Lord of the Mysteries

Free? Free things cost the most!

Zhou Mingrui silently mumbled and decided that he would not purchase any additional services whatever they were. He would firmly refuse them all.

If you are really that capable, try divining that I transmigrated here!

With this in mind, Zhou Mingrui followed behind the woman whose face was painted red and yellow, stooping low to enter the low tent.

The tent’s interior was extremely dark, illuminated only by several beams of light that managed to seep inside. A table covered with paper cards could be made out faintly in the low illumination.

The woman with the sharp pointy hat was not affected by this at all. Her long black dress glided as though it was moving over water while she went around to the table. She sat on the opposite side and lighted a candle.

The dim yellow light flickered, causing the inside of the tent to appear bright and dark at the same time. It instantly added a much more mysterious feel to the atmosphere.

Zhou Mingrui sat down quietly, his gaze sweeping over the tarot cards on the table where he discovered familiar cards like “The Magician,” “The Emperor,” “The Hanged Man,” and “Temperance,” etc.

Could Roselle have been a ‘senior’… I wonder if he was also a fellow countryman of mine… Zhou Mingrui mumbled to himself subconsciously.

Before he could finish looking at the opened cards on the table, the woman who claimed to have accurate divinations had already reached out her hands to gather all of the cards together. She stacked them into a deck and pushed it in front of him.

“Shuffle the cards first and cut the deck,” the circus fortune-teller said in a muted voice.

“Me? Shuffle?” Zhou Mingrui asked reflexively.

The yellow and red paint on the fortune-teller’s face squirmed together as she revealed a slight smile, saying, “Of course, everyone’s destiny can only be unraveled by themselves. I only serve as a reader of it.”

Zhou Mingrui immediately questioned her warily, “This reading does not require additional fees, right?”

As a keyboard folklorist, I’ve already seen too many of such tricks!

The fortune-teller was visibly taken aback before finally saying muffledly, “It’s free.”

Zhou Mingrui, relieved, stuffed the revolver further back into his pocket. Thereafter, he calmly reached out his two hands to shuffle and cut the deck skillfully.

“It’s done.” He placed the already shuffled tarot cards in the middle of the table.

The fortune-teller clasped the cards with both her hands and carefully looked at cards for a while. Then, she suddenly opened her mouth and said, “I’m sorry, I forgot to ask, but what would you like to ask about?”

Back when he was wooing his first love, Zhou Mingrui had also done research on tarot cards. He asked unhesitatingly, “Past, present, and future.”

This was a type of divination as part of tarot card interpretation—three cards when opened sequentially symbolized one’s past, present, and future.

The fortune-teller nodded first, then curled her lips to reveal a smile and said, “Then please reshuffle the deck. You can only truly get the cards you want if you know what you would like to ask about.”

Were you fooling me just now? Do you have to be this petty? Didn’t I only ask a few times if this would be a free service? Zhou Mingrui’s cheeks twitched a little. He took a deep breath and took the tarot deck back to reshuffle and cut it.

“There won’t be any problems this time, right?” He placed the already cut deck back onto the table.

“No problem.” The fortune-teller reached out her fingers and picked a card from the top of the deck. Then she placed it on the left side of Zhou Mingrui. Her voice was going lower and lower as she spoke, “This card symbolizes your past.”

“This card symbolize your present.” The fortune-teller placed the second card right in front of Zhou Mingrui.

Then, she picked the third card and put it on the right side of Zhou Mingrui.

symbolizes the

which card would you like to see first?” The fortune-teller raised her head up after completing her placement of the cards and gazed

look at the ‘present’ first,” Zhou Mingrui said

fortune-teller nodded slowly and flipped over the tarot card that

a stick over his shoulder. There was

the fortune-teller lightly read out the name of the

fresh beginning with all kinds of possibilities? Zhou Mingrui was not even considered an amateur enthusiast of tarot, so he could only

was about to say something, the cloth curtains of the tent was suddenly lifted open. The ray of sunlight that shone in was so blinding that it caused the back-facing Zhou Mingrui to instinctively

impersonating me again! It’s my job to handle the divination for people!” a woman’s voice growled angrily. “Return to your

light by now. He saw a similar-looking woman who was also wearing a sharp pointy hat in a black dress, with her face painted in red and yellow as well. The only difference was that she was taller and had a slimmer

that I like doing this. But

spoke and lifted up her dress to go around from the side of the table before quickly trotting away from the

to interpret your cards for you?” the real fortune-teller looked at Zhou

and asked her sincerely,

the real

into his pockets. He clutched his revolver and money before stooping again to exit

got an animal

an animal trainer who didn’t want to be a fortune-teller not a good

market for a pound of not-so-great mutton. Then, he also bought some tender broad beans, cabbage, onions,

Zhou Mingrui spent the two notes that he had

further about it as

staple food, he could now carry out the luck

…

out the ritual. Instead, he translated the “Blessings Stem From The Immortal Lord of Heaven and Earth” and related phrases into the ancient Feysac language, as well as the Loen language. He

into consideration the differences between the two worlds.

it into an ancient ritual prayer that used the dedicated Hermes language, Zhou Mingrui had a difficult time

stove was originally, one at the bottom inner side of the dress mirror, one at the top of the cupboard where two walls met,

deep breath, Zhou Mingrui came to the center of the room and spent a few minutes to calm himself.

the first step, he chanted in a low whisper, “Blessings Stem From The Immortal Lord

second step, he sincerely chanted, “Blessings Stem From The

“Blessings Stem From

fourth step, he spat out a foul breath and meditated in concentration. “Blessings Stem From The Celestial Worthy

to the original spot, Zhou Mingrui closed his eyes and waited in his place for an outcome. He had some anticipation in him, some unease, some hope,

make

to

there be some unexpected

unknown in front of him was tainted with the crimson light of hope. Zhou Mingrui’s thoughts were swirling

felt the surrounding air seem

times real, at times sharp, at times imaginary, at times alluring, at times maniacal, and at

couldn’t help himself from wanting to listen to it and distinguish what it

painful that it felt

his head was going to explode.

eyes. However, he

tighter and tighter and it felt like he could just break apart at any time. At this time, a self-mocking thought came

didn’t seek

mind was going to break, the murmuring of voices faded away and his surroundings became very quiet. The

his own body going through the same sensations

once more to open his