chapter 16
16 – 4. How this fortune teller became famous
Meeting room on the upper floor of the main auditorium.
Usually, when the exam starts, the instructors observe, evaluate, and observe the students taking the exam here. It was also a place where many words were always exchanged.
This time, this student did a good job, no, thanks to this student, this is luck, and so on.
Instructors are also human, so they can make mistakes or see things wrong. Discussions to prevent him were commonplace.
But for now, even that place was enveloped in silence.
“…….”
“………….”
– The wall over there is broken! we did it!
– Waaa!!
– Not yet. That wall is too harmful! Let’s all rush!!
– Break it! break it! break it!
– I, Sasaki Ito, are the vanguard!
– Ito! Ito! Ito!
“……How the hell am I supposed to evaluate this?”
Redfield, the instructor in charge of <Prosecutor> at Romance Academy, shook his head.
Clearly, the test was proceeding normally. only until 11:00. Actually, I was going to finish the exam by doing this until now.
Because Romance Academy didn’t ask students to escape from the maze.
“Originally… it was a test to see each individual’s personality in a place where escape was impossible.”
“Why did this happen…”
The entrance exam for Romance Academy only looks at the proficiency of the ‘profession’ you have, and there is no personality or personality test.
The minimum number of people with broken character is filtered out from the application, but the reality is that there are a small number of people with poor quality.
Because there were too few ‘job holders’.
It’s just that there are very few people to rule them out with personality.
“……Hey, how about that swordsman, Sasaki Ito?”
“2 hours and 21 minutes of wandering in the maze. There were harsh words in the middle, but nothing excessive. This should be enough patience and patience.”
“In addition, seeing that the group is actively taking the vanguard… the cooperativeness seems to be quite good.”
“It’s good… it’s good, but…”
That’s why the academy locks them in a maze with no exit.
No matter how much you run and wander, you can’t get out of the maze, the starting point that you can see right away when you turn around, the time is shrinking, and the unreasonable punishment that will come after failure.
All of those factors drive people in little by little, and those of poor quality easily reveal their true nature.
Originally, it was to weed out such people.
The current situation was far beyond expectations.
– Success! We knocked down 21 buildings and broke over 50 walls! We can!
– can do!
– You see! The starting point that deceived us in the maze! No matter how much you move and move, you can see the place right away when you turn around! But what about now!
– Get away… … !
– Breaking down the wall was right!
– I can see the dog-like auditorium in the distance!
– That’s right! We can! If everyone works together, we can break through this bloody maze and escape!
– Waaa!!
“……How many times have there been such instances of agitation in the history of the academy?”
Among the instructors seated, the vice-principal sitting in the highest seat murmured.
Instead of smiling, he was watching a male student with wary eyes.
A fortuneteller who leads the crowd with a gesture.
“No. 12.”
“How big was that?”
“There were five times. The biggest was when half of the freshmen got together.”
“How did you usually behave?”
“The protest against the romance academy was number 3. The <Wizard> classes got together and tried to cast large-scale magic in number 2.”
“Heh heh, so.”
After hearing the instructor’s report, the assistant principal laughed dejectedly and continued.
“This kind of sabotage… is the first time.”
sabotage.
In the moment, the instructors flinched at the choice of words for sympathy, but they soon sighed because they couldn’t find a word that fit as well as that.
“…There have been attempts, but this is the first time I’ve tried on that scale…and this is the first time I’ve actually broken a wall.”
“Great, very great. See that?”
Where the sympathetic finger points, there are students who are breaking down the wall in real time. Students shouting, moving, and running.
But they were not disorderly or messy.
“The physical classes are knocking on the walls, the non-combat classes are taking turns when they’re tired or clearing the rubble of the collapsed walls. The magic classes are gathering in one place and the walls are weakening to a certain extent and everyone retreats to a safe distance, then they’re throwing magic at once. .”
It’s clumsy, but it moves like a small army. In fact, that part was the part that made the instructors speechless.
A simple agitator and a strategist who makes students move like an army are completely different.
Not only the vice-principal, but most of the instructors were looking closely at their connection.
Of course, as students, things don’t match or creak in places, but… … It is a small number of elite students who smooth it out.
“Healing potions are pouring from the arms of the <Daebuho>. How many do you have?”
“Look at <Swordsman> Sasaki Ito-kun, his movements are neat and precise. He is indeed a swordsman promoted in Japan. Without that student, it would have been impossible to break down the wall.”
“What about <Psychic> Rain Arthur? His skill with telekinesis is top-notch. He helps clear debris, move students, and break down walls…”
“Doesn’t everyone see the firepower of <Mage>? I’ve never seen a wizard who can use magic like that at such a young age in my entire life. After all, it’s a special job, he’s a genius.”
“And the <Fortune Teller>…”
<Fortune Teller>.
When the culprit and center of all this was mentioned inadvertently, the meeting hall fell into silence again.
Even though I should definitely mention it, because I don’t know how to say it.
“……Are you certain that your occupation is <Fortune Teller>? Isn’t it <Negotiator> or a special job <Contractor>?”
