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.

suddenly filled the air, and

steps back, Klein looked at the candle

he switched to Hermes, “I summon in my

this era, the mysterious ruler above the gray

speaking, he sensed the wavering candlelight suddenly dance vigorously and produce a vortex with the surrounding fragrance. It absorbed his spirituality at

moon, please bestow your powers to my incantation…” Klein endured the discomfort

a

the gray fog? It’s really quite troublesome to summon myself…” Klein muttered, pinching his

steps counterclockwise before arriving above the gray fog again. He saw that

that was made up of a Pupil-less Eye, a symbol representing secrecy, and contorted lines that represented

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

be opened. Klein immediately felt inspired and strongly willed for it

palace was drawn

the illusory yet

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

Klein reined in his will and

casually named the

of Summoning. When I advance to Sequence 8 Clown and pass through the initial dangerous stage, I can give it another try. Maybe it won’t be a problem by then…”

received some sort of response from the mysterious space

understand all the secrets here! Klein excitedly declared in his heart. He then made

…

bedroom. He ended the ritual and cleaned

suddenly blew as he yawned. He collapsed into the bed,

that he was sitting in

tell me Captain is here again? He was stunned at first as

a creak, the door opened. Dunn walked in slowly, wearing his black windbreaker that went beyond his knees

top hat, and underneath it were his profound gray

and sat on the single seat sofa. He leisurely crossed his

put aside his cane, took off his hat, and leaned backwards. He

to do today…

not expose that he knew that it was a dream, he pretended

him. He

through the newspaper back and forth multiple times, looking at Dunn from the corner of his eyes, and noticed that the

sit in peace. He folded the newspaper and put it aside. He nodded and smiled

pretend to be frightened, then you can complete your achievement as a Nightmare! He prayed in

such a quiet and constant gaze, Klein wiped all the furniture and cleaned his room. He was

was Dunn Smith, who was watching him quietly in deep

Captain uncross his legs and stand up. Then, he took his cane, put on his hat, and walked through

breath and watched Dunn

his right hand

everything returned to normal, Klein let out a breath of