Accidentally Becoming a Great Prophet?!

The crystal ball, one of the rewards received for telling Hwang Min-wook how to extend his lifespan.
Although there was the remaining fortune-telling fee of 1 billion won and 3 buildings that Hwang Min-wook, who seemed to have become incredibly healthy later, came and gave, in fact, if we were to compare values, this crystal ball is the most precious and expensive item.
First of all, it’s a top-tier artifact that came out of conquering an S-rank dungeon, and it’s a precious item that we don’t even know if another identical one exists.
Of course, it’s said that one must meet the qualifications to use it, but how amazing an item it could be if one meets that condition…
Just the fact that it came out of conquering an S-rank dungeon makes its value enormous, but if the condition is also met, it becomes an even more amazing item.
‘…To think I had received such an amazing item and forgotten about it until now… I really seem to have become a bit bolder…’
Is this what they call mental growth? It’s a strange feeling…
Anyway, I headed to the fortune-telling room and sat at the table, holding the crate that I had left displayed in one corner.
And after stroking the crate that seemed to be made of good wood with a reddish tint, I opened it right away.
‘Only one who can place the world in their hand and look down upon it calmly can handle this precious object… that’s what he said, right?’
Even thinking about it again, it’s an utterly absurd condition. Isn’t it an extremely grandiose and huge condition?
Maybe I might not meet the condition either? Honestly, who would satisfy such a condition?
“But how can you know whether you meet that condition or not?”
When I opened the crate, the figure of the crystal ball that had been preciously stored inside was clearly visible.
A translucent ball with a faint purple energy surrounding it, looking a bit larger than a human face, no different from when I saw it before.
It seemed like I could feel some kind of mysterious power.
“…Hmm, I guess I’ll know if I touch it?”
First, I placed my hand on the crystal ball.
Zap!
At that moment, along with a strange feeling, a purple current ran up my hand.
“Is this… checking if I meet that condition?”
The reason I wasn’t surprised was because it didn’t hurt. Strangely enough.
[Checking the contactor…]
[Confirmed something that even this orb’s ability cannot fully grasp.]
[Acknowledging the contactor as the orb’s owner.]
However, if there was something a bit strange…
“Hmm…”
As this ball tried to grasp me, I also unintentionally looked into it a bit.
In the distant past, an extraordinary being created a precious object among precious objects using something very rare and difficult to obtain even one of, for their most precious treasure.
[They say a tiger leaves its skin when it dies, and a human leaves their name. Then I will leave you.]
Barely completed just before death, an object with a restriction placed so that this precious item could not be used by just anyone, but only by someone with at least greater ability than the one who created this crystal ball.
[I could no longer advance in this land, but now it doesn’t matter! As long as you remain, I am immortal, and my name and achievements will be unchanging! Therefore, I will give you my name!]
The name of this precious object that was completed by even giving it their own name is…
[Remember! Your name is Arin (峩潾)!]
“Arin. High and clear…”
Although I didn’t see everything since I unintentionally looked into it, I now seemed to understand why the condition was like that.
The one who made this thought of themselves as a being comparable to the heavens, so they attached such a condition. They thought it would only have value if someone more outstanding than themselves had it.
“…Wait, but I satisfy the condition??”
What’s this, it said it couldn’t properly grasp my ability, is it malfunctioning because it was made so long ago? Or do I have a more outstanding ability than that confident ball owner?
…Nah, no matter how I think about it, that can’t be. How could an ordinary person who’s not even a superhuman… It must be because it’s old.
[…Re-engraving the orb’s name. Fully acknowledging the new owner.]
[New owner of the orb, please, your name.]
“Oh, my name? My name is Dam Han-ul…”
[Dam Han-ul. I’ve certainly remembered it. It’s a good name, owner.]
“Is that so? Thanks for the compliment, hey.”
My goodness, I expected it wouldn’t be an ordinary item, but to think it was a high-class crystal ball that even has self-awareness, can talk, and knows how to compliment its new owner…?
[To contain the sky and universe… I think it’s a name that well expresses the owner’s ability, which is so great that even this orb cannot fully grasp it.]
“…Huh? Aren’t you praising me too much?”
My name, it’s just a name given at a nearby philosophy house… saying to become a great person…
Feeling embarrassed for a moment, I scratched my cheek.
“But anyway… what’s your ability? Seeing that you’re not an ordinary ball, it seems like you might have an amazing ability.”
