My Younger Sister Reborn as a Star Sovereign - Chapter 2

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The Protagonist’s Younger Sister Revives as a Constellation Episode 002

“Agh!”

The monster fell somewhere, releasing its arm that had been wrapped around my ankle.

From the recoil, I was thrown to the ground and landed hard on my bottom.

In the midst of all this, I thought it was fortunate that my body fell first instead of my head.

Looking around at the changed surroundings, there were already dozens of people who had been captured like me. Each was holding tightly to their family members’ hands, finding corners to hide from the monsters as much as possible.

The only ones alone were me and a young boy.

Crack, snap, riiip.

The sounds of bones breaking, snapping, and something tearing came one after another. Goosebumps rose all over my body and my spine went cold.

When I turned my gaze toward where the sounds came from, there was the monster that had brought me here.

Soon after, sharp arms protruded from the monster’s belly and began harming people one by one.

“Aaaaah!”

“Save me!”

I squeezed my eyes shut at the tragic sight. I covered my ears too, but my hands were insufficient to block out people’s screams.

The monster left me and the boy alone and first attacked the people who had fled to the corners. It probably judged that since we weren’t moving, we wouldn’t run away.

I felt someone tugging at my clothes from behind. When I turned around, it was that boy who had been standing still earlier.

As I bent down to take the child’s hand, I felt a cold sensation on the back of my neck.

‘Ah, the necklace.’

Feeling the chain through my shirt, I recalled the original story.

This necklace was something that should belong to Jin Sehyeok, not me.

“Um, you know.”

“…Yes?”

The novel didn’t explain how this ended up in Jin Sehyeok’s hands. It should be fine to give it to him here.

It’s right to leave at least a farewell message for the brother I suddenly parted from, isn’t it?

“If you survive and make it to the Safe Zone.”

Somehow, I felt like this kid would survive.

“Could you give this to my brother?”

What was Jin Sehyeok wearing again? Ah.

“He’s a guy with short hair wearing a black leather jacket. Just give it to that guy.”

I unfastened the necklace I was wearing and handed it to the child.

A silver chain necklace with a star-shaped pendant.

It might not seem like much, but in 【The End】, this necklace was a memento of his sister that Jin Sehyeok always wore. Now it would become my memento.

As I reached out to hand the necklace to the child, I noticed the star pendant bracelet dangling from my wrist.

Since I was going to die soon anyway, I thought about giving the bracelet too, but only the necklace appeared in the original story, so I only gave the necklace.

The child received it with the hand that wasn’t gripping my clothes and clutched the necklace tightly.

Watching this, I smiled softly. The child’s solemn expression was endearingly cute, inappropriate for the situation.

Just then, the arm that had been slaughtering people rushed toward us at high speed.

I pushed the child hard.

“Kugh!”

“…Sister!”

Fortunately, the boy who had fallen to the ground seemed not to have seen much. The monster only attacked me before turning its attention to other survivors.

I reflexively curled up and clutched my stomach.

Ah, come to think of it, the kid I pushed should be around here too.

It wasn’t that I was trying to play some pathetic hero. It’s just, I’ll be done when I wake up from this dream, but for him, this place is everything.

Blood flowed endlessly from my pierced stomach. Only blood flowed… right?

My vision blurred.

So this is how I die, I thought. Even in dreams I feel pain and have all sorts of strange dreams. Now when I open my eyes, it’ll be my familiar room.

After that, everything went black.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

The sound of water droplets falling. Damp air full of moisture and a rotten smell that hit me with every breath.

I had definitely bought a new soap-scented diffuser recently, so it was strange that there was such a terrible smell that made me want to cover my nose.

I frowned deeply and opened my eyes.

The first thing I saw was an Unknown Space filled with icicle-shaped stalactites.

I just blinked blankly. Someone spoke to me.

“I thought you were dead, but you’re alive.”

The voice was unfamiliar as it added that they thought I was dead since I wouldn’t wake up no matter how much they shook me.

“If you’re conscious, sit up properly.”

I raised my head at the somewhat cold man’s voice.

It seemed I had been sleeping leaning against some unknown man’s shoulder.

The man who was rotating the shoulder he had lent me was someone I’d never seen before.

‘Am I having another dream?’

