Lord of the Mysteries

Painful!

How painful!

My head hurts so badly!

A gaudy and dazzling dreamworld filled with murmurs instantly shattered. The sound asleep Zhou Mingrui felt an abnormal throbbing pain in his head as though someone had ruthlessly lashed at him with a pole again and again. No, it was more like a sharp object pierced right through his temples followed by a twist!

Ouch… In his stupor, Zhou Mingrui attempted to turn around, look up, and sit up; however, he was completely unable to move his limbs as though he had lost control over his body.

From the looks of it, I’m still not awake. I’m still in a dream… Who knows, perhaps the next scene will be of me thinking I’m already awake, but in fact, am actually still sleeping…

Zhou Mingrui, who was not unfamiliar with similar encounters, tried his best to focus in order to escape the shackles placed upon him by the darkness and confusion.

However, while still in his reverie, whatever will he could summon was ethereal like a fleeting fog. He found his thoughts difficult to control and introspect. No matter how much he tried, he still lost his focus as random thoughts surfaced in his mind.

Why would I suddenly have such an excruciating headache in the middle of the night?

And it’s really painful!

Could it be something like a cerebral hemorrhage?

F**k, don’t tell me I’m going to die young?

I need to wake up! Now!

Eh? Why doesn’t it seem to hurt as much as before? But why does it still feel like a blunt knife is slicing through my brains…

From the looks of it, sleep is impossible. How am I to show up for work tomorrow?

Why am I still thinking about work? This is some authentic headache. Of course I have to take time off! I don’t have to worry about my manager’s grumblings!

Hey, putting it that way, it doesn’t seem too bad. Hehe, I can end up getting some spare time for myself!

Throbbing pain inundated Zhou Mingrui, allowing him to slowly accumulate immaterial strength until he was finally able to move his back and open his eyes. He finally broke free from his reverie.

was screened by a faint crimson red. All he could see was a study desk made of burly wood in front of him. Right in the middle was an opened notebook with coarse, yellow pages. The title

the notebook was a stack of neatly arranged books, numbering about eight. The wall on their right was inset

style to it. It was about half the size of an adult’s head with an inner layer of transparent glass

a pale red glow. Its embossed surface

a dark-colored pen with a fully circular body. Its tip shimmered with a faint glint while its cap rested right beside a brass

aback. The things laid before him were alien to him. It

the desk, notebook, ink bottle, and revolver were covered in a layer of crimson ‘veil,’ a result of the light shining from the

he looked up and shifted his gaze

moon hung high above the backdrop of a ‘black velvet curtain,’

Zhou Mingrui felt inexplicably horrified as he stood up abruptly. However, before his feet fully straightened, his brain protested with throbbing pain. It made him temporarily lose his strength

Pa!

stood up again by propping himself up. He turned around in a fluster as he began to

with a brown door on each side of

the bed and the left door was a cabinet. Its two

grayish-white pipe on the wall at the height of a person. However, it was connected to a strange mechanical device with

resembling coal stoves sat in the right corner of the room near the table, along with soup pots, iron pots,

dressing mirror with two cracks. Its bottom was made of wood and the patterns were simple

a sweep of his gaze, Zhou Mingrui noticed himself in

shirt, thinly built, average-looking features

Mingrui immediately drew a gasp as many helpless and

crimson moon that looked different from Earth’s moon

transmigrated? Zhou Mingrui widened his

scenes. However, he momentarily found it hard to accept the situation when

to love a fantasy 1 ? In a minute, Zhou Mingrui had already cursed himself while trying to make the best

not for the still throbbing headache that made his thoughts high strung but clear, he would have definitely suspected

a few deep breaths, Zhou Mingrui worked hard

body calmed down, memories began flooding him as they slowly appeared

Loen Kingdom, Awwa County, City of Tingen. He is also a recent graduate from the Department of History

Royal Army who had sacrificed himself during a colonial conflict with the Southern Continent. The bereavement allowance gave Klein the opportunity to study at a private language school and laid

mother was a devotee of the Evernight Goddess. She passed away the year

elder brother and a younger sister. They stayed in a

be described as somewhat wanting. At present, the family was supported solely by the elder brother who worked at an import and export company as

language—deemed the origin of all languages in the Northern Continent—as