My Younger Sister Reborn as a Star Sovereign - Chapter 78

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The Protagonist’s Younger Sister Revives as a Constellation Episode 078

He’s been going back so far for so long that he can’t even remember how much time has passed.

However, he didn’t refuse the suggestion to rest.

The words he had spoken to the student hunters at Haemyeong High School were his sincere feelings that he had harbored for a long time.

Seeing that he had brought out into the world words he had never intended to speak aloud in his lifetime, it seemed he too needed rest.

It was time to tend to his dead spirit and heart that had witnessed so many deaths.

“Just let me finish this one thing.”

“Sehyeok hyung!”

“Take good care of Serin while I’m gone. You two are friends, after all.”

“Hyung, you take care of yourself.”

After a brief farewell, Jin Sehyeok got out of the car.

In the elevator going up to his home, he pressed his tired eyes firmly.

He still felt the fear that opening the door lock and entering would greet him with a cold, empty house.

“Still have a long way to go.”

Jin Sehyeok muttered self-deprecatingly, erased his gloomy expression, and opened the front door wide.

There was no coolness or darkness. A warm and bright interior welcomed him.

“Oh, oppa. You’re back!”

The Jin Serin who had been awkward when they first reunited was nowhere to be found; now she came to greet him first and even engaged in conversation.

This was the image of ‘home’ he had longed for so long.

Jin Sehyeok, who had dropped me off at the school gate this morning, suddenly told me he had a business trip.

When he said to contact Baek Eun-je if I needed anything, I nodded and told him to be careful on his trip.

Then I came to the classroom and checked the post by someone called ‘Hunmu Leader’s Calendar.’

“What’s this. There’s no particular schedule posted.”

I tilted my head in confusion for a moment, then quickly forgot about it.

During lunch break, I headed to the counseling room. It was the meeting place for Seo Naye and me.

Seo Naye was waiting there, tapping on her laptop, having apparently eaten first.

Sensing my presence, she slid a canvas that had been beside her toward me.

“This is the trap I promised to give you back then.”

“Uh… That’s a trap?”

“Why, too insignificant? Isn’t it better than something conspicuous?”

What Seo Naye handed me was a lion painting with Anser’s claw marks on it.

I thought she had placed it because the statue was lion-shaped, but the second dungeon is also related to lions?

With an uneasy feeling, I received the painting she handed me.

While Seo Naye was focused on her laptop, I put it in my subspace.

“But teacher, is it still not today?”

“What was it when I asked for a week before?”

“Aren’t you anxious, teacher? You don’t know when they’ll come from that side.”

It was a bit amusing that Seo Naye was the one receiving death threats, yet the person involved was calm while I, a bystander, was more restless.

She made a complex expression and replied in a bitter tone.

“If it’s the person I know, they won’t come to me right now.”

Oh my, look at this indecisive person.

It felt like eating sweet potatoes until my throat was blocked, then looking for soda only to drink lukewarm water.

How can I trust the eyes of someone who couldn’t even recognize the person stabbing them in the back!

“I’m too anxious to bear it. Let’s do it now.”

“Hmm, you don’t trust me.”

Of course I can’t trust you.

Whether the intensity of the prohibition placed on Seo Naye had increased, even the slightest attempt to open her mouth revealed the line wrapped around her neck.

At first I thought it was a thin string, but looking closely, it was a snake.

Good, from now on I’ll call the final boss ‘snake.’

Anyway, because of that annoying prohibition, I visited Seo Naye every other day to pester her. I wanted to quickly change Seo Naye’s heart and finish the judgment skill.

Moreover, I found an item perfect for the current situation. It was an item called ‘Moment of Liberation (S)’.

It was an earring-type item I discovered when I entered the store I had forgotten about for a long time.

It temporarily alleviates prohibition effects, but had the drawback that the duration was proportional to the intensity of the prohibition.

‘It’s perfect for Seo Naye who has a prohibition on her.’

