Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 238 Tarot Cards

"You are Mr. Austin Zachary."

A deep voice sounded from Austin's ears, every syllable of this voice was clear and powerful, making it very comfortable to hear.

Austin turned his head and looked at the young benefactor next to him. What the other party said just now sounded like he was asking, but there was a sense of affirmation between the lines, and the other party knew him.

"Yes, I am the head of the White Swan Drama Troupe, Austin Zachary." Austin nodded.

"Mr. Austin, I don't know how you are thinking about acting in my play. Before I came here, Mr. Oulu told me that you are still thinking about it." Xia Xiu looked at the side with a harmonious expression and was slightly nervous Austin asked.

"Why me?" Looking at the blond young man in front of him, Austin asked his doubts.

"Do you believe in destiny?" Xia Xiu smiled at Austin.

"destiny?"

Austin looked at the blond young man in front of him with puzzled eyes. Under his gaze, the other party took out two cards from the pocket of the windbreaker. One card was relatively thin, and the other card looked like It was thicker, and when he was puzzled, the blond youth handed the relatively thinner card to him.

"Take a look." Xia Xiu signaled Austin to randomly pick a card from the relatively thin deck.

Austin looked at the strange pattern engraved on the back of the card, and asked in an uncertain tone:

"Is this a tarot card?"

"Yes, the card in front of me is the Major Arcana." Xia Xiu confirmed Austin's guess.

"I really don't understand why this has anything to do with why you took a fancy to me."

The scene in front of him made Austin feel a little ridiculous. The blond young man in front of him was doing things illogically. He was just asking him why he chose him, but he asked him to draw Tarot cards.

What is this for, divination?
"Draw one and try it out. After you finish drawing, I will hand over the script to you, and you can decide whether to act or not after reading the script."

Xia Xiu unfolded the Major Arcana cards on the table and signaled Austin to draw.

Just think of it as an entertainment show.Austin said inwardly.

Austin stretched out his hand, randomly selected one of the 22 major arcana cards, and just as he was about to look at the major arcana cards in his hand, the warm voice of the blond young man reached his ears .

"Fool."

Austin froze for a moment, then looked down at the card in his hand.

On this card, Austin sees a young male wearing a bright red top hat, colorful clothes, and incongruous shoes.Holding a white rose in his hand, he walked forward on the rugged mountain road.Behind him, a puppy followed his steps.

The Fool had an innocent, relaxed and carefree expression on his face, and he didn't seem to care about his appearance or his future.

Magic?Austin looked at the Fool's card in his hand and thought to himself.

"It's not magic, Mr. Austin, and I haven't manipulated any of these 22 major arcana cards." Xia Xiu said to Austin with a smile.

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Austin's face after seeing through his thoughts, while Xia Xiu started to complete the previous agreement, and he took out the script he had prepared and handed it to Austin.

"This is my script, Mr. Austin, please read it."

Austin took the script submitted by the blond youth, and then looked down at the name of the script, which was very strange.

"Cassini-60℃"

Austin opened the script and began to watch it seriously.

And just after Austin finished talking with Xia Xiu, Oulu, who had been keeping quiet on the side, looked at the right time, and he got up and asked Xia Xiu respectfully:
"Mr. Abraham, would you like some coffee?"

Xia Xiu smiled and nodded, then pointed to Austin, who was obsessed with the script, and said:

"Give Mr. Austin a drink, too, if you can."

"Of course." Oulu nodded, and then he walked towards the cabinet in front of him.

Oulu came to the cabinet, reached out to the cabinet, and took out a small box containing a very expensive coffee.

He opened the box carefully, and the cat poop coffee beans inside gave off a tempting aroma. He picked up some coffee beans with his hands, and then went back to the sofa. On the guest table in front of the sofa was a An expensive grinder, he put coffee beans into the grinder, pressed the button lightly with his hand, and only heard a slight hum from the grinder.

"These coffee beans are imported from the sea merchants of Iberia. After all, it is close to the Chaos Sea, and only the sea merchants of Iberia can obtain this kind of coffee beans."

Taking advantage of the time of grinding, Oulu warmly introduced Xia Xiu.

And Xia Xiu raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard about the Iberian maritime merchants.

"Iberia's maritime merchants, the Universal Chamber of Commerce?" Xia Xiu asked Oulu.

"Well, yes, the Universal Chamber of Commerce." Oulu nodded.

"Really." Xia Xiu nodded thoughtfully.

"Why, is there a problem?" Oulu asked cautiously.

"No, I just suddenly remembered something about the 'company'. Our boss is negotiating a big deal with the Iberian reformers." Xia Xiu replied with a smile.

As early as in the [Hai Si large group incident], Xia Xiu had contacted people from the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce. At that time, it was the people from the Four Seas who provided help for Hai Si and Amelia who were fleeing.

If he remembers correctly, the relationship between the Iberia military and the Universal Chamber of Commerce is not simple. In Iberia, the army is allowed to do business, and once the army does business, it will inevitably encounter a problem—— smuggling.

The smuggling in Iberia is not just as simple as smuggling ordinary goods. The smuggling here also includes extraordinary twisted items that flow from the Chaos Sea into the interior of Terra. It is very difficult to control, and the Iberian military also has a large body of extraordinary power.

And the reformist he mentioned just now is the left-wing faction within the Iberian government who wants to take back the military’s business rights. The political views of this faction coincide with the kingdom of heaven. Pai's relationship with Heaven will become infinitely more intimate.

The political struggle between the left wing of the pro-Heaven faction and the reform-hating military will to a certain extent affect the planning of the Kingdom of Heaven to open up a new continent.

"Which company do you work for?" Oulu asked curiously, he was very curious about the company where this heroic benefactor works.

