?Raze hadn’t run into Zon for a long time. It had been a while now, but he remembered the strange man’s name and appearance because of one reason: he was immensely powerful.
Raze knew in his state he couldn’t beat him, and from what he had heard, he had bested both Dame and Gunther, a peak and middle-stage warrior, both together. The reason why he appeared or wanted to meet with Raze wasn’t clear.
Now right in front of him was Anna, a person that was most likely from the same world.
“Himmy said that she was the only known person from her world. If she finds out that I know something about a strange man, then maybe she will press me for questions. I did meet him in another dimension and not in Pagna.
For now, while I don’t know what Zon wanted, I will stay quiet about it,” Raze thought.
“Sorry that I am not too shocked,” Raze answered. “I suspected that there will be otherworlders from my talk with Himmy, and he had warned me beforehand. If anything, I was surprised to see that you look like you do.”
The answer seemed to be acceptable to Anna, as she didn’t ask for any more details, and instead, Himmy was the one to take the lead from there.
“Alright, that’s enough of introductions. I would like to continue with the task that we have been given. We have been chasing the tale of these deaths from clan to clan for a while now with no results, and it seems the other Alter group that replaced us seemed to have gotten somewhere.”
“Wait!” Charlotte said. “What makes you think that the other group of Alter found out something?”
A smirk appeared on Himmy’s face as he shook his head in disappointment.
“You have been with me a while and you still don’t understand. The fact is that we are still alive, and they are dead, means they got further than us. Although my condolences are with the other group, my competitive side is making me feel somewhat sick. You know I was good at my job back in the day, or at least I thought I was.”
Charlotte rolled her eyes. Too many times she would hear Himmy ramble on about the number of cases he had solved, catching mass murderers, and solving cases that no one else could get to the bottom of, but it was just hard for her to grasp that someone could do such things with no magic.
And he hadn’t gotten to the bottom of this case yet.
“Anna, let’s go over the details. I imagine you have gathered and downloaded all the information to do with the case and what the other team have reported,” Himmy asked.
“Of course,” she answered.
“Wait, can we talk somewhere more comfortable, maybe somewhere we can sit down?” Charlotte asked.
Immediately, Anna got into a sitting position, and she was soon hovering in the air, as if she was sitting on an invisible chair. It was really impressive she could even keep such a position. It was something not a normal human was able to do.
“You can sit on my lap if your legs are tired; I function quite well as a seat,” Anna stated.
The response from Charlotte was slapping the top of her forehead. She needed to be careful with Anna, who was very straightforward and took things typically like that of a robot.
“It’s alright, no one can hear us here anyway,” Charlotte replied.
“Before we continue, what I do want to do is talk about Raze and try to gather more information,” Anna declared while looking his way. She had gotten out of her awkward seating position and was now stood back upright.
“You are the only survivor of these deaths. In a household usually there is not a single survivor. It’s quite impressive, but you stated that you knew next to nothing. In order to find those behind this, I believe we need to know the reason they are doing such things, and I have come up with two conclusions.
“The first is a test. The reason why it might have been so hard for us to keep a trail of what is happening is because the killings could be done by a special item. This would also explain how they were able to defeat an Alter team.
“An item that allowed them to kill in such a way, it might be that they are testing such a thing and trying to find out its other uses. That is the first conclusion I have come to.
“As for the second one, I believe that they might be trying to perform a ritual of sorts.”
“A ritual, that’s interesting, what makes you say that? From all the deaths we have noticed so far, there hasn’t been any markings or such at the scene,” Himmy asked.
“In the past, there seems to have been similar cases along Clans. They have attempted things with items and rituals, trying to get those from the Divine realm to come down.
“This is a common trial among the clans. If they are able to get the Divine realm beings down to the regular Pagna realm and still having them obtain full power, then they will have strength in this world and ruin the balance of the realms.
“The sacrifice of multiple people to obtain such a power or make such an item is quite common. As for why they might be after Raze and his sister, it could be because they needed them to be dead to complete the ritual, or they might have seen something they shouldn’t have.
