Lord of the Mysteries

Backlund Steam Locomotive Station, Platform 3.

Alfred chatted with his parents and sister for a while before rushing to leave the train during the gap in between. He came to the platform and said to his squire, “Give me an East Balam cigarette.”

If the past few years had any negative impact on him, other than his mental suffering and pain, he still retained a few bad habits.

After smoking plenty of East Balam cigarettes that consisted of spices and herbs wrapped in roasted tobacco leaves, Alfred was no longer used to the paper cigarettes that remained popular in the Northern Continent. He believed that they were bland and tasteless, as though they were liquor diluted with water.

As for cigars, he felt that it needed a good environment to slowly savor it. It didn’t suit his present situation.

Of course, his smoking addiction wasn’t too serious. A Disciplinary Paladin had a good enough constitution and spirit to resist such influences. Alfred came to the platform to smoke because he felt that it was too stuffy in the train carriage. Besides, his mother often raised the issue of him not being married.

After the squire took it out and lit the East Balam cigarette, Alfred brought the stick that was nearly charred black to his mouth and sucked it deeply.

The strong smell entered his body, causing his spirit to jolt.

At that moment, he saw a blond-haired man who looked like a classic sculpture walking over with his valet.

Alfred hesitated and smiled. He raised his right hand and said, “Hibbert, I thought you wouldn’t be returning to East Chester.”

It was Earl Hall’s eldest son, Alfred’s brother, Lord Hibbert Hall.

Hibbert drew a perfect smile and said, “I’m just a cabinet secretary, not the cabinet chief secretary. I won’t be so busy that I don’t even have the weekend off.”

In fact, he had no plans on being a cabinet chief secretary, either. His main goal was to accumulate experience at the various departments in the government and build up his own networks and resources to prepare for entering the House of Lords in the future.

Alfred took another puff of the East Balam cigarette and smiled.

“Happy weekend.”

After watching Hibbert enter the carriage, Alfred sensed that someone was looking over and was discussing.

“Why aren’t there any passengers waiting for that train carriage?”

“It doesn’t seem to be full.”

“Haha, that’s a special carriage. It was pre-booked by an important figure for a large sum of money. I know that you might not have seen such a situation before, but you have to remember that this happens frequently in big cities like Backlund and Constant. When those important figures bring their entire family out, they will definitely have more than a hundred servants follow. Perhaps there might even be pets, so how can they squeeze in a train carriage with ordinary people…”

“Is that so…”

“I wonder who is this big shot?”

Alfred turned his head to look. There were dozens of people in gray-blue uniforms on Platform 2 who were quietly surveying Platform 3 across the empty tracks.

hearing wasn’t outstanding, he

Alfred turned to ask his

they were wearing belonged to a

and asked the

to Alfred, “General, they’re train dispatchers

and glanced at the Platform 2

looked to be in their early twenties. Most of them

…

Sea, City of Generosity,

valuables, and boarded the

though Verdu had a mystical item with him, he was rather afraid of its negative effects. He wasn’t willing to use it unless it was critical to do so. Therefore, in order to avoid danger, he tried his best not to bring anything that would easily attract the greed of

deck glanced at Verdu

As long as you pay for the journey, we definitely won’t throw you into the sea. Here, it’ll be even safer than you taking

afraid, the pirate gleefully threw

second floor on deck, the

brass key and entered the cabin. He climbed up the stairs and headed

pirate ship for various reasons. Along the way, Verdu encountered a few passengers that were totally

girl who was dressed rather scantily, a middle-aged man with a protruding belly and oily faces, an extremely cold young

her eyes at him as she asked. It wasn’t clear if she was planning to do some business on the trip, or if she was doing business

and withdrew his gaze

young man also

…

West Borough,

in.” Xio straightened her body from

MI9 members

some information regarding the investigation of Utopia.” A man in

startled as

“What is it?”

took advantage of the free time we had from completing our previous mission, to visit all the passengers in Backlund from that

he was referring to the steam locomotive that

and gestured for

at the report and said, “We have preliminary confirmation that none of the passengers that successfully arrived in Backlund show any abnormalities. They’re

something: at that time, not everyone returned to the train. According

was a lady who loves traveling and exploration. She has a deep love for foreign places. After witnessing the outstanding red wine, desserts, and unique Fizzling Ice Tea in Utopia, she decided to give up on her

two passengers learned about this when they were chatting with her. Not only did they share neighboring seats, but they

to be the same one

“Have you investigated the lady’s

“What’s her name?”

left Utopia,” answered the other MI9 member with a bushy goatee. “Those two passengers only know

Xio tersely acknowledged.

to investigate this lady’s background, find her family and friends, and confirm if