The Split-Actress in Conan's World

Haibara Ai thought about it and sat down in front of the stall.

"Then please help me predict my fortune for today."

Chiyoko stood aside, watching with interest.

"Please choose the divination method you like." The wizard lady nodded slightly and asked her to choose one of the three items.

Haibara Ai casually pointed at the tarot cards.

The wizard lady picked up the stack of tarot cards, cut and shuffled them simply, and placed them horizontally in front of Haibara Ai.

This stack of tarot cards is not very thick and it looks like it only contains the Major Arcana cards.

"Please cut the cards as you wish, and repeat the question you wish to divine in your mind."

Haibara Ai cut the deck of cards at one-third of the way point, and thought silently to herself, "We can quickly get out of this situation and return to normal life."

The wizard lady put the cards away, turned them half a circle counterclockwise on her palm, and then spread them out on the table with a wipe of her hand. Her movements were very bold, making people feel that they were perfunctory, which was different from the divination that Haibara Ai had imagined, which was mysterious and detail-oriented.

"Please choose three cards from the draw. You can draw them one by one or all at once."

Haibara Ai was not the type to procrastinate, and she quickly picked out three tarot cards and placed them in front of her.

The wizard lady put the remaining cards aside and placed the three cards face up in the center of the table.

Then he turned over three cards at lightning speed.

Chiyoko was stunned by what she saw.

Boy, are you so uncouth?

"Let me see...Oh, these are the three cards that responded to you."

The three cards lying quietly on the table are The Fool, The Pope and Death.

"Just looking at the card, it seems pretty good. The Fool, the first card in the Major Arcana, is both the beginning and the end of everything. However, from your perspective, this card is upside down and needs to be interpreted in reverse. Excessive risk-taking will bring bad results, lack of stability, and hesitation."

"The Pope card, in contrast to the material master represented by the Emperor card, symbolizes the supreme authority on the spiritual level and the only representative who can connect with God. It also needs to be interpreted in reverse, which means that there are malicious eyes watching and assistance will be interrupted, but the entity will find the truth in the chaos, and the emotional aspect will be much smoother;"

"The Death card, the thirteenth card, has a bad meaning, but fortunately it is also in reverse position, symbolizing a ray of hope in a desperate situation, rebirth and a new future."

"These three cards together make up your fortune for today. The three words you need to remember are 'travel', 'aid' and 'end'."

Huibara Ai seemed to be thinking about something. She stood up and thanked her.

"How many marks do I need to pay you?"

"I won't charge Mark this time." The wizard shook her head. "My rule here is that I only tell fortunes to people I want to tell fortunes for every day, and I tell fortunes about what I am willing to tell. And this time, three reversed tarot cards were revealed, so I won't charge you in this case."

Haibara Ai didn't insist. She nodded, thanked him, and prepared to leave.

Just as he was about to pull Chiyoko along, he heard an urgent shout from behind him.

"President Capsley, why are you here again? His Majesty the King is planning to convene a four-party meeting, and you are the only one missing!"

A sturdy man wearing silver armor and followed by a team of knights came trotting over. Without even looking at Haibara Ai and Chiyoko, he spoke to the wizard lady.

This team of well-equipped knights was obviously very eye-catching. Tourists passing by kept their distance from them, but they did not disperse all at once. Instead, they looked at them curiously from a distance.

The wizard lady took off her pointed hat and loose wizard robes, nodded calmly to the knight, and said softly, "I understand."

Then he looked at Haibara Ai and Chiyoko and smiled apologetically.

"Please allow me to introduce myself. I am Capsley Van Hitler. I am currently serving as the dean of the Kingdom Academy. Divination is a little hobby of mine."

With a playful wink, President Capsley dismantled his stall and left with the team of knights. Before leaving, he stuffed a golden badge into Huibara Ai's hand.

"If you need anything, you can take this to come to Kingdom College to find me."

Chiyo watched them walk away, looking at the golden badge in Haibara Ai's hand with a somewhat subtle expression.

No matter what, it is too outrageous for the dean of the Kingdom Academy to set up a stall in the black market to do fortune-telling, right?

And you, a group of Kingdom Knights, are so skilled at coming to the black market to look for people so openly.

Could it be that this is the reason why this black market is so prosperous?

Ten thousand complaints were dancing around Chiyoko's lips, but they eventually died down.

However, Haibara Ai seemed very calm. She put away the badge and pulled him forward.

"Let's go and take a walk."

Maybe it was because of the visit of that team of knights, but the black market seemed to be much quieter afterwards. The two men didn't see anything interesting and only found a few vendors selling intelligence and asked for some information.

After paying more than 100 marks, they bought a lot of useful information from several intelligence dealers. After summarizing and comparing them, they extracted the current situation in Berlin.

It is also somewhat related to the four-party meeting that Dean Capsley mentioned before he left.

The so-called Four-Party Conference is a communication meeting led by King Frederick I, connecting the royal palace, the Kingdom Academy, and the old and new churches. It is held whenever there are important matters involving the entire kingdom.

The format of the Quad meeting is somewhat similar to the United Nations in later generations. The host determines a theme, and then the parties express their opinions and provide suggestions. They can also propose certain new topics to the host, and the parties vote to decide whether to pass them.

However, there is a big difference, that is, the host is basically the royal palace, that is, the power of King Frederick I, and only the royal palace has a veto power.

Sometimes the four-party meeting is attended by representatives of all parties, but sometimes it is not necessary. Only the subordinates sent by each party will discuss and make decisions, depending on the importance of the topic.

The four-party meeting held this time is obviously the former.

The theme of this meeting was about the Kingdom's Sunday, and more specifically, it was about discussing countermeasures regarding the theft of the Kingdom's ritual vessel, the "Holy White Heart".

Participants included King Frederick I of Prussia, President of the Academy of Prussia Kapsli von Hitler, Bishop of the See of Our Lady of Brandenburg-Prussia Hector von Kries, and Bishop of the See of the Holy Roman Empire Ans Philipp.

The See of Our Lady of Brandenburg-Prussia is the full name of the New See, while the See of the Holy Roman Empire is the Old See.