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.

fragrance suddenly filled the air, and the

looked at the candle

to Hermes, “I summon in my

doesn’t belong to this era, the mysterious ruler above the gray fog; the King of

the wavering candlelight suddenly dance vigorously and produce a vortex with the

that belongs to the red moon, please bestow your powers to my incantation…” Klein

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

summon anything… Oh right, perhaps I’ll need to respond to it above the gray fog? It’s

before arriving above the gray fog again. He saw that there was a rippling light above the seat of honor at

the strange symbol at the back of the corresponding chair. The strange symbol that was made up of a Pupil-less Eye, a symbol

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 a rippling

to be opened. Klein immediately felt inspired and strongly

and lofty palace was drawn forward. There were a few barely noticeable

surged towards the illusory

pushed it, the door couldn’t be pushed open. Every movement resulted in dead

will and creased his

had casually named the door “the

advance to Sequence 8 Clown and pass through the initial dangerous stage, I can give it another try. Maybe it

he received some sort of response from the mysterious space

heart. He then

…

bedroom. He ended the ritual and cleaned up his

he yawned. He collapsed into the bed, covered himself with a blanket and

dream that followed, Klein woke up abruptly and realized that he was sitting in the living room of his home and was holding the Tingen City

Captain is here again? He was stunned at first as he looked outside the oriel window, finding

black windbreaker that went beyond

wearing his black top hat, and underneath it

and sat on the single seat sofa.

off his hat, and leaned backwards. He

trying to do today… Klein

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

Dunn who sat opposite him. He found out that the Captain

fifteen minutes. Klein flipped through the newspaper back and forth multiple times, looking at Dunn from the corner of his eyes, and

in peace. He folded the newspaper and put it aside. He nodded and smiled at Dunn. Then, he went

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

the furniture and cleaned his

him out the most was Dunn Smith,

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

held his breath and watched Dunn

his right hand to

returned to normal, Klein