My Younger Sister Reborn as a Star Sovereign - Chapter 97

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The Protagonist’s Younger Sister Revives as a Constellation Episode 097

What should you do if you get lost in a dungeon? Stay in place and wait until they find you so you don’t cross paths?

‘That’s what other people would think.’

It was nonsense. Especially in a dungeon like this where you couldn’t know the way, waiting in place was pointless.

The idea that staying still when you don’t know the way might be helpful was useless advice for me, who had been leading the way and breaking through paths until just now.

“We won’t be able to meet anyway, so why wait?”

I had to go with the mindset of finding my own path.

I activated my skill, but my vision didn’t change. I briefly felt puzzled that there wasn’t a single monster when there used to be at least two or three in each space.

Your authority reduced by spatial movement is being restored.

Then I realized as I saw the system window that appeared. This isn’t the same dungeon?

“Sigh, how do I get out of here now.”

I tried to move, but my body was still heavy.

An alarm appeared, so why is this happening? Shouldn’t my strange physical condition get better when my authority recovers?

I stretched my body like doing exercises, but it didn’t feel refreshing.

“Ugh, why is this happening, really?”

I couldn’t help but groan. My body was heavy, so I didn’t want to move. I just wanted to lie down on a bed.

It would be nice if I could move to subspace, but it was unfortunate that moving through subspace was impossible inside dungeons.

It didn’t seem like I couldn’t move at all, so I somehow managed to take steps.

I thought I had walked for a while, but when I looked back, it seemed I had only walked about twenty steps. I only came this far?

I wondered about this physical condition I had never experienced since becoming a constellation.

Rather than continuing deep thoughts here, I chose to keep moving. I need to get out quickly and rest properly.

One step, two steps.

It would have been fine if it weren’t for my steps getting slower with each step I took.

⌈Oh! It’s a baby!⌋

A fox that suddenly popped out from thin air hopped over and approached me as I was barely managing to keep my upper body upright.

⌈Huh? Baby, what’s wrong?!⌋

“Anser…?”

“Hey, fox! How can you go alone, monster?”

Behind the fox, I saw a red-haired man running over urgently.

Mistaking me for a humanoid monster, he immediately drew his weapon and took a defensive stance.

Ugh, now I don’t even have the energy left to say anything.

‘Anser, I’m having a hard time.’

At my sudden words, Anser seemed momentarily flustered, then patted me like soothing a baby.

⌈Rest a little. Baby worked too hard.⌋

Right. It’s because I haven’t rested properly until now. I should close my eyes for a moment and then get up.

With the sensation of someone supporting my collapsing body as the last thing I felt, I closed my heavy eyelids.

How did Ilyzer come to meet Jin Serin? To understand this, we needed to know a bit of his story.

He was a mercenary who didn’t stay in one place long and had been through various mercenary groups.

The mercenary group he joined this time, Unbound, was an organization that crossed both national frameworks and regulatory boundaries.

It wasn’t crossing lines in a bad way. When countries couldn’t solve problems on their own, they would request Unbound to solve them.

That day was the same. They arrived after receiving a request to close a dungeon that had opened in a border dispute region, and the job was easy, leaving no traces behind.

When he was about to return with a colleague who handled the cleanup, if that bastard hadn’t stabbed him in the back, he would have gone back and gotten the rest he was behind on.

‘Sorry, Ilyzer. I know you’re a good guy, but you’re too much of a hindrance.’

The woman who smiled slyly approached him, her hair tied high swaying.

Before he could notice anything strange, a sharp dagger was embedded in his chest.

Ilyzer pushed away his former colleague and fled.

He thought he had erased his traces with flames, but he didn’t know about the bloodstains that remained.

He never thought that someone who saw those bloodstains would follow him, much less that it would be a constellation he’d never seen before, not the one who stabbed him.

Ilyzer, who had hidden in some alley, leaned against the wall and gasped for breath.

It wasn’t an ordinary dagger – he could feel his mana being drained in real time.

Ilyzer prepared for shock and tried to pull out the dagger.

“I’ve been looking for you for a while, human!”

If it weren’t for the fox that suddenly popped out from thin air, he would have pulled out that sword and met his death, whether from excessive bleeding or mana depletion.

“Stupid! How can you pull it out so crudely like that?”

The human speech coming from the fox’s mouth was awkward only briefly. His body, lacking mana, slowly collapsed.

‘Ah, is this how I die?’

Ilyzer, who had never thought he would die despite always doing dangerous work, closed his eyes for the first time sensing his end.

When he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw were stars full of mystery.

The stars shining brightly in the darkness emitted just the right amount of light, as if gently revealing their existence.

It was an enchanting sight that even Ilyzer, who had traveled all over the world, had never seen before.

Feeling overwhelmed by that atmosphere, he looked around.

If the fox that noticed Ilyzer had awakened hadn’t barked, he would have stared at those stars endlessly.

“Hey, if you’ve come to your senses, say something!”

The fox that scolded Ilyzer showed displeasure and tapped the floor with its tail.

It should have been a soft tail, but feeling the dull vibration that tail created, Ilyzer opened his mouth.

“This place is…”

“My nest. There was no proper place to put you when you were injured, so I brought you here.”

The fox proudly lifted its chin, saying he should consider it an honor since even our baby hasn’t been to this place yet.

Ilyzer couldn’t help but smile at that natural attitude and curled up the corners of his mouth.

“Then who are you?”

“A constellation. Make a contract with me, human!”

Surprised by the fox’s words that he should contract with it since it saved him, Ilyzer remained silent.

As if disliking even that, the fox turned its head away sharply. The tapping sound grew louder as the fox continued speaking.

“I’m not doing this because I like you. I’m just fulfilling baby’s request.”

“Who is this baby?”

“My younger sibling!”

Perhaps just thinking about the fox called ‘baby’ made it feel good, as the tail that had been hitting the floor began to sway gently.

A red light flowed from the fox’s body, and the form of a human child appeared in its place.

The child, who seemed to be about 7 years old, stared at him blankly with an expressionless face.

Looking at the hair that was the same red as his own but gradually turned black toward the ends, Ilyzer pondered.

‘Can I trust a child who claims to be a constellation?’

Ilyzer had been stabbed by someone he trusted as a colleague and nearly died, but it seemed this child had saved him based on the circumstances.

Ilyzer gently placed his hand over his chest. The wound had healed completely as if nothing had happened, and his mana, which had hit rock bottom, was now fully replenished.

He continued his thoughts while calmly examining the energy filling his body.

Having seen the transformation from fox to child, what more was there to doubt?

Ilyzer readily nodded. Whatever the reason for the contract, it was one where he had nothing to lose.

“Good. Contract.”

“Great! But our contract is temporary.”

The child, who raised one corner of their mouth, extended their hand along with words of caution.

As soon as Ilyzer reached out and grasped it, a crimson thread wrapped around both their wrists like binding them together, then scattered like a mirage.

We declare to the entire universe that the constellation ‘Fox Who Interprets the Star Path’ and the awakened Illyser Dru are bound by contract.

A notification appeared confirming the contract was established, and the child returned to fox form.

Fox looked Ilyzer up and down, then clicked her tongue softly and shook her head.

Constellation ‘Fox Who Interprets the Star Path’ grants you the skill 【Eye of Wisdom (S)】.

As a burning heat enveloped his vision, Ilyzer frowned and roughly grabbed one of his eyes.

“What is this?”

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