"You don't dare to look?"
"Is magic divination in this world very dangerous? It doesn't seem to have that kind of setting where you go crazy if you foresee something you shouldn't see, right?"
Lucien was also very surprised by Firenze's words, clearly not expecting such an answer.
He had already prepared himself for this Centaur to lavish him with praise, calling him a future star or a heaven-sent genius.
But all he got was, "You don't dare to look?"
"Hmm, if there really is something on me that prevented Firenze's divination, then it should be the System, right?"
He consciously summoned the System:
"System, was it you who stopped the others' divination?"
"[To escort the Host on the path of pursuing knowledge is what I should do (`Д´)ゞ]"
"..."
"It admitted it so directly? It didn't even play the riddle-maker with me."
"What a good System."
Lucien suddenly thought of another question,
"System, is it your existence that stopped the divination, and not that I myself have something special, right?"
"[…]"
"[The Host should strive to learn knowledge according to his life pursuits, and the System will provide all the help it can.]"
"Can't say? Or can't say now?"
"[…Does the Host need any new loans? There have been some new arrivals recently…]"
Lucien directly closed the conversation with the System. Since the other party was unwilling to answer the question directly, there was no need to keep pulling at it.
"Heh heh, who am I, where do I come from, where am I going?"
"There's no need to delve into these three philosophical questions now. How long has it been since I first encountered magic? How much knowledge have I learned? How much superficial understanding have I gained?"
"So much unknown and interesting knowledge is still waiting for me to explore. Why should I care about such ethereal questions?"
"Firenze, since you didn't see my divination, why are you still so enthusiastic, so friendly?"
Lucien's question brought Firenze back to his senses. He looked at the human boy, his dark green eyes unruffled.
"I cannot divine you, but I can see the people around you, their future."
"Your surroundings are like a huge vortex, absorbing many things, releasing many things, and changing the trajectories those people should have."
Lucien was not surprised by this answer.
"Indeed, with my involvement, many things will change—the fates of those people, those tragedies, those partings…"
"But 'absorbing' and 'releasing'?"
"Absorbing what? Knowledge?"
"Then what will I release?"
"Because I can't be divined, I can only seek my own future, which is another experience of exploring the unknown. It's not bad."
"Changing trajectories, including you, including all of you, including the Centaur race?"
Lucien continued to ask.
Firenze nodded gently,
"Yes."
"Actually, I can't tell if this change is good or bad, but the stars tell me that becoming friends is never a bad thing, right?"
Lucien's lips curled into a smile, his tone relaxing,
"Early friendship, a gift with a price secretly marked?"
"No, there is no price. Thanks to the stars for their guidance, tonight, in this place, I can gain a precious friendship."
This statement made Lucien want to call him a charlatan, but he restrained himself.
No wonder, this Centaur brother was too friendly. Not only did he help him, but he also spoke so nicely.
"Firenze, I like to gain knowledge. I learned a lot from you tonight. Thank you."
"I am very happy to receive the help and friendship of a Centaur."
Firenze's handsome face showed a faint and peaceful smile, but the joy in his eyes was still very obvious,
"The honor is mine too."
The atmosphere immediately eased a lot, and Lucien took the opportunity to ask a question,
"Firenze, since you didn't actually divine me, then what were all those titles you mentioned when we first met?"
Firenze shrugged,
"The Unknown Future, as the name implies. The Lord of Lumina, that's easy to see, right? As for the rest…"
"I made them up."
That matter-of-fact tone made Lucien pause for a moment.
"No, has this Centaur ever been beaten by other Centaurs or human Wizards?"
"Who would admit to being a charlatan who makes things up?"
Noticing Lucien's confusion, Firenze continued to say:
"You humans seem to like these long series of titles, like your greatest Wizard, Dumbledore, who is the Principal of Hogwarts, the President of the International Wizards' Confederation, the Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, the First Class Wizard of the Order of Merlin…"
"Aren't all these titles for one person?"
"Wow, is this how Centaurs think? It feels like there's nothing wrong with it."
A banquet hall that seemed to hold only dozens of people actually accommodated hundreds, even thousands…
Lucien opened his mouth, wanting to explain but feeling deeply powerless, and eventually it only turned into one sentence:
"This is a way for humans to display honor."
"Oh, I see. I'm quite interested in human culture, but no one talks to me about it."
Lucien rubbed his forehead and said helplessly:
"I can lend you some books about this, if you can read human script. Of course, you can also just ask me directly."
"Firenze, have you, in the past, ever been, uh, attacked by people because of what you said?"
Hearing this, Firenze raised a hoof and said proudly:
"I've been the runner-up in the Centaur race for many years! They all praise me for running like the wind!"
"Uh, he should thank the guidance of the stars, and even more, he should thank his parents for giving him such long legs…"
After a few more casual chats, Lucien bid farewell to Firenze and left with Lumina.
After a while, the sound of hooves clattering came from far to near.
"Firenze, why did you make me hide so far away? Also, how did your talk with that human go?"
Firenze glanced at his approaching companion. The other party was a Centaur with black fur all over and a beard.
"Far? Bane, they already spotted you."
"That 'Lumina' looked in your direction several times, and Lucien never put away his wand."
The Centaur named Bane couldn't help but stomp his hooves,
"Humans are just cunning like that. Do you really believe you can be friends with him?"
"The language of the stars told me that I would gain a precious friendship tonight."
Hearing his friend's murmuring, Bane crossed his arms and shook his head,
"The most gifted diviner in the tribe, whatever you say goes."
"But you shouldn't have revealed our tribe's information to a human."
Firenze pointed in a direction,
"Oh, Bane, the most sensitive archer in the tribe, the champion of the running race, you can go after that boy and stop him right now."
Bane's face immediately turned as black as his fur,
"I don't want to die yet, and tonight is not suitable for ascending to the Star Temple!"
"Firenze, if you want to be a champion, you should practice running more, instead of instigating me here!"
"Also, don't call me by those human titles!"
"Centaurs should only predict the general trends of the era. What does one human count for…"
Accustomed to his friend's nagging, Firenze just looked in the direction Lucien had left, muttering to himself:
"But he alone can change an era."
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