I Became a Fortune Teller in the Game My Little Sister Made – Chapter 80

I don’t know what happened. I just felt a sense of unease.

[Fortune-telling content: <I have conversed with an unknown entity, and I will lose the memory of that conversation, realizing in that conversation that I am currently not in my right mind!?>]

‘Only I can ask questions with my Job Skill.’

Even if there were other fortunetellers, they couldn’t interfere with my Job Skill.

No matter how I think about it, this question is indeed mine.

That leads to a problem.

‘What point in time was that?’

The question includes ‘conversation with an unknown entity’ and ‘state of not being in my right mind.’

In other words, at the time I asked this question, I was conversing with an unknown entity, and I must have been out of it.

When exactly was that?

When I arrived at the mansion? When I began writing in my diary? Or was it at another time?

I can’t deduce anything from just this question.

‘…No, that’s not it. There’s something else to check first.’

First, I need to confirm something. Am I in my right mind right now?

“……My name is Namgoong Min, I am 20 years old, currently a second-year middle school student. I have no friends at school because I’m busy with part-time jobs, hard labor, and learning fortune telling every day. I am not attending high school and will take the equivalency exam instead…”

And, I have one younger sister.

Is there anything wrong with this?

I hurriedly wrote down everything I just muttered, but no matter how much I read it, nothing seems particularly wrong.

However.

“If I’m not in my right mind…”

Even if there are strange parts in this writing, it’s highly unlikely I would notice them.

If I can’t realize it myself?

I can just ask someone else.

I grabbed the bell on the desk and rang it.

Ding!

“Namgoong Min, did you call?”

Naturally, one of the attendants waiting nearby opened the door and came in.

It was the black-haired maid I had seen on the first day. I smiled and handed her the paper.

“Ah, excuse me! I wrote something briefly, could you check if I made any mistakes?”

“Huh? Just a moment… Umm… No? There are no mistakes. As expected of a student from the Romance Academy.”

“Thank you! You can go back now!”

“Understood. And since it’s late at night, please refrain from coming out into the hallway. Others are sleeping.”

“Yes!”

Creeeak.

The maid left, greeting me expressionlessly as she closed the door.

Seeing her reaction, I nodded.

“I’m not in my right mind.”

I couldn’t find any sense of unease in the writing.

It was simply the maid’s words that awakened me.

‘Romance Academy, Romance Academy. Right, I’m a student of Romance Academy now.’

And, the Romance Academy I know is definitely not a middle school.

In other words, it means my head is wrong to think I’m a second-year middle school student.

Once I realized that, it became an obvious fact, but it’s funny that I thought it was fine just a moment ago.

I let out a hollow laugh, and I felt a little clearer in my head.

‘And the maid isn’t in her right mind either.’

Since she didn’t point out that I wrote I was a second-year middle school student, it means she’s either not in her right mind or complicit with it.

Maybe she’s not even a maid.

‘She did say not to come out.’

Normally, I’d head straight to the room with Liu or Rain or the Crown Princess, but that became risky.

I might end up losing my mind again if I step outside.

For now, since I’ve successfully cleared my mind in this room, it’s safe to think this room is at least secure.

‘Then… what should I do?’

As I leaned back in the chair for a moment, my eyes caught the status screen floating in the air.

[Fortune-telling content: <I have conversed with an unknown entity, and I will lose the memory of that conversation, realizing in that conversation that I am currently not in my right mind!?>]

“I’d like to cast a fortune-telling, but…”

That question is the only lifeline that allows me to grasp reality.

If I change the question and lose my mind again, that would be the end, so I couldn’t easily use my Job Skill.

“……..”

Looking around the room again, I saw the bed, various furniture, a TV, a game console, and a bookshelf.

Just in case, I picked up the remote and turned on the TV.

[Just sleep like this; it’ll be the path to comfort.]

“This TV seems fine…”

I pressed the power on the game console.

The game titled <Romance Academy> appeared, and I launched it.

[Everything is for you. I just couldn’t sit by and watch you surrounded by those crazy girls. I’m sorry.]

