"What's wrong?" Dunn asked with concern, noticing Klein's changed expression.
Actually, the Official's arrival was quicker than he had anticipated. However, this wasn't entirely a bad thing; he and Daily were scheduled to leave for Backlund that afternoon.
He was still a bit uneasy about Klein staying here alone to face the Official's assessment.
However, deep down, he didn't believe Klein would betray the Goddess.
But it was inevitable for a newcomer to be nervous in such a situation, and his presence might offer some reassurance.
"It's nothing, just a little nervous. After all, it's a big shot," Klein forced a smile.
"Don't worry, I've already met him. His attitude is very kind," Dunn comforted him.
Listening to his captain, Klein felt even more uneasy.
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...
"Nighthawk Klein Moretti, in the name of the Goddess, I solemnly inform you that you have passed the Official's examination."
"Lady's Sword" Crestet Cesima announced the results of the examination.
Nothing happened!
Seeing that he had passed the assessment, Klein let out a huge sigh of relief, even feeling a sense of unreality.
For some reason, he even felt like crying.
What made him even more excited was that his promotion was also settled; the Official had agreed to his promotion request, and he could now become a sequence 8.
Goddess above, he had truly gone through a lot to digest the potion these past two days. Due to his previous experiences, he thought it over and over and still felt too embarrassed to go to the Divination Club, so he could only work as a street Diviner for a few days, even getting chased away by patrolmen because of it.
Fortunately, the previous mission had already allowed him to grasp the acting method of a Seer, so his potion digestion speed was not slow.
"I knew it, your faith in the Goddess is devout enough," Dunn smiled when he saw Klein pass the assessment.
"I'm leaving Tingen for Backlund this afternoon. I was a bit worried about you, afraid you weren't mentally prepared enough."
"It's all good now, everything is over."
Captain... Klein was a little moved listening to his captain's caring words.
After calming down, Klein discovered a suspicious point.
"If even the Church didn't discover my problem, why did that person yesterday discover it?"
"Just, the abnormality of the Divination Club..."
"Did he not discover it, but simply misunderstand?"
"Then why did he peep at my house with a telescope?"
Could it be...
Klein suddenly thought of a possibility.
Melissa!!!
He remembered Melissa and that man talking happily.
Don't tell me, he was peeping at Melissa!
My sister is being targeted by a scumbag... Klein didn't even dare to think further.
Thus, the misunderstanding between the two young people, each harboring secrets, deepened.
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7 PM...
Luo En was wandering the streets with Lachi. He didn't stay at the Azure Hotel but chose to go out.
He believed that being in motion should be safer.
Damn it, my room fee, it's going to be wasted again... Luo En felt a pang of heartache thinking about his hotel rent.
"Meow..." Unlike Luo En's anxious expression, Lachi, lying in his satchel, was quite leisurely, occasionally sticking her head out of the bag and meowing twice.
Luo En was anxious about the current situation. The intelligence he had gathered these past two days contained no good news for him.
He had secretly inquired around Narcissus these past two days and learned that the person suspected to be a subordinate of a hidden existence was named Klein Moretti, the second child in their family. Besides Melissa, there was also an elder brother.
It was said that he himself worked at a security company.
Luo En was a bit surprised when he heard "security company" because, combined with Klein's identity as a Beyonder, this so-called security company seemed too much like a front for a secret organization.
"Could it be that the security company is an illegal Beyonder armed group?"
"If that's really the case, and I've provoked them, there's nothing I can do but report them."
Luo En realized that if that Klein had an illegal Beyonder team as his backing, he seemed to have no other option but to report them.
"By the way, is my thinking flawed?"
"I don't necessarily need to find evidence to report."
"As long as I can make the Official believe he has a problem, the Official will definitely be able to find out."
But how to make the Official believe... Luo En walked while thinking.
"Salylist, we'll meet soon."
At this moment, a white-haired old man, muttering some strange words, walked past Luo En.
Because Luo En was completely engrossed in thought, Lachi, without him noticing, unbuttoned the satchel and slipped out.
"What's wrong...?" Lachi ran extremely fast, her four paws making tiny pattering sounds on the stone path, her tail held high.
After only two steps, she suddenly slowed down, creeping along the wall, ears flattened, body low, secretly following behind the old man.
Watching the Orange Cat's behavior, Luo En realized—that person seemed to have a problem.
He also lightened his steps and, using the cover of night, secretly followed behind the man.
The other party seemed to be in a good mood, apparently unaware of this, still walking unhurriedly until he stopped in front of an old, detached house. He took out a string of keys from his pocket, the metallic clinking sound particularly clear on the quiet street.
...
After about ten minutes, Luo En saw the man wearing a hat and carrying a bag, walking out of the house.
After waiting a while longer, confirming that the man had gone far, the man and cat arrived in front of the house.
"I don't know how to pick locks either..."
"The window is too small..."
Looking at the front door, Luo En pondered how to get in.
Forcing it open would not only create a lot of noise but also leave obvious traces.
The nearby window for ventilation was too small; let alone Luo En, even a small child couldn't climb in.
Suddenly, Luo En's lower back was brushed by something furry, and Lachi darted out from his feet. The Orange Cat nimbly leaped onto the dusty windowsill, and perhaps because of her paw pads, she made almost no sound.
"Come back!" Luo En reached out to grab her, but Lachi had already squeezed into the window crack.
The sound of glass rubbing made his back teeth ache, and the atmosphere became tense.
A few seconds later, the door lock suddenly clinked. With the grinding sound of the turning mechanism, two points of faint green phosphorescence seeped through the door crack.
The lock had been opened, but the security chain was still on. The Orange Cat was using her front paws to pull the chain along its track.
"Lachi, you are... you should be the smartest cat in the world!" Luo En was a little shocked to see this scene.
However, he quickly recovered. The moment the chain clanged down, he used his shoulder to brace the door, fearing to make any sound.
Looking at the open door, Luo En carefully pushed it open, then exposed half of his body inside.