At 7 o'clock in the evening, Shade set out from home, arrived at Midhill Castle, and went down the mountain to find Sister Defulin who was waiting for him. There were two nuns from the spiritual order with her, but in the end, only the leader of the order followed Shade into the mountain.
The two returned along the same path that Shad had taken down the mountain. During the trip, Shad explained that there were other people in Tobesk's home, but they could be absolutely trusted, so the nun didn't care.
I don't know if it was bad luck, but I actually encountered an evil spirit while entering the mountain. This time, the evil spirit was a headless man holding a hatchet, with terrifying secret characters engraved all over his body. With the appearance of an inexplicable fog, it rushed towards the two people walking through the dense forest with the hatchet in hand.
Because they entered the mountain at night, the Night Watcher in Shade's hand was the first to discover the evil spirit. After two earthquakes, the power of the evil spirit in the mountain has increased to a terrifying level. He was ready to deal with it, but before he could do anything, Sister Defulin threw a ball of fire in the direction of the evil spirit.
The evil spirit didn't even have the chance to leave a last word before it was burned to ashes.
"The primordial fire has an extraordinary effect on the soul."
The eleventh-ring nun said calmly, then motioned for Shade to continue leading the way.
At 7:40, the two arrived at the abandoned tower in the mountains, and under the leadership of Xia De, jumped into the basement.
Moonlight shone into the tower through the door without a panel, and illuminated the traveler's door in the basement through the trapdoor.
"That's it, Sister."
Xia De introduced.
The weight of this door was so great that when it was transported to St. Teresa's Square, it was Dr. Schneider who helped to move it to the second floor. Just now, when Shade moved it out of the hidden wall, he almost couldn't breathe, and was mocked by the voice in his heart for "excessive exercise in the afternoon."
Sister Defulin stretched out her hand and stroked the wooden door:
"No problem, I'll wait here for you to open the door."
"OK."
Xia De nodded, took out the key from the door, hesitated for a moment, and then walked to the wall at the end of the basement. The process of opening the door by shining the spiritual light on the wall would definitely be "seen" by the nun. Although this exposed his secret, he had to do it for the safety of his family.
A corner of the life ring appeared, and under the brass aura of time and space, the hidden wall disappeared.
The nun who was "watching" here uttered a sigh:
"So that's it. It's the space maze left behind by the ancient god."
"Sister, you knew this?"
Xia De turned his head in surprise.
"The history of the cult is very long. We have recorded some stories from the ancient era. Before the thirteen ancient gods left, they each left behind a space. Among them, the remnant of the original rift of the ancient gods of space is the space maze. I didn't expect that I could actually see it."
Since the nun already knew this, Xia De nodded:
"Yes, I do travel between the two places through here. Sister, please keep it a secret."
"no problem."
He remembered that Luvia had mentioned that the Spiritual Cult was actually a branch of the ancient Church of Death, so he asked curiously:
"Sister Defulin, do you know what the space left behind by the ancient god of death is?"
The nun clasped her hands together in front of her, lowered her head slightly, and her fair face under the silver eye mask brought out the color of her lips. The corners of her mouth curved up, as if she was trying to smile:
"Soul Cemetery."
He returned to St. Teresa's Square by touching the statue of the ancient god, then went back to the second floor from the basement, picked up Mia, and then went to the third floor corridor with Luvia.
Xiade himself seldom uses the third floor, but Luvia has been doing astrology here for more than a month, and Mia also likes to take a walk on the third floor, so it is not too deserted here.
Because the Traveler's Travel Door would cause big trouble when used in an abnormal space area, Shad turned the key in Room 1 on the third floor, which Luvia confirmed was absolutely fine, and which was also the Astrology Room temporarily occupied by Luvia.
With a click, Shad took two steps back, and together with Luvia and the cat in Luvia's arms, he saw the key floating in the air extending out in all directions to form the shape of a door.
After the engraved metal base was completely formed, Sister Defulyn pushed open the door and walked out.
The fact that she had traveled thousands of miles to Tobesk did not make the nun show any emotion. Instead, she first noticed Luvia, who was also curiously observing this nun who also had the ability to tell fortunes.
In an instant, they both froze. To be more precise, it was Luvia who froze, while Sister Develyn just stood there motionless. Shade didn't know what she was thinking, she had always been like this.
The time for the traveler's travel door to be used has begun to count down, but in the moonlight outside the window, the two ladies did not move.
Xia De hesitated and wanted to speak, but felt that this was not the right time to speak. He frowned slightly, guessing that this might be the unique way of communication of fortune tellers.
Probably not.
"Why?"
Notice her shadow.
The shadow of Sister Defulin, who was wearing a black and gray silk nun's robe, was normal, but the shadow under Luvia's feet turned into two, and they were exactly the same. This was not the result of an optical phenomenon, but a supernatural phenomenon.
"What's going on... huh?"
