Lord of the Mysteries

In Empress Borough, the opulent villa of Count Hall.

Audrey, with a white napkin covering her, watched as the dining maidservant cut her a piece of bacon, laid out two fully-fried eggs, spread fruit jam on a piece of soft bread, and added sauce to some grilled mushrooms.

In a true noble family, maidservants were divided into many categories. Apart from personal maids, there were maids for the different bedrooms, study room maids, activity room maids, guest room maids, dressing maids, shoe maids, jewelry maids, dining maids, laundry maids, and kitchen maids. They were strictly assigned to their own tasks, with one task handled by one maid.

Although this was a great waste of manpower, for nobles, propriety was everything. Unless there was a large amount of debt, they would never reduce their requirements in such matters.

Audrey took a sip of the brownish-red tea, allowing the faint scent of malt and rose slush in her mouth.

At this moment, she heard her father, a Member of Parliament of the House of Lords, the powerful banker, Count Hall, mumbling as he held a newspaper in his hands.

“The Aurora Order is really crazy.”

Aurora Order? Audrey blinked and asked curiously, “What did they do?”

“Oh, baby, you don’t want to know. They assassinated the Intis Ambassador, Bakerland. It does them no good.” Count Hall shook his head as he flipped through the newspaper.

Audrey’s elder brother, the count’s eldest son, Hibbert Hall swallowed the grilled mushrooms in his mouth and expressed his opinion.

“Perhaps they want to destroy the relationship between the kingdom and Intis and let the war spread from the colonies to the Northern Continent.”

This child of noble birth had a handsome face and bright golden hair. He looked like a classical sculpture, regardless of which angle one viewed him from.

“No, if that was the case, then they wouldn’t leave behind so much obvious evidence. Moreover, recently, the kingdom has too many new policies that will be implemented and will need some time to stabilize the environment, so we won’t rashly start a war. What happened last night was already reported in the newspaper this morning, and the details of the events and the murderer are enough to explain the thoughts of His Majesty and the ministers.” Count Hall directed his son.

Audrey listened to her father and brother discuss the matter in a daze before realizing what had happened.

Bakerland has been assassinated?

Mr. A succeeded?

He really is from the Aurora Order?

The reason why he intentionally exposed that it was the Aurora Order who did it was to prove that he was the one who completed the task and that he hadn’t cheated me out of my money?

This is too fast and efficient. I only paid the first sum yesterday afternoon, and I’m hearing the result this morning. A good result!

Audrey was astonished and delighted. It was an uncontrollable joy, but also an instinctive fear.

It was definitely something to be happy about since the mission entrusted by Mr. Fool’s adorer had been accomplished so easily. However, the power and actions displayed by Mr. A and the Aurora Order who was backing him left Audrey subconsciously scared.

should’ve successfully raised the money without drawing attention to himself… I’ll give Mr. A the remaining funds in the coming two days through Xio and Fors. I can’t afford to show my face… I won’t be attending Mr. A’s gathering for the next month or two. It’s good that I already have other circles… Audrey took a reserved bite of the soft bread which was

to a close, small cakes of cream, cherries, and strawberries were served to her plate, and

Hanged Man wanted to take part in the mission, but he might’ve only just now completed his initial assignment… but it’s already over. Serves

…

Fors looked at the newspaper in front of them and made no

A, wasn’t it?” Xio looked at her friend

turned the stone bracelet on her wrist and shook her head in a

“Perhaps.”

know about the Aurora Order, but I don’t know if Mr. A is a member of

be. After all, we only gave him 2,000 pounds yesterday. I doubt

we still have to give him the remaining 8000 pounds. At the moment, no

ones paying… And we’ll still get 500 pounds for the work!” With that, Xio

be dangerous…” Fors pondered and said, “I’ll go by myself to make the last payment. It’ll

Xio was a

follow me, it’ll affect my escape,” Fors shook the bracelet on her wrist and said in a disdainful

short, rough

new message from Mr. A came to them from a private communication channel. He told them not to

breathed a sigh of relief in

…

A, wearing a hooded black robe, was kneeling in the

three-meter statue of a man hanging upside down with

unique single vertical eye, and his arms were stretched out horizontally, forming

a black robe came in and humbly reported, “Mr. A, I’ve already sent the

Mr. A said, without

“Why don’t you let us investigate who commissioned

lowered his head and said

this is a

chaos throughout the continent, try our best to attract the attention of others, and use these to welcome the return

“Hahaha. Cough! Cough! Cough…”

suddenly laughed before he started having a fit of coughing. It was so serious that he fell

“Cough! Cough!”

fragments which continued squirming after falling to the ground as if they

black robe immediately lowered his head, pretending as

Mr. A finally

the ground as he licked all the blood-colored

…

Year’s Street, Hillston

relaxed Klein didn’t tail Doragu Gale this time. Instead, he chose

carriage. Klein, who carried a suitcase containing a portable camera and all sorts of disguises, followed her