"I'm Irena, the Ashen Witch. I'm very good at astrological divination. Since you're from the Astronomy Department, would you like to give it a try? I'll give you ten percent off!"
As she spoke, Irena took out a crystal ball.
"..." Gray blinked.
She didn't know if it was just her imagination, but she felt as though Irena was treating the other girl like a child... playing with a child?
"So you're the one—the self-proclaimed amateur witch..." Olga Marie was somewhat speechless. She stopped paying attention to Irena and turned to Lord El-Melloi II. "So, which Mystic Eye caught your eye?"
"That's hard to say."
Lord El-Melloi II gave a vague reply.
—Power was, he had no money.
"Let me make this clear: at this year's auction, our Astronomy Department intends to win. Even if our opponent is a Lord, I won't hold back."
"I'm honored that you think so highly of me."
That was all Lord El-Melloi II could say.
What else could he say?
Clatter—!
The crystal ball fell to the ground. Yet judging by Irena's movements, it looked more like she had deliberately smashed it, scattering glass shards all over the floor.
"That was close." Irena let out a long breath. "I almost divined it."
"Huh?" Gray tilted her head.
She suddenly recalled Irena mentioning during their earlier conversation that if she performed astrology, the phenomenon would become fixed...?
Author's Note:
The director from Lord El-Melloi II Case Files was much luckier than Chaldea's director...
Irena's usual fortune-telling and divinations were nothing but pure bluffing.
—She just made things up as she went.
Irena had taken out the crystal ball because she wanted to tease the little director.
But the celestial bodies inside the crystal ball had actually begun rotating on their own.
So Irena could