It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 118

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Chapter 118

#Episode 118

After finishing the quarterfinals and returning from the medical test, there was someone who had arrived before me.

It was the Blue King in a suit, who seemed to have recovered and looked somewhat different.

“…Hm?”

However, if there was one major difference from the battlefield, it was that her figure was definitely not that of a man.

As I stood bewildered, the Blue King approached me step by step and bowed her head.

“I apologize for visiting so suddenly.”

“It’s fine, but what brings you here?”

Looking at my companions, they all seemed unbothered.

At my surprisingly reasonable reaction, she bowed her chest and head politely.

“Allow me to introduce myself with my real name. I am the Monarch who rules Sirius, the Blue King Cha Seol-hwi.”

“Seolhwi…? Not Ao? Are you Korean?”

“…Pardon? This is my real name!”

Seolhwi blinked as if asking what I was talking about.

With such a distinctly Korean name, I wondered if she was a fellow countryman, but apparently that wasn’t the case.

“Then, which country are you from?”

“Didn’t I tell you? I’m the Monarch who rules Sirius. I live on Sirius.”

“…Are you perhaps not human?”

“I am human.”

Then humans can live in such places?

Perhaps sensing what I was thinking, she continued her explanation while her short blue hair swayed.

“We are residents permitted by Sirius. We live together in areas that Sirius has allowed.”

“You make it sound as if Sirius is alive.”

“Yes, all planets are alive. Ordinary people cannot hear them, but Monarchs like me who are connected to planets can communicate with them.”

What she meant was that a planet’s rotation and revolution, along with countless other things like volcanic eruptions, are the planet’s life activities.

Come to think of it, the Sun also lives by nuclear fusion, so there’s no reason planets couldn’t be alive too.

My head was starting to ache, but I didn’t bother to argue.

The evidence for her words was standing right before my eyes.

“So, what’s the reason you came to see me?”

Blue hair, a sensual figure covered by a black suit – it was an appearance that would surely be the envy of many.

Her face was somewhat puppy-like, and her bright blue eyes were as beautiful as if Sirius itself had been embedded in them.

Seolhwi pondered for a moment, then went “Aha!” and approached me.

Then she suddenly embraced me from the front.

The moment two large things touched me, murderous intent flared up in Rey and Yeo-ul’s expressions.

In that brief moment, I showed transcendent patience by mentally reciting all four verses of the national anthem, then grimaced and pushed her away.

“I don’t think we have that kind of relationship.”

At my reaction, the murderous intent I felt from behind disappeared.

Seolhwi floundered in confusion, then bowed her head.

“Sirius said you would like it if I did this… I’m sorry…”

That bastard Sirius, is he male?

He understands men far too well.

“I don’t know about embraces between comrades, but I’m not lenient enough to tolerate embraces from someone I’ve just met today.”

“I apologize repeatedly.”

Watching Seolhwi politely clasp her hands and apologize over and over, I gradually became curious about the main point.

“So, you didn’t come just to exchange pleasantries. What’s the reason you came to see me?”

At my question, Seolhwi’s eyes lit up again and she grabbed my hands.

“Please become my master!”

“I don’t want to.”

“Ah…”

In truth, the Blue King Seolhwi’s power is overwhelming.

She’s strong enough to fight my companions on equal terms by herself, so it would be safe to say she has no rivals in the Human Realm.

That’s precisely why I was even more suspicious.

Cha Seol-hwi, the King of Sirius – why would she, who lacks nothing, ask me to be her master?

She stared at me intently with her blue eyes, then after a moment began to explain.

“Let me at least hear the reason. You don’t seem like you’d need a master, so why are you insisting on becoming my disciple?”

“Because Sirius commanded me to somehow make that man my master.”

“Sirius did?”

“Yes, for me who serves the stars, the star’s command is absolute. Please, I beg you.”

Her earnest gaze sparkles.

Her hands holding mine tremble slightly.

I could feel the pressure she was under regarding what weight the star’s command carried.

Master and disciple.

Come to think of it, my companions, especially Jinu who has power similar to mine, could also be considered my disciple.

But that doesn’t mean I can accept her as a disciple.

“What reason do I have to accept you as my disciple?”

Seolhwi blinked her eyes at my question.

With pure eyes as if asking what I meant by that.

But she is an uncontrollable variable for me.

The fact that she fought on equal terms with me for a moment doesn’t make sense.

But she still seemed unwilling to give up, pressing my tightly gripped hand to her chest and speaking with tears welling up in her eyes.

“You may do as you please with my body. Even a contract is fine. Please, if there’s any way I can prove my innocence, anything is fine.”

“Hmm.”

Honestly, I was a bit surprised.

I wondered if the star’s command was something so desperate.

At her earnest plea that brought tears to her eyes, I looked at my companions.

They were all sending pitying glances.

“Then, let’s make a contract.”

No matter what, I don’t think the trust between her and me is that deep.

‘Senior, you’re watching, right?’

[Yes, I understand. What are the contract terms?]

‘Absolute obedience, not harming companions, things like that.’

[Thorough, I understand.]

After a moment, black parchment similar to what I had given Mete appeared.

Seolhwi signed the contract without even looking and thrust it toward me.

“…You should at least read the contents.”

