I Became a Fortune Teller in a Game My Sister Made

5 – 2. Beast Hook

‘I arranged it like this on purpose.’

I sat in the chair across from the teddy bear and shuddered at the nastyness of the special test.

Unnecessarily large space, bright lights, plain plastic tables and chairs.

All of them are things that are excluded from the ‘fortune tellers’.

The point should be mysterious. It must be supernatural, fateful, and give subtle trust.

‘That’s why the fortune teller is narrow, dark, and the light is low.’

The narrow and dark space makes it feel like only the fortune teller and the visitor are isolated, and the small light illuminates only the fortune teller, allowing the visitor to focus only on the fortune teller.

As I’ve said many times, fortune tellers are just people who cheat the mind after all. By creating such an environment, trust is increased.

“Namgoong Min, 18 years old. He is from the unified Korean Empire. Is that right?”

“That’s right.”

“Okay. Let’s start the test right away. Use your job skills.”

“Yes, what can I tell you?”

I’m not going to use that weird job skill anyway.

“grow.”

“yes?”

“You can tell about me. If the hit rate is higher than the standard, it is passed.”

… … I thought about it from the moment I entered the test room, but it’s strange after all.

I know a lot about the character Charles Teddy Bear. ＜Romance Academy＞ is a student-oriented game, so the teachers are not described in detail, but I remember the teddy bear to some extent because it often appeared in various events.

By the way, the teddy bear I know would not be hired as the supervisor of the application test for ‘Nam Goong-min’.

He almost unconditionally undertakes the exclusive test of ＜Hero＞ Abel Legion.

Teddy Bear has a sense of debt to the US president he failed to protect, and believes that his grandson ＜The Hero＞ closed his heart because of his grandfather’s death.

Because of this, Teddy Bear cares about Abel’s Legion and tries to be considerate of him, and Abel takes this as a provocation, and a character event in ＜Hero＞ arises, but he ignores it.

To put it simply, the admissions officer was indebted to the test taker and tried to accommodate him.

‘Isn’t it just cheating by saying this?’

In the game, it was a sad story that contradicted each other, but when it became a reality, it was just an admission scam. Could it be that I unintentionally prevented his infidelity?

Anyway, even if you look at ＜Romance Academy＞ as a whole, the hero boasts the highest level of specs, so it’s a test.

Let’s stop thinking about it for a moment and go back to the fundamental question.

‘Why me?’

The reason why I was in charge of the Abel Legion and not in charge.

Actually this… … It’s easy to see if you think about it a little.

“Okay. Then would it be all right if we start with something simple?”

“do whatever you want.”

This gentleman came to me ‘for divination’.

Charles Teddy Bear himself is not a person who believes in divination at all, but to hold on to even the slightest bit of hope.

“＜view point＞.”

When I use the job skill, the tarot card pops up in the air just like the first time.

In fact, wouldn’t this skill have done its meaning by just generating tarot cards?

‘… … Let’s think.’

First of all, it’s obvious, but it doesn’t actually count. Because that’s just a matter of luck.

If you’re seeing each other for the first time like this, it’s basic to build trust little by little with words that are usually applicable to everyone. “Are you worried about something?”, “Are you tired these days?” like.

‘No, then I came to do fortune-telling, so you won’t have any worries? If you have such worries, you won’t be able to sleep well, so it’s only natural that you’re tired.’

Of course, this doesn’t work now. In such a bright and spacious space, if you start with such a method for a person who is fundamentally distrustful of fortune telling, your expectations will be destroyed from the beginning.

So—you have to use the same rules as in Rio.

Shuffle the tarot cards, put them on the table and open your mouth.

“You have concerns about your family.”

“……!!”

good. The initial expectations were strongly entrenched.

… You may be seeing me for the first time, but I’ve seen you over twenty times.

There is a rule called ‘information’.

‘Charles Teddy Bear. A war hero dispatched to New York, USA. Originally an active personality, but due to the PTSD of the war, he became expressionless and blunt. He had a wife, but he passed away due to illness, and he lives alone with his young daughter.’

I recall his lines and personality that I saw in the story and in the character event.

‘Maybe it’s because he went through the war, but he prefers things that are efficient and practical, so he doesn’t believe in ‘divination’. But my daughter’s illness is getting worse, so I guess I’ll try something.’

I also remembered his background, which was quite touching.

‘It’s out of line to talk about your daughter carelessly. But because of his narrow friendships, few people know his family story, so it’s easy to trust him. If you start with a family rather than a daughter, you won’t have much antipathy.’

We devise a plan that suits his personality.

Unfortunately, I don’t know much about teddy bears because they aren’t the main characters in ＜Romance Academy＞… … I mean, it’s better than nothing.

‘In that respect, Rio was the easiest.’

The story of the gold toad can be learned during Liu’s character event, and it’s easy to answer even if you ask about the box or pocket. After resolving the character event, the gifts she gave after becoming friendly were almost all end-of-life items, so it was easy to remember the setting or shape.

It’s hard to remember one common japtem, but isn’t it simple to remember the best equipment? In the first place, there were only a few questions asked of me, and even if I showed the box, it was enough to guess from the size and shape.

If I was wrong, it would have been a little difficult, but there was a way.

