I Became a Fortune Teller in the Game My Little Sister Made – Chapter 105

I realized something was off yesterday.

Even aside from my suspicions about Namgoong Min, everything I had attached to him has disappeared.

“I can’t find it.”

“What…?”

“I can confirm that it got caught up in the third-year stronghold battle, but after that, his whereabouts are unknown.”

“Stop babbling and find him, got it!?”

“…Yes.”

Tracker.

“What about the artifacts I had attached?”

“Same here. They’ve suddenly vanished…”

“Are you kidding me? You know how valuable those are? It’s a tracker that even works beyond the Gate!”

“Of course, I know! But with how suddenly they disappeared, it seems the artifact was either destroyed or disabled…”

“Ha, ha.”

The positioning tracker.

“…You can’t see him?”

“…That’s correct.”

“Don’t lie. You guys were making a killing off the money, and the one thing you were good at was spying, right?”

“…If it can’t be seen even using skills involving the church’s sacred items, then the possibility is…”

“Stop your nonsense. I’ll gladly shove as much money as your pig-like mouth can handle if you can just pull it off a few times. Even if it means using all the church’s sacred items!!!”

“Yes…”

The corrupted church for long-distance surveillance.

In addition, all the countless methods used to document Namgoong Min’s actions, words, and behaviors are now completely useless.

It was as if he had completely vanished from the world.

Yet at that moment, Liu was not convinced that he had gone missing.

‘This has happened before.’

Namgoong Min’s skill, <My Little Fortune Teller>.

When I entered that bizarre spatial skill leading to the fortune teller’s shop, it was similar to now.

So I tried to calm my excitement. I needed to quell my unease.

‘…Unease? Why should I feel uneasy?’

Unease. Unease. Unease?

I am calm right now, not uneasy at all. I’m cool-headed and rational.

Why on earth am I feeling uneasy?

No, it’s—right.

‘It’s suspicious that he vanished so suddenly… I don’t know what he’s up to, so it’s only natural to feel unease…’

The doubt that began with a small trigger had already ballooned to an enormous size.

At first, I thought, “That might not be the case.”

The more I thought about it alone, the more it inflated.

Until I was utterly convinced of it.

My doubts about Namgoong Min had escalated to a point that even I found laughable, overflowing to the point I felt buried by them.

But he vanished? Unable to be found by anything?

It must be an illusion. Someone’s trying to deceive me.

It’s obvious he’s holed up in that fortune teller’s shop skill.

So, I’ll definitely see him by tomorrow. He’s been the studious type attending classes faithfully, except when he was hospitalized.

That fortune-telling bastard, how dare he make me anxious?

I was determined to make him pay for this debt.

“Haah… haah….”

Namgoong Min didn’t come to class. He was absent without a word.

Liu knows Namgoong Min. Although he’s never told me directly, I’m at least the second person who knows about him the best.

And the fortune teller she knows would never be the type to skip class without a word.

That’s why Liu ran.

She ran like a madwoman.

“Surely…!”

All signals had been cut off after that damned test.

The tracker I attached couldn’t enter the Academy and was only able to watch from afar.

Moreover, the positioning tracker had vanished inside that examination room.

‘The exam room is vast, and just running around would easily take hours.’

Could the missing Namgoong Min still be inside the exam room?

Liu was convinced of it.

If he had gone outside the Academy, he would have been caught by one of the people or artifacts I had placed everywhere.

I’m sure I’ve monitored every entrance leading into the Academy.

What’s more, there’s a high chance Namgoong Min is still at the exact location he went missing.

‘What artifact did I attach to that guy? If the signal suddenly vanished, it could mean one of two things.’

It was either destroyed or interfered with.

The thought of it being destroyed was off the table. Maybe if it were cheap, but it was something I carefully picked out myself.

An artifact that wouldn’t even get damaged by an anti-tank shell couldn’t possibly be destroyed by some third-year student.

That leaves the latter.

‘So, it’s being interfered with…? If that’s the case…’

The signal being disrupted or blocked by the positioning tracker is the only possibility left.

But this isn’t a walkie-talkie or a GPS; this is an artifact.

If something of that caliber is being blocked, then—

“What kind of scum…!!!”

—there must be some kind of artificial interference.

Using multiple <Wizards>, or perhaps using an artifact that negates artifacts like the one Liu possesses.

It’s clear that there’s interference from a third party.

I had naively hoped that he might be inadvertently trapped somewhere and had gone missing.

But someone has kidnapped Namgoong Min.

