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.

at

vanishing. Bogda took a deep breath and

Bogda’s father gestured a triangular Sacred

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

aroma that had the noxious smell of blood, swished around in his mouth as he nearly spat out

He went to the bathroom six times, and by the time the

period of time had passed, he jolted awake, having dreamed that

to rush to work.” Bogda heaved a sigh of relief when he discovered that

was in stark contrast to the sluggish state he

region which previously hurt when under slight pressure felt normal. He only felt the pain from ordinary

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

drink it twice. Once I’m done drinking, I’ll go to the hospital to get

apothecary didn’t tell me how many times I can

still think

…

Company, from his prior request, Klein received a space where no one would disturb

emitted his spirituality. He seriously carved the incantations and symbols

request to avoid disaster and was written in Hermes. The two mysticism symbols symbolized the Evernight Goddess as well as

the Path Number that corresponded to

exact locations, or special formats

to his right. Through repeated practise, and only after he confirmed that he had enough practice, did he

from the tip of the carving knife.

incantations and symbols on the other side of the accessory. All that was left was to finish

his knife, all his spirituality chained together as Klein suddenly felt a

of the accessory became complete with Klein’s Spirit Vision. It emitted

was formed from a circle and a vertical piece. He felt a tinge of coolness from the mild-to-the-touch

placed the finished amulet and another one that he had previously finished into his pocket, planning to find

but it was nothing too ridiculous. Furthermore, their spirituality would wane bit by bit. Unless one used a high-level ritualistic magic and created a prayer set, a year was the maximum one could use them for. As for high-level ritualistic magic, there was a terrifyingly high

I can use my spirituality to make another one…

amulet of that level had limited effects on him. Therefore, his goal was to gain a deeper understanding of incantations before trying

to hand over the damaged materials. That was

gray eyes swept across

has approved it. You’re now an

Klein

nodded and said with a smile, “You can now receive a make-up pay of three pounds for this week. You’ll receive

the way, did I mention the

the recognition of your partners. In consideration of the outstanding performance you showed, I believe I can assign you an ordinary mission instead. When that happens, I’ll formally introduce you to all the Nighthawks in Tingen

without hesitation,