Breaking Up With the Heroine in an Otome Game

Chapter 65

65 – I Have Something to Say (3)

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“Uh, huh?”

Was it because she heard unexpected words?

Upon my sudden statement, Suyeon blinked her big eyes in confusion.

Her head tilted left and right, reacting with a puzzled expression.

It felt a bit strange.

“Foreseeing the future ability…?”

She pondered quietly, expressing her doubts.

From her perspective, it might sound like nonsense or a ghost story.

And rightfully so, as telling someone who had no special abilities that I suddenly awakened the power to foresee the future lacked credibility.

“It’s a bit sudden, but… really?”

“Suyeon, want to take a look at this?”

As they say, seeing is believing. I took out my phone and showed her my stock trading history and profits.

Suyeon frowned slightly, glancing at the phone screen, then exclaimed, “Huh? What?!” in astonishment.

As if unable to believe, she opened her eyes wide.

Like someone witnessing something completely incomprehensible when thinking rationally.

“A profit margin of 1200%…? The total profit… Oh, no, does this make sense?”

“Thanks to my ability to foresee the future.”

Unless one possesses the ability to foresee the future, earning such an amount is impossible. So Soyeon was left speechless, her lips slightly trembling.

She seemed greatly taken aback by the numbers and amounts she was seeing for the first time in her life.

“Oh, Jinho, it’s you.”

Rather than painfully discussing it verbally, showing concrete evidence and figures like this had much more credibility.

Now that she could somewhat believe it.

“Bec… became rich?”

Soyeon mumbled with a bewildered voice, saying, “Even if I earn money all my life, Jinho’s earnings over the past few months are much less….”

Well, she might have been quite surprised if she were in Soyeon’s shoes.

“Do you believe that I have the ability to foresee the future?”

“Uh, yeah. It’s amazing… the ability to foresee the future…”

Soyeon nodded her head quickly.

She probably wouldn’t think that he earned such a large amount purely by chance. Even from the beginning, looking at the trading situation alone, he had not suffered much loss and had gained a considerable profit.

Ah, he deliberately suffered small losses here and there. Because if he blatantly gained only profits, he might be suspected of having the ability to foresee the future.

…Of course, even with the amount he had earned so far, there was still more than enough reason for suspicion.

“Leaving that aside, congratulations, Jinho. You’ve awakened a great ability. You struggled a lot because you were powerless.”

Soyeon conveyed her sincere congratulations.

It was a pure congratulatory message without jealousy or envy.

Although there’s a saying that it hurts when your cousin buys land, Soyeon seemed rather pleased that things turned out well for Jinho, flashing a bright smile.

“But can I ask you something?”

“Huh? What?”

“Well, um… Usually, people with this kind of ability don’t talk about it much. It seems like you deliberately kept it a secret too.”

“Oh, well.”

In a harsh world where people wouldn’t even reveal winning a lottery worth tens of billions to their family, especially when the ability to foresee the future is far more valuable than a mere lottery.

In today’s information society, the value of the ability to foresee the future is astronomical.

If such an ability were to leak to organizations or groups that shouldn’t have it, it could pose a significant danger.

So, people with such abilities usually don’t disclose them even to family, friends, or lovers.

In fact, there have been cases among relatives where someone sold and profited from information about a precognitive’s abilities.

It’s not common to find someone who can maintain their composure in the face of a substantial sum of money.

But Soyeon was different.

It wasn’t just blind trust because she was my close friend; it was Soyeon’s character setup and over a decade of shared memories that made her trustworthy.

Originally, well… I was in a position where I had to mention my precognitive ability if I wanted to exchange various items with Soyeon and occasionally go farming together.

“It’s okay.”

“Huh?”

“It’s you. Trust me.”

“Oh, um… it’s a bit awkward to be trusted so openly… ah, hahahaha, ha.”

Even if it felt a bit cringeworthy, I decided to speak with a slightly serious tone.

Upon hearing this, Soyeon awkwardly laughed, as if unsure how to react, and twirled her hair as if pondering something.

It seemed a bit awkward for her to be openly trusted like this.

“Soyeon, the reason I mentioned this is because I have something I want you to accept.”

I took out a simple, black bracelet from my pocket. Oh, I should give her this, but would she accept it? There was a reason I hadn’t given it to her until now. The likelihood of Soyeon refusing was high.

Soyeon looked at the bracelet with a puzzled expression.

“Why suddenly a bracelet?”

“…Well, it’s like this.”

I remained silent for a moment.

I delicately toyed with the bracelet.

