I Became a Fortune Teller in the Game My Little Sister Made – Chapter 29

It’s a bit of a revelation, but the Romance Academy in reality is vastly different from the one in the game.

Conversations with characters that were merely about selecting options, classes that ended with just a few clicks, and events that followed a predetermined route.

But the biggest change, without a doubt, is the skills.

‘It’s completely different from the game.’

The <My Little Fortune Teller's Shop> and <Cleanliness> are certainly not skills that can be used in this manner.

<Cleanliness> was just a rather useless skill positioned at level 1, and though I never obtained <My Little Fortune Teller's Shop>, if I think back on similar skills that summoned locations, they were all just for looks.

Inviting enemies just to buy some time, restoring items to their original state as if reversing time—all of this became possible simply because the Romance Academy turned into a real reality.

‘If that’s the case, there might not be any useless skills after all… ?’

Ah, of course, job skills are a total waste. That damn <Fortune Telling> is merely a tarot card generator.

And those two reliable skills also have significant downsides.

‘<My Little Fortune Teller's Shop> requires a cooldown of 3 hours before I can enter again after use.’

While I can use it to buy time, I have to wait for a 3-hour cooldown just to gain a mere 5 seconds.

‘<Cleanliness>… if it’s a car, the transfer of ownership is straightforward; but if it’s a room in a real house, obtaining ownership would be more complicated.’

The condition for using <Cleanliness> being ‘my room’ makes that boundary somewhat vague.

This is another downside that I never felt in the game. It seems to have arisen precisely because it has become reality.

In the end, it seems I’ll need to reorganize the skills.

Once class finishes, I’ll have to revisit the skill list at the base…

“Hey, Namgoong Min.”

“…Uh, oh! I’m sorry, Liu. What’s going on?”

“It’s nothing much. Just something I wanted to ask.”

The repaired jeep was racing across a treeless plain. This terrain definitely wasn’t naturally formed in the middle of a mountain, so it seemed like a location set up by the Academy.

If I continue like this, we should soon arrive at our destination.

I thought this as I glanced at Liu’s driver’s seat from the back seat.

“Are you asking me something? Oh, rest assured the ownership of the jeep will be returned to you—”

“—How did you know?”

“Huh?”

…The jeep’s rearview mirror.

Liu’s cold gaze was directed toward me through it.

Suspicion, anxiety, questions, and more suspicion all mixed together.

Liu’s true nature was glaring at me.

“Just seeing the armor made me think you’re quite perceptive. That armored girl… Lily White Rose is a famous figure I recognize too.”

“…….”

“But how did you know that armored girl threw a spear?”

“…Well, that’s obvious.”

“Ha, you’re not thinking about claiming it’s fortune telling, are you?”

Liu interrupted my words with a light scoff, laughing as if it were absurd.

“I’ve been watching you. From that starting point all the way to here.”

“……….”

“You’ve always used tarot cards or that branch to do your fortune telling. I can accept that, but just now, there was none of that.”

Cutting off the versatile escape route I always relied on.

Liu’s eyes finally sparkled as if she had grasped a clue of suspicion.

“Did you know the spear would fly even without doing a reading? Neither I, Lucas, nor that vile girl, nor the Crown Princess had any idea.”

“……….”

“Explain.”

Liu didn’t resort to her usual curses. She merely shot me a cold yet fervent glare.

Maybe I had underestimated her too lightly.

Liu Yan is one of the world’s top asset holders and a <Rich Tycoon>, someone plagued by distrust.

But what I observed of her was different, wasn’t it? While she displayed such behaviors during the entrance exam, just before the entrance ceremony, she seemed very friendly and open.

As if she was trying to deceive me, trying to lower my guard. Acting in such a way to find my vulnerabilities.

And I fell for it.

…Deep, very deep.

“………….”

Liu remained silent. She wanted me to explain.

How she would treat me based on this explanation might just define everything.

Liu’s distrust arises only for those who could threaten her. Thus, she doesn’t even see ordinary people or objects as worthy of suspicion.

If that happens, all reasons for me to interact with Liu would vanish. She wouldn’t listen to anything I say, nor would she care about my story.

Then what should I even respond with?

‘If I stoke her suspicions… what will happen?’

Maintaining Liu’s suspecting gaze was easy, just like back when I received the reward. Maybe saying something like “it’s a secret” while wearing a significant smile would work fine.

But I already acted that way to get here. Am I just going to keep stoking more suspicion?

“…………….”

“………You’re sharp, Liu.”

I truly don’t know.

Just a moment ago, everyone worked together to overcome a formidable foe, and yet now I’m exhausted from being suspected again.

I’m starting to understand why everyone tries to keep their distance from Liu Yan and why her reputation is what it is.

Still…

‘She’s a friend.’

Even if she doesn’t think so, I do.

After much contemplation, I finally opened my mouth.

