My Younger Sister Reborn as a Star Sovereign - Chapter 86

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The Protagonist’s Younger Sister Revives as a Constellation Episode 086

You have entered the dungeon ‘Absolute Crow(?)’.

As soon as I entered the dungeon, the system sent a notification.

Perhaps because it was a re-entered dungeon, the dungeon provided more information than before.

I was wondering if it would give everything after entering three times, when Kim Igyeol created a sanctuary first.

‘Oh. What’s this about.’

Kim Igyeol deploying a sanctuary without being told was unexpected.

As I blinked in confusion, he pointed behind me with his chin.

I could guess who would be behind me, so I didn’t really want to turn around.

Still, I should face what I’ve done properly. That’s what a true human, no, constellation would do, right?

Suppressing a sigh that was about to escape, I turned around.

Kang Seo-u was running toward us with a furious expression, holding a sword I’d never seen before.

Behind him, the flock of white crows I saw yesterday was also rushing over.

[Caw, caw!]

Kang Seo-u, who approached in an instant, entered the sanctuary while the crow flock was pushed back.

He took a long breath and shouted loudly.

“Jin Serin, you!”

“It wasn’t me.”

I shook my head while making an X with my fingers.

Let me try to play dumb first. It’s absolutely not because I’m scared of Kang Seo-u, but because I’m worried Jin Sehyeok might hear about it later.

Kang Seo-u, who had come closer, glared at me with fierce eyes.

I stealthily hid behind Kim Igyeol to avoid him.

I wasn’t sure if Kim Igyeol had anticipated this situation and deployed the sanctuary, but somehow I felt a bit betrayed.

Skill 【Unwavering Tranquility】 is activated.

While I waved my hand to dismiss the floating window, Kang Seo-u firmly shook his head and dismissed my denial.

“It’s definitely you. That guy would never act so recklessly.”

It wouldn’t be Kang Seo-u if he just let it slide.

Like scolding a disobedient younger sibling, he put his hands on his hips and reprimanded me.

“Serin, do you have a brain or not?”

I have one, that’s why I came in. I’m doing all this to save your ears.

When Kang Seo-u, unaware of my deep intentions, was about to start nagging in earnest, I spoke first.

“I thought oppa would go alone. But you really did come alone?”

I peeked my face out from behind Kim Igyeol and said with a bright smile.

Perhaps speechless at my counterargument, Kang Seo-u closed his mouth.

After just opening and closing his mouth, he irritably ruffled his hair and made excuses.

“I was going to wait. But my older brother kept bothering me to get rid of it quickly.”

“Older brother, you mean the KU Galleria president?”

Kim Igyeol, who had been quietly listening to our conversation, asked curiously.

I was curious about the same thing, so I looked at Kang Seo-u with interested eyes.

“Right. My brother is fine with spending money on items, but he can’t stand having birds in his territory.”

Kang Seo-u made a disgusted expression, saying he was a person with an uncharacteristic phobia of birds, then alternately looked at both of us.

He had the face of someone pondering what to do with these troublemakers.

Soon, as if he’d made up his mind, he let out a long sigh that seemed to sink into the ground and roughly tousled his hair.

“Ah, I don’t know! Since we’re already in, let’s just go. Can’t I protect you two?”

“Then let’s go straight to the next area!”

I gave a thumbs up to Kang Seo-u’s decision and cheerfully shouted.

Since staying here long wouldn’t help, I planned to finish quickly and get out.

The other two seemed to have the same idea as they immediately drew their weapons.

“I don’t suppose anyone knows the way?”

Though I asked first, I didn’t expect an answer, so I activated my skill right away.

My vision connected with a crow’s and I searched for the path from above.

Finding the path to take from the crow’s perspective was quick, but actually finding that path was not easy.

This isn’t because I’m bad with directions, it’s unavoidable. …Probably.

“We’re going the right way, right?”

“Uh, yes. Probably?”

I vaguely answered Kang Seo-u who asked with a suspicious look.

After wandering for a while—well, not that long, just moderately—we were finally able to move to the next area.

You have entered the Second Area, ‘Fig Garden’.

Unlike the chaotic and noisy Area 1, the scenery that appeared before our eyes upon arriving at the Second Area was incredibly peaceful.

