Lord of the Mysteries

The smell of canned wolf-fish is really pungent… Not only is it smelly, but it’s also disgusting… It’s practically a biological weapon! Klein crouched in the corner and took nearly a minute to recover.

Before that very instant, he had underestimated canned wolf-fish. He had failed to take the necessary actions to deal with the situation. He could’ve used Paper Figurine Substitutes or create an invisible air tube to pretend that he was using Underwater Breathing, but he had done none of that.

Now, he finally got a deep understanding of how wise it was to ban opening canned wolf-fish in public!

Phew… Klein exhaled as he slowly stood up. Carrying his suitcase, he slowly walked towards the harbor.

His first impression of the city named Nas was one of many white houses, with stone being a common material for the buildings. The second impression was that it wasn’t too far north, but the temperature was rather cold. Even though it was already April, it was still only a few degrees Celsius. The third impression was that there were many whaling houses. Gigantic beluga whales were being dismembered for their skin, flesh, fat, bones, and “gray amber.”

The latter two could be used to make pannier for banquet dresses or top-grade scented materials. Whether it was for incense or perfume, they were considered luxurious goods that only the wealthy and nobles could enjoy.

As for the skin, flesh, and fat of beluga whales, they also had their own uses. They were used separately to make clothes, food, or oil-related products. In Nas and the Gargas Archipelago, the culinary methods for preparing beluga whale had transformed into a unique culture. There were all sorts of techniques and famous restaurants.

Klein passed by the various whaling houses, seeing separated fat being carried out on cargo carriages towards nearby factories that spewed black smoke. They were oil refineries which were very unique to Gargas. Beluga whale fat could be refined into whale oil which could be bottled and made into outstanding incendiary material and the lifeblood of particular industries.

Very unique… Klein exhaled some mist as he stopped and watched for a while.

Out of the harbor and into the city district, a cacophony of Feysac inundated his ears.

Having mastered ancient Feysac—the source of the Northern Continent’s language—Klein was long familiar with the language of the Northern Continent barbarians. He turned his head upon hearing the din and saw the tall populace with slightly blonde hair raising horizontal banners as they protested on the streets.

The horizontal banner right at the front clearly wrote the reasons for their protest.

“Oppose the poaching of beluga whales! We need sustainable development!”

Pfft… Klein nearly lost his cool as he believed that the concept of “sustainable development” was highly likely to be “invented” by Emperor Roselle.

As he swept his gaze, he looked at the banners behind it and understood the goals of the protest.

“Whaling for survival, not entertainment!”

“Humans aren’t more important than beluga whales!”

“Greedy devils should leave Nas!”

At this moment, a policeman dressed in a gray uniform held a shield, riot fork, and baton to stop the protesters from advancing.

the

didn’t show restraint as they forged forward, raising their shields

many passersby were completely unfazed. Apart from a

appears that such things happen often in Nas… Do protests develop into riots? As expected of the Feysac Empire… Klein mumbled to himself, circled the street, and casually found an inn

because he had no plans on traveling through the whale fishing routes to find mermaids who were believers of the Goddess. He planned on heading to

safety in the Gargas Archipelago, there was nothing he needed to worry about. This was a colony of the Feysac Empire.

was originally worried that he would encounter many Faceless here, meeting seven or eight Faceless simply from going next door to enjoy some whale cuisine. However, after serious consideration, he

Even in a playground for pirates, those who had 5,000-pound bounties were considered rare creatures. Third, once a Faceless had many preparations, they would seek out mermaids on

Admiral of Stars Cattleya. He came onto the streets in a good mood and began searching for delicacies according to what he

slices, fried whale steak, whale oil with skin, roasted whale meat… Like

mouth as he came onto the streets. He discovered that the street lamps were sparse, but the lights from the houses lining the streets were bright. To a certain extent, they reduced

his hand to prop up his collar. The blue cufflinks had their lusters restrained as

rings, items like cufflinks were more suited to Gehrman Sparrow’s persona. Therefore, Klein didn’t

inward intentions completely. It

playing a sad tune on the harmonica in a silent night under

couldn’t produce any sound, and it could only be used to summon Reinette

steadily walked down the empty and cold Nas streets

to Gray Amber

grizzled boss who was a head taller than him, Klein tapped

wrinkles plastered across his face, but he only wore a coat made of beluga whale skin. The light-colored patterns had a strange

much?” The boss was drinking large mouthfuls of liquor, ignoring the messy placement of

quarter buckets,” Klein replied according to

instantly slowed down as he placed the cup of brownish-green alcohol onto the

you want to try some? It’s many times purer than Nepos.

of Feysac. It’s brewed with potatoes or grain. The alcohol purity was high, as stimulating and famous as Blaze. Compared to Sonia

need.” Klein

The boss chuckled.

are you if you

there only

before

“Who introduced you here?”

name in the style of the

of distilled liquor to linger in the

like a polar

Klein to a tiny room on the second story of

see…”