Accidentally Becoming a Great Prophet?!

The fortune that Poison Demon Wei Zhiying wanted to see was about crossing a wall.
It seemed to be a fortune similar, almost identical, to the one I had read for Cheong So-ha before.
‘Hmm… Wei Zhiying crossing a wall…’
But seeing as she called it the last wall, it seems she’s going to cross an even more impressive wall than Cheong So-ha…
‘Crossing a wall…’
After pondering for a moment, I put down the deck of cards I was about to pick up.
I thought it would be better to use something other than cards for this fortune-telling.
“Oh? I thought the teacher mainly used card fortune-telling, was I wrong?”
“Ah, that’s correct. These cards are what I use most often.”
Perhaps because I used cards when I first started fortune-telling, cards were the most familiar when reading fortunes.
Well, I used tarot cards then and now I use playing cards, but still.
“Then is it physiognomy? I heard you’re also skilled in that.”
“Unfortunately, it’s not physiognomy either. Nor is it crystal ball gazing. Ah, rather than those… Do you perhaps have any tea?”
By the way, I mean tea for drinking.
“Tea? Of course I have it, but… What kind of tea do you want, teacher?”
“The type doesn’t matter. Please bring whatever can be brought as quickly as possible. It’s not for me to drink, haha.”
“Hooh…”
Wei Zhiying smiled faintly as if it would be interesting.
“Fascinating. Does this mean that someone of your caliber even sees things differently?”
“…Well, I’m not sure what you mean, but I don’t think it’s like that?”
“Huhu… Let’s leave it at that.”
Wei Zhiying called a servant and told them to bring any kind of tea, and the servant, nodding, brought tea a little later.
…A bright red poison tea, that is.
“…Uh, this is…?”
“It’s a tea made by brewing the venom glands of the Red Cinnabar Snake. It’s a creature whose blood, scales, eyes, and even venom are red… If you extract its venom glands and brew them, you get quite a nice tea.”
My goodness, a tea made by brewing snake venom…?
The Poison Demon even drinks poison tea… I guess that’s why she got the nickname Poison Demon…
I feel like I understand why Wei Zhiying’s nickname is Poison Demon. Living this poisonously, it’s no wonder she got such a nickname…
“The clean sweet taste you feel after the bitter taste is exquisite. Would you like to try it?”
“…Um, no. I’ll pass.”
It looked ominous at a glance, and after hearing the explanation, I strongly felt that drinking it would be fatal.
“Hmm, is that so?”
As Wei Zhiying gestured with a smile, the servant withdrew, and Wei Zhiying personally poured tea into the cup the servant had brought and handed it to me.
Then, after pouring some for herself, she quietly tasted it and spoke.
And as Wei Zhiying stared at me with a faint smile, I cleared my throat once and began the fortune-telling.
“Ahem, then I’ll begin.”
After removing the teapot that had contained the tea, I picked up the teacup placed in front of me.
And I very carefully poured its contents slowly onto the table, making sure it didn’t splash on me.
Glug. Glug.
The tea, which was slightly viscous and sticky, slowly began to cover the wide table.
The poison tea, which had been slowly but steadily spreading, soon completely covered the table thinly but widely, and rippled without a single drop flowing outside the table.
Ripple- Ripple- Ripple-
After three ripples, I carefully observed the poison tea that had settled down quietly and covered the table with its red color without moving, and Wei Zhiying stared at me as if intrigued.
“Do you see something?”
“…Yes. I see it clearly.”
“Haha… That’s quite fascinating.”
It wasn’t just lip service; Wei Zhiying seemed genuinely fascinated as she leaned over and examined the poison tea poured on the table.
“Where and what exactly did you see in this tea poured on the table? I can’t understand it… As expected, it’s a truly remarkable skill, fortune teller.”
Well, that’s understandable.
To be honest, even I, who can see it, don’t really understand why I can see this. It’s like my heart understands but my head doesn’t, that kind of feeling?
So I always find it fascinating when I read fortunes.
Anyway, what I see in this poison tea is…
“Now that the fortune has appeared, I’ll explain.”
First, the tea that covered the entire table without a single drop leaking out and rippled three times.
“To cross the wall, you must find and obtain three poisons that you, the Poison Demon, do not possess – no more, no less.”
“…Three poisons that I don’t possess?”
“Yes. You must find and obtain three extreme poisons so rare that no one has ever seen them before, that other superhumans besides you wouldn’t dare to handle, and that even you, the Poison Demon, would find difficult to manage.”
“Three extreme poisons…”
“The first poison is a corrosive poison that can darken even bright stars. It exists in the S-rank dungeon ‘Black Snake’s Scales’ in Egypt. If you melt the entire ground inside the dungeon with your poison, the melted ground will be sucked into the center of the dungeon. If you follow this and reach the center of the dungeon, you’ll find a poison crystal (毒晶) that looks like a black jewel. You need to immediately swallow it, suppress its poison energy completely, and conquer it.”
“To think such a secret was hidden in the Black Snake’s Scales…?”
The S-rank dungeon Black Snake’s Scales is a dungeon Wei Zhiying herself frequented quite often because it’s overflowing with monsters that use poison, but to think such a secret was hidden there…!
“The second poison is a destructive poison that can break even immortality. In Norway’s A-rank dungeon Wyvern’s Nest, if you pierce the single giant mountain that exists there and enter inside, you’ll find a strangely twisted mistletoe tree growing there. You need to uproot this tree completely, grind it including the roots, then mix the powder with your poison to make a pill-like substance, swallow it, and conquer the poison like you did with the corrosive poison. It shouldn’t be too difficult after conquering the corrosive poison.”
“A mistletoe tree…”
Wyvern’s Nest is a tricky dungeon where you have to kill wyverns living on steep mountains, but that’s not an issue for Wei Zhiying.
Wei Zhiying, who was now listening intently to Dam Han-ul’s fortune-telling, deeply imprinted these details in her mind.
“The final third poison is a transformative poison that uses the power of the poisoned against them to destroy them. Enter Italy’s A+ rank dungeon ‘Five-Color Mirror Secret Realm’, break through the floor about 17 times, and you’ll find a small space. You need to finely extract the translucent ginseng that exists there and eat it as is. After obtaining the two poisons above, you should be able to conquer this one without much difficulty.”
The Five-Color Mirror Secret Realm is also famous for being a beautiful but strange dungeon.
In that dungeon where you have to fight carefully because the mirrored floor can break and cause you to fall, instead breaking the floor and going in… It was a unique approach.
“…Translucent ginseng. What should I do after obtaining that?”
Now that the first explanation is over, it’s time for the next explanation.
Lastly, the second is the poison tea that had settled down quietly without any movement.
“Once you’ve obtained all three extreme poisons, return to the safest place, take out all the poisons you’ve acquired and used so far, and weave them together. When you sublimate the poisons into one, create the ‘Poison Demon’s unique poison’ that is the most powerful and the only one of its kind in the world, and when all poisons are subordinated to the Poison Demon without any cracks, that’s when you will have succeeded in breaking through the wall and advancing to a higher place.”

