Chapter 196

Today's luck was quite good. When the man and the cat arrived at the Divination Association, Miss Annette was in the association, and they met in the private divination room on the second floor of the association.

There was no need to worry about eavesdropping in this room; after all, the content of divination usually involved privacy, so the soundproofing was excellent.

"Detective, I think you came to see me specifically, it shouldn't be as simple as 'divining when the pet cat can return to its owner's side'."

Luvia Annette was wearing her own clothes even in the association, only hanging the Ouroboros symbol on her chest to indicate her identity. As for the divination content about the cat, it was something Xia De thought of casually on the way here.

"Meow~"

Mia was lying on Xia De's lap, her eyes wide open looking at the strange room. Compared to the outdoors, this cat preferred the indoors.

"I came to see you the day before yesterday, but you weren't there, and I ran into your president."

Xia De continued. Miss Annette was very interested in this topic and wanted to know what Xia De had divined, but Xia De just spoke simply and quickly jumped to the thing he really wanted to say:

"Can you introduce me to Miss Beiya sooner? If the things on your side aren't finished, I'm almost going to become her best friend. I am very worried now that the day our purpose is known by her, she will be so ashamed and angry that she will punch me directly."

"You ran into her again recently?"

"It's not that I ran into her, it's that she ran into me. First, it was Sunday night four days ago, and I went to play cards again."

Miss Annette looked at him suspiciously. Xia De skipped the process of Rod Cards and recounted the bones of the corpse and the four questions.

"At that time, our relationship could already be considered friends. Then it was Tuesday two days ago, I came here to find you, and on the way home I saw her again. She went to St. Deran Square No. 6 to escape the heat, and when she left, she gave me this."

Taking out the brooch that could use a one-time "Sunlight Gun," Miss Annette held it in her hand and examined it, unable to help but marvel:

"Although I have always known that the power of the Chosen Ones is extremely powerful, I didn't expect that she could make this kind of thing without having fully obtained all the power."

"The problem now is not this; the problem now is, Miss Annette, if the progress on your side is not going well, why don't I introduce you to Miss Beiya, and then reveal the matter about the Chosen Ones? Wouldn't that be better?"

He suggested, so that there would be no deception on Xia De's part, but rather Miss Annette hiding something from Miss Beiya.

She did hesitate for a moment about Xia De's suggestion, but still shook her head:

"Sorry, Xia De, the plan still has to be carried out by me. I paid the price to perform divination to get the best way to gain her trust, and the method the divination told me is for me to execute the plan."

"Alright then."

Xia De said helplessly, and did not insist:

"I have a clue about the location of the Silver-Eyed One. The source of the information cannot be said, but it is absolutely reliable. He is hiding in an underground ruin that contains the Sage-level artifact 【God's Gift Box】. I will mark the location of the ruin on the map for you in a moment. The location was obtained by Doctor Schneider, and this involves the adventure on the rainy night of Monday. If you are interested, I can tell you."

"You found it? Oh, Xia De, is your life always so rich and colorful?"

The female diviner was a bit surprised, and then said:

"It was clearly me who came to you for cooperation, but now it has become you helping me. Xia De, I won't say much about thanks; there will always be a day when you can get a gift from me."

Miss Annette hadn't been idle these past few days either; she was planning to perform a divination that required a price. Originally, she wanted to divine the location of the Silver-Eyed One to get in touch with Miss Beiya further. Although she had obtained the answer directly now, the divination still had to be carried out, and the content was the last condition for Miss Beiya to truly become a Chosen One.

Becoming a Chosen One requires three conditions. The understanding of "balance" can only be done by Miss Beiya herself. The item containing the power of the Ancient God already has a clue from Old John's side. Miss Annette said she would tell Xia De as soon as she got it. Only the last condition, completing a specific ritual, is not yet clear.

The purple-eyed female diviner still didn't tell Xia De what price she needed to pay to perform such precise divination. But the price for divination involving such things as the Great Prophecy of the Witches would probably not be small.

But according to her, the divination could probably be performed this weekend. Afterward, she would introduce Xia De to Miss Beiya, and then let Miss Beiya become a true Chosen One, completing the entire content of the first section of the Whisper Poem.

The plan is very good, and it sounds like it can be done this week. Xia De hopes that there will be no accidents, but everyone understands that the possibility of no accidents is almost non-existent.

After talking about Miss Beiya, Xia De pinched Mia the cat's waist and picked it up with both hands. The lazy cat knew that Xia De wouldn't hurt it, so it didn't resist.

