My Younger Sister Reborn as a Star Sovereign - Chapter 26

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The Protagonist’s Younger Sister Revives as a Constellation Episode 026

I was speaking when I suddenly realized and closed my mouth. Then I just need to make it solid.

To compress sand tightly, I need water.

Just as I was about to open the item shop, the golden light coming from the floor disappeared.

I quickly looked up and saw Kim Igyeol confronting the monster at a distance from me.

I hurriedly opened the shop. Then I searched through the list looking for items that could create water.

While alternating between looking at the list and Kim Igyeol’s direction, I had the illusion that I made eye contact with the monster again.

Soon after, I looked up at the sound of something flying toward me.

The sight of a sand clump flying toward me entered my vision like slow motion.

I couldn’t even think to dodge that clump and squeezed my eyes shut. Since becoming a constellation, my recovery ability is amazing, so it should be fine.

⌈Master!⌋

Anser, startled by my appearance, barked strongly and enlarged his tail.

With a thud, the sand clump hit Anser’s tail.

“Kyiing.”

“Anser!”

The fox’s tail, which had cried out in pain, returned to its original size. I checked if there were any injuries, but fortunately there were none.

Kim Igyeol, who only then realized the sanctuary had disappeared due to the sound from behind, made an “oops” expression.

He came to Anser and me while being wary of the monster, created a sanctuary for us, and left.

After that, Kim Igyeol’s breathing became rough as he struggled to fight the monster while worrying about us.

Ugh, whatever!

Constellation ‘Noble One Who Returned from Death’ sponsors you a ‘Recovery Potion (C)’.

Constellation ‘Noble One Who Returned from Death’ emphasizes that sand must be compressed for attacks to work, and that you must sprinkle this and eliminate it without delay.

I scratched my head and sent him a message.

How nice it would be if there was bottled water in the shop. To think I have to use that precious recovery potion on a monster.

Even though he gave me a low-grade one, I couldn’t help feeling a bit upset. Someone who really needs it doesn’t even drink that stuff well!

Skill 【Unwavering Tranquility】 is activated.

Kim Igyeol, who confirmed the message, uncapped the potion without hesitation, unlike usual.

He immediately splashed it on the monster and then thrust his sword into the hardened monster. It was precisely the monster’s abdomen.

[Kieeeek-]

You have cleared dungeon ‘Twilight Dunes (B)’.

The dungeon will close in 8 minutes.

Kim Igyeol wiped the sand that had splattered on his face and removed the cloth.

When I also removed the cloth wrapped around my face and approached him, he raised his eyebrows.

“Why are you taking that off?”

“Uh, because Igyeol, you took yours off too…?”

I was flustered and my voice went up at the end.

Kim Igyeol, who heard my answer, let out a quiet laugh.

“I guess you’re getting more comfortable with me now.”

From those words, I realized I had called Kim Igyeol by his name.

He always told me to speak comfortably, but I couldn’t bring myself to do so. It was something that slipped out without me knowing, but maybe I had gotten more comfortable.

“You’re not hurt, right?”

I deliberately changed the subject out of embarrassment. If he was injured anywhere, I planned to gift him a high-grade recovery potion.

Kim Igyeol shook his head as an answer, then sheathed his sword and briefly praised the fox while looking at it.

“At least it knows how to protect its owner.”

“Keung!”

Although Anser’s voice didn’t echo in my head, that meant ‘That human!’

Kim Igyeol seemed to have been watching this way even while fighting the monster.

I realized he had noticed something wasn’t ordinary, but I couldn’t make excuses.

Because Kim Igyeol gestured to me to hurry out without asking any particular questions.

He waited until I moved, and only came out of the dungeon last after Anser had emerged.

“You have a lot of sand in your hair.”

Kim Igyeol stared intently at my head, then spoke bluntly while gently brushing my hair.

“That won’t do it? It’d be faster to go wash it.”

“I guess so.”

I nodded at his casual muttering as he hesitated and stopped.

Kim Igyeol slowly withdrew his hand, smiled faintly, and straightened his body.

“Then let’s go home quickly.”

“Yeah!”

Several days had passed since we came out of the desert dungeon.

Since I had been caught up in a dungeon, they said I needed to rest for a while and even prevented me from taking walks, so I was stuck recuperating at home.