“Hmm, a difficult but interesting prescription.”
Wei Zhiying drank all the tea in her cup and put the cup away.
Knowing well that the last wall she was trying to cross now was not an easy one, she didn’t say anything special despite the extremely difficult requirements.
No, rather, she thought this was relatively easy. After all, crossing the last wall is an event on a different dimension from a superhuman surpassing their limits and growing.
“I’ve remembered it clearly, Teacher Dam Han-ul. Is the fortune-telling over now?”
“…Phew, ah. Yes. The fortune-telling is finished. Now then… Could you please clean up this tea on the table…”
I can’t put my hands on it after emptying the poison tea…
“Huhuhu… You really are peculiar.”
Wei Zhiying, who cleaned the table with a single gesture, laughed quietly.
“I’ve listened well to your fortune-telling. For now, I’ve prepared an advance payment… You’ll be able to receive it when you return to Korea. I’ll give you the remaining balance after I cross the wall.”
“I understand.”
Every time I hear words like this, the remaining balance always feels more burdensome… I wonder if it’ll be the same this time?
“I’d like to spend more time with you, teacher… but you probably have work to do, and I need to prepare now that I’ve heard the fortune. However, it’s late today… How about returning tomorrow afternoon?”
“Ah, I don’t mind.”
“Then I’ll prepare accordingly.”
With those words, Wei Zhiying stood up from her seat.
“You must be tired from fortune-telling, so rest now, teacher. I need to make preparations on my end. Let’s meet again when you leave tomorrow.”
“Well, alright.”
At my answer, Wei Zhiying’s eyes and the corners of her mouth suddenly curved.
“…Then I’ll see you tomorrow, teacher.”
As Wei Zhiying withdrew with a smile, I sighed deeply and got up from my seat, gathering the things I had brought.
I was indeed tired, perhaps because of the fortune-telling.
Anyway, I had already eaten. Returning to my room while listening to the excited exclamations of Akame, Black Cat, and Ricone, I fell asleep.

-And time passed to the next day.

After eating a hearty lunch and when it was time to depart, Wei Zhiying personally came out to see me off.
“It might be inadequate as a thanks for the fortune-telling… but I also have something to tell you.”
“Something to tell me?”
“Your talent is extremely remarkable. Once it’s revealed, you won’t be able to hide it even if you want to. A sharp awl eventually pierces through the pocket, after all. What I’m saying is, you becoming famous is inevitable, Teacher Dam Han-ul.”
“Uh… Is, is that so…?”
Sigh, it’s already burdensome, and now you’re saying I’ll become more famous…? This is quite a terrifying thing to hear.
“This probably isn’t limited to just humans. The world is vast, and there are countless forms of life.”
A strange statement. What does this mean? Is she saying I’ll be reading fortunes for monsters too?
“I wonder what kind of great figure you’ll have become when we meet next time. I’ll be looking forward to our next meeting, friend.”
With those final words, Wei Zhiying waved her hand with a strange smile, and I thanked her and left Wei Zhiying’s mansion with the three companions, returning to Korea via the private jet we had taken to come here.