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The universe...is infinitely wide
The stars...bright as crystals
It's so beautiful but also so far away from being reachable.
A child sees her father's friends using strange decks of cards. Her hand was about to touch a card when it was stopped.
"You shouldn't touch this thing. Because if you do, it won't be good."
"But why is that so?"
"Because each tarot deck is like a bridge between the reader and the soul of the deck. These decks are very sensitive."
The woman shuffled the deck and spread the cards out on the table. Gradually, the woman's face wrinkled.
"You have quite a difficult fate, which is strange for a normal child like you. Why...are you dragged into this?"
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*Continuous keyboard clicking sound*
"Alexis! Are you sitting there working again?"- Mother
"..."- Alexis
"Why don't you answer when I ask?" - Mother
"Huh, I heard it, Mom. I was working, I was just listening to music while I was writing" - Alexis
"Really, I don't understand how you can listen and write at the same time?" - Mother
"Because music is what makes my mind more comfortable when I think of ideas. Furthermore, it helps me imagine more things" - Alexis
"Please don't sit too long" - Mother
"Yeah yeah, I know. I'll go to that cafe I just found online, you don't have to worry" - Alexis
Her name is Alexis Wood, a normal adult girl, she means she just entered adulthood. Her job is nothing special, she works at home with her family. They run a food business and sell online on social networks. Revenue is only enough to get through the day.
She cherishes the dream of becoming a writer, but that path is really difficult because she knows her language ability is not very good. The number of readers and followers is not much. Because her language is not good, she doesn't have any friends.
Alexis packed the necessary things to go to the cafe when she saw two cloth bags placed in a glass cabinet. Sometimes she accidentally saw those two bags every time she passed by but she didn't want to take them. them out.
But they seemed to haunt her, making it impossible for her to keep them out of her sight.
"Okay, if I don't take one of them, they keep popping up in my head" - Alexis
Wondering between two black and white bags, she decided to choose black to carry.
The way to that cat cafe is not very far, she just needs to ride her bike there to get there. Cat cafes are often found in relatively quiet places, usually in residential areas. Alexis accidentally found this place while scrolling through social networks.
She likes animals, especially chubby and furry animals. No one in her family wants to raise animals because they need to be responsible to raise them. So she had to find somewhere where she could touch those animals.
Standing in front of the cafe, what caught Alexis's eye were a few cats lounging by the window. As soon as she stepped inside, the smell of cats was almost everywhere. The cats looked like they didn't care much about the guests coming in and just did their own thing, which was sleeping and eating and letting the guests pet them.
"Hello cat coffee, what can I get you?"
"Um uh, buffalo pearl milk tea" - Alexis
"Bank transfer or cash?"
"Transfer" - Alexis
She saw a British Longhair cat lounging on the checkout counter, and she reached out to touch it.
"Be careful, that guy doesn't like being touched."
"Is that so? But he seems very cute" - Alexis
Alexis stroked the British Longhair cat and not only did it not wake up, but it also wheezed and looked very satisfied, this action surprised the staff.
"That's impressive, how did you do it?"
"Just a gentle caress, this little guy has a few spots that can be caressed" - Alexis
"Your drink is ready. Oh one more thing, my name is Jenna Miller, feel free to order anything you need" - Jenna
"That's right, my name is Alexis Wood"- Alexis
Holding a cup of pearl milk tea in her hand, she went upstairs to sit because it would be quieter up there. The atmosphere in the room was very quiet and cool because of the cool air conditioning. The room's decoration is also very cat-like, the drawings on the wall are hand-painted so the patterns look quite cute.
She chose a random seat to sit down when suddenly a cat walked up to sniff her. Alexis raised her finger to touch the cat's nose, then moved down to the cat's sensitive neck and scratched lightly. The cat closed its eyes as if enjoying it and purred in satisfaction.
"You're cute, what's your name?"- Alexis
"His name is Kuro, be careful of that cat because he is an expert at peeing everywhere!"
Hearing that made Alexis retract her hand and slowly push the black cat away with her foot. The person who warned her was a girl wearing glasses with flowing brown hair.
"Hello, first time here, right?"
"That's right, thank you for reminding me. Because the cat looks so cute, I didn't think he had such a bad habit" - Alexis
"Ha ha ha, at first I thought so too but I didn't expect that cat to be like that. Nice to meet you, my name is Lyra Brown" - Lyra
"And I'm Alexis Wood"- Alexis
"Oh my, it seems like the cards are right with me today?"- Lyra
"What cards?"- Alexis
"That's the tarot card! I just read it today, the cards showed me that I will meet someone here. And they showed that they were not wrong. This is truly destiny!" - Lyra
"Can you read tarot cards?" - Alexis
"Of course I can read, this is my deck" - Lyra
She took out a small bag similar to hers from her book bag, inside was a purple deck of cards that looked quite sturdy and made of good material. Suddenly Alexis heard a voice whispering in her ear as if the deck of cards were talking to her.
"Ah, please don't touch him. He doesn't like anyone touching him" - Lyra
"Oh, sorry. Wait, do you even know how to hate touching tarot cards?" - Alexis
"Of course there is, tarot cards are not just cards but they are also objects linked to the soul that represents that deck of cards. I can read the cards for you, just consider it a first introduction" - Lyra
She held up the deck of cards and placed them right in the middle of Alexis's forehead. The cards were quite cold but it felt like something had just been pulled out of her head.
Lyra shuffles the deck onto the three cards placed down, which are Judgment, Tower and Death respectively.
Lyra's face wrinkled, it seemed like something was quite bad.
"Okay, your tarot cards are quite bad. First of all, Judgment and Tower, they are both related to the Death card. But they are opposites related to your reincarnation" - Lyra
"What does that mean?"- Alexis
"There is going to be something big that will change your life. I don't know if this is a good thing or not, but these three cards are usually not very good" - Lyra
They talked until it started to get dark, and it was time for Alexis to return home.
"It's already this late, I should go home soon or my family will be very worried" - Alexis
"Be careful on the road" - Lyra
Today is actually a pretty good day. She had a fun conversation with her new friend, and even had that girl read tarot cards for her. What else could happen to her?
Suddenly a cold feeling appeared that made Alexis look around, maybe she was hallucinating? Maybe reading tarot cards makes her think too much. Returning home, Alexis unlocked the door to get inside.
When she stepped through the door, a certain pressure startled her. Alexis was shocked, the door leading into the house suddenly turned into a deserted place. She was clearly standing in front of the house just now, so why was she in such a strange place?
What the hell is this place?