Accidentally Becoming a Great Prophet?!

The shocking truth was revealed that the customer’s first love, whom he thought was a Yuki-onna, turned out to be a Yuki-otoko and even a married man. It seemed like the customer’s first love would end in tragedy, but… fortunately, although the first love ended in tragedy, the matter itself didn’t end in tragedy.

The Yuki-otoko, Shiroyuki Shoji, arranged a blind date for our ninja.

Since the job I received was finished, and the customer said he would handle things from here on with his own strength, we returned home wishing for a bright future for The Ninja, Fuma Masanari.

Whether it went well or not, Masanari said he would contact us later to let us know, so he’ll probably handle it well. Isn’t he an amazing S-rank person?

Anyway, like that, we were able to return home after successfully completing… well, not exactly successfully, but somehow wrapping up the overseas business trip with added Japan travel (honestly, I think it’s fine since the customer was satisfied in the end).

And as soon as I returned home, I had a hopeful thought.

“Hahaha! I ran away saying I’m going on vacation when I barely started the business, so people will curse me and lose interest in my business, right?!”

And that thought was only half correct.

As much as it became a hot topic, the anger was also great when I ran away saying I’m going on vacation after doing business for just one day.

I don’t use social media so I don’t know well, but I heard the curses were tremendous?

Yes, up to here matched my thoughts.

Unlike me, who had burned my hope circuit thinking people would be so angry at this gutsy business that they’d lose interest out of anger, people’s interest exploded even more as much as their anger burst, thinking how amazing must the performance be to do business so carelessly and run such a gutsy business! With a feeling of “How great must you be to act like this?” That’s roughly how it was.

Anyway, how could the topic not boil over when you pour oil on an already blazing fire.

The number of customers wanting fortune-telling exploded, and the fight for seats became fierce accordingly.

Black market seat sellers appeared, selling pre-secured seats for big money like scalpers, and there were even people who pitched tents in front of the house and endured from two days before just to get one fortune-telling.

I heard that some sensible guy is doing a tent rental business right in front, and that’s also a big hit and making a ton of money…

“This is driving me crazy…”

These days, getting a fortune-telling from me has become a trend, they say.

No wonder there were so many people taking photos…

“Uh… Han-ul??”

“…What’s wrong? Is it already time to start business…??”

Ah, I think I’m getting too much stress from fortune-telling these days… This excessive attention is too burdensome…

But I can’t stop it either, sigh…

Anyway, thanks to this, I feel like my sense of time has become quite strange lately.

I only do business two days a week, but now people gather even before business starts! And such excessive attention is not at all welcome for me!

“The business day is tomorrow, Han-ul!”

“Ah, really??”

Oh my, my senses have really gone weird. I thought it was today, but it’s tomorrow again??

Ah, that time when we went on the Japan trip was heaven…

Come to think of it, that ninja guy ended up succeeding in love and is enjoying couple life happily… I’m envious, so envious…

“Anyway, that’s not what’s important, Han-ul!! An important matter has come up!!”

“…What is it that you’re making such a fuss?”

What could be more important than my stress right now…

“Th-that… An advertising offer came in from a card company, Han-ul…!!”

“…What did you just say?”

What came in from where?!?!

“Because Han-ul often does fortune-telling with game cards, it’s become extremely popular these days because of that! They say the sales of card packs that were evaluated as past their prime have also skyrocketed!! I guess the advertising offer came in because of something like that!”

“Wow, the world is really coming to an end.”

My goodness, sales revived because I did card fortune-telling with that??

“Moreover, I heard that cards of the same type Han-ul uses for fortune-telling are being traded at high prices!”

“It’s really the end times, the end times…”

No, how is the world going to become such a great chaos…!!

And even an advertising offer comes in because of that?!

I really can’t predict even an inch ahead in life. Huh huh huh…

“…Let’s reject that offer for now.”

An advertisement… Me doing an advertisement…!!

It’s not like I’m short on money, so it’s best to reject such burdensome offers… It’s not like I’m going to become a celebrity or anything.

“This is a good phenomenon… It seems we’re more popular than we thought…”

“Huh? What did you just say, Akame?”

“Ah, it’s nothing. Hahaha…!”

Her laughter seems a bit awkward…?? I wonder why…?

Ah, I don’t know. Now’s not the time to think about such things…

“Ah… I wonder if there isn’t a good request that could be an excuse…”

Like the ninja’s fortune-telling, I wonder if there’s any case where I could take a long break from business with that excuse…?

With such hope, when the business day came, I once again greeted the customers with a diligent business smile.

