Accidentally Becoming a Great Prophet?!

I’m Dam Han-ul, the amateur fortune teller!

Although I’ve been doing fortune-telling for less than a year and use completely amateur methods, I’m a complete novice among novices, but after experiencing so many extraordinary situations, I’ve undergone mental growth and have come to understand how to deal with situations where the other party is wary of us and hides.

What method is that, you ask? It’s simple!

If you just take a look at their face, glimpse into their past, and recite it, the other party loosens up? It seems to build some trust too.

There were occasionally some quite nervous people, but well, nothing particularly bad happened, so anyway, isn’t it an effective method?

Anyway, that’s why I actively used that method this time too.

“Let’s see… Your name is Yeondal-gi, your species is gumiho as I heard… Originally an ordinary fox yokai? The method of becoming a gumiho was… sucking up the essence of mountains and forests indiscriminately and becoming one in just 1 year?! You were an amazing person… And the place of birth is Liaohe? So around Liaosi region, and oh my, you’re quite old… The date of birth is…”

Moreover, since the other party seemed to be quite an extraordinary person this time, I put in a bit more effort.

“…Your father’s name is Yeon Yeong-jin, your mother’s name is San I-ha… Oh dear, both have passed away. Let’s skip that… You have a younger sibling too? The name is Yeon Dal-ju… Oh, your younger sibling has passed away too… Tsk, did I say something unnecessary? Anyway, next, your favorite food is beef sirloin and freshly caught raw salmon sashimi… You have expensive taste? What you dislike are boiled eggplant and… seaweed stems? Your tastes are quite firm! I don’t like eggplant and seaweed stems either!”

After reciting a bit longer than usual like that, I immediately opened my mouth with a smile.

How should I put it… It seems to be more effective if you smile once?

“Ahem, do you feel like talking with us now?”

And it seems this method worked properly this time too!

Why, you ask? Because the gumiho Yeondal-gi, who was hiding behind the sofa with her fluffy tails standing straight up and glaring at us until just a moment ago, now came out in front of us with a blank expression, looking somewhat polite and nodding her head.

Ah, of course, unlike Dam Han-ul’s thoughts, it wasn’t that his sincerity got through or… anything like that at all.

Yeondal-gi just came out because she was scared.

‘W-what is this person… How can he know all my personal information just by looking?! Even things I had forgotten… Is he a descendant of that Taoist?!’

Of course, he couldn’t be a descendant of that Taoist. To begin with, that Taoist didn’t know that much about himself. How would his descendant be any different?

Although she was a great yokai gumiho whose mysterious power was said to reach the heavens, she didn’t possess such abilities nor had she ever heard of them.

Even a great god wouldn’t have such abilities… It was clear that he wasn’t an ordinary human at least.

‘I don’t know what kind of monster he is… but I should cooperate as he wants for now…!!’

Yeondal-gi swallowed hard and approached Dam Han-ul carefully with a tense expression, kneeling down and sitting politely.

Perhaps this monster-like person might be the culprit who would make her die.

And Akame, who was standing quietly beside Dam Han-ul, nodded her head with a faint smile.

‘…I feel like I understand how she feels…’

Even though I thought I had gotten somewhat used to it, Dam Han-ul’s abilities were still surprising every time I heard them.

If I were to face him as an enemy… it would be a horrifying thing I don’t even want to imagine.

Facing someone who seems to know all the secrets of the world would be an enormously mentally consuming task.

Ah, of course, Dam Han-ul didn’t know these thoughts of Yeondal-gi or Akame. He was just glad that things seemed to be going well.

“Well then, shall we have a talk? I came here on a request from the mountain god of Hallasan. He said there’s a great yokai inside here, and he’s anxious because the seal containing that yokai is shaking.”

“Ah… The shaken seal…”

As if something was bothering her, Yeondal-gi rolled her eyes for a moment and then, resigned to everything, confessed the truth.

“W-well, I got angry after failing a promotion test recently and did some shotgun shooting, so it seems that’s why…”

Surprisingly, it was the truth. Except for the part where she went berserk and almost destroyed everything in a fit of rage, not just some shotgun shooting. Should I say her temper that had been suppressed until now exploded?

And I knew that this was the truth.

“Hmm, is that so? Well, I can understand getting angry after failing a promotion test.”

How should I put it… Now that I’ve come inside the seal, she doesn’t seem harmful for a great yokai, and anyway, it’s different from what I thought, so I don’t feel very threatened.

Even the shaken seal turned out to be nothing much.

“But anyway, what’s your own story, Ms. Yeondal-gi? Why were you sealed here by yourself?”

When I looked into it a bit, I hadn’t seen everything completely, but I had seen a little.

I already knew that she wasn’t sealed by the Taoist, but rather sealed herself here in collaboration with the Taoist, and that it was to avoid something.

“Is it because of your future? I took a peek and it seems you’re fated to die quite horribly.”

Hmm, was it not quite horribly but severely horribly?

