My Younger Sister Reborn as a Star Sovereign - Chapter 19

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The Protagonist’s Younger Sister Revives as a Constellation Episode 019

I tilted my head, not understanding why Kim Igyeol was frowning.

What’s wrong? Is he sick or something?

“I think I’ll come back like yesterday. Why, is something wrong?”

“…No, have a safe trip.”

After maintaining silence for a while, he reluctantly opened his mouth.

It felt unsettling, but I was in a hurry too, so I said I’d see him later and left the house. Then I sent a constellation message.

Constellation ‘Noble One Who Returned from Death’ gently smiles, saying to build up your stamina first.

Just because you say it with a smile doesn’t make it nice words, administrator.

Even when I told them to correct what they said wrong, the system remained silent.

The system administrator and that message administrator are probably the same person, right? I was just thinking that I’d definitely get revenge someday when it happened.

“-rin, Rin, Serin!”

Someone suddenly grabbed my arm from behind. My body swayed, but the person behind me caught me so I didn’t fall.

Wait, if it wasn’t for this person, I wouldn’t have fallen in the first place, right? I turned around to see who the cause was.

It was Kang Seo-u. Lately he’d only been watching from afar and hadn’t come close, so what’s this about?

Kang Seo-u, biting his lips tightly, was gripping my arm firmly. Without even breathing hard, he scolded me in a sharp voice.

“Are you going to walk around without looking ahead!”

“What? Why are you suddenly angry…?”

“Don’t you see that mark? It’s a guerrilla precursor. Didn’t they teach you at school?”

Bewildered, I followed his gaze to where he was pointing. Where I was about to step, a dark blue shadow was rippling.

It was quite large. How long had it been there?

“Seriously. It’s visible even from far away, so why did you come this way?”

He sighed and ran his hand through his hair. Then the nagging continued.

When I was getting dizzy, I blurted out anything to change the subject.

“Weren’t you not following me around outside the house?”

“What? I stayed far away, about this distance.”

Saying that, Kang Seo-u instantly moved to a distant spot. It was so far that he wasn’t even visible in human form.

…He can see me from this distance? Hunters are scary…

He came back and said with a smile.

“It would be scary if someone followed you around.”

Someone who knows that acts like that? Somehow there’s not a single person with common sense.

I must have unconsciously frowned slightly. Seeing my face, he startled and apologized.

“Sorry for following you around. I was just too frustrated.”

“Do I really resemble someone you know that much?”

“Maybe? Actually, I’m not sure.”

He trailed off uncertainly and scratched his head.

Watching him, I tilted my head as if I didn’t understand.

I really didn’t understand either. I’m just a friend of a friend’s younger brother who happened to end up staying at his house.

And it wasn’t like he had the personality to worry about others either.

If someone outside his circle was in danger, he wouldn’t have gotten angry like this. He would have just given a warning saying “you should have been careful” and left it at that.

Not knowing my inner thoughts, Kang Seo-u smiled cheekily and ruffled my hair.

“It’s just my feeling.”

“What kind of feeling?”

“Ah, I can’t really explain it. It’s just that it would be strange if you were in danger?”

“You really can’t explain it.”

At my blunt response, Kang Seo-u’s eyes widened before he burst into laughter.

As he laughed, his blue hair damaged from dyeing shook along with him.

Kang Seo-u had no talent for explanations, but his intuition was quite good.

In the original work too, Jin Sehyeok would often test his intuition when he had troubling matters.

Saying I looked familiar as soon as he saw my face was part of that.

Moreover, if Jin Sehyeok had put family photos and my photo on his desk like in 【The End】, and if Kang Seo-u had seen them, it seemed like the day he’d think of Jin Sehyeok when looking at my face wasn’t far off.

Fortunately, his thoughts hadn’t connected to those photos yet.

While I was feeling relieved, my body was lifted up.

“What are you doing?”

Flustered by his sudden action of picking me up, I asked, and Kang Seo-u answered in a calm voice.

“Let’s go home. I think a guerrilla will break out at the library today.”

“Then shouldn’t you be entering the dungeon?”

“I’ll take you home and come back.”

As if I wasn’t heavy at all, he strode along and made a phone call somewhere. Surely not to Jin Sehyeok.

“Soyun. This is the library near our house, and it’s showing precursor phenomena.”

It’s Kim Soyun. I unconsciously let out a small breath I’d been holding.

