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.

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

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

father gestured

of wasting the ten pounds. He raised his right hand and closed his eyes. Flicking his head back, he gulped down the medicine in

noxious smell of blood, swished around in his mouth

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

jolted awake, having dreamed that

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

sluggish state he

abdomen. He noticed that the region which previously hurt

fooling me…” Bogda was both surprised and doubtful as he got out of bed. He stretched himself and felt his health returning

“According to the apothecary, I still need to drink it

how many

think he’s a

…

Blackthorn Security Company, from his prior request, Klein received a space

held a carving knife and emitted his spirituality. He

avoid disaster and was written in Hermes. The two mysticism symbols symbolized

Path Number that corresponded to the Goddess, 7,

that, charms and amulets 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

Klein had a lot of damaged materials to his right. Through repeated practise, and only after he confirmed that he had enough practice, did he dare to begin creating the amulets for Benson

his mind, his spirituality spewed out from the tip of the carving knife. The number 7

and symbols on the other side of the accessory. All

spirituality chained together as Klein suddenly felt

sides of the accessory became

the silver accessory that was formed from a circle and a vertical piece. He felt a tinge of

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

bit. Unless one used a high-level ritualistic magic and created a prayer set, a year

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

the moment, because an amulet of that level had limited effects on him. Therefore, his goal was to gain a deeper understanding of

walked out the office and prepared to hand over the damaged materials. That was when he saw Captain Dunn

deep and gray eyes swept across

has approved

That’s great!” Klein expressed his

of three pounds for this week. You’ll receive 4.50 pounds every subsequent week

the way, did I mention the Nighthawks’

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

replied without hesitation,