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

Chapter 3
First Fortune (1)

『 Translator – Divinity 』

[Welcome to the Entrance Exam!]

“What a load of bullshit.”

I muttered, standing far away from the school gate bustling with all kinds of people.

I definitely had to go in there, but with so many people and the mental damage I had taken, I couldn’t bring myself to do it.

More than anything, there was something I had to do.

[Please decide on the player’s name and appearance!]

In the game, the entrance exam started with the name and appearance already decided, but since the exam starts when you enter the school gate, it seems they’re doing it here.

…Name and appearance. Commonly known as character creation, it’s one of the most important parts of any game.

But that’s for games.

“The same.”

[Do you want to set the name and appearance as they are?]

“Yes.”

Frankly, it’s ridiculous to seriously choose a new name and appearance after getting caught up in this kind of mess.

In the first place, the name and appearance were just elements for the player’s satisfaction; they didn’t affect the gameplay at all.

My name and my appearance are fine, why would I choose new ones?

[Player ‘Namgung Min’ has been set!]

[To you who will navigate through Romance Academy! I hope this small gift will be of great help!]

In , after completing character creation, you were provided with basic items according to your job and gender.

They had weak performance, only useful at the start of the game, but still, it was better than nothing.

I grabbed a pair of white gloves that appeared before my eyes.

[

Always clean your hands before telling fortunes!

✽ When equipped, the accuracy rate of ‘Tarot Card’ fortune-telling increases by +1%!
✽ When equipped, the general skill ‘Cleanliness’ is activated! (This skill does not fill a skill slot.)]

“It’s just… okay.”

Putting aside the somewhat infuriating performance of increasing the accuracy rate of tarot fortune-telling by just 1%.

What was somewhat decent was the general skill ‘Cleanliness’.

More than anything, it didn’t take up a general skill slot, so there was no loss.

As I put on the white gloves that fit my hands perfectly, a status window appeared before my eyes.

[General Skill:

Everyone likes a clean person!

Above all, let’s live a clean life for our health!

✽ A slight buff is added to the first impression favorability of all characters!]
✽ You are always kept clean from head to toe!]

Just a typical general skill.

It was decent, but compared to other general skills, its performance was so poor that it was only used in the early stages and quickly discarded.

Honestly, even if you’re clean from head to toe in the game, how would the gamer know?

Still, with the white gloves on, my appearance was somewhat presentable.

‘This outfit must be the basic attire for a fortune teller.’

A deep red dress shirt with a decorated white tie, and a black suit covering it all.

With the white gloves on top of that, I did look a bit professional.

“Nothing more to do.”

There was still quite a bit of time left on the status window’s time limit, but I didn’t know how to use that time effectively right now.

In , the entrance exam was a tutorial, literally the basics of the basics, explaining the gameplay.

Naturally, activities outside the academy and various events wouldn’t be available until after clearing the entrance exam, so there was nothing I could do.

…Suddenly, as I looked around, only a peaceful daily life came into view.

A child walking hand in hand with their parents, a merchant busy soliciting customers, people lingering at the school gate, passersby laughing and crying over something.

Even all the sensations I felt while breathing and walking right now.

No matter how you look at it, it was real. Even if that status window appeared before my eyes while I was sitting here, I would have believed I was reincarnated into a fantasy world.

“…”

Thinking that way, various worries flooded in.

Graduation was coming soon, and I had to fill up my credits. There was also the police recruitment exam in the second half of the year. I had to hold a memorial service for my parents in a few weeks.

I had to continue the background check on that fake fortune teller bastard through the agency. And I had to send living expenses to my little sister, who only ate ramen, saying this is how game developers live.

‘…Jisu, did you really do this?’

Namgung Jisu. She was always nagging, full of complaints, and caused a lot of trouble by leaving home as she pleased.

Still, she was my only remaining blood relative, she secretly worked part-time to buy me birthday presents, and whenever I was stressed from university, she always tried to make me laugh.

My little sister.

Although she often tried to hit me and we fought seriously many times. Still, I believed.

At least Jisu wasn’t the kind of crazy bitch to suddenly throw her older brother into a game like this.

…She wouldn’t be.

“Just you wait until I get back.”

I don’t know why you threw me in here.

But I was the only user who cleared this 25 times.

