chapter 17
17 – 4. How this fortune teller became famous
“……What the hell is that bastard?”
Even as he watched the collapsing wall, Liu Yan sighed as he glanced in the direction the fortune teller had run to.
To her, Namgoong Min was such an existence. It hasn’t even been 10 days since we met… … A guy who can’t figure out what’s inside.
It was because I couldn’t tell even by looking at him with the job skill of <The Great Wealth>.
“…it works.”
“What are you looking at?”
If you look at this couple next to you with the job skill <Wealth Pursuit>, you can see a definite golden aura.
Depending on the size of that golden color, you can roughly know the value of the target and the money you can earn… … The first-class contributor who truly put Liu in the position of a wealthy man.
It was not uncommon for her to bring in hundreds of millions of dollars just by activating this skill and visiting antique stores once, and it is also the reason why she was able to occupy a unique position in the stock and investment markets by herself.
Because she did not depend on others and succeeded alone and has been living alone to this day.
I’ve always had absolute trust in the <money-seeking eye>.
‘Why can’t I see that bastard!’
Should I be suspicious of this now?
‘Damn it… … .’
From time immemorial and gradually.
Liu Yan turned his head to the side, not realizing that he was growing weary of doubt.
“……Hey, b*tch.”
“This is Rain Arthur.”
“Yes, you b*tch.”
“Can you blow my head once?”
Stones the size of human heads floated around Lane, who frowned.
But Liu Yan, who had sneered at all of it, muttered,
“Okay, why are you cooperating with that fortune teller?”
“………yes?”
“I didn’t mean to, but I’ve seen you for a long time. But the you I’ve seen so far was just a b*tch who didn’t eat anything. A b*tch who stepped on weaker people than herself.”
“………….”
“And by your standards, that fortuneteller is unconditionally weak? What you value is not how competent a person is.”
“…….”
“Aren’t you just ignorant and only looking at whether you can win in a fight? You blew away some idiot’s aegulchang the other day. Just because you put some work on your first meeting. What’s different about him?”
Lane Arthur was silent.
Originally, since it was Liu Yan’s words, I would have returned a word, but this time I couldn’t.
Namgoong-Min, who is obviously stronger than her, wants to stay quiet, and if he answers Liu’s question, his strength will inevitably be revealed.
… … In fact, seeing him move openly like this, I wondered if he really wanted to stay quiet, but a strong man’s order is an order.
Well, if you don’t answer at all, that persistent little b*tch won’t understand. What should I say.
“It’s just a whim.”
“what?”
“Isn’t it fun to watch? Isn’t it fun to see that insignificant fortuneteller who only knows how to talk a little bit, presumptuously?
“……Is that, for real?”
“Oh, didn’t I just tell you? You said I was a b*tch? A b*tch is doing some b*tch.”
Lane smiled and said that… … It was enough to make even Liu a little sick of it.
When I asked why he was cooperative with the weak by the standard of that year, it was just evil itself.
Rain turned his head at Liu’s cold stare, which meant that that wasn’t enough.
‘… … That’s it, right?’
It was more comfortable for Rain to add to his notoriety than Namgoong-Min would become a topic of conversation for no reason.
It was because I knew that I was secretly called a wicked woman anyway. The Arthur family was also sitting on the sidelines because they needed a dishwasher, so they just accepted the decision.
Because she was weak and weak, she had to absolutely obey the strong person called her family.
“………….”
“…….”
The surroundings are noisy with all kinds of sounds, but an awkward silence continues between the two.
I’ve seen them since I was young, and if I had to put it bluntly, they could be called childhood friends, but they hated each other and kept at a distance.
However, the two are clearly aware now.
‘… … Even though I’m suspicious of him, this b*tch is a real b*tch. That fortune teller should cry in front of me and beg for everything, not be trampled on by that b*tch. I’d rather turn this b*tch’s attention to me… … !’
‘If this suspicious patient begins to suspect Namgoong Min… … It’s only a matter of time before he gets caught, and then his orders to keep quiet will go unnoticed. I have to focus this b*tch’s attention on me first!’
