Accidentally Becoming a Great Prophet?!

To shake off this incredibly dangerous EX-rank transcendent, the Witch of Music Aria, with fortune-telling… this is truly a perilous task.

Something strange might happen that makes her more obsessed, or she might ignore whatever the fortune says and try to kidnap me. At least, it seems like this person in front of me could do that.

Isn’t there a very dangerous and sinister intention behind that beautiful and gentle smile? Such a very dangerous thought of trying to kidnap me…!!

‘Ugh! That can’t happen!! Absolutely…!!’

Moreover, the content of the fortune is dangerous.

If, just if, the result I want doesn’t come out… wouldn’t that be a huge problem?

For example… if it says her skills will improve by monopolizing me… or if it says her skills will naturally improve if she stays with me… anyway, if such a very very dangerous fortune that’s completely different from my thoughts comes out… this woman will absolutely not hold back.

Even now, she seems half-crazed after seeing my fortune-telling… Ugh, just imagining what would happen after such a fortune comes out is scary…

Am I really not going to be pounced on??

Gulp!

I swallow involuntarily.

‘I have to stake everything on this card fortune-telling!!’

Damn it! Why do I have to have such serious thoughts about card fortune-telling?!

I was praying for her to take the bait, but even after she did, I’m still incredibly anxious!!

Ugh…!! I’ve never been this nervous while fortune-telling in my entire life…!! Well, I’ve only been doing it for a year at most.

Anyway, this card fortune-telling was clearly going to be the most nerve-wracking and focused moment of fortune-telling in my life. I didn’t want to feel this way, but… the situation has come to this… I can only do my best in the current situation…!!

Well, although I can shuffle cards flashily, I can’t make desired cards appear like a card sharp or magician in movies, so doing my best just means desperately praying inside for a fortune that can somehow send this crazy person away…

Anyway, I started thinking very earnestly inside while shuffling the cards.

Swish! Swish! Swish swish swish!! Swish swish!!

‘Please something good please something good please something good…!!’

Feeling cold sweat running down my spine, I shuffled the cards meticulously and then placed them on the table.

Now, the moment of fate has arrived.

‘Please, at least something that can turn her attention away, please…!!’

I swallowed hard with a tense expression.

“My Larva. Why are you sweating so much?”

“Huh? No… I’m just a bit nervous…”

“Fufu, I have a song that can relieve tension too? Would you like to hear it?”

“Uh… I don’t think it needs to go that far, haha…”

Ugh… This one is trying to assassinate our house again…!!

It’s obvious that if Aria plays one more song, it’ll become an even bigger mess… Moreover, Cheon Ryu-hwa looks like she’ll go even more berserk with her eyes rolled back!!

“Ahem, anyway, let’s leave that for later… First, let’s see the fortune.”

“Hmm~. That’s a bit disappointing~.”

Aaah! Cards! I need to draw the cards quickly!!

I need to quickly tell her fortune and send this person away!!

The cards I’ll draw this time are… as many as 2…!!

Damn, 2 cards in this important and urgent situation!!

Someone might say that 2 isn’t few, but… how nice would it be if there was only 1!! But to think there are 2…!!

If even one of these goes wrong, it’s over…!! I don’t want to be confined in a mountain valley!! So how could increasing risk factors be good!!

Anyway, I drew 2 cards with trembling hands and placed them on the table, then flipped the first card.

The first card that appeared was a monster card, ‘Angel Band Exclusive for Descending to the Human World’.

It’s a card often used as a sacrifice to summon other high-level cards due to its low level, and the meaning this card holds is…!

“Heeh~. Perhaps if we get married with a famous band’s performance, my skills will improve? That sounds good…!”

“Ahem, it’s not like that!”

“Then does it mean we should capture angels and get married under their blessing?”

“Hey! Don’t make up strange meanings and stay still! You’ll bring bad luck if you do that!”

“Fufu, I understand.”

Ugh…! To try to link it somehow as soon as one card comes out…!! This person is really dangerous!! The moment I get caught, I’ll be saying goodbye to the secular world! It’s certain!!

Still, fortunately, it passed well this time. Actually, I’m not sure if interrupting brings bad luck for other shamans or fortune-tellers, but maybe because I’m an amateur fortune-teller, it doesn’t bring bad luck for me.

But the reason I sometimes stop people saying it brings bad luck is to forcibly avoid difficult situations like now. Doesn’t this excuse work quite well?

Anyway, the meaning of this card is not so eerie. Fortunately.

“…What we need to pay attention to here is not these baby angels, but the trumpets they’re holding.”

Why are the trumpets important! It’s simple. The way to make this Witch of Music’s music more beautiful is through item power!

To be more precise, it means she can make her music even more amazing by acquiring an instrument with incredibly great power. In other words, it means getting an artifact.

