The lone wolf of Freyrdrand

Fortune-telling

“Fortune-telling” Lothar looked suspiciously at the man who set up the stall.

The man looks very ordinary, with an unshaven beard and frivolous eyes, but he always pulls down the brim of his hat intentionally or unintentionally.

Lothar looked around. The slaughtering pier is full of workshops for slaughtering and processing sea beast carcasses. The people here are all butchers and sailors. The man who set up a divination booth in such an environment is particularly conspicuous.

“You are still hesitating, Mr. young man.” The man’s accent was a bit strange, as if he was not a native of Bilgewater, “Isn’t it a good deal to be able to predict your future fate with just one Gold Siren?” ?”

Lothar didn’t think it was a good deal at all. He searched the ship for a long time and only found less than twenty gold sirens.

And this man is probably a liar. Lothar didn’t feel any magical breath in him. What kind of divination would such a person come out of?

Lothar just wanted to leave and ignore this man, but Nami grabbed the corner of his clothes: “Mr. Lothar, why don’t we try?”

Lothar pulled Nami aside and said in a low voice, “Do you mermaids also believe in divination? That person is probably a liar.”

Nami’s voice was full of confusion: “Why did he lie to us?”

“For money.”

“But I really want to try it.” Nami said, “I haven’t been told by humans yet, maybe we can find the whereabouts of Moonstone?”

“It seems that this girl is a bit superstitious…” It’s not that Lothar can’t understand Nami. When he was still in the Freljord, he had seen many people who gave away all their property and even their children in order to obtain a prophecy from the shaman. life to the one who gave it up.

“Well, you’re my pet anyway.” Lothar didn’t feel sorry for his golden siren. He picked it up in the first place, and it’s not impossible to earn more.

“Thank you, Mr. Lothar!” Nami secretly patted Lothar’s leg with her tail hidden under the wide cloak. This seemed to be a unique way of thanking the mermaids.

Lothar walked to the stall, and the man’s eyes hidden under the brim of his hat looked at him with a half-smile.

“A golden siren is too expensive.” Lothar took Nami to the bench.

“Sorry, sir, I can’t bargain for the redemption.” The man smiled slightly, “But if both of you want to settle with me, I can make it cheaper, just one gold siren and ten silver snake coins.”

“Only she counts.” Lothar had no interest in spending ten extra silver snake coins.

“I’m in a good mood today. I see you are kind to this gentleman. If you want to count together, you will only be charged an extra silver snake coin.” The man did not miss any chance to make a little more money.

“I’ll take a copper herring.” Lothar said.

“Tahm Kench’s coat! Sir, you are really good at haggling.” The man said exaggeratedly, “But I agree. I think you and I are bound by fate. A copper herring is like making friends.”

“This guy knows how to do business.” Lothar didn’t bother to bargain anymore, he just wanted to go to a more interior place in Bilgewater after finishing the calculation quickly.

Clanking and throwing the money on the table, the man smiled and pulled them into his pocket: “A wise choice, sir, miss, I will not let you down.”

LuoSa frowned, Nami’s whole body was covered by a cloak, how did he know that Nami was a girl.

Nami seemed to like fortune-telling very much, and happily clapped her hands on the table. Luckily, Lothar gave her the preparation in advance [resource; group]: 9?8;0;2? . 0′. 5,,8″5.;6 prepared a pair of gloves, so that she would not expose the fish film between her blue fingers.

“Ladies first.” The man picked up the deck of cards on the table.

Lothar looked at the man’s hand. His fingers were long and slender, with protruding joints. They were clean and white, in stark contrast to his face. At first glance, he thought it was the hand of a wealthy daughter.

“These hands are the ones I eat with.” The man noticed Lothar’s gaze and said with a smile, “I wipe it with the best cream every day, and there are many ladies who are unable to extricate themselves from my golden fingers. Woolen cloth.”

Lothar didn’t want to reply to the man’s dirty jokes, but Nami didn’t understand at all.

Seeing that there was no response to his joke, the man lost interest.

“Then, please exchange names with me, both of you.” The man took off his hat, put it on his chest and saluted, “My name is Drizzt Fett, [Reversal of Fate] in the dialect of the Python River Valley the meaning of.”

“Did a fortune teller actually choose a name that doesn’t believe in fate?” Lothar asked.

“Of course I believe in fate, but you can’t always rely on fate. It would be boring to live like that.” Drizzt put his hat on straight. “Now please tell me your two names, so that you can start fortune-telling.”

“My name is Lothar, and her name is Nami.”

“Listen to the names, neither of you are people who live nearby, right? Are you two lovers?”

