Magus Tech Chapter 415: Divination, Tarot
October, the Frost Moon.
Although the east coast is close to the ocean and has an oceanic climate as a whole, the temperature has also begun to drop under the influence of sunlight. The air became icy cold, and the night wind poured into people’s clothes, which hurt like a knife cutting flesh.
The Hague.
This is a port city on the east coast. It is not too big or too small. It is a medium-sized city.
There are about a few thousand people living here, and many buildings are unevenly arranged, and it seems that they have not been well planned. There are no drainage ditches on the streets, the sewage flows across, and most of the streets are muddy, which becomes muddy when it rains, which is extremely bad.
At this time, the sky in The Hague was gray, and the icy cold rain fell down like broken beads, wet the ground and the roof. On the street, because of the cold air, there were no pedestrians, and it was extremely deserted. The tavern was very lively, many people had nowhere to go, they all gathered here, wanting to have a glass or two of the cheapest wine, while tasting, bragging about various things.
Guevara Tavern is the most lively tavern in The Hague.
The reason for this is not because its service is in place, nor because its food is delicious, but because its drinks are almost 10% lower than other taverns.
That’s enough!
At this time, in the Guevara Tavern, many people were sitting around the wooden table, chatting loudly.
“Hey, Duke, have you heard that a ship called ‘Black Thorn’ went out to sea last month and encountered a legendary ghost ship, but no one came back.” Because of frequent exposure to the sun, it presents a bronze color.
“Tch, Hal, your news has expired, it’s not as good as mine at all.” The man named Duke was a thin man with dark skin, and after hearing what his companion said, he said with a bit of disdain, “Let me tell you that just over half a month ago, a ship named ‘Nautilus’ also encountered a ghost ship, and no one came back.
You don’t know, there is the captain’s daughter on the boat, named Elisa, who is just eighteen years old this year. That Baiyou, especially those hands, are as white as if soaked in milk, soft and slippery, tsk tsk. Alas, what a pity. “
At this time, the third person on the table spoke up, a narrow-eyed guy with a bit bitter voice: “I said, Duke, Hal, you two are discussing ghost ships all day long, isn’t it bothering you! Did you really see it, or what, can you tell me something practical?”
The two people who were discussing the ghost ship looked at the third person, and Duke said: “Pister, we don’t like to hear your words. Believe it or not, what we said is true .”
“Yes, that is.” Hal agreed.
Pister rolled his eyes, and his voice continued to be bitter: “It’s strange to believe, according to what you said, the ‘Blackthorn’ and ‘Nautilus’ both encountered ghost ships and did not come back. How do you know what happened? Are you people on two boats? Or, are you people on a ghost ship? Huh, it’s not just rumors I heard from others, it’s not credible at all. You guys are really naive .”
“You!” Duke and Hal were at a loss for words, and Hal was a little irritable, so he couldn’t help standing up, and wanted to teach the talkative Pistor a lesson.
At this time, with a “squeak”, the door of the tavern opened, and the cold wind from outside poured in together with the cold rain.
The seat where Hal and the others were sitting was closer to the door, and when it was drenched by the rain, Hal couldn’t help shivering. With a low curse in dissatisfaction, Hal subconsciously looked towards the door, forgetting about teaching Pester a lesson.
Hal saw that the door opened, and two figures in coir raincoats came in, one big and one small. The two took off their coir raincoats, revealing their real faces. They were a young-looking man in black and a half-grown little girl.
Seeing this combination, Hal couldn’t help raising his eyebrows. Out of habit, he subconsciously looked at the young man’s waist, looking for the money bag. But… I didn’t see the money bag, what I saw was a shining long sword hanging on the waist, which didn’t look like anything.
“Well, aren’t you a rookie…” Hal thought to himself, and quickly looked away.
…
The other side’s perspective.
Li Cha took Pandora into this tavern called “Guevara”. After taking off the rain cape, he quickly sensed that many eyes were cast on him.
