chapter 32
32 – 7. The fortuneteller says
Unlike a few days ago, when he was rejected for another meeting, meeting the princess today was not difficult.
That’s because the prince must have already given the word in some way.
“……welcome.”
Well, on the way in, he received suspicious glances from the servant who served the princess.
Do people like you meet the princess without an appointment? I felt the same way.
Will you do this for me? My head hurts about what to do next.
“Be polite when meeting the princess. Speaking of etiquette that must be followed——”
Oh, it’s boring from the start. Still, I didn’t know, so I listened carefully.
If I were a foreigner, these guys wouldn’t have gone this far, but it feels like they talk a lot more because their nationality is the Korean Empire.
When you reach the top floor of the dorm while listening to the explanation of etiquette that takes your breath away just by listening to it.
“……Welcome, Mr. Namgoong Min.”
“Thank you for your hospitality, Princess.”
The princess’ reaction, saying that she knew someone would come, but had no idea it would be me, welcomed me.
The princess, who had sent the servant who had guided her this far with a beckoning gesture, gestured to the chair opposite her.
“sit down please.”
“yep.”
A room too big for one person. The decorations, luxurious furniture, and chandeliers that seem to show luxury and luxury shine splendidly.
The floor is covered with high-quality carpets, so it’s soft, and the chair I’m sitting on is the best, and it’s surprising that it’s neither too soft nor too hard.
They thought that this is the royal family.
It was a room where you could realize the location of Princess Kim Eun-ha and Prince Kim Seong-il.
“So, do you have something you want to say to me?”
“Yes. Didn’t I say I was going to see the princess’ fortune in the last class?”
“…it was, it was.”
Although he brought up a point he hadn’t promised, the princess naturally accepted the conversation without showing anything.
If you meet and bring out only the prince’s message, people around you may look suspicious, so the intention to talk about it as an excuse of fortune telling must have been conveyed.
“Are you looking at the tarot?”
“That’s my specialty, but this time it’s contemplation.”
“Contemplation…?”
contemplation. The point of seeing and hitting the opponent.
It’s also the point that I mainly look at the face and play, just like I did with the a little bit individualistic looking senior.
Dividing the face into three major parts, upper, middle, and lower, to predict the future fortune by looking at the major acupoints and palaces of the face.
It’s easy to convey the story because fortunetellers have a lot to say about contemplation.
“The princess is also busy, so we won’t be able to talk for a long time. Let’s just look at each other.”
“You mean the eyes?”
“In contemplation, the eyes are the most important part. If the face is a thousand nyang, the eyes are an important part to the extent that it is said to be nine hundred nyang.”
Even if you see contemplation, this is an excuse after all.
I’d rather just talk in moderation.
“The princess’s eyes are… phoenix eyes.”
“phoenix?”
“The best eye of all eyes, even better than the dragon’s eye, which is often called the emperor’s eye. It is an ambitious eye that brings wealth and blessings even when it is still, and gets whatever it wants.”
“… Ambitious.”
“That’s right.”
It’s not that the princess actually has phoenix eyes, but what I said wasn’t wrong.
She’s really ambitious to get anything. Could it be that he is a secret official of the imperial family for no reason?
“In addition, the phoenix eyes… are the ones I like and want to protect. They are extremely rare.”
“……!”
The princess who was listening to my contemplation opened her eyes wide.
The message and password of the prince, ‘Things I like and protect’.
Actually, this password is not difficult at all. It was just written in Chinese characters.
‘To like is 好 (to be liked), to protect is 衛 (to be protected).’
So, take only the sound of two Chinese characters and become ‘Howie’. Since ‘I’ is added in front of it, it means that it is my escort, that is, the prince’s escort.
‘But how is this a password… … .’
Jisoo, did you bother to come up with a password like that? Or was this your best?
The name is a code that is used between the prince and the princess, but couldn’t it be made a bit more complicated and encrypted?
… … Even if I lament like this, there would be no problem as long as the message was delivered well.
Anyway, it was conveyed naturally, so if the princess would understand without showing it… …
“okay.”
“……The princess?”
“Yeah… that was it.”
… … That, should the reaction be natural?
