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.

such a high reward? Of course, if you’re able to fish out the person

main ingredients of the Interrogator potion…” Xio

This is also our advance payment. Even if we don’t find the target, you’ll have the main portion of a Sequence 7 potion formula, worth more than 600 pounds. I think

retrieve the Beyonder ingredients of the

she nodded and said, “I’ll take

“The Interrogator potion’s main ingredients are the horn of a

saying that, he slowly retreated and melded into the

ingredients of the Interrogator potion…” Xio

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

is. It seems to be focused on some special ingredient that can be used to

had used a special ingredient she had bought through

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

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

drive past. Her eyes were instantly attracted by the coat of

was nothing special

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

bad mood, Fors poured two glasses of red wine and brought them to

her and pushed one of the

minutes of silence, she said in a slightly hoarse

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

any question

moment and then she said, “This Viscount

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,

such a party that she got to

to be my father’s deputy,”

Xio came from a fallen aristocratic

red wine and gulped it down, coughing a few times

was once part of the aristocracy. In its heyday, it even served as an earl

Fors asked, half curious,

nobles 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.

melancholic as she found

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

family members even died for no reason. In order to live, we changed

would 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 mother

was vague about some of the things midway through her recount, but Fors didn’t mind. She sighed and said, “It’ll

But she immediately smiled.

I will

behind me is the mysterious Tarot Club! she added

…

in Tingen City, 2 Daffodil

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