Lord of the Mysteries

“What? He knows me?” the chubby Apothecary, Darkwill, was alarmed as he whispered back.

The owl’s round eyes looked ahead and said, “I noticed that he clearly paused for two seconds the moment he saw you when he came in.”

“Perhaps he thinks someone like me doesn’t match his image of an Apothecary?” the chubby Apothecary retorted.

The owl spread its wings and landed.

“Suit yourself if you wish to think so.”

“… What books have you been reading recently?” The fat on the chubby Apothecary’s face trembled.

The owl replied sternly and seriously, “My reading is based on your knowledge standards such as those involving soccer.

“Unfortunately, the words you grasp and can teach me are limited. I have no choice but to read popular novels that have a lower requirement on one’s vocabulary.

“Besides, they’re all serialized on the newspaper.”

Darkwill chuckled.

“I’ll buy a recipe cookbook later. It’s called Guide to East Balam Bird Culinary Methods.”

Without waiting for the owl to answer, his expression sank and he muttered to himself, “He knows me? He looks like the standard Loenese man. More than half his blood is at least Loen.

“I used a fake name to stay in a few cities in Loen. It’s not odd to be recognized by him. But I still need to be on guard. If I don’t receive any news about Old Man before March, then I have to leave this place…”

Having said that, he turned his head to look at the owl who was perched on his shoulder.

“At times, you’re still rather useful.”

“No, your eyes and your body language tells me that your real thoughts are ‘darn it. I wanted to buy a pet that can help me beat monsters and gangsters. I sought out Beyonder ingredients of a potion recipe according to the standards of a dragon, but I ended up getting a silly bird who only knows how to read newspapers and plays. Darn it. I want to stuff another potion down its throat!’” the owl repeated like a parrot by mimicking the chubby Apothecary’s tone.

Darkwill’s expression stiffened for a few seconds before he chuckled.

“It’s good that you know this, silly bird!

“If I didn’t have the powers of a Beast Tamer, you wouldn’t have even managed a single potion!”

Inside the herb store, the man and bird fell into silence.

After a while, the owl pretended as though nothing had happened as it asked, “Darkwill, is it really going to work? You’ve already entrusted this to dozens of adventurers.”

“I’m not good at finding people, so I can only entrust it to someone else. Besides, they have to find and confirm Old Man’s location before I make a payment. I don’t even need to spend a single penny!” the chubby Apothecary tsked as he said before he sighed. “Old Man always calls himself a lucky person and a winner of fate. He should be fine…”

…

“Will the medicine brewed from this really be effective?” While returning to the Wind of Azure Inn via carriage, Danitz looked at the paper bag beside Klein.

were black herbs, strangely-shaped insect carapaces, and weirdly-colored flowers. It didn’t

Klein nodded.

“Yes.”

drunk it…” Danitz

rather vile, he has a rather kind heart… Besides, Captain Elland believes that his medicine is sufficiently effective… As Gehrman

what he meant. He

he was accustomed to doing similar matters recently, so he didn’t have any

returning to the Wind of Azure Inn, Klein got a chair to sit in while he watched Danitz light up the fireplace and prop up a pot.

his head feel groggy. He was very exhausted and felt like

to wait for the medicine to finish brewing and for him to quickly resolve his illness, he forced himself to consider various problems to combat

consideration, during the battle with Vice Admiral Ailment, if I hadn’t succeeded in sneaking in an attack on her and suppressing her from the very beginning, preventing her from getting into her rhythm until

strike, and the interference of pleasure, it really makes one unable to find and

very powerful. As expected of the Sequence just before a demigod. On the other hand, it’s because Creeping Hunger’s various powers aren’t a good match. It cannot be considered to be

powers of a Sequence 5 Nimblewright Master of the Seer pathway is highly

information, with just a picture, I can only try my luck. I’ll have to see when I can directly find a clue. After all, I’m

way, I

named Roy King once visited Bayam, he would’ve definitely

me to a point of contact for the military. In the future, I can get him to reimburse me for any intel. They can also check if there

contact the magic mirror, Arrodes, if I take it down. I was originally planning on asking for Helene’s location, but I no longer need to find the red-haired lady anymore. I can switch to Roy

have no clue on how to begin, I have three

…

thoughts, Klein finally held on until the medicine was

he hesitated for two seconds

Gulp!

immediately felt his throat burn as his

attempt at eating crazy spicy food in

entire person awakened as his stuffy nose quickly

it and felt as though he had

fully recovered. He no longer showed any

hat and left the inn with Danitz. Under the cloak of night, they left Bayam and came to a

the Golden Dream was providing aid to

some coordination and hassle, Danitz used the Soulfall Ritual

main cannon, docked by the private harbor. Its gigantic sails drew five types of gold coins. They were the gold pound of Loen,

was the flag of the Golden Dream, it was

gold from Masin, złoty from Segar, motif gold coins from

was wearing a hunter’s hat, a rider’s shirt, and a black coat. She

a private tutor… Klein mumbled and took a few steps back, allowing Danitz to run around and busy

batch of food and fabric to Kalat and

came to Klein’s side and

“There’s nothing else, right?

now return to the

plan on settling the

I used. In a particular sense, this batch

has already

“You can return.”