Volume 1 Chapter 36 Mean Villainess, Feeling Down
Right now, I'm gripping my hands in sweat while staring intensely at the table in front of me.
That's because I'm having my fortune read by a crystal ball teacher.
Until now, I had been learning the basics of fortune-telling and how to interpret the messages and meanings of the stones in theory, but from this point on, I will also be taught how to present and make the fortune-telling more glamorous.
"It's important to concentrate your awareness all the way to your fingertips. If you handle the stones carelessly, your beautiful crystal fortune-telling will be ruined."
"Yes, Sensei."
When I first saw the teacher, I thought how beautiful and gentle she seemed, and her tone and teaching style matched her appearance perfectly.
And above all, her movements with her fingertips are incredibly elegant.
I used to think that fortune-telling was simply about reading the results and telling them to the other person, but this crystal fortune-telling is not that simple.
After all, everyone expects beauty and a flashy performance.
Well, the results are important too, though.
"So, about Ms. Elena's personality,"
the magic circle spread out on the table gently shines.
And on top of that, beautiful gemstones roll and dance.
By the way, the light from the magic circle is just something the teacher deliberately makes shine; it seems it doesn't hold any deep meaning.
As long as it looks beautiful, glamorous, and somehow meaningful, that's what matters.
"It seems you're very good at keeping secrets."
"Secrets, you say."
"You're actually being honest, but you're trying to hide it. And maybe no one notices."
The teacher said, "Look," and pointed to a stone.
The light of the stone next to it was blocking my view, so I didn't notice it was there until someone pointed it out.
"I'm glad you didn't notice."
"Is that so? Next, let's see what the near future holds."
Return the stone that was rolling on the table to your hand.
Then the magic circle that had been floating up until now also disappeared.
Then when the teacher holds his hand over the cloth, a new magic circle appears.
It's a magic circle that can see into the future.
When I saw that, my hands suddenly tensed.
The inside of my clenched fist is getting damp.
"Ms. Elena, are you feeling nervous?"
"...Yes. Actually, the last time I had a fortune telling, the seeds exploded."
"Seeds exploded...!?"
Even the teacher, who had been calm all along, couldn't help but raise her voice in surprise.
"W-well, stones won't explode, so please don't worry."
She seemed to regain her composure quickly, but the unease in her voice was hard to hide.
Putting my future aside, I prayed with all my heart that the teacher's stones wouldn't explode.
As I prayed, I watched as the teacher picked up several stones.
From the perspective of someone being read for fortune, the stones she picked up were faintly glowing.
She rolled the stones with an elegant motion, and one stone leaped to the center of the magic circle.
It was a beautifully vivid green stone.
The green stone rolled in the center, making a light, cheerful sound, and then scattered glittering particles of light.
I was mesmerized by how beautiful it was, but the stone soon lost its glow.
"In the near future, you will lose something precious."
"Something precious..."
The first thing that came to my mind when I heard that was Rolus's face.
"Is there no way to avoid losing it?"
I looked at the teacher, clinging to her gaze.
Then the teacher said, "Let's see," and collected the stones, then began to draw a new magic circle.
If there is a way to avoid losing something precious, no matter what it is...
"This is..."
Looking at the stones in my hands, both the teacher and I were speechless.
There is nothing in the center of the magic circle.
The stone that the teacher was supposed to have rolled, and there were supposed to be many of them, rolled away from the center of the magic circle.
"Is this something I'll definitely lose?"
"There's no guarantee in fortune telling, Ms. Elena"
"But this"
"Please wait. I'll try a different direction."
The teacher continued to roll the stone, almost out of spite.
"Ms. Elena. There is absolutely no fortune-telling."
"Yes"
"But I think it's better to be prepared for that to some extent."
It's definitely something I'll lose.
No, but it hasn't been decided yet.
"I wonder what it could be, my precious thing. Maybe it's about chastity?"
"That's not a funny joke. But... it seems like it doesn't really concern you directly."
Something precious that doesn't concern me... uh, could it be Rolus after all?
"Something precious..."
"Do you have any idea?"
"It's not so much an idea, but there's definitely something precious I don't want to lose. Well, but there's never a guarantee with fortune-telling! I'm fine. More importantly, I'm glad the teacher's gem didn't explode!"
I put on a smile and changed the subject.
"Right. Was the explosion of the flower fortune-telling seed a result of foresight?"
"It was supposed to show the past, present, and future."
"Could you tell me which seed exploded?"
"In my friend's flower fortune-telling, all of them exploded."
The teacher widened his eyes in surprise at my response.
Everyone was surprised, so this reaction was within expectations.
I was surprised too.
However, when I had Ms. Natalia do my fortune, it was said that I might die on the so-called 'Lorentz route' my mother mentioned, and now that Sir Lorentz is engaged to someone else, perhaps the future has changed.
"Oh, but when I had the flower fortune-teller look into things, there were tiny, tiny buds appearing for the present and future. The past exploded though."
"The seeds... exploded..."
The teacher draws a magic circle while groaning softly.
It seems to tell fortunes.
I look at the teacher with a serious expression, praying that the stone won't explode again.
It's no wonder that all girls admire his beauty.
What a long eyelashes.
"Oh dear... It didn't explode, but it lost all of its light."
"It's good that it didn't explode. But the fact that it didn't light up isn't a very good result."
The stone in the past position is a black stone that means 'death.'
"I hope you don't mind, but I have a really bad feeling about this. Is this just death...?"
"Isn't it just death?"
"And...the stake...? Ah, what? It's gone."
From the teacher's reaction, it seemed he could see something through the stone.
However, it seems like everything has disappeared now.
"Teacher?"
"I'm sorry. Excuse me, Ms. Elena, it seems you have experienced something painful in the past."
"Painful things..."
I don't think there were many painful things in Elena's past.
Both my father and Elder Brother spoiled me, and Mother was a normal mother outside of the otome game incident.
However, if I consider a past life as part of the past, then there were certainly painful experiences.
Like being pushed and dying, for example.
Or making the game enthusiasts sad.
"I can't say for sure since I couldn't see it clearly, but it seems that you are being obstructed from finding happiness."
"Obstructed?"
"For a moment, I saw something like a stake. Being blocked by this stake, you can't find happiness..."
Just like during the flower divination, it seems I really can't find happiness.
"But there's no need to be pessimistic. The stone that has rolled into its current position certainly didn't shine, but if you look closely, you can see a faint light. A deep crimson, truly beautiful and gentle light. Ms. Elena, you do have allies."
The first person that came to mind when I heard that was Lady Ruby.
Because she told me that she was on my side.
"A deep crimson, beautiful and gentle light, huh?"
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