Lord of the Mysteries: The Last Shepherd
Chapter 624

The Tarot Club of a New Week, and the Diary Provided by the Queen

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North Borough, inside the residence provided by Audrey.

"He's hiding something from me."

Luther reclined halfway on the soft sofa and suddenly spoke.

"Meow?"

Luna was curled up beside him. Hearing his voice, she raised herself and glanced at him. Once she realized he was not talking to her, she lay back down, rested her chin on her forepaws, and yawned.

"Are you referring to that teammate of yours, Leonard Mitchell?"

M's figure appeared on the sofa opposite him. She sat upright, her fingertips pressed together, her golden eyes gleaming. "That was my guess. Judging from the subtle changes in his expression at the time, he must have concealed some things... Things that might be very important, important enough to make him hesitate."

"I've only just joined the Church. I'm a High Sequence Beyonder whose background is unknown to him. It's understandable that he would be wary of me and hold something back."

Luther said as his hand slid down to stroke Luna's fur.

"I thought you'd suspect him of being a mole within that Church."

M smiled.

Leonard was a mole?

"Impossible."

Luther immediately refuted it. "That guy's situation is rather unusual."

Back in Tingen, Leonard had already seemed somewhat different. It was not just him; Luther and Klein each had their own secrets. Luther went without saying. Klein could come back from the dead, and the secret he carried was enough to provoke a counterattack from the Phantom Tide. As for Leonard—he definitely had secrets he did not wish to reveal.

"I think he might have discovered something in Tingen.

Before interrupting, Luther had heard their conversation with his keen hearing. He suspected that Leonard had figured something out after returning to Tingen, but what exactly was it...

"It's almost three."

M reminded him as she rose from

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