Hearing the unexpected answer, Antoine froze slightly at first, then his eyes lit up.
"Right, I nearly forgot. You seem to be good at that... Why didn't you use it from the start? Wouldn't that have been more straightforward?"
"I don't like relying on divination." Wade shook his head. "The information it gives is always wrapped in all kinds of metaphors. The content is often vague, open to multiple interpretations, and easily subject to interference and misdirection."
Even in the Wizarding World, there were many stories about prophecies. The most typical involved people trying to use prophecies to control their fate, only for every step they took to land in fate's traps. Everything they did after learning the prophecy became the direct cause of the disaster in the end.
Or the seer themselves might be cursed, paying an enormous price to obtain a prophecy, only to become a tragic sacrifice in the story.
Antoine nodded thoughtfully and said in understanding, "So compared to that, you trust your Alchemy more. It shows you exactly what it sees. It won't hide anything, much less deceive you."
"Right."
Wade changed the subject. "But now that we've identified specific targets and even obtained their blood and personal belongings, using divination to locate them will give us much clearer results—at least better than running around like headless flies."
"Should I prepare some tea for you?" Antoine patted a small leather pouch he carried with him. "As it happens, I have a tin of Dannon Black Tea. German brand, authentic flavor. You should like it."
As he spoke, he shoved half his arm into the bag and felt around, seemingly intending to pull out the tea tin right there.
Wade hurriedly stopped him. "No need. Tea-leaf divination is too ambiguous. A crystal ball would be more