"Because destiny is so hard to come by."
Yin Luna complained quietly.
Luvia agreed with a smile:
"Yes, destiny is the most untouchable spiritual rune."
But the purple-eyed girl's four core spirit runes, noble fate destroyer, doom, there is destiny. Luvia is a so-called "natural fortune teller", and her core spirit runes directly point to the profession of "fortune teller". Otherwise, the Prophet Association would not give her the precious joint training qualification.
Yin Luna said to Xia De again:
"Tomorrow morning, the Diocese of Midhill Castle will help me hold a ceremony to ascend. In this way, I can officially become a middle ring, and thus be one ring higher than you."
"You always seem to be a ring taller than me, ever since I've known you."
Shade was also very happy for her. As for Luvia, she looked at the two of them with a smile:
"Although there were many unexpected events along the way, the matter of the third chosen one has finally come to an end. Xia De, next week you will need to talk to Sister Defulin and tell her what we are doing. Although the relationship between us and Sister Defulin cannot be like that of Yin Luna, she is still a friend we can trust."
These words made Yin Luna seem even happier. The three were still three, and she was still the only chosen one among them, which was very important to her.
"This trip to Midhill Castle was really tiring. I really hope the fourth chosen one won't show up so soon."
Yin Luna leaned on the sofa and looked at Xia De's house comfortably:
"When I get back to Tobesk, shall we go to the opera together? It's been a long time since we've been able to relax together."
She suggested, and of course Shade and Luvia nodded in agreement.
"By the way, how is Father Augustus doing now?"
Shade asked again.
"I know this. The old priests who were mobilized from the Old World will return to their original parishes in batches on Thursday. The church is worried that the strong aura of death in Midhill Castle will affect them. Although I will take the steam floating airship tomorrow, Priest Rat Augustus may be able to return here earlier than me."
Shad nodded. He had not forgotten that the priest wanted to talk to him about the topic of "angels".
Yin Luna and Luvia continued to talk about the Chosen One. Sister Defulin had not appeared again after the Battle of Midhill Castle, but based on Yin Luna's description, the church had already known that the current leader of the spiritual order was the Chosen One of Death.
Although the Spiritual Cult behaves strangely, it is generally a group of ring magicians from the good camp. According to Yin Luna, the church is trying to contact the cult - this is not difficult, and Sister Defulin, who is currently in contact with the Witch Council, should not mind contacting the church again.
As they were talking about this, Shade took out his Rhodes deck from his pocket. The Origin·Death flew out automatically and hovered in front of Luvia. The purple-eyed girl focused her eyes for a moment before she could see the nearby card clearly. She reached out and "took" it off:
"Shad, how many times do I have to say this? Even if you gain the power to control the Vientiane Card, it is absolutely impossible..."
"No, I mean, I'll go to the Prophet's Association with you later. This card needs to be identified before it can be used, right?"
Yin Luna couldn't stay in Tobesk for long, and it was even more impossible for her to leave No. 6 St. Teresa's Square to wander around the city. She soon returned from the basement to the abandoned tower in Mount Sikar.
Xia De held Mia in his arms, and went to Silver Cross Avenue with Luvia under an umbrella to eat. At 1:30 in the afternoon, he sent Luvia back to the Prophet Association to work, and then found the association's Vice President Mark.
The Prophet's Association was still bustling on rainy days. There was a long queue at the Rhodes card identification office on the first floor, just like when Shade first came there in midsummer.
Many people recognized the champion of the big city players and waved to him. Vice President Mark was originally dealing with a forged Rhodes card on the first floor. When he heard that Xia De was coming, he temporarily put down his work and walked upstairs with him:
"Mr. Hamilton, I haven't seen you for a few weeks. What have you been busy with recently?"
Vice President Mark was still so enthusiastic and invited him to sit in the office upstairs.
