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 worriedly and said, “I think surgery is the

the boiling liquid before vanishing. Bogda

Bogda’s father gestured

the time the boiling liquid 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 down

blood, swished around in his mouth as he nearly spat out everything he had

He went to the bathroom six times,

passed, he jolted awake, having dreamed that he was being reprimanded by his boss at

to rush to work.” Bogda heaved

sluggish state he was in for the past few

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

fooling me…” Bogda was both surprised and doubtful as he

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

apothecary didn’t tell me how many times I can

think

…

staff office of the Blackthorn Security Company, from his prior request, Klein

He

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

added the Path Number that corresponded to the Goddess, 7, and the

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

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

the carving knife. The number 7 appeared on

the incantations and symbols on the other side of the accessory. All that

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

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

silver accessory that was formed from a circle and

finished into his pocket,

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

use my spirituality to make another one… Klein thought,

gain a deeper understanding of incantations before trying to pair it with ritualistic magic. That way he

over the damaged

gray eyes swept across him

Holy Cathedral has approved it. You’re now

That’s great!” Klein

smile, “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 advance

did I mention the

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

without hesitation,