October, the Frost Moon.

Although the east coast has an oceanic climate due to its proximity to the ocean, the temperature has begun to drop under the influence of sunlight. The air became cold, and the wind in the night poured into people's clothes, and it hurt like a knife cutting flesh.

Hague.

It is a port city on the east coast, small and medium-sized, named after the fact that the land that stretches out towards the ocean resembles two huge animal teeth.

It is home to about a few thousand people, and many buildings are arranged unevenly, and at first glance they have not been well planned. There are no drains on the streets, sewage flows sideways, and most of the streets are muddy, which becomes muddy and terrible when it rains.

At this time, the sky in The Hague was gray, and the cold rain was like beads with broken threads, hitting the ground and wetting the roof. The streets, because of the cold air, there are no pedestrians, and it is extremely deserted. The tavern was bustling with activity, and many people who had nowhere to go gathered here to ask for a glass or two of the cheapest drinks, and to taste them and brag about all sorts of things.

Guevara Tavern is the liveliest tavern in The Hague.

The reason why this is so is not because it is well served, nor because the food is delicious, but simply because the wine in its house is almost 10% lower than the rest of the taverns.

That's enough!

At this time, in the Guevara tavern, many people sat around the wooden table, shouting and talking.

"Hey, Duke, have you heard, last month a ship called 'Black Thorn' went out to sea and encountered the legendary ghost ship, but no one returned. A man said, his whole body was a bronze color because he was often exposed to the sun.

"Cut, Hal, your message has expired, and it's not as good as mine. The man named Duke was a thin man with dark skin, and after listening to his companion's words, he said with some disdain, "I told you, just over half a month ago, there was a ship called 'Nautilus', which also encountered a ghost ship, and no one came back.

Don't you know, there is the owner's daughter on the ship, named Eliza, who is just eighteen years old this year. That Bai Yo, especially the hands, were white as if they were foamed with milk, soft and slippery, tsk. Alas, what a pity. ”

At this time, the third person at the table spoke up, it was a guy with thin eyes, and his voice was a little sour: "I said, Duke and Hal, the two of you discuss the ghost ship all day long, are you annoying! Have you really seen it, or what, can you say something practical?"

The two people who were discussing the ghost ship looked at the third person, and Duke spoke up, "We don't like to hear what you say, Pister. Believe it or not, but what we say is true. ”

"Yes, exactly. Hal chimed in.

Pister rolled his eyes, and his voice continued to be bitter: "It's strange, according to what you said, the 'Black Thorn' and the 'Nautilus' both encountered ghost ships and didn't come back, so how do you know what happened? Are you from two ships? Or are you people from ghost ships? Hmph, it's not a rumor from someone else, it's not credible at all. You guys are really naïve. ”

"You!" Duke and Hal were speechless, Hal was a little grumpy, and couldn't help but stand up, about to teach the talkative Pister a lesson.

At this moment, there was a "squeak", and the door of the tavern opened, and the cold wind outside poured in with the cold rain.

The place where Hal and the others were sitting, relatively close to the door, was drenched in the rain, and Hal couldn't help but shiver. With a low scolding of dissatisfaction, Hal subconsciously looked towards the door, forgetting about the lesson to Pester.

Hal saw the door open, and two figures in robes entered, one large and one small. The two of them took off their robes, revealing their true faces, a young man in black, and a little girl half the age.

Seeing this combination, Hal couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, in a habit, and subconsciously looked at the young man's waist, looking for the money bag. But...... I didn't see the money bag, but what I saw was a long sword hanging from my waist, which didn't look like a product.

"Hmm, aren't you a rookie...... Hal said in his heart, quickly retracting his gaze.

......

The view from the other side.

Richard took Pandora into the tavern called "Guevara", and after taking off his rain-proof robe, he quickly sensed that a lot of eyes were cast on him.

Part of it is curious, part of it is inquisitive, and part of it is ill-intentioned.

Fortunately, these eyes did not stay long, and after discovering the long sword at his waist, most of them took it back sensibly. A few of them were still watching, but he didn't care, pulling Pandora to the counter.

It's the fifth day since we left the White Rock Tower.

After leaving the White Rock Tower with Pandora, he took a carriage to the seaside, but instead of going to the harbor where he landed on the East Coast for the first time, he chose the Hague, a somewhat ordinary place.

The reason for this was simple, the harbor where he landed for the first time was one of the largest on the entire East Coast, and he was very suspicious that there might be people from the mysterious organization or other wizards, so he avoided it in order to minimize the trouble as much as possible.

Hopefully, we can make it all the way to Moore.

Richard thought to himself and walked over to the counter.

The tavern owner standing behind the counter, a fat man with a shiny face, squeezed out an extremely sincere smile to greet him, rubbed his hands and said, "This guest, welcome to the 'Guevara' tavern, is there anything I can serve you?"

"Smack!"

Richard flipped his hand, slapped a silver coin on the table, and said very directly: "Help me get a glass of water, and ...... I'm asking you for a message. ”

The tavernkeeper's eyes lit up, he stretched out his hand to quickly put away the silver coins, and continued to smile sincerely: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, and water is easy to say." I just don't know what kind of news you're asking? If it's something illegal, I can't guarantee that I can tell you, of course...... Silver coins are non-refundable, forgive me. ”

"That's it. Richard said, "Then you don't have to worry too much, the news I asked is very simple, that is, when will the ship go to sea?"

