Records of the Weakest Emperor

Chapter 113: The Master of Spiritualistic Magic

Calvin tried to stand up but he found himself strapped on the chair with chains.

The look on his face made it obvious that he was still unsure if he was in a dream or not.

"Calm down, you're not in a dream anymore..."

"Let me introduce myself first."

"I'm Ron Samuel, The Captain of the Joselian Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service, the Cavaliers. I'm sorry for the rude awakening." The man standing in front of Calvin looked to be a middle-aged man with a sturdy built.

He has a messy black hair, a straight nose, and brown eyes that seemed to be more like black than brown for one could feel as if they were looking into the abyss itself when they stared right at the man's eyes.

Remembering what the man had said earlier, Calvin exclaimed, "You can enter my dreams? Was that a dream earlier?"

The Captain of the Cavaliers, Ron Samuel slowly shook his head and said, "Nope, that wasn't a dream. It was a scene constructed from your most recent memories related to what happened earlier in the day..."

"I'm sure that you may not remember about it anymore, but a tragedy happened earlier..."

"A man was killed and it turns out that you're the killer."

"What?! How am I the killer? I literally did nothing other than sleep for the entire day!"

"Yes, it appears that you've done nothing other than sleep."

"But your memories say otherwise."

Ron Samuel let out a slight smile.

The other Cavaliers glanced at each other and realized that their Captain was lying.

Indeed, someone had died early in the day, but it wasn't a man at all.

But a monster, a member of the demi-human species doppelganger.

Was there really a need to lie?

Yes...

Spiritualistic Magic pertaining to the mind was quite difficult to pull off.

Ron Samuel's lie of branding Calvin as the murderer would definitely disturb his mind enough for his erased memories to surface so that the master and Ron Samuel himself could peruse it. This tactic may be unethical and distasteful, but it was quite effective.

But usually, this tactic wouldn't be used.

This incident was just a special exception.

But why?

It was because of the words left by that mysterious leaver of clues...

"The trail ends here, Red Cloud."

The Red Cloud was a secret organization that the Church of All-Encompassing Light had to pay attention to. Wherever their members were present, murder and riot would follow. Realizing that they were here in this city meant bad news.

To be honest, the Cavaliers already forgot about the case of the elusive thief, but they didn't realize until now that the thief that they had ignored was actually connected to the Red Cloud!

After some investigations on the carcass of the doppelganger, James Branzuela and Ron Samuel discovered traces of the unique mana signatures that members of the Red Cloud gave off! It was now certain that the doppelganger was a member of the Red Cloud!

This was also the reason why they became angry at the mysterious leaver of clues.

The puzzle had been solved and the results could be found if one connected the first words of the places where the mystery man left his clues. After solving the puzzle, the Cavalier looked for further clues and they discovered the scene at the dark alleyway.

Calvin had lost his consciousness and after checking, they had discovered that someone affected his consciousness. It was most likely to be a case of possession.

A member of Red Cloud must've possessed Calvin's spirit and turned him into their puppet in order to distract the Cavaliers and derail the investigation away from the elusive thief which was one of their assets here in the city of Ashmelion.

Knowing that the Cavaliers prioritized cases involving rogue Predators, they became confident that they could successfully distract the Cavaliers from what was really happening. They acted smart, but there was still something that didn't make sense for the Cavaliers.

If Calvin was indeed possessed, why did he write such a note?

Why did he write the words, "The trail ends here, Red Cloud?"

If he was a member of the Red Cloud, then he would try his best to hide their existence until it was time for them to reveal themselves.

Ron Samuel also had his own doubts and that was the reason why he used Spiritual Guidance through the use of Spiritualistic Magic to create a dream based on Calvin's memories.

Interacting with Calvin inside the dream, he discovered nothing strange until a man visited Calvin's residence and talked with him for a few moments.

But the results of his Spiritual Guidance turned out to be inconclusive.

They still couldn't find out whether the note was written by Calvin himself or the one who possessed him.

Every member of the Cavaliers wasn't stupid. They deduced this much after extrapolating from missing data, then afterwards.

They turned to look at Ron Samuel and nodded.

Ron Samuel also nodded in return before he turned to look at Calvin.

"Can you remember anything prior that night?"

"Prior that night? You mean that night when you visited me?"

"Yes..." Ron Samuel nodded his head.

Calvin fell into deep contemplation.

Vague images appeared in his head as he tried his best to recall his memories after that night.

In his mind, the silhouette of a man could be seen standing beyond the doors.

Calvin closed the doors and Charlotte's voice rang from above the bunk beds.

"Who was that?" She asked.

"Oh, you woke up? Sorry about that. Some weird guy that doesn't know about the basics of etiquette! Knocking so loudly on the doors in the middle of the night. Does he really expect that he won't rudely awaken anyone?" Calvin muttered a complaint.

"What does he look like?" Charlotte asked in a weird tone of voice.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Calvin stared warily at Charlotte and realized that Charlotte had already raised her upper body. Her face was blocked by her waist-length hair but in the very next moment...

A mysterious force parted her hair, revealing her face!

"Does he look like me?"

The face revealed underneath the hair was the vague silhouette of the man's face!

"Ah!"

Calvin suddenly screamed.

He struggled and then collapsed on the ground.

"Shit..."

"Calm him down!"

Calvin seemed to have gone crazy.

It was only until after a Spiritualistic Ritual did he calm down. Staring at Ron Samuel, the fear in his eyes could still be seen. "No, I don't... I don't want to remember... I don't remember anything. Please don't make me remember!" The traumatized look on his face made every Cavalier frown.

James also had a frown on his face.

Obviously, it was no longer appropriate for them to keep on pressing Calvin for the details of what happened that night.

But they needed to draw out more information from the deep recesses of Calvin's mind.

To do that without further terrorizing Calvin's mind and causing it to shatter and turn him into a retard.

They needed the help of the one and only Master of Spiritualistic Magic in the city of Ashmelion.

They needed the help of the Wise One.

"Let's bring him to the residence of the Wise One, now!"

"Yes, sir!"