LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 27 - Is This a Class? (2)
Chapter 27
Is This a Class? (2)
『 Translator – Divinity 』
“First of all, all of you get lost. You too, Princess.”
“Miss Liu, have you forgotten that you were glaring at Namgung Min as if you wanted to kill him on the first day? The audacity.”
“You definitely get lost, you malicious bitch.”
“Why is the crazy woman who lives for suspicion acting like this?”
“………….”
“…………….”
While Liu and Rain were glaring at each other as if they wanted to kill each other, I was sweating inwardly.
That Saint bastard, who I could have asked for help, had already run off into the forest, and the Prince scoffed and disappeared somewhere. Since I couldn’t see the Hero anymore, he must be doing his own thing.
The problem was here. The five people still gathered at the starting point.
While the two women were bickering, Lucas and Kim Eun-ha approached… No, go away. Didn’t you hear Liu?
“Hey Fortune Teller, I think I was a bit harsh on you during the entrance ceremony, I apologize. Why don’t we build our friendship starting with this exam?”
“Mr. Namgung Min, you remember the promise we made during the entrance ceremony, right? For a smooth relationship, how about we stick together this time?”
It’s understandable for the princess, but Lucas approaching me so amicably gave me goosebumps.
He did treat those with ability comfortably, that was true.
But he was also the type to hold a grudge, so he must be harboring resentment for what happened during the entrance ceremony, right?
No way?
“Ahem, Your Highness. Would it be alright if I spoke with the Fortune Teller first?”
“Mr. Lucas. What do you want to talk about? You’re not approaching him because of this class, are you?”
“Honestly, it’s not that I don’t have that intention at all, but I’m trying to talk to him because of his main occupation.”
“…Main occupation?”
“Fortune-telling.”
First of all, let’s put aside the fact that they’re talking amongst themselves while I haven’t said anything.
Fortune-telling?
“Fortune-telling, I never thought the renowned
“Haha. Even I sometimes feel desperate enough to cling to superstition. The future, fate… love, and such.”
He gave three examples, but what Lucas wanted to see was definitely love fortune-telling.
But… why isn’t he even looking at Liu? He said love fortune-telling, right?
Don’t tell me this guy has already fallen for another girl?
“Um, if that’s the case, wouldn’t it be alright to have your fortune told after class…?”
“Now that I’m about to have my fortune told, I’m feeling excited and want to see it quickly. If I move with the Fortune Teller and pass the class, I can have my fortune told right away, can’t I?”
Yes, the reason why those four are trying to approach me is obvious.
What? The class is about reaching a goal in the mountains? And it’s a maze with all sorts of obstacles?
Isn’t having a Fortune Teller a cheat code in this situation?
…I understand that they think that, but…
‘I don’t know!’
This kind of class didn’t exist in the game! In the first place, classes and everything were just finished with a single click!
Naturally, I don’t know where the goal is or how to find it!
But to honestly say I don’t know?
‘I could resolve the situation right now.’
But what if we have this kind of class every time? Do I have to say I don’t know every time?
Since I’ve become a Fortune Teller with no combat ability or anything, I have to secure a definite position.
When the important characters have worries, when they’re curious about something, when they’re about to make an important decision, I have to make them come to me so I can definitely get involved in their character events.
I managed to build a good image during the entrance exam and the entrance ceremony, but if I show incompetence in every class, it’s all over…!
‘I need to find a way…!’
“So, you find it amusing? Why is it that a rude person who usually doubts everything and annoys people is clinging to Namgung Min like this?”
“I don’t want to hear that from a malicious bitch whose hobby is watching people fall apart.”
“Anyway, I won’t back down this time, Your Highness.”
“Interesting. I also have no intention of backing down against a Magician.”
‘…Wait a minute.’
Let’s change our thinking.
Those four want to take me with them to quickly reach the goal in the mountains, and as long as they get there quickly, they won’t care much about the process.
They chose ‘fortune-telling’ as the tool to get there quickly, but…
‘There are four tools right here!’
One Magician for disabling magical barriers. One princess with the best violence in the academy. One billionaire in charge of supplies. One Esper who can do everything.
And me, the driver to gather them all and lead the way.
