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.

filled the air, and the room alternated between brightness

the candle

Hermes, “I summon in

belong to this era, the mysterious ruler above the gray fog; the King of Yellow and Black who wields good

suddenly dance vigorously and produce a vortex with the surrounding fragrance. It absorbed his spirituality at an

bestow your powers to my incantation…” Klein endured the discomfort brought about from having his spirituality drained as he finished

tainted with a gray luster, which

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

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

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

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

immediately felt inspired and strongly willed for it

fog and lofty palace was drawn forward. There were

the illusory yet

how much Klein pushed it, the door

shape?” Klein reined in his will and creased his eyebrows when he analyzed the

casually named the door “the Door

a complete Door of Summoning. When I advance to Sequence 8 Clown and pass through the initial dangerous stage, I can give

experiment gave him a confidence boost, he felt heartened as this was the first time that he received some sort of response from

in his heart. He

…

bedroom. He ended the ritual and cleaned up his study desk before he

he yawned. He collapsed into the bed, covered

was sitting in the living room

He was stunned at first as he looked outside the

Dunn walked in slowly, wearing his black windbreaker that went beyond his knees and held a cane

was still wearing his black top hat, and underneath it were his profound

sat on the single seat

leaned backwards. He sat there quietly and looked at Klein as though he

trying to do today…

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

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

minutes. 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

and smiled at Dunn. Then, he went to the kitchen to

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

furniture and cleaned his room. He was so exhausted in

most was Dunn Smith, who was watching

busy until he finally saw his Captain uncross his legs and stand up. Then, he took his cane, put on his hat, and walked through the

and watched Dunn leave

but lift his right hand to

everything returned to normal, Klein