Lord of the Mysteries

Dorian Gray’s question didn’t surprise Fors at all. She had been prepared after keeping in contact with him for the past month, and she had even asked the experienced Mr. Hanged Man at the Tarot Club to decide what kind of expression and reaction she should use when faced with the question.

“Are there really such Beyonders?” Fors asked in surprise.

Dorian gently nodded.

“Yes.”

He looked around to make sure that there was no one around, then he walked up to a tree with fallen leaves and pressed his hand on it.

Dorian’s figure suddenly blurred, as if turning into a reflection in the water.

When it was clear, he had already appeared behind the tree, his posture unchanging.

“Oh god! That’s really, really amazing!” Remembering the teachings of Mr. Hanged Man and Miss Justice, her mouth opened in a semicircle as she exclaimed.

Dorian walked back, smiled, and asked, “Do you want to become such a Beyonder?”

Fors fell silent for a moment before she answered him “excitedly”, “… “Yes!”

Now that she was finally going to be a periphery member of the Abraham family, many things would be much easier for her in the future! Her heart was filled with genuine joy.

Dorian laughed before turning his expression grave, asking in all seriousness, “Are you willing to be my student?”

Fors nodded.

“Yes!”

Dorian let out a sigh of relief and then made a self-deprecating comment.

“I’m not a good teacher, I even taught a… Heh, there’s no need to mention the past anymore. In short, don’t hold too high of an expectation.”

After considering it over this period of time, he had decided to learn from his previous experiences and lessons. He didn’t tell Fors the situation regarding the Abraham family and only treated their relationship as one of teacher and student. That way, he didn’t have to worry about the other party coveting his family’s few remaining mystical items.

“No, your explanations of mysticism are excellent, really, Mr. Gray. No, Teacher.” Fors quickly confirmed the relationship between them.

Dorian looked at the tombstone, shook his head, and exhaled.

“I wasn’t planning on taking in any more students, but your noble character infected me.

“If nothing unexpected happens, I can give you the corresponding potion today.”

“Today?” Fors asked, surprised.

noticed that he was carrying only a very small suitcase, barely enough for a

he have his own resources and channels in Backlund, ones

ingredients for the Apprentice potion, and then tell him that she had successfully advanced to become a Beyonder. This way, she was able to obtain a considerable amount of cash, as well as to avoid the tragic consequence of taking the Apprentice potion again and having to spend

pointed in the other direction. “Let’s go see

to the house in Cherwood Borough

every day in order to pay off her heavy debts. She had been trying hard to get every bounty she could get, so there

quiet room?” Dorian

teacher into the

circled the room, checked the surroundings, and then asked Fors to light a candle mixed with a piece of dark

closed the door and drew

took out two bottles of essential oil and some

Shouldn’t there be three candles? Fors curiously watched from the side and didn’t rashly open her mouth, as if she was stunned

a step back and, with a serious expression, switched

“I!

in my

roaming the upper realms, the void creature

Whoosh!

with a sobbing voice, the flickering candle

forming a door that was beyond the concept of

out from the bottom

nose, arms, or legs around it. Only an opening which resembled a

began to hum a gentle

left and right,

finished humming, Dorian extended

the items that I deposited

“ball” jumped up and down as its body suddenly swelled while it opened its

ingredients which had strange

think that can be done… Fors stared in

Apprentice potion’s main ingredients, canceled the summoning, and ended the

his head and smiled at

circumstances, summoning rituals will not point to them. An elder of a sufficiently high Sequence must enter the Spirit World and, after a long period of searching, make a contract with one of them. That way, it will allow subsequent descendants to complete a summoning ritual

void creature arrives, a new contract can be made, making them closely connected to oneself and no longer summonable by

how it is… That sounds interesting!” Fors said from the

look

how ordinary Beyonders are being suppressed and constantly facing danger, exploring this wonderful world would be the most delightful thing… I hope that one day I can truly roam

to swallow many items into its belly without causing them any harm. It’s the equivalent of a mobile, hidden warehouse that almost no

too much as its stomach has limited space. Also, it doesn’t like people without talent in music. It would

lyre… Just as Fors breathed a sigh of relief, Dorian instructed her to get him

there and then, she maintained her expression, but her heart was frantically

that this would happen, then I would’ve been more honest… It’s too late to tell the truth. Teacher Gray must’ve tried a divination attempt, but the outcome suffered interference. Confessing now

you’ll become a Beyonder,” Dorian said in a flat