I waited for Julies to give a definite answer, but the bald dude only looked away, saying it could not be explained in a short period. In the end, I let go of the topic, seeing Julies was not ready to open up about it. He even seemed to have some conservative thoughts about it.

I could guess he had some hypnotising ability, but I did not understand why he needs to be secretive even to his boss. If it's psychosis, then it's a different case, but something like that wasn't possible to imprint on such a short term. Being a good boss, I did not press on the matter, thinking Julies would come clean when he is ready.

The sun had set already, and I barely had time to finish my own thing—the original reason I came to the outskirts—which was to secure a weapon I would need in my trip, other than catching these smugglers.

"You two will take it from here," I said to them. "Bring the kids to the Enforcer's office and leave the smugglers to the warders in the academy. I think they were doing these kinds of things for a while now, and it could be related to the bloodsuckers."

Julies and Eran's eyes widened at hearing that. They had previously complained a lot about taking on such a low-level task. I only managed to bring them, saying we were saving little kids, but hearing the main reason, both of their expressions stiffened. This matter was not so simple after all.

Vampires had been silent for a few years now, other than the attack three weeks ago. However, that will change eventually.

Collecting back my coins, I walked towards the entrance of the door. The linked coins were quite important for the trick to success. Unless it would be immensely hard for me to even lift the coins. The sympathetic binding did not use spirit force all that much, it just used the link between two similar items to manipulate one another. The coins hovered as I walked.

"Boss, where are you going?" Julies asked.

"To prepare a few things before my departure," I answered and walked out of the building. I would have liked to bring the criminals with them as it was a serious matter, but I don't have much time at hand.

I have been making plans to get my hands on the unique dominion for a while now. The place where it was hidden now was quite a dangerous place for me to venture, even though my overall attributes were better than an average knight. So to get my odds of success better, I need a better weapon. And today was the very reason I was on the outskirts of Starlight city.

Originally, I would have gone there a few months later, before the midterm, but considering about the issues I had to deal with, I couldn't wait longer. It was almost impossible for me to stop Yasmine, and even if I do stop her forcefully, someone else might get hurt in her place. If it turned out to be a key character, then the book is fu*ked in the end.

I'm almost sure another key figure would get hurt there if I somehow stopped Yasmine. If it was the princess who Yasmine would be escorting, then it would be a huge problem, as she would be a major key element of the story. But I could not let Yasmine die so miserably. In the end, all I could do was get the matter in my own hands. In six months, I would get my ability to the level to a point where I could help her tackle the misfortune.

Thousands of glittering stars held the skies of the starlight city, as well as the three moons, giving the city a picturesque look. It would have been a great view to look at if there was not that stiff wind that gave me shivers.

I pulled the hood over my head again. Naturally, it was the time of winter, so it was supposed to be cold. Even though there was a mountain range from the west to the south, it could not block all the chilly wind from coming.

There were a few people in the path, and the marketplace was fairly crowded, even though it was only the outskirts. The major market place near the academy was the real deal, while this one lacks many aspects. The biggest aspect it lacked was the magical components that held half of the stores in the main marketplace. Well, I was not here to shop, but I would take back a thing or two.

Now, all I needed to do first was look for a place called Dragon's Fang. Supposedly, it was not an easy place to find on your own, but I knew where to look for it.

Walking around the marketplace, I found a big nostalgia store holding a lot of stuff, from good quality toys and tools to poor quality stuff. The farther I went inside, the better the old product got. I got a view of some musical instruments as well, but I did not examine them, as I have better things to do now.

"Can I help you?" It was an elderly man with white whiskers and weary eyes, burning some aromatic incense on the store. A few insects buzzed around the luminescent stones, as it enlightened the entire store fairly.

"I'm looking for a fortune-telling," I said with a smile.

The old man looked at me as if trying to peer into my intention.

"It's an odd time to come for fortune-telling," the old man commented. "Go straight down and then left. Knock on the second door, you see. I hope you do not get yelled at."

I tilted my head and thanked the old man, pondering. Were there any other details that were not mentioned in the book, or am I missing something?

I followed the instructions and went down before knocking on the second door that came into my view.

"Who is it?" a feminine voice said with an accent that was different from the empire. It's a bit Slavic, while it mostly it appeared clumsy Mahendi. I have not mingled with that many people yet to know where the accent came from.

"I came for fortune-telling and some other business," I said, and waited for the door to open.

"Didn't that old man tell you, it's not time for that yet? Come a couple of days." The voice sure did not have anything sweet about it.

I raised an eyebrow. "The old man did tell, but he gave me the path as I'm a special customer," I lied. "I promise it won't take much time, and you will perhaps gain something from it as well."

There was no sound for a while, and then the door opened with a tall woman with a smoking pipe in her mouth. The woman had brown skin and white eyes, a weird combination—and I guessed at once—she was the one I was looking for. Dakota was her name, the owner of the Silvereyes, which gave her some vision about the future in unusual times.

She was a woman in her mid-twenties or late twenties—I did not know, but she did have a fairly pretty face and dark hair left unbound on her shoulders and back. A loose nightgown with bare arms held her body, giving me a good look at her cleavage—not that she had that big of plots. In the book, she only appears for a short time and talks about some crazy things with a few main characters before leaving.

The book did not mention her history, but it does seem she had some problems with her usual eyes to finally settle here on the outskirts of Starlight City.

Dakota looked at me blankly for some time. Her brows knitted together for a couple of seconds before she released a heavy breath.

"You want fortune-telling?" Dakota said nonchalantly. "I got one for you. Stay away from the white-haired girl, and you will be fine. Leave the fees to the old man and get out."

Finishing her phrase, the woman with the pipe got inside her room and was about to close the door.

Luckily, I had some knowledge about her behaviour and got my leg inside the door before she could close it. With the sturdy body I got, it did not hurt at all, though there was a frown on my brows. Her words were still ringing in my ears.

Stay away from white-haired girls, and you will be fine.

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