The prince’s ‘my escort’ means that the person who is trying to assassinate the princess is in the prince’s escort.
And, of course, the assassin’s help would be attached to the assassination target, the princess.
It is said that there are only me and the princess in this room now, but there will be wiretaps and voyeur cameras everywhere to protect the princess.
But the princess, who was reading fortunes, suddenly says something like ‘That was it’ with a serious face?
This is a suspicious situation for anyone.
For now, I have to fix it somehow… … !
“hahahaha, Princess. You don’t have to think so.”
“……Ah yes?”
“It’s not because the princess’s eyes are phoenix eyes that she has risen to her current position. In fact, as a fortuneteller, it’s a little hard to say, but contemplation is a real superstition. Don’t worry.”
“………ah.”
As if she had finally come to her senses, the princess stopped talking to herself and looked at me.
yes i saved you Even if I use the princess punch in the future, don’t say anything?
“You believe in divination more than you think.”
“……Yes. That’s right.
It’s a bit of an awkward ending, but it’s still better than the one I just had to say to myself.
‘It’s time to wake up soon.’
Originally, it was not possible to have an interview with the princess for a long time. Unlike petit bourgeois like me who have nothing to do, the princess has a lot to do.
Even if I made an appointment in advance, it was difficult, but this time I just came here, so this amount of time must be the last line.
“Princess, I think I need to go soon. I have work after that.”
“Is that so, then there’s nothing you can do about it.”
There is no such thing as work. When I was walking earlier, I heard the servant nagging me that this was etiquette.
How comfortable would it be to just talk and listen like on a mountain? I don’t know if I know this useless manner.
“See you in the next class, Princess.”
“……is it so.”
hmm? Wasn’t there a little gap at the end?
no. He smiled and even waved his hand, but I must have heard it wrong.
After leaving the top floor, while receiving the suspicious gaze from the servant like the first time, I sent a messenger to do this, but I felt embarrassed.
Still, I feel a sense of liberation coming out of that splendid space.
‘Then, shall we take a walk more?’
There’s nothing I can do until tomorrow when I meet the prince anyway.
Because the ‘attempt to assassinate the princess’ event couldn’t be intervened in the game. The player gets caught up in the event after the assassination attempt has already been made.
More than anything, even if I move now, I can’t get into the royal residence where the assassination will take place.
I just want to go for a walk and organize my thoughts, so I walk endlessly… … …
“……hmm?”
… … was it only
what?
“………….”
It was a strange feeling.
The back of the neck feels sore, itchy, and cool.
The feeling that someone is staring at me blatantly.
If I found out that someone was following me, this would be my reaction.
but.
‘There’s no way I could have noticed the tailing?’
It’s like Lane’s tailing, and the people who are good at investigating my background.
Like the main character in the game, I can’t notice or notice that the tail is following me nicely. Perhaps the destructive physical aptitude plays a part.
That’s why I feel rather uncomfortable.
With normal skills, there’s no way I’d notice the tailing. then… …
“…….”
take a step
Inside the academy, out of the academy, outside the academy to the shopping district, and from the shopping district to the back alley.
It’s only after I go to the darkest and darkest place possible.
I feel a real presence behind me.
“Who are you?”
“………….”
It was a very stupid question. If I ask who you are, will you answer me?
Still, I have to take my time somehow.
‘Rio? lane? the prince side? Or the princess’s side? Or on the assassin’s side… … ?’
There are too many people who can tail me!
I thought I was getting along well, but looking at it like this, my human relationship is too ruinous?
This is why I shouldn’t have been without friends… … !
“Even if I go when I go, shouldn’t I at least know what I’m being targeted for so I can go in peace.”
“…….”
Even if it was just tailing, he wouldn’t have shown himself like this.
This is just to intimidate me. This would narrow your options a bit.
‘Rio… … I had doubts the other day, so I could have ordered him to come back, or Lane could have been sent to test if I’m really strong, which is unlikely.’
Liu and Lane are unlikely, but they can be.
‘The prince? I thought they were only doing background investigations, but could they even kidnap them?’
So does the prince.
