LOM: Lord of Mysticism

Elizabeth became nervous after hearing Klein's reply. "Can you help me divine the specific reason or a way to solve this?"

Divination can only give a general direction of how to solve the problem, and furthermore, it will be unclear and filled with symbolism, making it difficult to decipher the hints correctly... Of course, you're very lucky; I'm not an ordinary Seer, I'm a true mysticism scholar! Klein thought before saying solemnly, "Since this matter has to do with dreams, I would suggest a similar divination method."

"Alright, alright." Elizabeth nodded.

"I will need you to sleep here and allow that dream to present itself. Is that a problem?"

"There's no problem; I trust you," Elizabeth answered. "B-but, I cannot guarantee that I would... I would have that dream."

"It's just an attempt," Klein pointed at the long sofa on the side of the Red Agate room. "Please."

"No need for that; I'll sleep here." Elizabeth crossed her arms and said, "I sleep like this at school after classes whenever I feel tired."

She used her arms as a pillow and leaned forward onto the edge of the table.

"Alright, pretend that I'm not here." Klein observed the colors of her aura and emotions to see if she falls asleep or not.

"Okay." Elizabeth closed her eyes and eased her breathing.

Klein leaned back into his chair.

The room became unusually quiet. After confirming that Elizabeth had fallen asleep, Klein took out a semicircular piece of silver from his pocket that was filled with indecipherable Hermes phrases as well as symbolic imagery and numbers.

It was a Dream Charm that Klein had succeeded in making the previous morning. He had also finished making two Slumber Charms and two Requiem Charms. The former were made with rectangular pieces of silver, while the latter were made with triangular pieces. This was to help him differentiate between them solely by touch.

"Crimson!" Klein softly recited in ancient Hermes.

This was the activation incantation that he had set. Since there was still the step of injecting spirituality into the charm, there was no need for his incantation to be different from the rest. All he needed was something short and easy to remember.

The mysterious incantation reverberated around the room. Klein placed the charm on the table in front of him, and a transparent flame leapt up silently, enveloping the charm and becoming a deep, serene black.

The black flames spread quickly, enveloping Elizabeth and Klein.

Klein seized the opportunity to enter his state of Cogitation, and without delay he emitted his spirituality, allowing it to touch the illusory ball of light.

Silently, the scene around him started to coruscate and warp, but it quickly settled into a yellowish-brown plain littered with the corpses of horses and humans, and fresh blood and weapons could be seen everywhere.

Elizabeth looked lost and wore a regal gown with engageantes and a fishnet hat.

Seeing Klein's figure, she revealed a look of surprise. "Mr. Moretti, we meet again! I had suspected that the Klein Moretti on the name register was you when Selena and I came to get a divination. I came again multiple times but always missed you as I had to attend lessons during the day...

When I was free during the summer break, I was dragged to a holiday in Lamud Town by my parents...

You can help me, right?"

Elizabeth's dream changed, and a tall knight walked toward them, dragging a broadsword along the ground.

This knight was dressed in black armor, and sounds of metal colliding could be heard with his every step. Two blobs of red light akin to flames peeked out from the slit of his faceplate, staring at Klein and Elizabeth intently.

The will of a wraith... Still not at the stage of an evil spirit. Klein observed in his spirituality state, not having to activate his Spirit Vision.

According to the classifications based on the Nighthawks' confidential information, the feelings of vengeance and injustice left behind by spirits were the weakest and easiest kinds of souls to deal with. Following those were shadows and wraiths. Evil spirits were the most difficult soul-like creatures to deal with, and the most terrifying evil spirits were said to be as strong as High-Sequence Beyonders.

With this in mind, Klein took a step forward, blocking Elizabeth behind him. He then stomped down with his foot and shattered the dream.

Multiple specks of light scattered like fireflies, and Klein's spirituality returned to his body, allowing his eyes to adapt to the darkness of the Red Agate room. He saw the tools needed for divination placed around the table, as well as the Dream Charm that had almost finished burning.

Klein felt the pinch when he saw this. Charms in the Evernight Goddess's domain were all made using pure silver.

Well, he felt a little more at peace when he thought of the Beyonders from the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun that burned gold—the corresponding metal for the Sun.

Elizabeth slowly woke up before straightening her posture and asked, "Mr. Moretti, were there any results from your divination?"

"Yes." Klein nodded. "Your nightmares should disappear in no more than a week."

I should report this to the Captain and get him to send someone to deal with it at Lamud Town... Klein added in his heart.

"Really? That's great! Thank you, Mr. Moretti!" Elizabeth said but then creased her brows.

"What's the matter?" Klein asked.

"Nothing. I just remembered that I have to go home now." She slowly took out a single soli bill and placed it on the table. She then grabbed her hat and bade goodbye to Klein a little hesitantly.

After leaving the room, Elizabeth walked toward the stairs outside the door. She flailed her arms after she confirmed that no one was watching and groaned softly, "Pins and needles! How numbing..."

...

In the Blackthorn Security Company, Dunn asked, "Did you suddenly return because you came across another supernatural incident?"

"Yes."

"What's the matter this time?"

Klein replied, "Two things. For the first incident, I discovered 'Monster' Ademisaul hunched in a corner, shivering in fear when I was buying materials for my charms at the underground market."

"What happened to Ademisaul?"

Klein described, "Ademisaul had a dream. He dreamed that there were corpses and blood everywhere. One of the corpses was his, and thus he became very frightened."

Dunn asked, "As a Seer, what do you think it symbolizes?"

"A disaster that spans a wide area. But I have no information other than this. Furthermore, not everything in Ademisaul's dream might have a symbolic meaning," Klein said.

"I will report this to the Holy Cathedral and see what they have to say. This isn't something I have expertise in."

Klein changed the subject and spoke about the wraith harassment Elizabeth faced.

"Lamud Town... Is that lady a believer of the Goddess?" Dunn asked.

"Yes."

"Then there should be no problems. Let's head over to Lamud Town now and try to get dinner there. Oh, and bring Frye along. His abilities should prove useful if the incident involves corpses and ghosts." Dunn said.

If Elizabeth wasn't a believer of the Evernight Goddess, then they would have to hand her over to the Mandated Punishers or the Machinery Hivemind according to her faith. If her faith didn't lie in any of the three major Churches, then she would be handed over to the Machinery Hivemind, who were responsible for the outskirts.

Dunn added, "Also, we have three men on the mission. We can request to use Sealed Artifact 3-0782."

"3-0782?" Klein recalled that the Sealed Artifact was called the Mutated Sun Sacred Emblem.

This Sacred Emblem's Beyonder influence seemed to be able to last a long time. It had the ability to constantly purify any corpses and spirits in a fifteen-meter radius. However, it had the drawback of purifying the soul of a commoner at the same time. Research data indicated that if a normal human were to stand within its radius for an hour, they would become an idiot that only knew how to praise the Sun. The limit for Beyonders was six hours.

As for ghosts and corpses, they would scatter in less than a minute.

Dunn then leaned back and asked, "You went to the Divination Club again today? Did you feel any changes over the past two days?"