D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 131

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Chapter 131
Franson de Germain was considered relatively moderate among the Constellations.
Among them, he was counted among the few who were “soft” and rather dull.
The problem was that most Constellations viewed him with suspicion based solely on his appearance and kept their guard up.
‘Why do the Constellations always guard against me just by looking at my face?’
‘It’s because you’re naturally so handsome. Just think to yourself, “Ah, it’s because I’m so handsome,” and that should do it.’
‘You’re making fun of me!’
‘I’m being serious….’
Two eyes like deep crimson rubies set in stone, golden hair that fell naturally askew whenever he tilted his head in thought.
Broken wings that seemed to carry a story.
And a gambler’s disposition to match.
‘All in.’
‘No, why would you go all in here?’
‘After all, if the client dies, I can just pick a new one. I’m betting everything on having the client fight alone here!’
Even dazzling (client life) bets that left the other Constellations aghast!
But his true nature could be discerned in just a single day.
‘Listen here. Franson. If you ever think someone is misunderstanding you, just cry.’
‘Huh?’
‘Just cry. Then you’ll look a bit pitiful and forlorn, and they’ll think, “Oh, he’s not a bad Constellation,” and let it go.’
I had sat him down and told him this several times.
Whether fortunately or unfortunately, this emotionally sensitive Constellation would respond with a “Yes!” whenever I said cry! and would actually start crying.
To the point where I didn’t even need to teach him.
The other Constellations who had been wary of him quickly let their guard down whenever Franson would suddenly burst into tears.
Kind and gullible, lazy and somewhat oblivious, yet beautiful and good-natured, simple-minded and cute, and occasionally dignified like a young prince.
The Constellations sometimes called him the youngest prince Constellation out of affection.
Though he didn’t seem to particularly like it.
Not that the other Constellations would correct themselves just because he disliked it.
‘Still, the Constellation himself is a good kid.’
‘Yeah, yeah. He listens well, and if you want to be understood, you can go to him for that. Just blame him outright if you need to.’
A gambling sympathizer, a second gatekeeper more pathetic than one with broken wings.
Softie.
But he had one fatal weakness….
“Why do these kids keep fighting? I really can’t understand human thinking.”
I don’t understand you right now either.
Every so often, he would go berserk at a point no one could comprehend.
When I first witnessed such behavior, I tried desperately to stop him, but after that, I simply gave up with the attitude of letting him do as he pleased.
In the first place, a Constellation restraining another Constellation with words didn’t make sense.
“The fact that you even tried to understand human thinking is remarkable in itself.”
“I thought that youngest prince Constellation was perhaps a bit cold-natured. Oh my, oh my, I was completely wrong?”
“I get that misunderstanding often. If you say that to his face, he’ll cry again.”
“I haven’t said anything yet. Why are you crying?”
“I’m angry.”
I couldn’t quite understand why he was setting the trap himself and then bursting into tears over it.
Though I’d heard there were types who cried when they got angry.
I decided to interpret it as him being that immersed in this Server called Earth.
Well, if it’s good, it’s good.
[ Tasha: Here we go again. ]
[ Se-um: Franson’s just being Franson ]
[ Se-um: I was wondering when he’d start doing this again lol ]
[ Se-um: I get it, I understand everything ]
[ Tasha: He’s not even reading the chat. ]
Since there was no way to stop him when he was like this, I simply let it play out.
Besides, if I interfered with him striking or confining another client candidate—not Ha Gyuhyuk—that would be a complete overreach on my part.
If I thought of him as something other than a Constellation close to me, it was naturally something I shouldn’t do.
Sellen seemed to find this situation endlessly entertaining, practically vibrating with excitement.
“Hey, hey, but why did you hit him?”
“Well, seeing the kids fight like that, weren’t you worried one of them might die? You liked both of them?”
“So you’re making them fight to the death? Trying to contract with the stronger one?”
“…That could be it?”
Franson was a type I couldn’t comprehend, so I had no idea.
Everyone except Sellen and me was frozen in shock at the scene.
Perhaps they were even more tense because Franson’s dice were still floating in the air, unchanged.
“Franson, the other humans are terrified.”
