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.

burly wood in front of him. Right in the middle was an opened notebook with coarse, yellow pages. The title was eye-catchingly written with

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

about half the size of an adult’s head with an inner layer of transparent glass and an

a black ink bottle shrouded in a pale red glow. Its embossed surface formed a blurry angel

with a fully circular body. Its tip shimmered with a faint glint while its cap

revolver? Zhou Mingrui was completely taken aback. The things laid before him were alien to him. It looked nothing

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

he looked up and shifted his gaze up

crimson moon hung high above the backdrop of a ‘black

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 as he fell

Pa!

little. Zhou Mingrui stood up again by propping himself up. He turned around in a fluster as

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

door was a cabinet. Its two doors

the wall at the height of a person. However, it was connected to a strange mechanical device with exposed gears and

in the right corner of the room near the table, along with soup

a dressing mirror with two cracks. Its

sweep of his gaze, Zhou Mingrui noticed himself

shirt, thinly built, average-looking

Zhou Mingrui immediately drew a gasp as many helpless

moon that looked different from Earth’s moon

Zhou Mingrui widened

such 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 out of his

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

calm down… After taking a few deep breaths, Zhou

mind and body calmed down, memories began

Tingen. He is also a

the Southern Continent. The bereavement allowance gave Klein the opportunity to study at a private language

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

brother and a younger sister. They stayed in a two bedroom apartment

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

language—deemed the origin of all languages in the Northern Continent—as well as the Hermes language which often