My Younger Sister Reborn as a Star Sovereign - Chapter 5

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The Protagonist’s Younger Sister Revives as a Constellation Episode 005

Kim Igyeol skillfully dealt with the disgusting monster at first glance.

He moved his body so nimbly that I wondered if he had originally been a hunter, clearing the path in front of me in an instant.

I hid behind the rock he had pointed to. From there, I checked the main quest that had been newly updated earlier.

【Main Quest 2 – The Contractor’s Growth is My Reward (In Progress)】

Looking at it again, it’s absolutely terrible. Rising from D-rank to S-rank – it was too unreasonable a standard.

More than anything, I was suspicious about why I had to do this.

This world already had a precedent of not sending me back to reality even though my role was finished.

Rather than trusting the system, I’d rather entrust a fish store to a cat.

Just as I was thinking that, the quest window seemed to shake, and a new additional reward appeared at the bottom.

Reward: 20% Growth Rate, 2000 Points

Additional Reward: Wish Ticket Provided

‘Does a wish ticket grant anything I want?’

Even to my question, the system remained silent. I could feel the system’s will that this was its best effort.

Would it grant a wish to return reality to how it ‘originally’ was?

Sensing that my mindset had changed, the system sent a new notification.

!Emergency Notice!

To facilitate smooth quest progress, we provide the contractor’s growth data.

From now on, you can check the contractor’s growth level through ‘Check Growth Level’.

I immediately checked the growth level according to the system’s guidance. I could select and view stats and ranks, so I looked at the rank first.

‘Rising from D-rank to C-rank’ In Progress

Offensive skill accuracy rate 60% or higher (23/10,000)

Cumulative skill usage (143/20,000)

Consecutive evasion 3 times or more (2/1,500)

※However, only usage in dungeons applies※

And I was left speechless.

I turned my gaze to Kim Igyeol, who had just stabbed his sword into the bug monster’s body.

What do I do, when will I ever finish all this?

Unaware of my troubled heart, he finished the battle and was walking toward the rock where I was.

I could see wounds all over his body. Right then and there, I bought a recovery potion and sponsored it to Kim Igyeol.

Even though the notification must have gone off, he came to my side without even checking it. Why won’t he use the medicine?

“You’re hurt.”

“Ah, a little.”

I deliberately pointed at his wounds while speaking. Since I couldn’t directly ask if he had medicine.

Wouldn’t a normal person immediately apply medicine if they were wounded and had some available?

But Kim Igyeol was different. He glanced at his wounds once and just said “I guess so.”

Unable to bear watching anymore, I finally mentioned the constellation outright.

“Doesn’t your constellation give you medicine or anything?”

“No, they did. Want me to give it to you?”

Anyone could see that Kim Igyeol was the one who was badly hurt. The idea of giving it to me was so absurd that I asked back.

“Why aren’t you using it and trying to give it to me instead?”

“I don’t really need it. You have a wound on your face.”

He stared at the wound on my cheek, then tapped his own cheek as if it were a mirror.

“My sister used to say that. When women get scars on their faces, it bothers them every time they look in the mirror.”

Watching him act so frustratingly made my chest feel tight.

The watching constellation is making such infuriating sounds so casually!

Skill 【Unwavering Tranquility】 is activated.

Oh. What’s this?

The moment that notification appeared, my mind became calm. Thanks to that, my frustrated feelings returned to normal.

“B-but wouldn’t it be better to use it on more serious wounds? I can get treated when I go out.”

“My sister said treatment is better the sooner the better-“

“Ah, I got it. Just give it to me for now.”

I cut off his words and held out my palm, gesturing for him to give it to me.

Kim Igyeol took out the potion I had sponsored from his inventory and handed it over.

I opened the cap and instantly poured it all over his right arm. In times like this, doing it myself is the right answer.

“Ah.”

A short groan escaped from Kim Igyeol’s mouth, who hadn’t expected my action.

The wound that had been bleeding healed instantly. Now my mind was completely at ease.

He looked back and forth between his healed wound and the bottle in my hand, then spoke bluntly.

“You said you were going to use it.”

“Yeah, I did use it. I poured it, didn’t I?”

It wasn’t my wound, but I had indeed used it.

I smiled shamelessly, blocking his rebuttal. Then I sprinkled the remaining potion on his ankle.

“Hah.”

“The only person I can trust can’t get hurt.”

