I Became a Fortune Teller in the Game My Little Sister Made – Chapter 74

“Ha, but how…?”

For a moment, I was overjoyed to meet Eileen.

Then the Saint, who had panicked, opened her mouth as she looked around.

However, even so, her hand held Eileen tightly, feeling the warmth.

“…I felt it.”

“Eileen?”

“It’s impossible for the two of us to coexist. Eventually, one will be crushed by the other’s memories, nostalgia, and experiences and disappear.”

“……I see.”

That’s why Eileen Teddy Bear was on the brink of vanishing.

Compared to the <Saint>, the memories and nostalgia she possessed were infinitely weak. The countless memories accumulated over generations by the <Saint> were more than enough to crush a girl who had just recently turned into an adult.

I held on as much as I could.

I hid the fact that she was disappearing, fearing that the Saint and my sister would worry.

…But in the end, I was caught at the Great Lake.

“Is this a dream?”

“…No.”

“Ha, but… Eileen…”

“I was disappearing. No matter how hard I tried to grasp at memories and nostalgia, I shrank away because I couldn’t remember…”

Eileen looked up at the sky.

Or could that be called the sky?

The Saint realized then that their surroundings had turned dark.

Standing in the void, whether suspended in mid-air or stepping on something was uncertain.

Only the Saint and Eileen shone in the darkness, and the strange decorations in the sky were also glowing.

In this fantastical and dreamlike world.

The Saint followed Eileen’s gaze upward.

“………Ah.”

Stars.

The constellation of the twins floated in that sky.

Two girls holding hands. A picture composed of countless stars.

It was illuminating Eileen and the Saint.

“When I look at that constellation, I remember.”

“……I see.”

“Nostalgia, memories, experiences, pain, joy… Suddenly everything is coming back to life; I’m okay now.”

“………Now?”

The Saint, hoping that Eileen had returned, turned her head at the ominously chilling words.

Eileen smiled, as if troubled, at the Saint’s desperate gaze.

“Right now, coexistence is possible, but as time passes, I will disappear again.”

“Th-that’s…”

“You felt it too. One body cannot permanently harbor two personas.”

“……”

It was only after hearing the words of the Saint that I realized that was the curse of the <Saint> job.

The Saint and Eileen understood instinctively.

One of them was destined to vanish.

“Still, I’m happy that the postponement has been extended. We can be together longer.”

“……Ah, no. Namgoong Min is here!”

“Older Brother?”

“Since Namgoong Min resolved it this time too, if it looks like I’ll disappear again… we can ask that person…”

Can I really ask that person?

At that moment, the Saint clearly remembered.

The countless times he had fallen apart when reading fortunes. The blood streaming from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, his whole body shaking and unable even to smile.

I’m a Saint, and believing in the deity is the reason for my existence!

‘Should I drag him back into that pain for my own sake?’

That… that’s…

I…

“……I will ask.”

“…Huh?”

“He said that if it’s truly a desperate situation, one that you would give your life for… not to give up. Either pray on your knees, beg, or somehow struggle to show your gratitude.”

“………….”

“I don’t want Eileen to disappear. I truly care.”

“……….”

“So I will ask. Knowing that he will suffer, I will beg and beg, so…”

“Let’s do it together.”

“……Eileen?”

“It’s for me, so you can’t do it alone. Whatever you want, I’ll do it for you, and whatever you wish, I’ll make it happen.”

Eileen grasped the Saint’s hand once more.

Like the Saint, Eileen didn’t want to lose this warmth.

Even if it’s selfish, let’s beg together. Let’s ask, bow our heads, and plead.

And let’s give back whatever it takes.

“……Alright, let’s do that.”

For her own deity, or for her brother who helps her.

The two girls clasped hands.

*

“……Did it work somehow?”

After activating the special skill <Water Divination>, Eileen lay asleep with her eyes closed and did not wake.

I wondered if something was wrong, but I could relax upon inspecting with <Observation>.

‘It has grown larger.’

After realizing there were two personas, the Saint, who carefully examined, could barely see a faint ember.

That must be Eileen’s persona. It was still continuing to grow.

