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.

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

rooster blood bubbled with the boiling liquid before vanishing. Bogda took a deep breath and said, “If this medicine is useless,

Lord will watch over you.” Bogda’s father gestured a triangular Sacred Emblem

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

noxious smell of blood, swished around in his

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

time had passed, he jolted awake, having dreamed that he was being

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

state he

of his abdomen. He noticed that the region which previously hurt when under slight pressure

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

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 a

how many times I can drink a

still think

…

the civilian staff office of the Blackthorn Security Company, from his prior request, Klein received a space where no one would disturb

emitted his spirituality. He seriously

in Hermes. The two mysticism symbols symbolized the Evernight Goddess as

that corresponded to the Goddess, 7,

had to be engraved on both sides; and each side’s symbols, incantations, and characteristics, their exact locations, or

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

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

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

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

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

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

finished amulet and another one that he had previously finished into his pocket, planning to find an opportunity to give

ridiculous. Furthermore, their spirituality would wane bit by bit. Unless one used a high-level ritualistic magic and created a

can use my spirituality to make another one…

didn’t make one for himself 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

prepared to hand over the damaged materials. That was when

swept

Cathedral has approved it.

That’s great!” Klein expressed his

“You can now receive a make-up pay of three pounds for this week. You’ll receive 4.50 pounds every subsequent week until the

way, 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 instead.

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