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.

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 negotiate and let you

ingredients

main portion of a Sequence 7 potion formula, worth more than 600 pounds. I think you’re fully

of this mission to retrieve the Beyonder ingredients of the Arbiter pathway on the market should also be one of his

some deliberation, she nodded and

said, “The Interrogator potion’s main ingredients are the horn of a Flash-patterned Black Snake and dust of a Lake

saying that, he slowly retreated and melded into the

told me the main ingredients of the Interrogator potion…”

she clearly realize how much importance

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

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

Xio instinctively decided to keep silent

the street outside, ready to

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

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

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

Fors poured two

across her and

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

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

replied to any

said, “This Viscount seems

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

was at such a party that she got to know Viscount

father’s deputy,” Xio said with

that Xio came from a fallen aristocratic family and had some secrets. However,

gulped

down, she said, “My family was once part of the aristocracy. In its heyday, it even served as an earl

Fors asked, half curious, half trying to soothe

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

as she found it difficult to hide her

was accused of participating in a revolt, and he was

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

was so loyal to the royal family, even more so than his belief in the Goddess! In order to… Anyway, I

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

But she immediately smiled.

I will support

behind me is the mysterious Tarot Club! she added in her

…

Tingen City,

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