“Either way, in both of the cases it would make sense for them to go after Raze’s life. If we take these possibilities, maybe we can find something that will lead us to the next location before they start the killings again.”
Himmy nodded. They were all just theories for now, but while they had nothing, theories were a good thing.
Raze was also taking everything in, and it made him think of a theory himself.
‘The clans try to get those from the Divine realm down to Pagna. I guess they mean so in a permanent way. Although I have the item that will allow one to do this, it’s not permanent and only for a limited amount of time.
‘But it makes me wonder, the book I used to transmigrate did something similar, and there is also the spirit following me? What if that spirit is also something from the Divine realm? At the moment, it’s just something that doesn’t have the full power to be used?
‘Am I just a vessel for it, is that why it’s trying to protect my life, because it’s the only way it can come down here?’ Raze thought.
“That’s the conclusion we can come to with the information we have,” Anna continued. “There isn’t much information that you don’t already know that had been submitted by the new team. They persisted before all details could be passed over.”
“Then I guess that is everything then,” Himmy said, stretching his arms. “As I suspected, we’re going to have to head to the crime scene of where the Alter team was killed and try to find something.
“This is going to be a fun first mission for you, Raze, and since it is your first mission, I have something to give to you.” frёewebnoѵēl.com
When Himmy walked over, he reached into his trench coat, and as he did, he pulled out a relatively heavy object and placed it in Raze’s hands. He didn’t know what it was before, but he had seen this item several times.
“What you have in your hands right there is something called a gun.”
Chapter 487 A Bad Detective
?”I know you have your magic and your Pagna martial arts, but there are certain situations where that can be more handy than either of them,” Himmy said as he handed over the weapon. “It might be tricky the first time you use it. It’s loud, and the weapon will kick back. Also, it will be hard to aim if you don’t practice with it, but you don’t have time for that.
“Some people in my world would say I’m irresponsible for handing you such a thing without showing you how to really use it, but you’re a quick learner, I guess. You’ve seen how I use it.”
Just then, Himmy pointed out with the weapon and went through a few of the basics, as he went through the last step of pulling the trigger.
“This weapon can help save many lives, but it can also take many as well, and don’t go showing it around or using it willingly. You’re in the Dark Faction now, so some people will know what that thing is, especially the Bonum Society.”
Raze placed the item away in his blazer using its magical properties. Although he knew it was strong, he couldn’t imagine it being better than his magic and Qi, but what he did think would come in handy was as a last resort.
There were times when maybe he would run out of Qi and Magic. If that was the case, then he would still have the powerful weapon to rely on.
There was a linger in the air of a particular word though, the Bonum Society. According to Alter, they were looking for a god-tier item, but as to what it could do, he didn’t know.
He wondered if Bonum wanted to summon these Divine beings down as well, or was it something else. For now, there was still too much information he didn’t know.
The group continued to walk through the city, and Raze kept his eyes on the warriors that were scattered about. They would walk past as if doing protocols or head area to area doing tasks.
The sound of them training in particular sections of the city would be heard once in a while as well, and Raze could recognize some of the techniques being used since many of them had been used against him.
“You look different compared to before,” Charlotte commented. “Your eyes, they seem to have aged quite a bit. They’re deep. I know it sounds crazy since it hasn’t been that long since I last saw you, but you just look different.”
Charlotte was staring at Raze quite a bit, and he certainly was different compared to before. He was walking more upright, he was more comfortable, and he even seemed confident.
All of these traits were something that she had noticed before in him, but they were just amplified this time.
“And also, your Blazer, it’s a magical Blazer, right!” Charlotte said, quite pleased. “I can sense its power. Did you enchant it yourself?”
For a moment, Raze was going to deny it. This was not his handy work, and claiming that he had done something himself when the talented mage wouldn’t get credit was against his morals and something he didn’t want to do.
So he decided he would just say yes, but when opening his mouth, the words just wouldn’t come out.
