I Became a Fortune Teller in the Game My Little Sister Made – Chapter 1

The room was completely shattered and a mess.

I was taking a deep breath in the middle of the chaos, unable to contain my sudden rage.

Calm down, calm down.

Even though it hadn’t been long since I got accepted into the police academy I had been looking forward to for ages.

Even if I was just a step away from escaping that semi-basement after scraping together student loans and cash from odd jobs.

Even if my younger sister, who I raised by working part-time during my high school equivalency, suddenly sent me into this game.

I had momentarily lost my temper, but I still needed to compose myself. I couldn’t take out my frustration on this room my whole life.

I slowly inhaled and exhaled, trying to steady my emotions, and stood in front of the only thing in the room that was still somewhat intact—a mirror.

“…It’s exactly the same.”

The mirror, which I managed not to smash, reflected my real appearance as it was.

First and foremost, it was clear I had indeed entered the game, and I had hoped I might have transformed into the appearance of a game character, but thankfully…

‘…What am I thankful for?’

What’s there to be thankful for? This whole situation I found myself in was a nightmare.

That crazy girl named my younger sister did this to me on purpose.

Once again, intense anger flared up, but the reason I had managed to keep it in just barely held on.

It was an utterly hopeless situation, but I still had to move.

‘First of all, where is this place?’

Understanding the situation was the priority.

As I carefully looked around the room, I noticed thick books strewn everywhere, a half-destroyed wardrobe, a cracked table, and a broken water bottle.

…Although I was the one who caused this mess, it was hard to make sense of things like this.

I rummaged around and picked up a book that was carelessly lying on the floor.

“‘Basic Fortune-Telling Anyone Can Follow’?”

The only thing that seemed useful among the fallen books was that one.

They varied in size and shape, but all of them dealt with ‘fortune-telling.’

‘My last job was <Fortuneteller>, after all.’

Even when I opened the book, it was just a jumble of stories about fortune-telling, and nothing that could explain this situation.

If it’s come to this…… I might have to look at that.

[PS. Have a happy life!]

“…That crazy girl.”

The status screen was still glowing and floating in mid-air.

Her crazy words made the anger I’d just cooled down threaten to boil over again, but somehow, I managed to hold it back.

Since the details of the status screen were still there, maybe something was written in it.

I lowered my expectations, feeling very slight hope.

[Tutorial: <Dramatic Entrance!>

Welcome! You’ve entered the Romance Academy, where days filled with flower gardens await you!

But unfortunately, it’s still too early for that. You’ve only started the game called Romance Academy, and haven’t actually enrolled yet.

Hehe, worried, were you? No problem! Enrolling in the academy is a fundamental step!

Learn job skills and enroll in the Romance Academy in style!

Goal: Acquire Job Skills

Enroll in the Romance Academy

Top Entrant at the Romance Academy! <— Highly recommended!



Duration: 71 hours 59 minutes 57 seconds remaining



Reward: A hint for return!]



What the hell.



The obnoxiously glowing status screen displayed a cringeworthy text.



Yeah, seeing this pretentious and cheesy quest made me remember once again.



I’m now inside the <Romance Academy>.

“Crazy girl… didn’t I say to write the quest script normally?”

What? Days filled with flower gardens? Hehe? Wordplay that doesn’t even fit with Romance Academy?

Why in the world attach ‘Romance’ to the academy’s name? There are so many nice terms out there; why ‘Romance’?

Did you think it was a female-oriented visual novel? Really?

“Haah…”

A deep sigh rose from the pit of my stomach.

What the hell am I supposed to do in a world like this?

If the only thing that came to mind was that damn quest, I’d be in the dark, but… there was one line that showed unnecessary hope.

“The return… is possible.”

I wouldn’t be relieved that this crazy girl didn’t have any intention of killing her family.

That’s basically telling me to reach an ending.

It means I have to clear the game all the way to the finish. Even if it’s been overwhelming to have something I’ve only seen in web novels happen to me.

But an ending. If it’s a normal game, it shouldn’t be a problem… but this trash game has a different story.

“……Job Skill.”

If I need to see an ending, then this skill really matters. <Romance Academy> only allows three skills to be learned, and the most important is the Job Skill.

Therefore, the balance of the Job Skill, which defines the job identity, is incredibly important in this game.

‘As expected, it was a mess as a trash game.’

There are jobs that are so strong that you can reach the ending with just that one, while others are so weak that reaching the ending is entirely impossible.

Anyway, my future would be determined by the performance of the ‘Fortuneteller’ skill.

