Chapter 105: Scammer!

She walked slowly, supported by the mercenaries and a wooden staff.

She was very old, her face and white hair showing that she was closer to her grave than to Dante’s position.

Her back was bent, giving her a short and weak appearance. And she was dressed in a long green robe, giving her a mysterious look.

As she stood before Dante, she smiled, showing a mouth filled with golden teeth.

Ruby smiled as well: “This old lady is the Grand Seer, Ms. Agnes! I heard some rumours that she could predict the future and luck. After finding her, I told her about your situation and she said that she could help.”

Dante looked at the old woman and asked hesitantly: “Can you really… fix my luck?”

Ms. Agnes sighed: “I see, I see… these two didn’t lie, your luck is truly a mess. How did you survive until now with that weight on your shoulders?”

Dante’s eyes trembled for a moment: “Can… Can you see it? Is that even possible?”

As he asked her that, he focused on her luck, noticing that it didn’t seem any different from the others.

“Yes, my child.” Ms. Agnes nodded, closing her eyes in pity: “I have a special class and some knowledge about luck, and I can even guess your fate… I can see how your misfortune is leading your fate into the path of death.”

“….”

Dante stood in silence for a moment as he weighed her words, resisting the urge to grit his teeth. After a moment, he inhaled and asked: “You can guess my fate as well?”

“Yes. It’s as clear as the golden sun to my eyes.”

“BAHAHAHA!”

All of a sudden, Greed appeared in Dante’s vision, coiling around Ms. Agnes’ neck and laughing in amusement.

Dante understood why he laughed.

’Fucking scammer! Is that woman insane?!’

Dante was fateless, how could she see his fate? The Sin of Greed, as someone with knowledge of fate, couldn’t hold his laugh at hearing her words.

Or he could, but he just wanted to annoy Dante.

Tap!

Ms. Agnes tapped the ground lightly and said: “Sit, sit. I’ll fix your luck, but the process will take at least a day… and 25 mana crystals.”

Hearing this, Greed laughed again: “Yes, give her your mana crystals so she could fix your luck and fate! Hehehe.”

’Shut up!’

Dante sat on the ground as she said, and waited. He wanted to see what that woman was trying to do… and there was another reason.

Dante glanced at Ruby’s Wheel of Luck, noticing that the second arrow was following the old woman.

’She’s a scammer, but something about her might benefit me.’

Ms. Agnes took a few steps forward, entering the range of Dante’s misfortune.

“Why are you coming close? Aren’t you scared of my curse?” Dante asked, watching his misfortune leaking into her luck.

Ms. Agnes laughed: “I don’t fear misfortune. Your misfortune isn’t harmful to my luck or even the others as long as I’m here.”

Dante looked again at his misfortune clearly touching her luck: ’Yeah, definitely a scammer.’

Ms. Agnes kept moving closer to Dante before placing her hand on his head.

He suddenly got the urge to cut off her filthy hand, but he resisted it to see what she was trying to do.

“This curse started recently…” Ms. Agnes opened her eyes: “It’s due to black magic. Whoever did that made your luck surrounded by a chaotic mist that increased your misfortune and reduced the chance of good opportunities.”

“So it’s true…” Ruby looked at Dante with sympathy.

Jin glared at Ruby: “I told you it was true!”

“And what’s the process that will take an entire day?” Dante crossed his arms as he asked.

Instead of answering, Ms. Agnes brought a notebook out of her robe and read a specific page. After a moment, she responded: “I have to remove that mist. You won’t understand how, but I’ll use some magical herbs and mana crystals to increase your golden fortune. That would be enough to resist the mist and kick it away.”

’Yes, like I’d believe—!’

Before Dante could complete his thought, he suddenly froze as he noticed that Ms. Agnes knew that the fortune had a golden color.

’Wait, is she not a complete scammer?’

But as he was about to believe that she wasn’t a scammer, he noticed that the arrow on Ruby’s Wheel of Luck wasn’t pointing at Ms. Agnes, but the notebook she held!

Dante smirked slightly as he suddenly stood up, surprising Ms. Agnes.

“My child, I’ll get the herbs from the carriage and start the process. Can you sit again and—”

“Wait, I want to ask about something.” Dante cut her off and stood closer to her: “Can you tell me about this notebook?”

Ms. Agnes didn’t show any reaction as she answered: “Sure. This notebook was something I inherited from my grandfather, who was an expert in fighting black magic and curses. It has some notes that I’m using to remember a few things.”

Dante nodded, then all of a sudden, he cruelly grabbed her notebook.

