I Became a Fortune Teller in a Game My Sister Made

38 – 8. This fortune teller does it for free

A fortuneteller who spreads and folds cards with mysterious patterns on the table.

Manderick, who was looking at him vaguely, noticed that he hadn’t answered yet, and nodded his head shyly.

“Ah yes.”

“Okay. Then please sit over here.”

Cheer la la rock.

Although they may be a little different in age, they must be the same freshman, but they naturally respect the fortuneteller who speaks politely and politely.

While following the guidance of the fortuneteller and sitting across from him, the shuffling of cards with all kinds of fancy hand techniques kept Manderick’s eyes off him.

As if the audience were watching a mysterious magic trick, he was frantically looking at the cards being arranged brilliantly in white gloves.

widely.

“ah.”

I came to my senses only after the cards were neatly arranged and fell on the table with a sound.

I threw tarot cards during the maze at the entrance ceremony, but as expected, fortunetellers handle cards very well.

Manderick, who was liked and trusted by his undisturbed smile, moderate movements, and excellent hand skills, gave a somewhat relaxed expression.

Anyway, the cards were sorted out and I should have sat down. The moment I was about to speak first.

“You have a problem.”

“Oh, how…!”

“Didn’t you answer earlier?”

ah. It was.

Manderick, who was stunned to think that his words were read literally, lowered his head in embarrassment.

Did you go crazy after watching the card show?

Even though he hesitated, he raised his head again as if he had made up his mind.

“No, that’s right. I’m worried.”

“You’re worried about your studies.”

“yes that’s right……?”

what? Did I answer this too?

I guess you didn’t?

“How do you worry about studying…?”

“I’m not a fortune teller.”

“ah.”

The question was quickly resolved. Well, why did you ask the fortune teller about that?

At the same time, the doubts remaining in the ‘Fortune Teller’ gradually disappear.

Originally, he didn’t really believe in or care about things like divination, but if he was this good, wouldn’t he be able to hear the answer?

“Even if it’s said these days… it’s been less than a week since I entered school, but I feel like I’m falling behind my other classmates.”

“I see. Are they getting ahead?”

“……Yes. Yesterday, I was in the bottom of my class in ＜Martial Arts＞ training… and my rank in the entrance exam was also the lowest…”

“He died in Dalian the day before yesterday.”

“Yes. The day before yesterday in Dalian…? Ah.”

I figured this out as well.

Aren’t fortune tellers really great?

“That, as you know, I’m worried because I’m falling behind in many ways. That’s why I came here.”

“In this case… First of all, it seems necessary to refine the answer.”

“yes?”

Chark.

At the gesture of the fortune teller, three cards are arranged face down on the table.

red, green, black.

Three cards with the same pattern but different colors caught Manderick’s eyes.

“This……?”

“[three pieces of advice].”

“Three…advice?”

I thought of something that everyone would know, like tarot or contemplation.

I tilted my head at Manderick in a way I had never seen before.

“Divination is a more difficult discipline than you might think. People try to find answers to vague questions, but divination requires unknown conditions instead of giving the answer.”

“Conditions?”

“In fact, people who come to fortune-telling ask the same question: ‘What about my future?’ ‘Will he like me?’ ‘What should I do in the future?’ together.”

Come to think of it, it seems so.

When I first heard about the fortune teller from Eileen, most of my classmates were talking about those kinds of questions.

‘Including my question. I’m here to ask what I should do next.’

That time when I naturally understood the fortuneteller’s words and nodded my head inadvertently.

The red card is turned over.

“uh……?”

“The color red tells the most straightforward answer. The more you think about it, the more obvious it is, and the more you think about it, ‘Should I even listen to this advice?’

An upside-down picture… … A drawing of a woman who appears to be taming a lion.

Underneath it is written ‘STRENGTH’.

‘strength?’

“Let’s go green next.”

flutter.

The green card was a drawing of a wheel floating in the sky and strange animals surrounding it.

This was a card that even Manderick knew. ‘Wheel of Fortune’ was such a famous card.

“Green whispers an ambiguous answer. The more you hear it, the more it sounds like you know it, and the more you think about it, the harder it is to understand it. You have to think and ponder endlessly to figure out the answer, and the answer is obviously very helpful.”

“ah……….”

“But unfortunately, there are times when you can’t figure out the answer, and that can’t be helped. I only interpret the card, and it’s the card that answers directly. It’s natural that it’s difficult to know because it’s the answer from the card.”

