I Became a Fortune Teller in a Game My Sister Made

39 – 8. This fortune teller does it for free

“In the highest tower, the lowest and humblest… Ehh.”

Sweat drips from my feet and my legs tremble.

Manderick, who had already run around the academy for several laps, sat down on a random bench in exhaustion.

“What do you mean by this…”

It’s already been a day since I saw Namgoong Min’s divination.

Now, in a few hours, the first evaluation of the martial artist class will begin, but Manderick hasn’t even gotten a clue of the advice yet.

Even if you regret that the fortuneteller didn’t warn you for no reason, there’s no turning back now.

“I’d rather start training from now on…”

I found it with the feeling that it was the last time, but isn’t that the original point?

It is ridiculous to believe that this is not the old days or the Middle Ages, but modern times when all kinds of science and magic are developed.

Perhaps that fortune teller–Namgoong-min would have paid no attention to it if it hadn’t been for the image he showed at the entrance ceremony and Eileen’s recommendation.

Wouldn’t it be better to train honestly than rely on such a fluke?

Manderick let out a deep sigh.

“But even if we train now… it will be the same.”

However, if it had been possible with hard work in the first place, he would not have visited the fortune teller.

I trained every day, even reducing my sleep, but compared to my peers, I was not better, and I didn’t even feel that I was growing myself.

Identity.

That thought was gradually eating away at Manderick.

‘It’s only been a week… … .’

Will I be able to graduate from Romance Academy?

It reminds me of the days when I worked hard to get into this school, and my parents who put up their house as collateral to add money.

… … okay. can’t give up

‘Somehow… … !’

No matter what I do, I will definitely return with a diploma.

Manderick, who had been weakened for a moment, got up with a slap on the cheek.

“Okay. Let’s start over again.”

[The lowest place in the highest tower.]

First of all, that would be the beginning of the advice.

tallest tower.

‘It’s easy to say… … .’

This romance academy is a floating city bigger than any island.

How many towers are there in the city, and which one is the tallest?

I looked around all the towers that looked high during the day, but I was not sure that it was the tallest tower, so I wasted my time vaguely and couldn’t even search properly.

“What should I do…”

“Hey! Manderick!”

“……Hmm? Ah, Layla.”

Manderick, who was desperately spinning his brain with his eyes closed, turned his head at the voice he heard somewhere.

A blue-haired schoolgirl was waving to him from across the street.

“You must have a pretty headache, don’t you?”

“That’s right. How are you?”

“I’m the same, too.”

Layla. I belong to the same martial arts class as Manderick, so I was introduced to Eileen and went to a fortune teller——

“What were you up to?”

“[Four birds in the hunters’ story. Two are already flying, but two haven’t developed wings yet on the ground. Give them poison and water to fly up.]”

──A colleague who chose the ‘black card advice’ in the same way.

“…I think I’m better than you.”

“Isn’t it? Did I ask something too abstract…”

I heard that Leila asked the fortune teller about ‘how to read the most interesting book in the world’.

It was a question like a ＜fighter singer＞ who lives in the library, and it was advice that was as hard to understand as that question.

“Are you going to keep looking?”

“That’s for sure! It’s the funniest book in the world! No matter how long it takes, you’ll do it!”

“…Yes, I envy you.”

“……ah.”

But no matter how pedantic that was, Leila didn’t seem to mind.

yeah… … Unlike Manderick, it was a question without any problem even if he leisurely interpreted and searched for advice.

Layla, who was aware of Manderick’s troubles, covered his mouth as if he was wrong.

It was she who first consulted with Manderick about his concerns, and she hadn’t been able to properly answer them either.

“Y-Yeah! Can you show me that advice? I haven’t seen it yet!”

“Uh, uh. Yes.”

Realizing the somewhat heavy atmosphere, Layla deliberately clung to Manderick with a bright voice to make up for her mistake.

He gave Leila a notebook in which he wrote down his advice.

“Let’s see… huh?”

“How is it? Do you understand?”

Manderick looked at Layla, deep in thought, with hope in his heart.

Leyla took her eyes off her notebook to see if she knew anything and started looking around.

“……Ah, over there.”

“excuse me!?”

“Have you been there too?”

“… are you really saying that?”

Where Layla pointed her finger.

In the place where Manderick also looked with hope——there was certainly a tall tower.

Only problem was that it was an abandoned transmission tower on top of a mountain.

“The tallest tower? Isn’t that transmission tower the tallest?”

“That…… Usually when it comes to the tallest tower, isn’t it the height of the tower itself?”

“I thought about it as simply as possible. And if you’re right, isn’t it strange that I haven’t found it yet? Haven’t you looked around all the towers called towers?”

“That’s… by the way.”

This is Manderick, who did not sleep and searched only for high towers.

As Leila said, I looked around all the high towers in the academy, so I nodded my head in dubious doubt.

I was worried because there was no place I had looked at properly.

“Then let’s go! If we go now, we’ll be able to get to class in time!”

“…….”

“Manderick?”

Is that top real? Amman but a transmission tower?

Wouldn’t it be better to look around the monument or other towers located in the middle of the academy?

I don’t have much time now. If you go up to the transmission tower on top of that mountain, you won’t have time to go anywhere else.

what the hell is right

“……Layla?”

“I’m sorry, Manderick. I said something strange…”

──Suddenly, one hand felt warm.

Manderick, who stopped thinking about the warmth, looked down at Layla, who held his hand with his head bowed.

Layla, his first friend in the academy and with whom he can truly open up.

‘… … okay. I’ve been to all the good places to go.’

It’s okay to follow your friend’s advice.

