I Became a Fortune Teller in the Game My Little Sister Made – Chapter 75

“……What the heck.”

This is an unfamiliar ceiling.

I had seen phrases like this many times in games or novels, and I always thought they were clichés.

I had my eyes closed in Eileen’s room, and waking up in such a bizarre place just left me dumbfounded, thinking, “Where on earth am I?”

As I pondered that realistic phrase, I tried to get up.

“……?”

What the heck, why can’t I move?

It was then that I hurriedly checked what condition my body was in.

Bandages, bandages, bandages, bandages.

My entire body, except for my eyes, nose, and mouth, was wrapped tightly in white bandages.

Not only that, but it felt like I couldn’t even move my body because I was secured with bandages and metal rods. I couldn’t muster strength at all.

I could just blink my eyes.

“………Huh.”

From the context, it seems that I’ve been moved from Eileen’s room to this hospital-like place.

Did using that job skill of hers a few times lead to this state?

Looks like they really wanted to give me a penalty.

Sigh.

Since I couldn’t even easily move my neck, all I could see were parts of the ceiling and wall.

Just as I was about to shout for help,

“You’re awake, huh? Fortuneteller brat.”

“……Liu?”

“I didn’t expect you to recognize me when you can’t even see. This rich tycoon takes pride in that.”

It was obviously Liu Yan speaking with that rude tone.

……If I responded like that, I felt like I’d probably get punched, so I stayed silent.

Oh, wait. I should ask.

“Where am I?”

“Where else would it be? It’s a hospital.”

“What happened?”

“Well, first of all, you need to know this.”

Rustle.

I heard a noise next to me, and suddenly Liu’s face popped up! Talk about a surprise attack!

In the middle of my shock, her red eyes met mine.

Her long black hair flowed over my face, while Liu leaned closer with an expressionless face.

……This is intensely uncomfortable.

“You’ve been out for six days.”

“……What?”

“You haven’t opened your eyes for six days. Got it?”

Wait, what?

So I’ve been out for six days??

“U-Um, is that true?”

“Do you think I’d lie? The Academy is already on break. You’ve got three months of vacation now.”

“……Oh my God.”

It’s like time’s just been erased.

Isn’t this a bug?

“You were brought out by the Saint from the blonde girl’s room. You were immediately taken to the hospital because your condition was severe.”

“Um… okay…”

“Your insides were jumbled, your muscles were torn, and your nerves were burnt. Got it? If the Saint wasn’t next to you, you’d already be in a wheelchair.”

“O-Okay.”

“I was lucky to get contacted by the hospital I invested in right away; otherwise, who knows what would have happened? Oh, the connections of that vile psychic and the Violent Crown Princess are impressive. They gathered doctors from all over the world as soon as they saw your state.”

“………”

“Liu, the meddling busybody, helped along with the Crown Prince and the detached Hero. You should really consider yourself lucky.”

Yeah, I get it.

This is where the charm works wonders!

……And I’ve also realized how seriously the side effects of my job skill can be.

‘Try to use it only once a day if possible.’

Well, in reality, the Saint and Eileen were special cases; who’d expect to use it multiple times again?

……Oh, the Saint and Eileen.

“Liu? Where’s Eileen?”

“……That inept blonde fighter?”

That sounded a bit harsh, didn’t it?

But with that scary expression, I should probably keep quiet.

“Uh, yeah. Just wondering how Eileen is…”

“……Hey, didn’t you hear what I said?”

“L-Liu?”

“The one who’s hurt is you. You’re the one who was a wreck and on the verge of dying! So why are you searching for that girl? Are you crazy? Especially in front of me?”

“N-No, it’s just…”

“She was just ugly crying and then left. Is that good enough for you? How can this punk not even say thank you to the person who tended to him for days…….”

“Um, Liu?”

“What now?!”

“Thank you. Thanks to you, I’ve managed to survive.”

“………Hmph.”

Such an ungrateful guy.

After mumbling something, Liu finally lifted her face away, which had been annoyingly close to mine.

Then she touched something, and the bed lifted up, causing my upper body to shift as well.

“Oh…”

Now that it’s like I’m sitting up on the bed, it feels much more comfortable.

