D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 108

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Chapter 108
Simply having a smooth Server wasn’t enough to prevent problems.
When blocked tasks suddenly processed all at once, collisions like this occasionally occurred.
Even in other worlds where the Server had always run smoothly, Avatar bodies sometimes got flung to different locations.
I’d been careless.
“Ugh….”
So this was that famous place… wherever it was.
It didn’t seem like I’d been sent to Earth either.
Strange energy rippled around me, and my Avatar body floated suspended in the air.
And there was absolutely no oxygen here.
[ Se-um: I got thrown somewhere weird ]
When I called up my coordinates, a window appeared saying ‘Not the 34R7h Server.’
[ Retransmission in progress. ]
[ Please wait a moment. ]
[ Approximately 117 seconds remaining until retransmission. ]
This place seemed to be a corner of another world, far removed from the Solar System.
Traces of Dungeons that hadn’t yet appeared on Earth were visible here and there.
Not all of them would reach Earth, but even accounting for that, the sheer number was staggering.
[ Tasha: Just wait quietly and you’ll get transmitted. ]
[ Tasha: Problems that happen at most once or twice on the Server are happening to Se-um in every variety. ]
[ Se-um: I’m bored ]
Among them, the Gate of the most colossal Dungeon caught my eye.
Needless to say, it bore the appearance of Landquake.
I stared at it blankly.
The massive Gate repeatedly opened its maw as if about to swallow something at any moment, then closed again.
But just before it could fully open, violet light scattered in all directions and the motion ceased once more.
At the center of that light….
There was a single human corpse.
Completely undamaged, suspended in the center of the Gate as if merely sleeping.
The final fate of human Se-um.
[ Approximately 94 seconds remaining until retransmission. ]
I could see my body becoming slightly transparent, as if truly fading away.
A violet barrier unfolds using my body as a medium, and it suppresses Landquake from fully opening.
I don’t know by what principle this exerts a suppressive force close to divine power.
I can only dimly sense that some Constellation’s power has intervened.
“Yes, be grateful that you’re at least useful in this way.”
It felt strange, like I was speaking to myself in a mirror.
Now, looking at my corpse no longer stirred tears or heartache.
[ Consuming Karma. ]
[ Consuming divine power. ]
A violet light extended from my fingertips, soon enveloping the corpse.
The barrier that had been spreading around the body became clearer for a moment.
With this level of power, I wouldn’t be able to extend it for several more years.
And among the things Tasha said I should do, reinforcing this barrier would certainly be included.
But seeing it with my own eyes, my conscience wouldn’t let me do nothing.
If that corpse disappeared completely, countless people would be swallowed by the Landquake.
[ Approximately 41 seconds until retransmission. ]
I couldn’t do it alone.
Constellations don’t disappear even if they exhaust all their divine power.
But if I used up all my Karma and divine power, I wouldn’t be able to see Ha Gyuhyuk again, and even if I went that far, I had no confidence I could properly stop it.
For the first time since ascending to the position of Constellation, a subtle sense of helplessness wrapped around me.
I shook my head.
It hadn’t been long since I decided to ask others for help—there was no need to grow depressed already.
“Se-um, endure through sheer grit and stubbornness. Still, you owe a debt to the Constellation that brought you this far.”
Though perhaps that wasn’t something I should say to a corpse that had single-handedly held back the Landquake for 300 years.
I don’t know.
I simply hoped that if it had endured this long, it would continue to endure with a bit more dignity.
[ Approximately 15 seconds until retransmission. ]
“Anyway, you have to live like this. Or rather, you have to stay dead. Who would come to save you? I’m not planning to save you either.”
This corpse had no soul or anything else left.
So much time had passed that there were no family or friends left to claim it, not even bone dust remaining.
Wasn’t it said that there wasn’t even enough land to bury people in this world?
I found it somewhat amusing that I was rambling on to a corpse that wouldn’t answer.
I waved my hand lightly.
