My Younger Sister Reborn as a Star Sovereign - Chapter 17

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The Protagonist’s Younger Sister Revives as a Constellation Episode 017

“Then what should I do?”

“It won’t endanger your life. Just wait and it’ll naturally disappear.”

But if Kim Igyeol doesn’t kill that monster, it’ll be dangerous.

That thought was brief. If he had to wait without taking medicine, he could just wait in a safe place, right?

I happened to have such a skill, and I had given it to Kim Igyeol before.

The Constellation ‘Noble One Who Returned from Death’ complains, asking if you’re going to leave the skill there to make soup later.

Having regained his senses, he slowly cast the skill.

Watching 【Sanctuary Declaration (S)】 being activated, I thought.

The paralytic poison would be useless once his wounds healed, but would he actually drink the potion?

When I met him at Kim Igyeol’s apartment emergency staircase, he had a bandage on his face.

It was a familiar spot, and I was puzzled. Why hadn’t the wound healed yet? Then I realized. He hadn’t drunk the potion I sponsored.

Had I unknowingly done something to earn his dislike? Do humans naturally distrust Constellations? I think I had such thoughts.

Based on this experience, I’m guessing Kim Igyeol probably won’t drink the potion.

The Constellation ‘Noble One Who Returned from Death’ sponsors you the item ‘Recovery Potion (A)’.

Just in case, I sent a new potion, but my prediction was correct.

Kim Igyeol didn’t drink it. Once he could move his body, he left the sanctuary and fought the monster again.

At least it was fortunate that the recovery speed was shorter than the sanctuary’s maintenance time.

What followed was predictable. A repetition of paralytic poison, recovery, poison, recovery.

It was frustrating. What, am I doing something bad to him?!

The skill 【Unwavering Tranquility】 is activated.

I exhaled roughly and fixed my hair that had become messy from grabbing it frantically.

The stubborn Kim Igyeol got poisoned several more times after that.

The Constellation ‘Noble One Who Returned from Death’ bursts with indignation, saying their contractor seems to have no learning ability.

That was the message I sent while watching him recover in the sanctuary.

If he won’t drink it even after being poisoned this much, it seems like he’s suspicious of anything I give him from the start.

‘Yet he uses the weapon just fine.’

My contractor is quite picky.

I sighed and this time sent a message with different content.

The Constellation ‘Noble One Who Returned from Death’ beats their chest, saying you can trust that they didn’t tamper with the potion.

Kim Igyeol finally drank the potion after seeing that message.

He barely managed to defeat the monster and clear the dungeon. Watching him gasping for breath, I shook my head.

I could already tell how stubborn he would continue to be.

-Is this the result you had in mind?

Kim Igyeol’s prickly voice came through the screen.

The result I wanted? Of course not.

This dungeon was two grades lower than ‘Rest of the Bees’.

Yet the reason Kim Igyeol struggled was simple.

Was it because he lacked understanding of dungeons? No. Who would be good at that from the start?

‘It’s because Kim Igyeol is stubborn.’

Now that I’d identified the main cause, I’d have to think about the rest later. Right now, it was time to go home.

I left the subspace with Anser, wanting to get home before Kim Igyeol. It was bright outside.

“It’s morning, isn’t it?”

I thought only a little time had passed and had deliberately come outside to match the excuse of going for a walk, but a whole day had gone by. I hurriedly rushed home with Anser.

Kim Igyeol, who was coming out of the bathroom, widened his eyes when he saw me just entering.

“I thought you were in your room. When did you go out?”

“Ah. I just left not long ago.”

I could now answer such questions without panicking.

I came up to my room and was struggling with thoughts about basic training for a while when the landlord visited with Kim Soyun.

Hearing an unfamiliar voice, I opened my door. From my view on the second floor, I could only see the man’s sky-blue hair.

When I stuck my head out further to look down, I could also see a black piercing earring on one ear, barely visible through his hair.

Sky-blue hair and piercings – this was also a familiar combination.

“Serin, if it’s okay, could you come down for a moment?”

Kim Soyun gestured to me, probably wanting to introduce the landlord.

I hesitated before coming down to the first floor and standing next to Kim Soyun. Then Kim Igyeol also came out of his room.

Standing face to face, Kim Soyun pointed to each person in turn and spoke.

