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

Chapter 13
How This Fortune Teller Becomes Famous (1)

『 Translator – Divinity 』

A week wasn’t a very long time.

Choosing a base, budgeting with the money Liu gave me, searching for the locations of other skills and artifacts, and gathering unknown information.

I was busy moving around for my future academy life, but there was one scene that easily caught my eye.

‘There are many students digging or searching.’

As expected, the impact of digging up that flower bed was huge. Well, if you dig the ground and an artifact pops out, who could resist?

Looking around, it was chaos. Students were searching the mountains, digging up other flower beds, searching buildings to find the basement, and so on.

“Hey! You can’t dig there!”

“I just need to dig here, here! The earth’s veins are here…!!”

“That doesn’t work anymore!”

“Tsk!”

What was unique was that the students digging would make excuses like Feng Shui, life force, and earth’s veins before being dragged away by the guards.

Naturally, it was my fault.

‘It seems the incident at the guard station has spread.’

I didn’t know how my Feng Shui story spread when there weren’t any academy students at the guard station, but it was a welcome coincidence.

The more they acted like that, the more my fortune-telling story would spread.

“The preparations are… complete.”

I met the special class students like Liu Yan and Rain Arthur and made a first impression.

I met Charles Teddybear, a reliable first client.

I obtained the necessary skill.

And even made preparations for the future.

Now, only one thing remained–

“Let’s go.”

—It was time to seize it at the entrance ceremony.

***

The grand auditorium was located in the center of Romance Academy.

Standing tall and alone without any other buildings around it, it was a place that most students, even those not yet familiar with the academy’s geography, could easily find.

Here, the ‘entrance ceremony event’, the true beginning of the game, would start.

So I was a bit nervous, but…

“—Therefore, the glorious and proud history of Romance Academy, which began on the day flower petals were scattered, is now approaching its 100th anniversary, and new students must keep in mind what kind of academy they have entered, always pay attention to their words and actions, and maintain the same attitude not only inside the academy but also outside…”

“………Sleepy.”

The speech was way too long.

The principal wasn’t at the academy right now, so it seemed like the vice-principal was giving the speech as a representative of the instructors sitting behind the podium, but it would be much better if Teddybear came out and spoke instead.

Please, could you just pause between sentences?

“Ugh…”

“………….”

“Haaam…”

The other students, who had gathered in the grand auditorium with a sense of pride at first, were also feeling the same way. It was only natural since the elderly vice-principal had been going on like that for over 30 minutes.

What was worse was that even though he could clearly see the students dozing off from the podium, he was persistently continuing his speech.

Is this that “you grow up while I talk” thing?

“…Students must not lose their original attitude and always move forward while maintaining their beginner’s spirit, and Romance Academy will always do its best to support such students, but for outstanding students, we will additionally provide rewards befitting them. Now, I will conclude this brief introduction.”

Finally, the speech was over, but there weren’t many students left alive in the grand auditorium. It would take some time for everyone to wake up.

Looking around in the meantime,

“…That guy.”

Liu Yan was staring at me with bloodshot eyes. Why did she look like she hadn’t slept in days?

“Uh… hmm.”

“………?”

Rain Arthur, glancing back and forth between the front and me. The top priority for resolving my character event.

Next to her, her brother, Lucas Arthur, was making a “what’s she doing” expression while looking at Rain.

“……….”

“………….”

Prince Kim Seong-il and Princess Kim Eun-ha, sitting next to him, were staring straight ahead with a stiff posture, not dozing off… or were they?

Why are they looking this way? Is this just me being self-conscious?

…While I was thinking that,

“…………Fortune Teller.”

Suddenly feeling a burning sensation on the back of my head, I slightly turned my head back to see the staring at me with blazing eyes as if trying to pierce through me.

…Honestly, he was the one I was most wary of.

The Bible said not to worship idols and to kill or break the heads of shamans or fortune tellers if you saw them, which wasn’t wrong considering that fortune tellers and shamans at that time were representative of harmful people.
But that was something you’d expect from those in the past, or even a few hundred years ago, not in modern times, and yet this fanatic was the . Thinking about how much trouble I went through to avoid him for a week made me feel a bit wronged.

‘…That thing he’s holding isn’t a mace, is it?’

He was holding some kind of metal… I really hope he didn’t bring a mace to break my head at the entrance ceremony. Really.

Ignoring the Saint who was trying to bore a hole in the back of my head with his gaze, I turned my head back to the front.

“Now, top student, Kim Seong-il. Step forward.”

“Yes.”