“The Blazer is enchanted,” Raze finally answered. “A lot of things seemed to have happened between the times we saw each other.”
Leaving it at that, the group continued to walk until they had reached a large stained glass building. It looked similar to the one that Raze had first entered when the clans were sorting out the wanderers and others into groups.
Upon entering inside, the area was incredibly large. The floor was paved with marble inscribed with names, and large paintings could be seen above.
There were benches that spanned across the center of the room with people who were in prayer.
“Are you sure we’re in the right place?” Charlotte whispered. It was so quiet inside she was afraid to even make a noise. Noticing this, Raze immediately cast a silent spell around them.
“You can speak freely; they won’t be able to hear us,” Raze informed them.
Himmy was quite surprised by this and almost looked at Charlotte, wondering why she hadn’t done such a thing. There were times when such a spell would have come in handy.
“This is definitely the right place,” Anna informed them. “The Alter group had originally stayed at an Inn, but then moved their base of operations to this building. There are many people that believe in the Sun God Rylon, so they come here to pray for good fortune and good weather for their crops.
“The building houses the workers of the Rylon Religion, and it also was where the Alter group stayed, until their death.”
Walking around, Himmy was looking for a particular person to talk to. The Rylon workers were covered head to toe in a bright yellow robe, but judging by how they were talking and doing their work diligently, they weren’t the right people to talk to.
But that’s when he could see a disgruntled cleaner. A man who was mopping the marble floor, an ordinary citizen just trying to make his way.
Himmy had approached him with his tall self towering over the man, who gulped just at the sight of him.
“I wanted to know, around a week ago, last Friday it would have been, we heard that there was an incident that had occurred here, do you mind speaking about it?” Himmy asked.
The man somewhat ignored Himmy as he moved to the side and continued to mop the ground.
“A lot of things happen in this place. Things happen every day, scuffles, people enter running away from other people. There is gossip, and even theft; you will have to be more specific than that,” the man said as he continued his work. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
“What I’m talking about is an incident that perhaps wouldn’t happen in this facility every day. A group of five people, all of them dying in the room that they were staying in,” Himmy said, pressing hard.
For a moment, the man had stopped mopping completely, frozen in place, and then he continued working on the floor. That small moment was all he needed to know that the man knew something.
“I don’t suppose that we could have a look at that room, can we?” Himmy asked. “Or if you are inclined to give us more details about what took place.”
“I know nothing,” the man said. “I’m just a simple cleaner, and as for getting into those rooms, you can forget about it. Only staff of the facility and those who get permission from the Meisters can enter.”
“Meisters?” Raze asked.
“Meisters are the head of the religious organization in certain areas, or this building in particular,” Anna answered.
“Look, you should know as well as I do that they’re not going to speak to us,” Himmy said. “So can’t you do us a favor?”
From his hand, Himmy had a single silver coin and was trying to hand it over to the man, but he turned his head and continued to work.
“Wait, if the others managed to stay here, why can’t we do the same?” Charlotte whispered.
They took a step back, leaving Himmy to deal with the negotiation in all of this, but Charlotte was never sure of Himmy’s actions.
“Because we don’t know who is involved. It could be the religious group, the clan that is currently here, or anything. Even small individuals, so we need to be careful and make sure as few people as possible know we’re investigating,” Anna explained.
The group waited for a while as Himmy was trying every trick in the book to get the cleaner on his side. He was also thinking about giving up and trying on another target, but there was one thing about Himmy that made him a great and a horrible detective: it was his stubbornness.
He wanted to convince this man no matter what, and that’s when Raze had enough. He took a step forward and approached the two that were still talking.
He then extended out his hand.
“Will this be enough for you to take us to where they were staying?” Raze asked.
When opening up his hand, Raze had a golden coin on show, and the man’s eyes lit up instantly.
Chapter 488 Praise The Sun
Not letting the golden coin linger any longer, the cleaner instantly snatched it and placed it away into his pocket. There wasn’t even a chance for Himmy to react; it was as if he was going up against a great Pagna warrior, the man was so fast.
