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

don’t know the main ingredients of the

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

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

nodded and

Interrogator potion’s

he slowly retreated and melded into the shadows, disappearing into

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

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

target is. It seems to be focused on some special ingredient that can be used to

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

to keep silent on

cheeks and walked towards the street outside, ready to take

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

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

only when the carriage was far 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

that her friend was in a bad mood, Fors poured two glasses

and pushed one of the glasses toward

she said in a slightly hoarse voice, “On the way back, I met someone I used to

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

Stratford,” Xio replied to any question

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

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

was at such a party that she got

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

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

the glass of red wine and gulped it

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

palatine? What position is that?” Fors asked, half curious, half trying to soothe her

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,

gradually turned melancholic as she found it difficult to

in a revolt, and he was eventually executed and deprived of his

many of my family members 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 to improve myself, hoping to restore my family’s glory and

midway through her recount, but

But she immediately smiled.

I will

Tarot Club! she added

…

in Tingen City, 2

turned her head to the door and looked