Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 176

2021-07-09

Chapter 176 Knight's Prophecy
I feel regretful and plan to give up today's search for Miss Anat, but the reception Members are still enthusiastically recommending Shade's other fortune-tellers.

The detective holding the cat thought for a while. If he turned his head and left now, he would appear to be acting strangely, and it might lead to rumors of Miss Anat in the association, so he pretended not to care:
"Of course there is no problem, I just want to find a reliable fortune teller to divination for me, of course it doesn't matter who it is. I have membership in the association, can the price of divination be cheaper?"

Probably because it was too comfortable to be held by Shade, Mia cat fell asleep at this time. It's nap time for this cat, whose life is much more comfortable than Shade's.

The receptionist of the association recommended to Shade a female fortune-teller who is said to be very effective in divination, but when Shade was about to go to the second floor, he happened to meet Mark Vice-President who came downstairs. .

The two were also acquaintances. After chatting for a while, after learning that Shade came to the association to conduct divination activities, the enthusiastic gentleman directly recommended another fortuneteller for him, and there was no need to add Money:

"Mr. Hamilton, although the Association's Lord's card business has been getting bigger and bigger in recent years, divination is the most fundamental business of the association. You are very lucky, the most effective fortuneteller in the association today. Just happened to be here, come with me, I'll introduce you to you."

Then he greeted Shade upstairs, Shade followed behind the man who always seemed to be wearing formal clothes, curiously asked:
"Who Who is the soothsayer?"

"Our president, Mr. Addis Stein, just came back this morning, ha, Mr. Hamilton, I have to say you are very lucky."

Shade subconsciously stopped, but quickly followed. Miss Anat said that the characteristics of "beyond fate" cannot be discovered by divination alone, and she learned this through divination that paid the price. Even St. Byrons' Astronomical Institute Head couldn't rely on divination to learn about the particularity of Shade, so he had nothing to worry about at this time.

Not to mention, it doesn't hurt to know more people, he has absolutely no reason to refuse.

The two went all the way to the third floor, but only walked past the door with the golden number "President's Room", and finally stopped in front of the door with the "Accounting Room" number.

In such a sensitive place, Shade did not go in, and Mr. Mark went in to find someone.

The discussion inside was very lively, which probably means that if the account is not done correctly, everyone can go to the street to beg. Afterwards, they shirked their responsibilities, believing that the accounts could not be met, and the bills for the preparatory work of the "big city players" had not yet been collected. By the fall, the books for the first half of this year will be completed.

The voice of Mr. Addis Stein, branch chief of the Tobeysk City Prophet Association, was the loudest among the crowd. He's clearly threatening some of these guys with obvious problems and is very familiar with the numbers on the books.

Soon Mark Vice-President informed him that a guest was visiting, and Shade finally met the gentleman who had just returned to the city.

Mr. Addis Stein is about the same height as Shade, but is slightly thinner, with a high nose and eyes sunken into their sockets. The temperament on his body is very similar to that of a teacher who teaches at a university. He wears a pair of small gold-wire glasses on his face. This is also the first acquaintance Shade knows wearing glasses in this world.

"This is Mr. Hamilton? Hello, it's an honor to invite you to this fall."

Mr. Stein smiled and reached out to shake Shade's hand, just as the two touched In an instant, a voice came from Shade's ear:
[Ring warlock, the level is quite high. ]

"As expected."

"The big city player Rhodes card tournament, you want to do divination? Of course there is no problem, please, I am not the president before, but He has always been the best fortune-teller in the Tobesque branch."

He boasted of himself with some complacency, and Shade smiled beside him, but he was looking forward to this cheap fortune-telling, if he could give himself some new revelation.

In order to reflect their professionalism, divination must of course have a special room. The second floor of the association has a large number of unused rooms that can be rented out as reception rooms. In fact, they are all divination rooms.

Mr. Mark left first. The president of the local association and Shade entered the room on the second floor. The layout of the room is very similar to that of an ordinary reception room, except that on the shelf against the wall, strange things such as crystal balls and obsidian water basins are placed.

The servants were preparing tea, Mr. Stan saw Shade looked towards the shelf, and casually introduced:

"The items there are decorations, and each fortune-teller has his own. Props. Since several decades ago, the divination business of the Association has been getting worse and worse, but the Lord's card business has been getting better and better. But in recent years, it has gotten better. Those rash youngsters and noble ladies who have nothing to do are not interested in this Mysterious behavior that is not dangerous is very interesting.”

“So what is dangerous mysterious behavior?”

Shade asked, Mia was probably woken by the sound of talking, but only After making a dreamy "meow" sound, he fell asleep comfortably again. The maids who tidy up the room and prepare the tea are all quietly watching the cat being held by the young man. The young orange cat is really cute, especially when it is asleep.

