Freya couldn't help but inwardly roast him. David's obsession with extraordinary power was truly excessive. First, he had run off all on his own to the Mind Research Association in another country, and as soon as Victor dragged him back, he immediately joined this enthusiast club, the 【Supernatural Research Society】.
And now, out of nowhere, he had somehow dragged an “extraordinary” over.
After glancing around the room, the extraordinary's gaze landed on Freya. “Do we have another new face?”
Andrew explained, “This is Freya. She was originally a member of the 【Supernatural Research Society】, but she had some business in the capital for a while and only just returned.”
The extraordinary merely nodded amiably. “No problem, no problem.”
The man was wearing sunglasses and a black jacket, his hands thrust into his pockets. He gave off an air of swagger, looking as though he were someone truly formidable.
However, before an extraordinary used their abilities, they were no different from ordinary people. At this moment, Freya couldn't even confirm whether this guy was actually an extraordinary or not.
Still, it wasn't a big deal. To prevent any unexpected mishaps, Freya had actually had Mind Freya turn “invisible” and shadow her before she met up with Amy, so she decided to skip the formalities and head straight for the results.
As the Mind Reading ability activated, Mind Freya surreptitiously peered into the extraordinary's surface thoughts. Her primary goal was to check whether he was a good person; if he was, she naturally wouldn't pry any further, as she had no voyeuristic urge to peek into other people's secrets.
The extraordinary said, “Now that everyone is here, let us officially begin. Last time, I mentioned that there are twelve explored pathways in this world. However, since we have a newcomer today, it might be better if I go over it again.”
Meanwhile, in Mind Freya's perception, the man's outermost thought was: ‘What a pretty girl. Named Freya? And she just returned from the capital? At first glance, she looks like another great noble. I can probably swindle a lot of money out of her.’
So this guy really was an extraordinary, and he came here just to give lectures to a bunch of ordinary people, talk about extraordinary knowledge, and make some cash?
This... truly felt like something a wild extraordinary would do.
The extraordinary turned his gaze toward Freya and continued, “The twelve pathways are War, Death, Destiny, Trick, Sun, Moon, Earth, Scholar, Law, Mind, Travel, and Ocean. As for me, lovely lady, you may call me Cyril. I am an extraordinary of the Destiny Pathway.”
At this moment, Amy also whispered by Freya's side, “He seems to be a Diviner on the Destiny Pathway. It seems each of these ten pathways has three class advancements.”
Destiny? Diviner? No, that wasn't right!
In Mind Freya's mind reading, this fellow was lying. His true pathway was... the Curse Pathway!
Freya kept her expression carefully in check, but her mind raced. She had never heard of this pathway before. It seemed to be an unexplored pathway, similar to the Devil Pathway.
Cyril glanced at Amy, then continued looking at Freya. “Yes, indeed. So, would you like me to do a little divination for you? Luck, career, romance—whatever you wish to divine is fine~”
According to Mind Freya's mind reading, he wasn't lying this time. This guy truly possessed the extraordinary ability to divine, and he genuinely intended to give Freya an ordinary fortune-telling session, after which he would coax her into buying some useless trinket claiming to defy fate and change her destiny, thereby pocketing a fee.
The Curse Pathway didn't sound like a good pathway, but wild extraordinaries often had no choice. Could it be that this guy wasn't necessarily evil?
Freya put on a hesitant expression, then looked at the others around her and asked softly, “Have you all had your divinations done?”
Amy was the first to speak up. “Mhm! Mr. Cyril did a divination for each of us, and I feel it was remarkably accurate! Fufu, you really should give it a try—he's super amazing~!”
David chimed in as well. “Indeed, indeed! According to the divination results, I'll encounter an unforgettable event in the near future. That definitely means becoming an extraordinary! I'm so excited for it!!!”
Freya nodded hesitantly, but to be on the safe side, Mind Freya initiated a deep mind read. Layers of memories were like a thick book, effortlessly leafed through by Mind Freya.
The first thing she saw was the scene etched deepest in Cyril's memory: the moment he drank the potion and became an extraordinary. A figure clad in a black robe and wearing a mask stood before him.
The attire felt somewhat familiar to Mind Freya. After a moment's thought, she realized: the Holy Blessing Society! That cult worshipping the “Earthly Curse”! And this Cyril was actually a member of the Holy Blessing Society!
All right, she took back what she had just thought. This guy was definitely bad news.
She recalled how the Special Service and the Church of the Earth had investigated together previously without turning up any results. Freya had assumed the cultists had fled the city. But now it seemed that wasn't the case at all—they were still lurking in this city?
Neither the Special Service nor the Church of the Earth had been able to track down these cultists, yet David had stumbled right into one. In a certain sense, wasn't that guy quite something?
The mind read continued. The black-robed cultist said in a hoarse voice, “Cyril, you have great talent. You deserve something better.”
With that, the figure brought out an ordinary Destiny potion. However, rather than handing it directly to Cyril, he retrieved another bottle filled with a purple liquid. Removing the stopper, he dripped three drops of the purple liquid into the Destiny potion.
A Curse potion actually needed to be taken attached to another potion! It altered certain characteristics of the original potion. In other words, strictly speaking, Cyril's current pathway should be called the Cursed Destiny Pathway?
Then what about the members of the Holy Blessing Society that War Freya had encountered when she attended the wild extraordinary gathering? Were they truly on the Death Pathway, or were they perhaps on a “Cursed Death” Pathway as well?
In reality, the divination had already begun. Cyril shook his sleeves, and tiny paper figurines flew out from his cuffs, drifting over to Freya's side. The paper figurines landed on the ground, holding hands to form a circle, and began dancing around Freya.
Cyril spoke up, “Miss Freya, what would you like to divine?”
The others had already seen this spectacle multiple times, but David, Amy, Andrew, and the other members of the club still wore amazed expressions, staring unblinkingly at the little paper figurines.
Freya replied offhandedly, “I'm not sure what to divine either. How about... predicting my future?”
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