Richard 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 there is a fee to explain the meaning of the card?"

Woman: "......" was slightly stunned and fell into a long silence.

After a while, he shook his head again, and said with certainty: "Divination, explaining the meaning of the cards are all free, all free." ”

"That's it. Richard narrowed, and felt more and more that something was strange about it.

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

Richard pondered.

Seeing Richard hesitate, the woman said loudly: "What, don't you want to?"

"I don't think I need this kind of divination. After thinking for a moment, Richard spoke up, looking directly into the woman's eyes as he spoke, trying to see how the woman reacted.

And the woman's reaction is obviously a bit big.

"How is this possible!" the woman's voice raised and said loudly in a highly exaggerated tone, "Each of us is like a lost lamb, walking in confusion in the long river of fate, stumbling, not knowing where the end of salvation is. Divination, on the other hand, can point you in the direction and light a lantern for you in the long river of fate, which can allow you to avoid some detours and avoid traps, which is very important. Come on, child, do a divination once, you will definitely not regret it. ”

"Uh......"

"What?"

"If we are lambs, why do we walk in the waters, and if we light the lanterns in the waters, they won't go out?"

Woman: "......"

Because there was a black cloth covering his face, he couldn't see the other party's expression, but his eyes widened and he was a little ...... It's like biting.

"Whew-"

The woman under the black robe let out a long breath, as if she was trying to calm her mind, stared at Richard and said: "What I said is just a metaphor, a metaphor! In short, in a word, divination is very important to you, you must divination!"

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

With that, Richard stood up and was about to leave.

The divination woman was in a hurry, stretched out her hand from under the black robe, and grabbed Richard's clothes: "No, no! You can't do this, you can't just leave! You are in great danger now, you have to let me divinate for you, you must!"

Richard's body stopped. According to his strength, if he wants to break free from the entanglement of women, it is very simple, and he does not need to use any spells. But he didn't, because he suddenly realized that the woman's hand grasping his clothes was a pair of hands that were not quite normal.

It was a pair of smooth, white hands that looked like they had just been fished out of milk. According to common sense, such a hand should grow on a beautiful girl who is rich and pampered since childhood, not on a forty or fifty-year-old woman.

Even if you keep doing maintenance and applying ointment, you can't do it to this extent.

What made Richard even more suspicious was that as soon as his gaze 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 divination!"

"Do you have to divination?" Richard said in his heart, and the next moment he sat down again, looked at the divination woman, and said in a loud voice: "Okay, then please do a divination for me." ”

Richard decided to see what kind of medicine was bought in the gourd of the divination woman.

Listening to Richard's words, the divination woman was slightly stunned, and then breathed a sigh of relief, revealing a slightly surprised look. Sitting down in her seat, the woman said, "Then let's get started, I'll teach you how to operate the Destiny Card first." ”

"No, I'll do it myself. ”

"Are you sure, kid?" the soothsayer said in a distrustful voice, her tone was very serious, "I must tell you that every step of the fate card is very important, and if you do it wrong, it will have a serious impact on the final result, leading to the wrong information interpreted, or even the opposite. ”

Richard replied with action.

Shuffle.

"Boom la la ......"

Place the tarot cards face down, stack them in your hand, draw a portion of the cards from them, place them on top, and repeat three times.

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

After a while, the cards are gathered in a clockwise direction to the middle, and they are restored to a stack of cards, which are placed horizontally.

The shuffle is complete.

Cut.

"Boom la la ......"

From the top of the horizontal deck, quickly pick up a portion of the cards and place them close to your body, turning one stack into two stacks.

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

After that, pick up the first pile, put them on top of the second pile, and then place them on top of the original third pile, so that all the cards are a single pile again.

Finally, rotate the cards from horizontal back to vertical.

The cut is complete.

The divination woman watched Richard's movements from the side, and the whole person was a little distracted. Not because of anything else, but because Richard's movements are too skillful and smooth, and there is even a strange sense of beauty in the skillful and smooth.

But the question is, this is divination! What is the use of being skillful and fluent? The main thing is sincerity!

In the process of divination, you should constantly think about the questions you want to ask.

But Richard's appearance, where is the slightest sincerity?

It's exactly like a craftsman operating a tool.

While the soothsayer was thinking this, Richard had already drawn a card from the deck and turned it over from left to right, revealing the pattern on the card.

Pushing the card in front of the woman, Richard said softly, "Okay, you can help me explain the meaning of the card." ”

"Uh......" The divination woman came back to her senses, and her heart was a little complicated, because she found that Richard had done everything that should be done and what should not be done, and she was not given a chance to use her means at all, and it seemed that all she could do was explain the meaning of the card.

Then explain.

"Whew-"

The soothsayer took another deep breath, calmed down, and looked at the pattern on the card, where she saw a young man drawn on it.

The man is dressed in beautiful clothes, with an ornate headdress, holding a rose in his left hand and a wooden staff in his right hand, on which is tied a burden representing all the belongings, as if he is wandering happily.

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

Fools!

This is the "Fool" in the 22 Great Arcana cards in the tarot, numbered 0.

"0" means empty, which means that there is nothing, and it also represents great potential. Among the 22 large Arcana, the position of the "Fool" is extremely special, it can be said that it is the beginning of everything, and it can also be said that it is the end of everything, and there are countless interpretations.

