Chapter 434 – The Astrologer

Chapter 434 The Astrologer

“My sympathies to you and your mother. “

Lister said sincerely to the young man in front of him, he had seen the tragic situation of those “magical girls” who were being judged.

“Thank you for saying that.”

It made Cable’s bad mood a little better to find a sympathizer, even if it was a stranger who didn’t have much to offer to help him with his affairs.

“So what are you …… now?” Lister continued the conversation between the two.

“I turned to my mentor for help, and he promised to help – to ask the higher figures of the church at this feast to step in and make accommodations.”

“Oh, then your mentor is truly an honorable man, defending his student on such a sensitive issue.”

“Yes, I won’t deny your statement, he is indeed an honorable man.” Cable nodded his head and said, “But the main thing is that my mother was indeed wrongly accused, she just became eccentric as she got older, and she didn’t get along very well with her neighbors, and as a result, she was maliciously planted by some dark-minded people. God pity her, she used to be so scared that she rushed to pray as soon as she heard of witchcraft magic or something like that, how could such a pious person be a witch.”

After Cable finished speaking, his eyes continued to look in the original direction, seemingly with no desire to speak further.

Just at this time, the group of men that Lister had seen earlier seemed to have ended their climb, and together they raised their cups to finish off the rest of the wine inside.

Then one of them walked towards Lister’s side with a brisk pace.

Lister noticed that Cable’s hand holding the glass trembled slightly, and his eyes stared at the visitor without moving.

From Cable’s reaction, he guessed the identity of the visitor.

“No problem! Cable, put that little heart of yours that’s about to pop out of your chest back in its proper place. “

The visitor made a problem solving gesture to Cable.

“Really, teacher?”

Cable instantly changed from a melancholic state to sunny enthusiasm, and if it wasn’t for the fact that he was at a party, he would probably have jumped up on the spot.

“Yes!” Cable’s mentor stroked his beard, with a look of “There’s nothing that can’t be accomplished with my help.”

“Cleric Lambert Rumble assured me that he will send someone to confirm the situation, and I guess it won’t take three days for your mother to come home. Really, at a time when the Holy See’s Inquisition is sending people to supervise, these guys still dare to fool around openly.”

“Thank you teacher! Thank you teacher!” Cable bowed and thanked again, grateful.

While the teacher and student were talking, Lister was also observing Cable’s mentor.

Unlike the student who had a somewhat thin figure, this tutor was tall and robust, and was quite authoritative, he wore a high-collared tweed tunic, with a glittering gold chain hanging in front of his chest, had a head of short blonde hair that was slightly curled, and had a short, thick and well-trimmed beard on the side of his face and on the chin, with two thick and long whiskers sticking out from the bottom of the nostrils to the sides of his face, and his pair of godly grey eyes revealed the confidence and pride of his master. A pair of sharp gray eyes shows the owner’s inner confidence and pride.

But there was one place that was slightly out of place, and that was his nose.

In fact, before the other party came over, Lester noticed the difference of this person’s nose, under the illumination of the candlelight, the light reflected from that nose was obviously very strange.

Now standing close and observing, Lister finally saw it clearly, the surface of the other person’s nose was very glossy, obviously not human skin.

This …… seems to be made of metal? Could it be that he had placed a metal sleeve on his nose?

After the thousand thanks ended, Cable took the initiative to introduce his mentor to Lister with a proud expression. “Congratulations, it looks like your mother’s matter has taken a turn for the better.”

“Thank you, honorable guest, allow me to introduce you, this is His Majesty King Collins’ royal astrologer, Viscount Degu Brar, who is also my mentor.”

Astrologer, a very ancient profession, ever since mankind began to look up at the night sky, it was believed that the orbits of the stars in the sky were closely related to the destiny of all beings in the world, and this profession was naturally born.

There was a time when astrology was still classified as a form of witchcraft, and astrologers were equated to witches nearly suppressed by the church.

But the secular powers that be stepped forward to protect them, because destiny is something that everyone wants to know: lords want to know if they will win or lose a war before they go to war, the rich want to know if their wealth will grow or be maintained, and the common people want to know if they will live out their lives in peace and quiet.

It was something that the masses needed, and since astrologers were doing nothing more than snooping, not trying to change anything, the profession was kept and passed down.

They spent decades observing the positions of the sun, moon and stars in the sky, recording them in detail, and interpreting their permutations and combinations as precursors to major events, such as major natural disasters or the rise and fall of nations.

This may not always be accurate, but major events in the historical record have been accompanied by strange astronomical phenomena, and although some serious scholars have claimed that these strange astronomical phenomena were recorded just before or after major events, people have remained in awe of this possible connection on the basis of the principle that it is better to believe in it than not to believe in it at all.

In addition to divining according to the stars, astrologers had another important job, which was to make or amend the calendar according to the positions of the sun, moon, and stars. In this agriculture-oriented era, the accuracy of the calendar was crucial, and it was necessary to be guided by the calendar as to when to plow and when to harvest.

The accuracy of the calendar is often not as good as it should be, and after a period of time there will be a large error, which will then need to be corrected by the astrologers.

Almost every country’s court provides an astrologer, and even within the church, there are also a large number of astrologers in the private sector, but most of these guys without official certification are regarded as charlatans and charlatan charlatans.

The court astrologer named Degu Brar took the initiative to raise his cup to Liszt.

“Greetings, guest from the Northwest Bay, I hope Collins will make a good memory for you.”

Because of the banquet host’s previous introduction, he already knew Lister’s identity.

Lister raised his wine glass and clinked it, “Thank you for your hospitality.”

And business, he added in his mind.

“Ah, I’m sure you’re curious about my nose, I can see it in your eyes, heh, no need to be offended.”

Viscount Brar touched his nose and offered to explain.

“This is the consequence of my youthful impulsiveness, at that time I argued with another scholar over a math problem, but neither of us could convince anyone, so we had to use the sword in our hands in deciding the winner, in the end, I lost, and also lost the nose left to me by my parents, so I had to make another one on my own.”

“This ……” Lister did not know what to say, “you really have a pair of skillful hands.” He so complimented.

The Viscount smiled, “Yes, but what I am more proud of is my own eyes.”

Cable on the side hurriedly patted him on the back, “Teacher has eyes like an eagle’s, and the astronomical observations he has recorded are the most detailed in this era.”

“Yes, hahahahaha!”

Viscount Deku Brar patted his student and let out a loud laugh with bravado.

(End of chapter)