My Younger Sister Reborn as a Star Sovereign - Chapter 38

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The Protagonist’s Younger Sister Revives as a Constellation Episode 038

 

Jin Sehyeok had already left, so I should just do what I need to do.

 

“Antares, can you use skills in subspace too?”

 

⌈It’s possible.⌋

 

Good, let’s go purify Cassiopeia!

 

When I entered subspace with Anser, a stranger was waiting for us.

 

I thought the bronze-colored skin paired well with moderately grown clean gray hair.

 

The man was sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at me.

 

“You’re late.”

 

“…Who are you?”

 

“Didn’t you want to see my materialized form?”

 

This strangely mocking yet affectionate voice.

 

“I specially came in human form, but this makes me feel hurt.”

 

It’s Antares. Anser seemed to have recognized him from the start, already wagging his tail and smiling brightly at Antares’ feet.

 

Somehow I felt betrayed by Anser. Even though foxes are canines, you’re still a fox. Were all constellations just good to you?

 

Feeling something different today, I raised my voice.

 

“But why does Antares’ voice sound so vivid today?”

 

“&, because it’s subspace.”

 

Ah, I still can’t hear certain words.

 

Antares was speaking, then saw my expression and used words I could understand.

 

Just when I thought he was being considerate for me, he added a scolding about why I was asking something I should obviously know. Ah, this is a bit unfair.

 

I smoothly raised my hand to get the right to speak.

 

“Um, you seem to have forgotten something.”

 

“What?”

 

“The reason I couldn’t read the book 【Read This and You Too Can Be a Constellation!】 was because of someone in front of me.”

 

No, the more I think about it, the more unfair it really was.

 

You only let me read about constellation duties, then scold me for not knowing? Just because you’re my assigned system?

 

Having nothing to say, Antares avoided my gaze and obviously changed the subject.

 

“You’re going to purify Cassiopeia?”

 

“Yes, is there a problem with that?”

 

“Hmm. The Goddess would like it too.”

 

Antares threw the orb he was holding in his hand.

 

I placed the orb in the center of the training room that hadn’t been used for a while and was about to activate my skill… then looked at Antares who had followed along and asked.

 

“How do I summon her in this state?”

 

“You, really. Do you even think?”

 

Well, who would have thought someone would steal the core right before the monster’s destruction?

 

Following Antares’ instruction to tap the orb three times, I brought my finger to it.

 

Tap. Tap.

 

I stopped moving before the final tap.

 

“But what if Cassiopeia can’t be purified?”

 

“That would also be fate.”

 

Tsk, at his carefree answer I was left speechless and finished tapping the orb.

 

Tap.

 

From a cloud-like form, Cassiopeia’s figure that I had seen in the dungeon appeared.

 

She looked around and blinked her eyes seductively.

 

Unlike in the dungeon, she looked at me and stretched her lips into a long smile.

 

[Hmm, is it because you’re still a baby? Your heart is pure.]

 

“Baby, ahem. I’m not. I just thought it was unfair for someone who isn’t even a monster to be destroyed…”

 

At my answer, Cassiopeia showed an interested look and put her arm around my shoulder, whispering in my ear with a gentle tone.

 

[Baby, what would you have done if I had killed humans?]

 

“Did you kill them?”

 

When I asked back, Cassiopeia burst into laughter.

 

[Haha! You don’t seem to remember the skulls you saw in the dungeon.]

 

“Ah, those. They weren’t human bones though.”

 

At my nonchalant reaction, Cassiopeia stopped moving.

 

At first, I thought they were human bones too. The person who told me they were animal bones was Kang Seo-u.

 

He said he felt something strange while searching for the core and digging through the bones underneath, so he examined them carefully.

 

If she had really killed people, I might have left her abandoned somewhere in a dungeon to be closed rather than purified.

 

[Hmm, quite smart.]

 

“Why did a star become a dungeon monster?”

 

[Baby, you can’t hear properly anyway, right? If you were just born, you should be stuck in Sellas, why did you come out for entertainment.]

 

She opened her mouth as if to answer my question, but what came back was a dagger.

 

After finishing her words, Cassiopeia clicked her tongue sharply. Did I just get insulted? I feel really bad.

