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 charge for interpreting the meaning of the cards?"
Woman: "..." She was stunned for a moment and fell into a long silence.
After a long while, he shook his head again and said with certainty: "Divination and interpretation of card meanings are free, all free."
"Is that so?" Richard narrowed his eyes, feeling more and more weird about this matter.
He never believed that there was a free lunch in the world. The more free it was, the more expensive it was. If there is really a free lunch delivered to your door, then you must be wary of what will follow.
Richard thought.
Seeing Richard's hesitation, the woman said, "Why, don't you want to?"
"I don't think I need this kind of divination." After thinking for a moment, Richard spoke up. While speaking, he looked directly into the woman's eyes to see how she would react.
The woman's reaction was obviously a little too big.
"You don't think there is a need for divination? How is this possible!" The woman raised her voice and said loudly with a very eloquent tone, "Each of us is like a lost lamb, walking confusedly in the long river of fate, stumbling, not knowing Where is the end point of salvation? Divination can point you in the direction, light a bright lamp for you in the long river of destiny, save you from detours, and even allow you to avoid traps. This is very important. . Come on, kid, do a fortune-telling once, you won’t regret it.”
"Well… "
"So what?"
"If we are lambs, why do we walk in the river? If we light a lamp in the river, will it not go out?"
woman:"… "
Because there was a black cloth covering his face, he couldn't see the other person's expression, but his eyes widened, as if he wanted to bite someone.
"call-"
The woman under the black robe took a long breath, as if trying to calm down, and stared at Richard and said: "The words I said are just a metaphor, a metaphor! In short, in one sentence, divination is very important to you, you must To divine!"
"Forget it." Richard said, "I don't really believe in fate, so I really don't need divination."
After speaking, Richard stood up and was about to leave.
The divination woman became anxious, stretched out her hand from under the black robe, and grabbed Richard's clothes: "No, no! You can't do this, you can't leave like this! You are in great danger now, and you must let me divine for you. must!"
Richard's body stopped. According to his strength, it is very simple to break free from a woman's entanglement and does not require the use of any magic. But he didn't do this, because he suddenly discovered that the woman's hand holding his clothes was an unusual pair of hands.
They were a pair of smooth, white hands, as if they had just been fished out of milk. According to common sense, such hands should grow on a beautiful girl who is rich and has been pampered since childhood, not on an old woman in her forties or fifties.
Even if I keep taking care of myself and applying ointments, I still can't achieve this level.
What made Richard even more suspicious was that as soon as his eyes fell on the woman's hand, the woman quickly retracted 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 divine, you must divine!"
"Must be a divination?" Richard said in his heart. The next moment he sat down again, looked at the divination woman, and said, "Okay then, please do a divination for me."
Richard decided to see what kind of medicine he bought in the divination woman's gourd.
After hearing what Richard said, the divination woman was slightly startled, then breathed a sigh of relief and showed a slightly surprised look. After 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 can do it myself."
"Are you sure you can do it, child?" The divination woman said with some distrust, her tone was very serious, "I must tell you that every step of operating the destiny card is very important. Once you do it wrong, it will have a negative impact on the final result. The serious impact will lead to incorrect or even completely opposite information being interpreted.”
Richard answered with action.
Shuffle.
"Crash..."
Stack the Tarot cards face down in your hands, pull out some of the cards and put them on top, repeat three times.
Next, place the cards on the table, spread them out in a circle, and shuffle the cards clockwise with both hands.
After a while, gather the cards clockwise toward the middle to form a pile of cards again and place them horizontally.
Shuffling is complete.
Cut the cards.
"Crash..."
From the top of the horizontal cards, quickly pick up some cards and place them close to the body, turning one pile of cards into two piles of cards.
Then, take out another pile of cards from the second pile of cards and place them away from the body, so that the two piles of cards become three piles of cards, distributed in a "three" shape.
After that, pick up the first pile of cards, place them on top of the second pile, and then place these cards on top of the original third pile of cards, so that all the cards are restored to one pile.
Finally, rotate the card from horizontal to vertical.
Cutting is complete.
The fortune-telling woman looked at Richard's movements and was a little distracted. It's not because of anything else, just because Richard's movements are so skillful and smooth, so skillful and smooth that they even have a strange sense of beauty.
But the problem is, this is divination! What’s the use of being proficient and fluent? The most important thing is sincerity!
During the divination process, you should constantly think about the questions you want to ask in your mind.
But how could there be any sincerity in Richard's appearance
Exactly like a craftsman operating tools.
While the divination woman was thinking this, Richard had already taken out 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, feeling a little complicated because she found that Richard had done everything he should and should not do, and did not give her a chance to use his methods. It seemed that the only thing she could do was explain. This is the meaning of the card.
Then explain it.
"call-"
The divination woman took another deep breath to calm down. She looked at the pattern on the card and saw a young man drawn on it.
The man is wearing beautiful clothes and a gorgeous headdress. He holds a rose in his left hand and a wooden stick in his right hand. On the wooden stick is tied a baggage representing all his belongings, as if he is wandering happily.
At this time, the man was walking on the edge of the cliff, and a puppy was biting his foot, as if to prevent him from moving forward.
Fool!
This is the "Fool" among the 22 Major Arcana cards in the Tarot, numbered 0.
"0" means empty, which means nothing, but also represents huge potential. Among the 22 Major Arcana, the "Fool" has an extremely special status. It can be said to be the beginning of everything or the end of everything. It has countless interpretations.
