Lord of the Mysteries

The Blue Avenger was like a leaf on the surface of the undulating waves of the Sonia Sea. At times, it was raised high and sometimes low from the ebbing of the waves, but there was no sign of it being at risk of capsizing.

Alger Wilson stood in the captain cabin, his back to the shelves of red and white wine, as he subconsciously paced around.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and returned to the mahogany desk with a grim expression. He removed the brass sextant, found a piece of paper and a pen, and leaned over to draw the complex, mysterious symbol given to him by The Fool.

With a Seafarer’s memory, Alger quickly completed the first step of the sacrificial ritual.

Then, he opened the drawer and took out a candle. He set up the ritual according to the dualism principles and placed a candle above the symbol that was formed by the combination of the Pupil-less Eye and the partial contorted lines. One candle was placed in the middle that represented the person making the sacrifice.

After cleaning up all the items on the table, Alger condensed pure water in the palm of his hand and wiped the altar clean. He then used the silver dagger from the ceremony to create a sealing wall that surrounded his desk.

After doing all this, he used his spirituality to light up the two candles and retreated a few steps under the dim light.

Taking a deep breath, Alger lowered his head and recited in ancient Hermes,

“The Fool that doesn’t belong to this era,

“You are the mysterious ruler above the gray fog;

“You are the King of Yellow and Black who wields good luck.

“Your devoted servant prays for your attention,

“I pray for you to take his offerings.

“I pray for you to open the gates to your Kingdom.”

…

This ancient incantation reverberated within the wall of spirituality, stirring up spiraling gales as they swept forth with the force of nature.

It was the oldest sacrificial language created by human Beyonders, and it contained many mysteries itself. However, it lacked sufficient protection for the user.

Bearing with the pain that was akin to having knives slicing across his skin, Alger took out a small dark brown glass bottle from his pocket, unscrewed the lid, and poured out a lot of sesame-shaped granules.

These granules swirled with a metallic luster and exuded an indescribable sense of beauty.

Alger scattered these granules into the wind.

Whoosh!

The gale grew stronger but was no longer tempestuous. It was dyed in two separate colors—silver and black.

into the candle flame that symbolized The Fool, burgeoning and tearing open an illusory

He could feel the spirituality in

to be working… Klein suddenly had a premonition and immediately spread out his

Creak!

sounds, the blurry door

formed out of wind and light, open. Behind it was deep darkness formed from an innumerable number of

a scene caused Alger to involuntarily tremble. It was a deep

long prepared. He held it with both hands, and, with his head bowed, he

and instant disappearance of a suction force. He lost the slight tingling sensation that the

raise his head until he heard the deep

“You did well.”

honor,” Alger answered

illusory door had disappeared. The gale had stopped, and the candle flames had returned to

were extinguished according to the normal procedures, Alger sat down with a complicated expression and said to himself silently, In the beginning, only people could be pulled into the world above the gray fog… After a while, responses could be made by listening to prayers… Now, sacrifices and bestowment can be performed… Mr. Fool is freeing himself

frightened and worried Alger,

member of the Tarot Club

…

majestic palace above the gray fog, Klein was playing with the pituitary gland of the

sense of accomplishment filled his

future, the Tarot Club will become even more miraculous… After reflecting over the situation, Klein extended his spirituality and sent his will to the

She would restlessly flip through the books by her bed and from time to time, scrutinize herself

the completion of The Hanged Man’s sacrificial ritual, but she was also afraid that the result would

one must remain calm and collected when important matters arise… Audrey, come on, take a deep breath… Or perhaps, I should go tease the dog? However, Susie can talk and think, so she’s an entity with her own dignity. I can’t just casually

time, a thick gray fog suddenly appeared before her eyes, and in the

The Fool said with a smile, “Miss Justice, the attempt was successful. Have

role in this matter. She held

she joined the Tarot Club, but back then, she didn’t know which materials could be considered to contain spirituality. She had merely moved them from the

said, “When do you plan

the premise that there are no Beyonders

Beyonder dog count… Audrey looked at the tightly-shut door, feeling

do

Klein tersely acknowledged.

as I described previously. All you need to do

servant prays for your

pray for you to open the gates

for you

to this, use the

urge to nod, and she began preparing for the

illusory door opened, and a scene even more illusory than the starry

mysterious world I’ve always been pursuing. This is the kind of feeling I’ve always wanted! She praised

Goddess, but for The Fool, it’s worship. Audrey silently explained herself in