Magus Tech (Technological Wizard)

Li Cha looked at the very enthusiastic divination woman, raised his eyebrows, and asked aloud, "Charge?"

"No, divination is free." The woman shook her head.

"So...divination is free, but interpretation is a fee?"

Woman: "..." Slightly stunned, she fell into a long silence.

After a long while, he shook his head again, and said with certainty: "Divination and interpretation of card meanings are all free, all free."

"Is that so?" Li Cha narrowed his eyes, feeling more and more strange about this matter.

He never believed that there is a free lunch in the world, the freer it is, the more expensive it is. If there is a free lunch delivered to your door, then you must be vigilant about what will follow.

Li Cha thought.

Seeing Li Cha hesitate, the woman said, "Why, don't you want to?"

"I don't think I need this kind of divination." After thinking for a moment, Li Cha said, looking directly into the woman's eyes while speaking, wanting to see how she would react.

The woman's reaction was obviously a bit louder.

"I don't think there is any need for divination? How is this possible!" The woman raised her voice and said in a very expressive tone, "each of us is like a lost lamb, walking in the long river of fate, stumbling, not knowing Where is the end of redemption. Divination can point you in the direction, light a bright light for you in the long river of fate, save you from taking some detours, and let you avoid traps, which is very important .Come on, kid, do a divination once, you will never regret it."

"Well……"

"So what?"

"If we are lambs, why do we walk in the river? If we light an ever-burning lamp in the river, won't it go out?"

woman:"……"

Because there was a black cloth covering his face, he couldn't see the other person's expression, but his eyes widened, looking a little... as if he wanted to bite someone.

"call--"

The woman under the black robe let out a long breath, as if she was trying to calm down, staring at Li Cha and said: "The words I said are just a metaphor, a metaphor! In a word, divination is very important to you, you must To divination!"

"Forget it." Richard said, "I don't really believe in fate, so I really don't need divination."

After speaking, Li Cha stood up and was about to leave.

The fortune-telling woman was anxious, she reached out her hand from under the black robe, and grabbed Li Cha's clothes: "No, no! You can't do this, you can't just leave like this! You are in great danger now, you must let me do a fortune-telling for you, must!"

Li Cha's body stopped. According to his strength, it is very simple to break free from the woman's entanglement, and he doesn't need to use any spells. But he didn't do that, because he suddenly discovered that the woman's hands holding his clothes were a pair of abnormal hands.

Those were a pair of smooth, white and tender hands, as if they had just been scooped out of milk. According to common sense, such hands should grow on a beautiful girl who is rich and pampered since childhood, not on an old woman in her 40s or 50s.

Even if you have been doing maintenance and applying ointment all the time, you can't achieve this level.

What made Li Cha even more suspicious was that as soon as his eyes fell on the woman's hand, the woman quickly shrank her hand into the black robe as if she was afraid. However, the woman did not give up pestering him, and kept saying: "If you want to divination, you must do it!"

"Do you have to do divination?" Li Cha said in his heart, sat down again the next moment, looked at the fortune-telling woman, and said, "Okay, then please do a fortune-telling for me."

Li Cha decided to see what kind of medicine was bought in the fortune-telling woman's gourd.

After hearing Li Cha's words, the divination woman was taken aback for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief, showing slightly surprised eyes. After sitting in the seat, the woman said: "Then let's start, I will teach you how to operate the fate card first."

"No, I'll do it myself."

"Are you sure, child?" the fortune-telling woman said with some distrust,

The tone was very serious, "I must tell you that every operation step of the Fate card is very important. Once you make a mistake, it will have a serious impact on the final result, leading to wrong information or even the opposite."

Li Cha responded with actions.

shuffle.

"Clatter..."

Put the tarot cards face down, stack them in your hand, draw some cards from the inside, put them on top, repeat three times.

Next, place the cards on the table, spread them out in a circle, and shuffle them clockwise with both hands.

After a while, gather the cards in a clockwise direction toward the middle, restore them into a stack of cards, and place them horizontally.

The shuffle is complete.

Cut cards.

"Clatter..."

