I Became a Fortune Teller in the Game My Little Sister Made – Chapter 43

“Do you think it’s the right choice to send her away?”

The Saint asked.

“We saw how ugly Liu Yan is.”

Eileen replied.

“I hope Namgoong Min gets turned off by her with this, but what if he doesn’t? We’ll have wasted our time alone together.”

The Saint asked again.

“It’s okay, Namgoong Min oppa said he’d always be by my side. That’s enough.”

Eileen responded again.

“… I wasn’t too keen on that. In the end, we handed Namgoong Min over to a non-believer.”

“Next time, let’s stick close to oppa.”

“Yeah, let’s do that.”

“… Sure.”

*

“Namgoong… Min?”

Why are you here?

Liu, who looked momentarily stunned as if her mind had flown away from the surprise, eventually gathered herself and looked up at me.

“How did you get here?”

“… Um, it’s a fortune.”

Always a convenient excuse, fortune-telling.

Since Liu was already well aware of my (questionable) fortune-telling skills, she seemed to nod slightly in understanding.

[Job Exclusive Quest: <Life and Death Decision>

Oh no! The villainess Liu Yan plans to work the poor Crown Princess Wang Fei into the ground for the rest of her life for betraying her!

Naturally, we can’t let that happen! Your sense of justice is burning and about to burst!

But it’s true that Wang Fei made a mistake she couldn’t even flutter a flower petal for. She needed money, and her parents’ lifelong savings were more than enough.

You, torn between justice and wrongdoing, decide to consult the fortune!

Objective: Predict Wang Fei’s life and death

Time: Before Wang Fei dies

Location: Right here!

Notes: Be sure to use the job skill <Fortune Telling>!

Reward: Strengthening job skill <Fortune Telling>.]

‘I didn’t expect this to pop up suddenly.’

I was talking with Eileen after Liu left when suddenly the quest window, which I hadn’t seen in over a week since the entrance exam, appeared in front of me.

And it bore the grand title of “Job Exclusive Quest.”

‘Why is it coming out so soon?’

Job Exclusive Quest.

It’s just a quest to strengthen common job skills found in games.

As a dedicated quest, it can only be taken by that job, and although it’s different after this, all jobs commonly get this quest right as they become second years.

But why is the <Fortuneteller> popping up so quickly? We haven’t even had midterms yet!

In any case, it kindly informed me of the location of Liu and the female student Wang Fei, so I asked for Eileen’s understanding and left my seat.

At that moment, I felt as if Eileen wanted to say something, but I could always ask later.

I quickly dashed to their location, eavesdropping on their conversation, which led to this moment.

“The fortune, yeah whatever. You’ve always been like that.”

“……….”

“So, why are you here?”

Liu’s eyes narrowed.

As I often told Lucas Arthur, Liu doesn’t like meddling in others’ affairs.

She believes she can solve everything on her own due to her childhood experiences and her suspicious nature towards others, and with her abilities, she’s actually capable of that.

Anyway, about the girl tied up like a snake… the quest described her as poor Wang Fei.

“Liu, I’m talking about that girl Wang Fei.”

“… Ha, so you’re meddling too, huh?”

“No? Just do as you wish.”

“Uh?”

‘Pitiful is crap. Did all pitiful people just die?’

Seriously, how can someone who squandered their parents’ fortune on gambling be called pitiful?

Who in the world writes these quest descriptions?

They even got rid of the servant who tried to assassinate the Crown Princess, and now it feels a bit much for them to suddenly develop a love for humanity.

I sat on a stump next to Liu.

“So, why are you here then?”

“I wanted to talk to that female student for a moment.”

“Her? Arthur? This is literally the poster child for being a delinquent!”

Who doesn’t know that? The quest is telling me to do it.

Maintaining a bright smile, I noticed Liu gesturing with a reluctant expression as she crossed her legs.

Alright, permission granted.

With Liu watching, I stood up from the stump and sat down in front of Wang Fei.

“Hello, Wang Fei.”

“… How do you know my name?”

“From fortune-telling.”

“You’re out of your mind.”

Perhaps due to her resignation, Wang Fei regarded me with cynicism.

Honestly, I couldn’t care less how she treated me. I just needed to tell her fortune.

“<Fortune Telling>.”

As I spoke, tarot cards began to fall from thin air, but I wouldn’t use those.

I had something prepared beforehand.

“Wang Fei, I’m going to read your fortune now.”

“… Fortune?”

“Yes. And aren’t you curious how your treatment may change depending on the result?”

“……….”

In an instant, a glimmer returned to Wang Fei’s eyes.

“Please kill me.” She had already given up, but who in the world wants to die or suffer that severely?

Seeing a glimmer of hope in my fortune, Wang Fei was focusing on me more intently.

I pulled out a different deck of tarot cards from my pocket, rather than the ones made from my skill, and shuffled them casually.

“You can choose one from these. Simple, right?”

“… Alright.”

Swish.

Using a casual hand motion to shuffle the cards, Wang Fei’s desperate eyes chased the cards.

She seemed to be trying her best, but there was no excitement knowing the outcome was predetermined.

After all, all these tarot cards were composed entirely of <Death>.

Out of the 78 cards, all were Major Arcana number 13, <Death>.

It would be the same no matter what she picked.

‘I even brought a deck made entirely of <World> just in case, but it’s useless now.’

Given that the quest was titled <Life and Death Decision>, I had brought cards symbolizing both death and life, but it had all been in vain.

Stopping the shuffling, I laid out the cards in front of Wang Fei and spoke.

“What will happen to Wang Fei’s fate?”

She flinched.

At my words, Wang Fei’s body quivered for a moment, but then she turned her gaze toward one of the tarot cards.