Xia De smiled and explained his work in the past two months:
"Autumn was handling the last commission that Uncle Sparrow accepted before he left. You can't imagine what kind of problems I encountered. Some accidents happened along the way, and I was forced to have an undignified fight with a drunkard by a lake in the countryside. But in the end, I kicked him away and let me get back the two precious butterflies."
Xia De complained about his work, and Vice President Mark said with a sigh:
"It's not an easy job to be a detective. Mr. Hamilton, you must be careful."
Xia De nodded, and went to the third floor with Vice President Cynthia Mark. Seeing that there was no one in the corridor, he whispered:
"I'm here to identify the Rhodes brand."
The tall, thin middle-aged man blinked, stopped and stood against the wall:
"You came all the way here, so these cards must not be ordinary cards. Are they very ancient cards? Or are they very rare and special cards?"
“Very old cards.”
Xia De replied, and Vice President Mark took a deep breath, then slowly adjusted his breathing frequency to suppress the rapid beating of his heart:
"Older than that Devil card?"
"Yes."
Shade nodded again, and the gentleman in front of him widened his eyes;
"It looks like this is another big deal. Now, you can pass me that card."
Shade took the card of Founding Death out of his pocket and handed it over. The gentleman leaned back immediately after seeing the card. Fortunately, behind him was the wall that the association had repainted during the period of the Big City Players, so he did not fall down:
"Oh, this is really..."
He breathed deeply, his face flushed with excitement, and with trembling hands he raised the card high under the gaslight, as if he was holding up a priceless treasure... In fact, the founding series of Rhodes cards were indeed priceless treasures.
"Mr. Mark, leave this card in the association for appraisal. I will come back to pick it up in three days. The association and I are so familiar with each other, and I trust you very much."
Shad can draw Origin Death from the deck at any time and anywhere, so there is no possibility of losing Balance, Darkness and Death.
"No problem, of course no problem. Oh, Founding Death, I didn't expect that, wow, it's so beautiful."
Xia De smiled and looked at the oil painting above Vice President Mark's head. The painting showed a middle-aged professor imparting knowledge to students:
"This card is most likely authentic. I hope the association can issue an authentication certificate as soon as possible."
"Of course. Mr. Hamilton, this is the fourth founding series Rhodes card in your hand, right? Silver Moon, Balance, Darkness, Death."
Vice President Mark groaned and continued walking towards the office with Shade:
"Let's have a couple of drinks to celebrate. I have a bottle of 1843 vintage wine from Huntington Winery, the 'wine capital' of Carsonrick."
"Yes, four. I want to find out if the association plans to sell the two founding series that it treasures. I certainly can't afford them, but I still want to know."
Xia De asked again. Vice President Mark was not surprised by Xia De's idea. Instead, he smiled and said:
“Detective, you are not the first Rhodes player to want to buy those two cards from the Association, and you will definitely not be the last.
The cards are currently in the headquarters of the Prophet's Association in Ryan, the capital of the Principality of Lagsen in the central part of the United Kingdom of Carsenrick, and are under the highest security level of the association. The association has long stipulated that the two cards are not for sale, and no other form of barter is accepted. "
Xia De was not surprised. If the two Founding Cards were not for sale, they would have been bought long ago. There were many wealthy and enthusiastic Rhodes players.
"That is to say, there is no possibility that I can get those two cards?"
"That's the case at the moment. However, I can ask President Stan about this. We can write a joint letter to the headquarters and find out the current status of the two cards for you."
He opened the door of the office. The room was well lit, but it was still raining outside the window.
"Come in."
"Okay, I wonder what the two cards in the association's collection are..."
Mr. Mark recalled:
"One is the origin and destiny found in the notes of an ancient fortune teller."
The ancient fortune teller was Mr. Riddle, the "luckiest mortal" who once played cards with the God of Gamblers in the Dreadfort of the Fifth Epoch with Shad.
"There is another one, found by Mr. Chanem Rhodes, the president of the Prophet Association who created the Rhodes card game a hundred years ago. It is the founding knowledge."
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