“But why, of all things, a fortuneteller…”

This crazy girl really forgot that our family was torn apart by a cult fortuneteller when she was little? Did making fun of her like a goldfish derail her intelligence to goldfish levels?

What on earth was I thinking entering the police program? I wanted to catch that cultist that my parents were crazy about.

And now she’s thrown the fortuneteller job at me? The first time I saw it, I thought she had truly lost her mind.

‘…If I was going to become a fortuneteller, I would’ve done it sooner.’

Each time I replayed, I had skipped the fortuneteller job, but it seemed fate caught up to me, making this a nightmare.

However, I needed to check the Job Skill regardless of how much I hate fortunetellers and the ridiculous ways they operate.

To be accurate, I only hated the cult fortunetellers that shattered our family; I don’t hold any animosity toward every single one in the world.

I grimaced like I had just bitten a bug and pressed on the Job Skill.

[Job: <Fortuneteller>

They are practitioners who read the movements of the stars and use water and living things to predict the future. They were called astrologers.

Sure, that’s an astrologer, not a fortuneteller! Fortunetellers see the present, not the future!

Use all sorts of tools and luck to foretell the fates of others!

* The job ‘Fortuneteller’ has high aptitude for acquiring specific magical knowledge!
* The job ‘Fortuneteller’ has high aptitude for acquiring mythological knowledge!
* The job ‘Fortuneteller’ has catastrophic aptitude for physical activities; be careful even while running!]

“…………….”

I didn’t even mind why they were explaining astrologers when talking about fortunetellers or why the explanation was so slapdash. It’s just how these games are.

The problem lay in the last aptitude of the fortuneteller.

“Physical activity aptitude is catastrophic…”

This is ridiculous.

If my memory serves me right, the term ‘catastrophic’ was used when the aptitude was almost zero.

Isn’t this really despairing?

…Wait, no.

So what if my physical activity aptitude is catastrophic? Unlike skills, aptitudes can be changed.

If I can utilize every support equipment and skill available within the game, even a catastrophic aptitude can be raised to at least average somehow.

Whether I can do that is a different matter, but it’s not completely impossible.

The real problem lies within the skills.

‘Let there be something that helps in combat…!’

In <Romance Academy>, the significance of combat is relatively high. For a female-oriented visual novel, every event includes combat without fail.

Important events, equipment acquisition, relationships with characters, exams, endings— the significance of combat is immense, no doubt.

So please, let the fortuneteller be combat-related.

Actually, it seems like it was a mistake from the get-go, but there’s such a thing as possibility!

[Job: <Fortuneteller>

Job Skill: Fortune Telling

Fortunetellers can see the fortune of specific targets through tarot and physiognomy.

Fortunetellers possess a unique statistic called ‘Hit Rate’, indicating the probability of the fortune being correct!

* Fortunetellers have a base hit rate of 10%.
* When seeing fortunes through ‘Tarot Cards’, the hit rate increases by +5%!
* When seeing fortunes through ‘Physiognomy’, the hit rate increases by +5%!
* For targets you’ve seen fortunes for repeatedly, the additional hit rate increases by 5%!
* Current hit rate: 10%]

“……….”

Catastrophic in physical activity, only accuracy for knowledge acquisition in magic.

Plus, the Job Skill is just seeing fortunes.

I painfully realized, thanks to that crazy girl who taught me that I stay calm when I’m truly furious.

But wait, isn’t the so-called fortuneteller…

The hit rate for fortune-telling being just 10%? Even using tarot cards or physiognomy or repeated fortunes gives just 25%?

So in four tries, you only get one right?

“Damn it, I might quit.”

But that doesn’t mean I’m going to give up on returning. Graduation is just around the corner, and I’m almost done paying off my student loans. I’ve just started to get my life together.

I’ve worked so hard to live, and I refuse to end it in this trash game.

Besides, I absolutely need to catch that crazy girl…!

“Fortune-telling? Forget it.”

Ultimately, since my job is a fortuneteller, entering the <Romance Academy> means I can expect a flood of fortune-related events and job quests.

Ignoring all of that is impossible as completing job quests is also a condition for the ending.

I’m just choosing not to rely on this damned <Fortune Telling> skill.

“I don’t even believe in fortune-telling.”

I have absolutely no intention of asking gods or ancestors for guidance, nor relying on luck for card draws.

I will be a fortuneteller who doesn’t believe in fortune-telling at all.

Thoroughly rational and logical, reaching the ending and returning.

“I will catch that girl without fail.”

I will get my revenge on my younger sister.

With firm resolution, I nodded.