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.

if you’re able to fish out the

don’t know the main ingredients of

have the main portion of a Sequence 7 potion formula, worth more

why are they willing to pay such a high 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 also be one of his goals. There’s no problem about wasting money… As quite an experienced

deliberation, she nodded and said, “I’ll

good.” The masked man’s 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

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

told me the main ingredients of the

clearly realize how much importance the masked man’s faction placed

on some special ingredient that can be used

to Sheriff, she had used a special ingredient she had bought

their target? Xio instinctively decided to keep silent on this matter, to

walked towards the street outside, ready

Her eyes were instantly attracted by the coat of

There was nothing special about it, but Xio stared at it in

only when the 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

in a bad mood, Fors poured two glasses of red

She sat across her and pushed one of

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

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

Stratford,” Xio replied to any question she received without

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

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

that she

he used to be my father’s deputy,”

father?” Fors knew that Xio came from a fallen aristocratic family and

red wine and gulped it down,

part of the aristocracy. In its

palatine? What position is that?” Fors asked, half curious, half trying 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

gradually turned melancholic as she found it difficult to hide

seven years ago, he was accused of participating in a revolt, and he was eventually executed and deprived of his aristocratic title

my family members even died for no reason. In order to live, we changed our surnames and

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

the things midway through her recount, but Fors

But she immediately smiled.

I will support

is the mysterious Tarot Club!

…

time in Tingen

to the door and looked at Benson who