Chapter 402 Late Autumn

Author: Tianxu Aurora

Chapter 402 Late Autumn

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Looking at the "Follower" card that slipped out of the cuff, Zaratu couldn't calm down for a long time.

A cold wind in late autumn blew in time, adding a terrifying atmosphere to this scene.

Although he is in Sequence One, Zarathu did not feel that he could use his poor divination to find out the location of the holder of the Source Castle and the people around him who were protected by him. Because the position of the Source Castle is too high, it is impossible to be divined by anything. Even when Amon comes, he has to investigate through the mysterious connection and abnormal deaths of the clone.

In other words, the appearance of this card is not the result of its own divination, but the product of the connection between mystics!

...There are two ways to interpret it. One is that I have just had close contact with the Source Castle and was contaminated with the other party's breath and connection, so I naturally let the "Fool" card appear... The other is that this girl is related to the holder of the Source Castle... The most important thing is that the "Fool" card appears when I was divining this girl himself. Even if there are two reasons, the probability of the latter must be greater!

Melissa looked at Zarathu curiously, and saw the "fool" card that slid from His sleeve to the ground. She bent down and picked up the card for the old diviner who was unable to move:

"Give."

"Thank you." Zarathu took it and thanked him dryly, "Let me do a simple divination for you. You can choose to divine the progress of your recent troubles, your fortune in the future, or your family's health, and your future feelings..."

He moved backwards, and while talking, he shuffled his cards in his hands.

Melissa was fascinated by his shuffling movements. It was hard to imagine that such an old pair of hands had such incredible dexterity. After several seconds, Melissa woke up as if she was dreaming and said while thinking:

"I did have a little trouble in school... I originally studied with a professor who believed in the God of Steam and Machinery, but he returned to Intis two months ago because of his faith. Our project was forced to be put on hold. A professor with the Goddess of Faith came to take over. However, this professor didn't know much about our project. After trying to advance for a while, he decided to change directions or reorganize..."

Zaratu understood: "That is to say, you are facing a situation where you have been working hard for the past few months."

"……Yes."

Melissa recalled this proverb twice in her mind, and felt that there was a philosophy that could not be said, which was probably what Emperor Rossell said:

"I just worked hard for two months, and it was not a big loss... The professor also promised to arrange a more suitable project team for us... Fortunately, I did not convert to the God of Steam and Machinery because of the first professor's favor, nor did I apply for Intis's study abroad opportunity, otherwise the situation might be worse than now."

"So are you planning to study divination?" Zarathu shuffled the cards and was about to draw one from them.

"If I only divine once... I hope to divine my brother's work fortune." Melissa shook her head without hesitation. "He seems to have encountered a bottleneck in his recent work. He is always absent-minded, frownful, and avoids answering work matters. And I just became a college student this year, and the project is not going well, and I can't earn money to support my family. Compared to me, my brother's fortune is more important."

Although she didn't believe in divination very much, she felt that it was just a comforting thing like psychotherapy, and like many believers in steam, she believed that all the unknown and supernatural are just that science could not explain, but through the professor who believed in the God of Steam, she learned about the existence of "true supernatural power" and became more curious and awe of things she didn't understand.

Zaratu thought that I was divining for free once, not just once. He restrained his evil thoughts and asked Melissa "Which brother?". After all, this little girl thought she had an older brother "dead", and the divination object must be the one she thought was still alive.

He drew a card from it and showed it to Melissa:

"It is the priestess's right position. Please see, this card symbolizes knowledge, calmness and self-change, and implies a kind of learning and change that will be settled, not only in terms of knowledge, but also in the mind. Miss Melissa, your brother may have a long time at work and needs to accumulate time. After this period, it will bring good results and achieve considerable gains."

Everyone likes to listen to good things, and Melissa is no exception.

After hearing these words, she breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that whether it was true or comforting, it made her feel happy.

"Miss, do you want to know why your brother is absent-minded?"

Zarathu easily gained some trust and favor from Melissa. He learned a lot of tips on negotiating with the demons and was a little confident in his sense of mystery, so he took the initiative to take a step and asked with a smile.

