Chapter 90 - The Amateur Fortune-teller's Nightmare
I raised the fortune-telling fee.
Quite a lot…
“…The price went up overnight.”
“Huh? How much did it go up to…??”
“One hundred and fifty!”
Fufu… The original fortune-telling fee was 500,000 won, so it jumped up by 3 times…!!
And I even made an evil plan to squeeze additional money from people who earn a lot…!!
One hundred and fifty… It’s an enormous amount of money…!! Especially since most of the people who come for my fortune-telling are ordinary people without big money, at this rate, even people who used to rush in for fortune-telling will drop off a lot…!!
“What? It’s not that expensive?”
“Pardon???”
What did you say…??
“If you can reverse your life with one fortune-telling, isn’t 150 worth investing? I heard you never fail and get everything right?”
“Uh…”
“Oh, I’m glad I brought plenty of cash. First, take the money… Can you tell me this week’s winning lottery numbers for first place…!”
What the hell??
My, my perfect plan… was complete nonsense!!!
“Lottery numbers… Haa, alright… I’ll tell you…”
Feeling completely deflated, I was too tired to even pick up the cards and just told him after roughly looking at his face.
“Ah, and it seems you’re planning to buy multiple tickets with the same numbers after hearing this, but only buy one. If you buy multiple, someone aiming for that money will stalk you and you’ll end up getting stabbed about two months later and die before you can even use the money.”
“Is, is that so?”
“I’ve never been wrong in fortune-telling despite looking like this, so don’t ignore it. Money is good, but you need to live long. And isn’t one first-place lottery ticket enough big money?”
“I understand. Too much greed brings trouble, right? I’ll keep your words in mind.”
Damn it… To think this wouldn’t work…!!
Slightly angry at the customer who ruined my business from the start, I thought about cursing him to step on a Lego while walking and then let out a deep sigh.
…As a side note, that customer who returned home stepped on a Lego his son was playing with and rolled on the floor in pain…
Anyway, like that, I greeted the first customer after raising the fortune-telling fee, but after confirming that there was no effect at all, I immediately entered despair mode…
But later, all the customers who came in were forcibly turned away because they couldn’t bring 1.5 million won in cash.
“Damn it!! This is it!! As expected, the first customer was the strange one!!!”
I shouted in joy at this beautiful situation!
As expected, it was a good choice to insist on cash only!!
However, this joy didn’t last long.
Rather, because of this choice, my fortune-telling house fell into even greater interest.
Normally, when people hear an absurd rumor, they treat it as a joke, but when they confirm it’s real, they believe it more perfectly than anyone else.
The amateur fortune-teller’s fortune-telling house was like that too.
An attitude that seems not to care at all whether people come or not, showing unreliable behavior like arbitrarily taking breaks from business, no matter what you ask, he perfectly foresees the future and tells you amazingly detailed information including risk factors just by shuffling cards or looking at your face – these absurd rumors.
At first, many people came half-believing or saying it was nonsense and trying to catch lies… but when they realized that ability was real, they came to trust the fortune-teller more than anything else.
As a result, even that unreliable and playful attitude was over-interpreted positively, and his popularity became excessive to the point where fan cafes comparable to some cults were created.
Anyway, that was the original situation, and now he raises the price…
Normally, you might think it would face backlash, but… it changed the mindset of people who were worried that they might be giving too little money for this amazing fortune-telling, or if they might be cursed later for giving so little, to “Kya! This price is acceptable for that service!”
Rather, all sorts of expensive words like high-class and premium were attached, and it became even more popular than before.
Moreover, when it became known that he even charges additional fees after accurately identifying people who earn a lot of money, it became even more so.
Dam Han-ul became an ultra-famous person known by almost everyone in Korea, except for just not knowing his name!
Moreover, due to reviews from people who actually received fortunes through word of mouth, it was even showing signs of spreading overseas… It was truly a disastrous situation that progressed in the exact opposite direction of Dam Han-ul’s intentions.
Of course, Dam Han-ul himself was just getting a lot of stress from the increasing number of people without even imagining such things.
“I can pay double, so please let me get a fortune-telling, please!!!”
“Hey!! No cutting in line, no cutting!!”
“Why are you trying to raise the price?! Our great prophet is giving us readings at a cheap price out of consideration for people like us!!”
“Waaah!! Our great prophet to the National Assembly!! For president!!”
“…Since he really sees the future, wouldn’t the country become better if he becomes president?”
Look at this mess!!! How can I not be stressed!!!
