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.

wood in front of him. Right in the middle

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

size of an adult’s head with an inner layer of transparent glass and an exterior

black ink bottle shrouded in a pale red glow.

to the right of the 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

Mingrui was completely taken aback. The things laid before him were alien

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

up and shifted

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

up abruptly. However, before his feet fully straightened, his brain protested with throbbing

Pa!

again by propping himself up. He turned around

a brown door on each side of the room. Close to an opposite wall was

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

grayish-white pipe on the wall at the height of a person. However, it

coal stoves sat in the right corner of the room near

two cracks. Its bottom was made of wood and

sweep of his gaze, Zhou Mingrui noticed himself

pupils, a linen shirt, thinly built, average-looking features and a rather deep

many helpless and confused guesses surfaced

European style and the crimson moon that looked different from Earth’s moon could

transmigrated? Zhou

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

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

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

down, calm down… After taking a few deep breaths,

and body calmed down, memories began

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

colonial conflict with the Southern Continent. The bereavement allowance gave Klein the opportunity to study at a private language school and laid the foundation for his

a devotee of the Evernight Goddess. She passed away the year Klein

an elder brother and a younger

family was supported solely by the elder brother who worked at an import and

in the Northern Continent—as well as the Hermes language which often appeared in ancient mausoleums as