Since it was on speakerphone, I could hear Kim Soyun’s words too.

-Haven’t you been following Serin around lately?

“Yeah. She’s with me. This kid doesn’t even look ahead when walking.”

The reliable hunter Kang Seo-u who had been startled and scolding me disappeared, and now there was only Kang Seo-u like a neighborhood older brother teasing me.

That’s too much. I couldn’t see it because it was quite large, but that can happen.

When Kim Soyun said she’d send personnel, Kang Seo-u answered that he’d see her later.

After hanging up, he started walking. Moving away from near the library toward the bus stop, people came into view.

When gazes focused on Kang Seo-u carrying a grown girl, I was the one who covered my face in embarrassment.

Good thing Kang Seo-u is covering his face. Almost made the news.

Still, I couldn’t help feeling embarrassed, so I hesitantly spoke up.

“I can go by myself.”

“Isn’t it faster if I carry you?”

Before I could ask what he meant by that, he looked around. Confirming there were no people, he raised the corner of his mouth.

Kang Seo-u loosened his feet as if preparing to run. Wait, this feels dangerous.

Before I could stop him, he leaped. Strong wind brushed my face and my eyes closed automatically.

“See? We arrived.”

Surprised by his words, I opened my eyes. The house was really visible.

It was quite a distance from the library, but we got here this fast? Now I have nothing to say.

Kang Seo-u didn’t put me down and reached for the front door. At the same time, the door opened from inside.

Kim Igyeol, who opened the door as if to go out, seemed to lose his words momentarily at the unexpected scene and blinked.

Then he snorted as if incredulous and spoke in a cold voice.

“What are you two doing?”

“Yeah, life rescue.”

Despite Kim Igyeol’s cold attitude, Kang Seo-u didn’t care and answered teasingly.

At the words “life rescue,” I immediately realized he was teasing me.

Kim Igyeol, who didn’t know the previous situation, seemed to think he was being teased and took a breath while turning his head.

Kim Igyeol looked at Kang Seo-u again with an expressionless face. Kang Seo-u also didn’t avoid his gaze as if fighting back.

What are they doing again? I rolled my eyes at the inexplicable standoff situation and tapped Kang Seo-u’s shoulder.

“Please put me down now.”

“Ah.”

“And stop teasing me.”

“You noticed? Okay, I won’t do it.”

As if his purpose was just to bring me home, Kang Seo-u obediently put me down.

I added that he should stop teasing Kim Igyeol too, meaning he should stop teasing me as well.

Only then did Kim Igyeol realize that he wasn’t the target of the teasing, and his expression softened. I thought he was nice, but he does get angry too.

“Serin, be careful and watch your surroundings. Soyun and I might be late.”

Kang Seo-u left only those words and disappeared in a flash.

I cautiously crept inside while watching Kim Igyeol, who was pressing his eyes shut.

I should get inside quickly before he starts questioning me. Kim Igyeol seems like he’s about to leave too, so he probably won’t come in.

Just as I stepped onto the stairs, the front door closed and I heard Kim Igyeol’s worried voice.

“Did something happen?”

“They said guerrilla precursor phenomena appeared at the library.”

There’s no need to talk about what happened earlier. I cleanly mentioned only the conclusion.

I immediately shifted the topic to Kim Soyun, adding that she went there and would be back.

Kim Igyeol shook his head as if that wasn’t what he meant.

“Not that. I mean you.”

“…That I almost stepped on those precursor phenomena?”

As expected, he wasn’t an easy opponent. After a brief pause, I confessed the truth.

I thought I’d get scolded, but contrary to my expectations, Kim Igyeol’s complexion turned pale.

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

“No!”

Even after hearing my answer, Kim Igyeol only regained color in his face after confirming there were really no injuries.

Saying that was enough, Kim Igyeol turned around and walked to his room.

Watching him enter his room, I used 【Emotional Synchronization】.

I didn’t want to feel emotions that weren’t mine, but there was nothing better than 【Emotional Synchronization】 for understanding a contractor’s inner thoughts.

You are synchronizing with the emotion that contractor ‘Kim Igyeol’ currently feels most strongly: ‘Anxiety’.

My body trembled from the anxiety that rushed in all at once.

I wondered why he’s always anxious, but then thought it made sense.

This place is different from the world I used to live in. If they’ve lost countless family members, people around them, and colleagues over 10 years, this must be an environment where they can’t help but feel anxious.

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