Lord of the Mysteries

The gray fog filled the air in its eternally unchanging manner as the illusory crimson stars hung around him at varying distances. Klein sat inside the lofty palace that looked like the home of a giant as he looked at the familiar sight before him.

After a few seconds, he looked away and made a yellowish-brown goatskin appear before him. Then, he lifted a pen to write his amended incantation for the summoning ritual.

“Light a candle to represent myself.

“Use a spiritual wall to create a holy environment.

“Drip a drop of Full Moon Essence Oil in the flame, Chamomile Pure Dew, Slumber Flower Powder, and other ingredients. (Note: There’s no need to be too particular in this step because it’s summoning oneself).

“Recite the incantation below.

“I! (In ancient Hermes, Jotun, Dragonese, or Elfish. It must be a deep shout)

“I summon in my name (Hermes),

“The Fool that doesn’t belong to this era, the mysterious ruler above the gray fog; the King of Yellow and Black who wields good luck.”

…

After scrutinizing it three times, Klein wrote a divination statement at the bottom:

“There will be danger if the ritual above is carried out outside of this world.”

Phew. He let out a breath, put down the pen, took out the silver chain in his sleeve, and held it with his left hand.

The topaz pendant hung above the goatskin steadily, only a slight distance above the divination statement. He reined in his thoughts and entered a Cogitation state.

“There will be danger if the ritual above is carried out outside of this world.

“There will be danger if the ritual above is carried out outside of this world.”

…

After reciting the statement seven times, Klein opened his eyes which were almost all black and looked at the topaz pendant which was spinning counterclockwise.

That meant a negative outcome: there would be no danger!

“I can give it a try then.” Klein made the items before him disappear. He then extended his spirituality to wrap around himself and simulated the sensation of falling.

When he returned to his bedroom, due to the fact that he had sealed the entire room with a spiritual wall, Klein immediately cleared his desk and put out a mint-scented candle right in the middle.

He pressed slightly on the candle wick, rubbing it with spirituality to cause friction and ignite the candle.

Under the flickering dim light, Klein dripped the corresponding essential oils, extracts, and herb powder onto the flame.

soothing fragrance suddenly filled the air, and the room alternated between

at the candle that represented

he switched to Hermes, “I summon

the gray fog; the King

he sensed the wavering candlelight suddenly dance vigorously and produce a vortex with the surrounding fragrance. It

to my incantation…” Klein endured the discomfort

the candlelight stop wavering. It was tainted with a gray luster, which extended to about

Oh right, perhaps I’ll need to respond to it above the gray fog? It’s really quite troublesome to summon myself…” Klein muttered, pinching his

down, then took four steps counterclockwise before arriving above the gray fog again. He

symbol that was made up of a Pupil-less Eye, a

hand to reach for it when he immediately heard, “I! I summon in my name, The Fool that doesn’t belong to this era, the mysterious ruler above the gray fog; the King of Yellow and Black who wields good luck.” Then, he saw surging spirituality combined with

shook as though it wanted to be opened. Klein immediately felt inspired and strongly willed for it to

instantly, the boundless fog and lofty palace was drawn forward. There were

towards the illusory

it, the door couldn’t be pushed open. Every

of Summoning has yet to take shape?” Klein reined in his will and

named the door “the Door

8 Clown and pass through the initial dangerous stage, I can give it another try. Maybe it won’t be a problem by then…” Klein nodded lightly and roughly understood

a confidence boost, he felt heartened as this was the first time that he received some sort of response from the mysterious space above the gray fog — other than the incident where he divined about

the secrets here! Klein excitedly declared in his heart.

…

blew out the candle after he returned to his bedroom. He ended the ritual and cleaned up his study

gust of wind suddenly blew as he yawned. He collapsed into the bed, covered

woke up abruptly and realized that he was sitting in the living room of his home and was holding the Tingen

was stunned at first as he looked outside the oriel window,

his black windbreaker that went beyond his knees

was still wearing his black top hat,

living room and sat on the single seat sofa. He leisurely crossed his right leg over

He sat there quietly and looked at Klein as though

what are you trying to do today… Klein

he

He lifted his head to look at Dunn who sat opposite him. He found out that the Captain was still sitting there quietly and was

Klein flipped through the newspaper back and forth multiple times, looking at Dunn from the corner of his eyes, and noticed that the man was still looking at

and smiled at Dunn. Then, he went

look, my dream is so simple, so ordinary, so boring. There’s nothing worth observing. Hurry up and leave! Why don’t you pretend to be a ghost and I’ll pretend to be frightened, then you can complete your achievement as a Nightmare! He prayed in silence

furniture

most was Dunn Smith, who was watching him

much time had passed while he made himself busy until he finally saw his Captain uncross his legs and stand up. Then, he took his cane, put on his hat, and

held his breath and watched Dunn

couldn’t help but lift his right hand

Klein let out a breath of