Arcane Detective of the Steam Age
Chapter 271

A letter

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[Dear Sir Li Wei,]

[I do not know whether this letter will reach you, but I desperately need your help. I am currently in the most painful, agonizing, unimaginable circumstances. Please allow me to explain my situation, so that a noble, kind gentleman such as yourself might understand my plight.

I am an ordinary woman. My parents died in an accident when I was young, and I have been alone ever since. After graduating, I found a clerical job that barely allowed me to support myself. I thought my life would continue that way. But a letter that arrived not long ago shattered that peace... The sender claimed to be my grandfather. He said he was advanced in years and would soon depart for heaven. I was his only surviving blood relative, and he told me he owned a piece of land at the Great Salt Lake, which I would inherit.

To be honest, I initially thought it was some sort of prank. For as long as I could remember, I had been the child of an ordinary family. Neither of my parents had ever mentioned any noble ancestry. However, he enclosed the deed with his letter, and it was confirmed to be genuine. In the end, I made up my mind, quit my only job, and sold my house to raise enough money to travel to the Great Salt Lake, hoping to make a fresh start there.

But I was wrong.

I had never seen a place so terrifying, desolate, and full of curses and evil. I would rather this had been a prank, but unfortunately, it was not. After arriving at the Great Salt Lake, I received a letter from an old friend of my grandfather's. Only after reading it did I understand his real reason for calling

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