I believe I can definitely reach the ending and grab you by the collar.

“Forgive me for cursing you out sometimes.”

After all, you were the one who put me in here.

With a wry smile, I took a step towards the school gate.

It was time to clear the tutorial.

***

“Silence, sileeeeeence!!!”

Bang!!

A muscular man shouted after confirming that the last person eligible to take the entrance exam had crossed the school gate.

As he shouted and stomped his foot, the iron gate of Romance Academy slowly began to close.

“Only those taking the entrance exam come this way! No others can enter!!”

“Son! You must pass! I believe in you!!”

“Honey! I’ll wait until you contact me!”

“Don’t worry! I’ll definitely pass and come back!”

“Mom! Waaaaaaaah!!”

“…What a fuss.”

It was absurd to see people hugging and crying, or engaging in public displays of affection across the gate as if they would never see each other again.

Well, it didn’t affect me because I was me, but considering the basic setting of this game, it was understandable for them to be so immersed.

Because this was a sky city.

Those who weren’t students would be kicked out to the ground, and since the reservation list to come up to this sky city was full, it would take at least a few months before they could meet again, so that’s why they were acting like that.

Even in the army training center, there were many comrades who cried or were depressed because they couldn’t see their loved ones for a month.

Anyway, for me, with no one to visit or to be visited by, it was a meaningless setting.

‘…Wait, what did I do before coming here?’

It couldn’t be that I just popped out of thin air.

Was there some kind of setting?

Or was it possession? Was there an original owner of this body?

Lost in thought, I was walking along the garden path, following the hundreds of people in front of me, when the muscular man who had closed the gate stopped leading and turned around.

“Greetings to all of you who are qualified to participate in the glorious Romance Academy’s entrance exam today. I am Charles Teddybear, in charge of admissions for the glorious Romance Academy.”

“N-no way, it’s really Teddybear…!”

“Amazing… To actually see the hero of war!”

“This is Romance Academy indeed!”

‘How can a person’s name be Teddybear?’

Those who were surprised by his fierce face and massive muscles soon started to exclaim in admiration.

Charles Teddybear. It was a surname that didn’t suit his appearance at all… but he changed his name to that.

It was a tear-jerking story of paternal love, where he changed his and his daughter’s surname for his sick daughter who loved teddy bears, but since it was revealed late in the game, every time I saw him, I couldn’t concentrate because of his mismatched surname. Seriously, how could he be called Instructor Teddybear with that face?

But he was not to be underestimated. As befitting his setting as a war hero, Teddybear was a formidable opponent that even players with combat-related jobs couldn’t easily defeat.

‘It would be even worse for a fortune teller.’

“Do you see the building behind me? You, do you know what that building is?”

“…Yes, it’s the glorious Romance Academy’s entrance exam hall.”

“That’s right. It may be small compared to the main building, but it still boasts the world’s best facilities.”

That’s small?

Ignoring the ‘glorious Romance Academy’ for now, the size of the entrance exam hall was comparable to a decent sports stadium.

‘In the game, it was just a building, but seeing it in reality like this is overwhelming.’

According to the setting, Romance Academy, a sky city and the world’s best educational institution, referred to this entire sky city.

So, inside the school gate was Romance Academy, and outside the school gate was also Romance Academy.

However, while the area outside the school gate could be accessed by family members of academy students, sponsors who donated large sums of money, and specially selected individuals, only those related to Romance Academy could enter inside the school gate.

‘The size of the sky city was probably… the size of several Yeouidos combined.’

I didn’t want to know at all, but sometimes my little sister would share all sorts of TMI about Romance Academy, and I remember hearing it then.

Well, in a sky city several times the size of Yeouido, a building like that would be considered small.

After a while, as the commotion among the participants gradually subsided, Teddybear continued speaking.

“The entrance exam begins as soon as you set foot in the exam hall. Each of you will be given an appropriate test based on the job you submitted in your self-introduction letter, so be prepared!”

“”””Yes!””””

While the participants, both male and female, answered, I was lost in thought.

Most of the jobs in Romance Academy were jobs that other students also had. Whether it was ‘Battle Mage’ or ‘Nouveau Riche’, it wasn’t a job exclusive to the protagonist, so naturally, the entrance exam was taken with others who had the same job.

