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.

was dropped into the medicine, Bogda’s father looked at his

blood bubbled with the boiling liquid before vanishing. Bogda took

over you.” Bogda’s father

had cooled down, Bogda had no intention of wasting the ten pounds. He raised his right hand and closed his eyes. Flicking his head back, he gulped

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

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

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

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

stark contrast to the sluggish state

and pressed the right side of his abdomen. He noticed that the region which previously hurt when

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

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

how many times I can

think

…

office of the Blackthorn Security Company, from his

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

The two mysticism symbols symbolized the Evernight Goddess as well as

that corresponded to the

on both sides; and each side’s symbols, incantations, and characteristics, their exact

only after he confirmed that he had enough practice,

out from the tip of the

side of the accessory. All that

Klein suddenly felt a strange, majestic,

of the accessory became complete

put down his carving knife and gently polished the silver accessory that was formed from

previously finished into his pocket, planning to find an

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

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

moment, because an 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

to hand over the damaged materials. That was when

eyes swept

Cathedral has approved

That’s great!” Klein expressed his

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

way, did I

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 instead. When that happens, I’ll formally introduce you to all the Nighthawks

replied without hesitation,