My Younger Sister Reborn as a Star Sovereign - Chapter 29

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The Protagonist’s Younger Sister Revives as a Constellation Episode 029

Jin Sehyeok let out a self-deprecating laugh and recalled the day he awakened.

The place where he lost his younger sister wasn’t a dungeon, but the middle of the street.

Returnees referred to those who were swept into dungeons and came back intact, so Jin Sehyeok’s expectations failed to meet the basic prerequisites.

“Go spout that nonsense to Kang Seogyeom.”

“Ah, how can I do that to that old-fashioned guy.”

Kang Seo-u, who called his eldest brother old-fashioned, replied cheekily.

Jin Sehyeok, deciding it wasn’t worth listening to anymore, shot an ice spear at him.

“Ah, are you going to kill me after saving my life?! I’m leaving, I said I’m leaving!”

In the guild president’s office after Kang Seo-u left, two people couldn’t get their bearings.

Jin Sehyeok kept information about his younger sister thoroughly secret. This was to prevent any of his enemies from using or insulting his sister.

Thanks to this, not only the internet but even colleagues who worked with him didn’t properly know Jin Serin.

Except for one person – his secretary Baek Eun-je.

“Eun-je.”

“Should I investigate?”

He called Baek Eun-je in a subdued voice. The perceptive man asked the question Jin Sehyeok wanted.

There had been people who approached him impersonating Jin Serin somehow.

At first he had hope, but now, well. He just thought it was another pointless endeavor.

“No. Serin is dead.”

It was a firm and calm voice.

It had taken a long time to be able to speak of his sister’s death like this.

Baek Eun-je, who knew this all too well, sighed inwardly and removed the documents from his desk.

“Hyung, go in and rest today.”

Jin Sehyeok, who would normally pressure him with a cold expression to give him the documents, silently took off his reading glasses.

Perhaps because it came at an unexpected moment, even Jin Sehyeok, famous for being emotionless, was overwhelmed by this feeling right now.

The expelled Kang Seo-u smacked his lips as he looked at the closed door.

His target was the picture frame that would be on the desk. That photo with ‘Jin Serin’s’ appearance captured in it.

Kang Seo-u was certain his intuition was correct.

His intention to get close to Jin Serin wasn’t because she was Kim Soyun’s younger brother’s friend. It was because she might be his benefactor’s younger sister.

‘Igyeol said so. That Serin has amnesia.’

Then it made sense that there was no reaction to Jin Sehyeok’s name when he deliberately mentioned it that day.

He quietly thought of his benefactor who would be behind the door.

From the reaction, it seemed unlikely that Jin Sehyeok would investigate directly.

“I even owe him my life, so shouldn’t I be able to find one precious family member?”

With that feeling, he had been roaming dungeons with Jin Sehyeok all this time, searching for even a trace of his sister.

Unlike then, this time there was a real clue.

Already in Kang Seo-u’s mind, Kim Igyeol’s friend Jin Serin was Jin Sehyeok’s younger sister.

His steps leaving the guild president’s office were very light.

Of course, even that didn’t last long.

“Seo-u?”

Because Kim Soyun, who was smiling while gritting her teeth, came into his view.

Seeing Kang Seo-u stop abruptly in place, Kim Soyun shook her head and gestured with her hand.

At the gesture telling him to come here, he shook his head.

“Aren’t you coming quickly!?”

Kang Seo-u ran away from Kim Soyun who was shouting angrily, hoping the two siblings would reunite soon.

“Where are we going?”

“An outing!”

I scratched my ear and asked back as if I had misheard.

Even from a distance, she came with a face that said ‘I have hidden intentions’ and what she’s saying is an outing?

“Why are you going with me?”

“Igyeol is going too?”

I couldn’t find words to refute what she said with a bright smile.

When Kim Igyeol was mentioned, I unknowingly became docile. Was I concerned because he’s my contractor?

Besides, lately every time I used 【Emotional Synchronization】, I was synchronized with anxiety and was worrying about what to do.

Kim Igyeol, who had come beside me at some point, carefully asked.

“If you have time, let’s go together, Serin.”

I couldn’t see any anxiety in his gently smiling appearance, but seeing him suffering inwardly made me feel frustrated.

I had no choice but to nod my head, letting the Tranquility skill activate.

I got scolded for stopping Kang Seo-u, who wanted to go right away, saying let’s go tomorrow. What are you talking about when it’s 9 PM now.

The next day, Kang Seo-u knocked on the door from the crack of dawn.

