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.

high reward? Of course, if you’re able to fish out the person we’re looking for, it’s not impossible to negotiate and

know the main ingredients of the Interrogator

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

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

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 of a Lake

and melded into the

the main ingredients of the Interrogator

much importance the masked man’s faction placed

It seems to be focused on some special ingredient that can be used to directly concoct a Sheriff or Interrogator potion… With this

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

decided to keep silent on this matter, to never tell the

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

a brown carriage drive past. Her eyes were instantly

coat of arms consisted of a single flower and two rings. There was nothing special

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 the shared

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

across her and pushed one of the glasses

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

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

Stratford,” Xio replied to any question

a moment and then she said, “This Viscount seems to be the

receive invitations from noblemen 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

party that she got to know Viscount

my father’s deputy,” Xio said with

Xio came from a fallen aristocratic family and had

glass of red wine and gulped it down, coughing a

of the aristocracy. In its heyday, it even served as

position is that?” Fors asked, half curious, half trying to

to being the spokesperson for the 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

tone gradually turned melancholic as she found it

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

of my family members even died

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

things midway through her recount, but Fors

But she immediately smiled.

I will support

is the mysterious Tarot Club!

…

time in Tingen City, 2

to the door and looked at Benson who