Chapter 2 Divination
"Is it so powerful?" Ashu Rufate asked back. The fat merchant's words made him interested. He could see what the fat merchant should be waiting for here. He is in a very boring state and is eager to chat with someone - in other words, he wants to brag, just like what most idle people want to do.
"It's true." The fat businessman replied. "Look, people who come to divination are lined up in long queues, for example, there are too many people this afternoon... I didn't line up. But I still have some goods that have not been sold, so it doesn't matter if I wait here for a few more days."
"Good?" Ashu Rufat looked at the merchant, who grinned. The smile itself was rich in various information, "I am a businessman after all!" the fat merchant replied.
At this time, the waitress had already brought the food Ash Rufat wanted. Mimilu had long been so hungry that she started eating immediately - she didn't use tableware, but grabbed it with her hands.
"Your pet is fun," said the fat businessman. "I have never seen such a pet even in the Sivania region."
"Ha, I got it by accident." Ashu Rufat noticed the fat merchant's words just now. "You talk about the Sivania region..."
"Well, I just came back from there not long ago." The fat businessman replied. "The place is really not peaceful..."
Ashu Rufate's fruit wine was also delivered, and the two of them sat at the table, tasting wine while discussing the topic. The fat businessman was happy to show off his previous journey, so he started to have a closer conversation with Ashu Rufate.
This was exactly what Ashu Rufate wanted. Because although he planned to go to Sivania, neither Ashu Rufate nor Carrie knew much about Sivania. The only thing they knew was that Sivania was located in the south, a savage and desolate place that had not yet been fully developed, and under the guidance of the church, it became a famous place for exile criminals.
The news brought by the fat merchant is much more detailed. Sivania is actually a land behind a mountain, and there is only one mountain road connected to other places. Sivania is actually a general term for this place. In terms of specific division, it is divided into three relatively independent Earl territory. Two belong to Ryan and one belongs to Tiberius. Although Sivania and Tiberius are not bordered, because the development of this land was jointly invested by the two countries, Tiberius also occupied this "enclave" here.
Just like all those remote areas far away from the bustling and prosperous areas, the rulers of Sivania were also hereditary lords.
"Generally, there are several barons under the Count of Independent Hermitage, but Sivania is not like this." The fat merchant said with emotion. "From this point, you also understand that Sivania is not a good place. Even if no one is a hereditary lord... In short, life is very poor, epidemics are rampant, and criminals are everywhere... But the main city is still careless, and it is still like a place where you live, but a slightly remote place is completely impossible."
"I heard that there are vampires there... is it true? Didn't it mean that the vampires were extinct after Kalyan was captured?" Ashu Rufat carefully turned the topic to the issues he was most concerned about.
"I think this is a matter of 10. There is a lot of news about vampires in that place." The fat merchant replied. "I went to Via City, where there was no vampire activity. But I saw a ghoul who was beaten to death, and I heard in the city that even an undead legion had appeared in the next territory... I was so scared that the lord was locked in the city and did not dare to go out... Legend has it that there were many undead wizards... that is, the dark wizards, who acted as the minions of vampires, mixed the place into a mess. Not long ago, I heard that the lord sent people to Oren City to ask for assistance from the church... Unfortunately, there was an unexpected situation in the world. I just heard that Oren City was razed to the ground by a group of green skins. Now the church must have no time to care about these small matters in remote areas."
They continued to chat for quite a while, until Ashu Rufat felt that the fat merchants' understanding of Sivania was almost trapped by him, that he turned the topic again to their first one, namely divination.
When talking about this topic, the fat merchant was even more flirting. When he was divining last year, the magical fortune teller Leya directly told him that he would encounter powerful and cunning bandits during his journey. After receiving this warning, the fat merchant was very careful and finally successfully avoided the disaster. Although this matter could be said to be a disaster, it was easier to avoid the disaster after knowing the time, place and content more accurately. After experiencing such a miracle, the fat merchant naturally rushed to the Bin village again just to make another fortune (of course, there was also some money along the way).
At this time, Mimilu had already put everything in her stomach. The waitress brought him what he wanted to get dry food. Ash Rufat took out four silver coins to pay the bill, but even found a handful of copper.
The fat businessman had to continue waiting, so Ashu Rufat politely said goodbye to this friend who met by chance but gave him a lot of valuable information, and then left with Mimilu.
"Carrie, is it possible to predict the future?" In his mind, Ashu Rufat asked Carrie.
"It's possible, I can do it, but I need a lot of detailed data to deduce. If you say that you have a detailed prediction of the future for a stranger who lacks basic data, it's beyond my ability. Maybe it's a calculation based on some unknown law." Carrie replied. "But I think you can try it, it doesn't matter anyway, isn't it?"