“Serin, Igyeol! Let’s go on a picnic!”

Before I knew it, the outing had transformed into something called a picnic.

Kim Soyun, still half-asleep, saw us off. She was very disappointed that she couldn’t come with us because she was on duty today.

“Kang Seo-u, you take good care of the kids. If you come back injured, it won’t end like the day before yesterday.”

At her words, Kang Seo-u trembled all over. Remembering the comments I saw on Hunmu, I gently patted his back.

“Igyeol, you too. Listen to hyung well and take good care of Serin.”

“I’m good at it.”

“Serin, if these guys look like they’re going to fight, call unnie.”

“Yes!”

I answered brightly as if telling her not to worry.

Receiving worried looks, Kang Seo-u muttered quietly that she’s not even a mom but nagging so much.

Hearing the muttering, I had the illusion of seeing a crack mark on Kim Soyun’s face.

“Hah, why am I so worried about sending just you three?”

“Kkeut!”

“Right, four including the fox.”

Anser made a barking sound as if telling her not to forget about her.

“Be careful. I have a bad feeling about this, so come back early.”

The situation briefly seemed like a wife seeing off her husband and children, but Kang Seo-u playfully replied.

“Yes, honey. I’ll come back early with the kids.”

“…Kang Seo-u!”

Just before Kim Soyun exploded, Kang Seo-u led us into the car.

Looking at Kim Igyeol and me sitting in the back seat, he said let’s go see the ocean.

“We can’t go far, so how about nearby Ganghwa-do?”

Anyway, the person holding the steering wheel was Kang Seo-u. The two minors without licenses just nodded in agreement.

Kang Seo-u, excited, turned on the radio, and gentle music filled the car.

Listening to the music, I reflected on the scene from a moment ago. Seeing that they maintained their relationship despite always fighting, Kang Seo-u and Kim Soyun seemed to be really close friends. In the original work, there was no mention of the two being friends.

I whispered quietly to Kim Igyeol sitting next to me.

“They must be really close with unnie.”

“Right. They were originally elementary school friends.”

The answer came from the front, not from beside me.

Oops, I forgot he’s an S-rank Hunter. I smiled awkwardly, and Kang Seo-u continued while looking straight ahead.

“You know I’m a returnee, right?”

Returnee was a term referring to people who were stuck in the ‘past’ in dungeons where time flowed differently and then returned to the present.

Kang Seo-u was 14 years old when he went missing. He was trapped in a dungeon and then rescued, but 4 years had passed.

“Igyeol, you saw me too, but you probably don’t remember since you were young.”

“Hyung and I have met before?”

“Yeah, when you were three or so. I even pushed you on the swing.”

Kang Seo-u tapped the steering wheel a couple times and muttered as if feeling disappointed.

The traffic light turned green. Kang Seo-u smoothly started the car and lamented in an unpleasant tone.

“I thought I’d been trapped in the dungeon for just an hour when I came out. But they said four years had passed in the world.”

He recalled the time when he first revived. I could empathize enough to speak for Kang Seo-u’s feelings.

It is quite bewildering when the world has changed while you remain the same.

“According to my resident registration number, I’m eighteen, so they said I have to go to high school. Honestly, does it make sense to tell a middle school first-grader to attend high school? I’d be a senior next year!”

Kang Seo-u, remembering the situation at that time, vented his indignation.

Then, before speaking, Kang Seo-u glanced at the rearview mirror, and it seemed our eyes met in the mirror.

“If it weren’t for Sehyeok hyung, I would’ve become a senior right away and taken the college entrance exam without knowing anything.”

Having finished speaking, Kang Seo-u briefly shuddered as if the mere thought was horrifying.

From here on, I’d seen this before on Jin Sehyeok’s Sam-mul Wiki. It was written as an Achievement, calling him a benefactor who let missing persons live according to their actual age.

How shocked I was when I saw that back then. Even thinking about it again made the back of my head throb.

‘Sigh, this is why things aren’t flowing according to the original story.’

Returnees were a concept newly created by Jin Sehyeok. It was different from the very rarely existing survivors in the original work.

In fact, since it was the same dungeon, the majority opinion was that they should just be treated as survivors.

But Jin Sehyeok overturned the conference room, saying ‘Returnees are people who couldn’t even awaken, unlike survivors, so what kind of survivors are they?’ and thus the term ‘returnees’ was officially recognized.

I felt like going to find Jin Sehyeok and demanding to know what he’d done to the original story.

Of course, it was just a thought.

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