"Ah, Mr. Ketchlov, are you leaving?"
The reckless girl changed into light clothes today and looked like she was going out.
"Well, the wounds on my body have almost healed. Thank you so much, Miss Effie. I won't bother you any more. See you again if we are lucky enough."
Ketchlov said to the kind Effie.
Ketchev opened the door and limped out alone.
Mrs. Michelle held Xiaoju in her arms and gently stroked her back.
Xiaoju had an expression of enjoyment on her face and was purring happily.
"Okay, let's go out too. Xiaoju, take good care of the house."
Mrs. Michelle said to Xiaoju with narrowed eyes, and Xiaoju meowed in response and ran to the side to play happily with the ball of yarn.
Mrs. Michelle returned to the drugstore alone to open her shop, while Effie skipped out, humming a little tune.
Ketchlov was walking on the street. He seemed to be able to feel the looming gazes behind him. When he turned around, he saw a furtive figure following him, but from the headband on the figure's head, he knew it was Effie.
Ketchlov wanted to play a trick on the little girl, so he found a corner and hid himself there.
"Hey, why is he gone?" After Effie caught up, she found that she could not find Ketchlov and muttered dejectedly.
"Are you looking for me?" Ketchlov suddenly appeared behind Effie and patted Effie on the shoulder.
"Oh, you scared me. I just came up to see if you need any help." Effie said, patting her chest.
"It's okay, you can go back. I am an ominous person." Ketchlov said earnestly.
"Ah. But grandma asked me to follow you, and I don't know why?" Effie said blankly with her head tilted.
"Okay then." Ketchlov didn't dwell on this issue any further and just limped along alone.
When the people in the Investigation Bureau saw Ketchlov appear, they all became alert, but they were surprised to see a young girl following Ketchlov.
Jobtran winked at Louisa, who nodded and followed Ketchumov as he shuttled through the busy city.
Ketchlov walked to a newspaper office and leaned over to Effie beside him and said,
"Wait for me for a moment. I have something to do."
"Oh, okay. Come down quickly, please. Grandma said it would be fun to follow you, that's why I came here." Effie said innocently.
Ketchev nodded and went up the stairs alone.
"Munich Daily?" Jobtran frowned when he saw the name of the newspaper.
"If I remember correctly, this should be the official media, right? Could it be that the Yellow Group has infiltrated the official media? That's not possible, right?" Jobtran guessed in his heart.
Joe Butran gestured to everyone to stay where they were and followed alone.
If so many people went up at the same time, it would be conspicuous, so Jobtran decided to take the risk alone to see what Ketchlov was up to.
He patted his pocket to make sure he had some change and followed.
As he passed the door, Joe Butran glanced at Effie, who was squatting on the ground in a daze.
He actually sensed subtle energy fluctuations from the girl, but business was more important, so Jobtran ignored Effie and went upstairs.
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Michelle's Pharmacy
Mrs. Michelle sorts through the wide variety of finished medicines in the store.
The potions she sells are not individual recovery potions, which are often not favored by customers.
Compared with traditional medicines, people nowadays are more willing to believe in modern medicine.
Only knowledgeable neighbors would come to get medicine when they are not feeling well, after all, going to the hospital is not cheap.
The bulk of the operating expenses of this small shop are actually those "functional" medicines.
These products are often purchased by men with unspeakable secrets or those who want to pursue better life pleasures, but at the same time these products are relatively expensive.
Although these medicines taste bad, their effects are surprisingly good, so there are many repeat customers.
In fact, Mrs. Michelle knows more formulas to make money, but she is not willing to make money in an unscrupulous way.
She is a person with aspirations and principles.
As an old monster who has lived for hundreds of years, Michel has seen the prosperity of the world and the rise and fall of empires.
She doesn't really care about money or gain.
Her true identity is a witch who survived the witch hunt era.
In legends, witches are always the embodiment of evil, with ugly hooked noses and faces full of pus-filled sores. They are always dressed in black robes and fly around in the sky on broomsticks.
People always associate witches with evil images such as disasters and demons, but in fact only a few witches fall into the darkness.
Maybe there is some truth to the legend, but it is a false stereotype.
In fact, most witches are kind, because they understand the value of life better than ordinary people.
The birth of every witch requires a trial, and Effie, as a descendant of a witch, is also undergoing this trial.
Effie was unaware of her witch bloodline, and Mrs. Michelle deliberately prevented her from being exposed to mysterious knowledge too early.
Mrs. Michelle just wants her granddaughter to have a happy childhood.
Effie has already celebrated her fifteenth birthday. During these days, Mrs. Michelle sensed that the power in Effie's blood was slowly awakening, so she took advantage of Ketchlov's arrival to allow her to complete this training.
Although the training is cruel, it is a compulsory course for every witch and something they must face.
Mrs. Michelle looked at the tarot cards hidden under the cash register and felt a little worried.
Although a divination had been performed before, Mrs. Michelle still had some concerns about the innocent Effie.
This deck of tarot cards hidden by Mrs. Michelle has a long history.
According to existing historical records, Tarot cards were introduced to Europe from Egypt in 1367, and with the gradual improvement of later generations, Tarot cards have been extended to various categories. ①
Tarot cards were once just a card game, but later developed into different categories such as playing cards.
The one collected by Mrs. Michelle is not the Württemberg Tarot that is popular in Germany, but the Major Arcana Tarot, also known as the Major Mystery and the Ace, which was originally developed specifically for divination.
There are twenty-two cards in total, numbered from zero to twenty-one.
The difficult-to-pronounce word "Arcana" comes from the mysteries pursued by alchemists in the Middle Ages, the principles of the operation of heaven, earth and all things.
The name of the Major Arcana is used to remind users to have awe for the heavens, the earth, and all things in the world during divination.