“I guess…”

So, it’s a little hard to understand, but it’s a great help.

Little by little, Manderick, who got a feel for the [three pieces of advice], naturally turned his head toward the last card.

The first one is direct, but it’s an obvious advice.

If the second is vague but helpful advice.

Third one… …

“Lastly, the color black utters an unknown sound. It seems that it has nothing to do with the question, it is very strange and it may not make sense, so no one can understand its true meaning.”

“But, the last card…”

“Yes. As you may have guessed, the black card gives the most puzzling but surest answer. The answer may not be understood until after it’s all over, or the meaning may not be known until the end. But if interpreted correctly, it’s more effective than any advice. no see.”

Palak.

The picture that caught Manderick’s eyes was that of an old man meditating in the dark, wearing a gray robe.

‘THE HERMIT’, the hermit.

Now on the table are the cards of Might, Wheel of Fortune, and Hermit.

“What advice would you like?”

“uh…….”

“Worry carefully. Out of the three advices, you can only listen to one, and even if you try to listen to the advice again, the card won’t respond.”

That you can only choose one.

But wouldn’t everyone be groaning in this situation?

‘First of all, it’s not red. You said it was a direct answer, right? Maybe it’s advice like try harder~, but I need some helpful advice right now.’

The first evaluation of the ＜Martial Arts＞ class is right in two days.

At least until then, I wanted to make some progress.

‘Then green? To be honest, I’m most attracted to… … You’re saying there’s good advice that’s hard to interpret, right? but… … .’

Why?

My eyes keep going to the black card.

‘no! You heard it before. It would be very difficult to know. What if I don’t know what to do in the end?’

Even if you try to think a little realistically.

‘still… … You don’t know until you try. It’s the best advice, so it’s sure to be effective, and it can be solved surprisingly easily.’

Suddenly, the thought of not knowing catches my ankle.

What advice should I choose?

Manderick, who had been thinking about it without knowing how much he was worried, finally reached out his hand.

“With this advice… I will do it.”

“All right.”

Black, on the Hermit’s card.

Even while choosing, is this right? I thought, but.

‘But this is right!’

Manderick picked the option that might get the best advice.

Since I came to the point anyway, this is the last time. If you can hear it, it’s probably the best advice… … !

“Wait a minute, please.”

“Ah, yes.”

The fortune teller, who took the Hermit’s card that Manderick had chosen, soon turns it over and draws out other cards.

Add the face-down Hermit to the deck and shuffle again. Mix, cut in half, arch, roll in your hand.

After the splendid card show that catches the eye, the cards that show only the back are turned over and laid out on the table so that the front is visible.

“uh……?”

However, those cards are all the cards of the ‘Hermit’.

Almost 100 cards could easily pass, and all of the cards that almost filled the table had a picture of an old man meditating in the dark.

Look here, look there.

The time when only Manderick was dazzled by the unknown sight.

Soon the fortune teller finds another card among the hermits.

there–

‘… … What is that?’

THE… … TOWER?

‘tower?’

As he was ignorant of Tarot, he couldn’t figure out what it was even when he looked at the picture.

gulp.

Maybe she’s nervous, but she just watches the fortune teller looking at the ‘Top’ card while swallowing saliva.

It didn’t take long for his mouth to open.

“…well, I see.”

“Huh? Did you finally come out?”

“I’ll tell you the advice of the black card.”

Finally.

Ready to remember the advice, Manderick trembled as he looked at the still-smiling fortuneteller.

“[The lowest and humblest place in the highest tower. However, it is indispensable and warm. There is a child who sheds hot tears there.]”

“……yes?”

“Can you hear me again?”

“Oh, no. I definitely remembered.”

“Okay, then it’s over.”

“It’s over… is it?”

“yes.”

remembered It wasn’t even a long sentence, so remember it clearly.

However, the black card’s advice exceeded Manderick’s imagination.

‘Yeah, I was determined… … ?’

I couldn’t believe that such an unknown sentence would come out.

Manderick broke out in a cold sweat. I came to do fortune-telling, but what I got was this floating story.

I was thinking of asking the fortune teller to get more information, but——

“Come on, goodbye.”

“—Ah.”

The fortuneteller was waving.

As if there was nothing more to tell, as if there was nothing to answer no matter what I asked.

As if all that was left was up to Manderick.

was still smiling

*

“It’s pretty unusual… that’s it.”

