Lord of the Mysteries

In Empress Borough, inside the opulent villa of Earl Hall.

The cold air was kept out by the windows and walls. The building’s interior was warm as though it were spring, and the fireplace was elegant.

Audrey Hall was having her measurements taken by the fashion designer, Mrs. Guinea, so that she could create a costume for Audrey for the new year banquet in consideration of her recent physical and emotional state.

At this moment, her personal maid, Annie, came close to her ear and whispered, “Lady Escalante is here.”

Such a fast response? Audrey was delighted, but she didn’t make an obvious show of it on her face. With a faint smile, she said, “Please get her to wait in my art studio. Hmm, for five minutes.”

“Art studio?” Annie asked in surprise.

“Yes, I’d like to ask her to admire my recently completed oil painting. She says that content that is painted in a relaxed state easily allows one to express their true thoughts and emotions,” Audrey explained unhurriedly.

Annie suddenly felt enlightened.

“Yes, Miss.”

Less than five minutes later, Audrey entered the studio and saw Escalante admiring the paintings on the walls.

“That’s Mr. Cenci’s Inner Heart’s Night, a masterpiece that allows one to feel peace,” she smiled and introduced the painting to Escalante.

“Cenci’s Inner Heart’s Night? One of the top ten works of last year’s ‘top hundred century-old paintings’ that the Tussock Times voted for?” Escalante was obviously the kind of person who often read newspapers.

And as a Beyonder of the Spectator pathway, she had a good memory.

“Yes,” Audrey replied simply, as though it was a trivial matter.

“I actually have the honor of seeing the real deal…” Escalante looked up at the painting again.

She swallowed back the words “this is worth at least a manor,” unwilling to appear too philistine.

Audrey didn’t continue introducing the other paintings. She found a reason to send Annie away and motioned to Susie to “stand guard” outside the door.

Susie read her hint without any hindrance, wagged her tail, and scampered out.

Escalante closed the door and went back to the easel’s side. Before Audrey could ask, she took the initiative and said, “We have both the Human-skinned Shadow’s characteristic and the Wind-blessed potion formula. However, there is no need for us to sell it unless the other party is able to provide an irresistible offer.”

The willingness to negotiate means there’s hope! Audrey’s green eyes darted slightly as she asked with a chuckle, “What do you wish to receive in exchange?”

Escalante stroked her hair and gave her pre-prepared answer.

for the Human-skinned Shadow characteristic, and 3,000 pounds for the Wind-blessed

a huge premium… Although Audrey didn’t find them expensive, she lamented the fact that

was to a High Sequence, the fewer potion formulas there were to circulate, making it very difficult to buy them. There was no normal situation,

Escalante added, “If the other party can barter with mystical items, all that’s needed

reduction for them… The Psychology Alchemists is one of the youngest secret organizations. They clearly haven’t

wasn’t the least bit worried that the Psychology Alchemist would notice that she hadn’t been involved in any Beyonder gathering recently. After all, her schedule was rather tight—afternoon tea, music lessons, dinners, dances, equestrian training, language lessons, dancing lessons, and so on. There were too many opportunities for her to interact with different people. In that case, perhaps a particular dinner was a cover

thought you wouldn’t sell the Wind-blessed potion formula

there’s a chance, it might be more useful to spread this information out,” Escalante

member who had a high level of importance attached to her by the organization, she was

smiled sweetly. She asked innocently, “Ms. Escalante, if this deal succeeds, can you

broke into a

“Yes.”

…

he returned to Minsk Street. He filled his stomach and prepared to rest; only then did he have the time and opportunity to listen to

or it comes in pairs… As a secret organization, the Psychology Alchemists is quite qualified in the field of resources… Klein was suddenly left in the throes of happiness from having

paid him, he only had 1,335 pounds in cash. This didn’t

words to The Hanged Man to see

…

in Rorsted Archipelago’s capital, the City of Generosity, felt as

role of a pirate and sometimes a law enforcer, secretly exterminating several groups of pirates. But even so, the total value of his spoils of war didn’t exceed 2,000 pounds, and a portion of it had to be distributed to the sailors under him. Of course, this didn’t include the ships

sigh that most pirates weren’t rich, that they were used to squandering on having opulent

I meet a pirate crew with Beyonders, it would be very difficult to get rich so suddenly… Alger paced a few steps,

gold

features, and the way they were formed had the characteristics of a primitive human being from an ancient

The Fool, and said, “… I’m willing to use this mystical item

obtain an extremely strong regenerative ability, exaggerated speed, and

is that as the number of times it’s used increases, the wearer will become more and more unlike a human being. They will turn colder and colder,

…

a tiny snake, and the simple golden mask. He tapped the edge of the long table with his finger, thinking carefully about what

Eye? Certainly not. This is the main ingredient of a Sequence 5 Nimblewright Master. It’s just short

has a value countless times

only function is the summoning of a messenger, and it’s an important tool for communication.

summon a messenger, but the target on the other

This is something I want to use

Door and has too many hidden secrets. In addition, just from the

Body state. If I use it well, I can even fight a

mystical items and are considered consumable Beyonder weapons. They

Secrets? This isn’t a mystical item either. The Psychology Alchemists likely do

Interrogator can be sold. However, the Psychology Alchemists wants mystical items. Furthermore, the trading venue is in Backlund, so it would easily expose information