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.

dropped into the medicine, Bogda’s father looked at his son worriedly and said, “I think

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

Bogda’s father gestured a

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

that had the noxious smell of blood, swished around in his mouth as he nearly spat

night, Bogda had an upset stomach. He went to the bathroom six times, and by the time the crimson moon vanished, he

having dreamed that

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

to the sluggish state he was in for the past few

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

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

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

me how many

think he’s

…

from his prior request, Klein received a space where

and emitted his spirituality. He seriously carved the incantations and symbols

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

Klein also added the Path Number that corresponded to the

to 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 mysticism. The ones that were spread amongst the ordinary

Klein had a lot of damaged materials to his right. Through repeated practise, and only after he confirmed that he had

the tip of the carving knife. The number 7 appeared on the

and symbols on the other side of the accessory. All that was left was

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

the incantations on both sides of the accessory became complete with Klein’s

silver accessory that was formed from a circle and a vertical piece. He felt a tinge of coolness from the mild-to-the-touch

He happily placed the finished amulet and another one that he had previously finished into his pocket, planning to find an opportunity to give it to Benson and

used a high-level ritualistic magic and created a prayer set, a year was the maximum one could use them for. As for

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

for the 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 ritualistic magic. That way he could create a few defensive amulets that could be activated specifically with

and prepared to hand over the damaged materials. That was when he

deep and gray eyes swept across him as

approved it.

Klein expressed

a smile, “You can now receive a make-up pay of three pounds for this week. You’ll

I mention the

partners. In consideration of the outstanding performance you showed, I believe I can assign you an

without hesitation,