Charles prayed five or six times, thinking that his prayers might go unanswered, when suddenly an equation appeared before his eyes!
This equation was a mess, a mere few dozen addition and subtraction operations, yet it had over ten errors.
Then Charles heard that familiar young voice saying, "Help me calculate how much joy of destiny you have now."
Charles was stunned for a long moment before he realized that the Serpent of Destiny wasn't ignoring him, it just hadn't figured out how much joy of destiny he still had. Before this, Charles had owed the Serpent of Destiny thirty-two shares of joy of destiny. He quietly thought to himself, "Should I miscalculate on purpose for the young serpent?"