"Well, this one, it's really simple. The tavern keeper said, waving to the people sitting in the tavern, "I can tell you that at least half of the people here are people from the ship. It's because it's raining and I'm drenched, so I stay here. When the weather is good, they will all go out to sea in boats. ”

"You may have misunderstood what I said, when I said going to sea, I was going to the sea. Richard didn't get angry at the tavernkeeper's stupidity, but said with a blank face, "I want to know if there is a big ship going north recently, and I want to go north with me." ”

"Going north, big ship?" the tavern owner scratched his head and frowned, "Then I'm going to think about it, think about it......"

"Smack!"

Richard slapped the second coin on the table.

"Hah! I remembered. The tavernkeeper spoke quickly, then put the silver coins away even faster.

"There should be a ship going north. The tavernkeeper said, "But ...... Guests, you should also know that we are only a small port here, so many ships going north will not dock.

In addition, in recent times, what 'ghost ships' have made people panic, many big ships are going around, and even fewer are docked. Three days ago, there was a 'Lord Bailey' docked to replenish fresh water and food, and the rest really don't know......"

"I really don't know?"

"I really don't know......" the tavern owner looked sincere.

"Smack!"

Richard slapped the coin on the table for the third time, this time not a silver coin, but a golden one!

One gold coin is worth dozens of silver coins!

The tavernkeeper's eyes instantly straightened, and he reached out to take it, but he didn't move it, because Richard was pressing one of his fingers on it "gently" - after getting the treasure of the White Stone Tower and the Black Spirit King, Richard was generally too lazy to care about money, but this did not mean that he was willing to be the wrongdoer. The tavern owner in front of him, obviously greedy, he can satisfy the greed of the other party, but only if his needs are solved.

"Click!"

The tavernkeeper reached out and tried several times, but found that he really couldn't pick up the gold coin that Richard had "gently" pressed with one finger, and he had no choice but to give up, and at the same time realized something. Looking up, he looked at Richard and asked cautiously: "This guest, I really don't know the news of the big ship going north, at least not now." After all, the big ships are all heading at sea, and there is no contact without docking, so I can't fly over and ask them, right?"

"I understand this, so I have a request. ”

"Demand, you say!"

"You send someone to keep an eye on the port, and when a big ship from the north docks, go and negotiate and ask if you can add two people. You help me do this, the gold is yours, and now it's temporarily stored with me. ”

"It's-"

"Also, open me a nice room, and don't forget the water I just called. The two silver coins I gave you earlier should be more than enough to pay for these. Richard said, put away the gold coins, turned and pulled Pandora towards an empty table in the tavern, and walked to the table and sat down.

Soon, the tavern owner chased after him, carefully put a glass of water on the table, still thinking about the gold coins in his heart, and said with some reluctance: "This guest, I promise, as soon as a ship going north docks, I will help you contact you." You see, the gold coin ......"

"I'll keep it for you. ”

"This ...... All right. The tavern owner was completely helpless and hung his head and left, "I...... I'll go get your room ready. ”

Richard watched the tavern owner leave, retracted his gaze, picked up the water on the table and was about to drink, when suddenly a voice sounded next to him, "Child, you seem to be a little confused, do you want me to help you divinate your fate?"

"Huh?" Richard turned his head to look, his eyes narrowing slightly.

I saw that it was a woman sitting at a table next to me who spoke.

The woman was very tightly wrapped, I don't know if it was because of the cold, or because of some kind of vigilance, there was almost no bare part of her body, and it was covered by a black burqa. There was a black cloth on his face, only a pair of eyes were exposed, his eyeballs were a little cloudy, he didn't look young, and coupled with the voice of the other party, it was speculated that he was about forty or fifty years old.

What made Richard wary was that this woman was one of the owners who had been staring at him since he entered the door. Obviously, from the very beginning, the other party was interested in him, or had a purpose.

Are you ready to take action?

Divination?

It's kind of interesting......

Richard thought to himself, looked at the woman, and asked seriously, "How are you going to divinate me? with copper coins, or with crystal balls?"

"No, those things are deceptive, my divination is real divination, so I use real divination props - something you have never seen before. The woman spoke up.

As she spoke, the woman walked over and sat down on the table where Richard was, then took out a stack of cards from her burqa and shook them on the table: "Now, this is it!"

Richard glanced at the cards suddenly, raised his eyebrows, and found that the card in the woman's hand was a famous tarot card in the Western world of the modern earth.

That's right, tarot cards!

On the modern earth, tarot cards first appeared in the middle of the fifteenth century - the end of the Middle Ages.

At that time, tarot cards appeared as a card game, with its origins in Tarocchi, a court card game in Italy.

After that, until the 18th century, tarot cards began to be used for mystics and occultists in divination.

Now, in this medieval-like world, tarot cards appeared noticeably a little early. Of course, even the bulbous bow of the 20th century has appeared, and tarot cards are completely acceptable, after all, the technological content of tarot cards is about zero.

Generally speaking, tarot cards are a type of card that is very similar to playing cards, usually with 78 cards and consists of two different decks. The first is called the Grand Arcana, which consists of 22 cards of no suit, which is equivalent to the so-called "trump card". The second type is called the Little Arkana and consists of 56 cards, which are divided into 4 suits. Each suit has cards from 2 to 10, plus an ace and four court cards. Then try to predict the fate of a person, or the outcome of an event, by explaining the meaning of the patterns on the different cards.

Science is not scientific, and opinions are dissensive.

At least, Richard didn't believe it.

Of course, Richard didn't show much personal inclination, took a brief look at the cards, and said aloud: "Tarot cards?"

When the diviner woman heard Richard's words, her eyes flashed, revealing a look of embarrassment and surprise, and she said, "Tarot cards?

"So to speak. ”

"Well, but the tarot is your name, and I prefer to call it a card of destiny. The woman took a deep breath and looked at Richard, "How is it, child, let me help you divinate your confused fate?"