The divination woman looked at it for a long time and explained aloud: "Child, this card can very well explain your current problem. The people above are a display of some of your situations:
You see, walking on the edge of the cliff means that you are embarking on an adventurous action; carrying a bag with a wooden stick means that you live far away; wearing beautiful clothes and a gorgeous headdress means that you are facing the future , very confident; but a puppy biting your feet is a serious warning. "
The divination woman looked at Richard and said with confusion: "My child, your current situation seems safe, but in fact it is dangerous. You must carefully follow the advice of the elders to avoid danger. You are going to go on a long journey to sea, right? I I advise you not to act rashly in the past few days. It is best to wait until the right time before setting off, so that you will not get into trouble and have a smooth journey."
Richard asked the divination woman: "Then when is the right time?"
"I don't know this either. Only the destiny card can tell you." The fortune telling woman said seriously, "If you want, I can divine for you again in three days, and you will know the answer then. Of course. , it will still be free.”
"Then why does it have to be three days later?"
"Child, you have to know that interpreting the meaning of the cards requires a lot of energy. Therefore, every time I do a divination, I have to wait at least three days before the next divination. Do you understand?" the woman explained.
"You can only tell people once every three days, so you can only tell seven or eight times a month. Nowadays, people can tell people for free. It's a miracle that such an 'enthusiastic' and 'generous' fortune teller didn't starve to death. "Li Cha thought to himself that he had already guessed the purpose of the divination woman. That is, within three days, he will be unable to leave the port.
"Is this delaying time, waiting for my companions to come and take some actions?" Richard thought to himself, looked at the divination woman, and said, "This is a bit hard to say. If there is a boat, I will probably leave early. Without a boat If so, we can wait until three days later.”
"No, you have to wait until three days later." The woman said loudly, like a poor actor hysterically proving her acting skills. "If you don't wait until three days later, you will encounter many unimaginable things! You will meeting… "
"Let's do this!" Richard interrupted the divination woman, "Actually, the reason why I refused to wait until three days later is because I don't trust you. After all, you are just a stranger to me. I don't know Are you kind or do you have ulterior motives?"
The divination woman showed a slightly unnatural look and said, "Then how can you believe me?"
"It's very simple. Since you are a fortune teller, use the simplest method to prove it - divination.
"But I said, I can't do the next divination until three days later."
"Don't get me wrong, when I talk about divination, you come to ask and I will help you explain the meaning of the cards. Although I am not a professional fortune teller, I am quite familiar with tarot cards... um, destiny cards. You just saw You passed my operation. How is it?" Richard asked.
"This..." The divination woman hesitated.
Richard looked at the other party and patiently waited for the answer.
After a while, the divination woman couldn't help but said: "Okay, I promise you, divination will be divination, I just hope you don't misinterpret the meaning of the cards. Every card of the destiny card is mysterious and has two sides. Don’t speak out the wrong message because of the inclination of your heart.”
"Then when you explained the cards before, why were they always negative? I remember that the Fool card should be neutral. There are even more positive explanations than negative explanations." Richard said slowly.
The woman stopped talking, as if she hadn't heard anything, and lowered her head to shuffle the cards.
"Crash..."
The woman's shuffling movements were obviously not as skillful and smooth as Richard's, but she didn't make any mistakes.
After a while, the cards were shuffled, and then the cards began to be cut.
After the cards are cut, the woman finally draws a card.
"Open it." Richard said, "I hope you can see your identity."
"You will get your wish," the woman said. "I have absolutely no ill intentions towards you, and the fate cards will prove what I say."
After saying that, the woman opened the card, and the next moment, her expression changed instantly.
I saw a grinning devil painted on the card, and at the devil's feet were two slaves bound by iron chains.
Devil card!
This card doesn’t need a special explanation at all, because its meaning is straightforward enough—absolutely negative!
Deception, temptation, desire, greed, ulterior motives, confused future...
Richard looked at the woman with a smile: "Do you want to say something?"
"I... I..." The woman was obviously panicked, her eyes flickering continuously. After a while, she forced herself to calm down and said, "Child, as I said before, every card in the card of destiny is mysterious and has two sides... "
"But yours is the devil card." Richard said seriously.
"That's not the key. Think about your card - The Fool! You are walking on a cliff, so be careful!"
"Indeed, thank you for the reminder. But... yours is the devil card."
"Child, listen to me, I really don't have any other thoughts about you, it's just..."
"Your card is the devil card." Richard reminded him seriously.
"I..." The divination woman was going crazy, "Can you stop talking about the devil card all the time? The devil card cannot prove everything, and the devil card does not necessarily mean that I am a bad person!"
"That's not to mention the devil card." Richard said, changing his tone, looking at the divination woman and asking, "I have always been curious about your hands. It seems that your hands are not consistent with your age. I am interested. Tell me how you did it?"
"You!" The divination woman's voice stopped, her eyes widened, as if she had been touched by the reverse scale, and the next moment she said angrily, "What does my hand have to do with you! Just take care of your eyes!"
"That… "
"That's enough! Boy!" the divination woman yelled, "I've run out of patience. Do whatever you want, do whatever you want! You can go to sea whenever you like! But I want to tell you, you don't If you obey my words, you will definitely be plagued by bad luck, yes, you will be plagued by bad luck! It will start from tonight!"
After saying that, the fortune-telling woman put away the cards on the table and hurried out of the tavern. In Richard's eyes, she looked a little embarrassed.
"Can't you continue the performance?" Richard said to himself, but he didn't take it seriously. He stood up and asked the tavern owner, "Boss, is my room ready?"
"Second floor, one room on the left at the end."
"Thank you." Richard nodded, glanced at the direction the divination woman left, and took Pandora upstairs. As he went upstairs, he said to himself: "Have you been plagued by bad luck since tonight? Well, is there any other way? I'll wait."
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