Jenkins asked, looking away from his book. The Vientiane Impermanence Card is a set of gifts, which are said to be related to the destiny hermit's becoming a god. But most of these secrets involving the gods are false, otherwise the information about this set of gifts could not have been placed on the second floor of the secret library.
"You don't have to be so polite, please sit down."
The maid at the side brought tea and left consciously. Jenkins organized the language before saying:
"It's like this, um, I would like to ask you to help divination the position of a person, the position of the bestower. I can provide a reward."
"There is no need for payment. I said when I first visited Mr. Williams's house that I would be happy to help you. I need some clues, clues to the person you are looking for, at least one direction."
"Can."
Jenkins nodded and put his hands in his arms. On the way here, he drew the woman's appearance on the paper by reading and writing.
"Very clear appearance... please wait a moment, if it is a specific location, I think I need to prepare."
With that said, she stood up and wanted to leave. But he paused again, bent down and picked up the book and put it in front of Jenkins: "If you are interested, you can read this book, the knowledge in it is very interesting."
After speaking, regardless of Jenkins' reaction, he went straight up the stairs.
"Meow~"
Chocolate let out a lazy cry, reminding Jenkins that it was there all along. Jenkins rubbed its head, reached out and picked up the book.
The book is very light, which cannot be explained by material issues. Following the contact, a cold breath flowed from the book cover into Jenkins' body from his fingers. Although it was very subtle, it was a spirit.
He put the book back on the coffee table in front of him, removed the teacup, and blinked.
"Such a strong white aura? Is this book a gift?"
He thought in amazement, but every unowned gift he touched before would actively attract him to touch it, but this one didn't feel it. Does it already have an owner
Miss Audrey came back soon, holding a crystal ball in her hand, which is the kind commonly used by psychics and fortune-tellers in Jenkins' knowledge.
"Well, what's the content of this book?"
She sat down and asked with a chuckle while preparing for the divination ceremony.
"Is this a... gift?"
"Huh? Did you see it? Yes, there are 108 Impermanence cards in Vientiane, and this is one of them. But now I can't let it show its original appearance, so I can only study it slowly. I can see it. I don’t know, is there a way for you to restore it to its original appearance?”
Jenkins reached for the book again, and the buttons on his cuff hit the table with a slight click. The spirit from the book cover is still flowing, but very slowly.
He had heard of the Impermanence card before. This deck had never been collected and completed, but each card was a gift, and the 108 cards had a common number. The library of Nolan Parish has detailed information on three of them, but Jenkins has never seen them.
"Since it is fate, should we use the power of fate to try?"
he asked.
"I have related abilities, and I have tried to resonate, but unfortunately it didn't work."
While speaking, he lit the vanilla in the unicorn-shaped incense burner, Chocolate's nose moved a few times, and then sneezed violently.
"Do you know the details of this card?"
he asked again.
"[Arsonist], it should be this one."
As soon as she finished speaking, the woman stopped what she was doing and looked at Jenkins thoughtfully. It's only been a week since the last strange scene, and she remembers the aftermath of that incident very clearly.
Jenkins had the same idea. He picked up the book and put it on his lap, called out his own light spot, and focused his energy on [Flame Favorer].
This was originally an ability that didn't need to be activated, similar to a passive function, but at this moment the light spot began to emit a faint purple light.
The book on his knee trembled violently, and Jenkins felt that this book was actually a sealed shell, and the cards inside were the core. It is answering the call of its own destiny, but the sealed book prevents it.
Then there was no need for Jenkins to do anything, the book on his lap floated, and the power of the cards and the seal was fighting fiercely.
A strong wind blew in the room, and the curtains behind him flew up and down violently. In the end, the cards won.
Amidst the sound of broken pages, the book emitted a white aura in front of Jenkins' eyes, an aura visible to the naked eye. As a large-scale spirit submerged into his body, Jenkins and Audrey heard roars at the same time.
In the ultimate white aura, a tall woman in a sacrificial robe suddenly appeared. Facing a huge stone door branded with a human face, she threw a card out.
When the cards were inserted into the ground like sharp knives, a stream of black mud gushed out from behind the door, instantly covering the cards. When the disgusting black mud soaked into the soil, there was nothing left but a book on the ground.
The white light dissipated, and the card landed on Jenkins' lap, beckoning him to touch it faintly.
"Just now that was..."
"Illusion, the illusion when this book was formed. The door that the woman is facing seems to be a strange thing. I have heard of those black mud..."
She fell into deep thought, and Jenkins understood that the spirit just now was a reward for breaking the seal. Since the material of that book comes from a strange thing, there must be a black aura, but it itself is a derivative of the weird thing, so the aura is slightly weaker and the aura of the Impermanence card is suppressed, so it can explain the just now something happened.
"A-12-03-8194, Gate of the Faceless."
Miss Audrey spit out these few words slowly, "It should be this, but I still need to check some information to be sure. Ignore these for now, let's start divination!"
"Yes, let's start divination first. I'm worried that she will run away after a long delay."
While talking, she handed the cards to Miss Audrey. She nodded, closed her eyes and pressed the cards to her face. The cards turned into phantoms and fell into her body.
This is not something Jenkins has, and he will not want it greedily. It's just that the number of [Gifts] is the least among the three special items of ABC. Due to bad luck, the probability of him coming into contact with special items is much higher than that of ordinary granters, but even so, he has not seen a few gifts with his own eyes.