Feeling regretful in my heart, I planned to give up looking for Miss Anat today, but the receptionist was still enthusiastically recommending other fortune tellers in the association to Shad.
The detective holding the cat thought about it. If he turned his head and left now, his behavior would appear to be weird, and it might cause rumors about Miss Anat to spread in the association, so he nodded indifferently:
"Of course no problem. I just want to find a reliable fortune-teller to do my fortune-telling. It doesn't matter who it is... I have membership in the association. Can the price of fortune-telling be cheaper?"
Probably because it was too comfortable to be hugged by Xia De, Mia Mao fell asleep at this time. This is the cat's nap time, and its life is much more comfortable than Shad's.
The receptionist of the association recommended to Xia De a female fortune teller who is said to be very effective in divination, but when Xia De was about to go to the second floor, he happened to meet Vice President Mark who came down from the upstairs.
The two are also acquaintances, and after chatting for a while, after learning that Xia De came to the association for divination activities, this enthusiastic gentleman directly recommended another fortune teller for him, and there was no need to add money:
"Mr. Hamilton, although the association's Rhodes card business has grown bigger and bigger in recent years, divination is the most fundamental business of the association. You are very lucky. The most effective fortune teller of the association happens to be here today. Come with me, here I come Introduce you to each other."
After speaking, he called Xia De to go upstairs. Xia De followed behind the man who always seemed to be wearing a formal suit, and asked curiously:
"Who is that fortune teller?"
"Our president, Mr. Addis Stein, he just came back this morning. Ha, Mr. Hamilton, I have to say that your luck is very good."
Xia De subconsciously stopped, but quickly followed. Miss Anat said that the characteristics of "beyond fate" cannot be discovered through divination alone, and she only understood this through divination at a price. Even the dean of St. Byrence's Astronomy Academy couldn't use divination to know the special nature of Shad, so this time he has nothing to worry about.
Not to mention, it wouldn't hurt to get to know more people, and he had absolutely no reason to refuse.
The two came all the way to the third floor, but they just walked past the door with the golden door plate "Chairman's Room", and finally stopped in front of the door with the door plate "Accounting Room".
Xia De didn't go in such a sensitive place, Mr. Mark went in to find someone.
The discussion inside was very lively, and it probably meant that if the bill was not done correctly, everyone could go begging on the street together. Then they shirked responsibility to each other, thinking that the accounts could not be reconciled, because the "big city players" hadn't got the bills for the preparatory work in the early stage, and they would definitely be able to complete the accounts for the first half of this year by autumn.
The voice of Mr. Addis Stein, the branch president of the Tobesk City Prophet Association, was the loudest among the crowd. He's clearly threatening some of these obviously questionable guys and is very familiar with the numbers.
Soon Vice President Mark told him that there was a visitor, and Xia De finally saw this gentleman who had just returned to the city.
Mr. Addis Stein was about the same height as Shad, but slightly thinner, with a high nose bridge and deep sunken eyes. The temperament on his body is very similar to that of a teacher who teaches in a university. He wears a pair of small gold-rimmed glasses on his face. This is also the first acquaintance Xia De knows who wears glasses in this world.
"This is Mr. Hamilton? Hello, it is a great honor to invite you to participate in this fall's..."
Mr. Stan smiled and reached out to shake hands with Xia De, and the moment the two touched, a voice came from Xia De's ear:
[Ring Warlock, the level is quite high. 】
"As expected."
"Great City Player Rhodes Card Competition, you want to do divination? Of course, no problem, please, I was the best fortuneteller in the Tobesk branch before I was the president."
He boasted of himself with some complacency, and Xia De echoed him with a smile, but he was really looking forward to whether this cheap fortune-telling could give him some new enlightenment.
In order to reflect one's own professionalism, divination must of course have a special room. A large number of rooms on the second floor of the association that are idle enough to be rented out as reception rooms are actually divination rooms.
Mr. Mark left first, and Mr. Shad, the president of the local association, entered the room on the second floor together. The layout of the room is very similar to that of an ordinary reception room, except that strange things like crystal **** and obsidian basins are placed on the shelves against the wall.
The servants were preparing tea, and Mr. Stan saw Shade looking at the shelf, so he casually introduced:
"The items there are all decorations, and every fortune-teller has their own props. Since decades ago, the association's fortune-telling business has been getting worse and worse, but Rhode's business has been getting better and better. But in recent years, it has become better and better. Now, those reckless young people and idle ladies are very interested in this kind of non-dangerous mysterious behavior."