I wondered if this level of interference was acceptable.
It seemed Ha Gyuhyuk was quite panicked since two Guild Members suddenly vanished before his eyes.
Ji Chae-ah was becoming one with the wall.
[ Se-um: First, hide your client somewhere else ]
[ Se-um: The kid’s going to pass out ]
[ Tasha: He seemed curious so I just let him watch, but maybe it wasn’t good for a child’s mind after all. ]
At that moment, Ji Chae-ah vanished with a pop.
Since the actual movement happened without any sound or trace, it seemed only I had noticed.
Franson let out a sigh, apparently realizing belatedly that he’d drawn everyone’s attention. He muttered irritably.
“But it’s ridiculous that they’re fighting over trivial matters like whether human lives are saved or not.”
“Humans are a species that thinks, after all.”
I walked forward, pulling along Sellen as she quietly linked her arm through mine.
“They endlessly ruminate over their failures, their losses, their grievances, the unfair things done to them. Or rather, things that haven’t happened, things that will happen—everything.”
“They waste their short lives thinking about their own mistakes?”
“No? They blame others.”
Franson’s eyes narrowed as if trying to gauge whether my words were sincere or not.
That wasn’t the important part anyway.
“But why did you lock the children in there? For twenty-four hours?”
“Simply to make them reflect on themselves. All their arguments are so absurd anyway.”
I had to agree with that point.
Sellen seemed to share the sentiment, laughing and clapping her hands.
An absurd notion, truly.
If it were me, they’d claim I saved more humans, or that the weak must inevitably remain in weak worlds.
Such arguments are nothing but sophistry.
Look at the facts that actually exist.
Most of Cynea’s population is dead, and Seok Geon-hyung, consumed by jealousy, attempted something twisted before losing his mind entirely.
The Guild Taemyeon that Kim Gyuwun belonged to has crumbled, and Ha Gyuhyuk became A-rank by receiving my power.
Yet countless Hunters still suffer, never chosen by the Constellation.
This is the truth.
“Ha Gyuhyuk, you answer. Who is right?”
I ask my client for his perspective.
Ha Gyuhyuk, who had been at a loss until then, flinched at the question.
He hadn’t expected the focus to turn toward him.
Naturally, I had no intention of siding with either Kim Gyuwun or Dan Yibum.
[ Franson: This is crazy ]
[Franson: But those kids won’t die fighting, right? ㅠ ]
[ Tasha: If they die, they die. ]
[ Tasha: Besides, even if they do, no one will blame you for it. ]
[ Se-um: Yeah, no one will say anything ]
I had no reason to consider the lives of lower-rank Hunters, nor any desire to dwell on their regrets.
Should Dan Yibum attempt anything, removing him would be trivial if Ha Gyuhyuk wished it.
“I should answer….”
“Answer. You said you wanted to save many people, so Dan Yibum is right. Restricting them is indeed a way to save them.”
“….”
“But in that rare possibility, if you wish to respect their will, then Kim Gyuwun is right. If you don’t want to bind their will merely to prolonging life.”
My human, think.
Find your own answer.
You cannot become everything in this world, yet all weakness in this world carries your potential within it.
But not all stars help all the weak. I am no exception.
Even if he wishes it, I cannot love and embrace all the insignificant creatures he seeks to shelter.
The karma I have accumulated will fade someday.
“You’re both wrong.”
“What do you mean?”
“Because one human cannot determine the fate of all humans.”
Ha Gyuhyuk speaks to all the stars.
― Even though someone sacrificed themselves nobly to sustain the world and chose to walk alone in loneliness, humans kill each other for such trivial reasons.
He said to me.
“We cannot restrict the freedom of all Hunters as Dan Yibum suggests, nor can we draw out the latent strength of everyone as Kim Gyuwun proposes. We cannot even make demands of the Constellation.”
― But I love the person who protected that world. Se-um. That is why I love the people that person has saved.
“Therefore, both of you are wrong to demand your convictions upon others.”
White light scattered like mist around Ha Gyuhyuk.
[ Notifying the Constellation Se-um. ]
[ The client has achieved enlightenment and obtained the rank of Transcendent. ]

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