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.

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 with a

the main ingredients of

we don’t find the target, you’ll have the main portion of a Sequence 7 potion

taking advantage of this mission to retrieve the Beyonder ingredients of the Arbiter pathway on the market

some deliberation, she nodded and said,

“The Interrogator potion’s main ingredients are the horn of a Flash-patterned Black Snake

saying that, he slowly retreated and melded into the shadows,

the main ingredients of

at that point did she clearly realize how much importance

some special ingredient that can be used to directly concoct a

special ingredient she had bought through Fors, one that

to keep silent on this matter, to never tell the masked man

cheeks and walked towards the street outside, ready to

eyes were instantly attracted by the

consisted of a single flower and two rings. There was nothing special about it, but

withdraw her gaze. Her mood immediately reached rock bottom. It didn’t turn for the better, even when she returned to the

was in a bad mood, Fors poured two glasses of

sat across her and pushed one of the

full two minutes of silence, she said in a slightly hoarse voice, “On the way

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

to any question she

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

best-selling novel author, she would receive invitations from noblemen who liked literature and participated in afternoon tea parties and banquets from

such a party that she got

he used to be my father’s deputy,” Xio said with some

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

wine and gulped it down, coughing a few times after

down, she said, “My family was once part of the aristocracy. In its

Fors asked, half curious, half trying

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

turned melancholic as she found it

revolt, and he was eventually executed

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

father 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 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

But she immediately smiled.

will

is the mysterious Tarot Club!

…

Tingen City, 2

her head to the door and looked at Benson who