Lord of the Mysteries: Leaping Between Two Timelines
Chapter 164

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"Just put it here."

Inside a building in Backlund, a butler directed the servants as they neatly arranged the belongings of the newly titled Baron Fried.

Nimrod chatted with two barons with whom he was on very good terms. Before long, however, he addressed the Shadow Ascetic disguised as an aristocratic butler. "I'll leave things here to you. I need to visit the church. The bishop must be getting impatient."

The Shadow Ascetic butler nodded. He had distinguished himself among the many members of the Aurora Order precisely because he possessed the patience and perseverance to conceal his faith.

A position that required frequent contact with Backlund's aristocrats and official Beyonders demanded extreme caution and discretion. Even in the talent-filled Aurora Order, a suitable candidate was not easy to find.

After the investiture ceremony, Nimrod had moved to a part of Empress Borough closer to the political center. As a newly titled nobleman with a religious faith, he would naturally receive guidance from the Church of Evernight, as was customary.

Of course, a bishop of the Church had already contacted Nimrod before he received his title-for no other reason than his donations.

Now that he had truly become a nobleman of the Loen Kingdom, the conventions of the kingdom and the Church dictated that a bishop would introduce Nimrod into the Church's circles.

Nobles were tools the Church and the state used to maintain order and stabilize their anchors. Although not every noble knew this, the closely watched and newly prominent "Dionysus Fried" would naturally receive the bishop's attention.

Soon, the carriage bearing the Fried Family's coat of arms arrived at the Church of Evernight. An identity personally prepared under the supervision of the Saint of Secrets and Saint Tenebrous was reliable indeed. They had deliberately found a noble family

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