Mystery: Mr. Witch and Miss Hunter

Chapter 36

Altaïr carefully inspected the pendulum made of citrine. After a few minutes of preliminary inspection, he only came to the conclusion that it was a pendulum that was not sure if it was enough to be a magical item. In addition, at most, he added the skill of pendulum divination to himself.

"But if this thing is only so special, Miss Audrey doesn't need to secretly put this thing in the book, just give it to me..." Altaïr said to himself wonderingly, "Could it be that she Don’t know? Where did this thing come from?”

After thinking for a while, he decided to hold the "magic mirror divination" ceremony again, and he wanted to try to divination the source of this pendulum!
Of course, this pendulum does not look like an ordinary thing, so Altaïr has to prepare everything first.He first put a basin of water in the room, and then opened the window to let the light of the red moon shine into the room.Then Altaïr found a thin wire, and carefully hoisted the silver mirror used for divination just so it didn't touch the water.

Altaïr found the silver knife in the drawer and aimed it at the window, letting the crimson moonlight illuminate each side of the knife.After the blade was filled with the spirituality attracted by this simplified prayer ceremony, he used the blade to stroke the taut thin thread lightly.In his spiritual vision, the place where the thin thread was touched by the blade was stained with crimson spiritual light.

In this way, once something bad is divined, the thin thread will break, and the ripples produced when the magic mirror falls into the water will break the mystical closed loop formed between the water surface and the mirror surface, thus stopping the magic mirror divination ceremony.

If this kind of safety measure had been used when divining the origin of yesterday's assassin, Gagran would not have been able to counter-locate me through black magic... Altaïr sighed, but did not stop the movement of his hands, and carefully moved the Put the silver knife into the clear water in the basin.

His movements were very gentle, until he put the whole knife into the water, leaving only the handle leaning against the edge of the basin, the water in the basin did not even ripple.During this process, he was always careful not to let his body appear in the reflection of the water.

When he was ready, Altaïr reached into his pocket and pulled out a charm made of black bark with a silver metal insert.He took a deep breath, injected spirituality into the spell, and let the spell burn slowly.

Black flames climbed up the rough bark, and Altaïr moved the talisman carefully so that the ash from the burning fell right into the basin of water.The ashes did not sink to the bottom, but clinged to the silver knife like a conch, dyeing it a strange gray-black color.

When the charm was about to burn out, Altaïr quickly stopped the spiritual indoctrination, leaving only the non-flammable metal sleeve in his hand.This is a kind of black magic spell, which is widely used by the aborigines in the southern continent. They use this spell to alienate the blade, and then cooperate with the reflection on the water surface to guard the house. Once someone appears in the mirror, the blade will insert his shadow. Thus causing the same curse damage to the main body!
Once any power seeps out from the mirror, it will directly face the curse...

Altaïr nodded in satisfaction.Then he started the ceremony normally, arranged the candles for incense, cleaned the altar, and held the summoning ceremony piously, and the spiritual channel slowly took shape.

"You are the Goddess of the Night, higher than the starry sky and older than eternity;"

"Lord of Death, Mother of Secrets;"

"Queen of Doom and Fear, Lord of Sleep and Silence;"

"I pray for your enlightenment, I pray that you will come to this silver mirror with the secrets of the night;"

"Please tell me the origin of this citrine pendulum."

Having finished his prayer, Altaïr glanced carefully into the mirror, keeping an eye out for his own shadow to prevent him from appearing in the water under the mirror.

The mirror surface of the magic mirror became dark again, and then, the mirror began to play scene after scene like a movie.

Altaïr saw that the black-haired young man handed the note to a kind old man in a black robe drinking coffee, and at the same time took a crystal citrine pendant from his hand;
He saw that the black-haired young man was struggling to stand among the ruins swept by the storm, and the pale figure wearing a black thin windbreaker turned his head slightly and said something to the young man with a smile;
He saw a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and wearing exaggerated clothes curled up in the corner of an ancient hall, using this citrine pendulum to divine something.But then, the man showed an exaggerated smile, pulled out the revolver and rushed towards the altar surrounded by layers of evil light;
He saw that the ruthless adventurer was riding the violent wind, smashing the darkness that swept from the corner of the block in one fell swoop, and smashing the enemy's head with the sound of the revolver in his hand...

