inspire-indiana Chapter 85 The Wheel of Fate
Chapter 85 The Wheel of Fate
The system teleported Ji Xingyi directly to the door of the room marked with Michelle's name.
Pushing open the door, one enters a tatami room. A boy dressed in a school uniform is sitting at a small table, arranging scattered tarot cards. Kiyoshi suspects he's the second person to enter, as Michelle has already performed a reading for someone else. So, he walks over, sits opposite Michelle, and hands the fallen cards to the boy.
Michelle looked up and glanced at Ji Xingyi. After everything was tidied up, she carefully observed Ji Xingyi and said, "Hello, my name is Michelle. Thank you for choosing me."
Although the boy was dressed in women's clothing, his voice surprisingly didn't have a feminine quality. Ignoring the skirt, he looked like an ordinary high school student.
After introducing herself, Michelle quickly fanned out the tarot cards and said, "Please state your question and then draw three tarot cards."
"Does it have to be a divination? Can't we just chat?" Ji Xingyi asked tentatively.
“Your eyes are so clear. I don’t think you’re interested in me wearing a skirt, are you?” Michelle shrugged. “Two out of ten minutes have already passed. Are you sure you don’t want to give it a try? It’s a rare opportunity.”
Ji Xingyi lowered her eyes to look at the uniform set of tarot cards, and after thinking for a moment, replied, "One card, is that alright?"
If we draw three cards, it would be a bit like following Michelle's line of thinking. If we want to find out whether Michelle really has psychic abilities, the first step is not to let him lead us by the nose.
“Okay.” Michelle nodded.
Ji Xingyi randomly drew a card and flipped it over, placing it in the center of the table.
This tarot card contains no figures; instead, it features a circular design in the center, with a lion, a bull angel, and an eagle at the four corners, all with wings. In addition, there are snakes, wolves, and a sphinx, among other things.
Michelle reacted calmly to the card, looking up and asking, "What questions do you need me to answer? Relationships, career, finances, or something else?"
If they were to ask about the future, they would need to wait until some point in the future to determine whether Michelle truly possessed psychic abilities. That's why Jiang Lin had Ji Xing ask about things that were already known.
After a moment's thought, Ji Xingyi replied, "Then please tell me about the relationship between my lover and me. That shouldn't be too difficult, right?"
"This card is called the Wheel of Fortune, the eleventh card in the Major Arcana, numbered X, symbolizing the changes and cycles of fate. The story of this tarot card comes from the three Fates of Greek and Roman mythology—the Moirai. They are the daughters of the Mother of Night. Among the three goddesses, Clotho is the weaver, Lachesis is the measurer, and Atropos is the shearer."
"In mythology, the three Fates of Moirai weave the threads of human destiny, and no living being can interfere with their work, not even the great Zeus."
Michelle looked up at Ji Xingyi and said, "You love her very much. You see her as your destined one and want to take your relationship to the next level."
“However, this card is reversed,” Michelle paused, “there is some kind of karma on you that is hindering your relationship with her.”
Ji Xingyi raised an eyebrow: "Karma?"
Michelle: "There are many kinds of karma, but I can sense that it's due to reasons within both of you, such as something troubling you, or your partner still having doubts about your relationship. In short, whether it's a predicament or a challenge, it's an inescapable fate."
Ji Xing's eyes darkened, then he smiled again: "I want to ask, did you rely on the cards I drew to perform the divination? So the result of the divination is related to my luck in drawing the cards?"
Michelle shook her head: "Tarot cards are only used to assist in the analysis; the main method is to rely on our spiritual connection when we are face to face."
“What if I didn’t draw this card?” Ji Xingyi pulled another tarot card from her left sleeve and pushed it in front of Michelle with her fingertips.
【Hanging Man】Upright position.
"Is this card the same answer as the Wheel of Fortune?"
Upon seeing the crack in Michelle's expression, Ji Xing stood up and said, "The card I actually drew was this one, while the Wheel of Fortune was one I had hidden in my sleeve beforehand and switched when the cards were flipped!"
At the time, Michelle was tidying up the tarot cards on the table. When Ji Xingyi helped pick up the tarot cards from the ground, he casually stole one.
"You've been secretly observing my micro-expressions, guessing my thoughts, and then, based on the basic information from this card, saying what I want to hear." Ji Xingyi straightened his sleeves, then lowered his head and said disdainfully, "Right, Michelle the Astrologer!"
Michelle's face visibly darkened.
The ten minutes ended perfectly, and Ji Xingyi disappeared back to the room where she had been.
Michelle looked down and stared at the tarot cards on the table.
Ji Xingyi was the first person in his career to expose him using this kind of cheating method.
“Interesting!” Michelle picked up the Hanged Man card and laughed out loud in exasperation.
After returning to the room, Ji Xingyi pressed Jiang Lin, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, onto the bed.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Lin asked curiously.
Ji Xingyi buried her head in Jiang Lin's neck: "Michelle is a fake, but I like listening to what he says."
Jiang Lin: "What did he say?"
Ji Xingyi pressed his forehead against the young man's: "He said we are destined for each other."
"An inescapable fate."