Melissa didn't have time to speak, and her eyes were once again attracted by Zarathu's shuffle technique. Zarathu quickly ended the shuffle, pulled out one, turned her fingers and showed it in front of Melissa:

"It turned out to be the lover's position, Miss!"

Zarathu laughed. He hadn't divined so many trivial matters in the world for a long time and smiled sincerely. Although He had already obtained the answer during the first divination, He still patiently performed a divination performance for Melissa:

"Your brother may have some emotional changes that cannot be ignored, and it may be a good thing, what do you think?"

"What, you mean, Benson, he—"

Melissa's eyes widened and covered her mouth with her hands in disbelief. Then smiled at the corners of her eyes and the tips of her eyebrows, and her brown and black eyes flashed with a lively light, making her look more lively and cute, and more like the reaction that girls of her current age should have.

Benson... Of course, Zarathu would not let this name go. He immediately used spiritual perception to divine and obtained a lot of information from the person with this name: Benson Moretti now lives in Beckland, does not have any extraordinary abilities, and his family is a believer of the goddess of the night. He originally lived in a city called Tingen with his younger brother and sister... He was a government employee who just started working this year. He moved here with his younger sister at the end of last year... He didn't match his age and looked inconsistent with the heirs of the Source Castle... This is the eldest son, so he is the second son... His family conditions have leap from an ordinary clerk who barely makes a living to a government employee with a weekly salary of more than 3 pounds. Surprisingly good luck...

Zaratho raised her eyebrows slightly.

He divined that an abnormal income had occurred in the Moretti family, and the source was the Church of the Night.

This should be what she said about "death in the line of duty"? Unexpectedly, the holder of the Source Castle was once a believer of the Goddess of the Night, but why did he die and why he became the creator's follower... Is it the art of escape from the false believer, or the conversion after being resurrected by the Creator?

He still knew too little about the information of the holder of this source castle, and he gave him so much information but still could only guess.

The old fortune teller pursed his mouth and sniffed his breath to sway the messy white beard around him.

"Oh my God, he didn't tell me at all."

Melissa's eyes were shining, five surprises and five points of complaints that Benson stammered and refused to say. The old man could tell the simple situation at home as soon as he met. Melissa had already believed the result six or seven points. She was about to thank her and leave, but she saw the old man handed the stack of tarot cards flat to her and said with a kind smile:

"Little girl, do you want to do a divination?"

"?I……"

"Well, the easiest." Zaratho saw Melissa's hesitation and added, "It happened that I had something troubled, and just as I was thinking about how to deal with it, you appeared in front of me. There was no need for skill, just draw a card casually."

Upon hearing this, Melissa was a little eager to try:

"Just draw one?"

Zaratho nodded with a smile.

Melissa had this opportunity for the first time. When she encountered such an incredible thing, she thought for a while, and then took the card at the top and slowly opened it:

"Is this... hermit?"

Zaratu raised his eyebrows and looked over. He saw that the card in the girl's hand was the "histor" in the right position!

After watching the reverse position for so long, I finally saw a regular position of his own, and it was not a tower. Zaratho had the urge to cry with joy.

"Unsociated, noble, cautious, alone, elder, wise..."

The card from Melissa's hand expresses Melissa's view and attitude towards him. If the other party is really the turning point of his fate, then the metaphor of this card is particularly important. Zarathu did not float away because of this. He silently recalled the meaning and symbol of "histor" in his heart, and judged uncertainly whether this is his choice and his own future. What warnings do he have for him:

"Think twice before you act, ask for advice, explore inward, guide, introspection, avoid blindness and living alone..."

Zarathu remained silent, and slowly tapped his thigh with one finger, feeling that he had grasped something, but he seemed to have no idea at all. There was no way, divination and destiny were like this.

Rossel once muttered that he thought that the divinationists had any rule that “can’t tell the secret of heaven or that they would be able to live longer”. Zaratu had never heard of this rule. But it is undeniable that in the early days, Rossel sometimes looked too high at Him. Zaratu knew that he was not omniscient and was not omnipotent, and he was far from being the pinnacle in divination.

Sometimes He does not say it, except that it cannot be said, because He himself does not know what will happen.

