Perhaps it was because the New Year was approaching; despite it not being a holiday or a day off, there were many guests at the circus.
Clowns with big smiling faces weaved through the crowd, performing various silly antics that drew bursts of laughter from the Spectator.
Since the circus hadn't started yet, Harribel pulled Lex into the tents selling pies, pancakes, fruit tarts, and alcoholic beverages.
The Miss seemed very excited, her smile never fading.
Aside from pouting in protest when Lex stopped her from having a second alcoholic drink, Harribel's mood was exceptionally good that afternoon, completely unaffected by the smog.
"Lex, Lex, let's go there!" Holding a desi pie in her hand, Harribel pointed to a tent ahead with a sign that read 'Divination Club'.
"You still believe in that?" Lex hadn't forgotten that his sister was on the 'Apprentice' pathway, and the Sequence 7 of this pathway was 'Astrologer'.
By then, she would possess the ability to divine, so there was no need to seek out others for divination.
"It's just for fun, let's go!" Biting into her pie, his sister, not at all ladylike, pulled Lex and headed straight for the Divination Hut.
The hut was dimly lit, and inside sat a woman wearing a pointed country wizard's hat and classical black robes, but with red, yellow, and blue paint smeared on her face.
Seeing guests enter, she looked up and asked, "Do you want a divination?"
"Yes."
Harribel pushed Lex into a chair: "Madam, please divine for my elder brother."
"Alright, what do you wish to divine?" the seemingly tall lady asked with a smile.
Lex shrugged and casually said, "Fate, or rather, the future?"
"No problem." The woman in the pointed hat raised her hand, swept the tarot cards on the table aside, pulled out a crystal ball from under the table, and placed it on top.
I thought you were going to use tarot cards for divination, a crystal ball… is she not an 'Astrologer'? If she is, then she's acting to digest the potion.
Lex's thoughts wandered a bit, then he heard the Seer's low, hoarse voice begin.
"Place your hands on the crystal ball, and repeatedly ask in your heart what you wish to divine."
Lex complied, placing his hands on the crystal ball, feeling a chill.
He looked at the crystal ball but didn't follow the Seer's instructions.
He thought of Bison's charity event in the Dock Area tonight, then wondered what performances the circus would have, and finally, what they would eat for dinner.
With his thoughts wandering, he saw the Seer's hands hovering over the crystal ball, her azure eyes slightly narrowed, then she spoke in an ethereal, ethereal tone: "Your future is shrouded in a fog, your fate is elusive."
Heh heh, standard charlatan talk, whatever you say is right anyway.
Lex smiled and was about to withdraw his hands.
At this moment, the Seer in front of him looked up, her gaze deep, and stared at Lex: "You possess a Soul that does not belong to this era."
Clang!
It was as if a thunderclap had echoed in Lex's mind; he almost jumped up and threw a fireball at the Seer in front of him.
A Soul that does not belong to this era?
Could she have truly divined that I am a Transmigrator?
Just then, music sounded from outside, a signal that the circus was about to begin.
Harribel immediately pulled Lex, dropped 1 soli, and said, "We'll come again next time."
"Alright."
After sending Lex and the two others off, the Seer sat back down, took out a notebook, and frowned, saying, "This opening line is still not good enough; 'a Soul that does not belong to this era' is too exaggerated, too mysterious, too much like a charlatan's tone.
Although I am a charlatan, no, no, I am a Seer, an interpreter of fate."
"Hmm, I should revise it slightly."
Behind the Divination Hut tent, a tall lady stood at this moment.
She wore an Intis-style dress and an old-fashioned soft hat, her eyes slightly narrowed.
"I have already seen him, but I cannot make a 'prophecy' for him.
This is not scientific."
She gently covered her mouth: "Oops, I accidentally said something Father often says."
"In any case, he has 'secrets'.
Perhaps he can truly decipher the mysterious symbols Father created and help me solve the 'riddle'."
"It's a pity I have to leave temporarily; I can only approach him later."
The lady lowered her head and left the circus.
She got into a carriage, and the coachman pulled the reins, turning the horses around, leaving Cherwood district, leaving Backlund.
When they arrived deep in a forest, the carriage stopped, the door opened, and the tall lady got out.
Then she reached out and gently patted the carriage compartment.
A seven-colored Light illuminated from the carriage compartment, from the pulling steed, and from the coachman's body.
After a flash of light, there was no carriage or coachman in the forest, only a large pumpkin, two brown squirrels, and a clumsy owl.
The circus performance was wonderful.
On the way home, Harribel excitedly talked about the black bear that could balance on a rolling ball, the cheetah that could jump through flaming hoops, and the monkey riding on a tiger.
Entering the house, Harribel said, "They also have a New Year's celebration.
When the time comes, let's ask Mom and Dad to go see it with us."
Lex nodded, then heard Bison's voice from behind: "Good afternoon, children.
What were you just talking about, a New Year's celebration?"
Harribel turned around and intimately linked her arm with her father's: "Yes, Dad.
This afternoon, Lex and I went to see a circus performance; it was truly spectacular."
"They have another performance during the New Year; shall we go see it together then?"
Bison laughed heartily: "Sounds interesting, it's settled then."
Lex, however, frowned and said, "Has the event in the Dock Area been canceled?"
If it hadn't been canceled, Bison shouldn't be at home at this time.
"No, something came up for me, so I asked your mother to host that event in my place.
As you said, that event doesn't necessarily need me, and I think your mother's image is more suitable than mine."
Bison said, striding towards the second floor.
Lex glanced out the gate; it was almost evening, and the fog, far from disappearing, was gradually thickening.
He said to Harribel, "I'm going to the Dock Area.
You don't have to wait for me and Levto for dinner."
"Are you going to pick up Mom?"
"Yes."
"Then come back early."
"Alright."
Lex and Levto went out into the street and took a taxi carriage to the Dock Area.
At the same time, at Red Rose Manor.
The gate opened, and a carriage emerged from the manor.
Klein sat in the carriage; he had just completed a series of investigations in the manor, originally just to fulfill the Prince's commission, but he had inadvertently obtained some information from a maid.
Prince Edessak's lover had a problem; She was the murderer who cursed Talim to death!