From the top of the horizontal card, quickly pick up a part of the cards and put them close to the body, so that one stack of cards becomes two stacks.

Then, take out another stack of cards from the second stack and place it away from your body, so that the two stacks of cards become three stacks, distributed in a "three" shape.

After that, take the first pile of cards and put them on top of the second pile, and then put these cards on top of the original third pile, so that all the cards are restored to one pile.

Finally, rotate the cards from horizontal to vertical.

Card cutting is complete.

The divination woman was watching Li Cha's movements, and she was a little absent-minded. It's not because of anything else, but because Li Cha's movements are too skilled and smooth, and there is even a strange beauty in the skillful and smooth movements.

But the problem is, this is divination! What's the use of proficiency and fluency? The most important thing is sincerity!

During the divination process, you should constantly think about the questions you want to ask in your mind.

But Li Cha's appearance, where is the slightest sincerity?

Exactly like a craftsman operating a tool.

While the fortune-telling woman was thinking this way, Li Cha had already drawn a card from the deck, and flipped it over from left to right, revealing the pattern on the card.

Pushing the card in front of the woman, Li Cha said softly, "Okay, you can explain the meaning of the card to me now."

"Uh..." The divination woman came back to her senses, and her heart was a little complicated, because she found that Li Cha had done everything that should be done and should not be done, and there was no chance for her to use his tricks. It seemed that the only thing she could do was Explain the meaning of the card.

Then explain.

"call--"

The divination woman took another deep breath, calmed down, looked at the pattern on the card, and saw a young man painted on it.

The man is wearing beautiful clothes and a gorgeous headdress, holding a rose in his left hand and a wooden staff in his right hand. The wooden staff is tied with a bundle representing all his belongings, as if he is wandering happily.

At this time, the man was walking on the edge of the cliff, and a puppy was biting his foot vigorously, as if preventing him from moving forward.

fool!

This is the "Fool" in the 22 major arcana cards in the Tarot, numbered 0.

"0" means empty, which means nothing and great potential. Among the 22 cards of the Major Arcana, the status of "The Fool" is extremely special. It can be said to be the beginning of everything, and it can also be said to be the end of everything. There are countless interpretations.

The fortune-telling woman looked at it for a long time, and explained aloud: "My child, this card can explain your current problem very well. The people on it are a demonstration of your situation:

You see, walking on the edge of a cliff means that you are starting an adventurous action; carrying a bag with a wooden stick means that you live far away; wearing beautiful clothes and a gorgeous headdress means that you are facing the future , very confident; but a puppy that bites your foot, is a serious warning. "

The fortune-telling woman looked at Li Cha and said bewitchingly: "My child, your current situation seems to be safe, but it is actually dangerous. You must carefully follow the advice of the elders to save yourself from danger. You are going to travel far away, right? I Advise you, don't act rashly in the last few days, it's better to wait until an appropriate time, and then set off, so that you won't have any accidents, and you can have a smooth journey."

Li Cha asked the divination woman: "Then when is it appropriate?"

"I don't know about this either, only the fate card can tell you." The fortune-telling woman said seriously, "If you want, I can do another fortune-telling for you in three days, and then you will know the answer. Of course , the same will be free."

"Then why must it be three days later?"

"Son, you have to know that it takes a lot of energy to explain the meaning of the card. Therefore, every time I do a divination, I have to wait at least three days before the next one, understand?" the woman explained.

"Divinations can only be done once every three days, so you can only do divinations seven or eight times a month. Now it's a miracle that such an 'enthusiastic' and 'generous' fortune-teller didn't die of starvation. "Li Cha thought in his heart, he had already somewhat guessed the purpose of the divination woman. That is, within three days, he cannot leave the port.

"Is this delaying time, waiting for my companions to come and take some action?" Li Cha thought to himself, looked at the fortune-telling woman, and said, "It's a bit hard to say. If there is a boat, I may leave early. Without a boat If so, we can wait until three days later.”

