746 Turning Poin (1/2)

After I arrived in Bardi, I went to go visit a woman who was single and pregnant, and then she kicked me out…

Ahem, that sounded rather dirty, so to explain better, I simply went to visit my ”sister-in-law” Leona. Previously, I had asked dragon knights to ”transport” her to the Bardi capital. It seemed that she was still angry at me for that.

Leona's complexion seemed to be better than it was several months ago when I saw her last. Maybe it was due to the pregnancy bringing out her motherly nature, but not only did she seem gentler than before, her face had also become rounder.

”She seems womanlier now.”

Maybe my words were a bit sexist, but Leona had indeed obviously changed.

At the very least, she didn't directly draw her sword against me the moment that she saw me. It seemed that her upcoming motherhood had softened her somewhat.

When calculating the time, Leona was now approximately four or five months into her pregnancy. There was no evident bulge in her belly yet. It was also possible that her pregnancy wouldn't last nine months like an ordinary human's.

Fine, all of that was just me making stuff up. I had been single for more than three centuries already. How would I possibly know anything about pregnant women?

In order to avoid making a pregnant woman angry, I left after leaving just a letter behind. I arranged that we would go visit ”Truthful Environment” archmage Akama tomorrow for a prophecy. As for how I had just recently met Karwenz, I didn't have the time to tell that to her… Alright, I admit that I forgot to talk about Leona with Karwenz when I met him, which made me feel somewhat guilty now.

For once, I had some rare free time to myself as I walked down the streets of Bardi.

Prophets would always have a lot of rules, easily being able to come up with lots of excuses and reasons. Being able to easily access prophecies would only make them seem cheap, after all.

Being able to meet with Akama tomorrow was a rare instance of my reputation working in my favor. This was thanks to my Truth emblems, as no matter what, I was also nominally a member of the Mage Country's Truth Symposium.

Actually, with the current situation as it was, I didn't have too much hope that Akama would be able to prophesize anything for me.

”Does Karwenz intend on destroying the dimensional barrier?”

This was my original foundational question, but it no longer needed to be asked.

”How is he going to destroy the dimensional barrier? What is his ultimate goal? Where can I catch him and stop him?”

Answers to these questions would be quite valuable to me. However, it was quite obvious that Akama wouldn't be able to prophesize such answers.

The basic rule of prophecy magic was that ”yes or no” questions were the easiest to prophesize; the more specific the question regarding an individual, place, time, and so on, the greater of a price there would be for the answer. Also, the more powerful the target of the question, the greater of a price there would be as well.

This was just like trying to look up information on someone random on the internet in my past life. It would be really easy to find out if a random person was male or female, and if they were alive or dead. However, if you wanted to know what that person was thinking, what they were doing right now, or if they had any perverted fetishes… that would probably require dissecting their brain.

Prophecy was a technique of its own. Skill was required in order to ask the questions which would be easiest to prophesize.

This was even more so after the God of Fate cut off the River of Fate. All prophecies about the future became no different from trying one's luck on gambling on a horse race. But, if the question was about the present, and if more people knew about the information, then the prophecy would be easier to receive.

Besides, the God of Fate was on my side as Catio was a Hell God. I could probably get him to go easy on me.

I toured the streets of Bardi in my boredom while also thinking about the most appropriate prophecy question to ask Akama.

”Is Karwenz searching for the Chaos Girls?”

If this was really true, then it was happening already. It was likely that some among his subordinates or allies also knew about the Chaos Girls. Asking this question probably wouldn't require a large price, and if I received confirmation on this question, then I would ask my second question.

”Is searching for the Chaos Girls the most important thing to Karwenz right now?”

In a way, this question was asking in a roundabout manner if the Chaos Girls were connected to the dimensional barrier. Karwenz's primary goal was most likely to shatter the dimensional barrier, after all.

My System also had her guesses about the Chaos Girls, but receiving confirmation would be even better.

”If I stay here, will that give Karwenz a headache?”