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

two steps back, Klein looked at the candle that represented himself and shouted in

he switched to Hermes, “I summon in my

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

vigorously and produce a vortex with the surrounding fragrance. It

that belongs to the red moon, please bestow your powers to my incantation…” Klein endured the discomfort brought about from having his spirituality drained as he finished

tainted with a

didn’t summon anything… Oh right, perhaps I’ll need to respond to it above the gray fog? It’s really quite troublesome to

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

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

doesn’t belong to this era, the mysterious ruler above the

be opened. Klein immediately felt inspired and

lofty palace was drawn forward. There were a few barely

ripples surged towards the illusory yet shapeless

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

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

casually named the door “the Door of

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

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

day when I’ll understand all the secrets here! Klein excitedly declared in his heart. He then made a rapid descent into the boundless

…

quickly blew out the candle after he returned to his bedroom. He ended the ritual and cleaned up his study

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

woke up abruptly and realized that he was sitting

here again? He was stunned at first as he looked outside the oriel

black windbreaker that went beyond

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

to the living room and sat on the single seat sofa. He leisurely

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

are you trying to do

knew that it was a dream, he pretended

He lifted his head to look at Dunn who sat opposite him. He

multiple times, looking at Dunn from the corner of

me very uncomfortable… Klein couldn’t sit in peace. He folded the newspaper and put it aside. He nodded and smiled at Dunn. Then, he went to the kitchen to get a piece of cloth

pretend to be a ghost and I’ll pretend to be frightened, then you can complete your achievement as a Nightmare! He prayed in silence and lifted his head, but all he saw was Dunn’s deep gray

wiped all the furniture and cleaned his room. He was so exhausted

him out the most was Dunn Smith, who was watching him quietly

made himself busy until he finally saw his Captain uncross his legs and stand up. Then, he took his cane, put

his breath and watched

but lift his right hand to

to normal, Klein