“This is the landlord, Kang Seo-u. You know my brother Kim Igyeol, and this is Igyeol’s friend who’s staying with us temporarily. Jin Serin.”

The landlord is Kang Seo-u?

I unconsciously frowned slightly.

Kang Seo-u.

The original work describes him as Korea’s 2nd ranked Hunter and a huge fan of Jin Sehyeok.

He wasn’t really a fan, but got that nickname from following Jin Sehyeok around.

He was what you’d call a dopamine addict. He noticed early on that many things that could satisfy his dopamine craving happened around Jin Sehyeok, so he followed him around.

When I searched for Jin Sehyeok on Kim Igyeol’s phone before, Kang Seo-u appeared as a related search term, so this part seemed unchanged.

Come to think of it, the business trip he mentioned seemed to have been with Jin Sehyeok.

“Hello.”

Kang Seo-u smiled refreshingly and extended his hand to me.

Rather than taking his hand, I just bowed my head slightly in greeting. I held tightly to my hair to prevent it from falling and revealing my face.

I heard Kim Soyun laughing happily from above.

“Ahaha, does Serin get shy around strangers?”

Kim Soyun playfully waved her hand over her own face. It was a joke that I wasn’t being ‘shy’ but hiding my ‘face’.

They must really be close friends.

Kim Igyeol, who had been watching his sister’s behavior, gestured for me to come behind him.

I shuffled over and stood behind Kim Igyeol.

Kim Soyun was tall, but hiding behind the even taller Kim Igyeol concealed me well.

“You’re quite shy around strangers. I’m Kang Seo-u. As you heard, I’m the landlord here.”

Whether he didn’t properly understand Kim Soyun’s words or was ignoring them, he calmly introduced himself.

Even though it should have been awkward that I didn’t accept his handshake, he smiled brightly.

Kang Seo-u is Jin Sehyeok’s fan(?) and colleague.

Wouldn’t he have seen photos that Jin Sehyeok had at least once? Even if my hair color had changed, if he looked closely, he might realize I was the younger sister from Jin Sehyeok’s photos.

He probably even knew the name of Jin Sehyeok’s dead sister. Should I give my name?

While I hesitated, Kim Igyeol introduced me instead.

“This is my friend Jin Serin.”

“I want to greet Serin directly… Jin Serin?”

When he repeated my name, I unconsciously flinched.

“That’s similar to a hyung I know! I thought you might be family.”

If that hyung is Jin Sehyeok, then yes. Since I’m his younger sister.

Fortunately, he didn’t really think that could be the case, so there were no further comments.

Kim Soyun went over to Kang Seo-u’s side and smacked his back.

“Ugh, gross! Stop pretending to be nice.”

“Hey! It’s not like that!”

Their bickering didn’t seem like they’d only known each other for a year or two.

As I just tilted my head in confusion, Kim Igyeol explained their relationship.

“They’re friends, those two.”

“Oh, really?”

Just when exactly did Kim Soyun and Kang Seo-u become friends?

“They’ve been friends since elementary school. I don’t remember, but apparently I met him a few times too.”

Was my curiosity written all over my face? Why is he answering so well?

Fortunately, it didn’t seem to be the case as Kim Igyeol closed his mouth.

Kang Seo-u started living at this house.

Since it was originally his house, it wasn’t strange for him to be here. It was just that things became difficult for me.

“Igyeol, have you seen Serin?”

“She just went out with the fox.”

I let out a short sigh at the conversation between Kim Igyeol and Kang Seo-u coming through the front door.

Whatever had caught his interest, Kang Seo-u approached me obviously showing that he wanted to get close to me.

He didn’t seem to be that close with Kim Igyeol either, so I don’t know why he’s acting like this toward me. What could he possibly be curious about regarding his friend’s younger sibling’s friend?

Whenever Kang Seo-u approached, I pretended to be shy and hid behind Kim Igyeol or Kim Soyun, covering my face. When that didn’t work, I quickly went into my room.

Since I kept doing this, I ended up not coming out of my room much after Kang Seo-u got off work.

By now, he should have noticed that I was avoiding him, but Kang Seo-u was persistent.

“Se-“

“I think I’m going to get neurosis! What’s the problem? Do you have a crush on her?!”

Kim Soyun, who came home early for once, burst out yelling as soon as she heard the sound upon entering the house.

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