The truth I desperately tried to avoid is now hovering right before my eyes.

“Damn it, damn it, damn it!!”

Doubts about whether Namgoong Min might have staged this.

Why should I worry about someone who approached me only for my money?

How could it be a good thing that someone I suspected ended up disappearing on their own?

Those thoughts were quickly drowned by the rush of emotions overwhelming me.

Only one thing remained.

A fierce, primal, sticky emotion.

Anger.

Liu was now angrier than ever before.

“…………”

They say that when a person gets really angry, they become calm instead?

While Liu had been raging, she now wore a dreadful expressionless face.

‘The examination area encompasses the whole area around here.’

Right now, the buildings have returned to their original state, but just yesterday, the path Liu ran on was blocked.

If she drew a circle around this area, it would lead to the third-year stronghold examination site, which she had learned about beforehand.

“…………”

She stopped running and put her hand into her pocket.

Clunk.

In her hand, she held a heavy pouch.

Items she carried for emergencies, kept as self-defense.

Although it was emergency gear, each was an expensive artifact worth tens of billions, but Liu hesitated none.

“………”

Crash!!!

Sitting in a dark alley, she poured out all the artifacts from her pouch.

All sorts of obviously luxurious artifacts spilled onto the dark alley floor, rolling and getting dirty.

Yet Liu only roughly yanked at the necklace hanging around her neck.

“This will do……….”

Artifact, <Eating Artifacts>.

An artifact that grants physical abilities when feeding it artifacts.

However, this time, it wasn’t for its original purpose.

As Liu tossed <Eating Artifacts> into the pile of artifacts, it greedily began to devour the artifacts, while Liu pulled off the ring she had on her hand.

Artifact, <Finding the Crane Among Chickens>.

A ring capable of detecting a crane among chickens, or a person among people, flickered.

At the same time, Liu, who had grabbed <Eating Artifacts> that had nearly consumed the piled-up artifacts, tightly clutched the necklace.

Crack.

The fragile <Eating Artifacts>, which possessed a special ability but lacked durability, crumpled in Liu’s hand.

And within it, she felt something sticky.

“…………”

This is it, the essence of the artifacts that the necklace had consumed.

She dripped the silver liquid onto <Finding the Crane Among Chickens>.

“Find Namgoong Min.”

Using the emergency artifacts she had, along with the power of <Eating Artifacts>, she fed it to <Finding the Crane Among Chickens>.

It was a rough usage that turned a reusable artifact into a one-time use, but—

In terms of that ‘one-time use,’ its performance was greatly amplified.

Whoooooooom───

<Finding the Crane Among Chickens> emitted light and vibrations, slowly waning.

Seeing this reaction, Liu gritted her teeth.

‘Let’s see if this works, shall we?’

If it couldn’t find Namgoong Min, who should certainly be nearby, even after I fed it this much fuel, it would mean that his artifacts were superior.

To be able to kidnap an Academy student right inside the Academy, they surely must have a solid backup, and they’re probably using a significant amount of Anti-Artifact too.

But.

Liu was not yet at her limit.

“Let’s see who wins.”

Through <Eating Artifacts>, while it’s very inefficient if not dissolved, there’s no choice but to give it straight as fuel.

Earrings, <Protection in Darkness> and <Light's Guard>.

Tossing them into <Finding the Crane Among Chickens>.

Necklace, <Trinity> and <Emergency Escape Device>.

Tossing them into <Finding the Crane Among Chickens>.

Ring, <Ouroboros Snake>, <Ring of Eternity>, <Absolute Protection>, <Foreseen Surprise Attack>, and <Spare Life>.

Tossing them into <Finding the Crane Among Chickens>.

Bracelet, <Giant's Legacy> and <Dragon's Legacy>.

Tossing them into <Finding the Crane Among Chickens>.

Additionally, all other artifacts Liu wears, including those that can also be used as one-time items even if not artifacts.

She poured everything she currently held into it.

Even a person known to be one of the world’s richest tycoons might hesitate at such an amount, yet Liu’s actions were swift.

Artifacts worth easily surpassing billions were now fuel for <Finding the Crane Among Chickens>.

She whispered softly to the ring that flickered and shook with a bright light.

“Find Namgoong Min.”

It was right then.

The light emitting from <Finding the Crane Among Chickens> no longer spread to the surroundings but converged entirely upon Liu, and she closed her eyes slowly, as if she had realized something.

And moments later.

As the over-exerted <Finding the Crane Among Chickens> cracked and shattered.

“………Found you.”

Liu opened her eyes.