Chapter 356

Chapter 356

The angels panicked and called out the goddess’ name, but she didn’t answer.

“Let me in.”

“!”

The angels were surprised by Choi Yeonseung’s sudden appearance. They had worked together a few times, but the angels hadn’t expected him to come directly to the goddess’ realm like this.

“Choi Yeonseung, no matter what, you can’t do this!”

“That’s right. Master is very depressed right now. We can’t soothe her. If you go in for no reason, you can get seriously hurt.”

Adaquaniel appeared behind Choi Yeonseung and said, “I will take responsibility in my name.”

“If you say so...”

“It can’t be helped.”

The angels immediately stepped aside. Seeing how easily the angels let him in, Choi Yeonseung thought for a moment that the goddess’ words didn’t hold much weight.

“...Can you please back off so I can talk to her?”

“Ah, of course.”

“We just wanted to take a look...”

The angels watched curiously before flapping their wings and moving back. What did Choi Yeonseung intend to say to her?

“...Could it be that Master forced that human...?”

“What nonsense are you saying? No matter how kind Master is to us, there are some things that we absolutely can’t say!”

“B-but what Master said earlier was so questionable...”

Some of the angels looked baffled after they listened to the goddess of balance. To make it more suspicious, Choi Yeonseung was the only mortal the goddess of balance had been interested in lately.

“That was probably about something else! Everyone, watch your mouths! I won’t forgive you for saying that about our master!”

“I... I’m sorry. You are right.”

The angels reflected on their impudence. There was no way their master would’ve done something like that.

***

“...”

Choi Yeonseung already felt uncomfortable as he heard the crying coming from the goddess’ room.

“Goddess, can I come in?”

...What?! the goddess yelled in surprise and stopped crying. The angels should’ve prevented anyone from coming in, but Choi Yeonseung had suddenly come in front of her room. Did no one stop you?!

“I asked them to let me in, so they did.”

...They let you in because Adaquaniel told them, right?

“...Yes.”

The goddess wasn’t a complete fool. She obviously knew that only Adaquaniel could’ve made the angels step aside. Without her, Choi Yeonseung wouldn’t have been able to come in so easily.

That’s right. Everyone trusts and follows Adaquaniel. You also trust and follow Adaquaniel... I’m an ugly constellation who is pushed aside even by her own subordinates...

“No, why would you say that?”

You would be better off with Adaquaniel. You are both mortals.

The goddess’ voice became lower and lower.

“Goddess, it would be better for us to talk in person. There seems to be a misunderstanding.”

We can’t meet in person.

“What do you mean?”

I might hurt you because of my perverse and twisted desire.

“...No, that’s certainly not the case...”

[The ‘Manipulator of Dreams and Desires’ sincerely apologizes. She says she said that in the heat of the moment.]

“Goddess, please listen to me. It’s understandable that you feel confused because of that constellation from the future. However, she only defeated you because she had a powerful ability and because she knew about you. There’s no shame in losing to someone like that.” This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.

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“...Wasn’t it because of that?”

Choi Yeonseung was flustered when all the listening constellations acted surprised. He thought that the goddess of balance was depressed over the humiliation of being defeated by the constellation from the future...

-Are you crazy?

[The ‘Manipulator of Dreams and Desires’ cannot believe you are saying this. Your child came from the future and you are thinking about losing a fight?]

The goddess of balance was stunned by how the other constellations greeted her. She didn’t seem particularly pleased, but it was understandable. From her perspective, the other constellations had prevented her from learning the truth about Choi Yeonseung.

If anything, it would’ve been strange if she had responded positively.

Ah, yes... Nice to meet you...

‘She’s not happy at all.’

In any case, Choi Yeonseung managed to resolve the situation by dropping this bombshell; the goddess was so shocked that she had forgotten to cry. Of course, after Choi Yeonseung left, she might remember what he had said and throw another fit, kicking the blankets and yelling, but the overall issue would’ve been sorted by then.

