D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 170

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Chapter 170
“Well, I did get compensated, but with karma like this, I won’t even be able to send a single message. Guess I’ll use this to buy Irina some sweets.”
Delta laughed and joked before departing.
“Right, right, I know what you’re trying to say. Let me buy you a meal sometime!”
“No, what’s with the meal?”
“What’s wrong with you? Get lost.”
The Duke and Sellen glared at each other as if ready to kill before returning to Sungdo.
“This is such a beautiful world—I think I’ll explore it a bit more. Se-um, you did well.”
Sungho Constellation decided to admire the natural beauty of this land a little longer and left with the other hunters.
The hunters from other guilds also departed after mentioning they needed to clean up the remaining situation and report the clear.
And three Constellations and the Touch One hunters gathered on the rooftop.
“Um, Hunter Dan Yibum. Let go for a moment.”
“No.”
Dan Yibum was so deeply moved by Kim Gyuwun’s willingness to sacrifice his life to save him that he held him in a tight embrace.
What was he doing?
And seeing Franson holding both of them in his powerful embrace as well—it looked like some grand performance art.
“If you’re going to do that, go downstairs and do it!”
Eventually, Ji Chae-ah gave them a sharp rebuke, grabbed the two men, and left the rooftop.
“Um, Constellation Tasha. Thank you.”
She didn’t forget to greet Tasha with an excited expression.
Without even being told, Ji Chae-ah had given us time alone—she really was perceptive.
“Ha Gyuhyuk, would it be okay if we talked for a moment, just the three of us?”
I spoke with uncharacteristic formality, and Ha Gyuhyuk nodded in agreement.
He excused himself, saying he would wait one floor below.
As it became just the three of us, a familiar and peaceful silence descended.
Franson was the first to speak.
“Se-um, a spear that can make you disappear appeared, didn’t it?”
“…How did you know?”
“I can tell just by looking at your face. I always know.”
He smiled gently. I had expected him to tell me not to go, or to cry, or something like that.
But Franson simply gazed at me with affectionate eyes.
I tilted my head to one side and leaned against Tasha.
My Constellation, as always supporting me, stroked my head.
“Tasha, what should I do?”
“Do what you want.”
“I want to know the right answer.”
Every time I was at a loss like this, my Constellation had given me the answer.
But not today. Today, she gave no clear answer.
Did even she have a question without an answer?
“Without me, wouldn’t you both be terribly sad and lonely?”
“It will be lonely, won’t it? We were used to the three of us gathering, and now it’ll be just two.”
“But you’ll get used to it again. That’s what an infinite life is. Even if you miss me sometimes, I’ll think that somewhere in this universe, your soul has found another life.”
The Constellations I had thought of as friends were far more mature than I was.
They willingly bore their own sorrow and waited for my choice.
I extended one hand toward Franson. He held my hand and gazed up at the sky with me.
“We’re friends, aren’t we?”
“I’ve heard that’s something you should never say between friends.”
Franson laughed.
How many Constellations had become shooting stars?
In truth, few are granted such an opportunity to fade away. Even fewer in such a short span as three hundred years.
“Do you think someone could catch me if they tried?”
“I’m not sure. Either way, I don’t think those two would try to catch you.”
I don’t understand my own heart either. What does it truly mean to return to nothingness?
Is this what I truly want?
The two Constellations gently caressed my hand and stroked my head. Tasha whispered.
“I’m grateful that you’re not lonely. Who would pray for the loneliness of someone they love?”
“….”
“And I believe the path you choose is the right one.”
What emotion was welling up from deep within me?
Sorrow, sadness, emotion, joy, gratitude.
Franson’s golden divine power pooled in my hand, then faded away.
“Thank you for giving me the regret of being responsible for someone, my friend.”
“You’re thanking me for giving you regret?”
“Because it’s given me the chance to love again. So we won’t forget you. Even when you disappear, you won’t be alone.”
Whether it’s the history of the Constellation System or the history of Earth, the history of two Constellations will remember me.
They didn’t ask me to stay, but simply smiled gently.
Without even a word of waiting, my friends’ figures blurred away.
I wanted to say thank you too.
That you are precious.
That this too is another form of love.
After sitting alone on the rooftop railing gazing at the sky for a long time, I felt a presence.
Ha Gyuhyuk, draping the two-layered robe I always wore across my shoulders, embraced me from behind.
“You must be cold.”
“How would I feel the cold?”
He sat down carefully beside me.
“Are you done talking?”
“Yes.”
