Once he had confirmed there was a hidden compartment in the room, everything became much easier.
"The hidden compartment or secret room in this house."
Klein wrote down a new divination statement, sat in the chair before the dressing table, and closed his eyes as he silently recited it.
After repeating it seven times, he entered a hazy dream. In the gray world, he saw the cedar wardrobe and a hand removing one of its crossbeams. Then, the wardrobe slid to the side, revealing a wooden door behind it.
"No wonder only this room had been cleaned. It was to keep the scrape marks from moving the wardrobe from being noticed?"
Klein looked at the wardrobe he had just inspected and felt a trace of shame over his own professional standards, but he quickly dismissed the thought.
"I wonder what's in the secret room. An Extraordinary Item? Hidden treasure? Or a cell full of corpses?"
Though Klein thought so, he did not try to enter the secret room. With no idea when Mrs. Meras might return, either opening it directly or summoning himself and sending his spirit body inside would be dangerous.
Besides, rushing to investigate now was simply unwise. No matter how many secrets Mrs. Meras was hiding, she would definitely return to Mr. Meras's house at night. He only needed to come back then, when he would naturally have plenty of time to explore.
Having figured that out, Klein swiftly cleaned up the traces he had left behind, then turned and left the house.
However, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he planned to find a café for dinner—after all, it was only two hours. Taking the subway twice for such a short wait was hardly worth it.
But just then, Mrs. Meras actually returned!
"So soon?" Klein