As a yokai closely tied to fate, Heukbi occasionally performed divinations. Sometimes her clients were humans; other times, they were yokai.

However, Heukbi didn’t particularly enjoy fortune-telling.

To her, fortunes were mere gossip. Even if an unfavorable fortune appeared, it was best not to dwell on it and simply let it pass.

But those who knew of her abilities would insistently ask her to reverse any unlucky fortunes, tiring her to the point where she eventually stopped doing readings altogether.

That Heukbi was now offering a reading for Karami was not out of whimsy. When one reads fortunes, they often …