“If you had done that in the first place, then we would have gotten somewhere a lot quicker,” the cleaner stated and cleared his throat. “I can’t take you there now, otherwise, they will see where we’re going. Wait for about an hour until service is over.”
“The staff members will leave the main room, and I can sneak you guys into the room where all the trouble started,” the cleaner explained. “Just sit at the back seats or something and don’t stand out too much.”
The cleaner was trying to distance himself away from the others, and when they had eventually stepped away from him, there was a spring in each sweep that he made, along with a giant smile on his face.
The group had sat at the very back of the bench. The place was relatively empty, since it was the middle of the day, so they were a few meters away from anyone else and just continued to look at the cleaner.
“What happened? It looked like Raze gave the man something, and then suddenly he was over the moon,” Charlotte asked.
“From my analysis, Himmy was failing drastically at trying to persuade the man. His attempts at giving the man a gift or a bribe for him to speak didn’t work, but when Raze had done the same, it was a success,” Anna clearly explained.
“Yeah, well, I guess that’s what one would expect to happen if a gold coin is given to them,” Himmy replied as he reached toward his mouth and pulled out the stick, letting out a large puff of air.
“A golden coin!” Charlotte repeated, her mouth nearly hitting the floor. “Do you know how much that is worth? How did you even get such a thing? For us to use a big expense like that, it has to go through the base… but I guess that was your own money… you didn’t steal it, did you?”
A number of thoughts were going through Charlotte’s head, most of them of worry. Although Alter didn’t have many rules, and groups were mostly allowed to operate however they wished within those rules, there were morals, and most of those in Alter trying to complete the ultimate goal of keeping Pagna safe wouldn’t want to work with hardened criminals.
“We need to solve this case, and we need not waste time,” Raze answered. “I saw that Himmy’s tactics weren’t working. During my short time here, I have learned that, in our world and this world, there is one thing that is very convincing to others.”
“That is currency. Currency is created, even in this world, to control those in Pagna. It might be the only thing that the ordinary people have over the Pagna warriors that are needed. As for where I obtained it from, in the Academy, there are many disciples that are heirs to their clans.”
“They have many valuables and have a lot of wealth. I had gained close connections to a few of them and received rewards in the process. So I have some wealth.”
No one questioned Raze too much, but they did have their own thoughts in their heads about what he could have possibly done to receive the money because it was no small amount.
‘It couldn’t be!’ Charlotte thought. ‘By favors for the other members, could he have…’ Her face turned bright red as she started to get all sorts of thoughts in her head, and Anna sitting next to her just shook her head several times.
The group waited patiently and listened through the talks of the religious group. There wasn’t much for them to devise in what they heard.
“We must all praise the sun! For it gives us everything in our lives. It is above all and is the power that separates those above us, gives power to the things we eat, giving the energy on the planet itself, and the energy that everyone uses including the warriors.”
“We worshippers of the sun will be granted great strength when the time comes.”
Unlike the others who didn’t seem to be paying attention to the words spoken by the worshippers, Raze tried to decipher it a bit more. This religion’s belief, unlike many others, didn’t focus on the life past this one but instead focused on the current life.
From the sound of things, they were hoping to be granted great strength. It wasn’t clear what that would be just off of listening to them. It could be wealth, health, or literal strength, maybe even spirituality.
‘According to the information Anna gave, she stated that many of the clans were trying to get those from the Divine realm to come down with their full power,’ Raze analyzed. ‘What do they think of religious groups like this one?’
‘They must have a goal as well, and I can’t believe that they are so na?ve that they don’t know of the items that have the great powers to affect the world. These religious groups aren’t linked to the clans and have their separate beliefs.’
‘They’re linked to the regular people of Pagna. The citizens, the emperor, and the kingdoms. The other half of the Pagna world, that has remained silent. It’s possible that they could be a suspect in this as well.’
‘Trying to gain a strong power that could protect them from the Pagna warriors if they ever chose to try and rule over the continents with an iron fist.’
