D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 150

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Chapter 150
“Do you really like me that much?”
“I’ve liked you from the beginning.”
“No, I mean that kind of like.”
“I’ve concluded that happened recently. I’m not sure when it started.”
Ha Gyuhyuk and I sat facing each other on the bed, laying bare our true feelings.
More precisely, it was a question-and-answer session where Ha Gyuhyuk would ask a hundred questions, and I’d deliberate before giving him one answer.
“So Se-um’s affection for me is the same as….”
“Yeah, you’re asking the same question for the thirtieth time now by rewording it. Even mock exams don’t recycle the same passage that much.”
Only after receiving a thorough rebuke from me did Ha Gyuhyuk seem to accept the proposition that “Se-um loves Ha Gyuhyuk.”
Though seeing his still-flushed face and the way his eyes darted about examining me, I wondered if he was simply keeping quiet.
“But you love me more, right?”
“Of course. Probably.”
This is why I love him.
Love cannot help but be unequal.
And he is the kind of person who finds joy in the fact that his heart is larger than mine.
[ Se-um: Where did this unicorn of a person fall from ]
[ Franson: Watch your words ]
[ Franson: I have a bet going with the Unicorn Constellation ]
[ Se-um: Understood ]
Watch what you say, no matter where you are.
I watched him rolling his eyes back and forth, lost in thought, before opening my mouth.
“But I believe human emotions change eventually.”
“Pardon?”
Ha Gyuhyuk’s excited expression clouded over in an instant.
I know that having one’s feelings doubted is never a pleasant experience.
“So hurry up and stop being human.”
“Ah…. You mean you want me to become a Constellation soon.”
It’s fortunate that when I say one thing, he understands ten things perfectly.
As if he’d never worn that hurt expression, Ha Gyuhyuk’s face bloomed bright again.
The road ahead would be nothing but hardship, so why was he smiling like that?
Simply from being loved by me, he seemed to feel as though he possessed the entire world.
It was fitting for someone who had declared before countless Constellations that he wanted to be loved by me.
I shook my head and laughed.
“Anyway, to do that, you’ll need to become incomparably stronger than you are now. Do you understand what I’m saying?”
“How can I become stronger?”
“First, you need to receive the reward for shouting your love for me so loudly at the Competition.”
“I, I didn’t shout it that loudly….”
His ears flushed red with embarrassment.
No, you definitely shouted it loudly.
To put it in perspective, the Constellations weren’t even glancing at their other clients—they had their eyes glued solely to your screen.
I was too on edge at the time to notice, but apparently that’s how it was.
“I heard the choices were transmitted to your system window.”
“Yes, that’s right. I can choose from several options. They were even kind enough to explain everything.”
But the kid risked his life and gave his absolute best, and they’re only offering one reward? That seems a bit harsh.
I understand that inheriting a Constellation’s unique power is an extraordinary benefit in itself, but desire has no limits.
I pushed down the greed and turmoil swelling in my chest and gently rested my forehead against Ha Gyuhyuk’s shoulder.
It was the natural physical affection I always showed him, and as always, he went rigid like a wooden doll.
“I’m not going to order you around, telling you to pick this or that.”
“But… I actually like it when you freely manipulate and mold me, Se-um.”
“I suppose I do enjoy that sort of thing, but something like this—you need to decide for yourself.”
I’m a trainer who develops Ha Gyuhyuk, not his very identity.
I shouldn’t meddle in what power he receives or how he wields it.
My role is to make it possible for him to use whatever strength he chooses, even if it doesn’t naturally fit his body.
Choose whatever you want.
I’ll make sure you can use it, even if I have to rebuild you from the ground up.
“Se-um, I know this sounds ridiculous, but… I feel like I’m dreaming.”
“You’ve never imagined a moment like this before?”
“No, I imagine it every moment. That’s why my imagination runs so deep that I’m starting to wonder if this is even real…”
His bashful confession sounded like pure, innocent affection itself.
I couldn’t hold back—I lifted my head.
“You’re the most foolish and lovable client I’ve ever seen.”
In the moment when divine and human lips met, shadows intertwined.