While I was quietly admiring it, Kim Igyeol’s skill time ran out and the glowing pattern disappeared.

With the light gone, the garden scenery became even clearer.

Under the gently falling sunlight, contrary to its name as a garden, there was only one giant fig tree in the center.

The unique thing was the tree’s appearance.

As if a line had been drawn down the middle, one side had fresh fruit hanging, while the other half had blackened, rotting fruit.

With the bizarre tree between them, there were branching paths on both sides. Those were the branching paths that were the reason I entered this dungeon.

The scenery beyond the branching paths changes depending on the route you take.

Sure enough, the system just threw out an unhelpful explanation and disappeared.

“Huh? It’s leaving without giving a hint?”

Kang Seo-u muttered complaints and looked around. Unfortunately, that fig tree was all there was in this area.

‘And that’s both the hint and the trap.’

It’s placed right in the middle of the path—doesn’t it look obviously suspicious?

If you choose the rotten fruit, what appears at the end of the path is the boss monster’s room. Conversely, the appetizing fruit side leads to the ‘infinite loop’ I was worried about.

You’d have to return to Area 1 and find the path in Area 1’s day version ‘Forest of White Feathers’ and night version ‘Forest of Black Feathers’. Naturally, the night forest was harder than the day.

If I had to choose the better of the two, it would be the boss monster’s room.

There was only one monster there, but in the infinite loop, monsters were generated infinitely.

It was a trick that exploited the prejudice that good-looking fruit would be better.

I turned to Kim Igyeol and asked him a question.

“Which way do you want to go, oppa?”

After frowning and seriously pondering, he chose the left path with the fresh fruit with a confident expression.

“This way! I have a feeling.”

Kang Seo-u pointed his finger toward the direction full of fresh fruit.

How can his intuition be so terrible? It really seemed like a good choice not to trust him and come in together.

“…Do you trust your intuition, oppa?”

“My older brother used to say I might as well just guess randomly if I was going to trust that kind of thing.”

At Kang Seo-u’s bitter reply, I couldn’t hide my pitying gaze.

I even wondered what he had done trusting his intuition to get such a reaction.

After getting a reasonable justification to reject the left path, I asked Kim Igyeol the same question.

After alternately looking at both paths, he cautiously expressed his opinion.

“I choose the right.”

“Me too. Since it’s majority rule, let’s go right?”

As I quickly sorted out the situation and chose our next destination, Kang Seo-u blocked my way with a mischievous face.

“What, you don’t trust me?”

“Yes.”

Kang Seo-u, hurt by the words about not trusting him, stepped back with a dejected expression.

Walking down the right path, I reflected on what Kang Seo-u had said and broke the silence.

“But why did your older brother tell you not to trust your instincts?”

“Ah. It’s nothing major. When I follow my gut feeling, monsters always show up?”

…That’s totally major though?!

When I showed surprise at his unexpected answer, he laughed as if recalling pleasant memories.

He smiled, saying that even when he went missing as a child, it was because he got lost and tried to find his way home by instinct, only to get trapped in a dungeon.

It was certainly the gentle smile of an adult, but somehow I could sense the mischievous nature of a child in that expression. Little Kang Seo-u must have been maximum difficulty level to raise.

“Fortunately, Sehyeok hyung came in just then. I thought I was going to die there for sure.”

“…My brother did?”

When an unexpected name suddenly came out of Kang Seo-u’s mouth, my face stiffened awkwardly.

The fact that Jin Sehyeok had saved Kang Seo-u was content that had never been mentioned even in passing in the original work.

This too seemed to be something that changed when Jin Sehyeok regressed.

Seeing my bewildered reaction, he playfully put his arm around my shoulder.

“Hey, your brother is my lifesaver. That’s why my whole family likes hyung too.”

“Did you two become close from that time?”

“No. Hyung put up walls, but I broke through them, just like you did.”

The two were thorough business colleagues.

Jin Sehyeok didn’t have close friends to begin with. At most, there was Kim Soyun, with whom he shared the common ground of having lost a sibling?

It seemed that when my brother regressed and the future changed, Kang Seo-u took Kim Soyun’s place.

This creates one concern though.

‘Kang Seo-u’s age is bothering me.’

How could the Kang Seo-u from the original work and the current Kang Seo-u be the same age?

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