Lord of Mysteries:The Good Witch

"You've adapted to the role of 'Seer' so quickly?" Angel asked lazily, leaning back on the sofa after enjoying a now-cold lunch and seeing off the satisfied Mrs. Green. The blood pooling in her stomach made her feel sluggish.

Klein took a sip of coffee and smiled. "This might help me master the power of the potion. You see, a 'Seer' should divine, right? To be honest, I'm planning to take a part-time job at a divination club... mainly to keep an eye out for suspicious individuals, while also working as an amateur Seer."

This coincidentally aligned with the rules of "acting," though it was also because the "Seer" sequence itself possessed convenient auxiliary abilities. Other sequences, like the "Assassin" potion, would be incredibly difficult to openly portray...

Angel noticed the silver chain barely visible in Klein's left sleeve as he held his coffee cup, feeling a twinge of jealousy. A person's success depends not only on their own efforts but also on choosing the right potion pathway...

Earlier, when Mrs. Green was present, Klein had pulled out the silver chain with the yellow crystal and performed a "pendulum divination" on the spot. Angel thought he had forgotten about the confidentiality rules. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Green was so focused on persuading Angel to accept the commission that she paid no attention to Klein's strange behavior.

After obtaining the divination results, Klein readily accepted Mrs. Green's commission to find the stolen ring. Although Angel was somewhat puzzled, she trusted her teammate and played along, subtly suggesting they "need more money" before agreeing to the commission for 120 pounds.

"I used the 'pendulum method' for divination, relying on the connection between the astral body and the spirit world and the stars to divine the good or bad of things," Klein explained. "Clockwise represents affirmative, counterclockwise represents negative. I was divining whether 'retrieving the ring would be dangerous.'"

"At that time, the pendant rotated clockwise very slowly, so the conclusion is..."

"There's danger, but not significant?" Angel interjected.

This aligned with the Jules Detective Agency's investigation results. The ring had indeed been sold to a gang by the thief, but it was just a gang, not involving higher-level powers.

For Beyonders, ordinary gang members didn't pose a significant threat.

"Correct. If the divination had indicated great danger, even for Beyonders, it would suggest that this matter likely involves beyonder factors. Conversely, it's just an ordinary case of stolen property," Klein said with a slight smile.

"By confirming it was the latter through divination, I felt we could accept this commission. After all, they found us through the Black Thorn Security Company's sign. Whether it's to maintain this disguise or to help ordinary citizens, this approach is reasonable."

And we can earn a full 120 pounds... Angel mentally added another reason.

Thinking of the impending income, she asked Rozanne, who was brewing a second pot of coffee nearby, "By the way, Miss Rozanne, if we complete the commission, how will the 120 pounds be distributed?"

Rozanne tilted her head as she poured hot water into the coffee pot, answering, "According to the usual rules, half of the commission's payment needs to be handed over to Madam Orianna as funds for the entire team. The remaining half is distributed among the team members who participated in the commission based on their contributions, but they usually split it equally."

The Beyonders' abilities differ, with varying contributions to combat or item searches. Indeed, equal division seems more appropriate. So, after handing over 60 pounds, we'll each get 30 pounds? Angel quickly calculated the potential earnings. 30 pounds was equivalent to 10 weeks' salary for a Nighthawk, and it was said to double after becoming a formal member, which would still be 5 weeks...

Her gaze swept across Klein sitting opposite her, noticing his eyes widened as he stared at Rozanne, seemingly unable to believe he could receive such a large payment.

"Unfortunately, Klein isn't a formal member yet, so he can probably only get ten percent, um, ten percent of the half after handing over the other half."

"Huh?" Seeing the 30 pounds suddenly turn into 6, the huge disparity caused Klein to involuntarily exclaim in surprise.

His reaction almost made Angel laugh out loud, but her professional training allowed her to tighten her facial muscles and hold it in.

Judging by his clothes, he doesn't seem to be in dire need of money... But from our previous chat, I learned that Klein has a brother who works overtime to earn money and a sister who's still in school. Perhaps the entire family is under financial pressure? Angel pondered silently.

Wait, non-formal member...

"But I'm not a formal member either, Miss Rozanne," Angel reminded her.

"Oh? You were already a Beyonder before joining the Nighthawks, I thought you were already..." Rozanne raised her eyebrows in surprise. "In that case, it's back to 30 pounds each."

As if to prove he deserved half of the payment, the excited Klein immediately performed a follow-up divination for Angel. Rozanne, who was quite interested in mysticism, watched from the side, while Brett, lacking interest, went to help Madam Orianna organize the finance room.