There was a reason why Raze thought like this. In his world, there were different beliefs that many people had.
Some focused on doing good and being rewarded in the afterlife. Some were a means of living and a cleansing of the body, but others at times were spread for an individual’s agenda.
The Grand Magus were behind one of the religious groups back on Alterian. One that hadn’t existed when he was young but had grown quickly into one of the biggest groups in Alterian. If their name was mentioned, he was sure that even Charlotte would know of the group.
It was the last scandal that Raze was able to find of their corrupt lives. Although he didn’t find any wrongdoing of the religious group itself, only that their activities were being funded by the Grand Magus. For some reason, it seemed like they didn’t want him to out them.
It was why they were chasing him harder than they had before, but Raze never thought that people would believe him in the first place.
‘It bugs me a bit, what did they think that I knew that they wanted to stop from getting out.’
The ceremony was over, and the people were standing and started to leave the room, including the workers. As they left and were walking away, from the side they could see the cleaner calling them over.
“A sun god,” Raze mumbled to himself. “It would be pretty frightening fighting against something like that.”
Chapter 489 Expand The Dark Guild
In the world of Alterian, in the underground living areas that divided the two people, there was an abandoned site. A building that was once large and grand and had its time above ground, had sunken below.
A path had been built on top of it, blocking them from seeing the above apart from the view at times when drains, among other things, would be opened up.
In the destroyed large building, a regular meeting that was to occur was going to take place, as two people started to approach the destroyed building, carefully stepping around the flooded wooden planks on the ground.
When reaching the center, neither of them said anything as they waited patiently. They looked at the center area in front of them, which had been cleared.
One of the hooded figures, Kelly, noticed that things had changed since the last time she had been here. The center area where the Dark Spirit would appear, the broken and torn-up items had been removed.
Since only the two of them would arrive here to meet, she had a good idea of who had done such a thing.
‘Is this the way he shows his devotion to the Dark Magus, by making an area for the Dark Spirit to summon easier?’ Kelly thought.
It was the meeting day that the spirit said he would come again and again, but Kelly was deep in thought after the last meeting she had with the Dark Spirit. The things that happened at the Academy had practically changed her life in more ways than the Dark Spirit could perhaps imagine.
At school, many people were starting to acknowledge her. No more did they treat her as someone who wasn’t deserving to be there and waved and said hi. She had even received a few gifts from some of the students.
It was no doubt because those that day, who had seen the power of the Dark Spirit for a split second, or seen how friendly he was with the others, wanted to get close to him.
The thing was, no one knew who he really was, and Kelly was almost certain.
‘That Dark Spirit… I don’t think it’s just a spirit or creation of the Dark Magus, but could very well be the Dark Magus itself, maybe something that even has the memories of the Dark Magus.’
‘I should keep this theory to myself though, who knows how he will act if he finds out.’
Already the actions of the other man were starting to worry her. She could see him tapping his foot on the ground at first. It was getting faster by the second; once in a while, he would even kick the dirt underneath his feet.
Right now, he was pacing back and forth in the same area, and was mumbling to himself, giving out a few exasperated grunts. Finally, when over an hour had passed from the usual meeting time, he couldn’t take it anymore.
“What is going on here!” Harvey shouted. “Where is the Spirit? Why hasn’t it arrived!”
“We don’t know much about the Spirit,” Kelly answered. “Only that it carries the will of the Dark Magus. It is quite possible that for whatever reason, they are unable to come at this time.
“I think it might be best that the two of us focus on our current goals that he has handed to us.”
The words from Kelly seemed to have calmed down Harvey a little as he stopped pacing back and forth, but there was still clearly the air of disappointment over his head. She felt like it was right to keep the theory she had in her head.
“I see, you are right. We don’t know the circumstances that might have occurred. The Dark Spirit could be trying to spread the ideology even further and increasing its strength. I’m sure you felt it last time, the Dark Spirit’s magic power seemed to be growing,” Harvey added.