Although the judgment skill gives the target a new life, it couldn’t remove prohibitions that were already in place.

The evidence was that Seo Naye struggled just from briefly mentioning the trap during the first attempt.

I’d have to wear this item to see how effective it would be, but I hoped it would show good results.

I could equip the item right away, but I still didn’t fully trust Seo Naye.

Honestly, betraying once is difficult, but twice wouldn’t be easy, right?

As if preparing for this, there was an option attached to the judgment skill that prevented lying to the skill caster, so I was relying on that alone.

So if she was judged as good, I planned to equip the item immediately.

“Fine, let’s do it again today.”

Seo Naye, who had been typing on the computer with a face worn by fatigue, answered as if annoyed.

Then suddenly Seo Naye’s eyes narrowed smoothly.

“And Jin Serin?”

“…Yes?”

“Third-year homeroom teachers are busiest right now. Do you know why?”

“No?”

“Because this is the period when third-years must stake their lives on it.”

Seo Naye let out a laugh as if she’d lost her mind, took a deep breath, then rapidly spilled out the words she’d been holding back.

“I’m already dying from headaches over grade management, and what’s this early admission process! I’m an undercover teacher, not a real teacher, right? Right?”

“Breathe, please breathe.”

“Ha! If I do just that, I won’t be able to speak. Individual counseling sessions pile up right when I’m this busy saying they need career counseling, and administrative work explodes because of student records!”

As if she had a lot built up, she poured it all out without taking a single breath, and as if that wasn’t enough, she panted and slammed the desk.

For now, let’s leave school and see. I need to escape now.

“I’ll really do it later, for sure!”

At the fastest speed I could manage, I escaped from Seo Naye’s sight—no, from the counseling room.

On the way back to the classroom, Kim Igyeol, who I haven’t seen lately, crossed my mind.

What’s he doing these days? Is he still practicing dual swords? I haven’t seen him much at Flower Club meetings either.

‘Antares, can’t I also view contractors through system windows instead of the tablet?’

⌈What’s the problem?⌋

‘There are many problems. Who walks around looking at a tablet!’

⌈…I heard everyone in the human world does that?⌋

So who! Who taught our Antares such strange things!

‘I’ve been curious for a while, but what exactly did you learn about the human world from?’

The serious mistranslations in constellation messages, and different common sense like now.

These were reactions that couldn’t come out unless someone had completely believed words thrown out to tease them.

After a long silence, the window I had requested appeared.

Oh, Kang Seo-u and Moon Wujin are there too. Even Lee Joo-a? What are the four of them doing together.

I was about to go find where they were hiding but stopped. There must be a reason they’re talking while hiding in a corner.

Instead, I waited until Kim Igyeol was alone and sent him a message.

Constellation ‘Noble One Who Returned from Death’ is curious about what interesting story you’re telling.

-It’s a friend’s birthday soon.

Oh really. So he has the leisure to care about a friend’s birthday? I guess I can work him harder.

There were actually some skills I hadn’t given him yet. I was timing it, and this worked out perfectly.

Constellation ‘Nobility Returned from Death’ laments, asking why you didn’t say so earlier if you had remaining time.

Kim Igyeol’s expression turned serious as he checked the message and replied.

-I came here by squeezing out time I don’t have.

…Oh, is that so. But there’s no need to get so serious about it.

Skill 【Unwavering Tranquility】 activates.

Feeling embarrassed made my inner thoughts turbulent, so the skill automatically kicked in.

After that, Kim Igyeol didn’t respond. I didn’t have any particular business either, so I left him alone.

But a friend’s birthday, huh. I squinted my eyes as I walked while pondering.

Those three have no connection with Lee Joo-a. The only link between them is me.

Come to think of it, ‘Jin Serin’s’ birthday is coming up soon.

When my thoughts reached that point, I snapped my fingers. Ah, what! Were they trying to celebrate my birthday?

It would be embarrassing if I’m wrong about this, so let’s just pretend I don’t know.

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