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.

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

know the main ingredients of the

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

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

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

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

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

ingredients of the Interrogator potion…” Xio

much importance the

is. It seems to be focused on some special ingredient that can be used to directly concoct a Sheriff or Interrogator potion… With this in mind, Xio suddenly

had used a special ingredient she had bought through Fors, one that could

silent on this matter, to never

baby cheeks and walked towards the street outside, ready to take

carriage drive past. Her eyes were

was nothing special about it, but Xio

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

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

happened?” She sat across her and pushed one

wine. After a full two minutes of silence, she said in a slightly hoarse voice,

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

to any

moment and then she said, “This Viscount seems to

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

at such a party that she got to know Viscount

he used to be my father’s deputy,” Xio

Fors knew that Xio came from a fallen aristocratic family and had some secrets.

picked up the glass of red wine and gulped it down,

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

half curious, half trying to soothe her

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 Household Guards Division

as she found it difficult

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

and many of my family members even died for

so than his belief in the Goddess! In order to… Anyway, I

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

But she immediately smiled.

I will

is the mysterious Tarot Club! she

…

Tingen City,

problems, turned her head to the door and looked at Benson