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.

fish out the person we’re looking for, it’s not

know the main ingredients of

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,” the masked man said

find them? Well, if he were from MI9, taking advantage of this mission to retrieve the Beyonder ingredients of the Arbiter pathway on

nodded and said, “I’ll

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

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

me the main ingredients of the Interrogator potion…”

how much importance

on some special ingredient that can be used to directly concoct a Sheriff or

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

their target? Xio instinctively decided to keep silent on this matter, to

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

Her eyes were instantly attracted by

nothing special about it,

was far away, did she withdraw her gaze. Her mood immediately reached rock bottom.

her friend was in a bad mood, Fors poured two

across her and pushed one of the glasses toward

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

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

to any

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

in afternoon tea parties and banquets from time to time. With her professional habits of

was at such a party that she got

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

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

wine and gulped it down,

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

Fors asked, half curious, half

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 Division and the captain

as she

accused of participating in a revolt, and he was

even died for no reason. In order to

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

some of the things midway through her recount, but Fors didn’t

But she immediately smiled.

will support

behind me is the mysterious Tarot Club! she added

…

Tingen City, 2 Daffodil

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