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.

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

don’t know the main ingredients of the Interrogator potion…” Xio

a Sequence 7 potion formula, worth more than 600 pounds. I think you’re fully aware of our generosity,” the masked man said in a bewitching

Well, if he were from MI9, taking advantage of this mission to retrieve the Beyonder ingredients

she nodded and said, “I’ll take this

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

and melded into

ingredients of the Interrogator potion…” Xio

clearly realize how much importance the

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

had used a special ingredient she had bought through Fors, one that could be used to

decided to keep silent on this matter, to never

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

a brown carriage drive past. Her eyes were instantly

flower and two rings. There was nothing special about

carriage was far away, did she withdraw her gaze. Her mood immediately reached rock bottom. It didn’t turn for the better, even

Fors poured two glasses

She sat across her and pushed one

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

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

Stratford,” Xio replied to any question she received without

moment and then she said, “This Viscount seems to be

noblemen who liked literature and participated in afternoon tea parties and banquets from time to time. With her professional habits of collecting material

a party that she got

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

fallen aristocratic

of red wine and gulped it down, coughing a few times

family was once part of the aristocracy. In

position is that?” Fors asked, half curious, half

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

as she

revolt, and he was

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

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

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

But she immediately smiled.

will

mysterious Tarot Club! she added in

…

time in Tingen

head to the door and