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.

you’re able to fish out the person we’re looking for, it’s not impossible to negotiate and

ingredients of the Interrogator potion…” Xio hesitantly

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

a high price to find them? Well, if he were from MI9, taking advantage of this mission to retrieve the Beyonder ingredients of the Arbiter pathway on the market should also be one of his goals. There’s no problem about wasting money… As quite

some deliberation, she nodded and

masked man’s tone turned relaxed as he surveyed his surroundings and said, “The Interrogator potion’s main ingredients are

melded into the shadows, disappearing into the corner of the

main ingredients of the Interrogator potion…” Xio

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

who their target is. It seems to be focused 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, one that could be

Xio instinctively decided to keep silent on this matter, to

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

that moment, she saw a brown carriage drive past. Her eyes were instantly attracted by the coat of arms on the

nothing special about it, but

withdraw her gaze. Her mood immediately reached rock bottom. It didn’t turn for the better, even when she returned to the

bad mood, Fors poured two glasses

happened?” She sat across her and

said in a

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

Stratford,” Xio replied to any

and then she said, “This

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,

was at such a party that

he used to be my father’s deputy,”

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

glass of red wine and gulped it down, coughing

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

half curious, half trying to soothe her

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

as she found it difficult to hide her

of participating in a revolt, and he was eventually

this, my family fell from grace, and many of my family members even died for no reason. In order to live, we changed our surnames and left East Tucker

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…

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

But she immediately smiled.

will

the mysterious Tarot

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Tingen City, 2

problems, turned her head to the door and