"The key to pendulum divination lies in choosing the content to divine," Klein explained, holding the silver chain in his left hand, letting the yellow crystal pendant hang naturally, almost touching the table surface. On the table was a white paper with the divination content he had just written. "If we ask questions like 'Where is Mrs. Green's lost ring?', we won't get an answer because the pendulum only gives 'yes' or 'no' answers, at most adding a 'middle state'. Any more specific answers are beyond its scope."

"But we can break down the questions we need to divine, decomposing them into simple questions that can be answered with 'yes' or 'no', and then divine them one by one to get answers."

Looking at the paper on the table that read "Mrs. Green's lost ring is in the Labor Mutual Aid Association in the dock area of Tingen City," Angel was quite surprised. Was Klein really a newcomer who had just become a Beyonder?

Klein closed his eyes, his lips moving as if muttering something.

After a while, he reopened his eyes, watching the pendant in his hand slowly rotate clockwise.

"Confirmed. It seems the conclusion in the investigation report provided by Mrs. Green is correct. The ring is in the dock area."

"Can we narrow down the range a bit more?" Angel asked, holding the investigation report and scanning over some key words.

"I have some impression of the Labor Mutual Aid Association. It's an office area converted from a warehouse, usually not many people around, but with many messy rooms. Searching room by room would be time-consuming, and once we alert the staff, conflicts could easily arise."

"We can't ask questions, only verify truth or falsity," Klein reiterated. He held a pen, with a new sheet of white paper in front of him, but hadn't started writing, waiting for Angel to propose questions that needed divination.

"How about elimination? Try divining for each room one by one?"

"My spirituality can't support too many divinations. It's fine if the location is small, but for a large area, I'm powerless," Klein rejected this method. He frowned in thought for a while, then nodded as if he had made some decision.

"How about this? I'll go with you to the dock area, and I'll use 'dowsing' to find the ring." He picked up his cane beside him and explained this divination method to Angel and Rozanne.

Unlike the pendulum method's "yes or no" prompts, dowsing only required silently thinking about the object to be divined, such as "the location of Mrs. Green's lost ring." By planting the cane on the ground, the direction it falls would roughly indicate the item's location.

"Sounds good. Even if the range isn't very precise, we can compensate for the lack of accuracy by divining multiple times and using triangulation," Angel was somewhat tempted, but after estimating the area of the dock warehouse in her mind, she still shook her head.

"It's not very useful. We've already confirmed that the ring is in the Labor Mutual Aid Association's warehouse. The area there is quite large, and your divination from outside won't be accurate enough..."

"Then let's go in together," Klein seemed quite enthusiastic as he rubbed his hands and suggested.

"That would be robbery, not theft," Angel refused. "I'd better act alone. With my assassin skills, it's better for me to go in by myself. If you come along, it might alert those gang members."

Before Klein could speak, she took the paper and pen, quickly wrote something down, and placed it in front of Klein.

"Come on, Seer. I've thought of a way. Try divining this first."

Emphasized as a "Seer," Klein could only smile bitterly. He took the white paper and looked at it. It read, "Mrs. Green's lost ring is currently being carried by someone."

The pendulum rotating counterclockwise yielded the divination result: negative.

"Second one."

While Klein closed his eyes and silently recited the words on the paper, Angel had already written down another sentence: "Mrs. Green's lost ring is being safely kept."

This time, the yellow crystal pendant rotated clockwise.

This indicated that the ring was being safely kept.

After completing two consecutive divinations, Klein put down the pendant in his hand and rubbed both sides of his temples before opening his eyes.

"I can perform at most two or three more divinations. Sorry, I've just become a Seer, and consecutive divinations consume a lot of spirituality."

"It's alright, that's enough. I've already got the answers I need."

Angel laid out the three papers with divination content on the coffee table in order, marking the divination results on each with a pen.

Under the surprised gazes of Klein and Rozanne, she patiently explained: "First, we confirmed that the ring is indeed in the Labor Mutual Aid Association in the dock area, as stated in the information provided by Mrs. Green." She circled the first paper. "Then, the second divination negated that the ring is being carried by someone."

She marked a cross on the second paper.

"Finally, it's being safely kept."

Angel finished drawing the last circle and looked up at the two: "A gold ring that obviously looks valuable, not being carried by someone, yet safely kept. Where do you think it should be?"

"In a safe!" Klein and Rozanne answered in unison.