[If I were to list all of Arin’s abilities, there would be many… but for now, I’ll tell you the ability that will be most helpful for Han-ul’s work, based on my analysis of Han-ul.]
As if saying seeing is believing, the crystal ball Arin projected something inside itself.
What was reflected inside was…
“A bear?”
It was a bear with brown fur.
[I’ve partially visualized the fortune-telling you gave to the human Hwang Min-wook last time. This orb can partially visualize Han-ul’s foresight.]
“Ooh…!!”
That’s an extremely useful ability?!
Moreover, this ball, it seemed like using it would make fortune-telling even easier.
[That’s not all. There’s also a function that can make Han-ul more mysterious and make the atmosphere more mystical when fortune-telling, increasing credibility.]
Saaah…
As soon as Arin finished speaking, the room became a bit darker, and Arin floated in the air while emitting energy like purple lightning bit by bit, creating a purple strangely glowing energy around me and laying down mist to set the atmosphere.
“Ooooh…!!”
To put it in one word, it was really mysterious!
“That’s an amazing performance?!”
This guy! It really was an amazing crystal ball!!
When fortune-telling using Arin, if I just buy a robe and wear it, wouldn’t it be the birth of a mystical fortune teller?!
[Hoho. You can praise me more, owner. Ahem.]
“You’re amazing, Arin!”
[Ah, by the way, right now I can only be in ball form because I’ve just awakened, but after eating magic power and recovering, shape transformation is also possible.]
Wow, our house’s crystal ball can transform too!
Anyway, now that I know its name and performance… shall we do a test?
“There are no customers today… so I’ll have to do my own fortune-telling.”
[To think a fortune teller can do their own fortune-telling… You really have amazing abilities.]
Hmm, it seems doing your own fortune-telling directly is quite a difficult thing indeed.
Anyway, what I’m going to do a fortune-telling about this time… is how I can become stronger.
There was that sniper incident before, so I want to properly protect my body.
How should I put it… The scale of the people I’m meeting is also getting bigger, and I feel like I might get caught up in some incident later… so I thought it might be good to prepare in advance.
The ring I received from Hatieri is insufficient. It can’t withstand even a little against an S-rank.
“Hmm…”
I grabbed Arin and looked inside.
“…Huh?”
However, strangely, the inside of Arin was just filled with black fog, making it impossible to see inside.
[…Um, Han-ul. This is…]
“You don’t need to say it. It’s the fortune I saw, right?”
What this phenomenon means is simple. Unknown.
My fortune-telling is telling me that the method for me to become stronger is unknown.
“…No, not that I can’t become stronger, but why is the method unknown?”
This is the first time this has happened, so I’m dumbfounded.
Still, although there’s no method for becoming stronger, I could see that protecting my body itself is something my crystal ball, Arin, can do.
It seems Arin’s abilities are beyond my expectations. Well, it did say directly that it has various abilities.
‘…With Akame and Lee Sujin also here, carrying Arin around should be enough for the time being…’
But does this mean I’ll have situations later where I need to be protected by Arin…? It’s somewhat unsettling…
Anyway, although the fortune-telling result is quite dumbfounding, since it came out like this…
“Ahem, I’ll be counting on you from now on, Arin!”
[Yes. Please trust this Arin a lot from now on.]
Ooh, a seemingly indifferent tone but overflowing with confidence…
Certainly, the being who made this seemed to be an extraordinary existence from the start, and it seemed to have overflowing pride too.
Well, having inherited even the name, it’s a kind of successor in its own way, so is this aspect similar? Although I didn’t see everything, the materials that went into it seemed amazing too. The main item was no joke either.
Anyway, now that I’ve obtained a crystal ball with confirmed performance… it feels like I’ve completely become a professional fortune teller now.
“My fortune-telling methods have increased too. Card reading, physiognomy, and now crystal ball reading!”
Ooh, a progressively developing fortune teller… this feels pretty good, doesn’t it?
Anyway, now that I know Arin’s identity, it seemed unreasonable to put it back in the crate as before. It’s a bit… you know, to put something with self-awareness in there? It can even talk, so I’ll just carry it around. It can float around on its own too. It seems like it will just stay by my side anyway.
Since the crate itself looked quite luxurious, I put it back in its original place, and left the room with the crystal ball Arin floating beside me as if escorting me.