Under the reflection of the three incomplete ancient holy emblems, in the center of the triangle formed by the three girls, a translucent golden scale appeared. The three maids opened their eyes at the same time, and as an unknown strong wind surged in this sea of stars, a white glass ball in Tifa's pocket flew to one end of the scale.
This glass ball was obviously also some kind of relic. With a clang sound, as if it had really touched the tray of the metal balance, the golden balance tilted to the side, and the whispering element of the white glass ball, which had originally shown no signs of being out of control, also suddenly expanded.
Instantly, white light surged out and engulfed everything in the deep night sky. The darkness was covered by the white light, and the stars disappeared in the white light. The three-headed fortune teller who was chanting the ancient language was hit by the spreading white light. The three heads screamed at the same time, and she fell off the broom, then rushed towards everyone with the broom.
"That is the poet-level relic Day's Hope. Its characteristic is to create white light. In extremely rare cases of loss of control, it will release the light and consume everything with it, turning all life into light. The young lady prepared this for us to deal with the power of the fortune teller."
Tifa released the hands of her two companions and softly explained to Shade that they used the power of the Great Witch of Balance to force the relic out of control, so the witch's power also protected them as well as Shade and Rust Edwards, who was not scared at all. Instead, he floated around happily, probably thinking it was some kind of show.
"However, when they cast a spell together, it's not like the magic I bought - Heart Link, where two people merge into one. Instead, it's a resonance of the same power. It turns out that this can also achieve a similar phenomenon..."
Xia De was thinking in his mind, while the girls faced the three-headed fortune teller who was obviously severely weakened after losing the advantage of the field.
There was no suspense about what happened next. The elegant maids ended the battle as quickly as sweeping up garbage. They obviously knew the enemy well, so Tifa used some kind of summoning magic to tie up the fortune teller's hand holding the broom with silk threads emerging from the void to prevent her from casting spells. The other two girls separated on the left and right and continued to attack with long-range magic.
The broom was similar to a staff. Although it was not impossible to cast spells without it, it made the already weakened three-headed fortune teller even weaker. Shade originally thought that he and Rust Edwards still had a chance to attack, but now it seemed that Tifa was just being polite. Even if the three heads of the fortune teller could chant spells at the same time, the three maids could cooperate with each other to deal with it together.
With the complete Sage-level relic yet to arrive and Tifa and the other two fully prepared, the enemy that seemed quite difficult to Shad was completely disappeared in the white light after just five minutes, when it was trampled by a huge right foot wearing black patent leather high heels and red silk stockings summoned by Tifa.
The lost relics were recovered by the maids, and after the white light re-entered the white glass ball, the surroundings revealed the normal interior of the pointed tent. The thick tent cloth blocked the bright sunlight on this Thursday morning, and inside the slightly dim tent were hanging various strange things such as amethyst, obsidian, stone men, onions, and silver crosses.
The pungent smell of spices makes one's nose itch, and the cabinets on both sides of the tent are filled with crystal balls, plaster skulls and other decorations to set off the atmosphere.
The three-headed fortune teller was sitting behind a table at the deepest part of the tent, on which lay the body of the original owner of the tent. The old woman did not look peaceful when she died, and the bloody corpse was displayed on the table like food.
The three-headed fortune teller looked very weak, but after hearing about its characteristics from Tifa, Shad didn't think that he could kill it with the next blow.
Sure enough, as the candlelight on the table flickered, three tired but still enchanting heads hummed a ballad:
"Three sisters of fate,
Weaving the future of you, me and him.
The thread of bad luck and good fortune,
Weaving the fate of all living beings.
Come quickly,
Take a quick look at your future.
Everything is here.
Just waiting for you to see it with your own eyes.”
The three heads looked at everyone at the same time. There was no resentment or malice, only deep exhaustion as if they had lost all interest:
"Come on, the Darkmoon Circus welcomes you all. Since the leader is not here, please allow me to predict your fate."
"Who are you going to choose?"
Tifa asked. Even after a fierce battle, she only had a layer of sweat on her forehead. She seemed to always have the iconic elegance of a maid.
Three heads gave three answers:
"I want you!"
"I want that man!"
"I want that soul!"