The fact that the two of them have something in common: Namgoong Min.
And that that’s not a very good thing either.
Even the fact that we have to turn each other’s attention to ourselves so that the topic of the story does not flow to Namgoong-min.
“……b*tch.”
“…a short patient year.”
But the only way they knew each other was to provoke them with profanities.
The two just chewed each other like that.
*
I realized something after running.
<Fortune teller> is clearly a non-combat job. In other words, compared to other combat-related jobs, their physical abilities are significantly lower.
And there was one more thing I had forgotten until now.
[The job ‘Fortune Teller’ has a devastating aptitude for physical activity, so be careful when running!]
“Is that… really, you meant to be careful…”
Physical activity aptitude is ruinous for already low physical ability.
These two boast a fantastic collaboration, and within a minute of running I stopped and fell halfway against the wall.
No, even if you are a fortune teller, isn’t it true that you have a job? Like <Prosecutor> or <Martial Song>, it runs just like a car, but shouldn’t it be better than most ordinary people?
I think this is less than my physical strength in reality? Are you joking that he is a superman with less stamina than an aspiring police officer?
It was fine the last time I shoveled it. What is the standard for alternative physical activity?
“I’ll just… ask the other students…”
“What do you mean?”
“……Ha, hahahaha. Do you think you’re lucky at times like this?”
I didn’t sweat because of the <Cleanliness> skill, but I struggled to smile as I was out of breath.
That’s because the person I was looking for came to visit me directly.
To express gratitude, exhale and inhale slowly, calming your breathing.
Shall I laugh a little now?
“Huh… Greetings to the princess of the unified Korean Empire.”
“I don’t know when I first met you, but isn’t it funny how you’re polite now?”
“There were many then, but now there are only two of them, right?”
“That’s nice. It would have been better if it hadn’t been done sitting down.”
“hahahaha, my legs are weak.”
“Foot. Are you kidding me saying you lost your strength because of me?”
No, it’s really unlocked. My legs are shaking right now, I can’t even stand!
… … I can’t say it without exception, so it would be best to say it back.
“I’ve been looking for the princess to such an extent that my legs gave way.”
“I couldn’t find it after all, didn’t I come myself?”
“That would be my blessing too.”
“Words are very liquid.”
The princess, Kim Eun-ha, smiles while crossing her arms.
It looks like a very fragile arm… … My body trembles knowing that with just one swing of that, I can turn into a ratpo.
“So, why did you look for me?”
“I need the power of the princess.”
“…I know what you’re doing. Gathering students and breaking down the walls of the maze, this is probably the first time in the history of Romance Academy?”
“I need the power of the princess.”
“I heard that there are psychics, super-wealthy people, sorcerers, and even swordsmen supported by Japan. If there are hundreds of students there, you can just push through the walls.”
“I need the power of the princess.”
“……You are a tenacious person.”
Where are you trying to turn? There’s no way.
Violence is scary, and it’s stupid to forget your purpose because of it.
More than anything, Kim Eun-ha’s violence… … Should I call it a switch? It is very easily suppressed only by her older brother, Kim Seong-il, and it is not easily suppressed by others.
Of course, since it’s ‘pretty much’, you’ll have to adjust it moderately.
“Okay, I’ll start with the conclusion. I’m not willing to cooperate with you.”
“Can I hear the reason?”
Actually, I know the reason, but it wouldn’t be polite to ask.
And the answer the princess would give was obvious.
“There is no reason for me to tell you that———”
“——You were avoiding it, right?”
“……Uh, yes?”
So you have to blow the first bread.
Come on, princess. Can you really not react and be hungry?
“Actually, I hit a dot.”
“……dot?”
“Because I have weak stamina, I gave up on escaping this maze from the beginning. So, I had some spare time to do some divination.”
“………….”
“I asked, ‘What am I doing after 12 o’clock? Voila! Surprisingly, the result came out that I was doing well. What is it? At that time, I thought.”
