My Younger Sister Reborn as a Star Sovereign - Chapter 77

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The Protagonist’s Younger Sister Revives as a Constellation Episode 077

“Still, just in case, absolutely! Don’t encounter it.”

I watched Seo Naye casually wave her hand as if she understood, then prepared to use my skill.

Since I’m in the subspace anyway, I should try activating the skill again.

“I’ll try using the skill again.”

Cannot determine target, skill activation postponed.

The skill still only showed the notification that it couldn’t determine the target. Right, it’s not something that would be easily acknowledged.

When I sent her a pitying look, Seo Naye made excuses.

“Don’t look at me like that, just give me one more week.”

“Alright. Cheer up, teacher. You can do it!”

“Wow. That really doesn’t give me any strength at all.”

Seo Naye responded half-heartedly and left the subspace first.

There was nothing I could do to help with this, so she had to solve it herself. Making someone’s favorite time embarrassing is a very big sin.

Through the open door, I heard the preliminary bell signaling the start of 5th period. Oh, I need to go listen to the lecture too.

I slowly headed to the gymnasium with reluctant steps.

Lee Joo-a, who had arrived first, said she saved me a seat and led me to the very front. As expected of the class’s top student. She seems passionate about listening attentively even here.

“Ahem. Now, today a very special person has visited our school.”

For some reason, the homeroom teacher’s voice was full of energy as he grabbed the microphone.

It wasn’t just me who noticed, as I could hear voices from various places asking why the math teacher was so energetic today.

“Let’s welcome Hunter’s Association President Jin Sehyeok with applause.”

Applause and murmuring sounds came simultaneously. When Jin Sehyeok’s figure appeared climbing onto the platform, there were even cheers.

I wondered if Jin Sehyeok was popular, or if they were just excited to meet a celebrity.

“Hello, I’m Jin Sehyeok.”

“You’re handsome!”

Jin Sehyeok let out a small laugh at someone’s shout.

Since Hunter Jin Sehyeok was famous for rarely smiling, even a small laugh was considered a smile, causing a big stir in the venue.

“No unnecessary comments.”

After sending a brief warning, Jin Sehyeok seemed properly prepared as he displayed the presentation he brought.

I looked indifferently at the brilliant slides that my brother couldn’t possibly have made.

The lecture continued with topics like how to respond when entering dungeons that the Association handles and how to perform emergency treatment. There was also time for actual treatment and bandaging.

The students who had been sparkling with interest at first seemed to lose interest as Jin Sehyeok continued with a lecture no different from an ordinary instructor.

After more than 2 hours, Jin Sehyeok finished his lecture, sent the regular students back to their classrooms, and kept only those who had awakened abilities.

Among the unfamiliar faces from other grades besides the first years, I could see Kang Seo-u and Kim Igyeol as well.

A simple slide with only black text on a white background appeared on the screen, replacing the colorfully decorated slides.

This suits my brother better. But what does it say up there now?

“Hunters are not heroes?”

I unconsciously read aloud the large text written on the slide.

Even though I muttered quietly, Jin Sehyeok seemed to hear it as his gaze briefly swept over me.

What is that guy trying to pull now?

“Do you think hunters are heroes?”

“Yes!”

When everyone shouted the same answer, Jin Sehyeok shook his head and began to speak.

“Hunters have more moments of giving up than moments of saving people.”

“If you try to save a few and fail to properly close a dungeon, it leads to greater casualties.”

“That’s why you probably heard this first in Association training.”

“Don’t consider yourself a hero.”

And here the hero who is the protagonist of the novel 【At the End of Destruction】 is saying this.

A lecture where the one who was considered the last remaining hope in the original work denies himself was very hard to get used to.

What kind of talk is this to budding hunters?

“When heroes die, they become legends, but when hunters die, they become statistics.”

“If you want to save someone, think about what this world demands from you and what it takes away.”

“If you still want to stand against the world.”

“The Hunter’s Association will stand with ‘ordinary’ hunters, not heroes, until the end.”

It’s strange. Is that really Jin Sehyeok in front of me?

He was a bit different from the Jin Sehyeok described in the original work. In 【End of Destruction】, Jin Sehyeok was rougher and someone who didn’t let people get close.

My head is throbbing. Is it because there are too many things to worry about?

I need fox therapy! At times like this, touching Anser’s fur would make me feel much better.

I wonder if Anser is doing well?