Seeing that He had no reaction, Melissa thought the card was not good. Just when she was nervous and uneasy with the card, Zarathu suddenly smiled with some clarity. He smiled and thanked Melissa:

"Thank you, Miss Melissa, your divination has made me think about the future and I am no longer so confused."

Melissa, who thought she had just grabbed a card casually, looked at the "Hidden" card in her hand and couldn't help but say curiously:

"Divine is really so powerful? You can see your future destiny with just one card?"

Haha, as long as you use ritual magic correctly, it is not difficult to borrow power from great existence. Divination and mysticism have never gone far away, but are just hidden... Zarathu nodded slightly: "Yes, Miss Melissa, maybe you don't think there is any meaning in this. No matter what you draw, it is a coincidence, but in the eyes of people like us, whether it is coincidence or random numbers, they are one of the foreshadowing of fate."

He took all the cards from Melissa, took the spirit plunger back into his arms, then picked up the crutch and stood up slowly. Melissa reached out to support her, but found that the old man was not slow to move, and he seemed not injured in the fall just now:

"You have already given this foreshadowing to me just now. You are the one who is destined to give this foreshadowing to me."

Melissa also stood up. After hearing this, she was stunned for a few seconds and opened her eyes slightly:

"You mean, I appeared here, I bumped you into it, I gave you divination, all of this is actually destined by fate?"

She suddenly found that she could not see through the old man's ideas, but as an educated and polite woman, she did not express a clear denial of this view. She knew that older people must have a stubborn and stubborn mind, let alone such an elderly person who needs to do mysterious divination.

Melissa said nothing, she wanted to say goodbye, but Zarathu said first:

"I'm so happy to communicate with you, Miss Melissa, I hope we all get a satisfactory answer."

"So too." Melissa simply bowed with the papers in one hand and the skirt in the other.

"Go back quickly, Miss, if you walk home from the third street now, you can see some interesting things..." Zarathu smiled mysteriously, then bowed slightly and turned to leave.

"Interesting things? What interesting things..."

Melissa said goodbye to the strange old man. She took her things and walked alone on the road for a while. She wanted to walk back like that, but the last words Zarathu said kept lingering in her ears, and the meaningful words seemed to have a hook, which made her unforgettable.

"The third street is only a few minutes away from here. It's a little detour when you go home, but it's safer..."

Melissa made a natural bend under her feet, and she quickly passed through a small block, avoiding the slowly coming public carriage, and entering the third street with significantly greater traffic.

It is the peak period of get off work and school in the evening. Young people walking together in Hilston District, and gentlemen and ladies rushing to the road in formal clothes and briefcases. The shops on the street are working hard to do business during the peak period, and there are many dining guests sitting in restaurants and dessert shops. Melissa is walking around in confusion, looking for the "interesting thing" that Zaratho said.

Suddenly, Melissa saw a familiar figure in the crowd.

"Ah, Ban--"

She quickly closed her mouth, hid aside, and watched her brother Benson walk together with a strange lady, and the two chatted and laughed. Benson was more active and eloquent than usual, constantly throwing out one interesting topic after another, making the young lady laugh. The atmosphere between them was subtle and harmonious, and there was a faint unspeakable emotion.

Benson sent the lady into a townhouse apartment, tidied up her collar with pride, and then suddenly found a pair of glittering eyes staring at her not far ahead. After looking closely, Benson was startled and suddenly felt guilty:

"May, Melissa, why are you here?"

The older brother who was just smart just now suddenly became clumsy, as if he was found secretly skipping class, and his cheeks were even slightly red. When he came into contact with his sister's meaningful and smiling eyes, Benson coughed uncomfortably and did not turn his face:

"Don't you usually go short? Why did you suddenly come here today?"

Melissa looked at the disappearing townhouse apartment of the strange lady, and then at Benson, with a smile full of accomplishment and curiosity:

"You are always absent-minded and still come back late during this period. Is it just to send this lady home?"

Benson coughed again, and he nodded twice, reached out to pull his sister's arm, and walked home like a run: "Where are you? Melissa, why did you suddenly appear here? Could you follow me from Queens?"
To be continued...