CH 26

“You. Low-ranking. Constellation. Really. On such a call. Led by fate. Indeed. Tragic.

“Does the dog ever stop barking? Actually, why don’t you go out for a while?”

Anubis bowed his head pitifully and sank into the corner again. Seeing Apollo giggling and sneering at him, I took a deep breath and looked at my contractor’s information.

And my mouth was wide open.

[Summary of Contractor’s Information.]

[Contractor – Dynamic Baek Tae-beom]

[Titles : One Who Bent The Mist, Dynamic, Embracing Despair, Transcendent….

Grade : S

Status : Joy

Constellation : One Who Seeks To Avoid The Fall

Coins possessed: 279,300

Skills possessed : [Dark Sword Dance] [Hermit(Liberation)] [Guardian] [Madness] [King’s Blade] [Pulsing Death]

An Awakened whose skills and abilities have been freed by fulfilling certain conditions.]

What are all these skills? The skills that Baek Tae-beom had freed were completely different from the skills Baek Tae-beom obtained in the novel. In the first place, the skill <Guardian>. Isn’t this the same skill that the main character got?

And 270,000 coins? These coins definitely did not come from being someone’s dog, and I haven’t been able to act as his constellation, so where did this huge amount come from?

And certain conditions that have been met.

Maybe, his real younger brother died?

I was trying to save him, but I was frustrated by the thought that I might have lost his Dongsaeng in the end. Then it was understandable that Baek Tae-beom looked like this. But what are these skills, and what do these titles mean? Aside from what Kang Si-hoo once obtained, these are skills that have never appeared in the original novel.

As expected, I’ll have to check it out too.

Whether Baek Tae-beom’s Dongsaeng was dead or alive.

I picked up the cell phone that I had thrown, and at that moment, a loud noise came from the phone.

[Congratulations! Attendance has been completed. 100 coins will be given to you.]

“Ah, that scared me!”

[Coins possessed: 500]

Why was I not happy at all?

“I’ll be back.”

“Why. Are you going to see your contractor?”

“No, his younger brother.”

“Is that also related to The Fall?”

“That’s right.”

Apollo waved his hand like a cotton ball as if to say I have come back safely. I waved my hand back and left the Soul’s Sanctuary.

“This is….”

Where I died.

The scene was still vivid. The steel sticking out of the dark fog, Baek Tae-beom’s collapsing expression, and my hands and feet that went cold. The ground now was clean with no bloodstains and neat concrete. It was difficult to control my expression.

As I pondered the past, a question suddenly came to mind.

Why did I think that it didn’t matter if I died back then?

Was death such a simple thing? Even if you had a body that can’t die, it would be normal to feel some anxiety or discomfort. It felt like a wiggling sprout was blooming inside of me. Black and disgusting, climbing up like it’s bound to me.

[The constellation, ‘One Who Seeks To Avoid The Fall’ is synchronized with the body.]

I immediately shook my head. There was no way to undo what had happened. Didn’t they say it’s been 2 years? Then, it would be time for Kang Si-hoo, the main character of the original story, to start moving.

[CH. Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun : What are you doing out there?]

[CH. Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun : Are you just looking around? Remembering the joys and sorrows of life? I interrupted you, didn’t I?]

[CH. Personal/One Who Seeks To Avoid The Fall: Can you please be quiet?]

[The constellation, ‘One Who Guides The Dead’ barks once loudly.]

[CH. Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun : Bugged child. Didn’t I tell you to be quiet?”]

I went out into the street and searched my pockets to pay for a taxi, but all I found was a blood-soaked bill and a broken check card. In addition, I realized that the way I am now doesn’t even make sense. My reflection in a store’s display window was such a mess that it felt as if I had just finished filming a zombie movie.

As I stood there with a shocked face, a passerby glanced at me and started walking quickly. Everyone seemed to be looking at me with the back of their heads.

[CH. Personal/One Who Seeks To Avoid The Fall : Give me some money.]

[CH. Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun : Did you become senile in the past 2 years?

[CH. Personal/One Who Seeks To Avoid The Fall : I know you can exchange money for coins. Help me!]

[CH. Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun : Oh… I’ve misled my child, and raised him wrongly.]

[CH. Personal/One Who Seeks To Avoid The Fall : I grew up alone, though.]

Apollo sponsored me with an item even though he was so grumpy. With the banknotes I had in my hand, I went into a clothing store and bought any clothes that I could get. Even though I was drenched in blood, the clerk at the clothing store didn’t seem to care at all and merely greeted me with the smile of a service worker.

