Following that, he picked up two faint candles with a light aroma. He placed them on the upper left and right corners of the desk.

They were symbols representing the Lady of Crimson and the Empress of Disaster and Horror.

Klein planned on holding a ritual here to borrow the Evernight Goddess's powers to ward off the mysterious and unknown existence that was affecting Selena.

As he was only a Sequence 9, the ritualistic magic he knew wasn't strong enough. In order to succeed, he needed Elizabeth to lure Selena into a sealing circle, right in the vicinity of the altar.

Therefore, he needed to consider situations in which Selena might notice and resist. Due to these reasons, Klein planned on using suspension-style ritualistic magic.