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.

medicine, Bogda’s father looked at his son worriedly

boiling liquid before vanishing. Bogda took a deep breath and said, “If this medicine is useless,

will watch over you.” Bogda’s father

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

aroma that had the noxious smell of blood, swished around in

Bogda had an upset stomach. He went to the bathroom six times, and by

awake, having dreamed that he was being reprimanded by

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

state he was in for the

out and pressed the right side of his abdomen. He noticed that the region which

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

silent for a very long while as he muttered, “According to the apothecary, I still need to drink it twice. Once I’m done drinking,

tell me how many times I

still think he’s a

…

the civilian staff office of the Blackthorn Security Company, from his

emitted his spirituality. He seriously carved the incantations and symbols

was written in Hermes. The two mysticism

Klein also added the Path Number that corresponded to the

each side’s symbols, incantations, and characteristics, their exact locations, or special formats

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

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

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

as Klein suddenly felt a strange, majestic, and terrifying energy surge throughout

the accessory became complete with Klein’s Spirit Vision.

was formed from a

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

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

to make another one… Klein

amulet of that level had limited 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 could create a few defensive amulets that could be activated

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

swept across him as he

Cathedral has approved it. You’re

great!” Klein

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

I mention

independently complete a mission. Only by doing so will you gain the recognition of your partners. In consideration of the outstanding performance you showed, I

without hesitation,