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.

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

eight. The wall on their right was inset with grayish-white

it. It was about half the size of an adult’s head

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

right of the notebook sat a dark-colored pen with a fully circular body.

things laid before him were alien to him.

bottle, and revolver were covered in a layer of crimson ‘veil,’ a result of the

he looked up and shifted his gaze

crimson moon hung high above the backdrop of a ‘black velvet

he stood up abruptly. However, before his feet fully straightened, his brain protested with throbbing pain. It made him temporarily lose his strength as he fell uncontrollably. His buttocks slammed heavily onto the

Pa!

did little. Zhou Mingrui 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

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

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

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

cracks. Its bottom was made of wood and the patterns were simple

of his gaze, Zhou Mingrui

thinly built, average-looking

Zhou Mingrui immediately drew a gasp as many helpless and confused guesses

the crimson moon that looked different from Earth’s moon could

have transmigrated? Zhou Mingrui widened his

had often fantasized over such scenes. However, he momentarily found it hard to

In a minute, Zhou Mingrui had already cursed himself while trying to make the best out

for the still throbbing headache that made his thoughts high strung but clear, he would have definitely suspected

calm down, calm down… After taking a few deep breaths, Zhou Mingrui worked hard to stop

mind and body calmed down, memories began flooding him as

the Northern Continent’s Loen Kingdom, Awwa County, City of Tingen. He

the 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 the

passed away the year Klein passed the entrance examinations

also had an elder brother and a younger

wealthy and its situation could even be described as somewhat wanting. At present, the family was supported solely by the elder brother

the Northern Continent—as well as the Hermes language