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 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 to negotiate and let you obtain the main ingredients,” the masked man said with

know the main ingredients of

target, you’ll have the main portion of a Sequence 7 potion formula, worth more than 600 pounds. I think you’re fully

Well, if he were from MI9, taking advantage of this mission to retrieve the Beyonder ingredients of the Arbiter

nodded and said,

masked man’s tone turned relaxed as he surveyed his surroundings and said, “The Interrogator potion’s main ingredients are the horn

retreated and melded into the shadows, disappearing into the corner of

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

much

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

advanced to Sheriff, she had used a special ingredient she had bought through Fors, one that could be used

silent on this matter, to never tell the masked man

and walked towards the street outside, ready

she saw a brown carriage drive past. Her eyes

two rings. There was nothing special about it, but Xio stared at it in a daze as though her gaze had

Her mood immediately reached rock

her friend was in a bad mood, Fors poured two

She sat across her and pushed one of the glasses

said in a slightly hoarse voice, “On the way back, I met someone I used

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

any question she received

“This Viscount seems

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

a party that she got

be my father’s deputy,” Xio

came from a fallen aristocratic family and had some secrets. However, she didn’t know the

red wine and gulped it down, coughing a few

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

Fors asked, half curious, half

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

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

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

Goddess! In order to… Anyway, I left my mother and my younger

midway through her recount, but Fors didn’t mind. She sighed and said,

But she immediately smiled.

will

behind me is the mysterious Tarot Club! she

…

in Tingen City, 2 Daffodil

to the door and looked at Benson who had just taken