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.

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,”

I don’t know the main ingredients

the 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

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 an experienced

deliberation, she nodded and

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

melded into the shadows, disappearing into the corner

ingredients of the

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

be focused on some special ingredient that can be used to directly concoct a Sheriff or Interrogator potion… With this in mind,

ingredient she had bought through Fors, one that could be used to concoct the corresponding

Xio instinctively decided to keep silent on this matter, to never tell the

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

eyes were

nothing special

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

was in a bad mood, Fors poured two glasses of red

and pushed

silence, she said in a slightly hoarse voice,

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

Stratford,” Xio replied to any question she received

she said, “This Viscount seems to be

would receive invitations from noblemen who liked literature and participated in afternoon tea parties and banquets from time

such a party that

my father’s

fallen aristocratic family and had some secrets. However, she

red wine and gulped it down, coughing a few times after she

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

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

“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

gradually turned melancholic as she found it difficult

of participating in a revolt, and

my family members even died for no reason. In

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

recount, but

But she immediately smiled.

I will support

me is the mysterious Tarot Club! she

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in Tingen City, 2 Daffodil

head to the door and looked at Benson who had just