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

Klein looked at the candle that represented himself and shouted in Jotun,

he switched to Hermes, “I summon in my

mysterious ruler above the

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

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

was tainted with a gray luster, which extended to about

respond to it above the gray fog? It’s really quite troublesome to summon myself…” Klein muttered,

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

symbol at the back of the corresponding chair. The strange symbol that

name, The Fool that doesn’t belong to this era, the mysterious ruler above the gray fog; the King of Yellow

wanted to be opened. Klein immediately felt inspired and strongly willed for

fog and lofty palace was

surged towards the illusory

the door couldn’t be pushed open. Every movement resulted

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

named the door “the Door

lacking spirituality, so I can’t form a complete Door 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…” Klein nodded lightly and roughly understood

boost, he felt heartened as this was the first time that he received some sort of response from the mysterious space above the gray

day when I’ll understand all the secrets here! Klein excitedly declared in his heart. He then made a rapid descent into the boundless fog after he wrapped himself up with

…

ended

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

that he was sitting in the living room of his home and was holding the

first as he looked outside the oriel window, finding

slowly, wearing his black windbreaker that went beyond his knees and

black top hat, and underneath it

single seat sofa. He leisurely crossed his

cane, took off his hat, and leaned backwards. He sat there quietly and looked

are you trying to do today…

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

opposite him. He found out that the Captain was still sitting there quietly and was looking at him

times, looking at Dunn from

He folded the newspaper and put it aside. He nodded and smiled at Dunn. Then, he went to the kitchen to get

to be frightened, then you can

Klein wiped all the furniture and cleaned his

most was Dunn Smith, who was watching him quietly in deep

idea how 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

his right hand

everything returned to normal, Klein let out