The Pieced-Together Truth

Since he still had to hire a carriage, Klein did not linger Above the Gray Fog. He skimmed the conclusions The Tower had reached, then returned to reality.

After riding back to the office with the other Nighthawks, Klein used several trips to the washroom that afternoon to finish reading the notes.

The Tower suspects the Ramde Family was connected to the God of Death of the Fourth Epoch, while the other baron, Kholger, was connected to the Solomon Royal Family. Loen's upper ranks used him in a scheme to obtain a high-level item from the Lawyer Pathway... They only gave up after the Emperor reached the pinnacle of that pathway...

So the Solomon Royal Family's Beyonder Pathway began with Lawyer. But the emperors of that dynasty were collectively called Black Emperors. Was that a jab at how lawyers are good at manipulating rules? No, that doesn't seem right. The profession of lawyer probably didn't exist back then... I wonder what it used to be called.

But wasn't the Emperor a Beyonder of the Savant Pathway? Can Savant and Lawyer be switched between at higher levels? Did the Emperor switch to the Lawyer Pathway later on? Sigh, I hope a future entry in Roselle's Diary mentions it.

The Tower was only speculating, but he really does deserve his reputation as a famous detective! Setting Kholger aside, Baron Ramde—or rather, Mr. Azik—really might be connected to the God of Death!

When I tried divining the source of the haunting Mr. Azik caused in Morse Town on Tuesday, I saw a pyramid mausoleum extending upside down into the earth. That was unmistakably a symbol of the God of Death, an honor reserved for His descendants.

Perched on the washroom toilet, Klein silently talked through The Tower's deductions in his head.

Then someone