The big orange is the most important [comprehensive British and American]

Fiona looked at the name on the yellowed paper, lost in thought.

Perhaps this is the magical power of kinship.Although she has never abused the ability of prophecy, she can somehow understand Fidelis's feelings at that time. It must be both tangled and depressed, and it will even have further impact on her own ability and even the entire prophecy system. of suspicion:

Is something wrong?How could it be this person?She is not a good person worth entrusting at all, is she?

Fiona once felt this way when she didn't know the intention of her mother, whom she had never met, when she was sitting withered in Gotham Hospital, and once doubted whether this road would work .But later, after seeing so many things, and almost equivalent to breaking away from the League of Assassins, her vision broadened, and her thoughts would naturally change accordingly:

So what if this path doesn't work?Foretelling such things is inherently inaccurate.Instead of focusing on the unpredictable future with so many variables, it is better to focus on the present and use practical methods to help others.

And obviously there is more than one person who has the same idea as her now.After obtaining Fiona's consent and reading the will, Daria stretched out her hand to cover the name, and said softly to her:

"Don't take it too seriously."

——This is the first time Fiona has been told her so directly by someone in the professional field, telling her not to believe these things too much, and she was so surprised that she raised her head and looked at Dahlia.

Generally speaking, people who rely on psychic abilities for food are more or less dependent on this aspect.In fact, this is nothing at all. After all, having respect for things on the mysterious side is the most basic requirement for eating in this profession, but if you are not careful, the degree of respect is not well grasped. overly dependent".

It doesn't matter what a person's over-reliance on, if too much, then no matter how good things can become dangerous.The so-called "a good rider falls on a horse, and a good swimmer drowns in water" is the truth.But Daria Voskopoeva was the first professional to tell her directly, "Don't believe it."

She looked at Fiona's bewildered eyes, and felt soft in her heart. When she was stared at by such a little girl with puzzled but serious eyes, almost no one could resist except the hard-hearted non-human:

"Whether it's a pendulum or Tarot, astrology or runes, the future pointed to by all psychic means is changeable. No one dares to say that their prophecies are foolproof, even Tatyana sometimes misses .Prophecy has always been just a reference, and human efforts can change the future. Just like Martha had a dream last night, dreaming that she was choking today, so she will not eat today?"

"Fioshka, we don't believe in determinism, because people's fate is in their own hands."

She reached out and tapped lightly on the piece of paper:

"You see, Fidelis also admitted that she is limited by her talent, so she'll be rebelled by the prophecy."

"No one's future is predetermined, and no one's destiny is unchanging. As long as your heart is strong enough and your soul is strong enough, then on the road of your future life, no matter what difficulties you encounter To be stepped on by you, no matter what field you are in, you can move forward.”

Just when Fiona was about to ask the question "But generally speaking, the predictions of people at the level of Golden Dawn will not deviate to this extent", her heart suddenly jumped heavily, like a bright lightning bolt Cutting through the sky, she finally discovered a problem that she had neglected for a long time:

The Golden Dawn is a mysterious society with a considerable level, and those well-known figures who have written books even reconstructed the Tarot cards, making this card game practical for divination. It is said that the Golden Dawn Mysterious Society is the leader of the mysticism of that era Organization, this is true, their strength is also worthy of it.If they can see such a clear direction, it stands to reason that they won't deviate too much.

But the Golden Dawn Mysterious Association is a British organization, and both Fidelis and Petrov are foreigners!

English is not Fidelis' native language, let alone Petrov's native language, and in Fiona's dream, the old man in charge of conveying the prophecy also had an obvious foreign accent when speaking, and because he was too old Old, I'm out of breath when I say a word, no offense intended, but it's like a bellows lingering on its last legs.

——What if that name does not mean "Talia" but "Dalia"?

Her fingers tightened suddenly, and she realized in surprise that if she thought about it this way, everything could be explained!