“Let’s see, you’re fated to die slowly being dismembered alive for two weeks… Your flesh will be sold as meat, your skin will become limited edition scarves or coats, your tails will be decorations for some rich person, and your head and heart where you’ve stored magic power will slowly melt and be forged into weapons, and your soul will be trapped there too? Ugh, it’s horrible just saying it.”

I said it, but it’s really a chilling death. She probably hid here to avoid this…

“Thanks to hiding and avoiding fate, the death that will come is now longer and more painful than before.”

Yeondal-gi’s eyes trembled uncontrollably as she heard my words while I clicked my tongue.

Aside from the fact that fate had worsened while she was sealed here, it was because she heard the same words from the monster in front of her as she had heard from the Taoist back then.

How could she have endured that long time here? Although it certainly was because it suited her aptitude, the biggest reason was her tenacity to live.

You can only play if you’re alive, but now death is not far away! Moreover, to meet such a horrible death? How many people would calmly accept that?

‘…This person, perhaps…’

The Taoist said it back then, and she knows it well too. That the ‘precious person’ the Taoist mentioned is an impossible existence. How could a monster who freely manipulates heavenly secrets and fate exist in this world?

However, her common sense that she had thought until now seemed to be shaken. While the Taoist had barely seen a little after great hardship, the being in front of her found out and spat out such things as if taking a stroll, so nonchalantly.

Perhaps, could this person be the precious person she was looking for?

As that thought occurred to her, Yeondal-gi threw away all pretense and dignity, rushed forward, grabbed the trouser leg of the man in front of her, and begged.

“Oh my goodness, sir!! I didn’t recognize the precious person! Please save this pitiful fox!! If you just save my life, I’ll really do anything!! I’m willing to become your faithful servant and slave!!”

And at Yeondal-gi’s reaction, I blinked my eyes.

It’s surprising, but this…

‘It feels exactly the same as Black Cat’s reaction…’

I think Black Cat begged like this with this feeling when she came crying profusely. Is there something in common between animal-eared friends…?

Well anyway, since the request I received was to deal with this gumiho somehow… it seemed good to help to release the seal and let her out of here.

“Well, I understand. If you want it that much… I have a request to fulfill too, so I’ll help you.”

I didn’t particularly want to leave this person in front of me to die like that anyway. Isn’t such a death pitiful? It’s a person who has endured until now to avoid that death.

Anyway, after looking into Yeondal-gi’s face again like that, I found a way to avoid that death.

“Hmm… Instead of postponing the coming death by sealing yourself like this, you need to face it directly and then avoid it with someone else’s help…”

And that someone else was me.

“For now, if I just tell you the method, you should stay near me for about two days.”

That coming death, it seems I’ll be able to meet quite an amazing fellow not long from now.

“I-is that enough…?”

“Yes. There might be a crisis, and you’ll get hurt, but… you won’t die. You’ll avoid the miserable death.”

“If I can cut off this ill fate with that… Yes! I’ll follow you, sir!!”

But come to think of it, what I glimpsed is similar to Black Cat’s case too. How interesting… Can such coincidences happen?

Anyway, like that, I came out of the seal with the newly joined Yeondal-gi.

“…Has another growth attached itself…?”

And Akame, who was quietly moving behind Dam Han-ul while calmly watching that scene, muttered like that, thinking that somehow dealing with Yeondal-gi seemed like fishing for people.

[…Hmm.]

And surprisingly, that thought was similar to Arin’s thought too.

A huge aquarium somewhere on Jeju Island.

At this place, famous as the personal aquarium of Wi Jin-taek who is based in Jeju, Wi Jin-taek, the owner of this aquarium, was sitting quietly on a bench, silently looking into the aquarium.

“This must be the aquarium you own?”

“……”

Wi Jin-taek’s eyebrows twitched at the situation where someone suddenly appeared even though he had closed the doors today to appreciate it alone on purpose.

“You don’t seem to be an employee here… Have you lost your way?”

Wi Jin-taek, a muscular giant with a heavy impression, spoke quietly, and at those words, the suspicious intruder sat down next to Wi Jin-taek with a grin.

Wi Jin-taek frowned and stared at the uninvited guest who ignored even the warning and provocatively came right next to him, a mysterious intruder with their body hidden in a white robe, and the white-robed intruder looked at Wi Jin-taek with a smile.

“Anyway, nice to meet you. It’s an honor to meet the famous Four Seas Dragon King, isn’t it?”

“You know and still pick a fight… You’re a funny guy. Who are you?”

“Well, I don’t know if you’ll know even if you hear it… I’m Icardi Marduk, the leader of the Hoecheon Church.”

At that moment, the smile on the lips not covered by the robe deepened evenㅡ

Kwakang!!!

In an instant, a thunderous sound rang out and Wi Jin-taek was slammed into the wall.

“I’ll say it again, please treat me well? I think we’ll have a short but intense relationship.”

Then, Icardi Marduk, the leader of the Hoecheon Church who removed his robe and revealed warm golden hair and deep blue eyes, smiled gently.