Beckland, Queens.

Audrey Hall sat in a chair in a shady corner, looking at the clumps of flowers blooming in the sun, and pondered the matter of Furth Wall's request for help.

According to Viscount Glerint, there was a young girl named Hugh Dilcha who was being held in a makeshift cell in the northern district of Beckland.

Her charge was that she had seriously injured a decent gentleman in a property dispute, leaving him in a hospital bed and perhaps unable to stand up again.

In response, Forth explained that the gentleman was not a good man, and that he was a gang leader in Beckland's East End who made a living from loan sharks.

The reason for the incident was that a certain borrower, after discovering that the interest rate was several times higher than he expected, and that he could not repay it even if he went bankrupt, after negotiating with the gentleman to no avail, he approached Hugh Dilcha, a well-known "arbiter" nearby, in the hope that she would persuade the other party to waive the unreasonable part.

The gentleman did not obey Hugh Dilcha's "ruling" and even threatened to arrest the borrower's wife and children that night, so Hugh Dilcha changed his persuasion techniques and used physical means to cause serious injuries by one accident.

Viscount Gleilynt investigated the incident, confirmed that Furth Wall's account was true, and that the gang leader had lost control of his subordinates, and after someone's "visit" in the middle of the night, forgave the borrower of his debts, and issued a statement to the prosecutor to forgive Hugh Dirkcha, but the case of serious injury was not that the victim would not be prosecuted if he did not want to be prosecuted.

"Greint wanted to solve the problem in a normal way, and sent someone to consult a familiar barrister, who said that he was sure that it was only a light sentence, but the defense of innocence was very difficult, unless the client could obtain a medical certificate of mental problems or mental development......" Audrey muttered to herself, leaning towards her friend's opinion.

The most important thing for her is not to have an overt relationship with Furth Wall and Hugh Dilcha - after the "Tarot Society", Audrey feels that she is no longer a naïve and ignorant girl.

"To-morrow there is a ball at Earl Wolf's house, tell Glerint when the time comes, and do what the barrister advises. Audrey nodded slightly and made a decision.

In the Kingdom of Rune, lawyers are divided into barristers and solicitors, the latter of whom are responsible for matters that do not require court, such as gathering evidence, talking to clients, drafting wills, supervising the distribution of property, and providing legal advice, and of course, they can also represent clients in the most basic magistrates' courts to defend simple cases.

According to the laws of the Kingdom of Rune, they must maintain an objective attitude, so they cannot contact the client directly, but can only complete the collection of information through assistants, that is, solicitors, each of whom is a real legal expert, with outstanding eloquence and a very high level of debate.

Audrey, who had recovered her relaxation, looked at the purple flowers outside with a posture of hiding in the darkness and peeking into the light, and thought of one thing:

"Medical certificate of mental problems or unsound mental development...... Psychiatrist ......"

"If the Psychological Alchemy Society has mastered the 'Acting Method', does that mean that they can be found in the group of psychiatrists?"

Thinking of this, Audrey felt that her train of thought was extremely right, and her eyes were as bright as bright gems.

Just then, she saw Susie, the big golden retriever, sneak behind the clumps of flowers, to a place that only a gardener would reach.

Susie...... What is it going to do?" Audrey hid in the shadows, stunned.

The golden retriever seemed to be confused by the scent of the flowers, and did not notice the owner behind him, and it opened its mouth and made a "ahh

Immediately afterward, it caused the surrounding air to vibrate, and the words that were jerky and not mellow sounded sounded:

"Hello. ”

"How are you?"

......

Audrey's mouth opened a little, completely forgetting the etiquette of an elegant lady, and she couldn't believe what she saw and the stiff voice she heard.

She stood up abruptly and blurted out:

"Susie, can you speak? When will you be able to speak?"

The big golden retriever jumped up in fright and turned to face his master.

It wagged its tail in a panic and quickly, opening and closing its mouth a few times before it shook the air around it:

"I ......"

"I don't know how to explain it, after all, I'm just a dog. ”

Hearing this, Audrey was speechless for a while.

............

On Monday morning, Klein, who was on sabbatical, reviewed and consolidated his knowledge of the occult as planned, and then took a public carriage to Hoy University.

He wanted to get in touch with Mr. Azik to see what he knew.

In the small three-story graystone building of the history department, Klein chatted with his mentor, Cohen Quentin, about the ancient ruins of the main peak of Hornachis.

With nothing to gain, he took advantage of the tutor's errand, entered the office diagonally opposite, and walked to the desk of the Azk instructor who stayed behind.

