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.

Fool, burgeoning and tearing open an illusory ordinary-sized door. Its surface was carved with the same symbol that Alger had

of the hazy door behind his high-back chair. He could feel the spirituality in the air that was rippling apart and

a premonition and immediately spread

Creak!

sounds, the blurry door

number of almost invisible shadows.

a scene caused Alger to involuntarily tremble. It was a deep fear, an indescribable

with both hands, and, with his head bowed, he raised the palm-sized object

lighter under the sudden appearance and instant disappearance of a suction force. He lost the

heard the deep voice of The Fool

“You did well.”

my honor,” Alger answered without

ahead again, only to see that the illusory door had disappeared. The gale had stopped, and

After a while, responses could be made by listening to prayers… Now, sacrifices and bestowment can be performed… Mr. Fool is freeing himself from his predicament one step at a time, and bit by bit, will he

or conclusion frightened and worried Alger, but he also felt a bit of

least I’m a member of the Tarot Club — one

…

majestic palace above the gray fog, Klein was playing with the pituitary gland of the Rainbow Salamander. Various colors were

a strong sense

even more miraculous… After reflecting over the situation, Klein extended his spirituality and sent his

to sit quietly on the edge of the bed. She would restlessly flip through the books by her bed

to the completion of The Hanged Man’s sacrificial ritual, but she

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 tease her… Audrey’s mind wandered, her hand unconsciously wringing an ornate doll

a thick gray fog suddenly appeared before her eyes, and in the depths of the fog, there was a

“Miss Justice, the attempt was successful. Have you prepared

Man’s role in this matter. She held back her excitement and said, “Yes, I always have such materials

even before 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 family treasury in accordance with the various essential oil formulas she

nodded slightly and said, “When do you plan on holding

the premise that there

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

can do it

Klein tersely acknowledged.

the same as I described previously. All you need

prays

pray for you to open

pray for you to give me

addition to this,

urge to nod, and she began preparing for

more illusory than the

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

towards the Goddess, but for The Fool, it’s worship. Audrey