"It's just an unknown small company." Xia Xiu smiled.

Seeing that the blond-haired young man was unwilling to say more, Oulu didn't ask any more questions. He knew the size, and it's better not to know too much about things that involve politics.

Oulu looked at the grinder, where the beans were already ground.

When the coffee beans were finished, Oulu picked up a small bottle filled with water.He carefully poured some water into it, then poured in the ground coffee powder and stirred it evenly.

A tempting aroma of coffee comes out, making people drool involuntarily.

Oulu poured the coffee into a delicate coffee cup, held it gently, admired its beauty, and then passed the cup to the guest.

Xia Xiu took it over and took a sip lightly, only to feel a scent coming out of his nostrils.

"It's really good coffee." Xia Xiu put the rim of the cup to his lips and took a sip, then praised Oulu.

"As long as you like it." A smile appeared on Oulu's chubby face, and then he handed another cup of coffee to Austin who was still addicted to the script.

At this time, Austin has almost finished watching the script, which is unexpectedly good.

In this play, there are six actors representing six emotions: joy, sadness, anger, indifference, fear and stupidity.

The content of the story is that these six actors abuse each other and have a tense relationship with each other.

Throughout the development of the story, the audience gradually discovered that these six characters are actually different aspects of human nature, and the climax of the story appeared in a riddle game. The other five actors were defeated and won, and the self-proclaimed king reached a climax.

This ending may be ironic and a warning, showing that both stupidity and cleverness in human nature may be relative, and they cannot be ignored or underestimated.

"Mr. Austin, how are you? Do you agree to act in this script?" Xia Xiu said to Austin who was still immersed in the script.

"May I take the liberty to ask, why is this play called "Cassini-60°C"?" Austin did not answer Xia Xiu's question directly, but raised his own question.

"There's no reason, it's called that. If you insist on getting meaning from it, you can think of Saturn." Xia Xiu shrugged and replied with a smile.

Of course, this sentence is not true. The ultimate meaning of the script "Cassini-60°C" lies in the name, and the name is the soul of the script.

"Saturn?" Austin frowned, he really couldn't remember what this thing had to do with Saturn.

"Mr. Austin, I want to ask if you agree to act in this play." The gentle voice of the blond young man interrupted Austin's meditation.

"Of course, I am willing to participate in the performance of this drama." Austin nodded affirmatively. The script provided by the blond young man in front of him is indeed a first-class work, so he is willing to act in this drama.

"Very good, but when acting in this play, I need the actors to start performing at the time and place I specify, and at the same time, the costumes and faces of the actors must follow my requirements." Xia Xiu then said to Austin.

Upon hearing Xia Xiu's request, Austin looked at Oulu subconsciously, and Oulu frantically motioned for Austin to agree quickly, while Austin took a glance and then withdrew his gaze, and his gaze was directed at Xia Xiu , opened it and asked:

"The time and place and the so-called costume you speak of?"

"I need you to perform at an open-air venue designated by me in Greenwich during the new moon period. At the same time, the six actors must wear different masks according to my requirements."

"Joy wears a bright yellow mask; sadness wears a dark blue mask; anger wears a red mask; apathy wears a gray mask; fear wears a purple mask..."

In the end, the golden eyes of the blond youth looked directly at Austin.

"Stupid, wear an orange mask."

After listening to Xia Xiu's request, Austin's eyebrows could not help but frown. He really didn't understand the meaning of these outlandish requests.

"Mr. Austin, as long as you complete the ceremony, I will allocate an additional 50 to the theater's account."

At the end, Xia Xiu added the last crucial sentence.

Hearing that Xia Xiu wanted to add more money, Oulu agreed directly for Austin.

"Mr. Abraham, don't worry, we will definitely complete the performance according to your request."

After hearing that Oulu agreed to the other party's weird request for himself, Austin couldn't help giving Oulu a blank look, but he didn't object much. It's not uncommon to wear masks in dramas. In dramas, masks usually It is used to express the emotions of the characters, and the mask color chosen by the blond youth is very suitable in a certain situation.

"Since Mr. Austin has agreed, I won't stay here any longer. I still need to go to Phelps Hall, so I won't bother you here. I will follow up with you by phone about the performance. Come in, I'll take my leave now." Xia Xiu stood up and took off his hat to pay tribute, and then he left the office under the welcome of Oulu.

Austin's gaze closely followed the back of the blond-haired young man. After the other party left, he retracted his gaze. When he set his gaze on the guest table, he found that the blond-haired youth did not retract the tarot cards. go.

At this time, five tarot cards were placed on the guest table.

Reaper (No. 13 of the Major Arcana): Upright.

Reaper upright signifies end, transformation and new life
Inverted Guardian (Major Arcana 12): Reversed.

In the inverted state, the inverted guardian reminds people that they need to give up resistance to fate and accept sacrifices and changes in life in order to better face challenges.

Resurrection (No. 20 of the Major Arcana): Upright.

Resurrection is a symbol of awakening, rebirth and redemption. It means that people will usher in a new beginning and a higher level of self-awareness after experiencing the end and giving up.

Emperor (Major Arcana 4): Upright.

The emperor represents strength, stability and leadership, emphasizing that people need to actively control their own destiny after new life, and face the challenges in life firmly.

Star (No. 17 of the Major Arcana): Upright.

The right position of the stars symbolizes hope, faith and guidance, indicating that when people bravely face the ups and downs in life, the belief deep in their hearts will guide them and help them move towards a better future.

In this array, except for the upside-down Guardian, which is upside down, the other four cards are all upright.

"Born to die..."

Austin couldn't help but whispered to himself.

This is his interpretation of the five tarot cards.

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(End of this chapter)