Chapter 37: It Exploded on the spot!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Put your hand on the crystal ball and close your eyes. Relax your body and leave everything to fate.”
Following the Prophet’s instructions, Anvis extended his pale and slender right hand and gently pressed it on the crystal ball.
A smooth and cold touch came from his palm, although his rationality told him that the power of the wishing spell would most have arranged the outcome for him again.
But when the real test began, Anvis was still a little worried.
“Take it easy.”
The clairvoyant sensed Anvis’s nervousness immediately. In fact, most people who took the test had similar reactions.
“Don’t be nervous, Young master Anvis. It’s not scary. If you have talent, then you’ll see a small piece of the future at random.”
Anvis nodded and took a deep breath. He closed his eyes and focused all his attention on his senses. Gradually, he entered a state similar to meditation.
At first, Anvis did not feel anything other than the solid touch of the crystal ball.
But as time passed, he, who was immersed in a trance, suddenly felt the existence of something!
It was a fog—
The moment Anvis sensed the existence of this fog, in the study room outside, the crystal ball emitted a grayish-white glow without any warning. An image of the fog appeared in the crystal ball.
Upon seeing the change in the crystal ball, the expressions of the two people present immediately changed. The gray-robed Prophet was slightly stunned, and a hint of surprise flashed across her eyes.
The duke was also slightly surprised, but this surprise immediately turned into joy.
As the test had yet to be completed, Duke Karlos suppressed the joy in his heart and stood quietly at the side to watch. However, his slightly raised lips revealed his true feelings.
“There is a reaction…”
The Prophet spoke slowly, a note of amazement in his voice.
“Congratulations, Your Grace!”
Hearing the Prophet’s congratulations, the Duke could not help but smile. But just as he was about to say something, suddenly—
Crack!
Suddenly, the crystal ball flashed and exploded!
The duke’s eyes suddenly froze. Countless scattered fragments froze in the air. It was as if someone suddenly pressed a pause button on the shards in the room, or like a photograph that was instantly captured.
For a moment, crystal shards filled the study. Under the sunlight outside the window, they sparkled like stars in the night sky.
Anvis looked at this scene in surprise. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw this strange yet beautiful ‘starry sky’.
The explosion of the crystal ball was not powerful, and it did not hurt him under the protection of magic power, but it woke him up from his illusioned state.
In the next moment, the countless’ stars’ that were still in midair retreated at a speed that seemed slow but was actually fast under the effect of magic and gathered into the original crystal ball again.
Anvis could even see that a portion of the fragments that had almost struck the three of them earlier flew back along the original route.
After hitting the same point for the second time, it flew back in the direction it came from.
After it reassembled back into a ball, the cracks on the surface of the crystal ball began to gradually recede, converge, and shrink inward…
Finally, under Anvis’surprised gaze, countless cracks gathered at the center of the crystal ball, and then disappeared after a weak flash.
The secret skill of the Eighth Transformation School—Advanced Reversal Technique!
However, although the crystal ball was restored to its original state, Anvis could sense that it had become an ordinary crystal ball.
The mysterious energy within the crystal ball had been completely depleted, and it hadn’t fully recovered yet.
“What’s going on, Irina?”
Duke Carlot frowned and looked at the Prophet’s face under the shadow of her hood. His low voice echoed in the study.
“What did you see just now?”
However, the gray-robed Prophet did not immediately respond to the Duke’s question. Instead, she looked at Anvis and spoke hurriedly.
For the first time, there was a clear emotional fluctuation in her ethereal voice.
Anvis closed his eyes as he recalled the scene from before. He spoke softly with some hesitation.
“A… starry sky?”
“Starry sky?”
A hint of surprise appeared on the face of the prophet named Irina as she turned toward Duke Karlos, and her gray robe rippled slightly.
“I’m sorry, Your Excellency. It’s my first time seeing Anvis in such a state, so I lost my composure just now…”
Knocking his index finger on the tabletop of the Black Dragon Bloodwood, Karlos stared at the Prophet, puzzled.
“Then, Irina, what does this signify? Does Anvis have any talent in Divination?”
“Theoretically speaking, if the crystal ball can produce an anomaly, it means that the testee has the talent of a Prophet. However, for crystal ball to explode during the test…”
The Chief Prophet sounded hesitant. She had no idea what this situation meant.
“I can’t give a definite answer right now, Your Excellency. I’m afraid I need to seek an answer from my teacher regarding this matter.”
“Father,Miss Prophet, I have an idea.”
At this moment, Anvis suddenly spoke, drawing their gazes over.
“If you’re not sure if I have the gift of divination, can you lend me some books about divination to me? Let’s see if I can learn divination normally.”
“A book on divination?”
After some thought, Lord Karlos turned to the Prophet.
“Will there be any danger?”
Irina shook her head.
“In history, there has never been a case where someone was harmed trying to learn divination. At most, one would not be able to learn it.”
The duke nodded and turned to Anvis.
“In that case, give me your authority token.”
Anvis took out a metal plate engraved with the pattern of the Frostwind Crystal Bird from his ring. He held it up with magic power and placed it on the table in front of the duke.
The Duke reached out and picked it up. The heraldic ring on his finger flashed with a magical luster, and he lightly stamped it on the surface of the badge.
“Take it. I’ve already given you permission to read the books of the School of Divination.”
……
The next day, the Chief Prophet bade the Duke farewell.
She planned to go on a long trip to the floating city of Oraxi’an, the headquarters of the Council of Magic located in the faraway kingdom of Ethel.
She asked her teacher, ‘Stargazer’ Bluntz, one of the three presidents of the Council of Magic, to see if she could get some information from the broken crystal ball.
After she left, Anvis happily stayed in the large library, eagerly learning the latest unlocked magic knowledge of the School of Divination.
Previously, they had been placed in a corner of the library alone. The entire bookshelf was protected by powerful sealing magic.
Even in his previous life, past Anvis, who was a seventh rank mage, had not been able to come into contact with these books. Although the current Anvis was very greedy, he had no idea where to start.
Now, he finally obtained the authority to pass through this seal.
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