D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 105

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Chapter 105
The Sungdo Lobby.
Constellations rarely ventured beyond their own chambers.
Yet those who had cultivated a habit of strolling in their mortal lives, or who didn’t obsess over accumulating Karma, often gathered here.
I sat alone in the vast expanse, staring blankly ahead.
The conversations of other Constellations drifted to my ears.
“Think they’ll hold some kind of competition this time?”
“Why, running short on Karma? Besides, you probably don’t have anything you particularly want anyway.”
“Actually, I heard new equipment came out. I want to move to a bigger room too.”
“Did you hear that one Constellation confessed to someone and got rejected spectacularly?”
“Yeah, I did. That Constellation’s fascinating. I once overheard them going on about a thousand-year romance with some client.”
Sitting quietly and listening like this, I often caught amusing stories.
“Have you checked out that Earth Server 3 or whatever? It’s been trending like crazy lately.”
Hmm?
And by whiling away time here, I could stumble upon unexpected conversations like this.
A server that’s been trending like crazy lately, they said.
Just a few months ago, I was desperately struggling to enter it, shedding tears of blood.
Now, whenever I entered Earth, there were no shortage of Constellations visible.
Without thinking, I perked up my ears and eavesdropped on their exchange.
“The server was supposed to close, but apparently someone worked hard to keep it open.”
“Must be their hometown. Sometimes you get people who get that attached to their hometowns.”
“What about you, sister?”
“I destroyed our planet with my own hands and preserved universal peace.”
The conversation drifted in a direction impossible to tell whether it was tragedy or comedy.
From the feel of it, the discussion about Earth didn’t seem like it would continue.
My interest vanished once more.
“….”
Perhaps the problem was that I’d been living intoxicated by Earth as a dopamine source lately.
Suddenly, passing time felt unbearably tedious.
To think I’d fallen into such indolence as a Constellation. In my 300 years of stellar existence, this had never happened before.
The reason I’d suddenly found myself with tedious hours to kill was because Tasha had issued an absolute command.
‘I’ll look into the Dungeon transfers and the Landquake myself, so you just rest.’
‘Then I can return to Earth again….’
‘You need to rest.’
Tasha had insisted firmly on my taking a break.
‘Should I help too?’
‘Franson… Sure, come along for now. I feel like there’s something I need to do anyway.’
Though she seemed reluctant, she apparently thought that leaving me and him together would lead to some kind of trouble.
“….”
Is that so? Does she find it unreliable when Franson and I are together?
I sighed, imagining Tasha’s expression of genuine concern.
She had told me to rest.
Just not by returning to Earth.
Restricted from traveling, all I could do was leisurely read through the messages Ha Gyuhyuk had sent.
[ Se-um, I hope you’re doing well. I imagine you must be quite busy in Sungdo.
Perhaps you’re searching for ways to elevate your clients to Constellation status? ]
No, Ha Gyuhyuk.
I’m currently unable to do anything, forced into this state of rest, and I’ve lost my bearings entirely.
With nothing to occupy myself, my mind grows restless, and I question whether this is even acceptable.
[ I’m currently challenging myself with various aspects of Guild management to become more proficient.
I’ve been thinking about opening a second Training Ground location since there’s such a backlog at the main one.
Since our Guild is still small, I believe it’s important to establish steady revenue streams like this. ]
Regarding how the world I sponsor had suddenly transformed from a Hunter story into a Territory management narrative.
I blinked blankly.
[ I’ll do my best to make the Guild something you can be proud of when you return, Se-um.
I miss you very much.
If it’s possible, please send me a message.
Ha Gyuhyuk. ]
Looking at him, I sent several messages.
[ Be careful wherever you go. ]
[ Contact me if you’re hurt. ]
[ I have quite a lot to handle in Sungdo, so returning immediately might be difficult. ]
[ But I’ll come see you before it gets too late, so don’t worry. ]
[ I miss you too. ]
[ Your message “I miss you” has been sent to the client. ]
Since this wasn’t about descending to Earth or anything like that, surely Tasha would let it slide.