Moreover, Liu even started unraveling the bandages around my neck, allowing it to move freely with a satisfying pop.

Ah, now I can finally breathe easier.

Gazing around, it definitely felt like a hospital room.

It was quite a spacious area, with my bed against the wall surrounded by various medical devices and IV drips.

Besides that, there were other beds and sofas, and looking at where Liu was, I could see another bed almost right next to mine.

……Huh? An adjoining bed?

“Liu? Did you… sleep next to me?”

“What’s it to you?”

“Um…”

“Being close to a patient is my duty as a caregiver. I even had the beds joined just to keep an eye on you; I didn’t mean anything weird by it. You better not have weird thoughts; that would be extremely inconvenient. Anyway, it was just in case you had a sudden episode at night, nothing more, got it?”

“……Yeah.”

Why is she suddenly rambling so fast? I can’t keep up with what she’s saying.

Honestly, it would be a bit rude to assume something strange, considering Liu had taken care of me for days.

Putting aside any bizarre misunderstandings, I decided to just ask what I was curious about.

“Liu? You said the Academy is already on break, right?”

“Mm? Yeah.”

“Then… how’s my attendance?”

Please don’t tell me it’s all counted as absent!

I’ve already been marked as the official last place from that Great Lake test; if they hit me with attendance too, I’m doomed.

I was aiming to be in the top 5 of my class! The first semester looks like a total loss, but…!

I’ve got to bring my grades up in the second semester!

“Ah, don’t worry about that. Charles Teddy Bear took care of it nicely.”

“Charles the Instructor… you mean?”

“Yeah. He covered for your absences by saying it was his fault… So, about that.”

“What?”

“What happened?”

Liu looked at me with a worried expression, which was uncharacteristic for her.

……Um, how should I put this?

The reason I ended up like this was because I used my job skill multiple times.

And the reason I used my job skill repeatedly was because of the Saint and Eileen.

Naturally, I can’t talk about Eileen and the Saint.

As I was pondering what to say, Liu furrowed her brow.

“……You don’t want to talk about it?”

“That’s not it…”

“What’s not? You think this is funny? I saved your life, so why can’t you tell me what happened?”

“…………”

“Damn it, Fortuneteller brat.”

“……I’m sorry.”

“……You know, I originally wanted to say that.”

“……?”

Wait, what?

“I’ve been watching you; you’re such a mix-up of a person.”

“M-Mix-up?”

“With Lucas’s meddling, the Crown Princess’s recklessness, Rain’s pickiness, and your Hero-like concept, and me with my not-so-nice temperament, it’s just a total mess.”

“………..”

“What’s with that face? Anyway, I figured you wouldn’t answer, but if it was something I was supposed to know, you would’ve involved me long ago, right?”

“Um……”

“So, I was pissed. I thought I’d charge you for medical expenses without coverage or anything if you got up.”

“…………”

Wow, that’s the scariest part.

……But wait, did I even have insurance?

“But you know what? Since you kept not waking up, I started changing my mind.”

“……….”

“I got anxious, irritated, and all I could think about was you. This rich tycoon? Getting all worked up over just one damn Fortuneteller? Doesn’t that sound ridiculous?”

“……Um.”

“Don’t answer me. I didn’t ask you to say anything. Anyway, that’s how it was.”

“……”

“I mean, I figured it probably involved that Fighter girl, but I decided not to ask about it in detail.”

……Wait, did she ask?

Or did she just suggest not asking because she didn’t really want to know?

More importantly, does that mean…

‘Liu has let her suspicions slide?’

Is that even possible?

If my memory serves me right, Liu’s suspicion treatment only became available after a character event, and that too was only for the player.

So for Liu to let things go like this…

“……You don’t suspect me?”

“Wow, you just asked that directly. You’re a real nutcase.”

“…………”

“Yeah, you’re such a stupid guy that I stopped suspecting you. Got it?”

Somehow, it felt like I was being insulted, but… either way, that’s a great achievement.

Wow, I’ve escaped Liu Yan’s suspicion!

Receiving such treatment means I’m either incapable of doing any harm to her or I’m the only one who hasn’t put her life in danger.

It’s the first time I’ve proven my abilities, and also the first time I haven’t had my life at Liu’s mercy!

