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.

used to having a tablespoon of sugar and a tablespoon

piqued, “Your divination sure is accurate. Was it because

Let’s talk about the two cups of

he was thinking, “Does that mean one should use questioning

it on the desk. Then use your dominant hand 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 your eyes when you are done and see if the spirit pendulum turns or not. If it doesn’t, close your eyes again

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

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

an unfamiliar environment to determine if

could be harmful to the body, it could become very beneficial after some processing. An example was certain foods. They were indeed damaging to the body, but nothing serious. If one was on the brink of starving, eating it would not be a huge problem. These were things

to buy crystals or pure silver to create a

looked at

This is standard issue for Beyonders, especially Beyonders like us who take on

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

and said, “For Beyonders, regardless of whether they are formal members or not, they

I’ll apply with Captain later!” Klein clenched his fists secretly as he

if Captain would approve his request

mysticism curriculum. The basics consist of symbolism. Do you know

heard and the things he had seen and heard from his spirit world and the gray fog. He deliberated and said, “Regardless of 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

really take the next step into the world of mysticism. Yes, the pictures on tarot cards and each

piece of paper and picked up a fountain

lines beneath the curve. He looked up at Klein and asked,

quite a while before saying hesitatingly,

Neil exhaled. “This is the symbol of the Bumper Harvest

casually drew a

comment, “The names of these

How tacky and primordial…

revealed

names to things like Virgo, Cancer, and Scorpio. Unfortunately, he did not have the strength to go against tradition. At the very least, these constellations’ old names and the corresponding dates they represent guide

Roselle sure is a person with ideas.” Klein

Roselle was likely a decent person when he

the various basic symbols, such as the various constellations, the sun, the crimson moon, the brown star, the red star,

would teach Klein how to draw the divination astrolabe and indicate what things to pay attention to. He