“I look forward to your kind cooperation in the future, Goddess.”

Choi Yeonseung extended his hand. The goddess hesitated before smiling gently and shaking Choi Yeonseung’s hand.

She was still confused and all over the place, but the moment Choi Yeonseung held out his hand, she instantly wanted to hold it.

[The ‘Manipulator of Dreams and Desires’ says it is too easy...]

[The ‘Goddess of Defeat and Sloth’ says that they can still hear you...]

[...She praises that generosity is the charm of the goddess of balance.]

At the end of the conversation, Choi Yeonseung sighed with relief. Having this conversation had been so difficult that he felt it would’ve been easier to fight a constellation.

He was glad that it was somehow finally over!

-It’s a shame that you have revealed your secret, but you can definitely trust the goddess of balance if you look at the constellation who appeared from the future.

-I told you we can trust her.

-Yes, I got it. Also, don’t forget to make a child.

-...Wait. Do I have to make it now?

-I don’t know that... My realm isn’t seeing the future.

***

Stankey, the chairman and current CEO of Western Systems, was a man full of arrogance. He used to say this all the time...

-Even if companies who make high-tech artifacts look fancy, they’re still nothing without our company.

In a way, it was true.

The companies that made products by combining technology with state-of-the-art artifacts didn’t do all the production themselves. The really valuable components would be handled by reliable companies, and those that didn’t require much technology would be handled by lesser companies with lower labor costs...

Of course, the one who requested the components was the main party, which had the most amount of authority in the exchange, but sometimes, this relationship was reversed.

If the company hired by the main party was so technologically skilled that it was irreplaceable, it would actually have more authority than the main party!

Western Systems was just like that. Their technology to manufacture core stabilizers, which was often used in products containing artifacts, was excellent.

The cores from monsters weren’t used just for generating energy. By processing the core, it could also be used as fuel to directly activate magic artifacts. Of course, that was several times more difficult than just using it as an energy source, but the speed of human development was unimaginable.

At the moment, there were various magic artifacts being released. However, the core was essentially an unstable material, and several safety devices were needed to avoid accidents when using it.

The core stabilizer was one of those devices. It was an intermediate component that couldn’t be omitted when it came to artifact-related products!

“Chairman, Hunter Choi Yeonseung said he is coming in person.”

“What??”

Stankey frowned at the unexpected news.

There were many people in the business world who didn’t like hunters who had become entrepreneurs. Traditional entrepreneurs saw hunters who had become entrepreneurs as cocky bastards who would inevitably screw up and lose everything.

In fact, such entrepreneurs had been involved in many scandals and accidents.

-CEO John Fields, a former hunter, is accused of a Ponzi scheme...

-Immense damage...

-The recently acclaimed electronic money turned out to be a scam. There are a lot of victims...

Given this image, Stankey naturally didn’t like Choi Yeonseung.

Hwang Gyeongryong had a long track record. Even if Stankey disliked him, he had to acknowledge his achievements. However, Choi Yeonseung had just popped out of nowhere.

“Chairman, he’s an A-grade hunter and is currently in charge of Dragon Industry.”

“I know that. You think I’d frown in front of him? Watch your mouth.”

“I-I’m sorry.”

“Why do you think he's coming? It’s probably because of the Chinese factories, right?”

“I think so.”

“If those crazy hunters had done their job properly, it probably wouldn’t have happened...”

Stankey cursed with a dissatisfied expression. Whenever hunters gained fame and fortune through raids, entrepreneurs often wanted to gouge their eyes out at the dropping stock prices.

That was one of the reasons Stankey had a bad feeling about this.

‘If the hunters hadn’t stopped it, the area would’ve been devastated...’

“Follow me. I have to persuade him myself.”

“You mean right now?”

“Yes. In any case, it’s difficult for his company to find anyone other than us. He’s like a child, so he’s easily coaxed.”