Chapter 18: Night Talk

"Huh?"

Belinda had read the letter quickly, then placed it on the back of the couch.

Luo Wei hurriedly picked up the envelope to confirm its contents.

On the pale green letterhead, there is Yvette's handwriting:

[Dear Mr. Lowe Austin,]

[Thanks to your fortune yesterday, I have had a full and busy day today. Here I would like to share with you the results of the fulfillment of the miraculous tarot divination......]

This girl spent a considerable amount of time introducing the content of her life today-

In the morning, I drank a new black tea called "Ceylon" and received a small surprise; In the morning, I went to school and partnered with the seniors to practice the poetry recitation program that would be held soon after. Because of the sudden "girl's secret" after returning home last night, I felt a little tired today, so I hid in the lounge of the school hall and slept beautifully......

These things can be said to be perfectly fulfilled one by one in comparison with the results of yesterday's divination.

Yvette is not stingy with words, blowing rainbow farts about the magic of tarot cards. A third of the length of a letter was praised by her, and Luo Wei grinned.

It seems that this girl is really interested in tarot cards.

[You should have noticed the invitation in the envelope - don't be surprised, this is my cordial invitation to you.] 】

[Allow me to introduce you to the Black Rose Society: a club of occult and magic enthusiasts co-founded by Miss Alyssa Ferson, who I co-hosted. Every other week, the Society holds a tea party at Miss Elisa's mansion to share new insights and understandings of the occult realm. 】

[As mentioned earlier - in just two days, I witnessed the miracle of tarot divination one after another. Therefore, I very much hope that you will join us at this gathering to introduce us Lambs who are lost on the path of the occult to learn about divination and tarot! 】

[As a sign of sincerity, I included 1 gold pound in the envelope as an appearance fee for the invitation made by the "Black Rose" association.] This represents the association's respect and hope for you, please don't worry too much, accept it with peace of mind! 】

Seeing "1 gold pound", Luo Wei's eyes widened, and he turned his head to look around-

Belinda was pulling out a brand new gold coin from her envelope.

"Shhh...... Boy. Lowe gasped.

One gold pound is 20 prangs, enough for the two of them to eat for half a month.

With such a generous shot, is this the daughter of the earl's family......

"So, are you going to go?" Belinda asked, shaking the gold coin in her hand.

"Don't worry! Wait until I'm done! ”

Luo Wei hurriedly picked up the envelope and continued to read:

[I apologize to you for the abruptness and haste of this invitation!] The tea party will be held on November 4th, tomorrow at 3 p.m., at the Medwell estate at 12 Maple White Leaf Avenue. We sincerely hope to see you then! 】

[In addition, I hope you can bring your sister Belinda Austin to attend.] I knew she was interested in the occult, so she invited her several times, but Belinda refused them all on the grounds that she was busy. I hope you can persuade her. 】

[Greetings, Yvette Lane]

"Isn't that also an invitation to you? Go, go, go, let's go. Luo Weile picked up his invitation card, "With an invitation fee of 1 gold pound, you can still eat and drink, why not?" ”

Belinda rolled her eyes silently.

"I'm not going. I don't like the kind of occasions where the upper class people gather. ”

"Huh?" Lowe was a little stunned.

"Go if you decide you want to, but don't take me with you." Belinda tugged at one of Lowe's hands and placed the 1-pound coin in his hand, "Although I have a good relationship with Yvette, in essence, she is an aristocrat, and I am just an ordinary person. ”

"If I was to be in that kind of situation, I would just be like an outlier. Out of place, at a loss. You don't want to see your sister make a fool of yourself, do you? Belinda raised her chin and said in an old-fashioned tone.

"Uh...... Well, I got it. ”

Her words made Luo Wei realize that this was not the equal and harmonious society in his previous life. The disparity between classes directly determines the disparity in social status.

"I'll just go alone." Luo Wei scratched his head and smiled, "After all, it's 1 gold pound, and she gave too much." ”

"Uh-huh."

Belinda nodded obediently: "Then I wish you a good time." ”

"You should wish me more money, I have to charge for divination."

"Good, good. I went back to my bedroom. ”

Belinda picked up the book of poems on the couch and walked to the bedroom on the second floor. Luo Wei looked at his sister's back, sighed slightly, and continued to clean up the utility room.

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Time passes in a hectic hustle and bustle.

Luo Wei spent the whole afternoon emptying the things in the utility room and cleaning it carefully.

By the time he finished taking a shower and came out of the bathroom, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

Rubbing his somewhat sore waist, he decided to lie in bed early tonight.

After carefully locking the door of the room, Lowe came to the table and picked up the alarm clock to confirm the time.

21:32。

"Okay."

He quickly got into the quilt, lay down on his back, closed his eyes and said silently:

"Mysterious and mysterious, the door of all wonders."

The familiar attraction came, and the surrounding environment quickly moved away from the change, and the distant echo of chanting was heard in the ears again.

He was in this magical fantasy again.

This time, he deliberately did not simulate any environment in his mind, but silently held his breath and let his mind go-

He wanted to see what the illusion was supposed to look like.

What catches your eye is an ethereal, illusory and magnificent scene like a starry sky.

The sparkling light covered the surrounding "canopy", and some kind of indescribable and ambiguous "ripple of light" that seemed to exist in color floated faintly in the void.

At this moment, the only description Luo Wei can imagine is four words:

The Sea of Aether.

It is like some primordial, vast and endless space, constantly changing, showing two states at the same time: chaos and clarity.

In this environment, Luo Wei's sense of sight and hearing seems to transcend the limitations of physiological organs, and he can accurately perceive any subtlety here.

This kind of clear sensory experience is something that has not been experienced when entering the illusion world before.

