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 high reward? Of course, if you’re able to fish out the person we’re looking for, it’s

I don’t know the 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 you’re fully aware of our generosity,” the masked man said in a bewitching

this mission to retrieve the Beyonder ingredients of the Arbiter pathway on the market should also be one of his goals. There’s no problem about wasting money… As quite an experienced bounty hunter,

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

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

melded into the

of the Interrogator potion…” Xio was

realize how much importance the masked

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

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

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

cheeks and walked towards the street

past. Her eyes were instantly attracted by the

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 gaze had

her gaze. Her mood immediately reached rock bottom. It didn’t turn for the better, even when she returned to the

friend was in a bad mood, Fors poured two glasses of red wine and brought them

her and

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

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

Stratford,” Xio replied to any question she

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

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, she would certainly volunteer to understand more famous

was at such a party that she got to

he used to be my father’s deputy,”

fallen aristocratic family and had some secrets.

red wine and gulped

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

Fors asked, half

would have, but it wasn’t as illustrious during the time of my father. However, we still held

turned melancholic as she

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

grace, and many of my family members even died for no reason. In order to live, we changed our surnames and left East

In order to… Anyway, I left my mother

midway through her recount, but Fors didn’t mind. She sighed and said, “It’ll be very, very

But she immediately smiled.

will

Tarot Club! she added in

…

in Tingen

the door and looked at Benson who had