After hearing Noah’s accusation, Aurora first lightly brushed the dust off her robe, then said calmly,
“Don’t be ridiculous, pretty lady.
I’m not your subordinate at all, so how can you talk about betrayal?”
Noah couldn’t understand why Aurora would do this.
She didn’t even know when Aurora had told Greed the truth.
Gripping the dagger in her hand, she tried to keep her voice steady as she asked, “Why are you doing this?
You interrupted my fortune-telling.
Don’t you want to get out of here?”
Noah had originally thought that once she revealed her identity as a fortune teller, Aurora would definitely side with her.
After all, all the failed products wanted to escape this research institute, and Aurora was no exception.
But Aurora didn’t seem to care at all about getting out of here.
She sold Noah out without any psychological burden.
This left Noah extremely confused, completely unable to understand what she was thinking.
Upon hearing Noah’s question, Aurora burst into loud laughter.
“Don’t be foolish!
Do you really think I can’t tell?
You don’t have a single trace of magic power, yet you claim to be a fortune teller?
That’s hilarious!
Do you think you’re a vassal of the Star Spirits?”
Noah had no time to deal with Aurora’s mockery.
She looked at the Sin Organization troops that had formed an encirclement and asked Suoen beside her, “Where are the reinforcements?
Didn’t you send for help earlier?”
At Noah’s words, Aurora pointed behind her at Gluttony, who was eating.
“Are you looking for him?
Hilarious.
I had Sloth teleport him back and capture him long ago.
If you had waited a bit longer, Gluttony would probably be on his next meal.”
Noah knew she was finished now that she had fallen into Aurora’s hands.
She looked up and stared at Aurora.
“Ha, is this how you treat your savior?
What good does selling me out do you?”
Noah knew she was about to undergo Death Return again.
But what puzzled her was why Aurora would turn on her.
As an exiled member of the Sin Organization, did she think selling Noah out would regain Greed’s trust?
“Oh my… you don’t know how high your own value is?”
Aurora covered her mouth, feigning surprise.
“Stop pretending!
The Gehelos of the Primordial Organization!
Did you know your leader has been searching for you like mad?”
Aurora’s expression gradually turned malicious.
She pointed at Noah and sneered, “This research institute doesn’t need that many organizations!
We don’t want to share the dwindling resources with others!
As long as we capture you, we can threaten and drain the Primordial Organization dry.
By then, no one can oppose us, and Sin will become the master of this research institute!”
Primordial Organization?
Gehelos?
Me?
Noah felt a bit dazed.
She didn’t understand why everyone thought she was that Lady Gehelos.
Before Noah could speak, Suoen had already raised his long blade.
Griping the handle tightly, he said indignantly,
“Over my dead body!
If you want to harm the lady, you’ll have to step over my corpse first!”
You…
Noah looked at Suoen’s profile, opened her mouth but didn’t know what to say.
She even thought about telling Suoen that she wasn’t that Lady Gehelos, but after a moment of thought, she gave up.
Noah sighed, then looked up at Aurora across from her.
She smiled faintly before speaking through gritted teeth,
“Aurora, I will definitely kill you…
Mark my words, I will definitely kill you!
Just you wait!”
Aurora was startled for a moment.
She smiled, about to taunt Noah further, but was shocked by Noah’s next move.
She watched Noah raise the dagger and, without hesitation, stab it into her own head.
Under everyone’s stunned gaze, Noah’s body swayed three times before finally collapsing to the ground.
She was dead.
[If we both have nothing, what is there for you to envy?]
Noah’s eyes snapped open.
As expected, the magnificent starry sky still lay before her.
She breathed deeply, gradually calming herself.
Clenching her teeth, she had made up her mind: as soon as she returned from Death Return, she would kill Aurora immediately.
“It looks like your plan failed,” the mysterious voice spoke again.
Noah could even sense a hint of amusement in its tone, as if it had just enjoyed a good show.
“But you can’t deny that my plan itself was sound,” Noah said angrily.
“If that bitch Aurora hadn’t betrayed me, I would already be going three hundred rounds with the Sin Organization!”
“Is that so?
Think again?”
Noah didn’t follow its train of thought.
Instead, she frowned in confusion.
“So, can you see everything that happened before I returned from death?”
“Yes,” the voice replied immediately.
“Then who exactly are you?” Noah asked, puzzled.
Noah had always been curious about the voice’s identity, but it never told her.
Upon hearing her question, the mysterious voice was clearly silent for a moment.
After a long pause, it changed the subject and asked,
“Would you like to become my follower?”
“What?”
Noah hadn’t expected it to ask that.
“What’s in it for me to become your follower?”
“I can grant you the power of fortune-telling.”
Noah opened her mouth in surprise, feeling her brain short-circuit.
It wasn’t just the promise that shocked her; it was the fact that it claimed to be able to grant powers.
That meant it was a god!
Only the Twenty-Five Spirits of Divine Bequest could grant powers to mortals.
Noah looked again at the brilliant starry sky, and a bold idea formed in her mind.
She moved her lips and asked tentatively,
“Are you perhaps a god… one of the Twenty-Five Spirits of Divine Bequest?”
The mysterious voice didn’t answer.
Instead, it summoned a set of tarot cards before her.
With a soft laugh, it said to Noah,
“If you’re willing to become my follower, then draw one.
I will divine your fate.”
Noah nodded.
Suppressing her excitement, she reached into the deck and drew a card.
The person on the card wore colorful clothes, striding confidently toward a cliff ahead.
A small white dog at his feet barked frantically, as if warning him to stop.
Noah took a closer look at the card’s number, and on it was written:
Number 0, The Fool.