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

don’t know the main ingredients of the Interrogator potion…” Xio

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 600 pounds. I think you’re fully aware of our generosity,” the masked man said

mission to retrieve the Beyonder ingredients of

deliberation, she nodded and said, “I’ll take this

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 dust of

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

ingredients of the

how much importance the masked man’s faction placed on

wonder 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 this

advanced to Sheriff, she had used a special ingredient

decided to keep silent on this

fat baby cheeks and walked towards the street outside,

eyes

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

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

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

her and pushed one of the

of silence, she said in a

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

replied to any

she said, “This

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

such a party that

my father’s deputy,” Xio

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

and gulped

once part of

Fors asked, half

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 of

she found it difficult

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

family members even died for no reason. In order to

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 and my younger brother and came to Backlund, looking for a chance to improve

was vague about some of the things midway through her recount, but Fors didn’t mind. She

But she immediately smiled.

I will support

is the mysterious Tarot

…

Tingen City, 2

doing math problems, turned her head to the door and looked