“You’re right, Liu. The reason I recognized Lily White Rose’s spear throw wasn’t due to fortune telling.”

“……….”

“It’s because…”

“Oh, that’s enough.”

“………What?”

“Enough, you punk.”

Huh? Why is she suddenly acting like this?

When she told me to talk, now she’s cutting me off—Liu’s sudden change in attitude left me blinking in confusion.

Somehow, her suspicion-filled gaze had vanished.

“…Forget it, dumbass.”

“No, you just created such an atmosphere to ask, and now you tell me to forget…”

“Just forget it! Forget!”

Beep— beep—

Liu honked the horn as if to ignore my words. The blaring noise made the others slumped in the backseat start muttering complaints.

But my gaze remained fixed on the rearview mirror.

From the back seat, I couldn’t see her in the driver’s seat. The only place Liu and I could meet our gazes was in the rearview mirror.

“………Why? This is insane…”

But Liu’s face wasn’t visible in the rearview mirror.

She was peering down low, merely able to drive.

“What on earth are you doing? It was the perfect opportunity…”

It seemed even she couldn’t believe what she just did.

“Why did you say something like that?”

Continuously, she muttered to herself.

*

“…It had a nice feel to it.”

Thud.

Lily White Rose casually tossed aside the dented helmet after she crushed it.

While she had made it large enough not to get hurt in case the armor bent like this, she sighed over her beloved armor meeting its end.

“How much do you think this was worth, junior?”

It had been a long time since the support from her family was cut off. How to manage it, though?

‘As a knight, I should boldly charge in and bring back the funds, right?’

Casually having such a delirious thought, Lily nodded in agreement that it was indeed knightly.

“Oh, then I can take it off now.”

Creak!

She tore apart the armor that had been rendered unable to be taken off in the normal way.

Lily effortlessly ripped through the steel armor as if tearing open a milk carton, finally freeing her body from it.

With her long, flowing white hair and sleepy-looking eyes, her lengthy figure revealed traces of well-toned muscle from training.

Lily’s outstanding appearance was the reason she could be called the Crazy One and still become student council president.

Even Lucas Arthur had remarked that there was a reason why the gods had only given him a modest intellect, stating that the gods were fair.

“There are some good juniors around.”

That girl who delivered a kick, causing her to end up like this, was said to be the Crown Princess of the Unified Daehan Empire, right?

“She’s more useful than the Crown Prince?”

Before dealing with them, she seemed stronger than the Crown Prince, Kim Sung-il, who had arrived here first.

The moment the Prince laid eyes on her, he froze up, muttering something like, “U-um… how about a cup of tea?” before she knocked him out cold.

While ambushing an opponent was not in line with chivalry, since the Prince had spoken to her, it was akin to challenging her for a duel.

‘It’s only fitting to ambush a duel opponent in line with chivalry.’

As she was feeling proud of her knighthood spirit, she suddenly looked toward the direction where she had thrown the spear.

Wood and rocks overturned by the toss.

She had adjusted the power reasonably, but it should have been enough to severely damage that jeep.

“Indeed, that junior had quite the talent…”

The fortuneteller who had bought enough time against her.

To be honest, it was true that she looked down on the <Fortuneteller> occupation, but even so, she had been careful and had ended up completely caught off guard.

From the way he spoke and moved, he seemed to be leading the group.

“That leader of such unusual members.”

Leadership is a rare quality. Especially if it is a gathering of extreme personalities like the Special Class.

“I think I’ve found a good seed.”

He will definitely qualify to join the Knights’ Association. If extended an invitation, he would probably cry tears of gratitude.

Nodding in approval, she had already gone and changed the name of the student council to the Knights’ Association as soon as she became president.

The mind of a madwoman.

Beep-beep—

“Oh, it seems we’ve arrived.”

The sharp sound echoed across the mountain. It was the signal that someone had arrived at the designated point.

It was certainly something to celebrate, so why was it making a sound akin to an alarm?

Lily clicked her tongue, knowing the reason well.

“Juniors, you’ll have a hard time.”

She was referring to the second-year juniors, not the first-year ones.

Originally, this class was designed to be nearly impossible to pass.

According to Instructor Redfield, they would be rolling around this mountain for about a week to train their minds and bodies, but to be honest, Lily had her doubts as well.

‘Naturally, training should only be possible through life-and-death actual combat.’

Shouldn’t it be like this for a knight?

In any case, though they broke through a class expected to last at least four days in just one, Instructor Redfield’s wrath would likely be directed at the juniors who were meant to play the obstacle role.

Wishing for the second years to suffer instead of those first years, Lily began to move.

After all, she was included among those obstacles as well.

She too would be rolling around under Instructor Redfield’s guidance.

“Haha! The training of a knight is always a joy!”

…Simply, it wasn’t something Lily herself thought.

Throughout the mountain, the cries of the second years resounded.

It was the joyful sound of their training.