Chapter 16: The Fortune Teller

Noah was very satisfied with her brilliant idea.

She rubbed her hands together excitedly, already scheming about how to fool these fools later on.

After A0135 conjured up a pistol once again, Aurora handed the pistol to Noah as before.

Noah smiled mysteriously, fiddling with the pistol’s components as she looked at Aurora.

“Are you really just giving me the gun like that?

Aren’t you afraid I’ll turn it on you?”

After hearing Noah’s words, Aurora was taken aback for a moment.

She shook her head and replied calmly, “You wouldn’t do that.

We’re comrades.”

Noah immediately raised an eyebrow.

She lifted the gun and aimed it at Aurora’s forehead, sneering, “How do you know I won’t?

Miss [ Envy ] of the Sin Organization?”

At these words, Aurora was stunned.

She furrowed her brow and asked in shock, “You know who I am?!

Who exactly are you?”

Although Aurora had been locked up here for a long time, she was certain she had never seen Noah before.

A face as distinctive as Noah’s would never be forgotten after just one glance.

Aurora didn’t know who Noah was, but she was sure she was in trouble.

Noah’s expression remained relaxed.

She withdrew the gun as if she had just been joking.

“Me?

I’m nobody.

But I can tell you my profession: I’m a [ fortune teller ].”

Aurora’s eyes widened.

She scrutinized Noah carefully, then frowned slightly.

“Do you think I believe that?”

Aurora was a mage, but she couldn’t sense any magic power from Noah.

This kind of shoddy lie made Aurora’s brow furrow even more.

“You will.”

Noah patted Aurora on the shoulder and said with a light smile, “You promised to lead the way for me.

You won’t go back on your word, will you?”

“To be honest, I can’t see through you anymore…”

Aurora frowned deeply, staring at Noah with a scrutinizing gaze.

“Since you know my identity, you also know the Sin Organization isn’t easy to deal with.

With a face as enchanting as yours, if you go there, those lunatics will tear you to pieces.

Even so, you still insist on going to the Main Gate?”

“Don’t worry.

That won’t happen.”

Noah’s tone was very confident.

“As long as there’s a mutual benefit, the Sin Organization won’t do anything to me.

If I tell them I can use divination to figure out the gate’s password, do you think the higher-ups of the Sin Organization would lay a hand on me?”

Aurora felt she had gotten herself into a big mess.

She had originally planned to shake Noah off and escape on the way to the Main Gate, but now Noah was gripping her shoulder tightly, not allowing her to leave for even a step.

Aurora was skeptical of Noah’s identity as a fortune teller, but she had no other choice for now and could only comply.

The two stopped at the entrance of the Warehouse District.

Noah first glanced into the depths, then closed her eyes and began muttering some incantations she herself didn’t understand in a pretentious manner.

This set of actions made Aurora’s frown deepen.

As a mage, Aurora had never seen anyone chant spells like that.

She was about to wave her hand in front of Noah’s face when Noah suddenly opened her eyes, startling her.

“Hmm… The divination has results…”

Noah rubbed her chin and said mysteriously.

‘This is the first time in my life I’ve seen someone chant like that…’

Aurora complained weakly in her mind.

She shook her head helplessly and replied in a perfunctory tone, “Alright, great fortune teller, tell me what you’ve divined.”

Noah pointed into the depths of the Warehouse District and said confidently, “The Starry Sky tells me that three men in black will come in through the back gate of the Warehouse District.

If we go over now, we’ll see them directly.”

“Really?”

Aurora clearly didn’t believe it, but Noah had already grabbed her arm and forcibly dragged her over.

The two hid behind a stack of shipping containers and peeked out toward the door on the other side.

Sure enough, three men in black crept in, exactly as Noah had said!

Aurora stared at Noah in disbelief and asked incredulously, “Oh my god, you really can do it!

What spell did you chant?

Why didn’t I understand a single word?”

“Because our professions are different,” Noah said with a snicker.

“So, what do we do about these three?”

Aurora frowned and lowered her voice.

“Looks like they came from the direction of the Main Gate.

Should we lay low and wait for them to pass before we move on?”

Aurora turned to look at Noah and found her once again muttering incomprehensible incantations with her eyes closed.

Curiosity piqued, Aurora leaned in to hear what Noah was chanting, but the more she listened, the more she frowned.

Aurora seriously suspected that even Noah herself didn’t understand what she was saying.

“Alright!

The divination has results!”

Noah suddenly clapped her hands without warning, startling Aurora.

“Ah, is this the style of all fortune tellers?”

Aurora felt too exhausted to even complain.

She was about to ask Noah what she had divined when Noah grabbed her arm and pulled her out running.

Aurora panicked, slapped Noah’s arm, and shouted in alarm,

“Hey, what are you doing!

If you want to die, don’t drag me into it!”

Noah completely ignored Aurora’s shouts from behind and directly pulled her toward the men in black.

The men in black were also startled.

The leader immediately drew his long blade.

He first looked Noah up and down, then said hesitantly,

“Tell me…”

Noah immediately cut him off.

She asked them in return, “Tell me, how many moons are in the sky?”

The man in black was taken aback.

He first exchanged glances with his subordinates, then withdrew his combat stance.

He sheathed his long blade and said tentatively, “Three.

There are three moons in the sky.

So you’re one of us.

You scared us.”

After hearing the man in black’s answer, Noah smiled mysteriously.

She looked at him with an amused expression and directly used a commanding tone.

“Enough messing around.

Shagai Squad, hear my order!”

Hearing Noah’s tone, the men in black were even more surprised.

The leader frowned first, then responded seriously, “At your command.

Please instruct.”

Noah was satisfied with the man’s attitude.

She continued the secret code.

“Tell me, how many moons are in the sky!”

This time, the man in black didn’t dare to test.

He replied properly, “As you can see, there are no moons in the sky.”

The man in black’s voice carried a hint of expectation and excitement.

He paused briefly, then asked again, “Then, please enlighten us: why are there no moons in the sky?”

Progress was going smoothly.

Noah couldn’t help but smile.

She lifted her chin slightly and replied with a condescending attitude, “Because that thing isn’t called a moon.”

After confirming the answer, the men in black immediately knelt down.

Under Aurora’s astonished gaze, they chanted in unison,

“With great reverence! The Shagai Squad serves you! Great Lady Gehelos!”

Noah turned to look at Aurora and smiled confidently.

“See?

All done.”