"Then what are the dangerous occult acts?"
Xia De asked, Mia was probably awakened by the voice of talking, but after making a sleepy "meow" sound, she fell asleep comfortably again. The maids who clean up the room and prepare tea are all looking at the cat being held by the young man. The young orange cat is really cute... especially when it is asleep.
Mr. Stein beckoned Shad to sit down, and counted his fingers to answer Shad's question:
"Dangerous haunted house adventures, psychic means obtained from nowhere, staying in the cemetery at night, reading strange occult books... These things are quite a headache for the Orthodox Church, but it's okay to eat enough The people who do it love it.”
He shook his head and sighed, Xia De had some opinions on this:
"Mr. Stein, you see, the great development of the steam industry has led to the emergence of a new rich class, but the corresponding entertainment methods have not kept up, which has led to these rich people who have nothing to do, to do this kind of strange Strange thing. This should be regarded as an imbalance between productivity level and spiritual construction.”
Mr. President looked at him in surprise, and agreed with this view:
After the servants left, the two officially started divination.
Although Xia De is not at all worried that his identity as a ring warlock will be exposed by hasty divination, but safety comes first. Therefore, the divination he proposed has nothing to do with himself:
"It's like this. I recently received a somewhat troublesome commission about inheritance and legal consultation. In order to protect the client, it is inconvenient to disclose the specific information. I don't want to get an answer right away when I come here for divination. To seek some vague guidance..."
He smiled embarrassedly;
"Actually, I have always had doubts about the correctness of divination, please don't mind."
"It doesn't matter, this view is very common."
Mr. Stein waved his hand, then asked seriously:
"Then what exactly is the divination?"
"Will my client, Mrs. Le Maire, be able to safely obtain a large sum of money in the near future?"
"It's okay to divination the fortune of money. Then, can you provide some information about that lady, otherwise it is impossible to divination."
Mr. Stein asked again.
Anyway, Xia De didn't really want to know the answer from here, so he didn't hesitate much, so he described Mrs. Lemaire's identity and age information, and introduced her financial situation by the way.
Mr. Stein nodded in 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, bone burning, etc. Why don't we try the relatively rare tea divination this time."
He took some tea from the tray, closed his eyes and poured it into the cup. After all the tea leaves in his hand fell down, he opened his eyes to see the state of 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.
Xia De didn't feel any trace of any element during the whole process, which shows that the other party's "divination" is just the so-called divination of ordinary people.
"Then what's the result?"
He asked pretending to be curious.
"That lucky lady deserves a lot of money."
"That's good."
Xia De smiled, and actually felt a little heartbroken for the divination that cost him 2 shillings.
"By the way, I also did a divination for you."
Mr. Stein said again.
"for me?"
Xia De said while observing the expression of the other party, but it seems that Mr. Stan should not have noticed anything strange.
Now he has [Twenty-sided Dice of Destiny] in his pocket. He never touches this thing at home, but he must bring it with him when he goes out. Even if the opponent uses the ability of a ring warlock to do divination, there is a high probability that they will see wrong results, let alone the divination by ordinary people.
"What did you see?"
"'Seeing' is not an accurate term, it should be said to be feeling. Divination is an indescribable process, and for you, Mr. Hamilton, it is very strange that I actually see you from the fog of the future. A knight with a sword."
"knight?"
Xia De feels inexplicable~www.mtlnovel.com~The status of "knight" has almost completely disappeared in the age of steam. In the earlier era of the Sixth Epoch, knights belonged to the lowest level of the noble class, and usually only owned a small piece of land, such as a manor .is a full-time soldier, fighting for the lord or king he is loyal to.
With the entry of firearms into the army, the tactics of knights gradually declined, so that the entire class disappeared. Even the inherited title of "knight" has changed with the passage of time. As far as Shade knows, there are no more than 20 nobles with the title of "Knight" in Delarion. Compared with the country's huge population and noble system, this number of people is almost nothing.
On the contrary, the "Knight of the Order of Delarion Iris", "Knight of the Order of Delarion Gold Ribbon" and "Knight of Honor of Delarion" derived from the title of knight are more well-known as extremely high kingdom honors. These medals are usually only awarded to nobles who have made special contributions to the kingdom or the royal family, and are rarely awarded to ordinary people.
Therefore, it is impossible for Xia De to become a so-called "knight" in this era anyway.
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