28-28. Fortune-telling

On our way to Samaki Cave, we stopped at a town nearby.

The name of the town is Samaki. Samaki Cave is located near the town, so apparently it was named after it.

Had lunch in the town.

There is a little expensive food, Lenya begged to eat it, but now we decided to eat cheap food, because we do not want to waste money.

''Unya. I wanted to eat a high-class beef steak.........

Raina groans, sweltering.

'Next time I save up some money I'll be able to eat and besides, didn't the chicken for lunch today taste good?'

Yuck. It was delicious, but you'll have to make me eat it later.

At first she was satisfied with just eating a simple soup, but Raina seemed to have become a slight gourmet.

''Well, we've eaten, so let's go...''

I'm ready whenever you are. I can help you gather mushrooms, if you want.

Let's go!

The three of us were about to head to Samaki Cave.

Wait for the man over there!

And suddenly, from the side, the old woman heard a loud voice from the side.

'Hey, what?'

I stopped walking, startled, and turned my gaze toward the voice I heard.

An old woman wearing a black robe was sitting on the street. In front of her, a clear crystal ball is placed in front of her.

She looks like a fortune teller. Who did you tell to wait?　

Not the guy over there, the guy over there!　Come here!

The old woman shouts at me, beckoning me towards her.

Who's behind you?　I turn around to check, but he's not there.

'I thought you were asking the Lord to come?'

Me?　Is that old lady a fortune teller?

That's probably true.

I guess I'm a fortune teller.

It's true that there's no one else but me, but....

I'm the kind of person who doesn't believe in fortune telling or anything like that.

'Hurry up!　What are you doing?!

The old woman shouted with an angry look on her face.

Hey, scary.

Let's go....

It's otherworldly. It might be pretty accurate.

I'm going to go out for a while...

I said no to Raina and Mek, and then I approached the old woman

I'm sorry, what is it...

I called out to him.

'I sensed some unusual aura from you. I'm going to give you a special free reading.

What?

What's that special aura...?　

Because you don't belong in this world?

Look into my eyes.

The old lady who is a fortune teller opens her eyes wide with a snap and comes to stare at me.

I look into the old woman's eyes as she told me to.

The old woman, the fortune teller, is looking back into my eyes, holding her hand over the crystal and muttering some incomprehensible words.

I continue to look into the old woman's eyes for about 30 seconds, and then suddenly the old woman closes her eyes.

Is it enough?　I blink too, I think.

The old fortune teller, this time looking into her crystal ball.

Hmmm ... well ... I've read your fortune.

'Huh. How did it go?

Right. You're not feeling so lucky today. You'd better stay home and keep your head down.

Huh? I was going to go and make a request now.

On the contrary, there's something quite fortunate about tomorrow. If you're going to do anything, you'd better do it tomorrow.

Oh, really, it's a lucky break.

By the way, my predictions are almost always correct. You'd better do as I say.

Well....

Hmmm, what should I do? I don't believe in fortune telling, but it's an otherworldly kind of fortune telling.

Well, it's not like I have to accomplish the request today, so I'll leave it for tomorrow just in case.

Also, I have to go ask you something in case you don't want to.

'Um, speaking of which, you said you have an aura, what do you mean?'

I saw a vague but incredibly sinister aura from you. I thought it would be a pity and told you that you would die within a few years, so I told you to read it.

'What? What's that?!

I'll be dead in a few years.

He's probably obsessed with something.

Obsessed...?

That being said, what came to mind was the engraving engraved by the Black Knight.

The ominous aura might not be because I'm an otherworldly person, but because the Black Knight engraved the engraving on me, so I can see it.

That's right, let's show this old lady the engraving.

''Um, I have an idea of what that ominous aura is, but.......look at this.

I showed the old woman the engraving on my right hand.

''This..........................this!

What do you know about it?

I've never seen this engraving before. What is it?

You don't know! Don't make me sound like a dick!

But I can tell you one thing, though, it's definitely not a good thing. You must be careful.

That's what I was advised.

For now, there are no problems that have arisen due to this engraving.

On the contrary, there are only benefits, such as increased corpse absorption effects, but after all, as my intuition tells me, will there be any problems caused by this engraving in the future?

........well, I guess the old lady can't trust the story too much either.

I just met her a while ago, so I don't even know if I can trust her.

But I'll keep that in mind for now.

Thank you.

Be careful, my son.

I left the fortune teller and went back to Lenya and Mek.

'What did they tell you?'

'I'm not feeling so lucky today, and I hear tomorrow's going to be better.

"Hmm.

Neeee, I'll be there tomorrow, then?

Some fortune tellers are trustworthy and some are not. And even if they have a little bad luck, I think they can accomplish the task. Well, you can decide for yourself.

The decision was left to me.

Sure, I could accomplish the request even if I was unlucky.

But I was more concerned about the fact that I would be lucky tomorrow than the fact that I was unlucky today.

Maybe we'll find some treasure?

Let's not consider the credibility of that old lady fortune teller at this time. Even if it's off, there's no particular harm in it.

'Let's stay the night today and go and request it tomorrow.

I decided.