“There is no special job called <swindler>.”
“That’s what he said. Did you see him when he was speaking in the auditorium earlier? It’s clear he’s from somewhere, from his tone of voice, his gestures, to the high and low of his voice.
“No matter how young the students are, they can incite them so easily…”
You instigated the students, it could be. It’s not unprecedented in the history of romance academy. Young supermen of the age full of blood are that simple and can be easily persuaded.
The insistence on breaking down the wall… … it could be. It’s the first time I’ve actually broken it, but I’ve tried it many times in the past.
But he is a <fortune teller>, not a job to talk or stir up people.
In fact, the central students who have instigated the students so far were, like <Negotiator> or <The Imperial Family>, professions that speak well, or students who were good enough to be the center of attention due to their position.
Isn’t that fortune teller different?
“…Still, it must be clear that his ability as a fortuneteller was outstanding.”
“Yes? Instructor Redfield, what are you talking about?”
“The direction that guy points out by fortune-telling with a tarot card, it’s actually the exit.”
“……? Didn’t you block the exit? It’s a maze where escape is impossible in the first place…”
“No no. It really means ‘break through the wall’ and get out.”
“……!!”
That group is crushing like some kind of cookie, but in reality, the walls of that labyrinth are by no means easy to break.
No matter how superhuman I am, it’s impossible to break down a concrete wall the size of a building.
They wouldn’t have dared to do it if half of the freshmen hadn’t gathered in <Mage>, <Psychic>, <Prosecutor> Sasaki Ito, and <The Great Wealth>.
But even if you go through the maze like that, it’s not like you can get out unconditionally.
“The exit itself exists. However, the moving wall blocks it, so if you destroy it accurately… it’s not impossible.”
“That, to do that, you need to know the structure of the maze…!”
“You’re a fortune teller, you must have guessed something.”
“………….”
no, is that okay? The eyes of that flowed between the instructors.
So how do you prepare for that fortune teller? No matter what test I take in the future, I will find out with points and prepare for it.
In effect, you are using the cheat key alone.
“……Should I put sanctions on my skills?”
“Nonsense! That’s outrageous!”
“So you’re saying we should give preferential treatment only to that student?”
“It’s not a privilege! If that’s your ability, the Romance Academy won’t stop it!”
“That’s like having a degree! To be honest, even if you take a theory test, if you get all the questions correct by divination, then that’s a test!”
“It will be a test of your professional skills!”
“This man!”
“Stop it!”
“Come on, dry it!”
“………….”
The conference hall gradually becomes a mayhem. Opinions between the instructors are tense, and they are flowing to the point of quarreling with each other.
Should we allow Namgoong Min’s point of foresight to the future?
It was a problem that could shake the romance academy to the root. If it was allowed, all tests would become meaningless, and if not, the problem would arise that fortune-tellers were just guessing.
The vice-principal, who had been watching the whole scene, soon turned his head to the side.
“Yes, Instructor Charles Teddy Bear.”
“………….”
“You were in charge of that student in a dedicated test. Any thoughts?
“………….”
“Silence. Well, that’s probably the best way.”
In the center of the still noisy conference hall.
The sympathetic principal, who looked away from the Charles teddy bear, solemnly declared.
“Everyone be quiet.”
“……………….”
“………….”
“…………………….”
“For now, let’s watch it a little longer. Regarding Namgoong Min… it won’t be a problem if we decide after all of this is over.”
“Hmm, heh heh!”
“If the Vice Principal said so…”
Will Romance Academy allow Namgoong Min?
Even at this moment, I see a fortune teller who draws a tarot and moves all students.
The sympathizer’s eyes lit up.
*
‘Ah, it’s comfortable.’
“Break it! Break it! Break it!”
“Back off the guys in front of the wall! It’s about time to shoot the magic!”
“It’s cracking! It’s about to collapse!”
‘It’s really comfortable.’
Looking at the automated system he created, Namgoong Min smiled.
If you tell me a little bit from time to time, just pull out the tarot in a cool posture, and tell me the direction, everything else will be taken care of.
Could this really eat me?
‘If you keep going like this, it’s the way out.’
To be precise, there would be a wall blocking the exit.
The maze event at the entrance ceremony was an event that made real players lust.
The maze was filthy big, but no matter how many times I went through it, I couldn’t see a way out and the scenery didn’t change, so it was really frustrating. Once, I tried to escape by just following the right wall all the way, but that didn’t work either.
Anyway, the maze escape itself is fake, but still, as a user of the 25th, there was a desire to escape.
After spending so many full days in this maze, I finally figured out that there are moving walls.
‘There are 5 moving walls in the labyrinth.’
Of those five, only one wall blocks the exit at the outermost part of the maze, and that wall blocks the exit when the player gets close to it, making it look like a dead end.
When you get to the blocked place in the game, the only option was to go back, so it was ruined as it is, but what about here?
‘Now, what are you going to do?’
What if you don’t block the exit? You just have to go through the exit door.
