Ch.4Chapter 4. When You Accidentally Play Porn at Work and Your Earphones Are Unplugged

That’s how I somehow ended up in a consultation session with a fortune teller.

Inside the tent, I found myself watching the fortune teller as she placed a crystal ball on the table and prepared something.

Though she was completely wrapped in a hood and cloak, the unique atmosphere emanating from her occasionally visible face couldn’t be suppressed…

“Hoho, I see I haven’t properly introduced myself yet.”

As I was staring blankly at her, she finished her preparations and sat across from me, offering a faint smile.

“Pleased to meet you, Hyoseong Woo. I am a wanderer roaming this chaotic world, an astrologer who follows the movement of stars… My name is Irie Haven.”

“Ah, yes. Nice to meet you, Irie.”

Irie Haven.

Her name was as pretty as her face.

Her voice, too, had a dignified charm like jade beads rolling on a tray.

“Staring so intently makes me a bit uncomfortable…”

Had I been staring too obviously?

Belatedly coming to my senses, I immediately bowed my head to Irie in apology.

“Ah, I’m sorry. I was lost in thought without realizing it.”

“Are you perhaps still not trusting me?”

“No, that’s not it…”

Trust? That had been established long ago when she recited my personal information.

Rather, now that she knew that much, I was afraid of what might happen if I tried to run away.

So for now, I’d better play along and save any escape attempts for when I sensed something ominous.

“It’s just that you’re incredibly beautiful.”

But apart from that, what I just said came from very honest feelings.

A mature woman willing to consult with me without hesitation. Wasn’t she exactly the ideal type I had in mind before coming here?

“…Beautiful? Me?”

“Ah, yes. Truly.”

Of course, I’m a man, but before that, I’m a rational member of society.

I was aware that such evaluations could be considered rude to others, so I couldn’t help feeling anxious about how she might react to my words.

“Hmm. I’m not sure.”

Look at that—her face seemed somewhat perplexed after hearing my words.

“As it happens, I haven’t lived with such self-awareness… I’m afraid I can’t give you much of a response to that.”

“Ah, yes. I apologize.”

Though she seemed considerate in her speech, I could guess from past experience what was happening.

She probably interpreted my compliment as a sort of confession and was politely rejecting it while finding me annoying.

Of course, I hadn’t said it with any expectations, but… well, at least her rejection didn’t feel too bad.

If she had been like those awful women I’d met before, she would have hurled insults right to my face, but here she was, focusing only on the crystal ball in front of her as if none of that mattered.

“Well then, let’s end the conversation here and begin the fortune telling. Please place your hand on this crystal ball.”

“Ah, yes. Like this?”

“Yes, just like that…”

As I immediately followed her instructions and placed my hand on the crystal ball, she overlapped both her hands on top and began to concentrate.

Goodness, I never thought the day would come when I’d hold hands with a woman other than my mother.

“Please remain still. I’m currently making the crystal ball recognize your existence.”

“Yes, yes!”

I had reflexively tried to pull my hand away out of embarrassment, but she pressed it down more firmly, focusing on my hand as she applied pressure.

Her half-lidded eyes showed no sign of displeasure.

“Yes, like that, quietly, slowly… Exhale and concentrate.”

“…Like this?”

“Yes, well done. With this, the preparations to see your future are complete.”

-Ziiing.

A faint light rose from the crystal ball.

Along with it, the handprint I had left began to disappear as if being sucked into the crystal ball.

Though magic was known to exist in this world, the light was so mysterious that I felt a considerable sense of wonder born from unfamiliarity.

Soon she began moving her palm across the surface of the crystal ball with a satisfied smile.

“With this, all the stellar movements we’ll observe from now on will revolve around you.”

“…Stellar movements?”

“Everything in this world operates according to predetermined fate… Astrology is the art of reading the past, present, and future by observing the movements of stars that exist beyond this planet.”

Reading the future by interpreting the movements of stars.

Well, since this was a fantasy world and she had already figured out my background, I had no choice but to believe her, but I still couldn’t shake the feeling that it was absurd.

Analyzing the future by reading the movements of stars.

If that were true, wouldn’t NASA in my original world be nothing more than a massive group of fortune tellers?

No wonder all the geniuses of the world flocked there—so that was the reason.

“Your concerns also stem from anxiety about the future. By confirming that future, you’ll surely be able to suppress some of the anxiety you’re feeling now.”

But the woman before me claimed she could achieve NASA’s secrets on her own.

The unwavering smile she gave me clearly conveyed confidence in her abilities.

Yes, what I was about to see would truly be the future unfolding before me.

“But if fate is truly predetermined, won’t it become fixed the moment I see the future, regardless of what I do?”

“Hoho, even if that were the case, don’t worry. The future can change depending on how you continue your present after seeing it. Conversely, if you’re satisfied with that future, you can simply stay true to the present.”

