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 simple mission would have such a high reward? Of course, if you’re able to fish out the person we’re looking

the main ingredients of the Interrogator

you later. 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

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

nodded and said, “I’ll take this

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

saying that, he slowly retreated and melded into the shadows, disappearing into the corner of

told me the main ingredients of the Interrogator potion…” Xio

she clearly realize how much importance the

that can be used to directly concoct a Sheriff

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

Xio instinctively decided to keep silent

fat baby cheeks and walked towards the street outside,

a brown carriage drive past. Her eyes were instantly attracted

flower and two rings. There was nothing special about it, but Xio stared at it in a daze as though

Her mood immediately reached rock bottom. It didn’t turn for the

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

her and pushed one of the glasses toward

a full two minutes of silence, she said in a slightly hoarse voice, “On the way back, I met someone I used

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

replied to any question she

then she said, “This Viscount seems to be the captain of the

parties and banquets from time to time. With her professional habits of collecting material as a

at such a party that she got to know Viscount

used to be my father’s deputy,” Xio

aristocratic family and had some secrets.

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

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

Fors asked, half curious, half trying

equivalent to being the spokesperson for the royal family, 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. However, we still held the trust of the former king, Might-wielder William VI. He was the leader of the

as she found it difficult to hide

revolt, and he was eventually executed and deprived of his aristocratic title and

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

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 to Backlund, looking for a chance to improve myself,

her recount, but

But she immediately smiled.

will

me is the mysterious Tarot Club!

…

time in Tingen City, 2

and looked at Benson who had just taken