"Mr. Azik, can I talk to you?" he looked at the bronze-skinned instructor with soft features and a small mole under his right ear, and took off his hat and saluted.

Azik, whose brown eyes hide an indescribable sense of vicissitudes, sorted out the following books and said:

"No problem, let's go for a walk by the Hoy. ”

"Okay. Crane picked up his cane and followed the other party out of the three-story gray stone building.

Along the way, both remained silent, and neither spoke.

When the flowing river came into view, and when there were no more teachers and students around, Azker paused, half-turned, and said to Klein:

"Do you have anything to do with me?"

Klein pondered for a long time, thinking of many tactful ways, but gave up one by one.

So, he asked frankly and directly:

"Mr. Azik, you are a trustworthy and respectable gentleman, and I would like to know what you have seen in me, or what do you know? I mean the last time, when you said that my fate was incongruous. ”

Azk nodded his cane, sighed and smiled:

"I didn't expect you to be so direct, I don't know how to answer. ”

"Frankly, the incongruity in your fate is the only thing I can discern it, and I don't know more than that. ”

Klein hesitated and asked:

"But why can you see that? I don't believe it comes from divination. ”

Azik looked sideways at the Hoy River, and his tone was a little gloomy:

"No, Klein, you don't understand, divination can be done to this extent, it just depends on who does it, and of course, my divination is just an excuse to cover up. ”

“...... Some people are always special and born with some strange abilities, and I should be that person. ”

"Should?" Klein keenly grasped the other party's choice of words.

"Yes, I don't know if I was born with it, maybe the price of that ability is to forget myself, forget the past, forget my parents. Azik's eyes looked at the surface of the river with a slightly sad look.

The more Klein listened, the more confused he became:

"Forgetting the past?"

Azik smiled without a smile:

"Before entering the history department of Beckland University, I lost most of my memory, I only remembered my name and basic knowledge, fortunately, fortunately I had identification, otherwise I would only have become a homeless person, for so many years, I searched for my parents based on identification, but nothing was gained, even if I could see a corner of destiny. ”

"And in my years at university, I gradually discovered that I had some strange abilities, abilities that went beyond the realm of common sense. ”

Crane listened intently and blurted out:

"Mr. Azik, why do you have amnesia? No, I mean, did you find the cause of the amnesia on the spot?"

He suspected that Mr. Azik was a member of the amnesiac School of Life, or even a member of the middle sequence of high status - this was the counterpart of the "monster", a secret organization that had been born of a "prophet" and was mainly passed down from master to apprentice.

Azik shook his head heavily:

"No, it's as if I slept and I forgot about the past. ”

He took his cane, took a few more steps, and said as he went:

"After leaving Beckland, I began to dream about many strange things......"

I'm good at interpreting dreams! Klein, who entered the professional field, immediately asked:

"What kind of dream is it?"

Azik chuckled indistinctly:

"Many, many different dreams, sometimes, I dream of the dark interior of the mausoleum, I dream of an ancient coffin, the corpse inside is lying on its stomach, white feathers grow from its back, sometimes, I dream that I am a knight in full armor, holding a three-meter spear, rushing towards the enemy. ”

"Sometimes I dream that I am a lord with a rich estate, with a beautiful wife and three children, and sometimes, I dream that I am a vagabond, drenched in rain, walking on a muddy road, cold and hungry. ”

"Sometimes, I dream that I have a daughter, a daughter who is different from the children before me, who has smooth black hair, who likes to sit on the swing that I made with my own hands, and who always asks me for candy, and sometimes, I dream that I am standing by the gallows, coldly looking up at the corpses floating on it......"

Listening to Azik's whispers, Klein found that he couldn't even decipher the other party's dreams, because the symbols of different dreams were opposite and contradictory!

Azk retracted his gaze, and said in a voice that no longer wandered:

"The southern kingdom of Fenerport believed in Mother Earth, and the Church of Mother Earth Goddess preached the idea that every life was a 'plant', absorbing the nutrients of the earth, slowly growing, flourishing, and decaying. ”

"When they wither, these lives will fall into the earth, return to the mother's arms, and in the next year, they will grow again, and the flowers will bloom and fall, year after year, and life will be like this, life after life. ”

"Sometimes, I am very willing to believe this statement, believing that because of my own specialness, I can dream of the previous life and the fragment of the previous life. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Klein and sighed:

"I haven't even talked about these things, and the reason why I'm telling you is because I ......"

Azke paused and smiled:

"I'm sorry, my description wasn't accurate enough, the incongruity in your fate isn't the only thing I can see, there's another thing I can see. ”

"Crane, you're not normal anymore, you have extraordinary, strange abilities, just like me. ”