“I trust you. Even if you were to do as you please with me… I don’t mind…”

If you’re going to speak in such a trailing voice, don’t say such bold things.

Seeing her blush after saying it herself, she doesn’t seem like the type to carelessly say such things.

I could already roughly guess where she heard such words.

‘That Sirius bastard, is he more perverted than I thought.’

Anyway, there was nothing bad about it for me, so I signed.

[Under my notarization, the contract is established. The value is life, and the wagered soul shall be placed under the management of me, the Soul Sovereign.]

As soon as Senior finished speaking, the contract shot up into the sky.

“Is… is this the end?”

“Yes, now…!”

Before I could finish speaking, Seolhwi tightly embraced me.

“Please take care of me…!”

I could see tears flowing.

Since it was a warm embrace without sexual meaning, I patted her back while stroking her head like I do with Yeo-ul.

No matter how I looked at it, this didn’t seem like something worth doing to this extent, but since calming her down was the priority, I showed kindness.

Yeo-ul and Rey were also surprised by Seolhwi crying so pitifully and stroked her back.

{Please… take good care of that child.}

A frosty voice was heard.

I instinctively realized it was Sirius’s voice.

* * *

After calming her down and wiping her tears, I asked.

“It didn’t seem like something worth crying that much over, but what happened?”

Seolhwi, her face red as if embarrassed belatedly, quietly explained the reason.

“Actually, I had never met a person even once before coming to this Lord’s War.”

“…Excuse me?”

What does that mean?

No matter how I looked at it, Seolhwi’s behavior and lifestyle were human.

“Only the servants created from Sirius’s flames assist me, this is the first time I’ve met real humans.”

“Oh… Then, you were the only human living on Sirius. Is that it?”

“Yes, I spoke as if there was a group earlier, but actually I’m the only human.”

[A child of the stars.]

‘A child of the stars?’

[Yes, when a star of supreme rank that has lived for eons is about to die, it passes on all its power. Sirius is certainly a star qualified to do so.]

‘Then perhaps, her obsession with me from earlier too.’

[Yes, there’s a high probability that death is gradually approaching. And more than anything…]

Senior cut off his words.

As if it was a difficult statement to make right now, he pondered then opened his mouth with difficulty.

[Her vessel is still insufficient to receive all of Sirius’s power, at this rate there might be a power rampage.]

‘A rampage? You didn’t mention that earlier.’

[If you can handle it, she will finally become a perfect child of the stars who inherited Sirius. And from what I can see, it’s sufficiently possible, so I didn’t bother mentioning it.]

‘Sufficiently?’

[…It’ll be difficult enough to kill you, but it should be possible. The power of stars isn’t something to be taken lightly.]

‘Oh no.’

She kept sticking close to my side, quietly munching on the choco pie that Yeo-ul had given her.

Her eyes lit up at this dessert she was trying for the first time in her life, then she grabbed Yeo-ul’s hand.

“Good sister!”

Then she hugged Yeo-ul once.

It’s not that her intelligence is low, but since she’s never interacted with people before, she has a naturally bright disposition when it comes to relationships.

I think I’ll need to give her lectures starting from the level of “don’t follow strangers who offer you candy.”

Yeo-ul was flustered at first, but soon realized she wasn’t a bad person and patted her head.

It was a pleasant sight since they really looked like beautiful sisters.

“Oh right, Yeo-ul.”

“Hm? What?”

I approached Yeo-ul first and pulled her into a tight embrace.

Then I buried my nose right into the top of her head and breathed in.

“Sniff… haah… whew, yes, this is it.”

“Uh, eh? Wh-what, huh?”

I felt my soul becoming clearer, as if purifying what Jormungandr had done to me earlier.

Of course, it didn’t actually become clearer – it means the guilt disappeared.

“What, have you decided to be open about it now?”

“I was running low on Yeo-ul energy.”

“What’s wrong with that? It just looks nice.”

I could feel Rey and Seolhwi’s jealous gazes, but Yeo-ul was smiling with her face red as if it might burst.

“Wh-what, why are you suddenly like this…”

“Just let me stay like this for a moment, just a moment is enough.”

Yeo-ul, who had been giggling at my answer, suddenly tilted her head, then looked up at my face.

“…You’re having a hard time, aren’t you?”

“Huh? No, not really?”

I’m not particularly struggling physically or mentally.

I just want to wash away the guilt, so why is she suddenly saying I’m having a hard time?

Yeo-ul lifted her head, caressed my cheek while looking me over, then sighed.

“Are you trying to endure to your limit again before breaking down?”

“What do you mean… ah.”

There was a time like this in the past.

The memory of losing my parents and enduring that stress to the limit before collapsing.

It was my end result of not taking care of myself in order to survive.

Since then, whenever Yeo-ul showed this kind of reaction, I would take a rest without complaint.

“Do I look like that?”

“Yeah, from what I can see, you’re almost there. You’re not normally the type to act like this in front of others.”

The other companions nodded in agreement.

Yeo-ul pulled me into her arms and gently stroked my head.

Her sweet and tender voice echoed in my ears.

“When this is over, let’s go on a vacation somewhere, even if it’s just briefly.”

“…Okay.”

If you listen well to Yeo-ul, good fortune comes even in your sleep.

This is an absolute principle.

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