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 the room alternated

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

Hermes, “I summon

this era, the mysterious ruler above the gray fog; the

he finished speaking, he sensed the wavering candlelight suddenly dance vigorously and produce a vortex with the surrounding fragrance. It absorbed his spirituality at

bestow your powers to my incantation…” Klein endured the discomfort

It was tainted with a gray

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

He saw that there was a rippling light above the seat

strange symbol that was made up of a Pupil-less Eye, a

Klein did was extend his 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

door shook as though it wanted to be opened. Klein immediately

was drawn forward.

towards the

how much Klein pushed it, the door couldn’t be pushed open. Every movement resulted in

his will and creased

named the door

to Sequence 8 Clown and pass through the initial dangerous

time that he received some sort of response from the mysterious space above the gray fog

day when I’ll understand all the secrets here! Klein excitedly declared in his heart. He

…

ended the ritual and cleaned up

blew as he yawned. He collapsed into the bed, covered himself with

up abruptly and realized that he was sitting in the living room of

at first as he looked outside the oriel window, finding humor in his

door opened. Dunn walked in slowly, wearing his black windbreaker that went beyond his knees and

black top hat, and underneath it were his profound

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

backwards. He sat

trying to

dream, he pretended to not be affected by it and continued to read

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

from the corner of his eyes, and noticed that the man was still looking at him quietly

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

to be a ghost and I’ll pretend to be frightened, then you can complete your achievement

constant gaze, Klein wiped all the furniture and cleaned his room. He was so exhausted in his

was Dunn Smith,

saw his Captain uncross his legs and stand up. Then,

and

lift his right

to normal, Klein let out a