“…Are you leaving now?”
After hesitating for a long time, Ha Gyuhyuk’s voice trembled as he spoke.
How long must he have agonized and deliberated before asking that question.
How much time had he spent preparing his heart for this moment?
“….”
My silence became the answer itself, and he bowed his head deeply.
“I’ve thought a lot about what I should do if Se-um left me.”
“Mm.”
“Half of me wants to grant the wishes of someone I love, and half of me doesn’t want to.”
“So the conclusion is.”
Looking at him, I felt like any resolve I’d made would crumble.
But Ha Gyuhyuk would probably say he respects me.
Even if it’s agonizing and difficult, he’d say all my choices are right. Knowing that, I still ask him this.
What am I hoping for?
“Couldn’t you stay?”
“…What?”
But the person before me was different from the Ha Gyuhyuk I’d known until now.
He was pleading with me desperately, tears glistening in his eyes.
“Could you stay by my side? Even just a little longer. Unless you’ve come to hate me. Is that not possible?”
“There’s no way I could hate you. You’re saying something ridiculous.”
He pulled me into his embrace. The tears he’d been holding back burst forth, his body trembling intermittently.
“I love you. Please don’t go.”
“…You too.”
If this continues, I won’t be able to leave.
The moment I brushed through his hair, a new window appeared before my eyes.
『 The Constellation grants your client ‘Ha Gyuhyuk’ the qualification to awaken the trait ‘Constellation’s Aide’. 』
[ Congratulations! ]
[ Your client ‘Ha Gyuhyuk’ has obtained an opportunity to join the stars. ]
An opportunity to join the stars? Constellation’s Aide?
What does this mean?
This message is slightly different from the typical one I know about becoming a Constellation.
Ha Gyuhyuk stared blankly at the window with tears still on his face.
At the same time, as if to provide an explanation, the High Priest stepped out from the empty air.
“Greetings, Constellation Se-um. Client Ha Gyuhyuk. The Constellation informs you: Client Ha Gyuhyuk has achieved the dissolution condition of a star by revealing the existence of a hero who saved humanity approximately 300 years ago, successfully prevented a catastrophe and eliminated Landquake, and finally accomplished an Achievement significant enough to alter the Constellation’s epithets. All of these have been taken into account, and the corresponding karma has been applied.”
“So, in other words. What are you saying?”
“Client Ha Gyuhyuk can become a High Priest of the Constellation whenever you wish.”
“….”
Had there ever been someone who became a High Priest while alive?
All Constellations became so after death, but could High Priests ascend while living?
My mind went blank.
So Ha Gyuhyuk had accumulated the karma of ‘saving a star’ by erasing my loneliness?
The High Priest hesitated before continuing.
“If you choose the position of High Priest, the dissolution condition will be ‘love toward Constellation Se-um’. Once you decide, please call upon us immediately.”
With a whisper, he vanished in haste.
Silence descended once more, leaving only Ha Gyuhyuk and me.
Ha Gyuhyuk could become a High Priest. And I could fade away.
He ascends to the Constellation through the value of loving me.
“High Priests work endlessly. Nothing but work. It’s different from Constellations like us.”
“Se-um.”
“They have to grant even the most absurd requests…. Why.”
“If I can stay by Se-um’s side for a long time, I don’t care whether I’m a High Priest or anything else.”
He was holding me again.
“So please don’t go.”
My heart thundered wildly.
I couldn’t believe how joyful it was that love for Se-um existed as his reason for being.
I cannot win against this.
I cannot win against his love.
“Then perhaps… yes.”
[ Dissolution is rejected. ]
[ However, the star’s origin of ‘loneliness’ has been confirmed as dissipated. A new origin setting is requested to maintain Constellation status. ]
I entered my answer without hesitation.
[ A new star’s origin is selected. ]
[ ‘Love for Ha Gyuhyuk’ ]
“Let’s live a little longer in this infinite world. Because I love you. And because you love me.”
[ Congratulations! ]
[ Constellation Se-um’s client has become a High Priest. ]
[ Reward karma is being settled. ]
Tears fell from Ha Gyuhyuk’s eyes.
“Now we’re truly together forever.”
“Yes.”
“I’m going to make you my exclusive High Priest and work you hard, so remember that.”
“I will live only for Se-um.”
He carefully brought his lips to mine.
But I paid no attention to system windows. Our interlocked lips burned hot, and were so full of love.
I closed my eyes.
The universe was no longer lonely.
【D-Rank Hunter’s Constellation Has No Internet】 Complete

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