‘There were exceptions.’

However, in the case of special jobs like ‘Royalty’ or ‘Betrayer’, only specific individuals could have those jobs. If the player chose those, they would take a separate test called a dedicated exam.

But would fortune teller fall under those ‘special jobs’?

“No way.”

Special jobs had a uniqueness and distinctiveness that could be felt from their names. How many jobs like ‘Royalty’ or ‘Saintess’ could there be?

On the other hand, ‘Fortune Teller’, compared to those, would be a dime a dozen, even just outside the school gate.

My concern was whether there would be any other fortune tellers among those taking the entrance exam.

If I was essentially taking it alone, I wouldn’t be able to get any help or advice.

And I had no idea what kind of test this fortune teller would be taking.

“First, before entering, we will select those who will take the dedicated exams.”

“How many people do you think there will be?”

“First of all, His Highness and Her Highness will be there for sure. There are other candidates besides them…”

“The Saint came too, didn’t he?”

“This year is definitely tough.”

“Silence!! Those whose names are called, please come forward.
‘Royalty’, Prince Kim Seong-il.
‘Royalty’, Princess Kim Eun-ha.
‘Billionaire’ Liu Yan.
‘Magician’ Lucas Arthur.
‘Esper’ Rain Arthur.
‘Hero’ Abel Legion.
‘Saint’ Raphael Martina.
‘Fortune Teller’ Namgung Min. That is all!”

“…Huh?”

At the very end of the roll call, which still made me cringe even after hearing it for the 25th time.

Wasn’t there a strange job that didn’t fit in with the people before it?

“These eight dedicated exam takers, please step to the side.”

“Wait a minute, wasn’t there something at the very end?”

“After the Saint? Huh?”

It wasn’t just me; seven men and women walked out from the crowd, whose voices were growing louder.

The two Imperial siblings, the apple of the eye of the Unified Korean Empire.

The billionaire who earned a vast fortune through luck that was among the best in the world.

The siblings from the oldest magical family in Europe.

The blond American with the mission to save the world.

The boy said to be blessed by God in Catholicism.

Those were the in-game descriptions of the special job holders who consistently appeared in every playthrough, as I remembered.

Honestly, most of the people who bought Romance Academy would have been filtered out here. On the screen, with those damn flower petals fluttering and the characters walking out one by one, along with those cringeworthy descriptions, many users wisely turned off the game.

I seriously considered getting a refund too.

“‘Fortune Teller’ Namgung Min, haven’t you come out yet?”

“…I’m here.”

…I couldn’t keep running away from reality, could I?

As I emerged from the crowd, the gazes of the countless onlookers and those who had already walked out focused on me.

Yes, I had entered this damn flower-filled, female-oriented game as the protagonist.

In a way, it was an expected outcome. A story where the protagonist with a seemingly insignificant job is chosen for the elite group, and despite being looked down upon, gains recognition. It would definitely be popular as a novel.

Therefore, I had to steel my resolve.

These were the main characters of this game, and I had to get involved with them to see the ending.

Remember, it’s easy to be looked down upon, but gaining recognition from there is never easy.

“Greetings, I am Namgung Min, the Fortune Teller.”

“……….”

“………….”

“…Ha.”

Even with my polite greeting, there was no response. They were the highest class of society, people who had been interacting with each other since they were young and received their jobs. Among them, I was an uncomfortable presence, to say the least.

But I couldn’t be intimidated.

I pretended to be relaxed. I spoke softly and didn’t show any signs of being flustered.

You were good at this, Namgung Min. Remember the old days.

“If you have any concerns or worries–”

A fortune teller had to be a mysterious being.

Someone who wasn’t frivolous, didn’t talk much, was careful in their actions, and lived in seclusion.

But that was for a ‘fortune teller’, not for me, who had to live as a ‘student’.

I couldn’t maintain that mysterious concept all the time while attending . I was an ordinary person who panted when things were tough and made unsightly expressions when I failed. More than anything, if I maintained that kind of atmosphere and made a slip of the tongue, it would be over.

Then what should I pursue?

“—Please feel free to talk to me anytime.”

A friendly yet skilled student who knew their place but also drew a clear line.

I had to become that kind of fortune teller, and–

“I look forward to getting to know you all.”

I definitely would.