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.

air, and the room alternated between

at the candle that represented himself

to Hermes, “I summon in

ruler above the gray fog; the King of Yellow and

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

belongs to the red moon, please bestow your powers to my incantation…” Klein endured the discomfort brought about

candlelight stop wavering. It was tainted with a

need to respond to 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

the corresponding chair. The strange symbol that

mysterious ruler above the gray fog; the King of Yellow and Black who wields good luck.” Then, he

it wanted to be opened. Klein immediately felt inspired and strongly willed

instantly, the boundless fog and lofty palace was drawn forward. There were

towards the illusory

how much Klein pushed it, the door couldn’t

in his will

casually named the door

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

gave him a confidence boost, he felt heartened as this was the first time that he received some sort of response from the mysterious space above

excitedly declared in his heart. He then

…

He ended the ritual and

suddenly blew as he yawned. He collapsed into the bed, covered himself with a blanket and quickly fell

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

Captain is here again? He was stunned at first as he looked outside

in slowly, wearing his black windbreaker that went beyond his knees and

his black top hat, and underneath it were his

to the living room and sat on the single

He

trying to

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

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

multiple times, looking at Dunn from the corner of his eyes, and noticed that

nodded and smiled at Dunn. Then, he went to the kitchen to

pretend to be frightened, then you

wiped all the furniture and cleaned his room. He was

most was Dunn Smith, who was watching him quietly

Captain uncross his legs and

breath and watched Dunn leave his

couldn’t help but lift his

to normal, Klein let out a