NABC Chapter 168
Chapter 168
Chapter 168: Chapter 107: Draw a Card Before Leaving Chapter 168: Chapter 107: Draw a Card Before Leaving “It sounds like you are about to embark on a rather dangerous endeavor,”
said Mrs.
Mina, bringing over some tea snacks with a worried look, “Be very careful.”
“Speaking of which, Mrs.
Mina,” said Aiwass, a thought struck him and he revealed a smile, “do you have any good items for sale here?”
Mrs.
Mina was also a bit puzzled, “Good items...
are you referring to my fortune telling shop?”
“Yes.
Do you deal in antiques or treasure maps or anything of that sort?”
Aiwass was quite expectant.
Mrs.
...
Mina couldn’t help but laugh at his question, “How could I?
This is just an ordinary fortune telling shop.
I do occasionally buy antiques, but they are part of my personal collection and I’m not planning to sell them anytime soon.
“Although Maya says my divination isn’t accurate, that’s actually because I sometimes intentionally interpret it incorrectly to maintain a more ‘normal’ success rate.
This is to make people not trust me too much.
“The future cannot be predicted with absolute precision, not even by the most powerful prophets.
That’s because the moment you engage in ‘prophecy,’ once you share the images from the prophecy with others, the future is already altered.
As such, too much reliance on divinations can actually lead to falling into the ‘trap of prophecies,’ and inadvertently fulfilling them.”
“Actually, Mina’s divinations are quite accurate,” interjected Bishop, “because even though she came to study art, her true Path is not the Path of Beauty.
Mina’s real Path is the Path of Adaptation.”
“That’s right,” Mina nodded gently, “I left the Iris Flower because my divination told me that staying there would lead to a great crisis, while heading to Avalon could very well lead to meeting the Knight of my life.
He would be my teacher, my Sun, and my Guardian...
And sure enough, I did meet Mathers.”
“...A [Seer] of the Path of Adaptation?”
Aiwass was stunned.
That was a rare profession.
Players couldn’t even select it; it was a pure NPC profession.
“How about I divine for you?”
“Anything at all,”
Mrs.
Mina affirmed, “Whether or not it’s accurate is another matter...
but whether or not it can be divined, that depends entirely on the skill of the diviner.”
“In that case, I’m in need of a suitable weapon.”
Aiwass clasped his hands together, speaking very sincerely, “Please help me see where I might obtain it—”
“...Huh?”
Upon hearing Aiwass’s request, Mrs.
Mina was struck dumb.
She had anticipated that Aiwass might predict his own fate, inquire about his future achievements, seek advice on love, career, health...
or even come to her with dilemmas, choices between two or three difficult alternatives.
But she hadn’t expected Aiwass to be so straightforward, so...
pure in his inquiry.
“Is it not possible?” Aiwass was slightly disappointed.
“...Of course it’s possible.
There’ll be no problem,”
Mrs.
Mina said, looking as if she were a bit pained, “I just wasn’t expecting you to ask that.
Wait a moment for me.
I need to think about how to go about this divination.
“Here’s what I’ll do: I’ll use the Dream-Watching Method.
Just sit here and wait for a bit.”
Saying this, Mrs.
Mina took a few strands of Aiwass’s hair from him.
She wrapped them up and placed them on her chest.
Then she drank a silvery, glowing alchemical potion, and immediately collapsed into the chair, falling into a deep sleep.
Aiwass let out a bored sigh.
Seeing that Lily was resting her hand on his shoulder, he casually reached out to lift it, idly pinching Lily’s hand to pass the time.
He studied Lily’s slender yet somewhat coarse fingers, and she seemed a bit shy, curling up her little finger.
But she didn’t withdraw her hand, and instead asked nonchalantly, “I thought you might ask about where to find a new Codex Book.”