What if the exit is blocked? I will just break it.
In the game, breaking the wall itself was an impossible option, but now it’s different!
“……Hey, we’ve finished supplying the front.”
“Ah, thank you Mr. Liu. Please put the money on me.”
“Of course I will. If I can’t repay you…”
“You can sell my organs.”
“……Damn it, I don’t treat you like that, you son of a b*tch.”
Liu Yan takes out all sorts of items from her pocket in the subspace of her arms and distributes them. Recovery potions, mana potions, weapons, etc. came out endlessly, and I was a bit cold.
do you have to pay? There are quite a few ways to make money anyway. Once this escape is over, it won’t be a job to pay that much.
I looked at Liu, whose face was rotting, with a smile, then turned my head.
“Mr. Lane? You’re not overdoing it, are you?”
“Not at all… yes.”
“As expected, I’m reassured. Mr. Lane is the best.”
“……!”
Reign Arthur, who reacts to each word with fun, plays all sorts of supporting roles.
Clearing the debris from a collapsed wall, telepathically sending orders, teleporting to help in case of an emergency, and so on.
As expected, the young lady of your family is the best!
“Mr. Lucas…”
“Ha! That guy is the most excited. Can’t you see he’s directing the wizards?”
“You seem to have a vocation.”
For some reason, Lucas Arthur, who had been glaring at me with Rain and Rio by his side, was mingling with the wizards and playing the role of captain.
“Lucas-sama! You’re a mage as expected, you’re amazing!”
“It’s basic.”
“As expected Lucas-sama! You’re completely different from us!”
“It’s nothing.”
On the outside, it’s just expressionless, but it’s going to be a smirk because it’s all praised by wizards now, saying it’s great and cool?
Well, Lucas’s meritocracy doesn’t reach the realm of mental illness like Rio’s suspicion, Rain’s strength and weakness, Princess Kim Eun-ha’s violence, and the saint’s fanatical temperament. He praises himself for being great, but he’s not a nerd that can be ignored.
In the first place, meritocracy means that you have that much pride in your skills, but you keep praising that, so why don’t you react?
From the player’s point of view, if you want to take the Lucas route, keep following him and showering him with compliments, I remember that your liking increased.
“There should be no problem over there. How about Sasaki-san?”
“I hope you can see that as well.”
It’s not a level to look at, but he’s the key. Liu.
<Prosecutor> Sasaki Ito. It’s because he’s second only to the princess in pure combat power at the romance academy.
It’s the entrance exam. It’s not about fighting ability, it’s about vocational ability, so I was ranked 7th.
He must have been right in judging that he would be the key to breaking down the walls of the maze, as he was a giant swordsman with a height of over 180 and a unique swordsman who wielded a sword like a sword.
“……Namgoong Min.”
“Ah, Mr. Sasaki. Is it about time?”
“Yes. Which one should I break?”
“wait a minute.”
Shuffles the tarot cards in a disciplined manner, and draws one of them with a useless but elegant gesture.
The card drawn is… … … Minor Arcana, 6 of Pentacles.
In fact, it doesn’t matter what the card is.
“We can go northeast.”
“Okay, y’all heard! Go northeast!”
aaa!!!
Originally, it would have been possible to just move in a straight line, but the academy must have been flustered as well, as the location of the moving wall is changing, so we need to adjust the direction a bit.
And in the middle, I have to step out like this so my presence won’t be forgotten.
“It’s so easy.”
“……………….”
“………….”
It looks like Liu and Rain are looking at each other with strange eyes.
Maybe it’s because of the mood?
… … By the way, the time has come.
“Soon.”
“soon?”
“According to my point, the last wall will come out now. But…”
“however?”
“I’m running out of time.”
“……ah.”
The time now is 11:55. The students over there are excited as a group right now and don’t seem to care about time, but there are only 5 minutes left.
Now that everyone is so skilled, it takes about a minute to break a wall, but there’s still some distance left, so it’s a narrow failure.
I don’t know if Sasaki Ito came sooner… … … Well, that’s a pity.
If only there was one more student like Sasaki… …
“………ah.”
“What is it? You’re making a really ominous face right now?”
“What are you talking about, Mr. Liu? It’s just a smile, right?”
“That’s the face when you came to ask for blessings from me the other day!”
“hahahaha, it was a fun moment. Don’t worry, this time is different.”
“…something else?”
“Yes. I just remembered. How to escape in 5 minutes.”
I’ve caused such an uproar that they must be aware of me.
There is no guarantee of success, but… … If failure is certain now, you have to make a profit.
“I’ll be gone for a while.”
“Huh? Where are you going? You’re not running away, are you?”
“I don’t want Liu to rip my organs, so I won’t!”
“Hey! I don’t sell organs, you son of a b*tch!”
“……Really?”
“Don’t look at me like that b*tch!”
After Rain and Liu started arguing, I left.
There is not much time left now, and there is time to persuade, so let’s find it quickly.
“I will definitely escape this time…!”
Now, our violent princess.
Where will you be?