What’s with the National Assembly and president, and what’s with the guy seriously considering it!!
And you say the price is cheap!! That’s a hugely increased price!! Do you know how much 150 is!!!
“Ah, life…”
Anyway, like that, I had to become a fortune-telling machine again today.
Of course, there are set days for business and a limit on the number of people I receive, but now people are swarming regardless of the day, so the stress is no joke…!!
“Ex-excuse me, teacher… So about the fortune-telling…?”
“Ah… Yes. What was the content…?”
“I, I put 300 million into coins and it became 3 million…!!”
Oh my…
“So is there any way I can recover this?! Please tell me some coins that will skyrocket!!”
“Hmm… You haven’t sold the coins you’re holding now, right?”
“Huh? Ah, yes… It’s so regrettable that such a large sum disappeared that I can’t even take it out…”
“In 5 days, that coin will skyrocket again, so don’t sell and keep it. It’s expected to hit its peak around 1:08 PM… If you sell exactly then, you’ll see enough profit, so don’t be greedy and sell then. If you don’t sell then, it’ll really become just paper.”
“Ah, I’ll keep, keep that in mind!!”
“If you’ve remembered well, please leave now…”
Haaa… Still, since I said I’d do it, I’m doing my best to receive the people who came, but…
“To think they even bring 150 in cash… How can this make sense…”
To think that what I thought was my greatest strategy was actually a sucker strategy worse than crap… This can’t be… This is absurd…
But no matter how much I deny reality, this terrible reality doesn’t change.
“These days there aren’t even good requests that would let me take a break from business…”
Not only are there no customers bringing good fortune-telling topics, but strange troublemakers are also increasing.
“…Buying a sports car with full installments and full loans is a bit intense, right? But I can’t borrow from loan sharks either… So… a way to hit the jackpot…!!”
Like this car-poor aspirant…
“Well, I’ve been winning big lately, so when’s a good day to gamble on hwatu to win money? My luck’s been terrible lately…”
“Haha, I know something better than fortune-telling for that! Akame!! Give this person some physical therapy!!”
Or this gambling addict getting physical therapy…
Haaa… It’s really tough…
There’s a lot more than just those…
“Is this… business…?”
Maybe I’ve been underestimating what business is… I’m really dizzy…
Anyway, like that, another day passes today too…
And I had a dream.
A dream where a huge meteorite falls from the sky.
‘Huh? What’s this… Am I having a nightmare because I’ve been having a hard time lately…?’
The place where the huge meteorite was falling… looking at it, it wasn’t our country at first.
‘Where is this? Hmm…’
Looking closely… it was Mongolia.
‘Mongolia? If it’s Mongolia…’
The land of the Great Khan, that famous EX-rank superhuman. That’s Mongolia… and a meteorite is falling there?
Someone like the Great Khan should be able to easily destroy a meteorite… but that doesn’t seem to be an ordinary meteorite, does it?
And as I expected, that meteorite wasn’t an ordinary meteorite.
To be precise, it wasn’t even a meteorite. It was some strange alien life form.
‘What is that?’
As it collided with the ground and released a huge shockwave while revealing its bizarre appearance, it soon engaged in battle with the Great Khan who came to find it…
The Great Khan won, but as a result, not only Mongolia but also neighboring countries were involved and suffered great damage. That alien life form seems to be an incredibly powerful being.
After that, due to the aftermath of that battle, Dokma and the Witch Queen, another EX-rank superhuman settled in Siberia, got heated up and started quarreling with each other… An incredible mess where no less than three EX-ranks get entangled…
‘My goodness…’
Moreover, as the scale keeps getting bigger… suddenly what I see changes.
There… I was at the place where the meteorite falls… and the meteorite fell on top of me…
‘….Huh???’
The meteorite disappeared without a trace, and the mess where it fights with EX-ranks and as a result EX-ranks fight each other didn’t happen.
And right after seeing myself dumbfounded at that place, I woke up with a start.
“…Wh-what is this?!”
At first, I thought it was some kind of nightmare. Mixed with some lucid dreaming or something.
No, but looking at it, this isn’t… a nightmare but…
“…A prophetic dream??”
Did I just foresee the future through a dream??
The sensation was similar to when I do fortune-telling…
For now, the event happens exactly 37 days later, and if I’m not there, it absolutely won’t end peacefully.
No, putting aside the result of such a prophetic dream for now…
“Am I now seeing the future through dreams too??”
No, starting from simple card fortune-telling, how far is this progressing!?