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 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

books, numbering about eight. The wall on their right was inset with grayish-white pipes with

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

lamp was a black ink bottle shrouded in a pale red glow. Its embossed surface formed a

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

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

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

up and shifted his gaze up bit by

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

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!

He turned around in

a brown door on each side of the room. Close

a cabinet. Its two doors

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

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

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

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

brown pupils, a linen shirt, thinly

gasp as many helpless

style and the crimson moon that looked different from Earth’s moon could only mean one

transmigrated? Zhou

had often fantasized over such scenes. However,

it meant to love a fantasy 1 ? In a minute, Zhou Mingrui had already cursed himself while trying

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

few deep breaths, Zhou

moment, as his mind and body calmed down, memories began flooding him as they slowly

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

a colonial conflict with the Southern Continent. The bereavement allowance gave Klein the opportunity

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

also had an elder brother and a younger sister.

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

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