D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 15

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Chapter 15
I quickly grabbed another device nearby and logged back in.
[ Access confirmed with the same account. ]
[ Only one connection per account is permitted. If you attempt to access from another device, all other devices will switch to listening mode. ]
I hastily tapped the confirmation button.
The account naturally switched over, and the data transfer that had been in progress on the monitor was canceled mid-way.
I hadn’t purchased this device for this purpose, but without it, who knew what would have happened.
I wondered just how bewildering the situation would appear to Earth’s lifeforms.
[ The Constellation of Spectation and Care has left the world. ]
[ The Constellation of Spectation and Care has entered. ]
These messages were alternating back and forth without end.
To anyone watching, I would appear infinitely capricious.
It would be fine if I merely seemed whimsical, but the problem was that days would pass between disconnecting and reconnecting.
Because I had requested so much from the other Constellations and rotated devices, tasks that once took months now took only weeks.
It was a blessing in disguise.
If a Constellation suddenly disappeared and then quietly reappeared weeks later, it would almost certainly be interpreted as being upset about something.
I had no desire to explain my comings and goings to those who weren’t my clients.
[ Connection established. ]
I held the phone-like device and exhaled deeply.
If I had purchased a budget model, I wouldn’t have been able to take such swift action.
How fortunate that Sungdo, despite its heavy power consumption, delivered performance to match.
Fortunately, this time I was able to reconnect in less than a week.
‘Just what is the time differential standard between the world and Sungdo?’
‘Unless we achieve complete synchronization, the flow varies with the nebulae and constellations, so we can’t really give you a standard. Sungdo ultimately operates with the support of stellar currents.’
The explanation was complex, but the summary was simple.
The worse the server, the greater the time gap between Sungdo and the world.
And even Sungdo couldn’t predict exactly how much the difference would be.
The only solution was to invest more and expand the servers.
The more I thought about it, the more depressing the truth became.
Even though I had vanished abruptly, Ha Gyuhyuk had adapted enough by now to focus on his daily life.
[ 〔A Constellation who suddenly returned after leaving the world—what could have caused such a change of heart?〕
〔I will recommend 8 tourist spots with the best view of the constellation chat room haha〕
〔The Constellation probably got fed up and left because people kept trying to exploit them〕
〔If you look at the Korean history book, it says that Korea had the most constellations, so I came in with high expectations, but I was disappointed because it was such a mess ;; Why was it that there were only a few low-level hunters at that time and they seemed a bit like heroes, haha?]
〔But now there are over a hundred S-rank Hunters, of course I’m not in the top hundred?? Anyway, I think the Constellation left because the state of the country wasn’t great〕
〔Then why did they come back?? Didn’t you see the reconnection notification this morning?〕
〔How should I know all that〕
〔I compiled all the information we have about the Constellation so far.
One. The Constellation is either Korean or at least fluent in Korean.
You saw how broadcasts were sent in Korean to other countries too, right? Without even providing translations, stubbornly in Korean, and everything got flipped upside down, right?〕
They’re likely from our country, or at the very least, favorable toward Korea.
Second: the Constellation is wealthy.
We’ve actually witnessed the Constellation fulfilling a wide range of wishes—from simple requests to healing illnesses.
It’s recorded in world history that Constellations require payment in currency when granting human wishes.
If they’re casually fulfilling even personal desires like this, they must be quite affluent.
The next point is just collected comments—third: the Constellation doesn’t seem to care much about how others exploit them.
Fourth: there’s a possibility that Constellation power was involved in the recent trending D-rank Hunter clear.
Fifth: if this is a Korean-origin Constellation, could they be a historical figure?
Sixth: they suddenly left here because a human they favored died.
Opinions welcome!〕 ]
They really put their minds to work. Some of these are disturbingly close to the truth.
It’s unfortunate that I’m not a historical figure.
I could become a hero, but without recorded Achievements, I can never become a historical figure.
In reality, I’m not even a hero—just a missing person.
And my client didn’t die either. It was just a disaster caused by the internet going down.
If I admitted that a Constellation is just another common being who laughs and cries over each internet connection, it would be rather undignified.
I’m curious how the person who wrote that post will react now that I’ve logged back in.
I blinked a few times, then gave up trying to read the humans’ reactions.
[ Ha Gyuhyuk, you didn’t go into any Dungeons alone while I was gone, did you? ]
– Constellation, you’re back? Everyone said you’d left this world, but I believed you would return.
[ So you’re happy that your faith was rewarded? ]
– Yes, I was happy. Of course, no one asked me about it, but the internet was just full of talk about you. Oh, by the way, are you not familiar with Earth culture?
As I spoke to him as though there had been no gap in time, Ha Gyuhyuk looked at me with joy rather than surprise.
Eventually, that joyful expression would give way to familiarity.
By then, how old would this boy be?
By the time my existence became familiar to him and he could actively make use of me, he might well be past sixty.
Constellations can change their appearance, but most maintain their form from the moment of death unless they’re using an avatar.
‘So most Constellations retain the appearance they had when they died.’
I hoped that even if Ha Gyuhyuk became a Constellation, he would be in the form of a very old man.
Even as an old man, he’d barely reach a hundred years old.
Humans really do seem to draw their final breath far too early.
[ That can’t be. I’m also from Earth. ]
[ More specifically, I’m from Korea just like you. ]
[ That’s already a famous theory on the internet—I didn’t know you hadn’t heard it. ]
– I… I’ve seen it mentioned, but hearing it directly is different from just reading about it, you know? I decided not to believe anything unless I experienced it myself. Oh, but Constellation…
[ Yeah? ]
– The thing you said you’d send last week still hasn’t arrived. Oh, I’m not complaining or anything, but I’m just curious what it is…
“….”
I glanced away and stared at the monitor that had frozen.
To send it, I’d have to attempt that again, which means losing another week, and it’s an endless cycle.
Just thinking that doing this fifty times would cost Earth a year made my head spin already.
In my 330 years as a Constellation, after becoming a divine being, I had never once walked the path of labor—and now it stretched before my eyes.
With a heavy heart, I unfolded the list.
[ I had a list I wanted to send you, but Earth doesn’t seem ready to accept it yet… ]
[ So I’ll send fragments bit by bit. Do you have something to record with? ]
[ The total volume isn’t much. ]
My mood was already souring.
But sending one piece of information and dividing it up to send one at a time consumed different amounts of Karma.
At my words, he hurriedly pulled out a notebook and pen, his expression growing serious as if urging me to speak quickly.
[ I’m going to send you information on a thousand Dungeons simply. ]
– …Pardon?
[ That’s 64,945 sentences total, so that’s fine, right? ]

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