Whispering Verse

"So, Shade, is this why you came to me?"

It was still a seemingly ordinary Saturday after the disaster, and it was already eleven o'clock in the morning. In the divination room on the second floor of the Prophet's Association on Silver Cross Avenue, Shade sat face to face with Luvia holding his well-behaved cat.

The association was very dark. The purple-eyed fortune teller had a teacup in front of him and held the fortune telling letter that Shade had just filled out at the front desk in his hand. He asked rather troubledly:

"Do you want me to emphasize it again? Shade, I already said it last time, your cat is really a normal cat."

"Meow!"

The soft orange cat squirmed happily in Shade's arms. It liked being held by Shade, especially when going out.

"No, Divination Mia is still an excuse."

Shade, who looked a little troubled, shook his head.

"So what brought you to me? I thought you would go home and hide for a few hours after shooting the city's police chief."

Luvia joked and put down the page in her hand.

"Two things. The first thing is that the doctor asked me to inform you that the study will be suspended for a week. As you know, the doctor's bulimia patient became the container of the evil god. Now the doctor is under investigation, so the study will be suspended."

Luvia nodded and brushed the strands of hair around her ears:

"I'm very happy that the doctor did not make any mistakes this time. It was indeed the right decision for you to follow him. Then go and inform others. Looking at your distressed expression just now, I thought you knew something like this again. Something like an evil god.”

The Prophet's Association is also very busy right now. As an official ring magician organization that cooperates with the Five Gods Church, the Prophet's Association is also involved in the investigation of the "Second Coming of the Evil God in the Summer of 1853 in the Universal Calendar" because they have the most and the best fortune teller.

Luvia is very busy now. The association has given her some jobs that do not require her to appear in front of the Orthodox Church. She is much busier than Shade, who is nominally a detective but more like a "freelance professional".

"Don't be ridiculous, Luvia. You also know that I had just left Queen Mary Street before meeting you."

"What, does killing make you feel guilty, or setting fire makes you uncomfortable? Do you need me to comfort you?"

The purple-eyed fortune teller laughed and joked.

"Oh, Luvia, who do you think I am? Here's the thing..."

Shade waved his hand, took out [Origin·Balance] from his pocket, then knocked off the cat's outstretched claws, and mixed the cards into his Rhodes deck. After asking the unclear Luvia to help shuffle the cards, he tapped his fingers on the first card and then flipped it open. It was [Origin·Balance].

Luvia frowned:

"Have you met another ghost with a story?"

The fortune teller who had heard of the Moon Dance Festival card asked, then shook his head and added:

"It's not a joke this time."

"It's not that I met a ghost, it's that I suddenly have this ability. And..."

He held [Origin·Balance] in his left hand, and the cards suddenly flew out from his fingertips, flying up and down in the room, and then drew infinite symbols around the two of them with difficult movements. Then it flew back to Shade's hands again. The whole process was very smooth, as if the cards themselves had intelligence:

"This is not about using a spell to move an object, but I gained the ability to manipulate this card. It's like a physical instinct. I can control myself to move my hands and feet, I can control myself to speak, and I can control this card. Move around.”

The fortune teller looked at him hesitantly:

"Xia De, you actually found a way to use the Wanxiang Impermanence card? How did you do it?"

"Of course not, I don't know what's going on...Listen, Luvia."

Shade looked at the purple-eyed fortune teller very seriously. The latter was looked at by Shade, his face turned red and he seemed a little embarrassed:

"you say."

She brushed the hair around her ears again. The cat placed on Shade's lap looked at the other person's hair and seemed to want to reach out its paw to touch it.

"Luvia, what are the conditions for being chosen by 'Balance'?"

"Three conditions: understanding balance, possessing an artifact with the power of the ancient gods, and completing the hanging judgment ceremony of sacrificing the eyes."

She said softly, not knowing what Shade wanted to express.

Shade asked again:

"So Thursday night, the night of the coming of the gods. Do you remember what the white-robed god, oh, my body did?"

"Of course I don't know, and I can't look directly at God. All I know is what you said, but your vagueness is too omitted."

The female soothsayer answered immediately.

"Oh well."

So Shade once again described his experience when he became a god, using the third-person perspective of course. To sum up, the god happened to have [Origin·Balance], a card with the power of the ancient god, on his body that night, and he made a completely satisfying decision "Pray to the ancient god and voluntarily sacrifice an eye." In a state of hanging upside down, with a special Under the witness of the people of destiny, justly judge the enemies of fate." Actions required:

"So, is it possible that I..."

After finishing speaking, Shade pointed to himself hesitantly and then pointed to the card.

Luvia shook her head and laughed:

"Impossible. One identity only corresponds to one chosen person. What's more, a person like you who comes from outside destiny can never be chosen... According to you, the person who was chosen by you from the past The god who summoned used All Things Impermanence and Balance. Maybe it is for this reason that you can borrow some of the power of this card."

But this is impossible, because Shade also used [Original Silver Moon]. He told his opinion to Luvia, who insisted that there was absolutely no way Shade would be the chosen one. Although the current situation cannot be explained, it must have nothing to do with the great prophecy of "The Whispering Psalms".

"You have also seen the power of the chosen one. What kind of power has Iluna obtained? What kind of power have you obtained? If the power of the chosen one is just to manipulate a card, can you believe it? Shade, So the current situation arises, I think, because your body was once a vessel for God to descend, so whatever happens is understandable."

Luvia stood up as she spoke, confirmed that Shade only had these things to ask, and prepared to leave:

"If you don't need me to divine the cat for you again, I'm leaving. We'll be very busy these days."

Shade also thought that Luvia's statement was reasonable. He probably was overthinking it, but he did have one more thing:

"Oh, I would also like to ask you to find information about an old god called [Yahua Gate] from the information of the Prophet Association. There is a book list here, all of which are ancient books. If you have time, help me find it. .”

So he handed over the translated book list. Of course, Shade didn't forget that Miss Feliana and the others were still waiting for him in the Forest of Thousand Trees.

"No problem, once I find the information, I will send it to you directly."

"Goodbye then, Luvia, you leave first and I'll leave after I finish my tea."

"Goodbye, Shade, I wish you all the best today. Just to remind you, it's already the third weekend of this month. Please don't forget, next week is exam week."

After saying that, he really left in a hurry.