Judging by the extent of what Kelly had seen it do, she had to agree.
“Did the Dark Spirit mention anything to you last time, since you spent quite some time with it?” Harvey asked.
“It did not,” Kelly answered, but she was thinking about the last words spoken to her. Telling her, if there was a chance for her to try and get out of the situation she was in, being involved in all of this mess, that she should get out.”
“The Dark Spirit seemed to have gotten whatever it was that was needed but told me to continue on with my goal.”
“And how is that proceeding?” Harvey asked.
“Difficult,” Kelly answered. “There are certain situations, but I think things will be cleared up in a week or so, and I will be able to get an answer. And how is your task proceeding, with finding out about the Grand Magus?”
Harvey turned away and spat on the ground; the question had aggravated him.
“It’s the same for me, I’m stuck currently. I have a lot of eyes that are watching me at the moment so I have to be careful, very careful.”
With that, Kelly thought the meeting would be over. They had spoken, and it didn’t seem like the Dark Magus was going to turn up, but that’s when Harvey threw something over to her.
It glided through the air, and she managed to catch it. When she looked at what it was, there was an address on a street. It had been a while since she had gotten one of these cards.
“There is another task that the Dark Spirit gave us, the creation and the expansion of the Dark Guild. I have still been looking for members, and there have been reports and hints around this person in particular.”
“I told you before, there are eyes on me. You should head over quickly, before others get wind of this. I have delayed the information for now.”
From time to time, Harvey would ask Kelly to go and recruit members to the guild. Some refused to join, others found comfort in becoming part of a group, but ultimately they would lose their life or get caught.
Leaving only the two of them left. Sometimes Harvey didn’t even ask Kelly for help and just went himself, but when this happened, or when Harvey would mention it, most of the time the person wouldn’t arrive at a meeting.
And that’s for the ones Kelly knew about. Since Harvey was loyal to the Dark Spirit and wished to expand the group, it would be better for her to try to convince others to join them.
She wanted to complain about this; she, after all, had her studies to attend. She had to focus on school, and lastly, there was the extreme issue at hand of getting caught. If it happened, her entire life would be over.
Not to mention, most of the time she would meet others that knew Dark Magic, their first interaction wouldn’t be a friendly one, as their instinct was to attack any strangers approaching them.
“Don’t fail this!” Harvey said, as he was already leaving the place. “The expansion of the Dark Guild is an important one, and the day we come out of the shadows will be the day the sun disappears.”
Chapter 490 A New Member
Although worried and reluctant for everything that could happen, Kelly still decided that it was best for her to go, and as soon as possible. These meetings with the Dark Guild took place on the weekend for her anyway when she had free time, so it was possible.
“He is right about another thing as well, the Dark Spirit did tell us to increase the members of the Dark Guild. I’m sure the more people we have, the more we can help in the future as things go on.”
Following the location on the street, she found herself in one of the least affluent areas of the town. It was always the case when she did go to these places.
It was very rare that someone who was living the high life in the city would resort to learning dark magic.
Still, the place was certainly better than the underground slums where they would meet up. It was still located above ground close to the outskirts of the main city. It was harder for one to travel to the area as there was a lack of public transport.
Not only that, but the things such as basic lighting were void as well. It was strange because when Kelly turned her head, one could see the vast large tall buildings that lit up and shined an array of different colors.
While in front of her, she was looking at a two-storey building that was crumbling paint, plaster, or something on the side. There was even an outer staircase that would lead one up from the first to the second floor, and the doors weren’t that far from one another, suggesting the small size inside.
Coming to the place Kelly had done what was taught to her. She had used local services to find the correct dress, making sure that none of her personal devices had been used.
At the same time, she currently had nothing on her that could identify her. If things went wrong. From the look of things though, the area was void of people and there was no one keeping watch of the place. She had even taken a couple of laps around the block to see if there was anyone nearby keeping an eye on the place.
“Alright, it doesn’t seem like I’ll need to worry about any outside interference, but that’s only half the battle, now to try and not get this whole apartment destroyed.”