“Ah, there’s no problem even if this fails?”
He calmly mumbles a lie and watches Kim Eun-ha. She also made eye contact with me, probably feeling something ominous.
I will expose her deepest secret. A secret you want to silence even if it kills me.
“Then there should be no problem if I sit there. But I moved.”
Compared to Eunha Kim, I lack everything. Stamina, ability, status, prestige, money. But no matter how much the princess was, she couldn’t kill me or erase me from the academy.
Fortune teller Namgoong Min has already left a big impression on all the freshmen. Even if you are from a unified Korean Empire, you can keep your mouth shut, but you can’t make students from other countries like Rain or Rio be quiet.
However, it is also a big problem that he blindly reveals it and becomes hostile to the princess.
So what should I show her?
“I got the students together. They grouped, they rallied and started breaking down the wall.”
“……I think the jump in the story is severe.”
“What does the process have to do with it? The important thing is the result. Anyway, as I broke down the wall like that, other students started to cooperate and the number increased.”
however.
“But the princess was not there.”
“Because I was in the other direction.”
“hahahaha, princess. From the moment we met me like this, that has no meaning. Can’t you hear that sound? The sound of walls collapsing and buildings collapsing? You can hear it so clearly, how can you say you don’t know?”
“…….”
“The princess said at first that she had no intention of cooperating with us. That was exactly what she said.”
If I couldn’t find the princess, I would have just given up. If the princess really went to the other side, far away, she might not have heard it.
However, it is a distance that can be met by running for a minute or so. Of course, it meant that the princess deliberately avoided this side.
But when that happens, one question arises.
“Isn’t that what happened?”
“Then why did you come to see me?”
Now that you’ve been avoiding it all along? Why?
“………….”
“It would have been easy not to meet me. But why did you come to see me in person like this?
“……………….”
“The answer is simple. The reason the princess doesn’t want to cooperate… is that it’s not ‘me’ but ‘that group’.”
Princess Kim Eun-ha. She has a secret.
A secret that was only shared with the family, and would have already come out if it had not been for her brother, Kim Seong-il.
“Why?”
“…”
And here.
“……………….”
“………….”
“…………………….”
“…………?”
suddenly, silent
At the highlight of the story, at the climax of the dialogue, at the most important part of uncovering the secret.
I shut my mouth.
“……Something. Why aren’t you saying anything?”
“Princess, I won’t tell you what’s next.”
“Ha. Why did you ask self-deprecatingly, but in the end you don’t know the answer?”
“No, I know the answer. It’s just that, as the princess knows well, it’s the kind that shouldn’t be said.”
“……………….”
I will not speak. I didn’t say anything, but I already knew.
The princess’s eyes gradually darkened. Maybe you’re thinking about what to do with me.
If it’s true that I really know the ‘answer’.
Because that’s a secret the princess must hide above all else.
“So why don’t you look at the divination?”
“………dot?”
“Yes. It’s a simple tarot reading.”
Spawn and shuffle taro in the air. During that brief moment, he clearly saw the princess’s fists clenched and then loosened.
Anyway, the princess has to check if I really know her secret. That’s why you don’t choose the option of just ending the conversation and leaving.
And at that moment, she came up with a really simple solution and then gave up.
In a way, even if it’s a secret itself, it’s a solution that won’t be a problem.
“You can draw one card of whatever you want.”
“………….”
As a princess, she must have thought that it would suit her roughly.
There is a high possibility that he will have someone kidnap me as soon as this conversation is over. It was a secret that could deal a huge blow to the imperial family itself, to the extent that even such coercive measures had to be employed.
So, distracted by other thoughts, I drew a card without much thought.
“…………!!!”
“……Major Arcana No. 8, <Strength>.”
That’s why I was even more shocked.
“How are you, Princess?”
“………….”
“Is my point correct?”
Princess Kim Eun-ha. she is… … …
Because I’ve beaten people to death with that innate ‘violence’.