In other words, the act of fortune-telling itself becomes a variable that can change the predetermined future.

Well, if it couldn’t even bring about that much change, there would be no point in fortune-telling in the first place.

Perhaps an incredible opportunity had been given to me, a mere Foreign Laborer, and for free at that.

As I felt tension about this, Irie concentrated her power on the glowing crystal ball and boldly said to me:

“Now then, Hyoseong. Please hold both hands in front of this crystal ball and earnestly wish for the future you want to see.”

“If a future exists for you, it will surely reveal itself through this crystal ball before you and me.”

“The future I want to see…”

As if entranced by her words, I held both hands together, closed my eyes, and quietly thought.

The future I most want to see.

When I heard those words, the first thing that came to mind was whether I could find romance even in this wretched world.

I wished I could escape my status as a Foreign Laborer, travel freely like the heroes, and once again feel passion burning in my heart as in my previous life…

“The future I want to see…”

But despite taking that for granted, when I closed my eyes, what appeared was none other than Irie’s face.

The sensation of her touch when I had placed my hand earlier seemed to linger.

Although I had resolved to give up on romance in pursuit of adventure, if I could catch both rabbits, I’d like to date a woman too.

If such an opportunity truly came, I vaguely wished that the person would be someone like Irie…

-Aahn~♥

While dreaming of such a future, a voice came from somewhere.

My eyes, which had been entranced by the light from the crystal ball, suddenly widened and began moving toward the source of the sound.

-Ah, aaah~ G-good~ M-more, touch me more~~~♡

No, there was no need to look elsewhere.

The source of the sound was none other than the crystal ball I was staring at.

The coquettish moans echoing from within sounded remarkably similar to Irie’s, who was also gazing at the crystal ball.

-Hoho, you like it here? You enjoy it when I do it from behind like this?

And what followed was also a voice I’d heard somewhere before.

Yes, it was my voice…

-Ah, n-nooo~ I, I don’t know about such thingsss~♡

-Hoho, you say that, but this part is honest. Want me to do it harder?

-Y-yesss~ Harder, please do it harderrr~♡

“…Hmm.”

A situation I couldn’t comprehend.

I turned my gaze toward Irie, who was quietly staring at the crystal ball with a blank face.

Although I could only hear sounds, Irie seemed to be watching something in the crystal ball with frozen eyes.

But just from the sounds, I could guess what she was seeing.

That is, a man with my voice and a woman with her voice intertwining on a bed…

“Excuse me… what is this sound…”

“Ah, no!”

A scream burst out at that moment.

She jumped up from her seat and began expressing her bewilderment toward the still-glowing crystal ball.

“This must be some mistake, there’s no way this could be the future…”

Right.

The mysterious atmosphere and composure she had maintained all along shattered in an instant.

“Huh!”

Belatedly realizing this and feeling my gaze, she froze in place.

As if she had shown something that shouldn’t have been seen, she held her breath and her body trembled.

-Aaaahn~ So gooood~♡

Meanwhile, moans presumed to be hers continued to leak from the crystal ball.

“A-ahem. Excuse me!”

She quickly retrieved the crystal ball, threw it outside the tent, and immediately began pulling me out of the tent.

“Y-yes? Wait, Irie…”

“It seems the stars are too tired to move properly today. There’s no way divination can work properly in this state!”

“Huh? Stars can feel fatigue?”

“When you master astrology, you can sense such things! Therefore, it seems business will be difficult today, so I’ll take my leave now.”

“No, wait…”

“Business is over for today!”

-Swish!

After kicking me out, Irie closed the tent and turned off the lights.

As silence persisted with no sign of the tent reopening, I rested my chin on my hand and voiced a thought that occurred to me.

“What was that just now?”

Did she accidentally play adult content without headphones?

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“Huff, huff.”

After chasing Hyoseong out of the tent like that.

Irie, left alone in the tent, trembled as she looked at the scene unfolding in the crystal ball she held.

“I-impossible.”

Yes, it truly was an impossible sight.

While he only heard sounds, her eyes as the diviner clearly saw the “fragment of the future” visible in the crystal ball.

-Hoho, just a little touch and you’re completely wet down here? As I always feel, an astrologer’s celestial body is truly amazing.

-N-no~ That’s not what celestial body means… Aaahn~♡”

“H-how could I be in such a vulgar state… Why?”

Irie Haven, the last heir of the half-god clan descended from the ancient deity Angolmoa—known as an apostle from space, a prophet, or a god of destruction—was shocked beyond belief to find herself entangled in the future of the person whose fortune she had just read.

“No, more than that… Is this reincarnator the destined partner to continue my clan’s bloodline?”

The scene unfolding before her.

It matched the prophecy she had heard before her clan’s extinction, making it all the more shocking.