From now on, I had to tell the story well.

I had to be careful not to cause any misunderstandings. How could I phrase it to persuade Soyeon?

After a brief moment of silence, I slowly moistened my lips.

“It’s kind of a self-defense bracelet, you could say…?”

“Self-defense?”

“Yeah. If you press the slightly protruding part, it sends a signal.”

“Huh? So, is this like a location transmitter?”

For a moment, Soyeon’s eyebrows subtly furrowed.

As expected, I thought she might react negatively.

Recently, Soyeon had experienced a stalking incident. Revealing one’s location to others wouldn’t be a pleasant feeling for her.

However, as for me, there was a need to quickly determine Soyeon’s location in preparation for any unforeseen circumstances.

This Union assault incident made it clear that it was quite inconvenient not to be able to pinpoint Soyeon’s location immediately in a situation where intruders had entered. In the game, you can tell just by looking at the minimap, but reality is not a game.

It was difficult to come up with a contingency plan in case I couldn’t join Soyeon quickly in a dangerous situation.

At the very least, Soyeon’s location and safety had to be secured first.

‘But this bracelet is basically like a location transmitter in plain language, so Soyeon might find it annoying.’

No, not just Soyeon, but wouldn’t most people feel the same way? Even couples tend to have a very negative view of installing location tracking apps, saying it feels like being confined, being monitored.

Hmm, that’s definitely true.

I would have thought very negatively about it too.

“What on earth is this for…?”

“Soyeon. I told you I have the ability to foresee the future.”

“Oh, right, you did.”

“But I couldn’t foresee this incident.”

“Are you talking about the Union assault incident?”

I nodded slowly, affirming her words.

While talking about various things, I intended to build up to make Soyeon feel the need to wear this bracelet.

“The condition for using the ability to foresee the future is strict, and I can’t selectively choose only the future I want to see.”

“Oh, I’ve heard of it too. It’s the biggest drawback of the ability to foresee the future.”

It seems like Soyeon knows to some extent about the ability to foresee the future.

“Soyeon, you were really in danger back then. If I and the others had been just a little late, thinking about it now, I wonder what would have happened…”

“Yeah. I was really thankful back then. Honestly, I thought I might die halfway through. It’s just fortunate that no one died.”

Soyeon answered, scratching her cheek. There were indeed no casualties. But there was no guarantee that it wouldn’t happen in the future.

“Soyeon.”

I gave a bitter smile.

You know my parents passed away unpleasantly, right?”

“Uh, yeah.”

Suddenly mentioning my deceased parents, Soyeon nodded with a slightly awkward expression.

It wasn’t entirely pointless to bring up my parents. At that time, I actually had a hard time when my parents passed away, and I wanted to make it clear to Soyeon that I am sensitive to death.

“You may not know how to feel about it, but I consider you like family, at least half of it. We’ve been together since we were really young, you know.”

“Oh, well…”

“I don’t know how you’ll take it, but if something were to happen to you, it would bother me, considering the circumstances. Back then, seeing you half-dead, covered in blood, it reminded me of my parents.”

“…”

It might have been a bit too much to say, but it had to be said now, to establish the justification for giving this bracelet.

“Sometimes, I get glimpses of a bad future through my precognition ability. Like a future where you suffer a severe injury.”

“Really?”

“I can usually prevent it, but when precognition doesn’t kick in, it’s really dangerous, like this time.”

“But, being a hero, some risks are unavoidable…”

“True. Being a hero means accepting certain risks. But not right now.”

I cautiously reached out to Soyeon and placed the bracelet on her wrist.

Soyeon accepted the bracelet without a word.

“Honestly, I know it might feel a bit annoying. But situations like this might happen again, right?”

“Uh-huh.”

“Back then, it seemed like you got marked by that white-haired female villain. She might seek revenge later.”

“…”

Of course, Yudahee was not the type to seek revenge for every little thing.

“Soyeon, think of it as a smartwatch provided by the police for personal protection. It’s better to have it just in case than not having it when you need it, right?”

“It’s not that I feel bad about it; it’s just…”

Soyeon hesitated for a moment.

Her expression was uneasy.

She slowly fidgeted with the bracelet.

As if resigned, she let out a deep sigh.

“Well, since you’re insisting this much, I’ll take it…”

She glanced at my face and said, “Are you, perhaps, overprotecting me?”

“Well, maybe a bit?”

“Hey, you did say I’m just a friend, or half-family, or something…”

In an instant.

“…Still, doing this much for a friend, it’s, well, kind of unusual, isn’t it?”

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