“… I’ll pick this one.”

“Sure.”

Since the quest mandated me to use the job skill, I had to use it; however, the outcome was set from the beginning, so there was no thought behind it—

“… Huh?”

The card that was prepared and the one Wang Fei picked.

All 78 cards consisted of <Death>, and the card that was revealed during shuffling was.

“This one, it’s a good card, right? I’m safe, right!?”

──<World>.

The Major Arcana number 21 and a card symbolizing life.

… It was a card I hadn’t placed in the deck.

[Job Skill <Fortune Telling> Completed!

Reading content: <What will happen to Wang Fei's fate.>

Reading Process: <World>

Result: She survived. Because fortune-telling must always be fair.

Probability of the outcome executing as is: 17% (Base 10% + Tarot Card usage 5% + Fortuneteller’s Gloves bonus 2%)]

The moment the result of the job skill floated before me.

Liu, seemingly losing her patience, stood up from the stump.

“Is it done yet? I’m taking this jerk away.”

“She’s alive! She drew a good card!”

“Yeah, yeah. I’m not going to kill her, am I? Thinking about it, I considered just killing her, but it seems right to let you handle her for life.”

“Ahhhh! Fortuneteller! You fraud!!!”

I ignored Liu’s voice and Wang Fei’s cries, only focusing on the status window before me.

‘Survived? Fair, huh?’

So that’s how it is?

I checked the tarot cards in my hand again. All 77 cards were <Death>.

That was only natural. I had manipulated them all that way.

But just one card, <World>, was different.

The card I hadn’t placed in, the card that shouldn’t have appeared.

‘Was it because it’s fair? Did that one card switch to <World>?’

I pulled out the other deck I had left in my pocket. This one was made entirely of <World> cards.

Even checking them one by one, none of those cards had swapped to <Death>.

In a way, it made sense. I had already cheated countless times in divination, and naturally, none of it was fair.

The only difference was—

“Job skill….”

This time, I had used <Fortune Telling>.

A skill I usually used to create tarot cards, but I hadn’t properly utilized it since the first time it was used.

After all, it was an absurdly awful skill. A skill one couldn’t use at all.

‘Is the real fortune supposed to be fair, then?’

What a load of crap.

Then the fortune of that cultist should have been fair too. Their parents shouldn’t have devoted their entire fortune to that jerk and then killed themselves.

Is that fair too?

‘… Huh.’

For now, let’s calm down. This is just a quest window.

That’s how I needed to think to settle my mind.

While I emptied my thoughts for a moment, the outcome of the fortune caught my eye.

‘She survived, huh.’

A very concise and clear reading, different from when I first read.

As I looked around, I noticed that Liu and Wang Fei had already disappeared somewhere.

‘… She said she wouldn’t kill her.’

I recalled what Liu had said.

She said she wouldn’t kill Wang Fei. Instead, she’d make her life so miserable that it’d feel worse than death.

Wang Fei is an academy student, but with Liu’s resources, it’d be easy to ‘drop out’ her.

That was one of the bad endings in the game.

Anyway, she survived in the end.

… The fortune was correct.

‘Was the 17% probability accurate, or did I simply intend to spare her from the start?’

Fortune-telling is fraud. That’s a proposition more certain than anything else.

Fortune-telling is fraud and deception, a tool for the fortuneteller to manipulate and trick fate.

But this time, the fortune was correct.

Regardless of how it came to be, in the end, from the ‘fair fortune.’

[Job Exclusive Quest <Life and Death Decision> Cleared!

The fortuneteller made a prediction, and Wang Fei survived!

Though she may roll in the dung, she’ll probably be happy to still be alive!

You’ve saved a life with your fortune! Your sense of justice seems satisfied as well!

Clear Reward: Job Skill <Fortune Telling> has been strengthened!]

“… Yeah, I was thinking too simply.”

Having already experimented with regular skills in a way completely unlike the game, I had neglected the important job skill.

There were multiple reasons. A feeling of disdain towards fortune-telling, the uselessness of the skill when I first tried using it…

But that wasn’t an excuse.

‘I decided to see the ending, didn’t I?’

So far, I’d managed well relying only on gaming knowledge and general skills, but now I was tiptoeing along a precarious tightrope.

If knowledge from the game could change at any moment, general skills have clear limits too.

Just look at Liu. If I relied solely on gaming knowledge, I wouldn’t have been able to get this close to her.

What about Eileen Teddy Bear? She was a character of no importance in the game, yet she became a Saint and even enrolled in the academy.

It’s clear I can’t keep relying on knowledge and general skills forever.

‘So, job skills are essential.’

What ultimately matters is reaching the ending and returning. I must temporarily set aside thoughts of that cultist jerk; I have to.

So the most important core element that defines a job.

Now I must confront the job skill <Fortune Telling> that I had been avoiding until now──

[Job Skill Enhanced! <Fortune Telling> -> <Accurate Fortune Telling>.

The fortuneteller can read the fortunes of specific subjects through tarot and physiognomy.

The fortuneteller possesses a unique stat called ‘Hit Rate’ that shows the probability of the fortune being correct!

* The fortuneteller has a base hit rate of 10% -> 13%.

* When using ‘Tarot Cards’ for fortune-telling, the hit rate increases by +5% -> 7%!

* When using ‘Physiognomy’ for fortune-telling, the hit rate increases by +5% -> 7%!

* There’s an additional increase of 5% for targets that have been read multiple times!

Current hit rate: 13%]

“……….”

The probability increased. With the tarot, the base hit rate rose from 15% to 20%.

It’s an enhancement, but… it’s better for sure but…

“Damn it.”

Was it because I had reaffirmed the reality of the <Fortuneteller>? I couldn’t help but curse.