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.

a simple mission 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

I don’t know the main ingredients of the Interrogator potion…”

target, you’ll have the main portion of a Sequence 7 potion formula, worth more than

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

nodded and said, “I’ll take this

The masked man’s tone turned relaxed as he surveyed his surroundings and said, “The Interrogator potion’s main ingredients are the horn

into the shadows, disappearing into

really told me the main ingredients of the Interrogator potion…”

did she clearly realize how much importance the masked man’s

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

remembered one thing. When she advanced to Sheriff, she had used a special ingredient she had bought through Fors,

Xio instinctively decided to keep silent

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

that moment, she saw a brown carriage drive past. Her eyes were instantly

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

only when the carriage was far away, did she withdraw her gaze. Her mood immediately reached

friend was in a bad mood, Fors poured two glasses of red wine and brought them

sat across her and pushed one of the

wine. After a full two minutes of silence, she said in a slightly hoarse voice, “On the way back, I met someone I used

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

Stratford,” Xio replied to any

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

best-selling novel author, she would receive invitations from noblemen who liked literature and participated in afternoon tea parties and banquets from time to time. With her professional habits of collecting material as a writer, she would certainly volunteer to understand more

that she got

to be my father’s deputy,”

aristocratic family and had

wine and gulped it down, coughing a few

“My family was once part of the aristocracy. In its heyday, it

Fors asked, half curious, half trying to soothe

a true earl would have, but it wasn’t as illustrious during the time of my father. However, we

tone gradually turned melancholic as she found it difficult to hide

participating in a revolt, and he

of my family members even died for no reason. In order to

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

the things midway through her recount, but Fors didn’t mind. She

But she immediately smiled.

will support

behind me is the mysterious Tarot Club! she

…

time in Tingen City, 2

to the door and looked at