Lord of the Mysteries

Emlyn glanced at lan, raised his hand to pinch his nose, and chuckled.

“It appears you don’t understand me. It’s okay. A more simple description is to gather information about foreigners that come from the Southern Continent, especially from the Star Highlands and the Paz River Valley.

“What information do you want exactly? There are plenty of pure-blooded people from the Southern Continent in Backlund. Those that you’ve mentioned are also common,” Ian calmly asked without flaring up due to the contempt he received.

Emlyn laughed.

“The ones that are a bit more abnormal. They do things in a fishy manner and seem to all be mysterious. You should understand what I’m getting

at.”

“There are definitely many people you describe. In Backlund, they are either servants, workers, or thieves-being part of gangs. As the latter will all meet your criteria of being abnormal, fishy, and mysterious.” Ian sincerely pointed out how unpragmatic Emlyn’s request was.

Emlyn was already prepared for this. With an unobvious smile, he nodded slightly.

“Then, give me all the information that meets those criteria. I’ll do the filtering. Oh, I’ll pay 50 pounds as down payment for this commission as the standard fees for the early-stage investigations. The subsequent payment will be counted based on how much information of value is provided. Each one will cost 20 pounds.”

“Who is the one to determine its worth?” Ian asked after a few seconds of thought.

For him, having a 50-pound income for preliminary work like this was enough for him to accept the job. It was more than enough to hire a dozen people or so to investigate the areas from East Borough to Cherwood Borough for half a month.

He didn’t mind how much he could only from the 50 pounds, as there were many people here who relied on him for their survival. He needed to arrange jobs with payment for them to do from time to time; otherwise, he would never be able to be kept abreast with the latest developments.

Emlyn sized up Ian and scoffed.

“Of course it will be me. You should know how trustworthy I am.”

“Detective Moriarty never told me that…” Ian mumbled and sighed. “Alright. Our last cooperation was still pretty good. I choose to trust you.”

Emlyn nodded in satisfaction, took out his wallet, and counted another 50 pounds worth of notes.

During this process, Emlyn momentarily felt the pinch when he realized he only had 407 pounds in savings.

And now there’s only 357 pounds… He looked away from the notes and handed the cash to Ian.

He didn’t stay. Putting on his hat, he walked out of the billiard room and left the Bravehearts Bar.

On the street, Emlyn stopped pinching his nose and looked up at the flame-like clouds. His expression gradually fell heavy as he silently muttered, That Wraith from before isn’t around… Where did it go?

Humph, Ian acted as though he had never heard of the Rose School of Thought, but his racing heartbeat had betrayed him…

Also, he actually didn’t ask if Sherlock Moriarty is back in Backlund. He didn’t even show any concern… Could it be that Sherlock has already returned to Backlund and that he has already met him?

Rorsted Archipelago, City of Generosity, Bayam.

area near the harbor, Admiral of Stars Cattleya had brought along Frank Lee, who had his sleeves rolled up which revealed his brown hair, to an area outside a

who was in charge of monitoring Artisan Cielf. He was thin and his skin was so pale that it

anything strange happen recently?” Cattleya nudged the gold-rim glasses on

Heath Doyle tersely acknowledged.

stranger visited Cielf. He stayed for about fifteen minutes. I didn’t approach for fear of

to tail

like?” Cattleya

a leather pouch by his waist. The blood on it remained fresh, but it didn’t show any signs of contamination. It appeared to be a pure piece of solid

this piece of beef melted in Heath Doyle’s hand, dripping to the ground

Frank Lee’s eyes shimmered as

but he

“Roughly like this.”

of a man with a mustache, with facial features that resembled that of the Paz River Valley. His greatest characteristic

body, not much fat, very athletic,” Heath Doyle

retracted her gaze from the

Heath Doyle tersely acknowledged.

his temporary servants and chef he hired. I got men to investigate

time every day. He will bring a prostitute home, allowing her to

very normally all this time?” Cattleya asked

of view, not having any abnormalities made it

Rose School of Thought members

nodded

“Yes.”

the building’s main door and said after some thought, “I actually planned on using Beyonder powers to infiltrate and bring Cielf under control in

what

recently and hadn’t done his

hung them by her

“Okay.”

left the shadowy corner and walked towards the main door

she looked up at the crimson moon that could be seen penetrating through the clouds. She

long, footsteps approached and the door

thin and dark. His eyes were somewhat puffy, and

there something

blocking the gas wall lamp’s light behind him. It made

stared at him for a few seconds before saying slowly, “I have a new idea.

without any intention

as his voice turned

“Why?”

she slowly said,

did whatever

facial muscles twitched as a