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

looked at the candle that represented himself and shouted

to Hermes, “I summon in

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

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

flower, a herb that belongs to the red moon, please bestow your powers to my incantation…” Klein endured the discomfort brought about from having his

saw the candlelight stop wavering. It was tainted with a gray

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

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

that was made up

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 surging

it wanted to be opened. Klein immediately felt inspired

fog and lofty palace was drawn forward. There

towards the

no matter how much Klein pushed it, the door couldn’t be pushed

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

the door “the

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

of

his heart.

…

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

of wind suddenly blew as he yawned. He collapsed into the

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

was stunned at first as he looked outside the oriel window,

black windbreaker that went beyond his knees and

his black top hat, and

single

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

to do today… Klein

it was a dream, he pretended to not be affected by

at Dunn who sat opposite him. He found out that the Captain was

ten minutes, fifteen 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 looking at

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

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 in silence and lifted his head, but all he saw was Dunn’s deep gray eyes that were still in

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

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

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 his

breath and watched Dunn leave his

but lift his right hand

Klein let out