Having no choice but to rest at home, I spent time watching news of this world or reading books.

Fortunately, the books in this house were quite to my taste.

Today too, in the early morning when everyone was asleep, I tried to finish reading the book I had been reading earlier.

I had stopped just when it was getting interesting, but I couldn’t find that book.

Where did I read it last? As I retraced my memory, I remembered placing it on the living room table.

I quietly opened the door without making noise and tiptoed down to the 1st floor. I could see the book on the table.

I reached out to get the book when I felt a presence on the floor.

I casually glanced in that direction and was startled by the black silhouette I saw, sitting down abruptly.

“Hueok…”

I was so surprised I couldn’t even scream loudly.

Looking closely, Kang Seo-u was sleeping on the floor. What is he doing here instead of sleeping in his room?

“Excuse me, if you sleep here your mouth will get crooked.”

I spoke quietly since it was dawn and poked his body, but he showed no signs of waking up.

Should I shake him awake, or not?

After brief consideration, I brought a blanket down from my room.

Just as I was about to cover Kang Seo-u with it, his closed eyes suddenly opened wide.

“I’m not sleeping.”

“Aak!”

I trembled and screamed at the sudden eye contact. In my startled state, I covered Kang Seo-u completely with the blanket I was holding, up to his head.

He pushed away the stuffy blanket and playfully added,

“Am I dead? Why did you cover my head too?”

“Ah, no, I thought you might be cold so I was trying to cover you with the blanket…”

I replied while pressing down on my wildly beating heart.

He fixed his disheveled hair and stared at me quietly. Feeling somehow embarrassed, I asked him in a small voice.

“Why are you doing this here?”

“My room is too quiet, I can’t sleep.”

Kang Seo-u explained that at least in the living room he could hear white noise well, so when he couldn’t sleep, he often slept like this.

“How did you sleep when you lived alone?”

“It’s only during this time. Other times I sleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.”

After my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I could finally see Kang Seo-u’s appearance dimly.

His sleepy eyes were ready to close, but his mind seemed awake, making it difficult. Was there a setting that Kang Seo-u had insomnia?

“Why can’t you sleep?”

“Well. Because you’re scared?”

“Of what?”

Instead of answering my question, he wrapped the blanket he had been organizing around me and changed the subject.

“If you’re not going to sleep, want to chat with me before going in?”

“Sure, why not.”

I plopped down next to him.

As if he hadn’t expected me to do this, Kang Seo-u covered his mouth as if deeply moved.

Had I really shown such a cold attitude? Feeling sorry, I could only scratch my head.

“Why aren’t you sleeping?”

“My day and night got switched around.”

Though for me there’s no night or day. At my calm tone, Kang Seo-u closed his mouth.

I was equally at a loss for words.

Though I had sat down, it wasn’t like I could put him to sleep, and I wasn’t particularly good at making interesting conversation either. I should have just gone in earlier. I sat down for nothing.

Thinking anything would be better than silence, I brought up any random topic.

“Don’t you have to go to work?”

“I do.”

“If you don’t sleep now, you’ll be drowsy during the day.”

“I’m perfectly fine even without sleeping for a week.”

Right, Kang Seo-u was an S-rank Hunter. I had forgotten who was in front of me and worried unnecessarily.

Silence fell again. This time Kang Seo-u was the first to speak.

“I’m serious about becoming close.”

“Why?”

“My instincts tell me so. I think it would be fun being with you.”

I couldn’t hide my expression of disbelief.

I thought he wouldn’t be able to see in the dark, but apparently Kang Seo-u’s eyes could see it. I heard a small laugh.

“So let’s become close. Starting today, think of me as your caring older brother.”

“I’d like to decline.”

My real older brother is alive and well, so why is he acting like this.

Though it’s not something I should think about while trying to hide my identity, my surname isn’t that common, yet he can’t make any connection to Jin Sehyeok at all.

“Why? Someone like me wouldn’t be bad to have as an older brother.”

“You would be bad. What kind of older brother secretly follows his younger sibling?”

At my rebuttal, he bit his lips tightly as if he had nothing to say, then soon let out a hollow laugh.

“Your reactions are interesting too. I like you even more, hey.”

At that reaction, I thought ‘oh no.’ Come to think of it, I had momentarily forgotten.

The Kang Seo-u before my eyes was a slave to dopamine!

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