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 negotiate and let you obtain the main ingredients,” the masked man said

ingredients

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

willing to pay such a high price to find them? Well, if he were from MI9, taking advantage of this mission to retrieve the Beyonder ingredients

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

man’s tone turned relaxed as he surveyed his surroundings and said, “The Interrogator potion’s main ingredients are the horn of a Flash-patterned Black

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

the main ingredients of the Interrogator potion…” Xio was

how much

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

had used a special ingredient she had bought through Fors, one

to keep silent on this matter,

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

drive past. Her eyes

coat of arms consisted of a single flower and two rings. There was nothing special about it, but Xio stared

gaze. Her mood immediately reached rock bottom. It didn’t

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

happened?” She sat across her and pushed one of

two minutes of silence, she said in a slightly hoarse

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

replied to any question she received

moment and then she said, “This Viscount

tea parties and banquets from time

such a party that

be my father’s

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

red wine and gulped

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

Fors asked, half curious, half trying to soothe her

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

as she found it difficult to

participating in a revolt, and

many of my family members even died for no

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

recount, but Fors didn’t mind. She sighed and said, “It’ll

But she immediately smiled.

will

behind me is the mysterious Tarot

…

in Tingen City, 2

to the door and looked at Benson who had just taken