It is precisely because the direction given by Golden Dawn is too clear, and as Fidelis said in the letter, "relying too much on prophecies so that without their help, she cannot move a single step", so she clearly knows The League of Assassins clearly has so many bad things to do, but they still rely on the power of prophecy. Before they died heroically and heroically, after going through thousands of choices, they finally entrusted their infant daughter to the leader of the League of Assassins. Female, Thalia O. Gu, who swears that she "doesn't believe in fate", even used her prophecy ability, which was already on the verge of being overdrawn, to eliminate many enemies for Talia, just in case. There are many risks lurking in the dark.

It is true that Talia O. Gu does not believe in "established destiny", but on the contrary, she believes in strength and power.In order to be able to complete the "cleaning the world and ruling the world" that she has been doing her best in the education she has been receiving, she can even make her own children into tools, Damian O. Gu even Neither was born in her womb.The young heir to the League of Assassins was born in a cold machine, and was thrown into the Lazarus Pool by Thalia the first time he fell to the ground. After that, in his growth process of more than ten years, the most common thing was death And blood, and, unknown to him, there are hundreds of deformed copies of him waiting to take his life.

She is so cruel to her own flesh and blood, who would expect her to take care of the daughter of an old friend?Even if this old friend has done so many things for the League of Assassins.

But I couldn’t stand it when Talia took over Fiona, who was still in her infancy, from Fidelis, what she said was sweet, and the expression was sincere:

"Don't worry, Fidelis, I will definitely treat her as my own and raise her like my own child!"

——It can be seen that the matter of entrusting an orphan at the end of life is not something that can be entrusted to everyone. After all, it is difficult to paint a dragon and a skin.

But these things have been completely sealed in the dust of time.No matter how Fiona guesses, she can only swallow the conjecture that "my mother should have entrusted me to the Witches Association", because Fidelis didn't know Daria and the others back then. The Witches Association, as the name suggests , is an association full of female psychics. Petrov should have only studied here, and he has not yet reached the point where he can join the association, let alone entrust his child to the past based on an illusory prophecy. .

And the most important point is that this prophecy does not point to a clear "time".

A complete prophecy must include at least the following points: first, the exact time, second, what is about to happen, and third, the names of the main people involved in the prophecy.In the prophecy of Golden Dawn, the first condition was infinitely blurred, but against the background of the accurate name, it seemed that this condition that had been neglected for many years was not that important until Fiona proved it with her own experience at this point:

There is indeed a person named "Daria" who does not believe in fate. After many years, she brought a whole organization behind her to protect her!

… except that it’s been over a decade.

Due to the language barrier, the direction of this prophecy is like the Tower of Babel, which is magnificent, clear, and difficult to avoid, but it also completely shows a tendency of division and difficulty in communicating with each other.

She wanted to laugh for no reason, because she thought it was too absurd. After many years, this prophecy was really fulfilled with incomparable accuracy, but in such an absurd and unbelievable way, it made the previous experience she experienced A totally wrong time looks more like a joke.

"It's all over, don't think about those unpleasant things anymore, good girl." Dahlia is an excellent communicator, so she naturally noticed her mood swings at the first time, and patted her on the back:

"You go out to play with Masha first, I have something to say with Natalia."

Fiona rushed out the door in a daze. She always paid attention to etiquette and forgot to say hello to those inside. Fortunately, everyone understood her mood swings. After all, considering her age, she was just I lost my composure so much that I forgot to say hello. This kind of psychological endurance is already very good.Dahlia watched her go, worried that she would throw herself against the wall, and when she was fighting inside her, whether to go out and follow Fiona to keep her safe, Natalie Ya spoke, but the object of questioning was not her, but Alexander who had been silent before:

"I really didn't expect you to come to St. Petersburg to deliver this letter in person. What, did you have a problem with Ilona?"

If this question is asked directly to someone who is not particularly close, it will be quite offensive, and it will even make people feel that the questioner is gossip and talkative, but Natalia asked so solemnly, it is obvious that what she is peeping at It's not a relationship problem, but a deeper point. Alexander shook his head, denying the statement, but then he patched himself:

"It's just that we haven't gotten along well recently."

"Hmm." Natalia squinted her eyes and looked him up and down. The gaze she used to look at people is very special. This young psychic with a very attractive female appearance is not a "heterosexual" at all in her eyes ’ was just an open book, a Sudoku puzzle to be filled out, all the more so when she squinted to look at people through those huge round glasses. up:

"Then we won't send you off."

