"Oh...but what is money?"

"..."

Lothar was about to explain to Nami when someone suddenly stopped him.

"This gentleman, this lady, don't you come to tell your fortune?" The person who spoke was a man who set up a stall on the edge of the pier. He was wearing a black wide-brimmed hat and a leather trench coat. Nami picks up.

On the table in front of the hawker, there is a deck of cards.

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You'll never forget the stench of the butchery dock, if you're done eating, don't go there, you'll spit out your stomach too.

Although disgusting, the slaughtering pier is indeed a very important economic pillar for Bilgewater. Hunting sea beasts is a high-risk but extremely profitable job that makes Bilgewater forever rich, and it drives other businesses such as piracy, smuggling, and gambling. , prostitution and other industries.

--Excerpt from Ezreal's "Valloran's Travels; Bilgewater Chapter 4: Piraeus Landmarks"

Chapter 337 Fortune Telling

"Fortune-telling" Lothar looked suspiciously at the man who set up the stall.

The man's appearance is very ordinary, with unshaven beard and frivolous eyes, but he always lowers the brim of his hat intentionally or unintentionally.

Lothar looked around. The slaughtering wharf was full of workshops for slaughtering and disposing of sea beast corpses. The people here were all butchers and sailors. The man set up a fortune-telling booth in such an environment.

"You are still hesitating about what young man." The man's accent was a little strange, and he didn't seem to be a native of Bilgewater. "You only need a golden siren to be able to predict your future destiny. Is it a good deal? ?"

Lothar didn't think it was worth it at all. He searched the boat for a long time and only found less than twenty golden sirens.

And most of this man is a liar. Lothar doesn't feel any magical breath of MTAyMzA1 in him. What kind of divination would such a person make?

Lothar just wanted to leave and ignore the man, but Nami grabbed the corner of his clothes: "Mr. Lothar, don't we try?"

Lothar pulled Nami aside and whispered, "Do you mermaids also believe in divination? That person is probably a liar."

There was confusion in Nami's voice: "Why did he lie to us?"

"For the money."

"But I really want to try it out." Nami said, "I haven't been fortune-tellered by humans yet. Maybe we'll find the whereabouts of the moon stone?"

"It seems that this girl is a little superstitious..." It's not that Lothar can't understand Nami. When he was still in the Freljord, he saw many people who took all their property and even their children's property in order to obtain a prophecy from the shaman's mouth. Life is given to the person who handed it over.

"Okay, you are my pet anyway." Lothar didn't feel sorry for his golden sea monster. It was originally picked up, and it wasn't that he couldn't earn more.

"Thank you, Mr. Lothar!" Nami secretly patted Lothar's leg with her tail hidden under the wide cloak, which seemed to be a unique way of thanking the merpeople.

Lothar walked to the stall, and the man's eyes hidden under the brim of his hat looked at him with a half-smile.

"A golden siren is too expensive." Lothar took Nami to sit on the bench.

"Sorry, sir, there's no bargaining for redemption." The man smiled slightly, "But if the two of you want to ask me to calculate, I can be cheaper, a gold siren, plus ten silver snake coins."

"Only she counts." Lothar had no interest in spending ten more Silver Snake Coins.

"I'm in a good mood today. Seeing this gentleman, you have a good face. If you want to count together, you will only be charged an extra silver snake coin." The man did not miss any opportunity to make more money.

"If it's a copper herring, I'll count it," said Lothar.

"Tamkench's coat! Sir, you can really bargain." The man exaggeratedly said, "But I agree. I think I have a destiny with you. A copper herring will be our friend."

"This guy can do business." Lothar didn't bother to bargain, he just wanted to go to the inner part of Bilgewater to have a look after the calculation was done quickly.

Bang bang bang bang bang threw the money on the table, the man smiled and pulled it into his pocket: "wise choice, sir, miss, I won't let you down."

Lothar frowned, Nami was covered by the cloak, how did he see that Nami was a girl.

Nami seemed to like fortune-telling, and clapped her hands happily on the table. Fortunately, Lothar prepared a pair of gloves for her in advance, so that she would not show the fish membrane between her blue fingers.

"Ladies first, then." The man picked up the deck of cards on the table.

Lothar looked at the man's hand. His fingers were slender, with prominent knuckles, and they were white and clean, which contrasted sharply with his face. At first glance, he thought it was the hand of a rich family daughter.

"These hands are the ones I eat." The man noticed Lothar's gaze and smiled, "I wipe it with the best cream every day, and there are quite a few ladies who are unable to extricate themselves from my golden fingers. Woolen cloth."

Lothar didn't want to answer the man's dirty jokes, but Nami didn't understand it at all.

Seeing that there was no response to his own jokes, the man was a little uninterested.

