As the purple-eyed Diviner suddenly raised her voice, the expression on her face was terrifying. She looked at Xia De:
“The Orthodox Church and the Three Great Academies will not allow an illegal organization to control a Chosen One. No matter what, he cannot be left alive until that door opens; we must find a way to make him die.”
Even when Luvia helped Iluna deal with the Silver-Eyed One, she had never shown such an expression. Xia De didn't feel that Luvia's idea was wrong; he was just very curious about what connection she still had with the whispering chapters.
“But who should we report to? I lean towards the church in Coldwater Port, not the academies, otherwise we can't explain the source of the information. We can’t possibly say we saw a stone tablet and Darkness’s name was written on it.”
Xia De asked after a moment of thought.
“Yes, Xia De, you are right.”
Luvia seemed unusually agitated at the moment, unconsciously tapping the table with her bent fingers as she spoke, her beautiful brows furrowed:
“But don't arrange for others to report it, Xia De. You personally take the relic that can obscure fate, the dice of destiny, and find a way to deliver the intelligence to the church. Your special fate, combined with the obscuring power of that relic, means that even if the church wants to investigate, they won't be able to trace it back to us.”
“Okay, that’s what I was thinking too.”
Xia De nodded. Seeing Luvia still agitated, he reminded her again:
“If your divination is truly infallible, then Darkness will not be captured by the church in Coldwater Port; his fate's end will be in Tobesk. So the information we provide will only let the church know of his existence in advance, and the church can prepare earlier.”
Luvia's divination at least ensured that Darkness would not flee to the New World prematurely.
“I understand, he will definitely come to Tobesk, but that’s fine too. Compared to Coldwater Port, Tobesk is our… If possible, I want to kill him with my own hands…”
“Luvia!”
Xia De suddenly raised his voice. The female Diviner, startled by him, looked over in surprise. Xia De, very impolitely, grabbed her hand across the table.
【No abnormality.】
“Did you notice that just now, you looked as if you were about to lose control?”
Xia De continued to hold her wrist. Luvia looked at him in a daze:
“Did I…?”
She then lowered her head to look at the hand Xia De was holding, and only then did she shiver as if waking from a dream. Sweat visibly appeared on her fair forehead, then dampened the stray hairs by her ears. Her brown hair clung to the side of her face. She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.
The excited expression gradually faded, and the short-haired girl lowered her head and whispered:
“Yes.”
“Continuous divinations like this actually have such a big impact on you?”
Counting it, in just one week, she had already used nine relic coins for divination for the second Chosen One.
“It’s not just divination, there’s also…”
Her lips, a little pale from her low spirits, moved, but she didn't finish the second half of the sentence.
“Luvia, look at me.”
Xia De pulled the purple-eyed girl’s hand, and she looked up into his eyes.
The Outsider's body in this world had dark brown pupils. Due to politeness, few people would maintain eye contact with Xia De for a long time. Luvia, looking into his eyes at this moment, inexplicably felt some pressure.
“Regarding the second Chosen One, I, and Iluna, will help. This is not just your problem alone.”
“Yes…”
The more Luvia Annett looked into those eyes, the more she felt her heart beating uncontrollably.
“Moreover, the opponent is currently in Coldwater Port. Before he comes to Tobesk, I will be responsible for everything.”
“Yes…”
Luvia had never explained the uniqueness of her purple eyes to Xia De, but in fact, she could see many things that ordinary people could not. And at this moment, she clearly saw dazzling golden streaks in those brown eyes.
It was only a flash of brilliance; when she looked again, it was gone.
“So, no matter what needs to be done, calm down. If you need to make a decision, please discuss it with me.”
Xia De continued to speak, and Luvia subconsciously nodded.
“Do you remember what you told me in the carriage after the Lakeview Manor night ended, when we left Dorothy’s house?”
Seeing the purple-eyed girl remain silent, Xia De answered himself:
“You invited me to walk this path with you, so this is our shared journey. Relax, Luvia, relax.”
Xia De was genuinely worried that this girl with a great secret might suddenly lose control; her appearance just now was truly terrifying.
“I understand, Xia De.”
Seeing her wipe the sweat from her face with her free hand, Xia De also released Luvia's other hand.
Neither of them spoke afterward. Xia De frowned, considering how to deliver the intelligence.
Only when Luvia occasionally looked up at Xia De's profile did she think, in a daze, that perhaps Xia De's appearance was truly fate's compensation to her.
Compensation for the heavy responsibilities that no one had ever known about, weighing upon her.
“You used the dice to bounce back the misfortune of the Puppeteer's Script, but we don't know how the script has changed due to luck. Xia De, let me do a divination for you.”
After a long while, Luvia suddenly said. Xia De looked at her hesitantly:
“Your mental state…”
“Just a simple, ordinary divination.”
The brown-haired girl said softly, standing up and taking a set of rhode cards from a metal shelf filled with various divination tools. Although rhode cards could also be used for divination, Luvia generally did not use them.
“Just draw three cards randomly.”
Her mood was still a bit low.
Xia De stared at the girl opposite him, nodding hesitantly. He picked up the first three cards and turned them over himself. The divination cards showed a fish, the deep sea, and a symbol representing “desire.” It wasn't a colored desire but referred to the sum of all desires.
This was a rather defiled symbol, not a good omen in divination cards. In mysticism, this symbol was usually associated with Evil Spirits and even evil gods.
“What does this mean? I’ll be in the deep sea, developing desire for a fish?”
Xia De made a small joke, hoping the girl across the table would smile.
But Luvia shook her head, her downcast purple eyes lifting, with complex emotions in them:
“I cannot interpret your fate, so Xia De, you must interpret the results of this divination yourself. However, what you said about the mouth in the palm under the red glove, I seem to have heard about it at the association. I will look up some information, but I cannot go to Coldwater Port to help you. Please be careful.”
This was a sign of farewell.
“Okay, you be careful too. If you need anything, come find me at Saint Delan Square anytime.”
So Xia De could only say this. Under his worried gaze, Luvia quietly said goodbye and then walked out of the room.
Watching her back, Xia De, in a trance, seemed to see the phantom of a more mature Luvia walking alongside her. That should be Luvia's “other self,” but Xia De didn’t know why he could see her.
“I forgot to ask Luvia if it's the sixth epoch now. But she would probably say I've lost my mind.”
Xia De mumbled, drinking the tea in the teacup in front of him. The price of one divination was not cheap.
He stood up, ready to leave, but then remembered today's rhode cards. He hesitated for a moment, hands in his pockets, preparing to go to the association to inquire about the situation.