“Thank you, Liu. We’re truly the best of friends!”

“……Friends, huh.”

“Liu?”

“Nothing.”

“Stay awake; they’ll be arriving soon, so sleep a little more.”

“Um? Arriving? Where?”

This is a hospital in a floating city, where are we arriving at?

Before I could ask that, Liu started fiddling with the IV connected to my chest.

‘……Uh.’

I suddenly feel really drowsy. Is this some kind of sleep-inducing agent?

My eyelids grew heavy, and sleep was crashing over me like a tidal wave.

Resisting felt pointless, so I decided to follow Liu’s advice and accept sleep. Just then…

<Ah, this is the cockpit. This private jet is scheduled to arrive at Honolulu International Airport in one hour......>

……What the heck is going on?

Another private jet?

“Th-This is…”

“Huh? I told you, it’s a hospital. To be precise, it’s a medical aircraft, my private jet number six.”

“………Amazing…”

“……Sleep well, Fortuneteller brat.”

Consciousness…

Is fading away………….

*

“……….”

Swoosh, swoosh.

As Liu gently stroked the forehead of Namgoong Min, who had fallen asleep, she barely lifted the corners of her mouth in a small smile.

What a sight it was, watching him sleep peacefully like a baby.

Even though it had already been three days, it didn’t feel tiring at all.

‘Well, if I put him in that town, I’d see him for the rest of my life, so if I got tired of this already, that wouldn’t be good.’

It was indeed worth the abduction from the hospital in this floating city.

How worried was she when she saw the report from the surveillance placed on Namgoong Min?

It was so unfortunate that he ended up in Charles Teddy Bear’s home, but upon hearing that the Saint had brought out the severely injured Namgoong Min, she immediately contacted all the nearby hospitals.

Fortunately, the Saint had gone to one of the hospitals Liu had contacted, and Liu got to see Namgoong Min too.

……It was horrific.

‘It’s definitely safer to keep him in a display case.’

Seeing the unconscious Namgoong Min made Liu formulate a plan.

Since she had clashed with that vile psychic girl and the Violent Crown Princess not long ago, it was clear that they would make a move.

First, they gathered strength to heal Namgoong Min and moved on the day the Academy broke for summer.

They hired a large number of people to physically block the psychic and the Crown Princess while whisking Namgoong Min away.

‘Taking the initiative was the right thing to do.’

When they escaped the airport, she had seen the private jet of the Arthur family and the royal private jets. It was all medical ones.

Last time, they had conducted a vile sneaky act while she was on a “date” and hidden away, so those girls couldn’t say anything this time.

After three days of hopping between airports and refueling while riding in this private jet, she has been out for six days without waking, so there was certainly no lie in that.

“……….”

Liu caressed Namgoong Min.

What feelings were wrapped in that touch?

‘What am I feeling for him?’

Love? Affection? Obsession? Desire for ownership?

While she had labeled her feelings for the Crown Princess as a desire for ownership, she questioned if that was truly the case.

After all, nothing particularly big had happened. This Fortuneteller hadn’t done anything heroic either.

‘My eyes just keep straying to him.’

Her suspicion was just incidental, and for some reason, she found herself genuinely looking forward to meeting him.

Conversations exchanged with smiles, enjoyable skinship, charisma that seemed trustworthy, along with extraordinary abilities.

At first, he had resembled a parasite, but soon enough, he started to appear more and more charming to her.

This tingling sensation, these unknown feelings.

Though she thought it was a desire for ownership, it felt like something fundamentally different, leaving Liu confused.

“……You called me your friend, right?”

Nonetheless.

Even so, there’s one thing she’s certain of.

“……You’re definitely not just a friend.”

These feelings, this sensation…

‘Friendship’ is definitely not what she’s feeling.

That instinctive certainty remained strong within her.

Yet, Namgoong Min called her a friend. He said he wanted to be friends and believed they were friends.

“……….”

That made her feel an intense discomfort.

As Liu pressed her lips together in irritation, the voice of the cockpit echoed shortly after.

<Liu-sama.>

“What is it?”

<We’re being pursued by two private jets.>

“……Those clueless girls.”

It seems her feelings of discomfort have only intensified.

Liu mumbled a few curses under her breath.