‘Descending in an avatar form and rolling around with those kids is absolutely not rest.’
‘Why? I thought it was fun doing things and playing with humans…’
‘Of course Se-um is that type, but right now you need to organize your thoughts.’
Tasha spoke firmly.
That I’m currently unable to see my own heart clearly, nor the situation on Earth properly.
Normally, I wouldn’t care about anything, but if I truly want to elevate my client to Constellation status and save that world, I should exercise restraint.
Save the world, she said.
There’s no reason I must save Earth.
Though there’s no reason to abandon it either.
It’s certainly complicated.
Swallowing a silent scream, I pressed my forehead with my hand.
One thing was certain: spending time on Earth with my client was not rest.
Admittedly, I had been spending a lot of time there lately.
And more importantly, my presence there—being someone from Earth—could destabilize the causal forces even further.
“Haaaa….”
But I had precious little to do.
I’d always been the type to cling to my clients, so the sudden emptiness left me adrift.
Most of the clients I’d cultivated like sprawling tentacles had already departed from this world.
I checked on them briefly, then drifted back into a vacant stupor, passing the hours in that manner.
“What are you doing here, Se-um?”
“Pardon?”
I’d been so thoroughly lost in my own mind that I hadn’t even noticed someone approaching.
When I looked up, it was Sungho, a Constellation I’d grown somewhat fond of over time.
Sungho gazed at me with a warm, benevolent smile.
From the look of it, he seemed to have been waiting for me here for quite some time.
“Have I been neglecting you, Constellation? I’ve suddenly found myself with nothing to do, and it’s been so long since that happened that I didn’t even realize it.”
“No, normally I wouldn’t have bothered coming out at all, but Natalia’s Constellation asked me to check on you.”
“Natalia…. Ah, Tasha.”
It seemed I’d truly been letting my mind slip away lately.
Tasha must have known exactly how I’d been living and sent Sungho to me.
I wasn’t sure why she’d chosen Sungho over Franson, though.
He settled carefully beside me.
“From what Natalia said, it seemed you had something you wanted to discuss.”
“Something to discuss?”
I blinked.
I couldn’t very well ask how to expand the Guild on Earth.
And asking about closing the Landquake would be pointless with a Constellation who couldn’t even prevent the world’s crisis and had to hold a contest instead.
So what could this consultation be about?
I scratched my cheek and narrowed my eyes.
There was exactly one thing nagging at the back of my mind.
“What does it mean to love the world? I feel like I still haven’t grasped my own heart on this matter.”
The other Constellations around us showed little interest in our conversation.
Even speaking so openly, no one paid us any mind.
Perhaps that’s why our dialogue felt so much more comfortable.
“Of course, unlike you, Sungho, I don’t cherish that world even if I had no clients there.”
“I understand what you mean.”
“But normally I thought it didn’t matter if that place fell to ruin, yet the people who lived there have begun to weigh on my mind.”
“And?”
“And now, sensing danger approaching that world, I find myself wanting—just a little—to prevent it.”
I’m not sure if this qualifies as love.
Perhaps it’s merely an attachment to that world.
It could be an emotion born from returning to the place where I was born and raised.
I brushed my head lightly and lowered my gaze.
He regarded me quietly.
“Love isn’t something so grandiose.”
“The love my clients show seems poignant enough to leave a mark on history. But I cannot love like that.”
My mind grasped it, but my heart could not practice it.
My heart is not as sublime as the love I have watched over for three hundred years.
It is not beautiful.
I simply wished to treat them a little better.
“My client loves that world.”
“Yes.”
“So I wish that world my child loves could endure even one day longer. Is this not love?”
“It is love.”
“Yet I have not shown love worthy of history?”
Sungho the Constellation lifted his gaze in silence.
My eyes followed his.
‘The fleeting moments we saved for them ultimately become the history of that world.’

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