‘The princess? Are you suspicious of me? The other day, I made a deal with her by saying that I knew her secret, but since she even acted as the messenger of the prince, can I assume she’s related?’
So does the princess… … go.
‘Assassins? Is it possible. I managed to sort out the princess’ reaction, but it was awkward, so they kidnapped me and tried to find out the details… … !’
Even an assassin… … That’s right.
what? is everything possible? No options at all?
The kids who used to say hahahahahoho until now were the ones who could stab me in the back at any time, right?
‘… … life.’
If it hadn’t been for that unidentified follower behind me, I would have shed tears.
Still, it’s the first time, so I’m sure it’s an award. If you’re sincere, maybe we can be friends someday… … maybe.
The follower moved as if he felt my strangely sad mood.
I came to my senses at the sound of those footsteps and thought about it.
‘Can I look back now? Aren’t they stabbed as soon as they turn?’
The available tiles are <My Little Fortune Store>, <Cleanliness>, and <Observation>.
The combo of <My Own Little Fortune> and <Cleanliness> is the only means, but this only takes time and is not enough to overwhelm the opponent.
It worked against the saint, but it was because of his skill.
‘But you also learned judo in the department. If I take a surprise attack, I might be able to subdue it!’
I wasn’t good at it, but I went to judo academy to become a police officer.
With the confidence that you can do it, the foot of the opponent who came close enough—
“…….”
“Cuck!”
——Before he could even walk, he was crushed to the ground.
Didn’t see anything moving? Why is your power so strong?
That moment when I try to turn my face somehow to see the face of the opponent who destroyed my confidence in an instant.
“……What are you doing?”
“What is it! Of course I want to see your face… Hmm?”
what.
Where did you hear that voice?
“What the hell are you… you’ve been sharp, and you’ve been so indecisive, and you’re an unknown person.”
“……The princess?”
Why is your sister out there?
A person who is followed by all sorts of escorts and attendants after leaving the private accommodation is going alone like this?
“How are you? Did you come all this way alone?”
“It’s me, no, it’s just respectful.”
“Isn’t there a difference between a despicable follower and a noble princess?”
“It’s only after I openly noticed that I noticed the tailing, but the words are really good.”
Oh, that feeling was a notice.
I thought it was a threat to go quietly to a dark place again.
… … … Come to think of it, is there any difference?
“I’ll be direct. I have something to say.”
“Rather than that, could you please release this first? This is quite painful——”
“──What’s your relationship with the assassins?”
“…….”
Yeah, I thought I’d ask.
As I thought earlier, the princess has more than enough reasons to doubt me now.
A fortune teller suddenly came and mentioned a secret that the princess had been hiding, so she came as the messenger of the prince while she was on guard, so no matter how you look at it, she is related to the imperial family.
Of course, mentioning the ‘assassin’ that I shouldn’t know about would be to try and figure it out.
In a way, it is also self-employed. Because he used dangerous information to get the princess’s attention.
But, it’s not because I did it without thinking.
“If I tell you here, will the princess believe it?”
“yes?”
“Aren’t you going to call the <mediator> anyway? I’ll answer all your questions at that time.”
Seruk.
The princess’ restraints are released. My shoulder hurts a lot… …
I lightly turn my arms, get up, shake off the dust, and face the princess who looks at me suspiciously.
“So why don’t you join hands for the same goal first?”
“…same goal?”
“What do you mean, prevent the assassination of the princess…… and catch the assassin?”
‘Attempt to Assassinate the Princess’ is the biggest event until the midterm of the first year.
The whole romance academy was buzzing, and it was more like a detective story where the player gathered all sorts of hints and deduced the culprit.
‘Honestly, it wasn’t fun.’
It was fresh, but not much fun. There were hints, and I knew right away who the culprit was.
However, the process was quite frustrating and there was a lot of labor.
“……Does that mean you know about assassins?”
“Of course I know.”
So, I’m trying to get a little comfortable.
“Okay. Then everything you know…”
“Who the assassin was, what was the motive for the assassination, and who was behind the assassins.”
“………yes?”
one problem. How to finish the mystery part the fastest?
“I know everything. Princess.”
answer. You need to know the culprit.
How easy is it?