The divination woman looked at it for a long time and explained aloud: "Child, this card is very illustrative of your current problem. The people above here are some of your demonstrations:

You see, walking on the edge of a cliff means that you are embarking on an adventurous action, carrying a bag with a wooden cane indicates where you live far away, wearing beautiful clothes and wearing a gorgeous headdress indicates that you are confident in the future, but a puppy that bites your foot is a serious warning. ”

The soothsayer woman looked at Richard and said with bewitchment: "Child, your current situation seems to be safe, but in fact it is dangerous, you must carefully follow the advice of the elders in order to save the day." You're going to go to sea, aren't you? I advise you not to act rashly in the last few days, and it is better to wait until the right time to set off, so that you will not have an accident and you will have a smooth journey. ”

Richard turned to the soothsayer and asked, "When is the right time?"

"I don't know about that, only Destiny can tell you. The soothsayer said with a serious face, "If you want, I can do it again for you in three days, and then you will know the answer." Of course, the same will be free. ”

"Then why does it have to be three days later?"

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

"You can only do divination once every three days, so you can only do it seven or eight times a month. It is a miracle that such a 'zealous' and 'generous' fortune teller did not starve to death. Richard thought to himself, he had already guessed the purpose of divining women. That is, in three days, let him not leave the port.

"Is this stalling for time, waiting for his companions to come and do some action?" thought Richard, looking at the soothsayer woman, and said in a loud voice, "It's a little hard to say. If I had a boat, I would have left early, but without a boat, I would have waited until three days later. ”

"No, you have to wait until three days later. The woman exclaimed, like a crappy actor hysterically proving her acting skills, "If you don't wait until three days to leave, you're going to encounter a lot of unimaginable things......!"

"So be it!" Richard interrupted the soothsayer, "Actually, the reason why I won't wait until three days later is because I don't trust you. After all, you are just a stranger to me, and I don't know if you are kind or have ulterior motives. ”

The soothsayer woman gave a slightly unnatural look and said, "Then how can you believe me?"

"Quite simply, since you are a soothsayer, prove it in the simplest way - divination.

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

"Don't get me wrong, when I say divination, you came to ask, and I will help you explain the meaning of the cards. Although, I'm not a professional soothsayer, but for tarot cards...... Well, the fate card, it's still relatively familiar, you saw my operation just now. How's that?" said Richard.

"This ......" the divination woman hesitated.

Richard looked at the other and waited patiently for an answer.

After a while, the divination woman couldn't help but say loudly: "Okay, I promise you, divination is divination, I just hope you don't misinterpret the card." Every card of Destiny is mysterious and has two sides, so don't tell the wrong message because of your inner inclination. ”

"Why were all the cards negative when you explained them before? I think the Fool card was neutral, and there were even more positive explanations than negative explanations. Richard said slowly.

The woman stopped talking and shuffled her cards as if she hadn't heard anything.

"Boom la la ......"

The woman's shuffling of the cards was obviously not as skilled and smooth as Richard's, but there was nothing wrong with it.

It doesn't take long for the cards to shuffle and then start cutting the cards.

After cutting the cards, the woman draws a card.

"Lift it up. Richard said, "I hope I can see who you are." ”

"You'll get your wish. The woman said, "I have absolutely no ill will towards you, and the cards of fate will prove what I say." ”

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

On the card, a smiling demon is drawn, and at the feet of the demon are two slaves bound by iron chains.

Devil Cards!

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

Deception, temptation, lust, greed, ulterior trolley, uncertain future......

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

"I ...... I ......" The woman was obviously a little panicked, her eyes flashed constantly, and she forcibly calmed down after a long while: "Child, as I said before, every card of the Destiny Card is mysterious and has two sides......"

"But yours is a demon card. Richard said seriously.

"That's not the point, think about your cards - fool!

"Indeed, thank you for the reminder. But...... Yours is a demon card. ”

"Kid, when I heard about me, I really didn't have any other thoughts about you, just ......"

"Your cards are demon cards. Richard reminded him in earnest.

"I ......" the divination woman was a little crazy, "can you not keep talking about demon cards? Demon cards don't prove everything, and demon cards don't necessarily mean that I'm a bad person!"

"That's not to say the demon card. Richard said, changing 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, would you like to tell me how you did it?"

"You!" the divination woman's voice froze, her eyes widened, as if she had been touched against the scales, and the next moment she said angrily, "My hand, what does it have to do with you!

"That ......"

"That's enough, boy!" roared the soothsayer, "I'm running out of patience, whatever you want, you can go to sea whenever you like! But I'll tell you, if you don't obey my word, you'll be doomed, yes, doom!"

After saying that, the soothsayer put away the cards on the table and hurried towards the outside of the tavern, which was a little embarrassed in Richard's eyes.

"Can't you go on?" Richard muttered to himself, but didn't take it too seriously, stood up, and asked the tavernkeeper, "Boss, is my room ready?"

"Second floor, one room on the left at the end. ”

"There is labor. Richard nodded, glanced in the direction the soothsayer had left, and led Pandora upstairs. While going upstairs, he said to himself: "I've been doomed since tonight? Well, is there still a means, then I'll wait." ”

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