Just as Shad noticed the shadow, it closed again. At the same time, in the moonlight outside the window, a shadowy figure appeared behind Luvia. It was so blurry that Shad even thought he didn't see it with his eyes, but captured it with his inspiration.
This figure was one that Shade had seen before. It was the shadow of Luvia who looked a little more mature. She was really very blurry, and even though Shade and Luvia were standing so close to each other, he could hardly see what expression the slightly incomplete figure had.
"What's going on here?"
After the figure appeared, it gradually disappeared behind Luvia. Luvia seemed to have just come to her senses and whispered hello to Sister Defulin:
"Good evening, Sister. I am Shade's friend Luvia Anat... Sorry for being rude just now. I just haven't seen a fortune teller with such a unique temperament as you. I work in the Prophet's Association and I know a little about fortune telling."
"Evening, Miss Anat."
Sister Defulin acted as if nothing had happened. She walked out of the room under the guidance of Shad and came to the corridor on the third floor.
The gas lamp in the corridor was on. The gas lamp was in the style of a cat-carrying lamp, which Tifa had specially chosen for Shade.
The nun asked Shade to wait for a moment, then took off her silver eye mask and looked at the empty corridor in front of her. Luvia, who was holding Mia, leaned against the door frame and looked at them. After learning that there was an entrance to a different space in the familiar home, Shade felt that this corridor had become strange.
After waiting for a full minute, the nun put her hair back together and put on the blindfold:
"There is indeed an entrance to the border here. But it is very small, covering only half of the corridor. I have seen the border between life and death in many places, but this one is the smallest."
The problems at Six St. Teresa’s Place were minor issues compared to the narrow bay that encompassed the entire Sikar Hill and surrounding areas.
"Is there any way to seal it? Recently, two evil spirits have entered the house through this entrance, which scared my cat."
Shade asked, and the nun thought about it and nodded:
"The area is small, so it's easy to seal. But sealing isn't a fundamental solution. You have to reinforce the seal every two or three years."
"Of course that's no problem."
Shade nodded immediately. Maybe in two or three years, he would go to St. Byrons in the far north. But before leaving, maybe he could inform the church about the house problem.
The nun could not stay here for long. While there was still time, Shad asked Sister Defulin to observe the situation on the third floor as much as possible within the range allowed by the door.
The spiritual sect has a different divination method from ordinary fortune tellers. They believe that all things have spirits and can perceive the world from a different perspective. Therefore, before Sister Defulin left, she gave Shade a suggestion:
"If this was the house I lived in, I would sell it in a heartbeat."
"Why?"
This is the only thing Xia De would never do.
"There are too many tragedies and misfortunes here. The problems of this house are definitely not limited to the third floor. I have been commissioned to visit the famous haunted house in Carsonrick, but the danger there is definitely not as serious as this one. Number 6 St. Teresa's Square? I have only heard of its name before, but I didn't expect the problem to be so serious."
But even if the problem is serious, Xia De will not move out. He thinks he knows all the secrets of this house. Now that the problems in the basement and the third floor have been solved and all the safety hazards have been checked, Xia De believes that it will be quite safe to live here.
3 minutes and 12 seconds passed in a flash, and Sister Defulin returned to the basement of the abandoned tower on Mount Sikar through the traveler's portal. After saying hello, Shad and Luvia also returned to the abandoned tower from the basement, intending to send the nun down the mountain and then go home.
Sister Defulin is certainly much stronger than Shad, but since it was Shad who invited her to the foot of the mountain, he must send her back, which is also a gentlemanly behavior.
Mount Xikar is quiet and peaceful at night. As autumn deepens, even the night in the mountains and forests seems to be in complete sleep.
On the way down the mountain, the nun told Shade the ritual used to seal the entrance to the small life and death boundary. The ritual was not complicated, but some materials were difficult to obtain. But for Shade who could travel back and forth between Coldwater Port and Tobesk, this was not a problem.
"There's something wrong with your fortune teller friend."
After talking about the ceremony, they were only halfway down the mountain. It seemed bad to remain silent in embarrassment, so when Shade tried to bring up a new topic, Sister Defulin suddenly spoke.
"Oh, I know."
Xia De looked up at the starry sky above his head and said softly:
"I've known it for a long time."
The nun was silent for a moment:
"Her 'other self' is not normal. 'She' is entangled in a very terrible curse. This curse is not imposed by humans, but more like a natural phenomenon. It's like the world hates her."
Only spiritual sects that believe that all things have spirits can easily see this.
"Yes, that is the curse of time."
Xia De said softly again, feeling a little melancholy for some reason.
"Then she must have done something that seriously violated the normal rules of time... I can't think of what she had to do to bring about such a terrible curse. The world will never have such strong malice towards a single individual."
The nun fell silent after she finished speaking, and Shade, who was thinking about Luvia's question, did not think of a new topic. After a long time, he finally broke the monotonous sound of women's boots and men's leather shoes stepping on fallen leaves. The howling of wolves came from a distance, and the city below the mountain was lit up by gas lamps:
"Sister, regarding Luvia's problem, can you give me a deeper understanding?"