“This one seems totally broken, though…”

I pulled any book from the bookshelf and opened it.

[I told you. You should live happily there, not knowing there was poison in the food. How could I just watch that?]

“There’s nothing special here either.”

TV, game console, and books.

No matter how I searched the room, there were only incredibly ordinary things.

Feeling frustrated, I laid down on the bed.

[Yeah, just sleep. You’ll forget everything after sleeping. Even if all the memories come back, even if you become ignorant, even if you become overly pure…]

“……..”

[It would be much happier for you to exist in this world. I’ll handle those girls somehow. So…]

“……..”

[Forget me and live, big brother.]

“……..”

I’m sorry, but.

“I can’t comply with that.”

[………?]

Forget you?

I purposely ignored other words, but I couldn’t let that one go.

“Hey, you.”

[Wha, what? How? No way that guy…!?]

“Hey.”

[This can’t be! How is my big brother…!]

“Namgoong Jisoo.”

[……….]

“You can hear me, right? You’ve been talking in my head since earlier.”

[………….]

“I mean, you think I could forget the voice of my little sister after just a few months of not seeing her?”

I raised myself off the bed.

It came with a smirk directed at my foolish little sister.

“At first, I was curious about what you were going to say, so I stayed silent and just listened, but you’ve really crossed the line.”

[………….]

“Forget you? What a ridiculous thing to say. Who can be happy forgetting their only family? Hey, Namgoong Jisoo.”

[………Big brother.]

“My head’s ringing, so don’t just talk; come over here. Just like that note last time, let’s talk as siblings for a change.”

[…I’m sorry.]

“Apologies for what? Just come here, I swear I won’t hit you.”

[Just… I’m so sorry. Everything was for you; I thought it would be for you… I was too arrogant.]

“What are you talking about? Won’t you come over?”

[The only reason you can hear me is because of that guy. He’s such a bastard. He dragged me into this world all on his own, solved everything, and now he tries to betray me… He’s messing up again this time.]

“……Hey.”

[I’m sorry, big brother. We can’t meet yet. I’m really sorry, big brother…]

“……Jisoo, let me ask you one thing.”

[………Sure.]

“<If you see the ending, would you be able to see me?>“

[………….]

Silence, huh.

Well, that was enough of an answer.

“Then wait for me exactly. I’ll record your crying face on video and tease you for life.”

[………Go away, big brother.]

Ha.

Yeah, that’s the Namgoong Jisoo I know.

And.

So.

.

“……..”

I woke up from the bed.

When did I fall asleep?

The light in the underwater cave was gradually brightening, as if announcing the morning.

“……..”

I hesitantly got up and opened the door.

As I walked a little down the hallway, I saw Liu.

“Liu.”

“Oh, you little fortuneteller. You woke up early, huh?”

“Liu, when is your birthday?”

“……? It’s still a few months away. Why?”

“Ah, I just don’t know when your birthday is. You’ll invite me to the party then, right?”

“Hah! If you kneel and beg, maybe I’ll consider it…… Hey! Finish your sentence!”

I walked a bit more to the mansion’s front door and saw Rain about to go out for a walk.

I approached her with a smile.

“Rain.”

“Namgoong Min, you’re awake!”

“Rain, what does the Gate look like?”

“……? That’s a strange question. You learned about it at the Academy last time, right? They’re all different, but they all look like shattered spaces.”

“Thank you, I’ll see you at mealtime later.”

“Ah, Namgoong Min. If possible, let’s walk together…!”

I kept walking without stopping.

As I walked a little further, I saw the Crown Princess who had arrived first.

“Crown Princess.”

“Oh my, Namgoong Min, you’ve woken up early today?”

“Crown Princess, when will you return my ribbon?”

“……The ribbon? What do you mean?”

“Um, I think I must be saying nonsense since it’s morning. See you later.”

“No, is that it? Shouldn’t a citizen of the Daehan Empire at least greet the Crown Princess in the morning───”

I walked on.

Toward the destination I had marked from the beginning.

When I was almost there, I saw the black-haired maid watering the flower bed.

“Excuse me for a moment.”

“Oh, Namgoong Min! What brings you here?”