Even if it’s pointless… … If you think that Layla will comfort you and cheer you up with all sorts of words by your side.

It seemed like it would be fine as it is.

“Okay, let’s go!”

“Manderick?”

“There’s nothing wrong with what you’re saying, and you should follow your friend’s advice! Let’s go!”

“……huh!”

Tadat.

I had no intention of wasting my time as long as I had made up my mind.

Manderick and Layla ran aimlessly straight toward the top of the mountain.

Through the shopping district, through the outskirts, into the mountains.

With a superhuman body unique to the owner of the job, he jumps over streams and runs non-stop, heading only for transmission towers.

And finally.

“Whoa… whoa… it’s arrived.”

“Phew, that’s right.”

No matter how much ＜fighting song＞, I was able to reach the transmission tower when I was out of breath.

‘But it’s really big.’

From a distance, it was just a bony tower made of steel, but seeing it in front of my eyes like this is quite overwhelming.

Even if you raise your head to the sky, you can’t see the end clearly, and the tower stands alone with no wires or other transmission towers connected to it.

I heard that it was operated only until 20 years ago, and then it was neglected.

‘Seeing this… … The tallest tower is correct.’

Climbing to the top of the mountain, you can see the Romance Academy at a glance, and the other towers that were so high look small.

Was it when you heard Layla’s story? It was a bit of an impression, but not now.

This seems to be true… !

“Manderick, what was the next part of your advice?”

“[The lowest and humblest place in the highest tower.]”

“Then it’s obvious! That basement!”

“huh.”

The huge power transmission tower was not standing on the ground, but was installed on a platform made of concrete.

And there is a small door in the middle of the concrete support.

It’s the door to the basement, no matter who sees it, and it fits perfectly into the [lowest and humblest place] of advice.

‘… … Can I come in?’

It is a transmission tower abandoned 20 years ago. The inside is not clean or unconditionally safe.

It should be locked in the first place, but can it be opened?

creak.

“Let’s go in!”

“Uh, yes.”

open

Leyla, more excited than Manderick, opened the basement door and jumped in first, as if the current situation was interesting.

Manderick followed her into the basement. It would be foolish to choose the option of not entering as long as you came here anyway.

Give your eyes a second to adjust to the darkness, and to look around you in the sunlight coming through the cellar door.

“……The inside is cleaner than I thought, right?”

“I know.”

Of course, the basement of the transmission tower, which I thought would be full of dust and bugs, was surprisingly clean.

Yes, there was dust and cobwebs all over the place, but that was enough to get around and explore.

Spotting the space beneath the cellar door, the only door there, Manderick wiped the dust off the nameplate hanging there.

“A job room?”

“When I was using this transmission tower, I guess I managed it while eating and sleeping here.”

“I know.”

Wait, wasn’t the next line of advice [but indispensable and warm]?

Is there warmth in the dorm room?

Still pondering the puzzling advice, Manderick grabbed the locker and turned it.

click.

‘As expected, it’s open here too.’

Isn’t it normal to lock a closed place like this? Well, good is good.

Maybe this is also part of the divination.

If it was a space that was locked by the academy, I wouldn’t have been able to find it, so I wouldn’t have come up with advice.

“Stay~”

“There can be no way.”

“It’s just to cheer you up.”

Sigh.

The door that opened with an unpleasant sound was not wide inside.

An old-looking sofa and table, and a dusty bookshelf and an old-fashioned TV on the only neat bed.

It was the same scenery that comes to mind when you think of a dorm room.

“What should I look for?”

“Are you warm… or a child who sheds hot tears?”

“……A crying child?”

“Uh, that’s what the advice says.”

Even so, are you warm or a child in this small sleeping room? If a child is really hiding, wouldn’t that be fear?

Separated from Leyla, Manderick sighed as he searched the surroundings with only dim sunlight.

“Nothing. Leila, how about that one?”

“It’s the same. Just old stuff.”

“Is that so… I guess it wasn’t.”

I thought they fit together after giving advice, but I wonder if it was a fit.

As I was blocked at the last part, I was as disappointed as I expected.

“Let’s go back. We have to start soon so we won’t be late for class—”

“Uh, Manderick? Here… is it warm?”

“—Eh?”

The place Leila touched was a closet closed with a wooden door.

Manderick, who heard her words, also put his hand there.

“It’s warm.”

“Right? What’s beyond this?”

“……It looks like a boiler room.”

Manderick murmured, looking at the faintly carved writing on the wooden door.

Since there is a night shift room, a boiler room could be installed.

But the boiler in the sleeping room abandoned 20 years ago is warm?

‘Wait, come to think of it, the bed was the only tidy one.’

The basement was organized to some extent, and the bed was tidy.

Boilers still in operation.

‘no way… … ?’

“Let’s open it! There must be something in it!”

“Hey, wait a minute. Layla, we need to get out of here—”

Sigh.

click.

“—What?”

“………uh?”

“uh.”

*

“…That’s why, it’s all thanks to the teacher.”

“Um, Mr. Manderick? I’m also a classmate, so you don’t need to call me teacher…”

“No! I was a fool for doubting the teacher’s divination even for a moment!”

“So you need to say something respectful…”

“I will actively spread about this fortune teller around me!”

“You can call me teacher.”

The day after giving advice (?) to Manderick.

Manderick, wearing black half-gloves with tear patterns on both hands, bowed his head to Namgoong Min with a surprised yet grateful expression.

Although it was Namgoong Min who reacted as if he was in trouble after being treated excessively.

‘As planned.’

Glancing at Manderick’s black half-gloves.

He smiled even more inwardly.

The proper fortune-telling had just begun.