Aurore glanced at the slightly stained white tablecloth, turned his head sideways and smiled at Lumian:
"If the object of ritual magic is yourself, it doesn't matter if the altar is dirty, but if you want to pray to the gods and hidden beings, I suggest changing to a cleaner cloth, or simply removing this cloth and wiping the tabletop."
"Pray to yourself, just highlight a random one, right?" Lumian couldn't help but tease.
Aurore chuckled:
"'Casual' mainly focuses on the environment, materials, and utensils, and the entire ritual process and corresponding spells still have to be strictly in accordance with the regulations of the occult."
After saying that, she took out an orange-yellow candle from her hidden bag:
"It's a candle mixed with citrus and lavender, and the focus is not on their field, but on what I like."
She first placed the candle above the "altar" in front of her:
"Remember, the candles representing the gods are placed in these two places and can be empty now."
Then, she placed the candle close to her:
"Remember, this is the position of 'me'."
After putting the candles down, Aurore went to the kitchen and brought a glass of water, a plate of coarse salt, and a small bowl made of steel:
"The next step is to create a clean, undisturbed ritual environment, remember, spiritual cleanliness, which must be built by ourselves.
"The specific method is to go into meditation, concentrate, channel the spiritual power through auxiliary items, and build a spiritual wall around the altar.
"For the 'Secret Man' and 'Diviner', this is very simple, and the 'Hunter' needs the help of other items before sequence 7, such as an incense stick that will make you ethereal and calm, or a crystal ball that will help you be more spiritually active and focused.
"Uh, the meditation I taught you before was incomplete, only the first step, it can only be used to gather your thoughts and calm down, I'll tell you the rest later."
Incomplete previous meditation methods? So why can I inspire the dream to be special and make those two symbols stand out? Lumian was slightly surprised.
Aurore pulled out a silver dagger from the hidden pocket of her clothes:
"Now look carefully at how I build the spiritual wall."
Lumian was stunned and said subconsciously:
"Why do you have so many things on you?"
First there were various casting materials, a retractable monocular, a miniature inkwell for storing the "white paper" of spirit creatures and candles for rituals, and now a dagger was taken out.
Aurore sighed helplessly:
"Do you think I want to? This is where the "wizard" is inconvenient.
"I have to change each set of clothes by myself for a long time, and sometimes, I suspect that I am Doraemon, and I can take out whatever I want."
"What Dalamon?" Lumian didn't understand the words his sister said in other languages in the last half of the sentence.
Aurore was stunned for a moment, and replied with a slightly complicated expression:
"You don't need to know."
For some reason, Lumian suddenly felt a little sad about his sister.
Aurore quickly regained her emotions and stretched out her right hand to the orange-yellow candle that represented her.
"In ritual magic, candles cannot be simply lit, of course, sometimes, lighting them in ordinary ways will also have an effect, but this is often not a good thing." Aurore began to explain, "The correct way is to extend the spirituality, rub it against the wick, and ignite it."
As she spoke, she let the candle burst into orange flames.
The dining table and the surrounding area that serve as the "altar" are instantly illuminated, and bring a touch of wonder and depth.
Aurore's light blue eyes had darkened at some point, and there was an invisible wind swirling around her.
She inserted the silver dagger into the coarse salt and recited a mysterious spell in her mouth:
「xxx，xxxx!
「……」
Lumian was at a loss when he heard this, and could only watch as his sister pulled out the silver dagger after the spell was completed, inserted it into the glass of water and lifted it again.
Aurore pointed the tip of the dagger outward and walked around the altar, and with every step she took, Lumian felt an invisible force erupting from the silver dagger, smart and lively.
They combine with the air to form an invisible wall that the wind cannot penetrate.
When Aurore finished walking around, Lumian seemed to be in another world in front of her.
"Have you seen the steps clearly?" Auror's voice was a little "farther" than before.
Lumian nodded honestly:
"I can see it clearly, but I can't understand what you're saying."
Aurore couldn't help but laugh:
"You are truly illiterate in the field of occultism, literally.
"That's Hermes, which translates to something like this:
"I sanctify you, Blade of Sterling Silver!
"I cleanse and purify you and let you serve me in the rituals!
……
"With the wizard Aurore. In the name of Li,
"You are sanctified!"
Lumian scratched his head:
"Sounds very ordinary."
"The translation is like this, the focus is on the meaning of the mantra itself and the language used." Aurore's eyes rolled, "You can use the Intis language to read naturally and ordinary, but you can switch to Hermes, Ancient Hermes, Elven, Dragon, and Giant, which can mobilize supernatural powers, then it will be different."
Lumian asked curiously:
"Only these languages have the power to communicate mysteries?"