“What do you mean?”

“The divination [Three Advices], and those advices as well.”

After Manderick, who had become depressed, left, in a fortune teller where only candles flickered.

Eileen spoke to Namgoong-min, who was arranging the cards spread out on the table.

Waiting on the upper floor of the building, she returned to the fortune teller with a sign posted on the building that said “closed”.

“Fortune-telling differs from time to time. Depending on the question asked and the customer, different fortune-telling is used.”

“Didn’t you tell the five people who came today with the [Three Advices]?”

“That’s right. It will be for a while.”

“okay.”

Namgoong Min’s words contradict what he just said.

Nevertheless, Eileen nodded her head without asking any questions.

It was blind faith beyond simple trust.

“You’re really amazing.”

“yes?”

“Ah, Namgoong Min-nim is originally great and amazing… but Namgoong-min was especially amazing today.”

“It’s overrated.”

“No. I don’t think you know what you’re worried about by having a light conversation, and you know everything about what’s happened recently…!”

no way.

‘Of course I don’t know why.’

As for the five visitors who came today——all of Eileen’s acquaintances, the students from the ＜Martial Song＞ class, of course, I didn’t know their names, personalities, or anything else.

These are characters that did not appear in the game. It’s no different than someone seeing it for the first time.

However, it was not difficult to obtain information in advance.

‘There’s also Eileen’s story.’

When asked to introduce her to a fortune teller, Eileen told her friends. He was smiling even though he said he was a non-believer, so he must have liked it because he made a friend.

There, I heard the names of those friends and little information.

‘I also asked Charles Teddy Bear.’

Charles Teddy Bear is a ＜fighter＞ and at the same time serves as the instructor of the ＜fighter＞ class.

There are several martial arts classes at the academy, so I am not the instructor of Eileen’s class, but as a senior instructor, I have information about the students.

Through my personal acquaintance, I was able to obtain more information about the friends on the condition that I do not abuse it.

Even so, it was simple information such as information after entering the academy, evaluations in classes, and match wins and losses, but it was enough.

‘There’s even an observation.’

I can’t use it for long because I’ve used it a lot lately, but until I find out more information by observation when a visitor like Manderick lowers his head or pays attention to a card.

‘I received money from Liu.’

I borrowed a lot of money from Liu for a fortune teller that could do all of this. The money that made this fortune teller didn’t come from the ground.

The ＜My Little Fortune＞ skill has a 3-hour cooldown when I leave after using it, so I can’t use it as a fortune-telling store that I will continue to operate. It was best to make a new building from scratch.

Because of that, I ended up using an IOU with Liu, but I didn’t worry too much because it was an amount I could pay off quickly anyway. Strangely, after borrowing money, Liu seemed to be in a good mood.

information and money. If you are prepared this far, anyone can do fake fortune tellers.

“Anyway, thanks to Eileen, we filled all 5 guests. Thank you.”

“If I could be of help to Namgoong-min, it would be an infinite honor for me…!”

“Ha ha, yes.”

There are two conditions that sympathy was put forward.

The first is to receive five or more customers every day.

It is a natural condition because the condition itself for permitting fortune-telling is to prevent me from continuously seeing fortune-telling and increasing the accuracy rate.

The second was to receive more than 50 guests during this week.

‘Even considering the word of mouth, the number of my acquaintances was sorely lacking.’

Fortunately, Eileen is an insider (?), so it became much easier.

When he got up from his seat after sorting out all his cards, Eileen, who had been waiting for him in silence, opened his mouth as if he had suddenly remembered it.

“Come to think of it, why did you only accept five people? There must be more unbelievers to come.”

“There’s no need to take more. It’s enough.”

“yes?”

five people. The minimum of the conditions set forth by sympathy, and a number that is by no means a large number.

But Namgoong Min was confident.

‘It’s enough if it takes only one out of five people.’

Among the five visitors, three chose the black card Namgoong-min was aiming for.

Even if only one of them can interpret the card–

──Maybe more than 100 people, let alone 50 people.

It wasn’t intentional, but it reminds me of the trend that Namgoong-min himself started.

“Now you just have to wait.”

“……Yes, Namgoong-min.”

“…….”

Namgoong Min looked at Eileen.

It was a suspicious look.

“Uh, if you just stare at my chest like that…”

“no.”

“If Namgoong-min-nim wants it, go beyond what you see…!”

“Don’t worry, it’s absolutely not.”