While Jin Serin was missing Anser, the fox was still wandering around looking for the human.

Following the very faint remaining scent and traces, the place it arrived at only had a strong smell of burning. It was a futile search every time.

This time too, ashes greeted Anser.

The fox irritably hit the ground with its puffed-up tail, making tapping sounds.

Rough cracks appeared on the ground that couldn’t withstand the strong pressure.

⌈Ha! This human really can’t stay in one place.⌋

A flat voice, not the affectionate voice, cut through the air. It was a clearly different tone from when she was by Jin Serin’s side.

The fox originally had no emotions toward humans.

When she was a small fox, she disliked humans, but after becoming a star, her emotions changed.

The mission given to stars was not such a thing.

The fox, who had been sniffing around looking for human scent in the ashes, turned her gaze in a certain direction.

Along that path, there was a strong smell of burning and a faint smell of blood.

⌈You didn’t go far this time?⌋

Anser, whose mood had suddenly improved, hummed the song she heard by Jin Serin’s side and stretched her lips into a smile.

The fox, wanting to quickly go to the baby’s side, hurried her steps, pattering along the traces left by the human.

An alien hole appeared at the place where the Guild Master of Heaven, Baek Chang-gil, passed away.

Even Jin Sehyeok, who had spent a long time conquering hundreds and thousands of dungeons, had never seen this type before.

Ironically, it was Jin Serin who held back his feet when he tried to go there himself.

Now that the reward for the time he had rushed to save his sister was finally given, he couldn’t rashly take dangerous actions.

Instead, Jin Sehyeok dispatched an investigation team to enter, but only disastrous results remained.

“Everyone except one person is dead.”

“The survivor?”

Baek Eun-je couldn’t easily continue speaking. Instead of pressing him, Jin Sehyeok snatched the documents he was holding.

“Huh, unconscious?”

“It seems they barely escaped after suffering fatal injuries.”

He put down the documents he was holding onto the desk with a thud.

All 9 people dead except for 1.

They couldn’t even recover the bodies. The only survivor was lying in the intensive care unit with fatal injuries.

‘What was the problem?’

Jin Sehyeok, lost in anguish, flicked a cold ice crystal with his fingertip.

Baek Chang-gil shouldn’t have died yet. He had never died this early before.

Would it have been better to know the future but not interfere and let that future flow as it was?

After asking himself the question, he immediately scoffed.

‘No, that was the best choice.’

If he had left the Administration Bureau Director alone, more people would have died in the 2nd Incident.

He couldn’t stand by and watch the Administration Bureau Director’s atrocity of sending newly awakened hunters straight to dungeons instead of internal training.

“What should we do?”

“Have you compensated the bereaved families and finished the funeral?”

“The burial is tomorrow.”

“Then let’s go now.”

While moving to the funeral home, Baek Eun-je glanced anxiously at the back seat reflected in the rearview mirror.

Jin Sehyeok had become much more subdued since Jin Serin returned alive, but there was no telling where he might go.

Baek Eun-je wished he could peek inside Jin Sehyeok’s head if possible.

Even after leaving the funeral home filled with sounds of mourning, and even when Baek Eun-je said they had arrived home, Jin Sehyeok remained silent, staring blankly out the window.

Baek Eun-je also waited without saying anything, and only then did Jin Sehyeok finally speak.

“I’ll go for the additional investigation.”

“You, hyung? You’re not going in alone, are you?”

“I have to go in alone.”

His look seemed to say, why are you asking something so obvious?

Jin Sehyeok had always moved alone until now. It was convenient, but also because feeling grief over a colleague’s death was too overwhelming.

He would leave alone without notice, then return as if nothing had happened.

Baek Eun-je sighed deeply, thinking this man hadn’t changed at all despite the passing years, only growing older.

“What about Serin?”

“You’re here, aren’t you.”

“No, things turned out exactly as you hoped, hyung. What’s the point of it all if you’re not there?”

Frustrated, Baek Eun-je thumped his chest repeatedly.

Jin Sehyeok, who only had a foul temper, didn’t know how to take care of himself.

He hoped Jin Sehyeok would take this opportunity to rest a bit.

“Hyung, it’s already been 10 years. If you’ve been running for that long, you should at least rest.”

Even at these warm words filled with concern, Jin Sehyeok just laughed it off lightly.

It might be 10 years for Baek Eun-je, but for him, it had been much longer.

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