Crane left, leaving only the phrase "I'm going to go back and think about it."

in the lounge.

Valera took out a silk scarf and wiped her tears, feeling a little apprehensive and sad in her heart—

She knew that Crane had most likely gone back to divination, and she didn't have much confidence in whether her statement just now would pass the divination test, even if it was the best statement she could come up with.

But it doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter if it's exposed.

She believed that Crane could make sure that she had no ill will towards him, and that he wasn't a person who would get to the bottom of things, and that was enough.

As for the inevitable deterioration of the relationship between the two, Valera can only say that this is the price that should be paid -

Their current relationship is like a castle, built on the quicksand of deception from the beginning, the more magnificent the castle, the more completely it collapses, so it is better to break it and stand up, first sweep away the quicksand of deception, and then rebuild the castle.

She couldn't, and couldn't, deceive Crane for the rest of her life.

……

After leaving the Cragg Club, Crane returned home.

After completing the process of developing the photo, he examined it and walked through the ritual to the gray mist.

Sitting back in the Fool's high-backed chair, he shook his head with a smirk, and then he appeared in front of him with parchment and a pen, ready to divinate Valeera's explanation.

His current mood is somewhat complicated and strange.

There is anger, there is sadness, there is relief, and there is doubt...... But none of this was strong enough, and it didn't seem to touch the peace of his heart—

It's a feeling of being both in and out of it.

"Valeera's explanations are true."

After putting away the pen and untying the pendulum, Crane restrained his spirit and quickly did a divination.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that the citrine pendant was turning clockwise, but not by a large margin and at a slower speed.

Generally credible, but not entirely true...... Crane chuckled, not surprised by the results of the divination.

Everyone has secrets, that's normal.

Even he himself is a secret, and even his closest brothers and sisters don't know?

As long as it doesn't affect yourself.

With this in mind, Crane thought for a moment and wrote down the second divination statement:

"Valilla won't mean to hurt me anymore."

After meditating seven times in a semi-meditative state, he opened his eyes and saw the citrine pendant slowly turning in a circle, making a clockwise motion with a large amplitude.

Call.

It seems that she can still be trusted...... Crane breathed a sigh of relief, and his complicated mood was relieved a lot.

Of course, I didn't completely relax.

Because Valera doesn't mean to hurt him, it doesn't mean that she really won't hurt him-

If the circumstances were exceptional, she might have hurt him "unintentionally" or "forcedly".

What Crane cares about most is, of course, the secret cult organization of the "Witch Sect".

In case Valera really had something to do with them, it wasn't impossible that one day, she would stab herself in the chest and abdomen while shouting words such as "I'm for your good" and "I don't want to" either.

Gotta leave that out of the way!

Brush brush brush.

Crane quickly wrote the third divination statement:

"Valera is not a member of the Witch Cult."

The reason why the phrase "unconnected" is not used is because, in the occult sense, since they are the same sequence, there must be a certain degree of connection, which may interfere with the divination results.

The citrine pendant rotates clockwise.

Isn't it good...... Crane put down the parchment in his hand.

He tapped his fingers on the bronze tabletop and began to recall Valeera's previous words, looking for other doubts that needed to be divined.

[In view of the general environment,

After a while, he suddenly discovered a detail that was extremely scary to think about-

Valera says that the name of her Sequence 7 potion is "The Witch".

The name of the potion had such a clear gender identity in it, and it was the only one of its kind in his memory!

Combined with the "acting method", how should a man play the role of a "witch"?

If you think of the characteristics of the "Witch Sect", which is said to be all women, you can think of the "xenotypes" and "vampires" mentioned in Valeera's notes...... Crane came up with a conjecture.

A conjecture that was really scary and made him feel a little chilled.

No way!

Crane recalls it carefully, and realizes that he really doesn't know much about Valeera's early experiences, except that her family is in decline and she has an older brother......

Brother!

Crane chuckled in his heart.

He hurriedly picked up the pen and paper in front of him again and wrote down the fourth divination sentence:

"Valeera used to be a man."

"Valeera used to be a man."

……

Seven times later, Crane opened his eyes and looked at the citrine pendant on his wrist.

It stopped there, motionless.

This? Is there not enough information? Or is she fighting against my divination...... No, the latter is unlikely...... Crane thought for a moment, crossed out the previous sentence, and wrote a new divination statement:

"Valera and her brother are the same person."

This time the divination statement obviously has a clearer direction and contains more information.

Sure enough, this time Crane saw the swing of the citrine pendant.

The counterclockwise swing is fast and the amplitude is not small.

Call.

It's okay, it's okay, it's not good...... Cleine, who received a clear answer, breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, before leaving this mysterious space above the gray mist, he practiced for a short time to manipulate the dummy Mr. "World"-

In that inspiration attempt in the morning, he successfully used the "All Black Eyes" left behind by Rosago to help him create a vest identity.

In the afternoon, he stayed at home, did not go out, and did not try to contact Valeera.

Although he had confirmed her sincerity and decided to forgive him, Crane still wanted to dry her first...... She can't just date if she wants to, she will break up if she wants to, she will forgive if she asks for forgiveness, right?

Then you won't be a licking dog.

This is a punishment for her...... Crane felt that he should help his predecessor get some ground back.

……

After Crane left, Valeera cleaned up and felt a lot more relaxed.

Although it is far from complete, she still expressed some of her emotions through the confession she had just made and released a lot of depression in her heart.

She has also figured out how to solve the difficulties in promotion.

Forced promotion.

This is the most suitable answer she found in her heart.

Through another attempt at playing the role of the female, Valeera is completely sure that she will not be able to digest more potions.

If she wants to be promoted, then there are only two options left for her -

Completely played, and forcibly promoted.

She chose the latter.

Completely play the role of harming others and harming oneself; On the contrary, he was forcibly promoted, and even if he failed, he would only suffer himself.

In contrast, she is more receptive to the latter.

——————

Explain the divination of the main character:

Except for the time when he was in a coma and lost his memory at the beginning, the protagonist actually has a special anti-divination, which can be roughly understood as Schrödinger's anti-divination.

If there are clues, you can get results, and if you don't have clues, there will be no results, and you can't search for a model lake.

Of course, I admit that this is also a plot need, but it also fits my premise.