Lord of the Mysteries

Holding onto the yellowish-brown paper bag full of herbs, Bogda staggered out of the Lawson’s Folk Herb Store.

While waiting for a tracked carriage, he suddenly came to a realization.

He had spent ten pounds to buy a bag of stuff?

This was nearly a month’s salary for him!

If it wasn’t for his trust in Anna and Joyce, he wouldn’t have brought that much cash to the Divination Club!

Could it be that the reason why Mr. Moretti only accepted eight pence for his divination, had something to do with his collusion with the boss of Lawson’s Folk Herb Store, so as to earn more? This was a classic scam written on the papers! When Bogda made this connection, he even began to suspect Klein a little. He even began suspecting Joyce and Anna.

When a tracked carriage stopped in front of him, he looked at the herbs in his hand. Unable to bring himself to return, he entered the carriage with a heavy heart.

…

Inside Lawson’s Folk Herb Store.

As the boss watched Bogda leave, he suddenly turned his head and shouted at the door where there was a pile of herbs, “Scharmaine, stop purchasing herbs from today.”

“W-why, Master?” A handsome-looking youth with disheveled hair walked out.

The boss smiled and said, “This is the sixteenth customer that has come because of my fame. If this carries on, I believe the Nighthawks, the Machinery Hivemind, and the Mandated Punishers will notice me. When the time comes, I’ll need to consider heading to other cities.”

“Then, do we need to sublease this store?” Scharmaine nodded in understanding as he asked with concern.

The boss chuckled.

“If you wish to stay, you can be the boss of this store. You are already capable at identifying herbs and concocting medicine. Of course, remember to deposit half of your monthly profits into my anonymous Backlund Bank account.”

“But, I haven’t learned what you are really good at.” Scharmaine was already sick of never staying in a city for more than a year, but he was unwilling to give up learning the magical formulas that his master was good at.

The boss leisurely rocked himself in his seat.

“That’s not something you can learn just because you want to…”

…

A blackish-green bubbling liquid appeared in front of Bogda’s eyes. It smelled of stinking socks and the color that makes one want to puke made him deeply suspicious about everything he had done today.

dropped into the medicine, Bogda’s father looked at his son worriedly and said, “I think surgery is the best

few drops of rooster blood bubbled with the boiling liquid before vanishing. Bogda took

will watch over you.” Bogda’s father gestured a triangular Sacred Emblem

had cooled down, Bogda had no intention of wasting the ten pounds. He raised his right hand and closed his eyes. Flicking his head back, he gulped down the medicine in one

smell of blood, swished around in his mouth as he nearly spat out everything

He went to the bathroom six times,

awake, having dreamed that he was being reprimanded

of annual leave. I don’t have to rush to work.” Bogda heaved a sigh of relief when he discovered

in stark contrast to the sluggish state he was in for the past

side of his abdomen. He noticed that the region which previously hurt when under slight pressure felt normal. He only felt the

was clearly just fooling me…” Bogda was both surprised and doubtful as he got out of bed. He

still need to drink it twice. Once I’m done drinking, I’ll go

many times I can drink

think

…

Security Company, from his prior request, Klein received a space where no

emitted his spirituality. He seriously carved the incantations and

and was written in Hermes. The two mysticism symbols symbolized the

Path Number that corresponded to the Goddess, 7, and the magical

had to be engraved on both sides; and each side’s symbols, incantations, and characteristics, their exact locations, or special formats was in the realm of mysticism. The

moment, Klein had a lot of damaged materials to his right. Through repeated practise, and only after he confirmed that he had enough practice,

his spirituality spewed out from the tip of the carving

carving the incantations and symbols on the other side of the

as Klein suddenly felt a strange, majestic, and terrifying

of the accessory

silver accessory that was formed from a circle and

previously finished into his pocket, planning to find an opportunity to give it to Benson

was nothing too ridiculous. Furthermore, their spirituality would wane bit by bit. Unless one used a high-level ritualistic magic and created a prayer

another one… Klein thought, nodding as he began tidying up

didn’t make one for himself for the moment, because an amulet of that level had limited effects on him. Therefore, his goal was to gain a deeper understanding of incantations before trying to

and prepared to hand over the damaged materials. That was when he saw Captain

swept across him as

the Holy Cathedral has approved it. You’re now an official

Klein

pounds for this week. You’ll

did I mention the

consideration of the outstanding performance you showed, I believe I can assign you an

without hesitation,