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.

looked at his son worriedly and

the boiling liquid before vanishing. Bogda took a deep breath

will watch over you.” Bogda’s father gestured

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

in his mouth as he nearly spat out

to the bathroom six times, and

passed, he jolted awake, having dreamed that he

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

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

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

really effective? That apothecary was clearly just fooling me…” Bogda was both surprised and doubtful as he got out of

muttered, “According to the apothecary, I still need to drink it twice. Once I’m done drinking, I’ll go to the hospital to

how many times I

think he’s a

…

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

He seriously carved the incantations and symbols onto two

The two mysticism symbols symbolized the Evernight Goddess as well as the

Path Number that corresponded to the Goddess,

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 ones that were spread amongst the ordinary populace were filled

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

tip of the carving knife. The

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

as Klein suddenly felt

quickly vanished as the incantations on both sides of the accessory became complete with Klein’s Spirit Vision. It emitted a

his carving knife and gently polished the silver accessory that was formed from a circle and a vertical piece. He felt

previously finished

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 spirituality requirement. It wasn’t

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

his goal was to gain a deeper understanding of incantations before trying to pair

everything was finished, Klein walked out the office and prepared to hand over the damaged materials. That was when he saw Captain Dunn walk over in his

gray eyes swept across him as he

the Holy Cathedral has approved it. You’re

great!” Klein expressed his

and said with a smile, “You can now receive a make-up pay of three pounds

did I mention the

gain the recognition of your partners. In consideration of the outstanding performance you showed, I believe

without