Ah, it’s time for the awarding of admission certificates.

A handsome black-haired man in a neat and luxurious suit walked out with an expressionless and disciplined posture. He was also a good actor considering his true nature.

“Prince Kim Seong-il, the top student. Skills befitting your noble blood.”

“Thank you.”

“Give my regards to His Majesty. Despite my appearance, His Majesty and I were classmates at Romance Academy.”

“I will be sure to convey your message.”

The prince, after exchanging brief greetings with the vice-principal, didn’t step down from the podium, but turned around to face the new students.

It was customary for the top and second-best students to give a short speech as representatives.

“I am Kim Seong-il, Prince of the Unified Korean Empire. I don’t mean to overestimate myself, but I believe there is no one among my fellow new students who doesn’t know me.”

“But now, I am a new student of Romance Academy, before being a prince. Although you may not be able to completely forget my status, my goal is to make as many friends as possible.”

“For these four years, I hope we can put aside all complicated matters, have trivial conversations, and become friends who laugh together.”

“Thank you.”

Clap clap clap clap!!!

“Your Highness! You’re handsome!”

“Look this way, Your Highness!”

“Mi-mi-milky, ski-skinned, Pri-Prince!”

It was quite a nice speech, so the applause was only natural.

But why were they using expressions like “handsome”, “look this way”, and “milky-skinned”? Couldn’t they just say “amazing” or “magnanimous”?

Damn female-oriented dating sim game. At this rate, a fan club might even be formed.

The prince stepped down amidst the cheers, and the vice-principal came out and cleared his throat.

“Next is the second-best student. Second-best student, Namgung Min. Step forward.”

“Yes.”

As my name was called, I checked my attire one last time and stepped forward with a smile.

“What? It’s not the princess?”

“Who is that? Does anyone know him?”

“No way… that’s the Fortune Teller, isn’t it?”

“Fortune Teller? You’re kidding, right?”

“No, I’m sure. That’s the Fortune Teller who went to take the dedicated exam.”

Unlike the prince earlier, gazes filled with suspicion and shock poured in.

Quite a few people were looking back and forth between Princess Kim Eun-ha and me, so it seemed many students thought the second-best student would be the princess.

But there were also some different gazes mixed in.

“Fortune Teller? That guy who dug up the flower bed?”

“Ah, the guy who found the treasure with Feng Shui or something?”

“He found that through fortune-telling? I’ve been searching for a week and found nothing?”

“He’s the second-best student. Maybe he has something?”

Although many didn’t know, my rumors had spread to some extent. It was proof that my efforts weren’t in vain.

As I stepped onto the podium and stood in front of the vice-principal with his thick white hair, he was looking at me with an impressed expression.

“Congratulations on being the second-best student. It’s the first time a has enrolled in our school, and to be the second-best, that’s amazing.”

“It is an infinite honor to be able to enter Romance Academy.”

“Haha, I look forward to your future endeavors.”

I shook hands with the vice-principal, who offered his hand with a smile, and received the second-place admission certificate. The speech was quite boring, but unlike the discriminatory principal, the vice-principal was completely open-minded, so it was comfortable.

Although it was impossible according to the scenario, if the principal were here, wouldn’t he have reprimanded me?

Putting aside useless thoughts, I turned around.

‘I can see them all.’

Students surprised, asking if this was real, students sending suspicious glances, students nodding and saying I was amazing, and so on. The reactions were a bit different, but no one was unsurprised by my being the second-best student.

Well, even I was surprised, so would others be any different?

Especially, the reactions from the special class were the best.

Liu, whose expression was greatly distorted, sending a gaze mixed with suspicion and shock, was cute, Rain was completely frozen stiff, and Lucas also looked at Liu and stiffened.

Prince Kim Seong-il had a slightly displeased expression, and Princess Kim Eun-ha had the calmest reaction.

As for the Saint, he widened his eyes in shock and was about to drop the mace he was holding… but it really was a mace. I should stay away from him.

The surprise, questions, and curiosity of my fellow new students were focused on me.

‘…Now.’

Now was the moment I had been aiming for.

The moment to raise my fame while letting them know about me, the Fortune Teller.

‘I have to stand out.’

To easily intervene in character events, and to live a smooth life in the academy.

I had to always stand in front of people.

I knew the way to do this well.

“Greetings. I am Namgung Min, the second-best student, the Fortune Teller.”

My hands and feet didn’t tremble. My gaze slowly swept from the center to the surroundings. My voice was a bit low, but with a cheerful tone.

“I believe many of you are surprised that I am the second-best student. Even I was surprised.”

