D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 130

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Chapter 130
I couldn’t help but laugh as I watched them express their delight at what they considered fortunate timing.
Constellations are truly masters of false modesty.
They’d been observing the entire situation and only descended at what they deemed the perfect moment.
I’d already seen their names registered among the connected Constellations.
Though she wore an avatar form different from the one in Sungdo, I recognized her immediately.
Of course, only Constellations could identify each other this way—others would remain oblivious.
The Magic Tower Master, her name was Sellen.
She was the one who helped me punish the instigator behind that ridiculous rumor about me being unfaithful.
[ Se-um: Do you always change your appearance each time you send down an avatar? ]
[ Sellen: Yep yep~ ]
[ Sellen: It’s such a golden opportunity to take on different forms, so why would I want to look similar to my true self?~ ]
[ Sellen: Since I primarily use transformation magic, changing my body feels quite natural!~ ]
[ Sellen: Sometimes I even change my gender~ ]
I wondered what would have happened if she’d descended in a male avatar form.
I decided not to ask, suspecting she’d change on the spot if I did.
Curious as I was, I didn’t want to see it.
[ Se-um: When did you plan to arrive? ]
[ Sellen: I was going to observe a bit longer? But I wish I’d come sooner~ ]
[ Sellen: If I’d arrived earlier, that client wouldn’t have had a reason to get beaten up so suddenly~ ]
But her grinning face told me everything.
She’d been watching the entire time—while Dan Yibum was being pummeled by Ji Chae-ah and then by Kim Gyuwun.
Getting beaten by the Touch One members was probably better for him than losing an arm.
Sealing his system abilities wasn’t technically part of my contract with Sellen.
‘I’ll take responsibility for rejecting your proposal, Constellation, and correct his behavior myself. After all you’ve done for me.’
‘Oh my, oh my, and he’s not even your client. You’d go that far?’
‘I’m not ungrateful, Constellation. Besides, you could have severed his arm and reported it, but you held back for my sake.’
‘So what are you planning to do?’
‘Let him get beaten by people weaker than himself.’
Dan Yibum would take a beating if I simply told him to—there was no need to strip away his abilities.
But I thought it would be good for him to experience firsthand how weak Hunters lived their lives.
[ Sellen: I’ll come sooner next time~ ]
[ Se-um: That won’t be necessary ]
[ Se-um: Just come whenever you feel like it ]
There was no point in calling her out—I’d already seen through her act, after all.
But wait, was she planning to come again?
Why?
Before I could even voice my question, Sellen naturally sidled up beside me.
“The little ones fighting? Anyway, it seems conflicts never cease, regardless of world or era.”
The very Constellation saying this had been locked in an endless war with that Duke—the one who loved war and whatever else—for centuries without pause.
On Earth, I fought him first, so he lost all his karma and couldn’t even enter.
Thanks to that, Sellen is living a leisurely life on Earth.
When she heard the rumor that I’d destroyed the machine, I couldn’t imagine how delighted she was.
“If sharing a meal is how you build camaraderie, then according to the documents, Koreans really value food.”
Damn it, I can’t take back that it was just a casual greeting now!
“Korea is a place where you have to take care of meals even in Western-themed novels.”
“So it’s a custom of this land. Where I come from, we’d cut our hair to show friendship.”
“Do you keep the hair?”
“Yes. If I ever betray your friendship, curse me with it. That’s what it means.”
“…That’s more serious than I thought.”
“Well, that’s what hair means.”
Isn’t that basically a life-or-death oath?
But this is a custom from another world, so I should respect it.
I don’t know what the hair means, but I should be careful not to get my hair cut by Sellen while I’m sleeping.
Sellen looked far more excited than when we last met.
She seemed pleased that she wouldn’t have to see someone who was like her lifelong enemy in this place.
“But about what I asked you to do….”
“Ah, my client? I was going to try something, but Natalia had already taken care of everything.”
“Hm?”
“In Earth’s language, he became a complete wreck. It seems like she just utterly destroyed him?”
Sellen shrugged, saying she didn’t even have a chance to intervene.
[ Se-um: What is this about ]
[ Tasha: I didn’t do much. ]
[ Tasha: He just seemed to want great power, so I put some knowledge into his brain. ]
[ Tasha: He’s probably become the man who knows the most among all of humanity now. ]
[ Tasha: Isn’t that a blessing? ]
Tasha does things knowing full well what will happen.
