Lord of the Mysteries

Townshend Street, in between Empress Borough and West Borough.

Xio Derecha was standing in a dark, secluded alley. Even without looking up, she could see the countless magnificent palaces and tall Gothic towers in the distance.

It was the highest district in the whole of Backlund, and it was also where the Loen royal family resided.

It shared the same or even slightly higher status as the White Maple Palace of Intis and the Aurmir Palace of the Feysac Empire in the Southern and Northern Continent and in the entire world, but its name was neither romantic nor ancient.

It was called the Sodela Palace, and in ancient Feysac, it meant “balance.”

Xio looked away from the famous “Bell of Order” and directed her sight to the other side of the alley.

In the shadows where the street lamps didn’t shine, a figure slowly walked out.

The figure wore a golden mask that revealed the lower half of his face. He was none other than the mysterious person who had previously sold the Sheriff formula to Xio and had occasionally entrusted her with some tasks.

When Xio and Fors discussed in private, they both suspected that the person was from MI9.

“Any progress this week?” the man wearing the gold mask asked as per usual.

Xio shook her head.

“No, I don’t think anyone was keeping tabs on Capim before the incident.”

She paused for a moment, then she reluctantly asked, “Do you still want to continue investigating this matter?”

The masked man was silent for a moment.

“There’s no need, but if you hear anything related in the future, then contact me right away.

“Today, I’ll give you a new mission.”

“What mission?” Xio was completely in her bounty hunter state, ready to assess the risks.

The masked guy laughed.

“This is a very simple mission, and it’s one that you’ve been dreaming of doing.

“Seek to purchase the Sheriff and Interrogator main ingredients in all your circles, especially a special ingredient that can be directly concocted into a potion. If someone responds to it, we will pay for it.”

“The purchased ingredients will belong to me?” Xio blurted out a response.

This was her greatest concern.

the person we’re looking for, it’s not impossible to negotiate and let you obtain the main ingredients,” the

main ingredients of the Interrogator

later. This is also our advance payment. Even if we don’t find the target, you’ll have the main portion of a Sequence 7 potion formula, worth more than 600 pounds. I think you’re fully aware of our generosity,”

such a high price to find them? Well, if he were from MI9, taking advantage of this mission to retrieve the Beyonder ingredients of the Arbiter

nodded and said, “I’ll take this

surroundings and said, “The Interrogator potion’s main ingredients

he slowly retreated and melded into

ingredients of the Interrogator potion…” Xio was

she clearly realize how much importance the masked man’s faction placed on

who their target is. It seems to be focused on some special ingredient that can be used to directly concoct a

she had used a special ingredient she had bought through Fors, one that could be used to concoct the corresponding

silent on this matter,

her fat baby cheeks and walked towards the street outside, ready to take a

a brown carriage drive past. Her eyes

a single flower and two rings. There was nothing special about it, but Xio stared at it

she withdraw her gaze. Her mood immediately reached rock

that her friend was in a bad mood, Fors poured two

sat across her and pushed one of

silence, she said in a slightly hoarse voice, “On

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

Stratford,” Xio replied to any question she received

for a moment and then she said, “This Viscount seems to be the captain

from time to time. With her professional habits of collecting material as a writer, she would certainly volunteer to understand

that she got to know Viscount

he used to be my father’s deputy,”

Fors knew that Xio came from a fallen aristocratic family and had some secrets. However, she didn’t

and gulped it

family was once part of the aristocracy. In its heyday, it even served as an

position is that?” Fors asked, half curious, half trying to soothe

are the closest to the throne,” Xio said in recollection, her face jubilant. “From that moment forth, our family had the fief a true earl would have, but it wasn’t as illustrious during the time of my father. However, we still held the trust of the former king, Might-wielder William VI. He was the leader of the Household Guards Division and the captain

turned melancholic as she found it difficult to

was accused of participating in a revolt, and he was eventually executed

from grace, and many of my family members even died for no reason. In order to live, we changed our surnames

the Goddess! In order to… Anyway, I left my mother and my younger brother and came to Backlund, looking for a chance to improve myself, hoping to restore my family’s

things midway through her recount, but Fors didn’t mind. She sighed and said, “It’ll be

But she immediately smiled.

I will support

Tarot Club! she added in

…

time in Tingen City, 2

door and looked at