“I wrote something myself; could you check if there are any mistakes?”

“Hmm…? Namgoong Min, you’re 20 years old, and yet you’re claiming to be a second-year middle school student? What kind of absurd setting is that…?”

“Isn’t that strange? Thanks to you, I feel relieved. Have a good day.”

“……? Yes, understood.”

The destination was nearby.

I stopped in a corner of the cave.

“………”

There was no crack there.

As if to say there had never been one.

“Hey! You little fortuneteller! Don’t you dare say a word!”

“Namgoong Min! Let’s walk together…!”

“Namgoong! What do you mean by suddenly talking about ribbons!?”

Various voices echoed, and when I turned around, I saw three girls rushing towards me.

Liu Yan, Rain Arthur, Kim Eun-ha.

I greeted them with a smile while looking towards Liu.

“Liu.”

“Ugh, what now!”

“Is there a Gate nearby here?”

“What are you on about… Hey, which logically insane person would build a house near a Gate? Want to get killed by monsters?”

“I thought so.”

“No, more importantly, why are you ignoring me! Hey!”

“Liu.”

“Why are you saying Liu Liu Liu! What nonsense are you about to talk──”

“Is someone putting poison in the food I eat?”

“…………”

Gulp.

With anger rising to the top of her head, Liu suddenly became a mute who had just eaten honey, cold sweat dripping from her.

Rain and the Crown Princess exchanged glances filled with shock and suspicion, directed at Liu.

“……Is that true?”

“Liu, is it true…?”

“…………”

“Liu, I was just joking! Why are you like this?”

“Um, huh? Right, it was just a joke! Haha! Of course, it was just a joke! Hahahaha!!”

“………”

“…………”

“Haha! So of course it was definitely a joke!”

Liu, who was sweating like rain, with a glare from Rain and Eun-ha looking at her.

I sighed while watching them.

‘Jisoo, didn’t you say these girls are crazy?’

So you did the same thing to me as before?

You manipulated Liu, Rain, Eun-ha without permission?

‘…I don’t know what’s going on with you these days, but you know they’re my friends.’

They are precious friends that I consider family.

‘I won’t just let it end with a punch when I see you.’

I glanced at the thin book I had held in my pocket.

[<Diary of the Ignorant>
This is a trace of arrogance.
A trace of the one who tried to play with you for her own sake, disguising it as something for you.
Keep it close. Even if you may never use it.]

“……..”

The days written in the diary, the conversation with that crack, and the conversation with my sister.

I remembered everything.

Is this a reward? A medal for overcoming it all?

Who knows.

To me…

“……An apology.”

“Huh? An apology?”

“It’s nothing. By the way, isn’t it almost time for breakfast? Let’s head back.”

“…That’s true. Liu, tell me, did you put poison in the food this morning…?”

“I didn’t! It was a joke!”

“Rain, let’s get a chemical analysis as soon as we head back.”

“Crown Princess!”

At my suggestion, the three girls turned back. They must be hungry after running around since morning.

Following the squabbling girls from behind, I quietly murmured.

“<Incredibly Useful Fortunetelling>.”

And.

[Fortune-telling content: <If you see the ending, would you be able to see me?>]

“……..”

I picked a random card from the air that appeared.

The drawn card was… Major Arcana number 10, <Wheel of Fortune>.

The result of my Job Skill came to mind directly.

[Job Skill <Incredibly Useful Fortunetelling> completed!
Fortune-telling content: <If you see the ending, would you be able to see me?>
Fortune-telling progress: Upright <Wheel of Fortune>
Fortune-telling result: If that conclusion is perfect, yes.
Probability of fortune-telling result being realized: ???%]

Since I had already anticipated the result, I was calm about accepting it.

“…….I see.”

The original reason I needed to see a perfect ending was clear.

To return to reality, to prevent the characters from becoming unhappy, because I could…

There were many reasons that motivated me, but today, more than anything, a strong motivation emerged.

“Just wait.”

I’ll finish it perfectly so that you can’t say a word.

I’ll explain everything.

I smiled, just like always.

…A sardonic smile.