Lord of the Mysteries: Detective

In this mysterious world where ghosts and other races coexist, Randall Hawthorne is an unremarkable fallen noble and second-rate detective. Sipping sweet tea, he wears a smile as radiant as a Little Sun and patiently listens to clients recount tales of haunted mansions. No one knows that the young man harbors the "Memory-Eating Eye," a cheat that lets him devour ghosts' memories and seize their knowledge. Nor does anyone suspect that he is the earthly agent of the ancient evil god, the "Thousand-Faced Moon."

When Salem, the silver-haired butler of the Nightwatcher organization, arrives with his cane to investigate; when Lilith, the progenitor of the blood clan, gives him a meaningful smile at a banquet; when the dwarf craftsman Rex points his holy hammer at Randall's brow, Randall still wears his harmless smile. In secret, he wields psychological manipulation to perfection. He casually switches out holy relics, deftly navigates the scramble for cursed objects at an auction, and even carefully engineers a "coincidental" rescue during a ghost tide riot.

These powerful beings all think they are in control, never realizing they have become pawns on his chessboard. Randall runs a finger over the strange patterns gradually appearing at the corner of his eye, then gently crosses off another devoured ghost's name in his diary. Licking jam from his lips, he chuckles softly at the empty air. "Looks like I'll get another snack tonight."