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

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

switched to Hermes, “I summon in my

ruler above the gray fog; the King of

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

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

It was 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

arriving above the gray fog again. He saw that there was a rippling light above the seat of honor

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

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

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

was drawn forward. There

towards the

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

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

casually named the door “the Door of

advance to Sequence 8 Clown and pass through the initial dangerous

boost, he felt heartened as this was the first time that he received some sort of response from the mysterious

understand all the secrets here! Klein excitedly declared in his heart. He then made

…

to his bedroom. He ended the ritual and cleaned up

He collapsed into

the hazy dream that followed, Klein woke up abruptly and realized that he was sitting in the living room

here again? He was stunned at first as he looked

wearing his black windbreaker that went beyond his knees and

his black top hat,

and sat on the single seat sofa. He leisurely crossed his right

leaned backwards. He

what are you trying to do today… Klein

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

five minutes. He lifted his head to look at Dunn who sat opposite him. He found out that the Captain was still sitting there quietly and was

Klein flipped through the newspaper back and forth multiple times, looking at Dunn from the corner

put it aside. He nodded and smiled at Dunn. Then, he went to the kitchen to get a piece of cloth and started wiping the dining table

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 can complete your achievement as a Nightmare! He prayed in silence and lifted his head, but all he saw was Dunn’s deep

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

was Dunn Smith, who was watching him quietly in deep

until he finally saw his Captain uncross his legs and stand up. Then, he took his

his breath and watched Dunn leave

couldn’t help but lift his right hand to

When everything returned to normal, Klein let out