Steampunk: Sixth Era Epic-Chapter 389: The Unusual Diviner

As she suddenly raised her voice, the purple-eyed diviner’s facial expression was truly terrifying as she looked at Shard:

"The True God Church and the Three Major Academies will never allow an illegal organization to control a Chosen One. No matter what, we cannot let him remain until that door opens, we must find a way to have him die."

Even when assisting Iluna against the "Silver-Eyed One" before, Luviya had never shown such an expression. Shard didn’t feel that Luviya’s idea was wrong, he was just very curious about what kind of connection she actually had with the "Whispering Verses."

"But to whom should we report? I lean towards Coldwater Port’s church, not the Academy, otherwise we can’t explain the source of the information. We surely can’t say that we saw a stone tablet with Daknis’s name on it."

Shard pondered for a moment before asking.

"Right, Shard, you’re correct."

Luviya appeared exceptionally agitated at the moment, talking while bending her fingers and unconsciously tapping on the tabletop, her attractive brows furrowed:

"But don’t arrange for someone else to report, Shard, you go personally with the Relic that can shield fate—the Twenty-Sided Die of Destiny, and find a way to deliver the information to the church. Your unique fate, along with the shielding of that Relic, will prevent the church from tracing it back to us even if they want to."

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"All right, that’s also what I was thinking."

Shard nodded, noticing that Luviya was still looking agitated, and then reminded her:

"If your divination is truly infallible, then Daknis won’t be caught by the church in Coldwater Port; his fated endpoint will be in Tobesk. So the information we provide is just to make the church aware of his existence in advance, so they can be prepared."

Luviya’s divination, at least, could guarantee Daknis wouldn’t head to the New World ahead of time.

"I understand, he will definitely come to Tobesk, but this is also good. Tobesk is our... If possible, I want to personally kill..."

"Luviya!"

Shard suddenly raised his voice, the female diviner startled by his outburst, looked at him in surprise, while Shard very impolitely reached across the table and grabbed her hand.

[There is no anomaly.]

"Did you realize that the way you just were, was on the verge of losing control?"

Shard continued to hold her wrist, Luviya looked at him bewildered:

"Did I..."

She then looked down at her hand that Shard was holding and shuddered as if awakening from a dream. Sweat visibly formed on her pale forehead, then dampened the wisps of hair by her ears. Her brown hair clung to her cheeks, she opened her mouth, yet didn’t know what to say.

The previously excited expression gradually faded, as the girl with the brown short hair lowered her head and said softly:

"Yes."

"Has performing such divinations consecutively had such a big impact on you?"

She had used nine Relic Coins just this week alone for divination concerning the second Chosen One.

"It’s not just the divination, there’s also..."

Her lips, which had turned a bit pale with her subdued mood, moved, but she didn’t finish the rest of her sentence.

"Luviya, look at me."

Shard pulled on the hand of the purple-eyed girl, who looked up into his eyes.

The body of an Outlander in this world had irises of dark brown. Due to politeness, few people would look into Shard’s eyes for long, but as Luviya was doing so now, she inexplicably felt some pressure.

"Regarding the matter of the second Chosen One, me, and also Iluna helping, this is not something you have to handle alone."

"Yes..."

The more she looked into those eyes, the more Luviya Annette felt her heart uncontrollably pounding.

"And moreover, the person is currently in Coldwater Port, and until he comes to Tobesk, I will take responsibility for everything."

"Yes..."

Luviya had never explained the uniqueness of her purple eyes to Shard, but in fact, she could see many things that ordinary people couldn’t. At that moment, she distinctly saw dazzling golden specks in those brown eyes.

It was just a momentary brilliance, and it couldn’t be seen upon closer inspection.

"So, no matter what, calm down. If you’re going to make a decision, please discuss it with me first,"

Shard was still talking, and Luviya unconsciously nodded.

"Do you remember what you said to me in the carriage after we left Dorothy’s house, when the night at Lakeside Manor ended?"

Seeing that the purple-eyed girl didn’t speak, Shard answered for her:

"You invited me to walk this path with you, so this is about both of us. Relax, Luviya, relax."

Shard was genuinely worried that the girl with the big secret might suddenly lose control, as her appearance just now had been truly frightening.

"I understand, Shard."

Seeing her wipe the sweat from her face with her free hand, Shard also released Luviya’s other hand.

Neither spoke afterward, as Shard frowned deeply, pondering how to convey the information.

It was just that when Luviya occasionally glanced up at Shard’s profile, she felt somewhat dazed and thought that perhaps Shard’s arrival was truly a compensation from fate.

Compensation for those never known, heavy burdens placed upon her.

"You used the dice to bounce back the misfortune of the ’Puppeteer’s Script’, but we don’t yet know how the script changed due to luck. Let me do a divination for you, Shard,"

It was a long while before Luviya suddenly spoke up, and Shard hesitantly looked at her:

"Your mind..."

"I’ll just do a simple, ordinary divination."

The brown-haired girl whispered, standing up and taking a deck of divination cards from the nearby metal stand that held numerous divination tools. Although the Roder Cards could also be used for divination, Luviya usually didn’t use the Roder Cards.

"Just pick three at random."

Her mood was still somewhat downcast.

Shard focused his gaze on the girl opposite him and hesitantly nodded. Taking the first three cards, he turned them over himself. The divination cards depicted a fish, the deep sea, and a symbol for "desire". Not the colored desire, but the sum of all desires.

This was a rather tainted symbol, not a good omen in divination cards, and in mysticism, such a symbol is often associated with evil spirits or even Evil Gods.

"What does this mean? Am I going to develop a desire for a fish in the deep sea?"

Shard cracked a little joke, hoping that the girl across the table would smile.

But Luviya shook her head, her downcast purple eyes lifting, and the emotion in her gaze was complex:

"I cannot interpret your fate, so Shard, you must interpret this divination result yourself. However, the mouth in the palm beneath the red glove— I think I’ve heard about it from the association. I’ll look into it, but I can’t help you at Coldwater Port. Be careful in everything you do."

This signaled her intention to part ways.

"Alright, take care yourself. If you need anything, find me anytime at Saint Delan Square."

And so, all Shard could say as he watched her leave the room with a worried gaze, Luviya bidding farewell in a soft voice.

Watching her retreating back, Shard, in a moment of reverie, seemed to see the shadow of a more mature Luviya walking alongside her. That must be Luviya’s "other self," but Shard didn’t know why she would be visible to him.

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"I forgot to ask Luviya if it is the Sixth Era now... but she would probably tell me my head has gone bad,"

Shard mumbled, finishing the tea in his cup, as the price of a divination was not cheap.

Getting up to leave, he remembered the Roder Card from today and hesitated for a moment, hands in his pockets, prepared to inquire about the situation at the association.