Though her head hung low, the Saint maintained her cupped hands filled with water.

“……….”

Looking at the water held in her hands, which was shimmering in the stars, she withdrew her fingers.

What could the effect of <Water Divination> be to allow such a thing?

I tried to open the status window, but it seemed that what I’d temporarily gained wasn’t idle talk, and the <Water Divination> skill had long vanished.

Still, it was comforting that <Water Divination> already activated was still remaining.

‘Special skill, huh.’

Even after playing through <Romance Academy> over twenty times, this was a skill I had never seen before.

Was it exclusive to the Fortuneteller? Or are there some hidden conditions?

I glared at the glass teapot held in the other hand.

[<Glass Teapot of Water Divination>

The water in the glass teapot is transparent, hence cannot be seen.

So is your future.

* Exclusive artifact for the <Fortuneteller> class! Can be summoned at will!

* To use, three conditions must be met! The conditions will open when you act like a Fortuneteller!

1. The more ‘like a Fortuneteller’ you act, the more the teapot fills with water. It can only be used when full.

2. The sky must darken to reveal the stars.

3. You must not believe in water divination.

* Cannot be used as a regular teapot!]

‘What does it mean to act like a Fortuneteller?’

In the job quest, it stated that giving up is a Fortuneteller’s virtue, yet by pushing through to the end, the artifact was unlocked by being ‘Fortuneteller-like.’

What’s the correct way then?

Moreover, other conditions were troublesome.

‘Seeing stars counts as treating it like a constellation, but what does not believing mean?’

Does it mean I meet the condition since I originally didn’t believe in fortunes? Or are fortunes and water divination entirely different?

Water divination is a form where one divines by reflections in water.

In modern times, it has nearly died out and was mainly used by priests or astronomers in ancient times.

It’s a primitive form of divination, looking at the reflections of animals’ entrails, constellations, or the sun’s position in the water, but why does belief even matter?

The more I acted like a Fortuneteller, the more the water fills… these other conditions…

It was all getting puzzling.

‘…Oh, this is actually starting to hurt.’

Throb.

Now that I think about it, I’ve lost a tremendous amount of blood, right?

Thanks to <Cleanliness>, I didn’t notice, but I was indeed bleeding a lot, and I still felt pain throughout my body.

More importantly, my head hurt intensely, and I felt dizzy; my vision started to blur.

‘…Forget it.’

I had tried to resist, but simply steeling my mind wouldn’t make my dizziness or headache vanish.

So I just relaxed my body and accepted my drooping eyes.

Perhaps if I lost consciousness once, it would resolve itself.

Since the Saint was here, and outside the door were the Saint and Charles Teddy Bear, it would be fine.

Thud.

*

“…….”

How long had it been since I had held Eileen’s hand and closed my eyes?

At some point, the Saint had returned to reality.

Not in darkness, but in her messy room.

The Saint opened her eyes and quickly looked around.

“Namgoong Min!………Ah.”

The one who was her deity, who had saved her sister, and who had endured all suffering for her.

He was slumped in a chair, sleeping without strength.

His appearance was so severe that even <Cleanliness> could not mask it, but the faint breath he exhaled showed that he was not dead.

The Saint, with a relieved expression, pulled the blanket aside and crawled toward Namgoong Min.

As she was staring vacantly at the sleeping figure, a voice rang from within.

[Can you hear me?]

“……Yes, I can hear you just like before.”

[That’s a relief. But the one in front of you… is it your brother?]

“………Yes.”

[Oh my……]

Seeing Namgoong Min’s condition, Eileen, who shared the same gaze as the Saint, inhaled sharply.

Thanks to the Saint using her job skill, he was gradually beginning to recover.

As Eileen continued to observe his cheeks, slowly regaining color, she muttered.

[…I want to touch him.]

“E-Eileen!?”

[Why not? To touch the deity of my sister is only natural, right? The Saint touching her deity is perfectly acceptable!]

“That, uh?”

[If you’re not going to do it, I will.]

Sister.

It was the title Eileen used to call the Saint.

Perhaps because she had spent her life cooped up at home, once removed from her lethargy, Eileen was eager to seize whatever she could.

