[You spread out the tarot cards in front of you, using a basic method of divination.]
[Jane choses a card, the inverted cup card, centralising your focus, you start to perceive the blurred causality...]
[Three names emerge in your mind’s eye vision: Mitchell, Feige, Quincy.]
Mu You was taken aback, there were indeed traps. From the causality perspective, she seemed to be ambivalent with at least three individuals... But no matter what, there definitely is one formal boyfriend, who should be the one publicly declared, and the remaining two are her ’distractions’.
Mu You tried again with a character for a deeper divination, yet it was hard to extrapolate more. If Vivian were here, such a trick would have been broken easily. His proficiency level was not at par yet...
Mu You shrugged, fortunately it didn’t matter, three names, he would try one by one.
[You inform your opposite party that her boyfriend is ’Mitchell’.]
["I am sorry, your answer is incorrect." Jane looks at you and shakes her head with a smile.]
"So, I was wrong huh..."
Mu You wasn’t too surprised, he clicked on his pocket watch and went back in time.
[Time flows, and you tell her again, her boyfriend is ’Feige’.]
["I am sorry, your answer is incorrect." Jane still carries the same smile and tone.]
Mu You frowned, and continued to click on the watch.
[Time slips, you say the final name: Quincy.]
["I’m sorry, the answer is incorrect..."]
Mu You wore a bemused expression.
[Time flows and you inform your opposite party that her boyfriend is Mitchell, Feige, and Quincy.]
["Correct, all three of them are my wings." Jane looks at you in surprise, she had a suspicion that you may have already gathered some information about her from within the club. All the internal members of the Divination Club knew that Jane was dating all three simultaneously.]
Mu You is quite taken aback; not only does she have three boyfriends, they were also aware of each other’s existence?
[Jane admits that your test was successful, but she advises you to keep this matter confidential.]
[You naturally agree. Maintaining the confidentiality of those whom you divine for is an unspoken ethical conduct required of all diviners.]
[After Jane leaves, the second diviner enters the room.]
[Milton Eden, the eldest son of Duke Milton from Duke Milton House, his family’s high position in the empire also lends him certain privileges in his school life. Although his divination skills are subpar, he’d managed to secure a role as one of the vice presidents of the Divination Club.]
It seems like the second one to walk in had connections. Being a duke’s son, he undoubtedly held a high position and wielded great authority.
Mu You was waiting for this high-ranking offspring to present his divination request, when the question he finally posed took him by surprise again.
[Eden has always suspected that he might not be biologically related to his father, as they didn’t seem to possess any facial resemblance. He hopes you can divine who his real father is. He has already privately asked his fellow club’s diviners about this and is pretty sure about the answer.]
Why are all their divination questions so perverse?
He suddenly realised, diviners seemed to have the potential to effortlessly gain numerous gossipy tidbits.
Of course, no matter how much gossip one comes by, they couldn’t divulge it. This unwritten rule among diviners was revered, violation of it could lead not only to despise by all peers but also rejection by clients. Clients consulted diviners with the intention of revealing their secrets and baring their souls, who would want to approach a diviner who couldn’t keep secrets?
Shaking his head, Mu You continued with the game with his usual composure. After a round of divination, he came up with four names, all of whom had been especially kind to Eden in the past.
Following the usual routine, he tried one by one.
Fortunately, this time there wasn’t any ’all four of them are my father’ sort of magical operation. When he approached one of them, Eden approved of Mu You’s divination technique.
After that, the remaining vice presidents took their turns. The divined content was diverse, from ’which is my favourite cat?’ to ’someone’s birth time’ to ’who will be the Red Rose Star of this session?’ etc.
Expectedly, all the divination outputs were ambiguous. These experienced student diviners knew how to frame the most abstract divination questions.
Thankfully, Mu You could cheat with his pocket watch. Without it, his novice skills wouldn’t be sufficient to handle these individuals.
After dealing with all six vice-presidents, it was the president’s turn.
[President Lot walks into the diviner’s room and sits across from you.]
["I am surprised, you were able to answer all six of their divinations correctly, this can’t be achieved with mere talent." Lot looks at you: "Either you’re a master with enough experiential wisdom in divination, or you have a specific trick up your sleeve, begetting more information through non-divination means... I incline towards the latter..."]
[Lot doesn’t propose a divination problem to you, instead, he picks up a candle from the table.]
["So, in this round, I’ve decided not to test you on your original question, as you would most likely answer it correctly anyway."]
["This time, I will be the one to divine for you."]
["And the divination content will be: Would you receive my recommendation letter today."]