Thanks to the stars graciously turning their gaze away from that instant, darkness descended upon Earth like night.
* * *
“What happened?”
Kim Gyuwun, who had brought Dan Yibum—who hadn’t budged from the floor—in for treatment, finally spoke thirty minutes later.
The Guild Master, who had suddenly returned to Earth after four days, had simply said to clean up Dan Yibum lying on the floor without any further explanation.
Based on the Guild Master’s unexpectedly calm tone and Se-um’s irritated voice beside him, I judged it wasn’t a serious threat.
In fact, Dan Yibum had gotten off quite lightly—just a fracture or two in his limbs.
“You should be grateful your neck is still attached after charging at a Constellation.”
“I didn’t charge at anyone.”
“But you did something to deserve it.”
Dan Yibum fell silent at Kim Gyuwun’s sharp tone. He seemed unable to deny that much.
He let out a long sigh and glanced at Dan Yibum.
“It’s fine for you and me to keep things distant and show discomfort, but you can’t show that attitude toward the Constellation.”
“What did you hear?”
“No, I didn’t hear anything. But when both the Guild Master and the Constellation were present, the fact that they specifically pointed you out and told you to look after him—that was their way of saying you two should reconcile.”
So naturally, Kim Gyuwun had to be the reason Dan Yibum got beaten.
It was a conclusion drawn from thoroughly rational logic.
Dan Yibum turned his gaze away from Gyuwun’s irrefutable argument.
He always lost when it came to logic.
“It’s not like we’re children. We just have different opinions, so we should respect that. How long are you going to keep sulking like this?”
Dissatisfaction colored Kim Gyuwun’s voice.
Of course, at first he himself had been somewhat distant as well.
But he had made a genuine effort to resolve things so work wouldn’t be affected.
‘Dan Yibum.’
‘Let’s talk about it next time.’
‘There’s something we should discuss.’
‘Since you’re smarter than me, just go ahead and reach your own conclusions. I have no objections.’
Most conversations ended this way.
When Kim Gyuwun’s attempts repeatedly came to nothing, Chae-ah even cast pitying glances his way.
When they were first trapped in Franson’s Constellation Space, that Constellation had smiled at the two broken bodies and spoken.
‘Right now, it doesn’t matter if you two clash like this. The apocalypse is still a very distant future.’
In other words, whichever of the two’s convictions were realized, it would be something for the very distant future.
He smiled and concluded his words to the two who were listening to Franson’s speech, whether by choice or circumstance.
‘But one of you might die before that happens. Will you only understand then that your opponent’s convictions mean nothing before a fate that threatens your very lives?’
He spoke as though one of them would inevitably die.
Neither of them understood what that meant.
Franson’s Constellation didn’t bother to reconcile them himself.
‘Your lives were entrusted to me, so do well going forward. You don’t need to reconcile—just look out for each other.’
Perhaps because of that, they looked out for each other excessively.
Yet the tension between them never eased.
Kim Gyuwun wasn’t exactly a rough person either, but this was too much.
“Is your heart so narrow that one person can’t fit inside? Clean it out.”
“Excuse me?”
Dan Yibum’s expression turned dumbfounded—this was the first time in his life he’d been treated like a fool.
“What do you mean?”
“Neither you nor I have any intention of changing our minds. I asked you to talk, but you just stubbornly ignored me.”
Kim Gyuwun, who had been grumbling, pulled a document from his inventory and flung it toward Dan Yibum.
He caught it lightly and read the title of the thick document.
[ Proposal for Improvement of Dungeon Entry Standards Based on Hunter Rank
: Prevention of Dangerous Situations and
Promotion of Hunter Growth Through Stable Clears ]
“…What is this?”
“What do you think? If neither of you will budge, then blend them together.”
Kim Gyuwun was the very brain that had shouldered Guild Taemyeon alone and led the party.
Seeing Dan Yibum unable to take his eyes off the document, he snorted and turned away.
And some time later, a message from Kim Gyuwun arrived on Dan Yibum’s messenger.
[ Whatever you do, don’t read the subtitle vertically ]

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