Lord of the Mysteries

In an apartment in Cherwood Borough.

Just as Xio entered, she caught the scent of fried food. She couldn’t help but twitch her nose and looked towards the kitchen.

“Fors?”

“Would there be anyone else?” Fors peeked her head out from the kitchen and asked with a smile.

Xio put down the papers in her hand, half-surprised and half-grumbling, “Do you still remember how long it’s been since you stepped into a kitchen? Eh, making toast in the morning doesn’t count.”

Fors returned to the kitchen, leaving only her voice behind.

“I choose the food outside because they’re better. And now, the surrounding streets don’t have any good fried chicken.

“I suddenly had cravings for it. When it comes to Intis cuisine, I like it the most!”

Xio walked to the kitchen and leaned against the door frame as she watched Fors busily prepare dinner. She deliberated and said, “I received a job. 100 pounds a day. Ranging from three to five days, but I need another helper.

“Weren’t you previously lacking in money. Why don’t we do it together?”

Actually, my financial situation has improved… However, a mission that pays 50 pounds a day isn’t bad. I’ll save up as much as I can. There will be plenty of places that require me to spend money in the future… As Fors watched her oil-filled pot, she asked, “What kind of job is it?”

She had already calculated how much she could receive.

Xio combed her slightly coarse blonde hair and said, “Secretly protect a tycoon named Dwayne Dantès.”

“What did he encounter? Will it be very dangerous?” Fors asked cautiously.

Xio recalled and said, “Apparently there was some kind of business conflict, and his competitor has threatened him.

“This isn’t anything dangerous. As you are aware, the powerful Beyonders in Backlund wouldn’t dare to take any risks, as it’s easy to expose themselves, causing them to be targeted by the Nighthawks and Mandated Punishers.”

“Perhaps the other party is a lunatic? You can’t rule that out.” While retorting, Fors naturally thought of The World Gehrman Sparrow. This gentleman was a lunatic who dared to pull off major upsets in Backlund!

She paused and scooped up the pieces of fried chicken.

“Since you’ve already accepted the mission and I have nothing coming up recently, let’s do it together.

“It’s good too. We will be protecting him in secret, so no one will discover that I’m a bodyguard. Otherwise, I’ll have no way of participating in those literature saloons. Heh heh, actually, I can tell them that I’m experiencing life and gathering material. My next novel will be about a female bodyguard and her male employer!”

Xio was already used to Fors’s penchant for letting her thoughts wander. She scrunched up her nose and said, “Let’s head over after dinner.”

…

Klein had set up a ritual in the

before the bodyguards hired by Butler Walter came—it

the most important task was to confirm the

to The Fool, Klein made the human-skinned glove fly out from

Hunger was rather stubborn this time. None of the

a result of Mr. A’s corruption, so it’s absolutely not giving up its praise of the True

it threatening? Under the premise of being proactive, I will be engaging in friendly communication with it… Klein rapped the corner of the long mottled

praising the True Creator, it will make it unusable. Hmm… I’ll get a few of the original mutated mushrooms from Frank to see

determining his thought process, Klein threw Azik’s copper whistle and the adventurer’s harmonica through the Door of Sacrifice and Bestowment before returning to the real world. He packed up

his study desk, taking out a fountain pen and paper as he

I’ve written to you. I wonder how you’ve

Hunger is no longer effective. Can you give me the corresponding method? I

known as Spirit World Plunderers? What level are they, and what kinds of

heading to the Southern Continent in the near future. If I obtain any new information on Death, I’ll write to you as

it twice, Klein folded the letter and

out like a fountain into midair, forming a giant

head to glance at Dwayne Dantès before bending

is becoming more polite… Klein nodded in satisfaction, handing it the

messenger didn’t stay, and it immediately disintegrated, pouring down like

of relief as he retracted his gaze and

pretty good. Do you

you find the idea I previously mentioned viable? If you encounter

folding the letter, Klein blew into the adventurer’s

lacked a head as

After all, Miss Messenger was unlike ordinary messengers. She was a spirit world creature at

messenger could only locate the contractor or the person who held the summoning ritual. As for the latter, there was a limitation. Once the ritual was too far away, the messenger wouldn’t be able

turned in unison and

that…” “Man…” “Who wants…”

“…”

leave such a deep impression on Miss Messenger… Back when I replied, she even said that she hoped that

“Yes.”

four heads spoke one

“I labeled…”

agape, nearly forgetting his

and powerful Frank. He actually got Miss Messenger to specially label him… May the Goddess

it

will pay you

Reinette Tinekerr’s hand opened its mouth and bit down on the letter. Then, it directly entered the spirit world,

with these matters, Klein left the copper whistle and harmonica on him.

ear, “The bodyguards have arrived. It’s that Miss Xio and her friend from before. I will

and her friend? Don’t tell me it’s Miss Magician… Klein was momentarily at a loss for words as all he could do was gently nod, acknowledging