Part curious, part probing, and part malicious.
Fortunately, these gazes didn’t stay for long, and most of them retracted rationally after discovering the long sword on his waist. A few were still watching, but he didn’t care, and pulled Pandora towards the counter.
This is the fifth day since leaving the White Rock Tower.
After he left the White Rock Tower with Pandora, he came to the beach in a carriage, but he didn’t go to the port when he first landed on the east coast, but chose a slightly ordinary place like The Hague.
The reason is simple. The seaport where he landed for the first time was the largest on the entire east coast. He suspected that there might be people from a mysterious organization or other wizards. In order to minimize trouble, he avoided it.
Hope, you can reach Moore smoothly all the way.
Li Cha thought to himself, and walked to the counter.
The owner of the tavern standing behind the counter is a fat man with a greasy face. He greeted him with an extremely sincere smile, rubbed his hands together and said: “This guest, welcome to the ‘Guevara’ tavern, Is there anything I can do for you?”
“Crack!”
Li Cha flipped his hand, slapped a silver coin on the table, and said directly: “Help me get a glass of water, and besides… I have a message for you.”
The tavern owner’s eyes lit up, he stretched out his hand and quickly put away the silver coins, and continued to smile sincerely: “It’s easy to talk about, water is easy to talk about. I just don’t know what kind of information you are asking about? If it is something illegal, I will I can’t promise to tell you, of course… the silver coins are non-refundable, please forgive me.”
“Is that so?” Richard said, “Then you don’t have to worry too much, the news I asked is very simple, when will the ship go to sea?”
“Um, this is really simple.” The tavern owner said, waving at the people sitting in the tavern, “I can tell you this, at least half of the people here are from the boat. It is because of the rain They will stay with me when they come back from the rain. When the weather clears, they will all go out to sea in a boat.”
“You may have misunderstood what I said. When I said going to sea, I meant going to the far sea.” Li Cha was not angry because the tavern owner was pretending to be stupid, but said straightly, “I want to know, recently Is there a big ship going north, I want to go north with me.”
“Going north? Big ship?” The tavern owner scratched his head and frowned, “Then I have to think about it, think about it…”
“Crack!”
Li Cha slapped the second silver coin on the table.
“Ha! I remembered.” The tavern owner said quickly, and then put away the silver coins more quickly.
“There should be ships going north.” The tavern owner said, “But…guest, you should also know that our port is not very big, so many ships going north will not dock.
Additionally, recently, there has been a lot of panic about the ‘ghost ship’. Many big ships are going around, and even fewer are docking. Three days ago, there was a “Lord Bailey” that docked to replenish fresh water and food, and I really don’t know about the others…”
“Really don’t know?”
“I really don’t know…” The tavern owner looked sincere.
“Crack!”
Li Cha slapped the coin on the table for the third time, this time it was not a silver coin, but a golden gold coin!
One gold coin is worth dozens of silver coins!
The tavern owner’s eyes straightened instantly, and he stretched out his hand to take it, but he didn’t move it, because Li Cha was “lightly” pressing on it with one finger – after obtaining the treasure of the White Stone Tower and the Black Spirit King, Li Cha Police officers are generally too lazy to care about money, but this does not mean that he is willing to be taken advantage of. The tavern owner in front of him is obviously very greedy. He can satisfy the other party’s greed, but the premise is to solve his needs.
“Crack!”
The tavern owner reached out and tried several times, but found that he really couldn’t pick up the gold coin that Li Cha was “lightly” pressing with one finger, so he gave up helplessly, and at the same time realized something. He raised his head, looked at Li Cha, and asked cautiously: “Guest, I really don’t know the news about the big ship going north, at least not now. After all, the big ships are all sailing on the sea, and there is no contact unless they dock. I can’t fly over and ask them, right?”
“I understand this, so I have a request.”
“Ask? Say it!”