"No, you have to wait until three days later." The woman said loudly, like a crappy actor proving her acting skills hysterically, "If you don't wait until three days later, you will encounter many unimaginable things! You will meeting……"

"Let's do it!" Li Cha interrupted the divination woman, "Actually, the reason why I don't want to wait until three days later is because I don't trust you. After all, you are just a stranger to me, I don't know You are kind, or you have ulterior motives."

The divination woman showed a slightly unnatural gaze, and said, "Then why do you believe me?"

"It's very simple, since you are a fortuneteller, then use the simplest method to prove it - divination.

"But as I said, I won't be able to do the next divination until three days later."

"Don't get me wrong, the divination I'm talking about is for you to ask, and I'll help you explain the meaning of the cards. Although I'm not a professional fortune-teller, I'm quite familiar with the Tarot cards...well, the fate cards, just now you You have seen my operation. How is it?" Richard said.

"This..." the divination woman hesitated.

Li Cha looked at the other party, waiting patiently for an answer.

After a long while, the divination woman couldn't help but said: "Okay, I promise you, divination will be divination, I just hope you don't misinterpret the meaning of the card. Every card in the fate card is mysterious and has two sides. Don't give out the wrong message because of your inner inclination."

"Then when you explained the cards before, why were they all negative? I remember that the card of The Fool should be neutral, and there are even more positive explanations than negative explanations." Richard said slowly.

The woman shut up, as if she didn't hear anything, she lowered her head and began to shuffle the cards.

"Clatter..."

The movement of the woman shuffling the cards was obviously not as proficient and smooth as Li Cha's, but there were no mistakes.

After a while, the cards were shuffled, and then the cards began to be cut.

After the cards are cut, the woman finally draws a card.

"Open it." Richard said, "I hope I can see your identity."

"You will get what you want," the woman said, "I have absolutely no malice towards you, and the fate card will prove what I said."

After finishing speaking, the woman lifted the card, and the next moment, her face changed instantly.

He saw a grinning devil painted on the card, and at the feet of the devil were two slaves bound by iron chains.

Devil card!

This card doesn't need to be explained at all, because the meaning itself is straightforward enough-absolutely negative!

Deceit, temptation, desire, greed, ulterior motives, lost future...

Li Cha looked at the woman with a smile on his face: "Do you want to say something?"

"I...I..." The woman was obviously flustered, her eyes flickering constantly, and after a long while she forcibly calmed down and said, "My child, as I said before, every card in the Destiny Card is mysterious and has unique characteristics. Duality..."

"But yours is a demon card." Li Cha said seriously.

"That's not the point. Think about your card—the Fool! The you on the card are walking on a cliff, so be careful!"

"Indeed, thank you for reminding me. But... yours is a demon card."

"Son, hear me, I really don't have any other thoughts about you, just..."

"Your card is the devil card." Li Cha reminded solemnly.

"I..." the divination woman was going crazy, "Can you stop talking about the devil card? The devil card can't prove everything, and the devil card doesn't necessarily mean that I am a bad person!"

"Then don't talk about the devil card." Li Cha said, changed his tone, looked at the divination woman and asked, "I've always been curious about your hands, it seems that your hands don't match your age, I'm interested Tell me how you did it?"

"You!" The fortune-telling woman's voice froze, her eyes widened, as if she had been touched, and she said angrily, "What does my hand have to do with you! Just take care of your eyes!"

"That……"

"Enough! Boy!" the divination woman roared, "I'm exhausted of patience, you can do whatever you like! Go to sea whenever you like! But I want to tell you, you don't If you obey my words, you will be ridden with bad luck, yes, you will be ridden with bad luck! It will start tonight!"

After finishing speaking, the fortune-telling woman put away the cards on the table and hurried out of the tavern. In Li Cha's eyes, no matter how she looked at it, she looked a little embarrassed.

"Can't you continue?" Li Cha said to himself, but he didn't take it seriously. He stood up and asked the tavern owner, "Boss, is my room ready?"

"On the second floor, the room on the left at the end."

"Thank you." Li Cha nodded, glanced at the direction the fortune-telling woman was leaving, and led Pandora upstairs. As he went upstairs, he said to himself: "I've been plagued by bad luck since tonight? Well, is there any other way, then I'll wait."

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