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The younger sibling of the protagonist is resurrected as a Constellation, Episode 4
Ah, why are you hesitating.
“Why are you suddenly like that?”
“Ah.”
Unable to hold back, I poked Kim Yi-gyeol’s arm. He hesitated and then opened his mouth.
“Some Constellation says they want to contract with me.”
“Isn’t that a good thing?”
At my words, Kim Yi-gyeol’s shook his head.
“That’s only if the rank is high. My rank is low.”
He muttered worriedly.
Hmm, true. In the original story too, there were occasionally Hunters who became playthings of Constellations.
But I’m not like that. Should I just tell him that I’m that Constellation? I thought about it for a moment.
And then I cleanly gave up. If I suddenly said I was a Constellation, I’d probably be treated like I was sick. Asking how a human could become a Constellation.
I need to soothe and persuade him to accept it. I calmly presented him with another possibility.
“Still, you don’t know until before you contract, right? It could be a good Constellation.”
“That is true.”
He briefly agreed and then fell silent again. For me, who wanted to contract quickly, it was an unwelcome silence.
Through it, the sound of flapping wings was heard again. The sound was louder than before. It seemed like there were multiple.
Putting aside thoughts of contracts, my priority was to avoid them first, so I grabbed Kim Yi-gyeol’s arm and ran. The winged monsters quickly chased close behind us.
I barely managed to suppress the urge to tear my hair out.
So what if I know where the core is, I can’t attack!
Then, a leg flew between us. The spikes on the leg scratched me and Kim Yi-gyeol’s arm again and passed overhead.
Starting with that attack, the monster swung its legs like weapons.
Brushed by the spikes, small cuts appeared on various parts of my and Kim I-gyeol’s limbs and bodies.
While dodging the monster, I caught my breath that was rising to my throat. If this continued, I’d die first from lack of stamina.
I desperately shouted towards Kim I-gyeol, who wasn’t in my line of sight.
“Can’t you do that contract with the Constellation thing?!”
Even though I knew Kim I-gyeol, whom I’d only met today, wouldn’t listen to me, I shouted anyway.
“I’m telling you, you’re the only one I can trust right now!”
Constellation ‘Nobility Returned from Death’ whispers, asking if you don’t want to get out of here, and that it can help you.
Even though I fumbled since it was my first time, I didn’t forget to send the Constellation message.
While waiting for an answer, every second felt like ten years.
Just when I thought that the words of a person he just met wouldn’t affect the contract,
“I’ll make the contract.”
Even though I was still far away from him, I could hear it clearly as if he was speaking right into my ear.
At the same time, an illusion that the world had stopped arose.
Ah, it’s not an illusion. The leg that was attacking me stopped right in front of me.
The window shone, announcing the contract’s completion.
Constellation ‘Nobility Returned from Death’ and Awakened ‘Kim I-gyeol’ declare to the entire universe that they will care for each other with trust.
After that, a stream of new information was listed.
<Main Quest 1 – Find the Contractor> completed. Rewards are being distributed. A new skill is unlocked for the Constellation who met their contractor. Updating Constellation profile. Constellation ‘Nobility Returned from Death’ Contractor: Kim I-gyeol (D) Skills: <Immovable Stillness>, <Emotional Assimilation> Unique Skill: ……
At the end of the seemingly endless status window was a notification that made me doubt my eyes.
<Main Quest 2 – My Reward is My Contractor’s Growth> You’ve found your contractor! Now, shall we try to make your contractor grow? Criteria: Rank change (D → S) Reward: Growth rate 20%, 2000 points
Raise a D-rank Awakened to S-rank? Was this telling me to give up on the quest myself?
While looking at the updating information, I realized Kim I-gyeol was quiet.
I shifted my gaze to where he was last when time stopped, and there he stood, a bit away, with an expression even more dazed than mine.
That expression looked exactly like someone who didn’t know what to do next.
I was in the same boat.
Just as I was pondering what to do now, a new status window appeared before my eyes.
Would you like to open the store?
‘Store?’