"That's not the case, there are many similar languages in the field of occultism, each with its own specialness, for example, specifically for the undead, but most extraordinary people will never use it in their lives, unless they want to study a unique and rare field, or hold corresponding rituals." Aurore explained casually.
She further explained the mantra just now:
"During the sanctification ceremony, the penultimate sentence should have been in the name of a certain god or a hidden being, but we are wild extraordinary beings, so we can try not to use it or try not to use it to avoid unnecessary trouble.
"As an extraordinary person, it is actually enough to sanctify an ordinary item in your own name, although the effect is not as good as the original, but it can also be used."
Lumian nodded first, and then thought of a question:
"You took my name later, can it be used in the ceremony?"
"Yes." Aurore was very sure, "The new one is not good, but your name has been used for several years and has an occult connection."
She paused for a moment and then said:
"When sanctifying items, if you are in the wild and don't have so many materials, you can simply use coarse salt or water to complete it."
After saying that, Aurore took out a silver-black metal vial from her hidden pocket that was less than the height of her index finger.
"This is an essential oil that I blended myself, called 'The Wizard of Oz', and what stands out is a good smell." She then dropped three drops of pale green liquid on the candle that represented her.
With a sizzle, the light of the candle dimmed, and a faint mist spread out, making Aurore and the altar in front of her seem quite mysterious.
"Next is the point." Aurore took out a small piece of imitation parchment from her hidden pocket, "If you are performing ritual magic to pray to the gods, you need to draw the symbols of the prayer on paper and burn them during the ceremony.
"The mantra is divided into several parts, the first part is the power of who I pray for, and the 'who, who, who' needs to fill in a certain symbol, a certain honorific name or the area of rule of the gods, for example, I pray for the power of the sun, I pray for the power of order, remember, there are two sentences in total, and the two candles representing the gods correspond to one by one.
"The second part is 'I pray for God's favor', remember, don't call him by name, it is blasphemy to do so in the ceremony, 'Eternal Sun' can be referred to by God or the Father.
"The third part is what you want to pray for, and it must be brief and finished in one sentence.
"The fourth part is to give more power to the mantra, similar to 'Sunflower, herb belonging to the sun, please pass the power to me', you can choose two or three according to the materials used.
"After reciting the mantra, put a drop of essential oil on each candle, burn the paper with the symbol just now, wait for the paper to burn, the ceremony is over, and then thank the gods, extinguish the candles in the order of 'I' and then 'God', first right and then left, and lift the spiritual wall.
Lumian hummed twice:
"What about praying to yourself?"
Aurore smiled:
"The spell is simpler, I will use summoning spirit creatures as an example:
"There is only one word in the first part, 'I', which needs to be shouted out, remember, it cannot be Hermes here, it must be Old Hermes, or Elven, Dragon, Giant.
"The second part is 'I call in my name,' and from here it can be in Hermitage.
"The third part is a specific description of the spirit creature you want to summon."
"What is a specific description?" Lumian asked.
Aurore explained quite seriously:
"There can only be three specific descriptions, and the function is to help us lock on the spirit creature we want to summon.
"Let me give you an example, today a foreigner came and said that I was looking for 'the prank king of Kordu Village, Auror . Li's stupid brother, a frequent visitor to the old tavern', then do we know very well who he is looking for?"
"I understand!" Lumian suddenly realized, "Without knowing the target's name, appearance and address, use his characteristics to help find him."
Aurore said seriously:
"The principle is like this, but there are many troubles in actual operation.
"Just as we summon creatures in the spirit world, the first sentence is often fixed, either 'spirits wandering in vanity' or 'spirits roaming in the upper world', and the effect is to point to the spirit world, and it is clear that we are summoning spirits.
"The second sentence is also very general, think about it, we don't summon spirit creatures to kill ourselves, we must limit the friendly creatures, and sometimes, we have to add the word 'weak', because some spirit creatures may be really friendly, but their very existence will bring you great danger.
"With these circumstances in mind, the description is set, 'friendly creatures to be driven,' 'friendly creatures to be consulted,' 'weak creatures to be driven,' and so on.
"Relying on these two descriptions alone, the pointing is still very broad and does not reflect our needs, and we cannot specify what kind of spiritual creatures are coming, so the third description is very important, you need to clearly explain in one sentence what kind of creature you want to summon."
"It's difficult." Lumian felt a headache just by thinking about it.
Aurore nodded:
"Not only is it difficult, but it is also dangerous.
"When the point is blurred, it may be a spirit you don't need, or it may be a creature that will bring danger, you have to remember that in many cases, weakness does not mean it cannot kill you, just as kindness does not mean it will not pose a threat to you."
(End of this chapter)