Maintaining a smile, I added gestures between my words.

“That’s the kind of job a Fortune Teller is, isn’t it? People who spout unfounded words that aren’t even accurate as if they were the truth. With that kind of perception at its core, the gazes towards me won’t be favorable.”

I lowered my tone slightly and emphasized my words. As if understanding their thoughts, I spoke while making eye contact.

“That’s why I want to prove myself here. As a Fortune Teller, it’s only right to prove myself with fortune-telling.”

Here, I put on a confident smile and voice. And activated the job skill.

“.”

With the job skill, I created a tarot card in the air, and while everyone’s attention was focused on the tarot card, I shuffled it skillfully.

And drew a card.

“What’s that?”

“Tarot? Does he know how to read it?”

“Of course not…”

“The card I drew is Minor Arcana, 5 of Swords. This signifies ‘confusion’.”

“…Confusion?”

Right after someone among the new students repeated the ominous-sounding word,

Namgung Min spread out one hand and continued speaking.

“In 5 seconds, something interesting will happen.”

He raised one hand, spread out all his fingers to form a 5, and started folding them one by one.

5.

“What is that fortune teller talking about?”

“Is he saying something will happen in 5 seconds because it’s the 5th card?”

“No way, you believe that? That’s obviously bullshit, isn’t it?”

4.

“…Rain, keep an eye on that fortune teller. He seems a bit different from other fortune tellers… Rain?”

“………….”

3.

“How can you believe a fortune teller? Is he really the second-best student?”

“He seems totally shady.”

“He suddenly draws a tarot card and says something confusing will happen in 5 seconds? If that’s right, is that fortune-telling? It’s a prophecy.”

2.

“Second place…? That Fortune Teller bastard is second? There was no such information when we investigated him before…!”

1.

“He’s just trying to get attention.”

“Nothing’s happening? What’s supposed to happen when it reaches 0?”

0.

“Just listen, older brother. He’s quite an interesting person.”

“……….”

“It seems… I should pay attention to him.”

Finally, the moment all the fingers were folded.

Grooooooooaaaaan────

“Wh-what!?”

“I-it’s an earthquake!”

“Idiot! This is a sky city!”

“Is something broken!?”

The entire grand auditorium shook as if an earthquake had occurred, and the few students who were sitting down were in a panic.

But most of the students, even with the whole auditorium shaking, were just staring at the podium with their mouths agape.

Just as Namgung Min, standing on the podium, had said, 5 seconds later, something worthy of being called ‘confusion’ happened.

Grooooan…

“I-it stopped…”

“Did that Fortune Teller do that? With his job skill?”

“Is that fortune-telling real?”

After a short time, the tremors gradually subsided.

And finally, after the confused students regained their composure,

“What do you think, everyone?”

Namgung Min, who hadn’t stumbled even with the auditorium shaking and hadn’t lost his smile, quietly whispered, and his voice echoed through the silent grand auditorium.

Unlike a few seconds ago, the eyes of the new students looking at him were now filled with surprise at the fortune-telling, not with doubt.

“I am the second-best student, Namgung Min.”

Clap.

Clap.

Clap clap.

Clap clap clap clap clap──

“What was that Fortune Teller!”

“Isn’t he just a prophet!?”

“I didn’t believe in fortune-telling, but I kind of want to have my fortune told by him.”

“Can you tell fortunes about love too?!”

The sound of applause filled the auditorium. As if they had just witnessed the magic of a skilled magician, countless students cheered and exclaimed in admiration for Namgung Min.

As if responding to them, Namgung Min bowed his head with a smile.

However, it wasn’t just the students who were shocked.

“…How did he know?”

“He’s a Fortune Teller, isn’t he? He must have really told a fortune.”

“To predict an academy event with that? If that were possible, Fortune Tellers would be the most important job in the world.”

“He’s the first Fortune Teller to enroll in Romance Academy, and on top of that, he’s the second-best student. Maybe it’s not the Fortune Teller job that’s special, but that student Namgung Min himself.”

“…He’s definitely amazing.”

The instructors of Romance Academy, sitting inside the podium.

They had been unsure since Namgung Min first declared the 5 seconds, but now everyone was surprised.

‘Well, that tremor earlier was prepared by the academy.’

It was a game set in an academy, after all.

His little sister’s words, saying “Of course it would be boring to just end the entrance ceremony like that”, were vivid in his mind.

The entrance ceremony wasn’t over yet.

‘Shall I run my mouth a bit?’

Naturally, my plan wasn’t over yet either.