Heading to the apartment, Kelly was wearing a hooded robe that covered most of her head, and even then, she had a scarf that was pulled up from her neck, covering her face. freeωebnovēl.c૦m
The robe that she was currently using was even specially enchanted to cover her face if one tried to look directly at her, but again, all of this was just a precaution. She turned her head before arriving at the door, the first one on the ground floor, with the number one hanging on its side, ready to fall off at any moment.
“I guess it’s always better to approach these things like a salesperson rather than a thief.” Kelly lifted her hand and gave a small knock. She was careful not to knock too hard, so the other neighbors wouldn’t hear what was going on.
She waited, but there appeared to be no answer at all before knocking again a little louder. Waiting for more time, nothing had happened. Thinking that she might not be in, Kelly waited on the street, carefully watching the door.
A few people from the apartment block had come and gone, but nothing had occurred at the room she was looking at, room 1.
“Why are things always like this when it comes to these things,” she sighed.
Approaching the door, she felt like she had no choice as she hovered her hand where the lock would be, just over the handle. In this case, the best magic for her to use in this situation was a small amount of Dark Magic.
As it seeped out of her hand and touched the door, the destructive magic was doing its work. The outside of the door was fading away, almost like an acid, and this continued forward until it had reached the other side completely.
With a little push, now the door could easily be opened.
“I hope this person won’t mind, and I hope I won’t have to pay for this door.” Kelly thought as she pushed herself in.
Immediately when she walked through the front door, she was greeted into a kitchen/living room area. It was small and open and a single space. With her hand on the door, she pushed it back, closing it behind her, and she was ready to use her magic at any moment because she didn’t exactly like what she was seeing right now.
The entire room was dark, it was void, and there was a musty smell. Something that made it feel as if it wasn’t lived in. It wasn’t trashed like some type of thief; if anything, it was almost the opposite.
Everything had been placed away, it was neat and tidy, and looked as if the place wasn’t lived in at all. In the main room, there were two more rooms. One door straight ahead, that she assumed would lead to the bedroom, and a side door that led to a small bathroom.
“Let’s check out the least likely room for someone to be in,” Kelly thought as she headed to what she assumed was the bathroom, or where she would place one if she had designed the apartment.
She slowly pushed the door open.
“I’m sorry for intruding,” Kelly said speaking, worried that she might be walking in on someone. Maybe they just had a bad stomach and had been on the toilet that whole time.
Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on what way one looked at the situation, there was no one inside, leaving her left with no choice but to check the main room.
“Hello!” Kelly said again, leaving a little tap before opening the room. When she did, the first thing she immediately heard was a small high pitched noise.
“Meow!” The noise came through.
Opening the door, and looking down, Kelly’s eyes were laid on a black cat. The black cat was staring directly at her and was continuing to meow, and it was rather a fat cat as well.
“Oh, you must belong to the owner, right?” Kelly asked as she looked down at the cat.
Due to its large round size, all she wanted to do was kneel down and pick up the cat, squeezing it tightly, but the cat was acting rather strangely. It was continuously meowing at her and with its paw, it was hitting her leg again and again.
“I’m sorry, I’m not your owner, I know you might be afraid, but I promise I’m on your side. Do you know what happened to your owner?” Kelly asked.
Looking into the room itself, unlike the last room, this was incredibly strange. In the corner of the room, there was an automatic water and cat food feeder as well as a litter box. They were both around half full but allowed for the cat to live at least another week if necessary.
What was shocking was the room itself though; on the floor there were imprinted markings, it looked like a magic circle on the ground had been burned. Everything on the walls, papers, as well as magic-like books were thrown all over the place and torn up, even the bed sheets had claw marks as if done by the cat.
“What happened here?” Kelly thought.
When asking this question, as if on cue, the cat jumped away from Kelly, and then jumped onto the bed. With its paw, it started to hit a strange book that lay on top of the bed several times.
“Wait… can you understand me?” Kelly asked.
As if on cue, the cat gave out a meow.