"Then, please exchange names with me." The man took off his hat, put it on his chest and saluted, "My name is Drizzt Fett, [Fate Reversal] in the Dialect of the Mang River Valley. the meaning of."

"Did a fortune teller take a name that doesn't believe in fate?" asked Lothar.

"Of course I believe in fate, but you can't always rely on fate, it's boring to live like that." Drizzt put on his hat, "Now please tell me the names of the two of you, so that you can start fortune-telling."

"My name is Lothar, her name is Nami."

"Listen to the names, aren't the two of you living nearby? Are you two lovers?"

"Let's get started." Lothar couldn't possibly say that Nami was his pet.

Seeing that Lothar didn't want to say anything, Drizzt shrugged and quickly began to cut and shuffle the cards. The cards flew up and down in his hand as if he had grown wings. Some of the cards suddenly disappeared in his hand, but the next second they disappeared. On Drizzt's hat again.

Nami looked at Drizzt's marvelous skills, her mouth closed in surprise. If Lothar hadn't repeatedly told her not to speak in front of outsiders after getting off the boat, she would have asked Drizzt carefully. How to do it.

Lothar didn't feel the slightest bit of magic in Drizzt. Although his magic was also halfway completed, his perception of magic was far less acute than his own five senses, but it was unrealistic for ordinary mages to hide in front of him.

Either Drizzt is a very powerful mage who can hide from Lothar, or his technique is so ingenious that Lothar's eyesight can't see how he shuffles the cards so gimmicky.

However, Lothar noticed that Drizzt's deck of cards was a little different. Although the patterns on the cards were different, there were only three colors overall.

Red, blue, yellow.

After Drizzt shuffled the cards, he turned the back of the deck up and spread it out neatly in front of Nami: "Miss Nami, please choose three cards at will, don't think too much, just choose whatever you want. Now, take it out and don't look at it, just leave it to me."

Nami stretched out her hand hesitantly, and finally drew three cards and placed them in front of Drizzt.

"Very good." Drizzt smiled, "Now please remember the two of you. There are three cards in this card, and each color represents a different kind of luck. Yellow is the luckiest, blue is the second After all, red is bad luck. Miss Nami, turn over the first card on your left."

Nami was really devoted to fortune-telling, her arms were shaking a little, and she turned over the first card in an uneasy mood.

A golden card.

Nami excitedly pressed down on Lothar's thigh, made a thin "Huh" sound, and immediately covered her mouth, knowing that she had accidentally said something.

Lothar patted Nami's thigh...or fishtail, to show it was okay.

"It looks like you are lucky, Miss Nami." Drizzt seemed to enjoy Nami's reaction, pointing to the pattern on the card—a chain.

"The yellow card [chain] symbolizes money luck, happiness, and the beginning of luck." Drizzt began to unlock the card.

"What does this symbolize?" Losa asked Nami.

"Don't worry, you have to read all three cards to reveal the answer." Drizzt turned over the second card.

Still a yellow card with a fighter with a long gun on it.

Nami almost jumped off the bench, she happily shook Lothar's hand, if Lothar could see her face at this time, she would definitely see a bright childlike smile.

"Your luck is really good, Miss Nami." Drizzt complimented, "Yellow card [Warrior], symbolizing tenacity, not being bewitched, and overcoming great difficulties."

Drizzt's tone became mysterious and unpredictable: "The next card is the last and most important card, Miss Nami, you have to be mentally prepared."

"Why is it the most critical one?" Lothar asked.

"Because the third card is the 'hole card', which determines how the whole deck is read," Drizzt explained. "If the last card is the worst red card, even if the first two are yellow cards, it's bad. Case."

Nami's heart clenched when she heard this, and she grabbed Lothar's hand tightly.

"Then I'm going to lift it." Drizzt's slender fingers picked up the third card.

It is still a yellow card, with the pattern of a full moon drawn.

"Amazing!" Drizzt couldn't help clapping his hands, "Miss Nami, you are really amazing, three yellow cards!"

Nami slumped on Lothar's body, this game was too exciting for her, she felt her fins were heating up.

"This girl has never seen the sinister human heart." Lothar hugged Nami and looked at Drizzt with an exaggerated expression with disapproval.

Lothar felt that this was mostly just Drizzt's trick, used to deceive the guests, and urged: "Hurry up and clear the cards."

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Copper Herring, Silver Snake Coin, Gold Siren.

This is Bilgewater's hard currency, one hundred Copper Herrings equals one Silver Snake, and one hundred Silver Snakes equals one Gold Siren.

It is said that Bilgewater did not have its own currency a hundred years ago. At that time, currencies from all over the world circulated in chaos in the port, such as leaf money from Ionia and emperor money from Noxus. It is difficult to convert the value between the two, which makes the transaction very troublesome, especially for most sailors who can only calculate the addition and subtraction within ten, calculating the exchange rate is tantamount to killing them.

