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

before vanishing. Bogda took a deep breath and said, “If this medicine is useless, I’ll consider

father gestured a triangular Sacred Emblem

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

swished around in his mouth as he nearly

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

an unknown period of time had passed, he jolted awake, having dreamed that he was being reprimanded by his

took three days of annual leave. I don’t have to rush to work.” Bogda heaved a sigh of relief when

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

that the region which previously hurt when under slight pressure felt normal. He only felt

me it was really effective? That apothecary was clearly just fooling me…” Bogda was both surprised and doubtful as

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

didn’t tell me how many times I can

still think he’s a

…

Company, from his prior request, Klein received

and emitted his spirituality. He seriously carved the incantations and

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

that, Klein also added the Path Number that corresponded to the Goddess, 7, and the magical

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

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

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

carving the incantations and symbols on the other side

all his spirituality chained together as Klein suddenly felt a strange, majestic, and terrifying energy surge throughout the

vanished as the incantations on both sides of the accessory became

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

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

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. As for high-level ritualistic magic, there was a terrifyingly high spirituality requirement.

I can use my spirituality to make another one… Klein thought, nodding as he began tidying up the messy

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

everything was finished, Klein walked out the office and prepared to hand over the damaged materials. That was when he

swept across

Cathedral has approved it. You’re now

great!” Klein

a smile, “You can now receive a make-up pay of three pounds for

did I

complete a mission. Only by doing so will you gain the recognition of your partners. In consideration of the outstanding performance you showed, I believe I can assign you an ordinary mission

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