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The main character’s younger brother is resurrected as a constellation Episode 10
“…What do you mean by that all of a sudden?”
“Were you worried that you might not be able to use the skill?”
He saw right through me.
With a faint smile on his lips, he continued.
“Don’t worry. Innate skills are the power of a star, so if you’re the baby, you can use them naturally.”
The fox drew a straight line on the floor with its claw. Then it drew 10 vertical lines on top of that line.
Starting from the first vertical line, its paw stopped at a certain point.
“We don’t just give abilities to our contractors. We lend them. So even if they use the power the most, it’s about this much?”
That was at the eighth line.
Going back to the starting line, the fox’s paw didn’t stop this time and reached the opposite end.
“I told you, the baby is a star. You can use it at full power.”
Its voice, adding that I shouldn’t worry, was gentle.
A sense of relief bloomed from that warmth.
“Okay, I’ll start.”
After taking a short deep breath, I activated the skill.
Activating innate power, <Fair Judgment (S) >.
A different phrase from when a Hunter uses a skill appeared, and a faint pink light gently emanated from my body. Is this different because I’m a constellation?
An intangible energy extending from my hand enveloped the fox from head to toe.
Target recognized.
Soon, one large scale appeared in the air. On one side of the scale lay a transparent weight.
That must be the weight of good and evil. The weight, transparent like glass, didn’t look like it would weigh much.
When I placed the fox on the scale, the transparent weight flickered with color for a moment, then returned to colorless.
The side of the scale with the fox thudded downwards.
As the target is judged to be good, skill activation is permitted.
The fox was still surrounded by the intangible energy that hadn’t disappeared. The energy, taking on a clear light, engulfed the fox’s form.
Granting a new life to the monster ‘Little Fox (S)’.
After a few seconds, the light subsided, and the fox’s appearance was the same, but the color of its eyes had changed.
From silver-grey to black. It sparkled just like a black pearl.
Seeing it now, the black color suited the fox’s red fur better.
“Baby, thank you!”
The fox returned to its original form, saying its body felt lighter, and hopped around joyfully. Seeing that brought a natural smile to my face.
You have cleared the dungeon ‘The Baby Fox’s Last Home (A)’.
With the boss sustaining the dungeon purified and gone, a clear notification window naturally appeared.
Perhaps it was because a human residence had rarely turned into a dungeon. No separate closure notice appeared.
I wondered if the grade was originally that grade, but since we cleared it, I considered it done.
As I held the baby fox in my arms, a red fur ball fell off.
Thinking it might be useful later as a byproduct from an A-rank dungeon boss, I picked it up, put it in my inventory, and went outside.
As soon as I exited, a quiet living room greeted me.
The ivory-colored sofa right in front of me and the harmonious family photo hanging above it led the empty house into a warm atmosphere.
I carefully moved around the house to check if Kim I-gyeol was there.
Not seeing a single person, I returned to the living room and asked the fox.
“So, does it seem like anyone is in this house?”
“No, there isn’t!”
The fox sniffed the air and said it could only smell me.
As I headed towards the front door to leave, my gaze fell on a picture frame hanging on the nearby wall.
It was a cozy family photo.
“Hmm?”
But the person in that photo looked familiar. Looking closely, it was Kim I-gyeol.
Would you look at this crazy system? It pufferd me to Kim I-gyeol’s house?
Good thing no one was home; I could have been sued for trespassing.
I quickly left the house. Standing in front of the elevator, I pressed the button, but it was unresponsive.
The floor indicator display, which should have shown numbers, was blank.
It seemed not just Kim I-gyeol’s house, but the entire building had been dungeon sized. The electricity seemed cut off too.
With no other choice, I headed for the stairs.
Going down the stairs, it suddenly occurred to me that I hadn’t told the fox my name.
“Oh, by the way, little fox. My name is Jin Se-rin.”
“Okay, baby! I’m Little Fox.”
Even after hearing my name, the fox still called me baby.
I thought about correcting it, but the vivid memory of it calling me ‘younger sibling star’ with sparkling eyes made me let it slide.
“Don’t you have a name?”
“I do have one… but… Vulpecula…”
The fox, avoiding my gaze, mumbled its name quietly.
Vulpecula, what? Flustered by the difficult name, before I could ask again, the fox exclaimed.
“Baby, name me!”
At the audacious request, my footsteps going down the stairs stopped.
My pupils shook wildly. I was famously known among my friends for having no sense for naming things.
“Wouldn’t it be better to just use your original name? I’m really bad at this kind of thing.”
“Anything the baby gives is fine.”
Even as I tried to refuse, the fox was adamant. With no choice, I continued down the stairs, pondering a name for the fox.
“Come to think of it, that ability you used earlier, what skill was that?”
“<Probabilistic Deduction>! It can unconditionally find at least one answer to a problem it faces. It might not be a completely correct answer, but…”
The confident, shouting demeanor from moments ago was gone, and it vaguely trailed off while watching my expression.
Anyway, it’s about suggesting a solution, right?
“How about Answer?”
“Answer?”
“Didn’t you say earlier that you find answers to anything?”
“Right, right. I’m smart!”
“But you also said it might not be a perfectly correct answer.”
At my words, the fox’s ears drooped.
“Answers aren’t necessarily limited to just one. I hope you can continue to find appropriate answers depending on the situation in the future.”
The fox’s personality was quick to give up, but also quick to change moods. Even though we had only spent a short time together, that was evident.
Although it talked about being an older sibling star, the fox was clearly still young.
Just looking at the situation a little while ago proved that.
The fox thought its own death was the only way out of that room. In despair, the fox gave up without even thinking of using its ability.
This time, because I was there, we found a proper answer. But what about next time, if the fox is alone and faced with that kind of situation?
The fox, upon hearing the meaning of the name, looked at me with tearful eyes as if touched.
“Answer, I love it!”
Answer voice filled the space.
Until now, even when talking with Answer, only my voice filled the space. Answer voice didn’t so much enter my ears as it resonated strongly in my head.
That voice suddenly started being heard through my ears.
At the same time, I felt weight in Answer body, which had been as light as a feather.
“Answer?”
The excited fox, no, Answer, leaped from my arms and energetically ran down the stairs.
Seeing that, I felt a slight sense of betrayal. If I knew it could go down that well on its own, I wouldn’t have carried it.
Rubbing my arm, which felt strangely numb, I shouted at Answer.
“Answer, go slowly! You’ll get hurt!”
As I hurried my steps down the stairs, Answer bark rang out.
“Kyang!”
“Anwser!”
Thinking something might have happened in that short time, I bounded down the stairs, taking two at a time.
Anwser was caught in the hand of a stranger.
Even though I hadn’t specifically warned it, Anwser, instead of speaking in human words, whined and barked, crying out for me to save it.
As the captured fox looked up and cried, the person followed the fox’s gaze upwards.
Then, a somewhat hollow mutter was heard.
“Jin Se-rin?”
“Oh.”
At the familiar voice, I looked down and saw Kim I-gyeol between the railings.
“Ugh, what’s all this commotion at the crack of dawn?”
“Tell me about it. We need to send the kids to school!”
Behind him were others who appeared to be residents of the apartment.
I didn’t expect to meet him again so soon. I hadn’t even thought of an excuse for why I was here.
Unlike me, anxiously fretting, Kim I-gyeol calmly came up the stairs and stopped two steps below me.
Because of the height difference, our eyes, which couldn’t meet directly, finally aligned.
The corners of his mouth lifted, and a gentle voice flowed out.
“Hi.”
…Why are you coming out of there?
