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.

would have such a high reward? Of course, if you’re able to fish out the person we’re looking for, it’s not impossible to negotiate and let you obtain the main ingredients,” the masked man said

the main ingredients of the Interrogator potion…” Xio

main portion of a Sequence 7 potion formula, worth more than 600 pounds. I think you’re fully aware of our generosity,” the masked

find them? Well, if he were from MI9, taking advantage of this mission to retrieve the Beyonder ingredients of the Arbiter pathway on the market should also be one of his goals. There’s no problem about wasting money… As quite an experienced bounty hunter, Xio instinctively thought of

and said, “I’ll

relaxed as he surveyed his surroundings and said, “The Interrogator potion’s main ingredients are the horn of a Flash-patterned Black Snake and

retreated and melded into the shadows, disappearing into

told me the main ingredients of the

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

to be focused on some special ingredient that can be used to directly concoct a Sheriff or Interrogator potion… With this in

had used a special ingredient she had

that their target? Xio instinctively decided to keep silent on this matter, to never

street outside, ready to take a public carriage

brown carriage drive past. Her eyes were instantly attracted by the coat of arms on

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

away, did she withdraw her gaze. Her mood immediately reached rock bottom. It didn’t turn

bad mood, Fors poured two glasses of red wine and brought

across her and pushed one of the glasses

looked down at the red wine. After a full two minutes of silence, she said in

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

Xio replied to any

then she said, “This Viscount seems to

tea parties and banquets from time to time. With her professional

was at such a party that she got to know

he used to be my father’s deputy,”

aristocratic family and had some secrets. However, she didn’t know the

the glass of red wine and gulped it down, coughing a few times after

once part of the aristocracy. In its heyday, it even served

is that?” Fors asked, half curious, half trying

to being the spokesperson for the royal family, nobles that 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

tone gradually turned melancholic as she found it difficult to hide her

of participating in a revolt, and he was eventually

this, my family fell from grace, and many of my family members even died for no reason. In order to live,

would engage in mutiny. He was so loyal to the royal family, even more so than his belief in the Goddess! In order to… Anyway, I left my mother and my

through her recount, but Fors didn’t

But she immediately smiled.

will support

Tarot

…

in Tingen City,

who was doing math problems, turned her head to the door and looked at