Oh hell, I couldn’t be the first one that came into the store like this. He’d probably just think it was fortunate that there wasn’t any blood on the floor of the store.

[CH. Personal/One Who Guides The Dead : Clothes. Why.]

[CH. Personal/One Who Guides The Dead : That. Look Bad. Worn.]

“Ah, damn noisy… Ah, I’m talking to my constellation.”

When I told the clerk awkwardly, the clerk nodded his head kindly with a bright smile as if he understood.

I couldn’t get a taxi with the money Apollo gave me, so I decided to take the subway. As phrases such as <Hunters, please prioritize evacuating civilians> and <If you feel some dizziness or nausea, please get out of the area immediately> were broadcast, I realized anew that two years without me was quite a long time.

The hung promotional posters were also things like <Artist of the Century, Hunter Lena’s Living Sculpture> and <Thanks for Coming Like a Comet, our Hunter Blue Star>. In addition, people presumed to be hunters were walking around the station and talking through walkie-talkies.

After leaving the station, I stood in front of the hospital where Baek Tae-beom’s brother was last admitted.

“…Wait a minute.”

[CH. Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun : What is it now?]

“I don’t know Baek Tae-beom’s younger brother’s name.”

PR/N: And his name is Baek Seon-woo. And you’re welcome. It was in the previous chapter.

[CH.Personal/The One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun : Seriously?]

It didn’t appear in the novel. I gently swept my face. I came all the way here, and I can’t go back now. I’ve thought about contacting Baek Tae-beom, but quit. What would I even say? That I am your constellation and I actually died, but now I have resurrected? That this was a new body? But he must have deleted my number anyway, plus I didn’t want to contact him. What’s important to me right now was the survival of Baek Tae-beom’s younger brother.

Once inside the hospital, I found the reception desk. I smiled at the person who greeted me kindly and spoke as courteously as possible.

“Is there a younger brother of a hunter named Baek Tae-beom in this hospital?”

“What is your relationship with the patient?”

“Ah… That’s.”

I knew Baek Tae-beom, but I wanted to visit his younger brother. The more I exhaled, the more the receptionist’s smile stiffened. Instinctively realizing that something was wrong, I awkwardly took a step back.

“I guess this isn’t the place. Have a good day.”

“Wait a minute.”

And suddenly, my arms were grabbed by two men who jumped out.

“Excuse me? Wait a minute…”

“You must come with me.”

“No, what did I do now? Why do I have to be dragged out in this way? Hello?”

[CH. Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun : You can’t just do that, but at least, you should know his name?]

“No, did I ask you anything about killing Baek Tae-beom or about his weaknesses? Are we going to go to the hospital doors now? Oh, let go! You’re so strong!”

[CH. Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun : You’re probably just weak.]

“Okay! I am weak!”

I was thrown out of the hospital and rolled over. As I stroked my sore back, the two men in black suits looked down at me threateningly.

[CH. Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun : Come to think of it, didn’t I tell you?]

[CH. Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun : Your contractor has become a much more important figure than you think, so of course, it would be difficult to meet his dongsaeng easily.]

[CH. Personal/One Who Seeks To Avoid The Fall : Either Humanly or Constellationally, shouldn’t you have told me in advance?]

I trembled, thinking that after being resurrected after two years, I would be killed by these two men. But it was at that moment. 

A car that looked awfully expensive slid in. I fell down and looked at it dumbfoundedly. The car slowly stopped in front of me, and a man got out of the driver’s seat.

A man with dark hair, golden eyes, a sharp jawline, soft, fine skin, and rough hands, wearing a black suit, and was so gorgeous that he looked overly noble from head to toe.

When those eyes met my gaze, I felt out of breath. I felt strange. Something came up from inside. And that overwhelming sensation was so clear. It felt as if I had just met him yesterday, but the man in front of me was remarkably different from the person I knew.

“…Baek Tae-beom.”

Baek Tae-beom walked over and held out his hand to me, who was sitting down. The hand covered with scars and calluses was larger compared to mine. The ring on his finger was also noticeable. As I was contemplating whether to grab his hand or not, Baek Tae-beom smiled softly.

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“Hyung.”

At the same time I thought about whether I should just shake him off and run away, Baek Tae-beom whispered in a deep voice.

“Come on. Don’t make yourself look rude.”

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HoshiMiya: I thought he was going to say, ‘don’t try to run away anymore.’ Wwww

Ake: he might say that very soon because the yandere vibes he was giving last chapter in his pov were absurd