He could speak to Dororo without any pressure, but with Witch Maya, he didn’t dare to be reckless. So, he didn’t dare to speak up earlier. Now, with Maya offering to help, Angel felt slightly relieved despite the awkwardness.
"Then I’ll trouble Witch Maya," Angel said gratefully.
Maya: "I haven’t done a prophecy in the Wilderness of Dreams before, so whether it will work is still unknown. So, don’t be too happy just yet."
Witch Maya was very clear about her situation. Her prophecies were different from Dororo’s, who could often give guidance without using divination because he sees future images in the Spirit Light. But she needed to use divination to locate variables and calculate the greatest possibilities; this was easy in reality, but in the Wilderness of Dreams, she could only use virtual magic power. It was still uncertain whether divination based on virtual magic power would have any variables.
"It’s okay, even if it’s wrong, it doesn’t matter," Angel said.
Reynaud: ... It may not matter to you guys, but it matters a lot to me.
Maya looked at Reynaud, who had a sad face: "It should be related to him, right?"
Angel nodded: "His name is Reynaud. He’s actually entered the Wilderness of Dreams in soul form. According to Nis, he’s a living soul."
"Reynaud has lost part of his memory. He doesn’t remember when he separated from his body, nor does he know where his body is now. So, I want to see if I can use divination to give him a bit of a hint."
Witch Maya understood and nodded. Locating a soul’s remains, she had done this many times in reality. Reynaud’s situation was slightly different, but the type was the same; it’s just that the location of the remains had changed to locating the body.
In reality, she only needed to use the Art of the Heart’s Eye to solve the problem. But the Art of the Heart’s Eye was a half-deduction, half-creation technique, and with the current energy level of the Wilderness of Dreams, it couldn’t be used.
Witch Maya pondered for a moment and decided to use a type of divination that all Prophecy Apprentices learn but few master: Associative Divination.
Associative Divination, a third-level trick, involves gathering and calculating collected information for vague divination.
The reason few master it is due to the high difficulty of the trick. It requires extraordinary imagination, calculation ability, and an unobtainable condition: inspiration.
Inspiration refers to the interpretation of the divination result. The stronger the inspiration, the truer the interpretation; the weaker the inspiration, the more fragmented the content interpreted.
Currently, there are two ways to achieve high inspiration. One, some are born with high inspiration, like Dororo; two, through a large accumulation of knowledge and experience, fostering inspiration through deep foundation.
Those who truly "nurture" inspiration have surpassed official wizards in foundation; they certainly have better divination techniques. Learning Associative Divination, in turn, is unnecessary.
Thus, few have mastered Associative Divination.
"Next, I will ask you some questions. This is a necessary prerequisite for Associative Divination. I need to understand more about your mind to integrate the information for divination." Witch Maya looked at Reynaud.
Reynaud nodded without hesitation.
"The first question is simple. If these three colors represented the future, which color would you lean towards to define your future?" Before Witch Maya, white, gray, and black color clusters floated.
Reynaud pondered for a moment, just about to answer, when Witch Maya started the second question: "If you encounter an enemy and need to change your appearance to avoid them, what would you choose?"
Before her were several options, representing different age groups, genders, and non-human choices.
While Reynaud was still thinking, Witch Maya began the third question...
Reynaud was bewildered: "I haven’t answered the first two questions yet."
Witch Maya lifted her loose skin, covering her hidden eyelids: "Did I ever say I needed you to answer my questions?"
Reynaud recalled and realized that Witch Maya hadn’t indeed asked him to answer. She merely said she would ask some questions to understand his mind and integrate information for divination.
But if he didn’t answer, how could the information be collected? And how could it be integrated?
Witch Maya seemed able to see through Reynaud’s thoughts, even before he spoke, she said lightly: "The choices you say out loud aren’t necessarily your true thoughts. Like the first question, you just told me your leanings, didn’t you?"
Reynaud thought for a moment: "White, maybe?"
Witch Maya didn’t comment, but gave Reynaud a cold glance: "Now you understand, don’t you?"
"Huh?" Reynaud looked completely puzzled.
Seeing his confusion, Witch Maya frowned, as if looking at a fool. After a long time, she said: "When humans think, the truth laughs."
Shaking her head, Witch Maya said nothing more.
Nis also shook his head, saying to Reynaud: "Think carefully, if in your heart you really decided on white, would you say ’White, maybe’?"
Nis’s words made Reynaud vaguely understand something, but he still didn’t quite grasp it. Perhaps his answer wasn’t certain, but without answering, there’d be no answer.
Nis also was too lazy to explain further: "Trust me, Witch Maya will certainly see your inner answer before you do."
Reynaud felt embarrassed to keep asking, so he could only silently watch Witch Maya.
"Continuing, the third question: When you wake up from unconsciousness, what temperature and texture do you hope the first thing you touch to be?"
"Fourth question..."
Maya asked a lot of questions in succession, and Reynaud didn’t speak from beginning to end, and the inquiry ended.
"I have enough information, next I will integrate the information for Associative Divination," Witch Maya said, and without waiting for others to react, she closed her eyes.
To avoid disturbing Witch Maya’s divination, everyone remained silent.
The quiet time slowly passed.
A strange fluctuation began to emanate around Witch Maya. These fluctuations weren’t related to energy levels and were entirely imperceptible to others, but Angel managed to capture them.
However, even at Angel’s level, he couldn’t understand the core of these fluctuations. He could only guess that they were the essence of the divination technique.
About five minutes later, Witch Maya opened her eyes.
"The interpretation of the divination has concluded, and I have an answer," she stated.