Perfect, right?
“Everyone, could you look this way for a moment?”
“Huh?”
“Yes?”
“Hmm?”
“Yes?”
Looking at the four people staring at me with various reactions,
The Fortune Teller gave his usual smile.
“I have a very… good idea.”
***
“…Seriously, this academy is too rough on people.”
“Still, playing with the freshmen gives good grades.”
“Grades are grades, but does it make sense to go this far?”
Drucas, a second-year student at Romance Academy, complained loudly.
Was it a mistake to choose this class, which gave the equivalent of two or three ordinary classes’ worth of credits, when he was already short on credits?
The joy he felt when he passed the ‘freshman class assistant’ selection had disappeared, and now he was filled with annoyance.
“It’s Instructor Redfield’s direct order.”
“That’s what I don’t understand. Even if it’s the special class, they’re still freshmen having their first class today, right? Do we really have to camouflage ourselves in the dirt against those newbies?”
“That’s a bit… much, yeah.”
Digging up the dirt under a tree in the middle of the forest, camouflaging themselves, hiding, and ambushing.
That was all they had to do, but he felt like he was going crazy from the itchiness while hiding like this.
What’s so special about the special class? Are they that different from ordinary jobs?
If it weren’t for his classmate Andy, he might have given up and gone back a long time ago.
“Ugh, bugs.”
“What? Didn’t you see plenty of bugs during the midterm exam in your first year?”
“Is that the same as getting used to this?”
Just how many more hours did they have to stay like this?
Drucas, frowning deeply, looked around restlessly.
Growl…
“No, I think those artificial monsters over there will take care of everything.”
The beast-shaped monsters camouflaged in protective colors, growling and waiting in the trees, were intimidating enough to make even Drucas nervous.
Monsters that he would struggle to defeat even in a one-on-one fight were swarming the place, and they were making us hide here too?
This was way too much, no matter how you looked at it.
“…At this point, I’m going to give those freshmen a good scare.”
“Hey, hey, hold back. Don’t you know there are two
“The Saint is one thing, but even if they’re royalty from the Unified Korean Empire, that’s a country on the other side of the world to me. It would be embarrassing if they made a national issue out of me being a bit rough during class.”
“Then what about the Arthur siblings?”
“It would be a jackpot if they got caught. Thinking about the humiliation I received from that Arthur collateral relative in the third year, I have to get them back.”
Clank.
Drucas tapped his scabbard in the dirt.
At his blatant display, Andy, who was hiding with him, frowned.
“If you want to be targeted by the Arthurs, be targeted alone. You can say that because you’re from the upper class, but commoners like me would be screwed.”
“Don’t worry. You just target that, what was it, the Hero or that Fortune Teller guy.”
“…Fortune Teller.”
The Fortune Teller in the special class.
Andy tilted his head at the name that was frequently mentioned in the academy these days.
“Is that true? A Fortune Teller in Romance Academy?”
“Every freshman I meet says the same thing, so it must be true.”
“No, but how could someone with a job like Fortune Teller even get into this pla—”
“—Shh.”
“Huh, Drucas?”
“…Don’t you hear something?”
A sound?
Following Drucas, who suddenly lowered his voice, Andy also fell silent and listened.
As a
Vroom…
“I hear it.”
“Right? What is that sound?”
“What… an engine sound? It’s coming from up ahead.”
“Engine? Maybe the guys who were camouflaged ahead of us are making a move?”
“Seems like it.”
“Ah, damn it. It can’t end there. Please, at least one of them has to escape properly!”
Vroom…
“Huh? It’s coming this way.”
“Oh, really? It seems like someone is running away this way! Let’s at least land the finishing blow!”
“W-wait a minute.”
“Huh?”
“This…”
Vroom—
“Something’s strange.”
Vrooooooooom— Crash!!!
“Hey! Fortune Teller! Is this the right way!?”
“According to Feng Shui, tarot, and physiognomy, this is the right way. Miss Liu, just drive properly!”
“I am, you bastard!”
Suddenly appearing with an explosion, crushing trees and grass — a jeep with no roof.
…A car? Are they driving up the mountain in that?
And is it okay to use a car in class?