Mr. Stein greets Shade to sit down and counts his fingers to answer Shade's question:
"Dangerous haunted house exploration, psychic tricks obtained from nowhere, cemetery dwelling at night, strange reading The mysticism books. These things are quite a headache for the Orthodox Church, but people who have enough to eat and have nothing to do love to do it."

He shook his hair and sighed, and Shade had some opinions on this:

"Mr. Stein, you see, the great development of the steam industry has led to the emergence of a new wealthy class, but the corresponding entertainment methods have not kept up, which has led to these rich people who have nothing to do. Do such strange things. This should be regarded as an imbalance between the level of productivity and spiritual construction."

Mr. President looked at him with some surprise and agreed with this view:

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"That's it. So compared to those dangerous activities, isn't it safer to let people participate in Rhodes card games? Or come to our formal prophets' association for divination, and chat with the noble ladies. Astrology, talk to others about the relationship between handprints and future fortune, this kind of activity is not dangerous at all."

After the servants left, the two officially started divination.

Although Shade is not at all worried about rashly divination and revealing his identity as a ring warlock, safety comes first, so the divination he proposes has nothing to do with himself at all:

“Yes In this way, I recently received a somewhat troublesome commission, which is about inheritance and legal consultation. In order to protect the client, it is inconvenient to disclose specific information. I came here for divination, not to get an immediate answer, but to seek Some vague guidelines"

His sorry laughed;
"Actually, I have always had doubts about the correctness of divination, please don't mind."

" It doesn't matter, this kind of view is very common."

Mr. Stein waved his hand, and then asked seriously:

"Then what exactly is the divination?"

"My client, Mrs. Le Maire, can I get a large sum of money safely in the near future?"

"Fortune-telling, no problem. So, can you provide some information about that lady?" information, otherwise we cannot divination."

Mr. Stein asked again.

Shade didn't really want to know the answer from here anyway, so without hesitation, he described Mrs. Le Maire's identity and age information, and by the way, introduced her financial situation.

Mr. Stan expressed his understanding, looked around, and finally brought the teacup in front of him:
"There are actually many ways of divination, such as pendulum, crystal ball, water divination, burning Bone, etc., this time let's try the less common tea divination."

He took some tea leaves from the tray, then closed his eyes and sprinkled it into the teacup. After all the tea leaves in his hand fell, he opened his eyes to see the suspension, then poured out the cup of tea, and observed the condition of the tea leaves stuck to the bottom of the cup.

“Okay.”

Mr. Stein put down his teacup.

Shade didn't feel any traces of the elements in the whole process, which means that the other party's "divination" is only the so-called ordinary person's divination.

"And what about the results?"

He pretended to ask curiously.

“That lucky lady deserves a lot of money.”

“That’s good.”

Shade smiles at the flower Losing my 2 shillings fortune-telling is actually a little heartache.

"By the way, I also did a divination for you."

Mr. Stein added.

"For me?"

Shade said while observing the other's expression, but it seemed that Mr. Stein didn't notice anything strange.

Now he has the [Twenty-sided Dice of Destiny] in his pocket. He never touches this thing at home, but he must take it with him when he goes out. Even if the other party uses the ring warlock ability for divination, there is a high probability that what they will see is the wrong result, not to mention the divination by the means of the ordinary person.

"What did you see?"

"The term 'seeing' is not accurate, it should be said that it is feeling. Divination is an indescribable process, and for you, Mr. Hamilton, it is very strange that I see you from the fog of the future as a Knight with a sword."

"Knight?"

Shade feels unfathomable mystery, the identity of "Knight" has all but disappeared in the age of Steam. Earlier in the Sixth Age, Knights belonged to the lowest ranks of the nobility, usually owning only a small piece of Fiefdom, such as a manor. A full-time soldier who fights for the lord or king he is loyal to.

And with the introduction of firearms into the army, Knight's tactics gradually declined, so that the entire hierarchy disappeared. As the times have changed, even the inherited "Knight" title has been left with few. As far as Shade understands common sense, Delarion has no more than 20 nobles with the title of "Knight", which is almost nothing compared to the country's huge population and noble system.

It is the "Delarion Iris Knight Medal", "Delarion Golden Ribbon Knight Medal" and "Delarion Honorary Knight Medal" derived from the title of Knight, which are highly known as kingdom honors. These medals are usually only awarded to nobles who have made special contributions to the kingdom or royal family, and are rarely awarded to ordinary persons.

Therefore, Shade is impossible to become the so-called "Knight" in this day and age.

(end of this chapter)