“You send someone to keep an eye on the port. Whenever there is a big ship going north, go to negotiate and ask if you can add two people. You help me with this matter, and the gold coins will be yours. , and now it is temporarily stored here with me.”
“This——”
“In addition, give me a better room, and don’t forget the water I ordered just now. The two silver coins I gave you earlier should be more than enough to pay for this.” Richard said , After finishing speaking, put away the gold coins, turned around and pulled Pandora towards an empty table in the tavern, walked to the table and sat down.
Soon, the owner of the tavern chased after him, carefully put a glass of water on the table, still thinking about the gold coins in his heart, and said a little unwillingly: “My guest, I promise, as soon as the ship going north docks, Just help you get in touch. Look, that gold coin…”
“I will keep it for you.”
“This…well.” The tavern owner was completely helpless, and left with his head down, “I…I’ll go and prepare a room for you.”
Li Cha watched the tavern owner leave, looked away, picked up the clear water on the table and was about to drink it, when suddenly a voice sounded from the side, “Son, you seem a little confused, do you want me to help you divination?” Fate?”
“Huh?” Li Cha turned his head and looked over, narrowing his eyes slightly.
I saw that the person who spoke was a woman sitting at a table next to her.
The woman was wrapped tightly, whether it was because of the cold, or because of some kind of defensiveness, there was almost no naked part of her body, and it was covered by the black burqa. A black cloth was hung on the face, only a pair of eyes were exposed, and the eyeballs were a little cloudy. He looked not young. Coupled with the voice of the other party, it was estimated that he was around forty or fifty years old.
What made Li Cha wary was that this woman was one of the owners who had been watching him since he entered the door. Obviously, the other party has been interested in him from the very beginning, or has a purpose.
Is now ready to take action?
Divination?
It’s interesting…
Thinking in his heart, Li Cha looked at the woman and asked seriously: “How are you going to divination for me? With copper coins? Or, with a crystal ball?”
“No, those things are all lies. My divination is real divination, so I use real divination props—something you have never seen before.” The woman said.
As she spoke, the woman walked over, sat down at the side of the table where Li Cha was, then took out a stack of cards from the burqa, shook them and placed them on the table: “Hey, this is it!”
Li Cha briefly glanced at the card and suddenly raised his eyebrows, and found that the card in the woman’s hand was the famous Tarot card in the Western world of modern Earth.
Yes, tarot cards!
On the modern earth ~IndoMTL.com~ Tarot cards first appeared in the middle of the fifteenth century – the end of the Middle Ages.
At that time, Tarot appeared as a card game, and its source was Tarot, a court card game in Italy.
After that, until the 18th century, tarot cards began to be used for divination by mystics and occultists.
Now, in this medieval-like world, the appearance of tarot cards is obviously a little early. Of course, even bulbous bows appeared in the 20th century, and tarot cards are completely acceptable. After all, the technological content of tarot cards is almost zero.
Generally speaking, a tarot card is a kind of card that is very similar to playing cards. It usually has 78 cards and is composed of two different decks. The first, called the major arcana, consists of 22 cards of no suit, which are equivalent to the so-called “aces”. The second is called Minor Arcana, which consists of 56 cards, which are divided into 4 suits. Each suit has cards numbered 2 through 10, plus an Ace and four court cards. Then by explaining the meaning of the patterns on different cards, try to divination a person’s fate, or the outcome of an event.
Science is not science, different people have different opinions.
At least, Li Cha doesn’t believe it.
Of course, Li Cha didn’t show much personal inclination. He simply glanced at the cards and asked, “Tarot cards?”
The divination woman’s eyes flickered after listening to Li Cha’s words, showing embarrassment and surprise, and said: “Tarot card? Have you seen this kind of card before?”
“So to speak.”
“Is that so, but Tarot is what you call it, I prefer to call it the Destiny Card.” The woman took a deep breath and looked at Richard, “How about it, child, let me help you Divination of your confused fate?”