The black tea boys showed up here!
Eleazar's eyes narrowed as several key clues strung together quickly in his mind.
Mystery Society, Seebel, Blended Black Tea, Transcendental Materials, Smoked...
It begins with mystery and ends with mystery.
All the doubts in his heart, after all, came from this death-defying society.
The spectacled boy welcomed him out very enthusiastically, grabbed his hand, and asked, "Are you also interested in the occult!"
Eleazar cocked his head slightly, "Slightly."
"Great, let me show you around our club."
"Vice Minister~"
The girl who had opened the door earlier was a little disgruntled.
"It's okay Lily, I know this student."
Without further ado, the spectacled man welcomes Eleazar into the activity room and turns on the lights.
A room with not much space, but a lot of stuff laid out.
All kinds of strange and weird things, the counter with that row of glass bottles is particularly attention-grabbing, the wall is also pasted with news reports cut from a variety of newspapers, the floor in the middle of the hexagram candles, seemingly placed a crystal ball.
Hmm... It's a fake.
But there were real ones too, such as the incense burner in the corner where incense was being burned and the chain of crystals hanging from the ceiling as ornaments, one of which had a faint energy feedback from one of the crystals.
Making it so mysterious that it was just the two of them in here. Turning off his senses, Eleazar turned his head and smiled, "What were you guys doing just now?"
"We're meditating!"
"Uh..."
"It's said that this kind of cultivation can effectively raise the spirit, do you want to try it too!"
Eleazar, who performed this practice every day, choked on his words.
So he could only change the subject and ask, "I'm so sorry, I don't know your name right now."
The man with the glasses froze, and quickly said, "I'm sorry, it was an oversight on my part, let me introduce you..."
"I'm Norton, 2nd year History."
He reached out and pointed to his side, "This is Lillian, 2nd year Geography."
"Hello, guys."
Didn't hear the expected name.
Eleazar smiled and nodded before asking, "Are you two the only ones in this club?"
"Oh, and the president, Seebel, 2nd year History, um... And a maid, Mia, 2nd year Biology."
"Maid?"
"Well, Miss Seebel-sama is in very poor health, so she brought a maid to read with her."
The young lady who created the Mystery Society, pursuing the Transcendence, is in very bad health...
Eleazar looked around the room and thought again about the cup of black tea at noon.
Possesses a handful of transcendent things, but does not seem to be aware of them at all.
Interesting ...
Eleazar immediately acts interested in the place, grabbing Norton and asking questions all over the place.
This kind of fellowship is pretty easy to fit in, as long as you're interested in the things they're proud of, it's easy to hit the ground running.
"This is our collection of mystery material to be observed..."
"This is a special collection of reports we've gathered, suspecting some sort of mystery."
"Come here and look at this!"
Lillian's dislike of him soon fades and she begins to compete with Norton for him as a rare visitor.
That kind of behavior, like a little kid showing off his winning work to his friends, is kind of funny.
Eleazar just had to walk over and get in front of that glass vial and look at it.
"Can you guess what this is?" Lillian's voice came from beside her.
"It's a frog."
Eleazar answered in the affirmative.
"No, you're wrong, this is a very unusual frog."
"We suspect it's an extraordinary species, and it was hard to catch."
Eleazar stood up with his scalp tingling.
After looking at the two and feeling that they had pretty much blended in, he finally revealed his true intentions.
"That meditation you guys just did, did it work?"
"Of course, it works!"
Lillian had a look of conviction on her face.
"After you close your eyes and empty your mind of all thoughts, you can slowly feel yourself entering a state of absolute tranquility, a feeling so esoteric that it's like being in the cosmic stars."
When she finished, she waved her hand again, "But that state is hard to get into, and newcomers like you need to work out for a long time to get rid of distractions."
"Yes?" Eleazar smiled faintly.
"Then you try it," Norton suggested with a grin.
Eleazar readily agreed.
Hadn't he been playing with the two for so long just to rub off on this magical incense?
The two men of the Mystic Society very skillfully took out futons and distributed one to him, and then sat down one after another according to the designated positions, which were said to be the coordinates that attracted the power of the stars.
Finally, the lights went out, and the only thing left in the room was their brightly lit figures in the candlelight.
"Ready, you try eliminating distractions first."
Lillian's voice came from her side.
"Hmm." Eleazar, who had long since entered a meditative state, returned a faint cry.
Unlike the two amateurs who were still trying to get into the swing of things, he had both begun to cultivate spirituality, or spiritual power as they called it.
It could be felt that with the aid of the magical incense, the spirituality grew a touch faster than usual.
It's very unnoticeable, but if it can be built up over time, this efficiency is terrifying.
It was important to realize that he had meditated for so long that his spirit level was only in the mid-2nd percentile, so unleashing a single high-level spell would drain and backfire.
Soon, the breathing of the two people around them also became long, apparently having entered a state of calmness where distractions were eliminated.
The magic incense was responsible for getting into a meditative state so quickly.
But to be honest, Eleazar wasn't sure what effect they would have by forcing meditation like this.
And so, a peaceful and relaxing afternoon passed.
It wasn't until the school bell rang that the three of them regained consciousness.
Turning on the light, Lillian looked at him with a slightly shocked expression.
"You... Talent is pretty good..."
Norton took the opportunity to ask, "Fellow Eleazar, would you like to consider joining our Mystery Club!"
Eleazar thinks for a moment and smiles, "Think about it, 1st grade is busier."
The two men were suddenly filled with regret.
He reassured me, "It's okay, I'll come and hang out with everyone some time."
Next time, I'll come back to see if they still have any magical incense, if there's still a lot of stock, there's no harm in playing dumb and accompanying them for a bit of nonsense, the church isn't very good at scrying anyway, as evidenced by the deeply hidden demonic spirit in the ruined dormitory building, and at most, he'd be put on the list of suspects.
"Then we have a deal... I'll introduce you to something else next time."
Norton and the two bid him a somewhat reluctant farewell.
Leaving the event room, Eleazar smiles and waves to them.
Kind of a shame to stay all afternoon without meeting the mysterious president.
Walking to the stairway, he took one last look back at the club's sign.
Their intense curiosity and ignorant exploration are the very soil that feeds fear.