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 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 with

know the main ingredients of the Interrogator

of a Sequence 7 potion

of this mission to retrieve the Beyonder ingredients of the Arbiter pathway on the market should

nodded and said, “I’ll take this

good.” The masked 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 Snake and

into the shadows, disappearing into the corner of

told me the main ingredients of the Interrogator

clearly realize how much importance the

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

had used a special ingredient

target? Xio instinctively decided to keep silent on

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

drive past. Her eyes were

special about it, but Xio stared at it in a daze as though her

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

that her friend was in a bad mood, Fors poured two glasses of red wine

and pushed one

the red wine. After a full two minutes of silence, she said

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

replied to any

a moment and then she said, “This Viscount seems to be the captain of the royal

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

a party that she got

my father’s deputy,” Xio

Xio came from a fallen aristocratic family and had some secrets. However, she

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

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

is that?” Fors asked, half curious,

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 captain

melancholic as she found it difficult to hide

was accused of participating in a revolt, and he was eventually executed and deprived of his aristocratic title and

fell from grace, and many of my family members even died for no reason. In order to

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

but Fors didn’t mind.

But she immediately smiled.

I will

mysterious Tarot

…

time in Tingen City,

the door and looked