"Trouble!"
There was still a pile of prayers waiting for answers above the gray fog, and only a few hours remained before the Tarot Club meeting. If he did not leave soon, he could hardly enter the space above the gray fog in front of this lady... Or perhaps he could ask whether this castle in the Spirit World had a washroom?
Reinette naturally knew nothing of Klein's complicated thoughts. She reached out, grabbed him, and stepped backward.
In Klein's vision, the rich colors turned into blocks of color that raced backward. A few seconds later, the surrounding colors abruptly faded. They had left the Spirit World and returned to reality.
"Good... bye."
Klein had barely steadied himself before Reinette immediately tore through the air again and returned to the Spirit World.
"Thank you, ma'am."
Only the birdsong around him and the rustle of leaves falling in the autumn wind answered him.
He looked around. "This is..."
Klein quickly got his bearings and realized he was in the grove near Green Cemetery, which he had visited once before.
"Phew-there's definitely no going back to 13 Minsk Street. I'll just find an inn nearby first. Sigh, what a shame. I hadn't packed up so much of my stuff, and I left quite a bit of cash under the bed."
I risked my life to earn that money, penny by penny!
Klein's heart bled!
Fortunately, he had sacrificed most of his money and the materials he had bought for his advancement to the space above the gray fog. Otherwise, this would surely have bankrupted him.
*Right, the investigation into the maid Cynthia must be completely cleared up by now. Can I still collect that 1,000 pounds from Prince Edessak? After all that investigating, I ended up exposing all the dirty business their