--Excerpt from Ezreal's "Valloran's Travels: Bilgewater Chapter 6: The Port City Documentary"

Chapter three hundred and thirty-eight solution

"The yellow card [full moon] symbolizes longevity, attention, and unexpected gains." Drizzt began to unpack, "Miss Nami, your three cards are a yellow card [chain], a yellow card [warrior], and a yellow card [ full moon]."

Nami nervously looked at the three cards on the table, especially the last one [Full Moon], she always felt that it had something to do with her mission to find the moonstone.

Drizzt stacked three cards on top of each other, with [Chain] on top: "[Chain] is read as the beginning of luck in this deck, Miss Nami, you will experience many things next, just like a chain. Links are linked, but no matter what, you will be lucky, and you may run into luck when you go out and walk."

Nami was tempted to say she had no legs and didn't walk like a human, but she happily held back.

Drizzt took away the [chain], revealing the [Warrior]: "This [Warrior] reads as overcoming great difficulties. Although your luck is enough to keep you safe and happy every day, you are not satisfied with it. , you will actively look for some challenges, they are very difficult, not absolutely impossible for people with great luck, but you can do it."

"He must be talking about finding the moonstone!" Nami cheered in her heart. MTAyMzA1

Drizzt took away the [Warrior] again, revealing the last [full moon]: "This full moon is read as an unexpected harvest. After you have overcome difficulties and achieved your goal, your luck still does not end, The goddess of luck hugs you tightly, and you will have an unexpected harvest beyond your imagination, and this harvest will give you unprecedented joy."

Nami blinked her big eyes. Although she was very happy, she was still puzzled: "Is there any unexpected gain that makes me more happy than finding the moonstone and completing the mission of the Tidecaller?"

"Congratulations, Miss Nami." Drizzt laughed. "I would be jealous of your luck. If you go to the casino, every casino owner will cry and beg you not to come again. ."

"Okay, it's up to me." Lothar stopped Drizzt from continuing to speak to Nami, he was afraid that this guy would come up with some tricks to deceive Nami, "Let me do the math, I'm in a hurry."

"Oh, time, it never stops." Drizzt was not angry, he shuffled the cards quickly, "Then let's start directly, please draw three cards, or don't look at it."

Lothar didn't even bother to draw, so he grabbed the three cards closest to him and pressed them in front of Drizzt: "Just solve it, you don't need to turn it over one by one."

"Customers are gods, as you wish." Drizzt tapped the table with his fingers, and the three cards turned over automatically.

A piece of blood red in the eye.

Three all red.

Lothar: "..."

Nami: "..."

"Tsk tsk tsk." Drizzt shook his head regretfully, "Looks like you're out of luck, Mr. Lothar. Three Lianhong, I'm afraid the king is going to die, babies are going white, and men are going to menstruate. ."

"Stop talking nonsense, get it right." Although Lothar was a little surprised by the three red cards, Lothar didn't believe Drizzt's fortune-telling.

"Understood." Drizzt stacked the three cards again, pointing to the top one with a beggar drawn on it, "The red card [Beggar], in this deck, the answer is a loner. It's a long journey and you meet a lot of people, but none of them will stay with you for long, and sooner or later they will part with you whether you want to or not, and you'll end up on a lonely journey."

Lothar's eyes narrowed.

It seems that, in this long journey of his, no one really accompanies him from beginning to end...

"It's just a coincidence." Lothar denied Drizzt's words in his heart.

Drizzt took the [Beggar] away, revealing the second card—a pair of men and women who were having sex.

"This card is [Lovers]." Drizzt began to solve the card, "The red card [Lovers] means rotten peach blossoms. You will have been with many women on this lonely journey, and some of them will develop into extreme closeness. relationship, but most of them don't bring you good luck, only endless trouble."

Lothar: "..."

He was slowly calculating in his heart the women he had met along the way. He did know a lot, but it seemed that every one of them really...

"A coincidence... a coincidence..." Lothar continued in his heart.

Drizzt took the [Lovers], revealing the last card - a card with a wolf painted on it.

Drizzt was silent.

"Why didn't you speak?" Rosa asked.

Drizzt looked up at Lothar. "Do you really want to keep listening?"

"What's wrong?"

"I advise you not to listen." Drizzt looked serious. "At least it's happier to be kept in the dark."

"Come on!" Lothar said impatiently.

Nami looked at Lothar worriedly, and the good mood that she had fortuned to three yellow cards was now less than half of it.

Drizzt sighed: "The red card [Wolf Spirit], the half body of Kindred Reaper, is interpreted as a cruel death in this set of cards. You will die at the end of your lonely journey, and you will die very tragically. No one you know will stay by your side. And it was one of your confidantes who caused your death."