After the sound of Alexander's footsteps completely disappeared in the corridor, Natalia and Daria exchanged a worried look:

"I just said that Ilona shouldn't be with him. He's not a person who can settle down and maintain a relationship for a long time. Really, no matter how handsome he is, he doesn't have the kind of anger that is born of love." This person will not be stable for a long time. For the lonely and sensitive Ilona, ​​this person is not a good choice."

Dahlia quite agrees with her, but she knows that when two women come together to complain about something, if no one wants to be the one who brings the conversation back on track and is responsible for the vibrancy and positive atmosphere of the conversation, the The topic will rush all the way in a sad and irritable direction with the posture that nine cows can't be pulled back:

"...Thinking of the best, at least they will break up peacefully?"

Natalia: ...it didn't comfort me at all.Thanks.Daria, I didn't say that, you already have children, and the children are still so old, how can you still make yourself look like a single dog? !

After coming out of Natalia's office, Fiona has been in a subtle state between sobriety and dazed, and even the cold and hard marble floor under her feet has no real feeling, just as she walks like a wandering ghost. When floating through the number of mahogany doors in vain, a door suddenly opened, and a young female voice came out from inside, calling her name in surprise:

"Fioshka? I thought you went to meditation with Daria?"

Fiona regained her composure, and then she remembered that this was Eugene, who had picked her up at the airport, and was also Katya's teacher: "...she has something to discuss with Natalia, so I came out first. "

"You don't seem to be in a good mood, and your energy field is also very disordered." Eugene opened the door a little wider, and a sweet and sweet smell wafted out from inside: "Want to come in for something to eat? I I'm making milk tea."

Fiona hadn't figured out how Eugene could show off his skills in a uniformly configured room without any cooking skills, so she saw the scene inside through the wide-open room door:

A set of special utensils for chemical experiments that are running efficiently and making milk tea.

Every beaker and alcohol lamp are placed just right, and there are scales for weighing tea and milk powder next to it. Even the water is accurately measured with measuring cups and plastic droppers. It is really full of momentum and aura. , looks like a modern version of the witch who boils potions in a cauldron in fairy tale picture books-if you don't look at what is boiled in this sophisticated instrument.

Fiona: ...the Witches' Guild? !Can it be better? ? ! !

"Please sit down, I'll find you some small cakes." Eugene showed 12 enthusiasm for Fiona who was forcibly pulled in by her door for tea, and began to rummage through the pile of things to find suitable treats. Guest stuff up:

"Uh, sorry, I'm a bit messy here, please wait a moment, it will be fine soon."

Fiona looked at the more than 20 animal skulls displayed on solid wooden shelves, as well as various candles and strange plants, crystals of various colors and pendulums, and the most eye-catching more than 100 skulls. Set of Tarot cards, I feel that everyone in the Witch Association is a genius who uses space rationally. Anyway, she doesn't have the ability to pack so many things into a cabinet and make them look so good.

But being interrupted by Eugene, her mood has stabilized a lot.

Eugene finally found a bag of vacuum-packed orange cakes from the bottom of the cabinet, and poured a cup full of milk tea for Fiona: "You seem to have something on your mind?"

"I..." Fiona realized that her voice was hoarse as soon as she opened her mouth. She was just about to say that I am fine, but suddenly she changed her mind and asked, "I heard from Daria , are you good at undead magic?"

"Of course, I'm not bragging. In St. Petersburg, even your mentor Daria can't match me in terms of undead magic!" Eugene pointed to the wall behind: "I just finished setting up the altar for Katya, After a while, her soul can leave on Russian soil without any worries."

Fiona looked intently, and found that she could no longer feel Katya's aura.If you want to set up an altar for the undead, so that they can go where they should go faster, then it must be based on the premise of "being able to perceive the existence of this undead", and if she can't sense Katya's breath At that time, Eugene had even finished setting up the altar, that is to say, Eugene's attainment of undead magic was completely higher than that of a half-baked guy like her, which made her heart suddenly ignite a certain kind of hope. , an inexplicable force urged her, making her tentatively ask:

"Then, Eugene, can... let me meet my parents?"

