There was nowhere to be found words like ‘You’ve been suffering’, or ‘If it’s hard, you can’t help it, take care of your position first’.

These days, Lucrezia had nowhere to attach her heart.

With Lucrezia’s enthusiastic response, the gypsy woman didn’t draw the last tarot card, but gathered the whole deck and stuffed it into a silk pouch.

“There’s nothing more to see, ma’am. A new worry has entered your household. Only by removing that worry will everything go back to normal and daily life will be peaceful.”

Lucrezia’s eyes widened. Is this… telling her to hit Ariadne?

When Lucrezia didn’t answer, the gypsy woman was feverish. The gypsy woman had another plan. She couldn’t let Lucrezia go like this.

“But how… such a thing…”

Seeing Lucrezia hesitate, the gypsy woman resolutely took out a crystal ball. The tarot was just a taste. The crystal ball was the object that truly proved her connection to the spiritual world.

She didn’t use it often because there was a spiritual price to pay each time, but this time, the price she was going to receive in the physical world was too big. Even if it meant using the crystal ball, she had to hook Lucrezia today.

“Look into this crystal ball, ma’am.”

Smoke rose up from inside the bead, revealing a faint silhouette of a beautiful girl. Lucrezia cried out in astonishment.

“Isabella!”

“Your daughter, I see.”

As the gypsy woman’s touch moved, smoke blossomed and the girl’s silhouette danced. She was now peeking at the sky. The gypsy woman squinted her eyes.

“I see a nobleblooded man.”

“Really?”

“Your daughter will become the king’s companion.”

Lucrezia opened her eyes wide. This was the story she wanted to hear.

“Really?!”

The gypsy woman moved her finger again. The silhouette of the man who had appeared in front of Isabella dispersed, and a whirlwind of smoke hit the crystal ball, and the silhouette of the man gathered into one piece and swelled up hugely.

He kindly bent his waist and lifted up the wobbly Isabella to his side.

“There may be a temporary obstacle, but she will eventually become the king’s companion. The blue bloodline wants her no matter what.”

The gypsy woman continued her hand movement. This time, the gathered smoke split sharply, and the silhouette of a young girl appeared. The gypsy woman frowned.

When she really glimpsed the fate of the sky, she couldn’t control the rising images at her will.

“The second one?”

“The second!”

What appeared in the crystal ball was Arabela. Since Lucrezia did not consider Ariadne as a child in her head, she immediately affirmed the gypsy woman’s question about whether it was the second.

The gypsy woman this time opened her eyes suspiciously and stared through the smoke.

“Is there a health problem?”

“No? What’s with the young kid. She’s almost eleven.”

“…I see a dark energy. A plague? Discord? A quarrel? You should take good care of her. Be careful for a while.”

The gypsy woman felt strain on her body as she continued to divulge fortunes. She tried to extinguish the crystal ball, but it seemed that Lucrezia had something more she wanted to see.

“Teacher, our Epolito……!”

Having said that, Lucrezia bit her own tongue. She loved her eldest son, Epolito, more than her own life. She was extremely curious about his future, but she had an impending feeling that she should not ask about it.

Even the oblivious Lucrezia could sense something when smoke rose from the crystal ball. The playful Tarot fortunetelling was over, and it was clear they were now entering the realm of real black magic.

She was worried that her mere curiosity might leave a trace of black magic in Epolito’s future. This was a rare moment of caution for the impulsive Lucrezia.

This was a stark contrast to her attitude towards Isabella’s future, which she barely worried about after seeing what the fortune teller had shown. Her love for her eldest son was one step higher, an intense motherly love, even more than her affection for her eldest daughter.

While the gypsy woman was unable to extinguish the crystal ball due to Lucrezia’s intervention, another image suddenly sprang up in the crystal ball, unasked by anyone. It was Ariadne.

“?!”

“!”

Between the two startled women, Ariadne’s shadow began to gather smoke powerfully. The gypsy woman, flustered by the suddenly gathering smoke, waved her hands and feet to extinguish the crystal ball.

But the crystal ball did not budge as if overloaded. At the same time, it began to vibrate at a short frequency as if it couldn’t handle the excessive smoke.

Creaking, creaking!

The gypsy woman felt as if the disdainful eyes from the void were watching her.

“Oh, no……!”

The gypsy woman tried to break the connection, but the crystal ball wouldn’t listen. Ominous energies were gathering.

Bang!

Eventually, the crystal ball shattered into three pieces.

“Gasp!”

“Oh dear!”

While Lucrezia was visibly startled and pale, the gypsy woman also seemed to be just as surprised.

‘The forbidden fortune……!’

Lucrezia hastily packed up and got up to leave the room. The gypsy woman stopped her in a rush. A tingling sensation crawled up her right arm.

She wondered how much karma she had used up today by looking into the crystal ball. She shouldn’t have let her target go like this.

“Ma’am, wait a moment!”

Lucrezia turned her pale face to the gypsy woman.

“Ma’am. You saw the crystal ball explode just now, didn’t you? That’s your future. If you don’t fix it right now, there’s going to be a big problem!”

Lucrezia’s face twisted. In fact, she was trying to run away because she didn’t want to hear this. If she heard this, she would have to respond to it.

She didn’t even know what was wrong and she had to fix it. That was what Lucrezia hated the most in the world. But since she had heard it, she couldn’t avoid answering.

“What… what should I do to stop the future?”

Lucrezia was afraid the gypsy woman might tell her to kill Ariadne. It wasn’t that she was afraid of blood. Lucrezia had already killed over a dozen servants with a whip.

Nor was it that she had feelings for Ariadne as her blood.

Lucrezia didn’t believe she could win against Ariadne right now. She was afraid of her young, brave daughter.

Fortunately, the gypsy woman talked about an object, not a person.

“There should be a new precious jewel that has recently come into your house.”

“A precious jewel……?”

There was of course a new precious jewel that had come into her house. It was the ‘Heart of the Blue Deep’.

“It’s completely opposed to the energy of you and your eldest daughter. Plus, it perfectly amplifies the momentum of the rolling stone. With such an object, the rolling stone is on a winning streak.”

Lucrezia, who resembled Isabella, had sparks flying from her purple eyes.

“If you bring that to me, I will perform a purification ritual. If you can’t suppress the evil energy in the jewel, it’s over for the lady……!”

Wait, if I just get rid of that, that cunning child won’t be able to bark at me?