This answer was expected, so Tifa, Shad and a curious Rust Edwards stepped forward together. The little girl's soul was not afraid of the hideous corpse at all, and she didn't even pay special attention to it, as if it was just a common thing.
"Three divinations, three chances. You can let us divine anything about yourselves. As long as you can expose our divination mistakes at least twice, we will leave here."
The three heads spoke together, but in different languages. As for the "challenge" they proposed, it was also in line with the atmosphere of the circus. If the deception was exposed, they would have to leave the local area, which was a tacit agreement that everyone would abide by.
Tifa spoke first. She basically came to this mission with the "Darkmoon Faire Guide" in hand, so she already knew what to ask:
"I want to predict my marriage. Will I get married in the future? If I do, who will I marry?"
"ah?"
Shad looked at her in surprise, but Tifa still had a gentle smile on her face.
The head on the left of the three-headed fortune teller stared at her:
"You are destined to be unhappy. Your master will take away all your precious things, and you can only stand aside and watch, but you can't refute because you are loyal to her!"
The word "loyalty" once again aroused Xia De's nerves. The "she" beside his ear smiled gently:
This maid is considered to be very loyal.
"Well... Tifa is indeed very loyal."
"Am I right?"
The fortune teller asked the smiling girl, while Tifa Servet asked Shade:
"The fortune teller said that I am destined to never be happy, and that 'the lady' will take away what's mine. So, detective, are you willing to give me happiness? Are you willing to stay with me for the rest of your life?"
The dark brown eyes looked at Xia De, with temptation, expectation and something more complicated.
The two girls waiting at the door were chattering excitedly. They were really excited.
Shade hesitated:
"'That lady' really sent you here with this question? Does she know I'm here?"
The black-haired girl smiled:
"Why, you don't want to answer me?"
"No, no, I do. I am willing to give you happiness. Yes, this is my promise."
Basically everything had happened between him and the head maid in front of him except for the last one, so of course he would not let go.
Tifa's cheeks flushed slightly. She put her hands behind her back, raised the corners of her mouth, and nodded gently to Shade:
"I accept your promise, too."
Then he said to the fortune teller:
"You see, your divination was wrong. I don't know what the future holds, but at least now, I have obtained the happiness I wanted."
So, Tifa Servet is the most resourceful girl around you. The witch emperors of the Fifth Era may not be her opponents.
"She" continued to tease Shad in his ear, but Shad pretended not to hear. Seeing that the left head that was talking to Tifa stopped talking, he said to the girl floating beside him:
"Go try divination. Whatever you want to know, you can tell her."
Rust Edwards immediately said happily:
"Can I stay with Giles? Duruto Giles, the man lying in that tent over there!"
She tried to make the shape of Durrut Giles with her hands, but the attempt was obviously unsuccessful.
The head on the right side of the three-headed fortune teller spoke:
"Yes, child, you can be together forever, but only after death. I can see your miserable future, which is really tear-jerking. He will die because of you, and even his soul will not be free, and will be entangled with you forever."
"Isn't this great? Giles will be mine forever!"
The girl clapped her hands and said this, and the head on the fortune teller's right side also showed a similar smile. They were both very happy.
Finally, it was Shad's turn. He looked at Tifa and wanted to ask her the question she hadn't asked just now, but the black-haired girl smiled and shook her head:
"Surely you can come up with a good question on your own, right?"
Seeing her smiling face, it seemed that the sage-level relic had been completely resolved.
Xia De wanted to satisfy his own little self-esteem. This question was not difficult, so he thought for a moment and said what he wanted to divine:
"Will the girl from the unknown past come into my dreams?"
He wanted to ask if the long-haired Luvia would meet him in his dream tonight. When Luvia went to the association this morning to inform him about the "Destiny Base", she said that she would stay at No. 6 Saint Teresa Square tonight. And Shade had completed the time key of the Sixth Epoch of the Past Life this month, so the long-haired Luvia should appear.
However, Shade did not believe the three-headed fortune teller in front of him. He knew the existence of the long-haired Luvia, and even the unknowable desire, but when Shade asked whether it was the real sixth era, he was at a loss. Therefore, if the fortune teller guessed "no", then she was wrong; if she guessed "yes", although Shade would not reject Luvia tonight, he could just stay awake tonight, so that he would definitely not be able to dream.
He will make his own choice about the future.