“Ha, but touching his cheek as you please is…!”

[What’s the problem? He’s your deity, as you said. Isn’t it only natural for the Saint to touch her deity?]

“Uh, uh?”

[If you won’t, then I will.]

Eileen pressed forward, wanting to experience the alluring charm of her older brother’s cheek.

[Let’s switch bodies.]

“Uh, mmm, huh?”

[You’re pretty timid, sister… ?]

Thinking she was shy about touching his cheek.

But it turned out that the Saint’s gaze was gradually shifting elsewhere.

Realizing this, Eileen followed the line of sight the Saint was directed at.

[Um, sister? Are you serious?]

“……Hah… Hah…”

[Are you okay? You’re a Saint, right!?]

Eileen hurriedly tried to dissuade her, but the Saint’s gaze was fixed and she was slowly reaching out.

She was focusing on… Namgoong Min’s finger.

It was the same finger that had been dipped in water by the Saint.

Despite knowing that Namgoong Min was asleep, she grabbed his finger with both hands, lifting it and bringing it close to her face.

[…So the Saint was not just a Saint, but also… something different?]

Lick.

As if not even hearing Eileen’s words, the Saint, absorbed in the finger, carefully extended her tongue and licked it.

Such a bizarre and irrational act.

Even she knew how absurd it was, yet she couldn’t stop.

‘Namgoong Min’s finger, the finger that brought me salvation…’

Desiring, craving, longing.

Thanks to <Cleanliness>, the saliva vanished in an instant.

In fact, that made her guilt amplify since she seemed to be licking a clean finger.

‘Why? Why am I doing this?’

Such actions that even she found questionable.

Her reason screamed that it was wrong, but her body, which had tasted the revered one’s finger, wouldn’t stop.

As she half-lost her mind while savoring the finger, her body began to heat up gradually.

Her entire body turned hot, and at one moment, she stopped licking the finger to catch her breath.

Hah, hah.

‘My body… is so hot…’

Awe, reverence, worship, respect, servitude, obedience, submission, happiness.

All kinds of emotions surged forth. She had always felt joy when seeing Namgoong Min, but now it felt like fireworks were bursting in her head.

And it seemed that it wasn’t just the Saint who felt this way.

[Can you feel it? The emotion… the love… Aah, A, brother…!!]

The Saint and Eileen were tightly connected as they shared one body, so even with their different personas, they were intertwined.

However, just because they shared a body didn’t mean they felt each other’s thoughts and emotions.

But thanks to what Namgoong Min had done, or perhaps because the intensity of the Saint’s emotions overflowed, Eileen also resonated with the Saint’s feelings.

“……Should we?”

[Let’s do it. After all, we have to show our gratitude, right?]

“Gratitude is…”

[For us……]

With the endless pleasure, the primal urge to desire, and the heat boiling through their bodies.

Having decided to surrender to all these feelings, the Saint and Eileen approached Namgoong Min once again.

“……Are you out of your mind?”

“………Of course, at such a good moment.”

“Don’t spout nonsense. Right now, the sinner is clearly in a state of exhaustion. If you pounce on him like that, he will truly suffer a stroke.”

“………”

[That is… true.]

Sitting quietly in a corner, the Saint gazed at Namgoong Min with an indifferent expression.

At his exceedingly correct words, the Saint and Eileen quietly retreated.

The heat subsided, and their excited desires calmed down.

Yet, their feelings for Namgoong Min remained unchanged. No, it felt like that moment of pause only amplified their feelings.

Though the Saint already worshipped Namgoong Min as her deity, and Eileen harbored affection for him separately.

Now, emotions that transcended that completely dominated their entire beings.

This was undoubtedly…

“It’s love.”

[It’s love.]

“……Hah, after the Rich Tycoon and the Psychic, now a Saint too…”

Leaving behind the Saint entranced in blissful feelings, the Fortuneteller looked at Namgoong Min with a truly sorrowful gaze.

Please let this sinner not be torn apart.

With genuine concern for him, the Fortuneteller sighed.

The long and eventful night was deepening.