"Huh?"

He suddenly noticed that behind these changing fetuses, above the endless void sky, there was a faint appearance of a pair of black and white yin and yang fish shapes.

The yin and yang fish slowly turned, outlining the familiar Tai Chi pattern.

But somehow, the dark part of the pattern, which symbolizes "turbidity", can be seen more clearly, while the light part, which symbolizes "clear air", seems to be obscured by some kind of fog or something, and looks blurry and dim.

Luo Wei tried to touch it, but found that the Tai Chi pattern quickly dissipated. When it retracted its hand, it faintly took on a shape and floated in the sky.

"Strange ......"

"This feeling of bleakness...... It always feels like a sign of lack of energy. ”

"And the maintenance of the illusion is very draining."

Lowe speculated that the illusion may have been maintained by some kind of energy, and that it had consumed too much energy over the years, so it was still in a relatively weak state.

"Let's get out of here first."

Considering that he would have to attend a tea party tomorrow, and if he stayed here, he couldn't think about anything for a while, so Luo Wei decided to quit the illusion first.

Even so, after waking up, Lowe felt a slight collapse and fatigue.

"It's a lot of ......"

Luo Wei touched his stomach, and there was a feeling of hunger in his belly.

Turning on the gas lamp, Lowe picked up the alarm clock and looked at the time.

“21:55…… Looking at it this way, the flow of time between fantasy and reality should be synchronized. ”

Lowe got up and opened the door, ready to go downstairs to get some bread to fill his stomach.

However, the moment he turned on the gas lamp in the living room, a figure sitting at the dining table was so frightened that he almost jumped up.

"Who?!"

Lowe shrank nimbly behind the couch, glaring half of his head toward the dining room.

In the dim light, a young man with a handsome face and a faint sadness in his eyes was sitting at the dining table in a daze.

He held a piece of dry bread in his left hand and mechanically tore a small piece from it with his right hand and filled it into his mouth – repeating the same motion.

"Huh? …… Warrent? ”

Seeing the familiar face, Loweho stood up, walked out from behind the sofa with his head held high, and sat down at the table as if nothing had happened.

"Why are you here...... Phew, how did you get into my house? ”

"Lockpicking Spell." Warrent replied stiffly, still plaintively shoving the bread into his mouth.

"Is this an illegal invasion of a home?"

Luo Wei was hungry, and he also lifted the bamboo strip on the table, took a piece of bread from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth.

"It's cheap, but according to the law, stealing bread is stealing."

Luo Weiyi emphasized solemnly.

"I suggest you go to the police." Warrent finally had some strength and rolled his eyes at Lowe.

"No, I ask for a claim. You have to pay money for your own late-night snack. ”

"You're crazy about money, aren't you?"

"Whatever you think, eat people with soft mouths and give money."

Lowe held out his hand to Warrent, but he impatiently pushed him away.

"I'm annoyed, no money!" He glanced at Lowe viciously, "Because of the incident at Lawrence's house a few days ago, I have lost all my salary this month, and now I still owe the captain 1 pound and 16 Prang!" ”

"Is it so miserable...... Ahem, I mean, who are you blaming about? Lowe almost didn't laugh.

No wonder when I saw him in the past two days, he looked like a mournful woman.

Warrent didn't want to discuss it anymore, so he asked instead:

"You're going out tomorrow?"

"Yes, there's an invitation to a tea party."

Lowe stood up and walked over to the stove, took two glasses of water from the jug, and handed one to Warrent.

"What tea party?"

"Do you even want to know that?"

"No, just curious."

"Ugh." Lowe scratched his head, "It's a group of little girls who like the occult and magic, and they have formed a secret society to discuss magical knowledge. I was invited. ”

"Like magic? Little girl? Inviting you? ”

Warrent's face was full of question marks, and Lowe had so many slots in his sentence that he didn't know where to start.

"Don't worry, they're all Muggles. You know, the Muggle world actually has a lot of books on magic, occultism, and the like. ”

Lowe inadvertently turned his head and saw through the window a carriage parked on the street outside the house. It is the one that Warrent often uses, which can be regarded as the "police car" of this era.

"Then how did you get invited? Do you have any connection to them? Warrent asked.

"You don't know? Didn't you spy on my house yesterday. ”

"I'm not the only one in charge of spying on you."

"Oh." Luo Wei scratched his head, "I invented a set of divination tools myself, and they were very interested, so they invited me." ”

"Divination tools? Crystal ball or pendulum? Warrent's eyes lit up.

"Tarot cards."

"What's that? What you made up of your own? ”

You're making it up, your whole family is making it up.

Luo Wei rolled his eyes: "I can't explain it to you." ”

"Forget it."

Warrent apparently thought of the tarot cards as some kind of toy that Lowe had imagined himself.

"I'm going to sleep." Lowe finished the cup of tea, looked at Warrent, and asked, "You're not going to sleep in my living room tonight, are you?" ”

"Comments?"

"I'm fine, but you'll have to pay." Lowe held out his hand again, "Accommodation fee, 1 nit for a night on the ground and 3 nits for sleeping on the sofa, that's fair." ”

"Hey, don't you bother, you said you don't have any money!" Warrent's face darkened and he opened Lowe's hand.

"Hmm...... That's it. You don't have to pay, but tomorrow you'll have to send me in a carriage. This way, I can save the money I originally used to ride in the public carriage and use it to offset the money you should pay. ”

From the moment Luo Wei first saw the carriage, he began to brew this proposal.

Warrent fell into deep thought.

"Strictly speaking, this is a 'use of position to facilitate the use of public property', which is a violation of the law."

"But in order to ensure the monitoring of the target...... Well. ”

"It's a deal."

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