As Drucas and Andy were dumbfounded by the sight that was too far beyond common sense,
“Princess! Tree ahead!”
“You’re the only one who would treat me like this!”
Along with the small, long-haired girl driving the jeep, the black-haired girl in the passenger seat clenched her fist
And thrust it into the air with all her might.
Booooooooom!!!
“Whoa!”
“Andy!”
Even though the fist didn’t make contact and just struck the air, an explosion like before occurred, and trees and dirt were blown away.
At the transcendent power, Andy was sent flying somewhere, and Drucas hurriedly grabbed his sword.
“These bastards…!”
“Ah, there’s a senior over there. Miss Rain?”
“That’s the fifth one… hey.”
He tried to cut the jeep in two, but his body wouldn’t obey him, as if being controlled by something.
What he saw was a silver-haired girl reaching out towards him and a certain boy with a smug smile.
That was Drucas’s last memory.
Crunch!
“…I think we just ran over a senior with the wheels.”
“Don’t worry, Mr. Lucas. He’s a senior of the academy, he won’t be hurt by something like this.”
“Well, that’s true.”
“More importantly, ahead! There’s a barrier ahead!”
“Alright.”
Namgung Min, who had broken through the fifth senior whose name he didn’t even know, hurriedly pointed forward.
Following his finger, Lucas activated the
“
The job skill of the special job
Its effect was simple. Lucas could use and disable all magic.
It was a fraudulent skill that made even academy instructors who were
With a simple gesture from him, the magical barriers installed throughout the forest began to disappear one by one.
“Very good!”
The princess’s punches that blew away obstacles and Lucas’s barrier disablement.
The hidden seniors and monsters were stopped by Rain’s telekinesis, and they overtook them in the jeep Liu brought out.
What a perfect combination!
“As expected of Miss Liu! This jeep’s performance is amazing! It’s not even an unpaved road, it’s just a mountain, and yet it’s running smoothly!”
“It’s an artifact that’s normally the size of a toy, but it grows bigger when I want it to. It’s an insult to compare it to an ordinary car, you bastard!”
To think she would take out something like this just because I said it would be nice to have some kind of vehicle!
Liu, I love you!
“…Liu. As far as I know, this is worth hundreds of billions of won, is it okay to use it like this?”
“Hey, Lucas. Didn’t I tell you to stop being nosy? I have 10 more of these.”
“Hmm, then there’s no problem.”
Vrooooooooom!!!
Trusting Liu, who was driving the monstrous jeep with its distinct engine sound roughly yet skillfully, Namgung Min picked up a branch he had placed on the passenger seat.
He roughly placed it on the bumpy floor of the car and moved it around with his hand.
“Aha, it’s that way!”
“…Mr. Namgung Min, I don’t doubt your skills, but are you sure it’s okay with just that branch?”
“Of course, Your Highness. It’s the latest fortune-telling method using Feng Shui and the Eight Trigrams.”
“The latest fortune-telling method…!”
Of course, it was a lie. In the first place, what kind of fortune-telling accurately tells you the location?
If I just gave directions without doing anything, they might be suspicious, so I had to pretend to be doing fortune-telling.
Of course, the direction I gave—
“Haha, it seems the academy has twisted the earth’s veins.”
“What do you mean?”
“This fortune-telling uses the earth’s veins and the sky, but the earth’s veins are twisted like a maze. It will be difficult to find it in one go.”
“Well, Namgung Min… your fortune-telling was proven during the entrance ceremony, so the academy must be wary…”
“That’s true. If they just let you do fortune-telling, this class would be meaningless, wouldn’t it? Why would they do this if you knew the directions, locations, and traps?”
—Making excuses like this solves the problem.
Of course, there was a limit to this. I said it was difficult to find, not that I couldn’t find it, so they would become suspicious if we kept wandering around.
I had something to rely on here.
“…There’s a senior hiding ahead.”
Although I noticed a bit late, the academy didn’t make us find it without any hints.
Looking around with
Hidden arrows and markers as hints!
They wouldn’t know how much I cheered inwardly when I saw those.
“Turn right ahead!”
“It’s convenient having a Fortune Teller. Okay, let’s go!”
I’ll end this kind of class quickly!