But as they say, you get disappointed because you expect… Such sweet events don’t happen easily.

“I want to conquer the world!!!”

“What, the first customer is a crazy person… Drag them out!!”

“But I was serious…!!!”

It’s weird even if you’re serious!!

“…My family is very sick… So I need money for surgery…”

“Oh my… The stock of this company will skyrocket in two days, so if you put some money in here, you’ll get more than enough for the surgery costs…”

“Kuhuk! Thank you!! Choco…!! Daddy will earn the surgery money!!”

Wait, it was for a dog’s surgery?!

“I feel like I’m going crazy because of my boss at work…!! They bully me at work, drag me to company dinners and bully me, drag me to second rounds and bully me, drag me mountain climbing on weekends and bully me…!! Argh!! This damn old maid witch…!!!”

“Uh… If you don’t mind, why don’t you try a confession attack when you’re alone with that boss later?? It seems like it would be incredibly effective…”

“Oh! Such a method…!! Haha! Thank you!! Now I can escape from the bullying…!!”

Uh… You will escape… In a somewhat different way…

My goodness, a tsundere female boss, to think such a thing actually existed…??

I wonder if I’ve dug a grave for him instead??

“Please kill the person who killed my daughter 15 years later…!!”

“What kind of concept is this?? Drag them out!!”

No, what’s with this obviously student-looking kid…

“There’s a character I really want to draw, but I don’t have enough money to draw…”

“Then you should earn money…”

“So please tell me how I can draw that character with just the resources I have!!”

“Aha, so that’s what you mean… Let’s see, three days later, after thoroughly cleansing yourself and getting all fresh and clean, pray three times to the gacha god, then do an 11-pull at 10:47 PM, 10:51 PM, and 10:57 PM. Then you should get it.”

“Ooh…!! Thank you so much, teacher…!! I’ll believe in you!! Uooh! Here I come, Aris-chan!!”

…This is a new type of customer I’ve never seen before… You’re going to burn time and money struggling to draw a limited character?? Couldn’t you have just rolled gacha with the money you used to come get a fortune-telling…??

“Hey!! You think you’re so good at fortune-telling?! Follow me to the roof…!!”

“Get out.”

“Yes, I’m sorry.”

…What kind of villain is this, damn it!

“Ah, the whole world is full of villains…”

After that, various customers came and went… and I felt all my energy draining away.

Why are there so many troublesome customers in a fortune-telling house… Is this the suffering of self-employed people…?

How can I not get stressed when I’m like this! I’m tired, so tired…

“But hang in there, Han-ul! There’s only one person left!!”

“Wow, that’s really good news.”

Ugh, I’m tired, I should finish work quickly, eat, and play… Should I go fishing at the river near home after a long time? If I spend some time leisurely basking in the sunlight, I think my mental state might recover a bit…

With such thoughts, the last customer I received… was quite different in atmosphere from the customers I had received today.

“…I heard that you’re really good at fortune-telling, teacher. Then… can you catch a murderer too…??”

“Uh, a murderer…?”

And the customer’s request was indeed a heavy and weighty topic, just like that atmosphere.

‘Wow, suddenly coming in strong?’

It’s been a while since I’ve had such a heavy fortune-telling request. Especially today when there were many troublesome customers and I was tired.

“Hmm, well, I think I could find it if I try. Let’s see, you want to find the person who killed your older brother, right?”

“…You know as soon as you see me. The rumors weren’t false, were they?”

“Ah, I don’t know what rumors you’re talking about, but they’re probably greatly exaggerated. Don’t believe such things. There are so many absurd ones.”

After waving my hand once, I grinned and opened my mouth.

“You don’t just want to know who the culprit is… You seem to have a suspicion about who it might be, right? Yet you still came to find me because you want to thoroughly shake out evidence and get proper revenge?”

Ah, now I can see this much just by looking at someone’s face!

“…No matter how I think about it, the rumors seem accurate…? But yes. What you said is correct, teacher. I want to do that. Can I?”

“Haha, it’s an interesting topic.”

Ah, this… With a request like this, how can I not focus? And I can take a break from business at the same time!

“If I’ve received a customer and received money, I should do my best to be professional, right? So pay the fortune-telling fee and have a seat. I’ll work professionally for you!”

I grinned while shuffling the cards with a tap tap.

Hmm, I’ll have to eat lunch a bit later.

I don’t particularly like getting involved in troublesome things… but this is a different story.

I’ll do a proper job after a long time, and kill a lot of time too!

“Then shall we do some fortune-telling?”

Whoosh!

Smiling, I spread the cards on the table with a flourish.