The more skilled the craftsman, the more picky they are about their equipment. Although others hear it as a weird song, the simplest way to improve Aria’s skills, who has already reached EX-rank, is to obtain an instrument containing tremendous power and perform through it.

They say a master doesn’t blame their tools? That’s because the master already has the best equipment. The more masterful they are, the more sensitive they are.

Just look at Akame, her original sword was already a high-grade artifact, and the sword she’s using now is a powerful sword that truly deserves to be called a legendary sword, which I personally told her about, isn’t it? It’s similar for Aria.

Aria usually uses ordinary instruments or instruments created with her own power. If she uses a good instrument, she can produce better sound.

“If you obtain an angel’s trumpet, Aria’s music can become more beautiful. At least for songs using the trumpet.”

“So it was about obtaining a good instrument?”

“That’s right. The name of the instrument Aria should obtain is ‘Angel’s Praise’. It’s an archangel’s instrument and weapon that will appear if you destroy the holy relic in the cathedral located in ‘Loyet’, called the 2nd city of the Holy Country. You’ll be able to obtain it if you defeat that being.”

And then I explained the content of the fortune in detail as usual, but then I realized my mistake.

Damn it, come to think of it, to drag out time as much as possible, I should have twisted the fortune I saw as much as possible!! Like the oracles in myths!!

Since I’ve never done that before, I just spilled everything I saw in great detail out of habit. Ugh… this is a mistake…!!

But there’s still the second card left, so I just need to not make a mistake this time.

“Now then, I’ve finished explaining, so I’ll flip the second card.”

Please let this be similar to the first card too!!

Thinking that desperately inside, I flipped the card, and the second card revealed itself.

‘Here it is-!!’

The second card was a trap card, ‘Undead Rock Spirit!’.

It’s a card depicting a skeleton rock star wearing sunglasses and playing guitar, his band, and excited undead audience, with a simple effect of increasing allied monster cards’ attack power.

And the meaning of this card is…

“Should we invite a rock star to our wedding…? Oh my, I shouldn’t have said that, right? I’m sorry, Larva.”

“Ahem…”

Are you interpreting it like that again??

I can see a very strong will to absolutely grab onto you and never let go. It’s scary!

Ugh… anyway, it’s fortunate. This card isn’t the worst card, but one containing the content I want!

Because this also tells about an instrument that needs to be obtained.

Whew… I’ll definitely twist this as much as possible when telling her!! Although I’ve never twisted it before, so I might not do it well.

“The meaning of this card is similar to the previous one. You need to obtain an electric guitar.”

“Heeh… Electric guitar, rock… Sounds good!”

Although the Witch of Music seems like she’d only do something classical-like, surprisingly, she enjoys music without discriminating genres. She does rock too.

When she did rock once, her rock was considered the worst rock in Earth’s history, but well, this woman wouldn’t care about that, and it might not be a problem for me to listen to.

“The name of this guitar is ‘Burning Undead’. The place where this guitar is… hmm… The heart of the place where death… flickers most like a flame has it.”

I tried to twist it as much as possible, but anyway, the real meaning is that you can obtain it by defeating the boss monster of an S-rank dungeon where undead are the main monsters. For reference, the dungeon is located in Machu Picchu, Peru, South America.

Fufu… I twisted this one properly, so have a hard time!! This will take quite some time to find!

“But this fortune isn’t as detailed as before, unlike the previous one?”

“…Ahem! Fortune-telling is originally like this… Until last time, I was overdoing it to provide service.”

Of course, this is obviously a lie. I just twisted it on purpose so she would find it later.

“Hmm, I see. You even overdid it for me… Thank you, Larva.”

Aria, hearing my words, stood up from her seat.

“I understand well, Larva. If it’s for playing a better song for you, I’ll gladly find them.”

She looked at me with a pure smile.

…Well, I feel a bit guilty, but still, the Witch of Music’s affection seems too heavy…

“My Larva, I’ll come back here and hear your real name directly from you after finding all the instruments you told me about. To hear your name as soon as possible, I should find them quickly, right? So I’ll be going now for today.”

Aria, who greeted me elegantly, walked straight towards the door.

And before going outside, she smiled at me, winked, and then left.

“I hope today’s meeting isn’t the eternal end… Fufu, see you next time, my Larva~!”

And as soon as she completely left, I slid down the sofa I was sitting on and let out a big sigh.

“I’m tired… I feel completely drained…”

I was going to clean up the messy house since the kids are in a daze… but I can’t. I’m too tired… It feels like I’ve used up all my mental strength… My energy has been completely drained…

“I guess the kids will clean up on their own when they wake up…”

If they don’t wake up by the time I get up, I’ll just clean up myself…

Anyway, I fell asleep right there on the sofa.

And so, I was barely able to overcome today’s crisis(?).