Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!-Chapter 93 - 90: The Augustine Family’s Difficulties
Susanna finally couldn’t hold back and shouted at everyone: "What exactly do you want? Ever since I left the game, you’ve all been acting so passive-aggressive. Didn’t I hold back my complaints against you?"
Xue Guo laughed as if he had heard the biggest joke: "You? Blame us? A support healer playing so poorly, do you think you’re fit to complain?"
Susanna was swept by his disdainful glance, and a strong sense of humiliation surged to her brain.
She glared angrily at Xue Guo but then remembered his noble background.
She couldn’t afford to offend this person.
Susanna was trembling with anger, but she had to swallow her pride: "I’m sorry, I acted impulsively. I just don’t understand what happened."
Sun Qimeng pulled out the replay from the instance: "Look at it yourself. As a teammate, you actually betrayed us!"
Seeing Josh’s words on the screen, Susanna then realized she had been set up.
She stood up wronged: "I didn’t~ she framed me! I never said anything to her, she didn’t even ask me anything!"
Ma Zixuan looked at her with distrust: "If you didn’t say anything, how did Josh and the others know the password to the control room and the computer password, and operate the functional areas so skillfully? Only our team’s players have ever been in that control room!"
Susanna was at a loss for words: "I truly don’t know how she knows the control room password, but I really didn’t talk to her! Really, believe me!"
Xue Guo sneered: "You are her sister, and both of you come from the Augustine family. How are we supposed to trust you?"
Sun Qimeng snorted: "Exactly!"
Susanna was utterly aggrieved.
Xue Guo coldly glanced at her: "Put away that pitiful look of yours. Only crying, people might think we’re bullying you."
"Really? You, from such a small insignificant household, what is there to bully?" Sun Qimeng glanced at her disdainfully.
She hated those who looked so pitiful as if the whole world owed them something, like a white lotus.
Susanna clenched her fists, yet could not refute.
Indeed, compared to the noble titles of Xue Guo and Sun Qimeng’s royal families, a daughter of the Augustine Earl, a so-called pearl of Granel City, was like a bumpkin visiting the town, totally lacking any advantage!
Xue Guo lazily withdrew his gaze: "Fine, stop with the defeated look. You’re making it seem as if we’re bullying. For now, since we haven’t found a more suitable healer for the team, you can stay."
Susanna quickly nodded and bowed with gratitude: "Thank you, captain!"
After the debrief, Susanna returned to her room, exhausted, and soon received a video call from her parents.
A hint of annoyance flashed beneath her eyes, but she had to answer.
All the points she earned in the game were thanks to the Augustine family hiring supporters to boost her image.
Susanna forced herself to perk up and connected the video: "Daddy, Mommy, why haven’t you gone to bed yet?"
Cherry, seeing her daughter, finally showed a glimmer of a smile: "Mommy guessed you logged out of the game and might be done with everything, so I called to check on you. How are you? Have you eaten? Are you tired?"
Susanna couldn’t help but feel annoyed. They have the time to ask if she’s tired; they’d be better off trying to climb higher to a mayoral position on the Central Star!
To be satisfied with the mayoral position of a minor asteroid city like Granel City—what a bunch of short-sighted people.
How she wished these two could climb to a Duke’s position, so she wouldn’t be looked down upon in the team!
But she couldn’t let them know that she wasn’t doing well.
She feared ending up like Josh, being discarded as a pawn.
So she quickly composed herself, smiled brightly at Cherry and Glennan: "I am doing great. Tonight the first, second, and third teams from the entire guild threw me a welcome party! They even said they’d celebrate my birthday in a few days. Don’t worry, I’m quite popular here!"
Cherry and Glennan nodded in relief.
Glennan reminded her: "If they like you, make sure to build good relationships with them. They’re all nobles from the high society! Get along well, keep a humble attitude, and maybe one day you might even marry a Duke’s son!" 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
Susanna kept the smile while a hint of shyness crossed her face, but behind her back her hand clutched tightly.
Marrying into a Duke’s family? They think it’s that simple!
Those people have no interest in her!
Susanna looked at the camera: "Don’t worry Dad, I understand. Just... tonight the coach said my points and popularity are much lower than my teammates, and he suggested that I attract more fans, I..."
Without hesitation, Glennan said: "Rest assured! Next time you enter an instance, Daddy will immediately arrange supporters and points for you!"
Only then did Susanna feel a bit happier, recognizing the utility of these parents.
She sweet-talked them before hanging up the call.
Josh, an F-ranked waste, wouldn’t last long even in the Mysterious Guild.
She was different. An A-ranked healer was in high demand by all top guilds!
With that, Josh didn’t stand a chance in competing for the Augustine family’s resources!
Even if she was the Augustine family’s true daughter by blood!
The Augustine family.
Cherry looked at Glennan with difficulty: "So? Do we continue to invest in Susanna?"
Glennan stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, watching the bustling city below.
Granel City’s night market was very flourishing, bringing him, the mayor, significant benefits, and he was economically very comfortable.
However, the God Creation Game was a nationwide game, and promoting one person among millions of participants required enormous financial investment.
Thinking of the useless, disappointing biological daughter, and then the excellent and promising Susanna, Glennan gritted his teeth: "Continue investing!"
Cherry was somewhat worried: "If we keep investing, we can’t let Cromwell and Dalton find out. They, in the first place, are ordinary people without any spiritual power talent, and can only rely on our little assets. If all this money is spent on our daughter, they might..."
Glennan waved his hand, somewhat impatient: "Nonsense! What opinion could they have? Without spiritual power, they could only at most run a business by themselves; even if they inherited my title, they couldn’t continue to climb the ranks or join the military to earn merits, effectively making them two useless individuals.
But as long as Susanna can be promoted, even if she doesn’t become a deity in the end, getting into the top ten would be enough to bring glory to our Augustine family.
The more nobles see her, the more I get opportunities to brush presence among the nobles in Central Star, and the greater the chance for promotion!
Rely on those two useless sons? Hmph!"
Cherry sighed deeply, lowering her head: "It’s our family’s curse..."