“Get started.” Lothar couldn’t possibly say that Nami was his pet.

Seeing that Lothar didn’t want to say anything, Drizzt shrugged, and quickly began to cut and shuffle the cards. The cards flew up and down in his hands as if he had grown wings. Some cards suddenly disappeared in his hands, but the next second Reappears on Drizzt’s hat.

Nami looked at Drizzt’s miraculous skills and was so surprised that she couldn’t close her mouth from ear to ear. If Lothar hadn’t repeatedly told her not to speak in front of outsiders after getting off the boat, she probably would have asked Drizzt carefully. How did it work.

Lothar didn’t feel the slightest bit of magic from Drizzt. Although his magic was halfway through, and his perception of magic was far less sensitive than his own five senses, it was unrealistic for ordinary mages to hide in front of him.

Either Drizzt is a very powerful mage who can fool Lothar, or his technique is really superb, even Lothar’s eyesight can’t see how he shuffled the cards so fancy.

However, Lothar noticed that Drizzt’s deck was a bit different. Although the patterns on the cards were different, there were only three colors overall.

Red, blue, yellow.

After Drizzt shuffled the cards, he put the back of the deck up and spread it out neatly in front of Nami: “Miss Nami, now please choose three cards at random, don’t think too much, just choose whatever you want Just take it out and don’t look at it, just leave it to me.”

Nami stretched out her hand hesitantly, and finally drew out three cards, and put them in front of Drizzt.

“Very good.” Drizzt laughed, “Now please remember, there are three cards in this card, each color represents a different kind of luck, yellow is the luckiest, blue is the second In short, red is bad luck. Miss Nami, turn over the first card on your left.”

Nami was really devoted to fortune-telling, her arms were trembling, and she opened the first card nervously.

A golden card.

Nami pressed Lothar’s thigh excitedly, let out a thin “Hey” sound, and then immediately covered her mouth, knowing that she accidentally said something.

Lothar patted Nami’s thigh…or the fish’s tail, to show that it’s okay.

“It seems that Miss Nami is lucky for you.” Drizzt seemed to enjoy Nami’s reaction, pointing to the pattern on the card – a chain.

“The yellow card [chain] symbolizes money luck, happiness, and the beginning of luck.” Drizzt began to untangle the cards.

“What does this symbolize?” Losatina asked.

“Don’t worry, the answer can only be revealed after reading all three cards.” Drizzt turned over the second card.

It was still a yellow card with a picture of a soldier holding a spear.

Nami almost jumped up from the bench, she happily grabbed Lothar’s hand and shook it. If Lothar could see her face at this time, he would definitely see a bright childlike smile.

“Your luck is really good, Miss Nami.” Drizzt complimented, “The yellow card [Warrior] symbolizes tenacity, not being bewitched, and overcoming enormous difficulties.”

Drizzt’s tone became mysterious: “Next is the last and most critical card, Miss Nami, you have to be mentally prepared [source; group]: 9? 8; 0;2?.0′.5,,8’5. ; 6 prepare. ”

“Why is it the most critical one?” Lothar asked.

“Because the third card is the ‘bottom card’, which determines the reading of the whole deck.” Drizzt explained, “If the last card is the worst red card, then even if the first two are yellow cards, it is still very bad Case.”

Nami’s heart ached when she heard this, and she grabbed Lothar’s hand vigorously.

“Then I’m going to open it.” Drizzt’s slender fingers picked up the third card.

It was still a yellow card, with a pattern of a full moon.

“Amazing!” Drizzt couldn’t help applauding, “Miss Nami, you are really amazing, three yellow cards!”

Nami was paralyzed in LuoOn Sa, the game was too exciting for her, she felt her fins were heating up.

“This girl still hasn’t seen the sinister heart.” Lothar hugged Nami, and looked at Drizzt with an exaggerated expression disapprovingly.

Lothar felt that this was probably just Drizzt’s trick, used to deceive customers, and urged: “Hurry up and solve the cards.”

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Copper herrings, silver snake coins, and golden sea monsters.

This is Bilgewater’s hard currency. One hundred copper herrings are equal to one silver snake coin, and one hundred silver snake coins are equal to one golden siren.

It is said that Bilgewater did not have its own currency a hundred years ago. At that time, currencies from all over the world were chaotically circulating in the port, such as leaf money from Ionia and emperor notes from Noxus. It is difficult to convert the value between them, which makes the transaction very troublesome, especially for most sailors who can only add and subtract within ten, calculating the exchange rate is tantamount to killing them.

——Excerpt from “Valoran Travel Notes: Bilgewater