 

When I frowned, Antares, who had been just watching from the side, called her name in a low voice.

 

“Cassiopeia.”

 

[Ah, fine. I’ll keep my mouth shut.]

 

The woman whose name was called responded irritably and closed her mouth.

 

She seemed much more hostile toward Antares than when I saw her in the dungeon.

 

Cassiopeia also took her hands off me and returned above the orb, and I spoke to her as if making a resolution.

 

“Even if you won’t tell me, I’m going to restore you to your original state.”

 

I can hear the reason slowly later.

 

I added those words and closed my eyes to cast my skill.

 

Activating unique power, 【Fair Judgment (S)】.

 

Like with Anser, energy emanated from my hands along with a pale peach-colored radiance and enveloped Cassiopeia.

 

Target recognition complete.

 

Cassiopeia was placed on a large scale. She appeared on the opposite side from the scale of good and evil and wavered.

 

I expected her to turn colorless like last time, but this time she turned gray.

 

Before I could be surprised by the changed color, the balanced scale moved back and forth.

 

Cannot determine the target’s good and evil, so skill activation is suspended.

 

Huh, I didn’t expect this.

 

I unconsciously turned my head to look at Antares. He also seemed surprised by this unexpected turn of events, his eyes wide with shock.

 

“Cassiopeia.”

 

The woman whose name was called again flinched.

 

[What, what!]

 

“Did you harm humans?”

 

[No. I never did that.]

 

“Then you sold information about the child.”

 

Cassiopeia, hit right on target, avoided eye contact.

 

From experience, I think “that child” refers to me.

 

Antares held his forehead and let out a deep sigh, saying something about how it was too late.

 

Anser, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, bristled his fur and growled.

 

“The baby’s information was exposed?”

 

[Oh my, little fox. I only said that a new star would be born, you know?]

 

See, I told you.

 

Cassiopeia, who had been sneering with a brazen attitude, glared with a serious expression at Antares’s next words.

 

“I’m going to report this officially. Including the fact that you became a Terra▣.”

 

[Antares!]

 

I felt it in the dungeon too, but Cassiopeia really had good vocal projection. I thought my eardrums would burst.

 

She screamed so loud I thought my subspace would fly away, but Antares only twisted one corner of his mouth.

 

“What, didn’t you prepare for at least this much when you started trouble?”

 

[The report, can’t it be done later?]

 

“Well, I’m that kid’s guardian right now.”

 

As a guardian, I should be able to endure this. Antares rubbed his chin with a cynical expression.

 

The two constellations threw sharp glances at each other without saying anything. Antares gestured with his chin first as if telling her to follow.

 

I calmed the fox who was about to rampage along with them, read the mood, and carefully raised my hand.

 

“Um, it seems like Cassiopeia can’t go to a place called Sellas…”

 

A cold gaze pierced me, but I stubbornly finished what I was saying.

 

“The skill won’t cancel.”

 

When I finished speaking, I naturally made a tearful face.

 

During their war of nerves, I had tried to cancel the skill several times.

 

Cassiopeia’s body had come down from the scale, but my energy binding her remained unchanged.

 

I belatedly checked what was written in small text below the skill pending notification window.

 

The target is temporarily bound by the skill until analysis is complete.

 

I buried my face in my hands and shouted with all my might.

 

“Antares! Please make text like this bigger!”

 

We decided to keep Cassiopeia in my subspace for the time being. She couldn’t move because the skill wouldn’t release.

 

Outside, the sun was already high in the sky.

 

Looking at my phone, there was a text from Jin Sehyeok.

 

I sent a reply saying I was awake to his text asking me to contact him when I woke up.

 

A moment later, ding-dong, the doorbell rang.

 

“Did you sleep well?”

 

Unlike yesterday, Jin Sehyeok stood there dressed in a neat suit.

 

He said he’d come around lunch time, and he really came at lunch.

 

“I submitted the documents to the community center. Just go to the district office to restore your identity and it’s done.”

 

While I was taking care of business in the subspace, Jin Sehyeok seemed to have processed things quickly too.

 

“Is it normally this fast?”

 

“Returnee-related work tends to be fast.”

 

I swallowed the sigh that was about to come out at his boastful appearance. Well, of course it would be, since you created it.

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