"I need her to remain still in front of me, so that I can take off the blindfold and look directly at her. Also, that kind of horrible curse cannot be solved by mortals. You need to at least know what she has done before, so that you can know how to break the curse."
"I see."
Xia De nodded and sent the nun all the way down the mountain, then turned around and walked back into the forest in the moonlight.
Walking out of the basement, he found Luvia on the second floor, holding Mia, who looked reluctant and a little sad.
"Luvia, what's wrong with you? Why do you look upset?"
The girl with purple eyes stood by the window looking out at the square. The room was so bright that the glass in front of her reflected her and Mia's expressions like a mirror.
The clever cat also noticed Shad from the reflection in the window glass and immediately struggled to escape from Luvia's arms.
"Nothing, it's just that when I saw that nun just now, some strange things appeared in front of my eyes..."
She turned around, her rosy lips moved, and her purple eyes stared at Shade:
"I saw Sister Defulin die in the flames. Her body was covered with fiery cracks, and even her body was burned to ashes. She handed me a handful of weak fire and asked me to inherit her duty and take good care of the original flame."
"The original flame?"
Xia De frowned slightly and stopped.
He did tell Luvia about the prophecy of the death of him and the nun by the "reverse-life" man Joey Barton, that is, they would die in the collapsed tower earlier this year and turn into ashes more than ten years later. But due to his promise to keep it secret, he did not tell Luvia that the fire in Sister Defulin's hand was the angel-level (level 1) relic Primordial Fire.
"Is this a true prophecy made in a flash of inspiration?"
Shade asked, it is indeed possible for a fortune teller to suddenly see a fragment of the future at a certain moment. But Shade himself did not believe in his guess. After communicating with the nun tonight, he had a vague guess about Luvia's situation, but he was not sure:
"It's okay. Not everything in the future will necessarily develop according to your predictions."
He walked over and hugged Luvia, and Mia finally found an opportunity to "escape" from his arms:
"It's like, didn't you always think that there would always be only four of us in the group? But I showed up this summer. Oh, I still remember the look on your face when you first saw me at Lakeview Manor."
"Yes."
The purple-eyed girl nodded slightly.
"What you saw is just a possibility. Besides, you don't know Sister Defulin at all. Even if the nun really wanted to entrust the angel-level relic to someone, it couldn't be you."
"But in the future..."
"In the sixth era, in the year 1853 of the Universal Calendar, late autumn..."
Xia De imitated "her" tone and looked out the window:
"... ... On the day when the red moon shines darkly. Luvia Fiorchi Anat, you once again see the unknown future, but standing beside you now is not only yourself, but also a stranger who has a secret destiny in his heart."
He held Luvia in his arms and looked closely at her beautiful purple eyes:
"Time has cursed you, but fate has blessed you. The epic has begun. Why are you still confused after the curtain is raised? You are not walking alone. The person who has awakened from blindness and stupidity is right beside you. When the two hands are held together on a midsummer night, you should understand that this is the beginning of the epic, the story of you and him."
Luvia finally smiled:
"What is this? The poem of fate you wrote for me?"
"No no, it's just stating the facts."
Shad said.
"Well, Shad, perhaps you are more agreeable to the girls than I thought—may fortune bless you and me."
As she said this, she put her arms around Xia De's neck and kissed him passionately, but when that gentle feeling flooded into his mind, Xia De didn't know why, but he felt like he was kissing two people.
"What a weird feeling... Wait."
He pushed Luvia away temporarily, not understanding the situation:
"You still haven't told me whether Sister Develyn is the first candidate for the Chosen One of 'Death'?"
"She is not, but she has other problems. The first candidate for death should be between Joey Barton, the man who went against life, and our friend Reverend Rat Augustus...Shad, is it really a good idea to ask this question at this time?"
She asked in a reproachful tone, and then hugged Xia De again.
"Meow!"
The cat standing on the back of the sofa cried out in dissatisfaction, thinking that it was ignored by Shade again.
Then, under the light of the gas lamp, the cat actually saw a double image of the human woman's body. A blurry shadow almost completely overlapped with her body. Four arms hugged Shad at the same time, and two identical faces kissed Shad.
"Meow?"
The cat's big amber eyes were full of curiosity, and it couldn't understand this strange phenomenon.
"Shad..."
Purple eyes seemed to contain the secrets of the entire world. Although Shade believed that even though all witches were extremely beautiful, Luvia's eyes were still the most beautiful.
"What's wrong?"
Under the gas lamp in the living room, she smiled gently, and the shadows of the two of them were entangled together, just like their fates that had already been intertwined:
"Can you grant me a small wish?"
"Of course. What's your wish?"
"I'll probably have to hold the leaf of eternal youth in my mouth... Tonight, I want to be a knight."
Chapter 713: Fortune Teller and Fortune Teller