“If someone asks me to collect your remains later, I’ll think about it then. Goodbye. Take care of yourself alone for another 54 years.”
You’re good at being alone anyway.
I don’t particularly like it, but what can I do.
Goodbye.
[ Retransmission complete! Thank you for your patience! ]
[ A 5% Karma discount coupon has been credited as compensation for the transmission error. ]
5%? Where am I supposed to use that?
They’re compensating my 117 seconds with something that would disappear after sending one message?
Well, the Constellation System has been running this scam for ages anyway.
I crossed my arms while watching the scenery before my eyes change rapidly.
“This is really unlucky.”
“…I’m sorry. I didn’t expect you to suddenly appear in the chair.”
The voice that answered my muttering was all too familiar, yet dispirited….
It was Ha Gyuhyuk’s voice.
“Huh?”
It seemed I had been transmitted to Ha Gyuhyuk’s room—the Guild Master’s Office.
He had moved to my chair, and it just so happened that Ha Gyuhyuk was about to sit down on it.
In short, he ended up sitting on my lap.
I hadn’t even noticed because his weight was negligible.
“Ha Gyuhyuk, hello?”
“Hello, Se-um. I’m sorry. Let me get up right away… Se-um?”
The moment he tried to rise, I grabbed his waist firmly.
Taking the opportunity, I turned his body halfway around to face me.
“That wasn’t directed at you. Besides, this is kind of cute. Why are you making such a fuss?”
“I, I might be heavy. And someone could come in…”
I snapped my fingers.
At the same moment, the door that had been plainly visible in the Guild Master’s Office vanished.
“You’re not heavy to me, and now you don’t need to worry about anyone coming in. Right?”
“Se-um…”
I gently grasped his chin and tilted it toward me.
It was clear he was delighted to see me after so long, yet he couldn’t bear the embarrassment of this situation—it was written all over his face.
I couldn’t help but laugh. His flushed face was vividly apparent to me.
“Didn’t you sing about missing me? So why are you just sitting there doing nothing now that I’m right in front of you?”
“Th, this position is too embarrassing and a bit awkward. Um.”
“There, there. Sitting on my lap isn’t an experience everyone gets to have, so just enjoy it.”
He must have just bathed and returned to his room, as his clothes were disheveled.
It seemed I had connected the Guild Master’s Office directly to a room with an attached bedroom and bathroom so he could take care of all his needs there.
Still, what was he thinking, dressed like that if someone were to walk in?
“Your clothes are rather untidy, Guild Master.”
“I apologize.”
I had only said it in jest, but he answered obediently.
He even folded his hands neatly in front of his chest.
Such a composed posture paired with his disheveled appearance.
I could clearly feel him tensing his legs, trying to make himself feel lighter so as not to burden me.
Why was he so easy to read?
“Relax your body. I can carry ten of you and still fly around.”
“Yes…”
His weight settled back onto me.
Holding his chin, I turned his face this way and that, admiring it a bit more before gently releasing him.
“I didn’t know you were coming today. If I had known, I would have prepared myself more neatly.”
“Prepared yourself more neatly?”
Considering that our first meeting began with me watching him bathe, that made no sense whatsoever.
Yet he was nodding seriously.
“You said there’s a lot we could do together. So I wanted to prepare various things accordingly.”
“Ah, so you’re looking forward to our trip together, just the two of us?”
“…”
To be precise, I was simply thinking of wandering together to find places worth accumulating Karma.
If I count these moments drenched in blood and battle as travel, there’s no memory more vivid than this.
“So in trying to finish other tasks even a little faster, I ended up staying here continuously.”
“Yes, yes.”
I moved my hand and gently stroked his hair.
He naturally offered his head with a pleased expression.
“Se-um, couldn’t you let me down now?”
“No.”
….
So when the door to the Guild Master’s Office suddenly vanished, causing Touch One to erupt into chaos, he remained docile on my lap.

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