"Miss Annette, actually there is one more thing. I want you to help me divine Mia. No, not divining when it can return to Miss Mia Gao De's side; I want to know if it is a normal cat."

"Meow?"

The cat squirmed in Xia De's hands, but it wasn't struggling, just enjoying the fun.

"Why would you think so?"

Miss Annette put down her teacup and reached out to hold the small orange cat. But the cat's paw swatted her hand away. Miss Annette was a bit surprised and looked at Xia De with an amused expression.

Xia De was a bit worried:

"It has been acting smarter and smarter recently. This might be my illusion, but it doesn't exclude that there is really a problem. Can you divine it? Ordinary divination is fine."

"Of course, no problem. Although I haven't divined for pets, I think this is fine."

This time, Miss Annette used traditional card divination. Because the cat couldn't choose cards, she let Xia De hold the cat's paw to help choose. A total of three cards were chosen. After looking at them, Annette shook her head:

"No problem, your cat is indeed a cat. At least that's what I think."

"Meow~"

Mia's paw broke free from Xia De's hand and meowed at him with great dissatisfaction.

"That's good."

Xia De breathed a sigh of relief, then asked again:

"Then when can it return to its owner's side? Just give me an answer; after all, this is the reason I came to the association to find you."

"Do you want it to leave you?"

The diviner asked while holding her teacup, her purple eyes filled with smiles. Xia De thought for a while and shook his head decisively:

"If possible, of course I want Mia to be by my side forever. But after all, this is someone else's cat..."

"Alright then, my answer is, it will stay with you forever."

Miss Annette is really understanding.

After leaving the Divination Association, Xia De walked to Quill Avenue. When he reached the apartment where Miss Louisa lived, it was already eleven o'clock in the morning. The pedestrians on the street were in groups of two or three, looking like students from the nearby university.

This reminded Xia De that the time of the academic report mentioned in the newspaper he saw at Captain Lades' house last week seemed to be Friday, which was tomorrow. It just so happened that he had no schedule on Friday, so he could consider going to listen and understand the development of materialist physics in the steam age where real mysticism existed.

Because he didn't write a letter to visit in advance, Xia De was a bit worried that Miss Louisa wasn't home. But the landlady who opened the door shouted upstairs after seeing Xia De's face, which meant the blonde girl was home.

He was still entertained in the living room, but unlike Doctor Schneider who thought something had happened again when he saw Xia De, Miss Louisa thought the young detective was here to ask questions when she saw him.

"Yes, I am here to ask questions."

After controlling the cat, Xia De took out the two leaves. Only Miss Louisa knew the secret of his time travel, so he came specifically to ask her.

He explained the situation roughly, without mentioning the Witches and the Words of Sublimation, wanting Miss Louisa to give some help on the usage of the two leaves. Originally, he was just trying his luck, but Miss Louisa looked at the two leaves and gave the answer directly:

"I know how to use this."

She sat lazily on the red single sofa holding her teacup.

"Hmm?"

"Xia De, haven't you heard the fairy tale 'The Tree's Kiss'?"

The blonde writer asked.

"No."

He shook his head decisively. Although the character setting of "waking up from blind idiocy" didn't give him the memories of the original owner, it also gave him a reason for not being familiar with common sense.

"This is also a very famous fairy tale. I still remember when I was a child, my mother often held me at night and told me these stories under the gas lamp."

A smile appeared on Miss Louisa's lips, but she soon walked out of the memory and told Xia De the story that was slightly sad:

"The answer you want is in this story, please listen patiently:

This is a story of friendship between an ancient tree from the old days and a young girl. Princess Tavier, betrayed by her parents and lover, was exiled to the terrifying Black Forest and finally met a strange giant tree in the depths of the forest.

When she was hungry, the giant tree gave her fruit;

When she was thirsty, the giant tree gave her dew;

When she felt lonely, the wind played music between the treetops;

When she was tired, the tree house hidden among the branches gave her safety and warmth.

So the girl lived with the tree for a long time, singing to it under the tree in her spare time, or leaning against it to tell her story. Days passed, and no one ever saw the princess again, and one day, her heartless parents wanted to find her.

But people only found a corpse hidden in the hollow trunk of a giant tree in the depths of the forest. They were together forever."

Miss Louisa's voice was very pleasant, and she put her own emotions into telling the story. She was very satisfied with her performance. After a short pause to give Xia De time to savor it, she asked with some expectation:

"How is the story?"

Xia De's first reaction was that this story definitely didn't come from his hometown. But he couldn't say that, so he could only say his second reaction:

"Hmm... wouldn't children feel scared listening to this kind of story?"