Chapter 1649: Remember

Chapter 1649: Remember



Ning was surprised, to say the least, flustered even. To the side, Shara was stunned as well. Thankfully, the other two couples didn't seem to have heard what the old woman had said. "Grandma, what... do you mean about my future?" Ning asked. "I will die?"

He stared at her, wondering what she was.

"I... am an Exorcist," the old woman said on her own. "Have been for a long time. And for a long time, I've had the power to see other people's fate."

She stared directly at Ning and continued, "In you, I see death in your future. And in her, I see..."

The old woman turned to Shara and paused. Her eyes narrowed a little, staring closer at Shara. "That's... weird."

"What?" Shara asked, scared. "What... what do you see?"

"Nothing," the woman said. "You have no future. That's not possible."

Ning looked at Shara and quickly realized what may have been happening. The old woman could see his fate, but for Shara, nothing showed because her powers didn't work on Shara. It wasn't that Shara had no future, but her powers stopped the woman from viewing her fate. "That is very, very weird," the old woman said, sinking back into her seat. She drowned in her own thoughts, not looking around at all.

Ning quickly whispered to Shara, explaining why she had no future. Shara thought for a moment and sighed in relief. She had begun having some dark thoughts about her future right there.

"When was it?" the woman asked herself softly, seemingly trying to remember something. "Grandma, could you perhaps tell me exactly what you can see?" Ning asked.

The old woman looked at him and said, "You have to first tell me what is going on. Why did the guard try to stop you? If you had spoken there, you would've died."

Ning frowned a little. Why had the guard stopped him there?

There were many carriages before them and many after them. They were all worried about bandits, so there were many people in those carriages who were there just to fight them off. Ning explained everything to the old woman. He thought himself a good judge of character, and the old woman would certainly want to help them, hopefully.

He told her why they were on the run and what they were hoping to achieve by going to the Empire.

The old woman took over the information and sighed. She patted Ning on the back and said, "You're a good kid."

Ning smiled a little. "So that's about it. We don't really know what we're doing, but we'll figure it out eventually."

"I'm sure you will," the old woman said. "But your story... I remember something about this. What was it?"

She seemed even more confused now. "My stupid age is catching up to me. Look at me, not able to remember," she said, trying desperately to remember.

"What are you trying to remember?" Ning asked.

"I once worked with a man briefly who had powers exactly like this young girl," she said. "I'm trying to remember who that man was."

Ning immediately became hopeful. "You knew someone like that? Are you sure?"

Shara perked up as well, curious. Many people within the carriage looked toward them, many seemingly wondering what the hubbub was all about.

"I'm sure," the woman said. "We worked together on a few cases with Spirits. But I'm having trouble remembering. It was long before the kingdom became an empire."

The woman was no older than 70, so she had to be young when she met this man.

"I remember him saying that he called himself something..." the old woman said. "Not that I suppose it matters a lot."

Ning could nearly cry. 'It matters,' he thought. 'I need those 20 points.'