Even though my thought was questioning, the store appeared smoothly.
Displayed on the window with the phrase to choose the desired item were two swords.
One was a simple long sword named ‘Well-Finished Sword (A)’, and the other was a pair of ornate long swords named ‘Unwavering Sword (SS)’.
-Well-Finished Sword (A)
A sword made by a craftsman for practice.
Price: 1,000 points
-Unwavering Sword (SS)
A sword made by someone’s will.
Price: 10 points
Ah, so that star rating is like a Constellation’s currency.
The realization was brief, then I was surprised by the price. An A-rank is 1,000 points, but why is an SS-rank so cheap? Isn’t this a scam?
With a mix of belief and doubt at the price that seemed to blatantly encourage buying the Unwavering Sword, I purchased the item.
As soon as the notification that the purchase was complete appeared, I immediately transferred it to Kim I-gyeol.
Constellation ‘Nobility Returned from Death’ gifts you the item ‘Unwavering Sword (SS)’.
The gifted item was summoned into Kim I-gyeol’s hands. As the twin swords held in both hands materialized, something I hadn’t seen before became visible.
Effects that looked like white smoke but contained splendor surrounded the two silver swords.
Would it be too much doting on my part if I thought they suited Kim I-gyeol well?
Giving an item isn’t the end of my role as a Constellation. In <The End of the Abyss>, Constellations have something called a ‘Unique Skill’.
A Unique Skill is a skill formed to make it easier to lend the Constellation’s power to the contractor.
For a Constellation to grant this to a contractor is both permission for the contractor to use the Constellation’s power and a token of trust, signaling that the Constellation is behind them.
I granted him the skill I had in mind while purchasing the item.
“What is this…”
Surprise spread across Kim I-gyeol’s face as he checked the notification.
The skill I granted him was <Solicitor’s Argument (S)>.
It was a skill that, when the owner recognizes a target as something they ‘must’ cut while the weapon is activated, their will is inevitably realized.
The flow of air changed. The time arbitrarily stopped by the system for the contract’s completion began to flow again.
Constellation ‘Nobility Returned from Death’ shouts, telling you to look ahead.
I sent a message to the stupefied Kim I-gyeol and ducked. A leg whooshed past over my head.
At the same time, I conveyed the core’s location to Kim I-gyeol. When I tried to state it directly, a notification of transmission failure appeared, saying it violated the rules.
After finally giving the location indirectly, he understood perfectly and swung his sword.
However, with a body that had just awakened, using unfamiliar twin swords was challenging.
Perhaps judging it better to wield even one properly than to handle two awkward weapons, he first put one sword into his inventory and swung the remaining single sword at the monster.
The monster dodged the attack effortlessly. It swung its spike-covered leg at him as he approached closely.
The spikes grazed him, drawing a thin line on Kim I-gyeol’s arm. Blood seeped out from it.
If he had been just a little slower in dodging, the spikes would have pierced his flesh.
Without even a moment to catch his breath, the flapping sound of the moving monster echoed through the air like a roar. It even felt like the ground was vibrating.
I wanted to shout for him to be careful, but held back, thinking it might provoke the monster.
Ah, the Constellation message. Right, that existed.
…But how do I send it? Just think that I want to convey it?
Constellation ‘Nobility Returned from Death’ worries, telling you not to get hurt and to be careful.
Oh, it sent. I can see it too.
Thanks to the system that conveyed my mere thought, I sent him a message. Though I don’t know if he can check it while fighting right now.
As he was instinctively learning his skills, he took down the monster before him and came towards me.
Clang!
Blocking the leg that came towards us, Kim I-gyeol turned his head and shouted at me.
“If you see an opening, run behind that way!”
Standing in front of me, he gestured with his eyes towards a large boulder nearby.
Reflexively, words asking how I could do that almost popped out. Then I remembered I’m a regular person, completely useless in combat.
With an apologetic heart, I urged him to be careful.
“Sorry I can’t help. Be careful not to get hurt.”
He responded with a nod and swung his sword at the monster.
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