At my serious words, Kim Igyeol frowned as if finding it absurd, but didn’t stop me.

While putting the empty bottle in my pocket, my bracelet got caught on my clothes.

The bracelet, which had been so natural I didn’t even know it was there, started to bother me as it dangled.

‘I’ don’t have a bracelet like this. This was ‘Jin Serin’s’ bracelet.

…I just realized earlier that what I mistook for a dream was actually my reality. But it wasn’t that – it was possession?

So right now I’m not the real ‘me’ but ‘Jin Serin’ from 【The End】?

Then what about the attack I received from the monster on the day I fell and got separated from Jin Sehyeok? How am I alive?

It was when I reached to remove the bothersome bracelet first.

Kim Igyeol, who saw my bracelet, slightly furrowed his brows and his eyes wavered. He silently continued staring only at the bracelet.

…Did you become enemies with my bracelet without me knowing? Why are you being so scary?

After an incomprehensible silence, Kim Igyeol opened his mouth.

“Where did you get this?”

“The bracelet? My brother gave it to me…?”

Without time to think, my mouth moved automatically to answer. As if it were natural.

‘I’ was an only child, so it was inexplicable. Had I somehow assimilated with the original ‘Jin Serin’?

“Ha, does this make any sense?”

After hearing my answer, he muttered quietly.

I tilted my head, trying to understand his intention.

Kim Igyeol asked something else in a much more agitated voice than before.

“This bracelet is a set with a necklace.”

It wasn’t a question but a certainty.

At his words, I checked the bracelet. Looking closely, it had a star-shaped pendant exactly like the necklace I had tried to deliver to Jin Sehyeok.

Since it was said in the original work that Jin Sehyeok had made it himself, it would be a set. How did he know this?

Even when I asked back in surprise, he only answered calmly.

“How did you know?”

“…I just, know.”

When I nodded in bewilderment, a subdued voice flowed from him.

“Do you have the necklace too?”

“I don’t have the necklace. I gave it to someone.”

That little kid, I wonder if he gave it properly to his older brother. It was quite an important item in the original work.

“By any chance, 10 years ago…No, never mind.”

He makes me curious then waves his hand dismissively saying it’s nothing. Is he trying to pick a fight?

“10 years ago I would have been 7 years old.”

“Right, that’s how it would feel to you.”

Though his tone was gentle, it sounded argumentative to me.

He’s bragging about being older since he was 9, all of a sudden.

I was about to say something back when I was stopped. Monsters were coming again.

“…Let’s talk about this later.”

He wiped the expression from his face and readjusted his grip on his weapon.

As if he’d had a change of heart, he now focused on taking down monsters.

“You stay right here. Got it?”

Whenever monsters approached, he would first put me in a safe place and then go out front to fight.

Thanks to that, I could watch his battles from a safe spot. Occasionally when he looked tired, I sponsored him with stamina potions or recovery potions.

Of course, there was no contractor who would use them immediately just because I gave them.

Bang!

A loud sound rang out as the monster was slammed into the wall. Kim Igyeol, properly awakened, didn’t look like a D-rank.

Even if they were low-grade E-rank monsters, was it just my imagination that he seemed to win too easily?

‘Advancing from D-rank to C-rank’ In Progress

Offensive skill accuracy rate 60% or higher (99/10,000)

Cumulative skill usage (298/20,000)

Consecutive evasion 3 times or more (19/1,500)

※However, only usage in dungeons applies※

I sat down on the ground, propped my chin on my hand, and stared at the steadily climbing numbers.

Kim Igyeol was fighting so stably that it was hard to believe he had awakened just today.

Thanks to that, the dungeon clearing was proceeding smoothly without me needing to give any advice.

‘Actually, I’m not sure what else a constellation’s role involves besides sponsoring, giving skills, and watching.’

I was quietly watching him fight when our eyes met several times. It seemed like he was checking to make sure I was still there.

I began to wonder why Kim Igyeol was taking such care of me, a complete stranger.

I was so lost in deep thought that I didn’t notice the monster approaching from behind.

Kim Igyeol, who spotted me in that state, blocked the monster with his sword and shouted.

“Jin Serin, get down!”

I reflexively threw myself down and the monster whooshed over my head.

My palms stung. When I opened my hands, I could see wounds scraped by the stones.

Kim Igyeol immediately ran over to me.

‘Ah, that frustrating human!’

Shouldn’t you kill the monster you were just fighting?!

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