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.”

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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

candle that represented himself and shouted in Jotun,

switched to Hermes,

the mysterious ruler above the gray fog; the King

candlelight suddenly dance vigorously and produce a

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

was tainted with a gray luster, which extended to about the size of

Oh right, perhaps I’ll need to respond to it above the gray fog? It’s really quite troublesome to

fog again. He saw that

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

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

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

fog and lofty palace was drawn forward. There were a few

surged towards the illusory

the door couldn’t be pushed open.

in his will and creased his eyebrows when he analyzed the reason why he had

the door “the Door

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

sort of response from the mysterious space above the gray fog —

secrets here! Klein excitedly declared in his heart. He then made a rapid descent into the

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candle after he returned to his bedroom. He ended the ritual and cleaned up his study desk before he removed the spiritual

He collapsed into the bed, covered himself with a blanket and quickly

that followed, Klein woke up abruptly and realized that he was sitting

at first as

black windbreaker that went beyond his knees and held a

hat, and underneath it were his profound gray

the single seat sofa. He leisurely crossed his right leg over

put aside his cane, took off his hat, and leaned backwards. He sat there quietly and looked at Klein as

to do today… Klein was

expose that he knew that it was a dream, he pretended to not be affected by it and continued to

minutes, five minutes. He lifted his head to look at Dunn who sat opposite him. He found out that

and forth multiple times, looking at Dunn from the

smiled at Dunn. Then,

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

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

most was Dunn Smith, who was watching him quietly

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

breath and watched Dunn

but lift his right hand

everything returned to normal, Klein let out a breath of