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.

fragrance suddenly filled the air, and the room alternated between brightness and

back, Klein looked at the candle that represented

Hermes,

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

sensed the wavering candlelight suddenly dance vigorously and produce a vortex with the surrounding

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

tainted with a gray luster, which extended to about the

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

counterclockwise before arriving above the gray fog again. He saw that there was a

chair. The strange symbol that was made up of a Pupil-less Eye, a symbol representing

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 spirituality

be opened. Klein immediately felt inspired and strongly

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

surged towards the

the door couldn’t be pushed

will and creased his eyebrows when

casually named 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 won’t be a problem by then…”

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

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

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candle after he returned to his bedroom. He ended the ritual and cleaned up his

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

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

tell me Captain is here again? He was stunned at first

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

hat, and underneath

the single seat sofa. He leisurely

He sat there quietly and looked at Klein as

are you trying to do today… Klein was

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

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

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

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

observing. Hurry up and leave! 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

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

was Dunn Smith, who

saw his Captain uncross his legs and stand up.

and watched Dunn leave

help but lift his right hand

normal, Klein let out a