Ms. Agnes’ eyes widened: “You don’t believe me? That truly hurts my old heart…”

“Woah, I didn’t know you hate the old women as well.” Jin laughed before taking a sip of his drink.

The other mercenary had a surprised expression, and only Ruby seemed to have a positive change in her expression.

After all, she could sense the arrows!

“Can you just stop the act and let me read?” Dante hissed: “I know you can’t see fate or luck, and everything you said about my luck is nonsense.”

Dante wasn’t even bothered by the fact that his misfortune was affecting her. He didn’t care about a scammer that approached him with such confidence.

Ms. Agnes was unfazed: “I can really guess your fate and luck, but I won’t force you to believe me. However, you’ll have to keep suffering from your curse.”

Dante ignored her and flipped the first page. But the moment he saw the content, his jaw almost dropped.

’Isn’t this a Wheel of Luck?!’

The first thing he saw was a drawing of a Wheel of Luck containing black and golden colors in the core and sub-colors branched out of them.

“It’s called the Wheel of Luck.” Ms. Agnes explained with a confident smile: “Every living being has one, but only a few people like me can guess their contents. You can read the entire notebook, but it’s useless if you can’t see that.”

Dante ignored her explanation and asked: “And you can see them? Can you tell me what mine and Ruby’s look like?”

Hearing Dante’s question, Ms. Agnes felt some annoyance that she hid professionally.

’Did he find out? No, he’s just suspecting me. Maybe he was scammed before and he’s now cautious.’

These thoughts crossed her mind in less than a second as she confirmed: “I can. Your Wheel is filled with misfortune, and the golden fortune is barely visible. You also have a very low green luck, either reflecting that you’re already dying or predicting that something in the future will affect your health.”

Dante almost laughed as he looked at the black hole and the tendrils.

The old scammer continued: “Ruby’s Wheel is the complete opposite and has intense silver luck, either reflecting the wealth she already has or predicting that something in the future will make her wealthy.”

“Wait, for real?!” Ruby’s eyes sparkled as she hoped that it was the latter, but then she remembered that Dante said that everything was an act.

Dante laughed: “That’s actually cool. Unfortunately for you, my blindfold is an artifact that allows me to see the Wheels of Luck!”

For the first time, Ms. Agnes showed a hint of shock: ’Is he still trying to test me? There is no way that he has such an artifact.’

Agnes started to feel nervous, her notebook and information were real, and what she said about how the notebook was almost useless without seeing the Wheel of Luck was also real.

The problem was — Agnes herself couldn’t see them!

She was using that just to scam those who had artifacts or abilities to detect lies, blending truths with half-truths to give disguised lies.

’My guesses can’t be considered lies, as I truly believe them, guessing their luck based on the knowledge in the book. He is likely testing me.’

Ms. Agnes’ face quickly returned to an indifferent expression: “Then you should be able to see that I told the truth. If you still don’t believe me after all that, then I can just return to the carriage and leave you with your curse.”

Her gaze landed on Ruby: “And I think I deserve something for the troubles and wasting my time.”

Ruby sighed as she was about to apologise, but then Dante turned his head sharply toward Agnes.

“I’m already generous enough not to kick your old ass out of here, yet you’re asking for money? Scram!” Dante’s tone was filled with disgust and showed a visible threat.

’Ho? Am I really exposed?’

Ms. Agnes was now more puzzled, sweating heavily in confusion. Did she make a mistake and expose herself or could his blindfold really see luck.

In both cases, she seemed to have failed at scamming him. She didn’t mutter a word and decided to end it without trouble.

For a scammer who had just been exposed, she looked too calm as she extended her hand to her book.

“…”

Dante raised the hand that held the notebook, making it impossible for Agnes to reach due to her height.

“Can you give me my book?”

Dante hissed: “do I have to tell a scammer like you to scram again?”

Dante was about to cast a shadow wolf, but to his surprise, Ms. Agnes just turned around and started walking toward the carriage.

Ruby and her mercenaries were more surprised by her behaviour, she didn’t deny that she was a scammer and didn’t show any reaction.

’She’s a bit smart for a scammer. I think it isn’t the first time she got exposed.’ Dante shrugged and sat on the ground, reading the notebook with immense focus.

Simultaneously, the arrows on Ruby’s Wheel of Luck disappear, but Dante was too focused on the notebook to notice.

But Ruby noticed, and she smiled.

She didn’t know what he gained from the notebook, but she knew that she was going to gain something from him.

’Hehehe, even a single mana crystal with a “thank you” would be good.’

Her ability never left her with nothing. She always gained something from these opportunities.

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