The sound of Eugene stabbing, stabbing, tearing the small bread bag suddenly stopped.

Fiona thought she didn't express herself clearly, so she quickly explained: "When I was in New York, I once saw an undead who could stay in the world for decades without dispersing. If it looks like this, then my parents also have obsessions, right?"

"Please, can you let me meet them... even if it's just a side, I'll pay any price!"

After being silent for a long time, Eugene slowly stretched out a hand and put it lightly on Fiona's shoulder, even trying to keep his voice down, for fear that what he said next would scare Fiona Ona:

"Fioshka, this...how can I tell you? The souls of ordinary people belong to their beliefs, and the souls of wizards belong to their country."

"Ordinary people will become ghosts after death, which can only be seen by the 'eyes beyond the eyes' of psychics, but wizards can choose to stay in the world in the form of ghosts after death. You can see, it's a milky translucent human form. But Fioska, that's very painful, and very few people choose it."

She gently but firmly held Fiona's shoulders, looked straight into her gray eyes, and comforted her: "Fidelis and Petrov are brave people, and they will keep going."

"Go on...?" Fiona repeated that sentence blankly: "Where are you going?"

"Go to a place that only truly brave and pure souls can go." Eugene sighed, "I'm sorry, Fioshka, but I can't do anything about your request."

She put down the teacup in her hand, took the deck from the cabinet behind her and pushed it in front of her:

"You must have encountered something that confused you enough to suddenly have this idea. Although I can't let you see your parents again, at least I can answer your questions and draw a card. , Fioska."

Fiona tilted her head and looked, and found that the cards in this deck were all gentle and kind women. The colors were fresh and soft, but they were not the Tarot cards she was used to, because there were only numbers and pictures on this deck. , without any signs and letters unique to Tarot, major and minor arcana cards: "What card is this?"

"It's the oracle card." Eugene spread the oracle card on the table: "Different from the Tarot cards, which pay more attention to the analysis of long-term events, the oracle card focuses more on the answer to the immediate confusion, which is very suitable for Now is your situation. Take one, Fioshka, this is a new card I just bought a few days ago, and I haven't used it seriously a few times. Just in time, while it's still new, You have not been disturbed by the magnetic field of too many seekers, so you can take advantage of it first."

This was Fiona's first encounter with an oracle card other than the mainstream divination cards. She randomly drew an oracle card, and found that on the face of this card was a man wearing layers of robes with a peaceful and gentle face. A woman, with a crescent moon under her feet, has the same effect as the "priestess" of the Major Arcana No. [-] in the Tarot card: "What is this?"

"As you can see, this is the 'Woman with Foot on the Moon'." Eugene looked at the card carefully:

"You once called out silently in suffering, and tossed and tossed in the torment of fruitless efforts. Once when you wanted to rise, you found yourself sinking; when you wanted to fly, you found yourself falling. But Now all the turning points have come, and your persistent self-help and calling have finally paid off. As long as you trust yourself and others enough, you will grow up and mature without suffering. The torment ends here."

She smiled at Fiona: "To put it simply, it means 'the future is promising'. I heard from Daria that you have been learning Tarot cards by yourself for a long time, so is your luck drawn today?"

Fiona nodded: "It's a chariot."

"What a good point, Fioshka!" Eugene exclaimed:

"The two together are 'Peraspera, adastra,' Fioska, you will go through the troubles and rise to the stars."

The ages of the psychics seem to be very delicate, just like Daria and Tatiana who have given birth and have children who can play soy sauce for many years. They also look only in their thirties, and the youngest Martha, who is only eighteen or nineteen years old, has already passed the legal drinking age in Russia, and Eugene looks like a young girl in her twenties, so her actual age is definitely not this number, and There is a high probability that it will be biased towards older people.

And at this moment, she is enlightening Fiona in the way of wisdom unique to people who have experienced the world:

"Everything you have experienced will become your ladder to a bright future, and those who have passed away will watch and bless you behind the brilliance of the stars."