Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 4 Do you want to be an “apprentice”?

"Believe me, ma'am, I'm not kidding."

Roger looked at the beautiful lady opposite him who looked hesitant and said something nonsense:

"I'm a fortune teller with extensive experience in Backlund, where I charge half a gold pound per session.

"If my family hadn't been in some trouble, I wouldn't have come to Tingen."

After hearing what I said, although there was still suspicion in the other party's eyes, he finally nodded:
"I see. I forgot to ask before, what is your name, sir?"

"Metersbonwe. Beautiful lady, what is your name?" Roger took off his wide-brimmed hat, bowed slightly, and smiled like a gentleman.

"Angelica. Angelica Bareheart."

Angelica replied, giving another apologetic smile:

"Mr. Bangwei, to become a registered fortune teller, you need to pass a simple test.

"Although you have extensive experience in divination in Backlund, we still don't know much about you, so please don't be offended."

"No problem. How do you want to test it?" Roger nodded.

"My family has recently encountered some troubles. I would like to ask you what this is. It would be best if you could give me some solutions."

"If that's the case, I suggest using an astrolabe."

Roger remained calm and composed, because the "Judgment Star" path contained the authority of the rules governing the movement of celestial bodies, so at Sequence 9, it would grant Beyonders stronger astrological abilities.

Although this astrological ability cannot be compared with the "Astrologer" of Sequence 7 of the Apprentice Path and the "Astrologer" of Sequence 5 of the Peeper Path, when he is promoted to a higher sequence, he will show even better astrological strength.

In addition, the Abraham family attaches great importance to the cultivation of astrological knowledge among the younger generations, so Roger can now be regarded as a capable astrologer.

He inquired about Angelica's birth time and place, then took out an astrolabe and drew a series of astrological symbols and lines on it.

“The matter should be related to your brother. Does he owe someone money?”

Roger saw the problem at a glance.

Angelica was shocked when she heard this:
"You can tell from that? To be honest, my brother's business has been in trouble lately, and he's been hiding from his creditors everywhere. We're all very worried about him."

"How did you figure that out? I've studied astrology with Mr. Vincent myself, but I've never quite gotten the hang of it."

Roger laughed and pointed at Angelica's astrolabe:
"Saturn, representing loss, is in your house of wealth, creating a negative aspect with Mars. As you probably know, Mars generally represents brothers.

"As for the solution, his business will naturally improve after a while, so don't worry."

Hearing Roger say this, Angelica breathed a sigh of relief and showed a grateful look.

"Well, did I pass the test?" Roger blinked.

"It's no problem with me."

Angelica nodded. "Your divination has been a great help to me—at least I'm no longer anxious. In return, I can personally offer you some discounts."

From the previous conversation, she clearly heard that Roger was unwilling to pay the membership fee.

"What I want to say is that even if you're a rotating fortune teller, you still need to pay the £5 membership fee. But I can deduct half of your divination returns each time until you pay it in full.

"So I personally don't recommend you to charge 8 soli per session, because you are new to Tingen and not well-known. I can't guarantee that you can pay off all the money in a year." Angelica said it very tactfully, meaning that not everyone would necessarily ask Roger for divination.

"Don't worry about this. If I don't earn 10 pounds in a month, I will quit the club on my own." Roger was confident.

Seeing how persistent he was, Angelica had no choice but to complete the registration and then handed Roger a membership cufflink.

The cufflinks were inscribed with a Hermetic root meaning "diviner".

Although Roger had already done divination on the train to Tingen and received positive feedback, things still went smoothly, which was somewhat beyond his expectations.

"Is Mr. Hanes Vincent here today?" Roger asked tentatively after putting on his cufflinks.

Angelica raised her eyebrows. She clearly heard the other party's deliberate tone of hostility:
"Mr. Vincent is not here today, but he often comes here on Saturdays to offer divination courses. If you want to see him, you can try your luck on Saturday."

Heinz Vincent was his main target, and since there were no one coming to the club for divination at the moment, he decided to leave temporarily.

After saying goodbye to Angelica, Roger bought a cup of southern-style sweet iced tea and strolled along the streets of Tingen while drinking it, admiring the street scene that was familiar yet unfamiliar to him and that once existed only in his dreams.

"sorry."

Suddenly, a beautiful girl walked past him, walking with a big golden retriever.

As their arms bumped lightly, the other party immediately apologized embarrassedly and then left with the dog.

Roger was about to say it was okay, but he was suddenly stunned.

Because this girl reminded him of another noble lady far away in Backlund.

The drug-testing maid of the Imagination Dog... no, it was Miss Justice, whom Klein had already met at the Tarot Club.

"Maybe I could get a pet too? Something like Susie."

Once this thought came up, I could no longer suppress it.

He pretended to accidentally drop the silver-inlaid cane in his hand and watched it fall in one direction.

Roger bent down to pick up the cane, and followed the guidance of fate, walked in the direction the cane pointed.

He repeated this cane divination several times, and finally saw a dirty, starving stray tabby cat about three months old desperately digging in the garbage at the corner of the upper street of Iron Cross Street, trying to find some food.

He had an idea and walked straight over, squatted down, looked at the kitten, and made teasing sounds.

The kitten was obviously not afraid of people. When it heard Roger teasing it, it immediately ran over and rubbed its dirty body against Roger's trouser legs.

"Congratulations on becoming the first member of the Tingen City Stray Cat Protection Association."

Roger scratched the kitten's chin half-jokingly, and seeing it squint its eyes and show a satisfied look, he said again:

"Hey, do you want to be an 'apprentice'?"

The kitten looked flattering and licked Roger's hand.

Although it didn't know what an apprentice was, it could tell by intuition that the smelly young man in front of it must be a very reliable long-term meal ticket.

As the two sides "reached an agreement", Roger put the kitten on his shoulders without caring about the stains on its body and walked towards the hotel with it.

　It is very important to catch up on the books when they are released on Qidian now, so I urge everyone not to hold back on reading them, and catch up on them if you can, thank you!
　　
　
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