Lord of the Mysteries

“An interesting trick?”

Klein asked out of extreme curiosity.

Old Neil chuckled and said, “I’ll complete my patrol of the armory, storeroom, and archives. Use the two cups on the table to make two cups of coffee. In one of the cups, put something unpleasant. As for what it is, you can decide for yourself. Use your imagination. The only request from me is to not waste too much coffee powder. Those are coffee beans grown on the Feynapotter plateau and hand ground by me!”

“Alright.” Although Klein was unsure what Old Neil was up to, he happily agreed to it.

He watched him open the iron gates to the armory with a copper key and then heard the echoing footsteps inside. Slowly, he settled the cups down and confirmed that there was still hot water in the kettle.

He removed the silver tin can’s lid and using a tiny spoon with a metallic sheen, Klein scooped a spoonful of rich aromatic coffee powder into each of the two cups. Then, he poured in the hot water and stirred it.

As a transmigrator who came from an era abundant in resources, he was no stranger to coffee. However, it was only limited to instant coffee.

After finishing the task, Klein pondered for a moment and sat down. He crossed his right leg and took some of the mud which had stained the bottom of his leather boots and placed it in the left cup.

Then, he carefully stirred it again until the colors and smells of the two cups of coffee were practically indistinguishable.

A few minutes later, Old Neil walked out the armory while swinging his keys. He then closed the iron gates with a clang.

“Are you done?” His turned his slightly turbid dark red eyes over and looked at Klein across the table.

“Yes,” replied Klein with a nod.

Old Neil chuckled and removed the silver chain around his wrist and sat down.

His expression quickly turned serene. He held out his chain-holding left hand and allowed it to hang over the coffee cup to his right. The moonstone nearly touched the liquid.

Amid the relaxing calmness, the moonstone trembled suddenly. It began spinning the chain in a counterclockwise manner.

“This cup is the one with the unpleasant thing,” said Old Neil surely.

Without waiting for Klein to confirm, he put away the silver chain and picked up the other cup of coffee and took a sip.

you like bitter coffee? I’m used to having a tablespoon of sugar and a

instead asked with his interest piqued, “Your divination sure is accurate. Was it because of the moonstone? That was

spiritual intelligence through the aid of natural materials such as crystals, gems, or special metals. The good and bad of things can be divined… Let’s talk about the two cups of coffee. A counterclockwise motion implies bad, while a clockwise motion

was thinking, “Does that mean one should use questioning

to hold the pendulum chain. Take note, use your dominant hand,” said Old Neil with a chuckle. “When doing so, keep your arm straight. Adjust the chain’s length and make the moonstone hang just above the piece of paper to the point of almost touching what we wrote. Then, close your eyes and repeat the sentence seven times in your mind. Open

slightly and asked, “Counterclockwise means ‘no,’ and

be interpreted as success or failure,” corrected Old Neil. He taught Klein the other usages and details of spirit pendulum

For instance, he could quickly use it in an unfamiliar environment to determine

investigation or interpretation. For example, although something could be harmful to the body, it could become very beneficial after some

to quickly save money to buy crystals or pure silver to

Neil looked at him in

Beyonders, especially Beyonders like us who take

the team…” Klein’s heart palpitated in excitement, but he felt

and said, “For Beyonders, regardless of whether they are formal members or not, they have to be provided with conveniences in

apply with Captain later!” Klein clenched his fists secretly as he made up

if Captain would approve

begin our mysticism curriculum. The basics

the spirit world or the illusory stellar space, as well as the unknown realms, they are beyond our sensory world. It’s not something that can be accurately described by the information our ears, nose, and eyes obtain. What we obtain are simply indescribable experiences and direct revelations. They also appear as abstract

accurate. As expected of a Seer.” Old Neil nodded solemnly. “Only by grasping the ability to interpret the symbols can you really take the next step into the world of mysticism. Yes, the pictures on tarot cards and each of the elements in the

a piece of paper and picked up a fountain pen beside him.

added a few vertical lines beneath the curve. He looked

at it for quite a while before

the Bumper Harvest

drew a few

he could not help but comment, “The names

How tacky and primordial…

Neil revealed

constellation names to things like Virgo, Cancer, and Scorpio. Unfortunately, he did not

a person with

likely a decent

explaining the various basic symbols, such as the various constellations, the sun, the

pay attention to. He also taught the