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.

do you believe that such 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

know the main ingredients of

payment. Even if we don’t find the target, you’ll have the main portion of a Sequence 7 potion

are they 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 of the Arbiter pathway on the market should also be one of

nodded and said, “I’ll

“The Interrogator potion’s main ingredients are the horn of a Flash-patterned Black Snake and dust of a Lake

slowly retreated and melded into the shadows, disappearing

ingredients of the Interrogator potion…”

she clearly realize how much

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… With this in mind,

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 never tell the masked man

and walked towards the street outside,

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

There was nothing special about it, but Xio stared at it

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 shared rented

in a bad mood, Fors poured two

across her and pushed one

of silence, she said in a slightly

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

replied to any question she

a moment and then she said, “This Viscount

and banquets from time to time. With her professional habits of collecting material as a writer, she would certainly volunteer to understand more famous

that she got

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

aristocratic family and had some secrets. However, she

gulped it

was once part of the aristocracy.

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

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

as she found it difficult to hide

revolt, and he was eventually executed

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

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

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

But she immediately smiled.

will

Tarot Club!

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time in Tingen City, 2

was doing math problems, turned her head to the door and looked at Benson who