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

drops of rooster blood bubbled with the boiling liquid before vanishing. Bogda took a deep breath and said, “If this

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

time the boiling liquid had cooled down, Bogda had no intention of wasting the ten pounds. He raised his right hand and closed his eyes.

of blood, swished around in

bathroom six times, and by the time the crimson moon vanished, he

had passed, he jolted awake, having dreamed that he was being reprimanded by his boss at

don’t have to rush to work.” Bogda heaved a

to the sluggish state he was

subconsciously reached out and pressed the right side of his abdomen. He noticed that the region which previously hurt when under slight pressure felt normal. He only felt the pain from ordinary

me it was really effective? That apothecary was clearly just fooling me…” Bogda was both surprised and doubtful as he got out of bed. He stretched himself and felt

to the apothecary, I still need to drink it twice.

me how many times I can drink a

think he’s a

…

office of the Blackthorn Security Company, from his prior request, Klein received a space where no one would disturb

held a carving knife and emitted his spirituality. He seriously carved the incantations and symbols onto two

written in Hermes. The two mysticism symbols symbolized the

the Path Number that corresponded to the Goddess, 7,

side’s symbols, incantations, and characteristics, their exact locations, or special formats was in the realm of mysticism. The ones that were spread amongst the ordinary populace were filled

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

spewed out from the tip of the carving knife. The number 7 appeared on the surface

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

chained together as Klein

commotion quickly vanished as the incantations on both sides of the accessory became complete with Klein’s

accessory that was formed from a circle and a vertical piece.

and another one that he had previously finished into his pocket, planning to find an opportunity to give

possessed a certain level of effectiveness. They allowed the wearer to unknowingly avoid disasters to a certain extent, 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.

my spirituality to make another one… Klein thought, nodding as he began tidying

effects on him. Therefore, his goal was to gain a deeper understanding of incantations before trying to pair it with ritualistic magic. That way he

hand over the damaged materials. That was when he saw Captain Dunn walk over

deep and gray eyes swept

has approved it. You’re now an

That’s great!” Klein expressed his

pounds for

way, did I mention

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

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