That's true. Ashu Rufate walked towards the fortune teller's home - he asked a villager a little bit about the specific location, but saw a man with an angry face walking out of the house.
"Bastard! I've been waiting for an afternoon... What are those people divining? It's been so long!" The man cursed and passed by Ash Rufate.
"Is the fortune teller Leya at home?" Ashurufat walked into the door and happened to see an old woman there, with a sad face.
"Sorry, guest." The old woman stood up and saluted. "She is at home, but... you probably have to wait."
"Wait?" Ashu Rufat looked around. This place looked like the kind of room for guests to wait, because there were besides stools and chairs for people to sit on. However, it was empty at the moment and there was no one. "Why are there no other guests here?"
"It's like that. This afternoon, some of our Bin tribe's distinguished guests came. They were divining inside all afternoon, so the guests waiting at the door left one by one with exhausted their patience."
So that's it. Ashu Rufate understood the man's behavior just now. Maybe it's better to come tomorrow, but it doesn't matter if you stay here for one night. But in the end, he decided to wait for a while.
After a while, Mimilu was so bored that she couldn't stand it. When Ash Rufat felt his patience was exhausted, a sudden angrily cursed in the room, followed by a chaotic sound, mixed with the sound of something falling down and the shattering of ceramic vessels, and even the cry of a girl.
The old woman's expression changed drastically and she walked quickly towards the room inside. There was only a curtain between the two rooms, so after the old woman entered, Ashu Rufate followed her in.
The situation in the room was really not unexpected. In the room, there were five or six men dressed in Bin tribes, all of whom were full of anger, cursing hatefully in some dialect that Ash Rufat didn't understand. The table originally placed in the center of the room was overturned to the ground, and the remains of a vase were sprinkled all over the ground. A woman with long light golden hair was lying on the ground crying. Because her hair covered her face, she couldn't see her appearance and age. This one should be the fortune teller Leya.
The old woman stood between Leya and the young man and spoke loudly with the leading young man in dialect. The words they said were fast and loud. Although Ashu Rufat didn't understand very well, he could also guess a rough idea. It was obvious that Leya said something they didn't like to hear, which made the group of people angry.
"Hey, are you here to listen to divination or flattery?" Ashu Rufate said loudly. After hearing this, the people immediately turned their attention to Ashu Rufate.
"If you want to come and listen to good things that suit your wishes, I'm afraid you're in the wrong place!" Ashu Rufate continued, "The brothel over there must be more suitable."
"Boy, it's not your business!" the young man in the lead said with a very arrogant attitude.
"Oh, I don't think so. If you make Miss Reya unable to divine, then what's the point of waiting outside for so long?" said Asu Ruffat. "Is it a glorious to use violence against a girl who has no ability to resist!"
The young man placed his hand on the hilt of the sword, but one of his companions whispered a few words, allowing him to move his hand away from the hilt of the sword with hatred.
"Sir, I'm so sorry, but they are... so please don't interfere." The old woman also walked to Ash Rufate and said in a very light voice. At this time, the group of people passed by and walked out. The young man glared at Ash Rufate fiercely before leaving. Ash Rufate watched the other party leave.
"I'm sorry, the guest, it seems to have caused you trouble." Seeing the group of people leaving, the old woman seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
"It's okay." Ashu Rufate was actually more interested. Usually, the so-called fortune teller rarely arouses the anger of the guests (unless it is a few exceptions that flatter the horse's legs). This situation can be seen from the side that the fortune teller seems to have special power.
At this time, Leya got up from the ground. She sobbed softly and sorted out her hair, revealing her true face before Ash Rufat's eyes.
Ashu Rufate was almost a little unbelievable, because in front of him was not the expected adult woman, but a girl who looked about fourteen years old and obviously underage.
The girl in front of her had soft, light blonde hair, ivory-like skin, small and straight nose like sculptures, rosy lips like cherry, and big and blank eyes. Perhaps because she was sobbing, the girl showed a pitiful temperament. And although her eyes were big, she lacked her charm. However, Ashu Rufate soon realized the truth of this matter - the fortune teller Leya was a blind man.
The old woman re-held the table, sorted out the things, and began to clean up the bottle fragments on the floor.
"Thank you, sir." Leya lowered her head and saluted solemnly to express her gratitude.
"It's okay, I just can't stand those who bully girls." Ash Rufate replied. "But I came here for divination."
"I won't open the business tonight. It's getting late now, but if it's a guest, it should be OK." Although Leya said that, she felt obviously tired on her face. I think the people just now should have spent a lot of her energy.
The two of them sat at the table and sat face to face. It was very simple to get the tools for Leya’s divination, a stack of cards and a mirror.
"Can I ask what those people just divined?" Ashu Rufate asked. "Of course, if it's not appropriate, forget it."
Chapter completed!