When humans learn too many truths, their brains can’t bear it and they go mad.
Even among the wise Constellations, some spend decades in contemplation just from hearing the truths Tasha knows.
Still, the fact that he didn’t shock himself into suicide shows I’m being lenient.
[ Tasha: No matter how much a Constellation abandons them, I can’t cause further harm to those with whom I’ve made a client contract. ]
She seemed to think this Constellation would allow driving him mad.
Actually, she doesn’t seem to care much.
Even if she had killed him, I doubt she would have resisted much.
Sellen was satisfied just knowing she’d gotten revenge on Pamang once.
It was obvious she had little interest in the life or death of a mere client.
Constellations like Tasha who keep other Constellations’ clients alive are rare—most engage in slander and schemes.
Pamang and Sellen probably fought the same way.
I wonder what he’s doing these days.
Without karma to buy a new machine, he’s probably just sitting around twiddling his thumbs.
“Should I kill them?”
“No, given their personalities, if I killed them, they’d probably die before their time anyway. It would weigh on my mind.”
“Humans really do require so much maintenance.”
“My thoughts exactly.”
“You can release the restrictions now.”
I shrugged lightly.
If I lifted the system restrictions right now, Dan Yibum and Kim Gyuwun would have a proper fight on their hands.
Most buildings could collapse and I’d simply accept it.
But not the Touchone Building.
I’d layered so many protective enchantments on it that any attempt at destruction would end up destroying the humans instead.
If two perfectly good Guild Members died, Ha Gyuhyuk’s workload would multiply twentyfold.
“Then what about you? Have you spent your life saving everyone? I heard Taemyeon pursued efficiency to an extreme as well.”
“There’s a difference between positioning humans optimally to maximize their potential and treating them as useless baggage.”
“How noble of you. Anyone would think you’ve always given lower-ranked Hunters opportunities.”
“How have you managed to hold back with such sharp wit all this time?”
And then Kim Gyuwun and Dan Yibum began grappling and fighting in earnest.
Of all things! A clash between an A-rank intellect and an S-rank combatant!
How tedious.
The story of beautiful men fighting and deepening their bonds through conflict….
Other Constellations who enjoy that sort of thing can watch. I won’t.
“Ha Gyuhyuk, keep things organized. I’m going to grab a meal with the Constellation.”
“Pardon?”
“Don’t worry, they’ll make up again soon enough. Just make sure the building doesn’t get destroyed.”
Ha Gyuhyuk, who normally wouldn’t object, sounded flustered as his voice rose.
Should I really be mediating these childish squabbles? That hardly seems necessary.
[ Franson: Wait wait wait isn’t someone dying? ]
[ Franson: Weren’t you trying to prevent them from dying? ]
[ Se-um: I did say I’d try to keep them alive if possible… ]
[ Se-um: But if they kill each other fighting, there’s nothing I can do about that ]
[ Franson: How heartless ]
[ Tasha: This is normal. ]
[ Tasha: Franson’s the strange one. You never cared about individual clients before—so is there someone among them you’ve taken a liking to? Then go save them yourself. ]
[ Franson: Tsk tsk tsk ]
[ Franson: I’ve got them all packed away in my bundle ]
As long as Ha Gyuhyuk is fine, that’s all that matters to me.
What’s the probability Dan Yibum dies right now?
“Constellation, do you enjoy spicy food?”
“Right, right, I know what that means! It’s slang for provocative narratives, isn’t it? Spicy. That’s what you meant earlier too?”
“Ah, well about that…”
Just as I was about to explain its original meaning, a sharp crack echoed from behind us.
It was a sound that could never emerge from a quarrel between Dan Yibum and Kim Gyuwun.
I naturally turned my gaze.
Before my eyes stood two men wearing bewildered expressions, as though they’d been slapped across the face.
The one who had struck them was….
“Can’t you two just stop fighting?”
A thirty-sided die tumbled through the air.
24.
[ The Constellation of Probability and Life confines both clients to a Chamber of Thought and Reflection for 24 hours. ]
“Oh my, oh my! Is this what spicy means? Well, I’ve heard Koreans describe everything—age, narrative, everything—as something to consume!”
“Ah, well….”
“It’s delicious!”
As long as she was enjoying herself, that was enough.
I fulfilled my promise for this meal.

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