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.

it was screened by a faint crimson red. All he could see was a study desk made of burly wood in front

was a stack of neatly arranged books, numbering about eight. The wall on their right was inset with grayish-white pipes with wall lamps

it. It was about half the size of an adult’s head with an inner layer of transparent glass and an exterior gridded

the lamp was a black ink bottle shrouded in a pale red glow. Its

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

gun? A revolver? Zhou Mingrui was completely taken aback. The things laid before him

desk, notebook, ink bottle, and revolver were covered in a layer of crimson ‘veil,’

looked up and shifted his gaze

moon hung high above the

protested with throbbing pain. It made him temporarily lose his strength as he fell uncontrollably. His buttocks slammed heavily onto the

Pa!

He turned around in a fluster as he began to size up the

with a brown door on each side of the room. Close to

left door was a cabinet. Its two doors were swung open and beneath it were

cabinet, there was the same grayish-white pipe on the wall at the height of

the room near the table,

with two cracks. Its bottom was

of his gaze, Zhou Mingrui noticed himself in the mirror—the

thinly built, average-looking features and a rather

a gasp as many

the crimson moon that looked

transmigrated? Zhou Mingrui widened his mouth

had grown up reading web novels and had often fantasized over such scenes. However, he momentarily found it hard to

? In a minute, Zhou Mingrui

made his thoughts high strung but clear, he would have definitely

taking a few deep

moment, as his mind and body calmed down, memories

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

The bereavement allowance gave Klein

of the Evernight Goddess. She passed away the year Klein passed the entrance examinations to Khoy

and a younger sister. They

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

grasped knowledge of the ancient Feysac language—deemed the origin of all languages in the Northern Continent—as well as the Hermes language which often appeared in ancient mausoleums