Anyway, I need to fix the habit of leaking my thoughts.

“……Didn’t you guess by fortune telling?”

“Of course. Instructor Teddy Bear.”

I put my thoughts back for a moment and focus on the instructor in front of me.

Even for the sake of clearing the tutorial, and to be recognized as a ‘fortune teller’.

“Shall we continue?”

Witchcraft, the first customer is very important.

Namgoong Min spread out the tarot with a smile.

Now, it’s time to shake the mouth.

*

‘A ghost… … It’s a matter of mourning.’

“…it’s the far right.”

“Hmm, it’s the reverse of Major Arcana 4, ＜Emperor＞. It symbolizes doubt and bewilderment. You must be quite bewildered right now.”

“…….”

The human named Charles Teddy Bear is not a believer in the supernatural, like fate or God. On the contrary, I would say I hate it.

Since I was young, I liked rational and reasonable things, and that became even worse after going through the war. It could be said that it was almost ruin.

But what about the scene before your eyes?

“…Fifth from the left.”

“Minor Arcana, number 4 of the sword. It symbolizes rest and withdrawal. Instructor Teddy Bear, you are about to retire.”

“………Nonsense.”

His common sense is being shattered from the root.

He was simply choosing any of the overturned cards, and the fortune teller was clearly looking at his thoughts just by looking at that card.

‘I was looking forward to it. but… … .’

To the extent that he entered ＜Romance Academy＞ as a ‘fortune teller’ as a job, wouldn’t that mean that one of his fortune-telling skills was guaranteed?

There were so many teddy bears that I gave up being in charge of the ＜Hero＞ test, feeling sorry in my heart.

He tried all means to cure his daughter, who had been suffering from an unknown disease for several years, but failed.

‘I couldn’t even fix that ＜Saint＞.’

… … Yes, even if the fortuneteller in front of him did fortune-telling in his heart and found out, it does not mean that he will cure the disease.

But if you see something like looking into his thoughts… … It is not unreasonable to have weak expectations.

‘No, no. You may have already heard about me… … ?’

At first glance, it was a credible guess, but Teddy Bear soon denied it himself.

He was a war hero, but he had many enemies. When news of her daughter’s illness came out, there must have been a nefarious attempt to take her hostage.

That’s why I know very well that I only asked for treatment from those with heavy mouths while asking for treatment.

How much more could a person from the unified Korean Empire, who had many of his enemies, know the story of his family?

Above all, it was only a week ago that I made up my mind to retire, and I hadn’t even told anyone.

‘Really… ?’

Well really. Are you saying you figured it all out by divination?

All the fortunetellers I’ve ever seen were scammers, but now a ‘real’ fortuneteller appears.

“……It’s the middle card.”

“Minor Arcana, Number 2 of Pentacles Reverse. Instructor, excuse me, but you’ve been spending a lot in recent years.”

… … okay. I’m spending all my life savings trying to find a church healer or a good doctor.

“The 3rd card from the right, no the 2nd card.”

“Minor Arcana, 9th of Pentacles. It’s also reversed, so you must have been scammed recently.”

okay. He personally pursued the quack doctor who ran away without even treating him even though he put in the advance money and put him in prison.

“Farth left. No farthest right… Ah, no. Sixth from the right.”

“Major Arcana, number 20 ＜Judgment＞ in reverse. Its meaning is hesitation and hesitation.”

The teddy bear, who was choosing the cards Namgoong-min had laid out as if possessed, suddenly looked into Namgoong-min’s eyes.

He reflected in those eyes… … His whole body was shaking and he was breaking out in a cold sweat.

A vast, empty space. Bright and colorful lights. Plastic tables and chairs. The worst environment for divination and too bad for creating mystery.

But at some point, the teddy bear was focusing on every word Namgoong-min said.

Look, how did you know that I’m hesitating even now? Are you really right? Among the fortunetellers I’ve seen so far, there’s not been a single one who got it right, right? A student this young is reading all my thoughts?

“Instructor.”

“……Uh, that, yes.”

“Look at your left hand.”

“……what?”

However, even as the teddy bear fell into the dots little by little, Namgoong Min was only smiling softly.

Tarot cards are shuffled and laid out in white gloves. The combination of a red shirt, white tie, and black suit, which is not usually seen, suits the fortune teller Namgoong Min well, but also seems to show that he is clearly a talented person.

Above all, his confidence-filled movements, his smile, and his pleasant voice.

The teddy bear looked at Namgoong-min with eyes mixed with anticipation and disbelief, then turned his gaze toward his left hand that was touching something.

“……card.”

I don’t know when the hell it was.

I don’t know how the hell it was under my hand.

One overturned tarot card.

“Would you like to turn it over?”

“………….”

After a moment’s hesitation, the card is turned over.

The card under his hand was——a judge holding a sword in his right hand and a scale in his left.

Major Arcana 11, ＜Justice＞.

“That means… a fair judgment. How is it, Instructor?”

“………….”

“Am I passing?”

Teddy Bear said nothing.

In ＜Romance Academy＞, he who is known to be the strictest when it comes to failure, only keeps silent. That was already a good enough answer.

A judge who does not believe in divination gave a fair verdict.

Namgoong Min smiled bitterly.