This didn’t seem to be a dream connected to 【The End】, as my appearance was different from when I was with Jin Sehyeok.

My hair, which came down to my chest, was blonde, and I wasn’t wearing a school uniform but comfortable training clothes.

Blonde hair – am I fulfilling my bucket list in a dream like this?

The man who had been observing my dazed state sighed briefly and spoke.

“Coming in here and sleeping peacefully – are you in your right mind?”

“Huh?”

“You don’t want to die, do you?”

The man looked at me with an expression that said he didn’t understand.

Before I could be surprised by his sudden informal speech, the next question came. After closing his eyes briefly and catching his breath, he asked in a much gentler tone.

“Don’t you know what situation this is?”

“I woke up and found myself here.”

I didn’t know the situation, but I answered cheekily.

“This Guerrilla Dungeon appeared outdoors.”

The man frowned at my words about waking up and muttered while looking at me strangely.

Even after hearing that, I just laughed.

A Guerrilla Dungeon – what kind of fantasy dream is this now?

As if reading my thoughts, the man spoke with his brow still furrowed.

“Let’s say that’s the case. This is a dungeon. I haven’t seen anyone else besides you, so I guess only the two of us entered.”

Just as he was about to ask something, moving his lips, the sound of flapping wings came from somewhere.

“Should we find a safe place first?”

When I looked around in surprise, the man hesitated then spoke again. I nodded at his words.

The man who had been looking toward where the sound came from pointed in the opposite direction and gestured to me. It seemed to mean follow him.

“Let’s travel together. Two is better than one if we want to survive.”

The man, who had suddenly become calm, suggested we travel together.

In reality, if a stranger acted like this, I would have been wary first, but since this was a dream, there seemed to be no harm in following him.

And most importantly, I needed to first understand what situation this dream was depicting.

Following behind the man, I looked for a place to hide. The dungeon that borrowed the appearance of a cave was quite large.

After wandering around for a while, we hid Behind the Rocks. I sat down and asked the man.

“But if it’s a dungeon, it’s a dungeon – what’s a Guerrilla Dungeon?”

“It’s a sudden dungeon. A dungeon that appeared without warning.”

His look said ‘why don’t you know this?’ Was this also a hunter world like 【The End】?

“Are you a hunter?”

“No. Are you?”

“I don’t think I am either.”

I don’t even understand this situation, so how would I know if I’m a hunter or not?

I could feel the man sending me a strange look at my questioning answer. I brazenly avoided his gaze as if I had put on a thick face.

“Did you really get dragged here from sleeping at home?”

“Probably?”

“Where’s your home?”

I was at a loss for words. I almost bit my tongue trying to say the familiar home address.

In a dream, that house might not be our house. Our house might not even exist in this world… What should I answer?

I made up some random apartment name that came to mind. This young boy wouldn’t know every apartment name in the world, so it should be fine.

“Hy-Hyeonjyo Apartment?”

“…Hyeonjyo Apartment? You live that far away and entered this Guerrilla Dungeon? Do you have sleepwalking disorder by any chance?”

The apartment name I randomly made up apparently existed in this world too, luckily.

But it seemed to be quite far from where this dungeon was located, as his gaze was still full of suspicion.

I shook my head to deny his words. His expression became strange again as he looked at me, then asked as if he couldn’t understand.

“But how are you here?”

Wouldn’t I be the person most curious about that? Ah, when will this dream end?

Having nothing to say, I just smiled awkwardly. He interpreted that smile on his own and tilted his head back.

“Never mind, anomalies are harder to understand anyway. And speak casually.”

“Oh, should I? How old are you? Yo?”

He seemed around my age, but I was terrible at guessing ages. Just in case, I added a very small ‘yo’ at the end.

“Nineteen.”

“I’m seventeen though…”

“It’s fine. Don’t worry about it.”

I confirmed once more with the man who replied with an expressionless face.

“…It’s really okay to speak casually, right?”

“I said it’s fine.”

He even drove the point home by saying it was okay to call him by name freely.

“Ah, you don’t know my name. I’m Kim Igyeol.”

“Mm, I’m Jin Serin.”

After we even exchanged names, we ran out of things to say.

We just perked up our ears in the silence, not knowing when monsters might appear.

The flapping sound we heard earlier came again.

This time from a little closer.

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