A wealthy businessman with a gentle smile, an elegant and mysterious magician, and a bookish scholar all appeared in the magic mirror one after another, which almost fascinated Altaïr.

This seems to be the growth process of a great being... This pendulum has been worn by him for a long time, so it naturally has some extraordinary effects?Altaïr secretly guessed in his heart.He tried to put himself into the perspective of the other party, and once again had a new understanding of His power.

In the end, the picture in the mirror suddenly stopped at a picture familiar to Altaïr.It was the deep, boundless gray fog just now. A gentleman who couldn't see his face was sitting at the bottom seat of the long table, facing the phantom of "The Fool" at the top.The crimson stars behind him are extremely bright, like countless crimson moons.

He is, Mister "World"...

Altaïr was taken aback, and wanted to end the divination, but he was surprised to find that his body suddenly became uncontrollable.His thinking became sluggish in an instant, and every joint seemed to be poured with a large amount of cement, making it impossible for him to move his fingers.

His body fell forward uncontrollably, as if an invisible force was lifting his ankle, trying to hang him upside down from the ceiling like dried bacon!Altaïr wanted to call for help, but found that he couldn't make a sound, and all his thoughts were directly stolen by the mysterious force as soon as he came up, and he couldn't resist at all!

In Altaïr's consciousness, after a long period of time, there was a muffled sound of a heavy object falling in his ears, and then what occupied his senses was the cold and wet touch coming from under his body, A sharp pain in the chest.

Altaïr struggled to get up, the magic mirror fell to the ground, the water basin was crushed directly by his body, and the silver knife was directly inserted into his chest, not even half of the handle went into his chest , blood gushed out, half of the floor of the room was covered with his blood and spilled water.

Why didn't I die... Altaïr was a little puzzled, and then he felt something, and took out the necklace Miss Audrey asked him to hand over to Venata in his pocket.

Fortunately, there is the recovery ability provided by the "indulgent rose heart", otherwise the knife just now would have killed me... However, if it wasn't for the mysterious force that hung me upside down, the shadow just entered the water basin The sharp pain from the spirit body dilutes that effect, making me struggle and break the thin wire. I'm afraid I'm already hanged from the ceiling...

Altaïr gave a wry smile.Although the way the prepared measures work is a bit different, as long as it works, he has to burn incense.

Altaïr pulled the knife out of his chest, the blade got stuck on the bone, and he almost fainted from the pain.After about 2 minutes, the necklace had almost healed his wound, and he regained his strength, threw the necklace aside, leaned against the bed and gasped heavily.

Unexpectedly, this pendulum is actually so dangerous... That Mister "World" is at least an angel, and he will be fatally injured just by divining his existence... Altaïr took off his blood-stained shirt Clothes, put on light home clothes, while thinking wildly.Such a few small movements made him feel exhausted, so he could only stop and rest.

Recalling the information that appeared in his mind at the moment of divination just now, Altaïr lightly exhaled a mouthful of bloody breath, and sighed in his heart.Although he was severely traumatized by the divination just now, this divination was not without gain, and it can even be said to be quite fruitful.

First of all, because his divination ability was not very strong before, and he didn't use it often, so he was not very clear about the harm caused by divination.Even after seeing Miss Audrey, subconsciously he still thought that similar things were far away from him.

"But I am now the 'Queen' of the Tarot Society... Similar things will happen one after another. This time it is a lesson that is not serious, and this lesson alone is considered a return!"

Don't casually divination things that may involve the existence of higher personalities, Altaïr silently remembered this in his heart.

For an "Assassin", a lesson is more precious compensation than anything else!

　To explain here, Altaïr did not die because the divination pointed to the "world", and in Klein's setting, the "world" is the favored person of the "fool" when it is outsiders, and only the rank of angels , so you can eat double anchors.Moreover, the male protagonist has joined the Tarot Club here, and has established a relationship with Xiao Ke to some extent. He is invested by Xiao Ke. Xiao Ke gave him something as a reward, not a punishment.Is there any point in sending him a pendulum and then dying as soon as he divination?It's like I gave you a box of Lego and then planted a bomb on the manual. There is no need to kill the people I invest in.What's more, investment is not an anonymous gift. After giving it, at least let him know who gave it, otherwise it is not a waste of investment?Finally, here is also a foreshadowing, it will be revealed at the end of the first volume, please be patient

　　
　
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