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.

such a high reward? Of course, if you’re able to fish out the person we’re looking for, it’s not

the main ingredients of the Interrogator potion…” Xio hesitantly

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 in

retrieve the Beyonder ingredients of the Arbiter pathway on the

some deliberation, she nodded and said, “I’ll take this

as he surveyed his surroundings and said, “The Interrogator potion’s main ingredients are the horn

slowly retreated and melded into the shadows, disappearing into the corner of the

the main ingredients of the Interrogator

point did she clearly realize how much importance the masked man’s faction placed on

that can be used to directly concoct a Sheriff or Interrogator potion… With

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

target? Xio instinctively decided to keep silent on this

walked towards the street outside, ready to take a public carriage back to

drive past. Her eyes were instantly

a single flower and two rings. There was nothing special about it, but Xio stared at it in a daze as though her gaze had

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

a bad mood, Fors poured two glasses of red

her and

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

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

any question she

“This Viscount seems to be the captain of the

in afternoon tea parties and banquets from time to time. With her professional habits of collecting material as a writer, she would certainly volunteer

a party that

father’s deputy,” Xio said with some

fallen aristocratic family and had some secrets.

gulped

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

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

but it wasn’t as illustrious during the time of my father. However, we still held the trust of the former king, Might-wielder

she found it difficult

participating in a revolt, and he was eventually executed and deprived

of my family members even died for no reason. In order to live, we changed our surnames and left

don’t believe that my 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 glory and my

through her recount, but Fors didn’t mind. She sighed and said,

But she immediately smiled.

will

Tarot Club! she added in

…

in Tingen City,

doing math problems, turned her head to the door and looked at Benson who had just taken off his half top