Chapter 108 – Episode 108: Constellation Day 3
If you procrastinate, you always procrastinate even though you know you will regret it someday.
It is because nature is neither planned nor industrious.
Thanks to my laziness, I got stuck in a corner and got a second life as a Constellation, but anyway.
After confirming that the culprit left the academy and seeing the burning tyrant’s fleet flying away,
I left the temporary sanctuary and returned to the space of my constellation.
“Okay, how many would you like to eat?”
What greets me are the ‘fields’ of nightmares sparkling on a wooden table.
There are over a hundred palm-sized pieces piled up, so it is quite intimidating.
Even if a few branches of the world tree inside the sanctuary were entwined and taken, there were enough to fill a basket.
‘Do I have to chew all of this…?’
Kim Ha-eun can bring out the fragments of her nightmare her, but she cannot digest them.
I can digest nightmare fragments, but not in large quantities.
I was saving it to eat it when someday my ability to handle magical powers improved and I didn’t have to chew it myself.
Not one fragment nightmare per patient.
It’s hard to say exactly how many come out a day, since the level of nightmares are all different.
Still, I didn’t expect to accumulate more than a hundred already.
Reaching out on the table, he took one piece and chewed it.
A flow of refreshing magic that can be felt in the mouth.
The problem is that you have to swallow hundreds or dozens of pieces the size of your palm.
‘I’m going to eat every day…’
Why does it remind me of childhood memories of suffering on the last day after I put off my vacation homework?
As if I was doing an overdue task, I brought them to my mouth and chewed them one by one while watching the screen.
I wish it had a sweet or sour taste.
As it disappears leaving only a refreshing sensation in the mouth like mint,
It feels like chewing toothpaste over and over again.
It would be comfortable if it melts in your mouth and disappears
Some are as hard as thin ice or pieces of glass, so you have to chew them a few times.
‘My jaw hurts…’
My jaw tingles as I chewed and ate it with my main body, not an alter ego.
Although the body of an elf is healthier than that of a human, his jaw joint his throbs after chewing the pieces a thousand times.
Still, the flow of magical power apparently sped up, as if swallowing the piece was worth while.
To be precise, the speed at which things are pulled out of nightmares.
So, the recognition and points as a constellation increase the experience of mana handling,
The Nightmare Fragment seems to increase your experience as a dreamer.
I didn’t notice it when I ate a few dozen, but after swallowing over a hundred, it became clear.
As I gently ease my tingling jaw with my fingers,
The branches of the World Tree are quietly descending in front of my eyes.
Then, didn’t a blue spirit come out from the end of the branch?
It was a small spirit, as if a giant tree that never withered was made into a doll.
“Hi, can you hear me?”
“Yeah, I can hear you.”
Last time I couldn’t even maintain it and disappeared, but this time I can talk.
With that thought in mind, I looked at the spirit.
Looking into the spirit’s eyes, it seems like I’m looking at a small glass marble.
“Hey, are you okay?”
Like flower petals fluttering in the breeze, the approaching spirit gently caresses my forehead.
Is her uneasy inner heart so obvious, or is she just sensible?
I couldn’t even pretend I didn’t know why.
“No, I am a little worried.”
A murder has occurred right next to the sanctuary. Can you not worry?
If it’s a crime targeting the Constellation, so if it’s targeting me, then there’s no reason to worry.
My heart beats to the point where it is unpleasant to see a crime that is clearly aimed at incarnation.
No matter how talented I am, I have no choice but to worry about my incarnations, who are just entering their second year.
Han Ye-ji, a high school girl who was afraid to go to war against monsters.
Lee Ha-rin lived with her parents and lived a more normal life than anyone else.
Kim Ha-eun had never been in a fight before losing her parents to her.
She shoots a tranquilizer gun well, is good at ritual magic, and handles the magic of the dreamer well.
Regardless of these things, people die easily.
People can be killed by a piece of concrete, a piece of rebar, or even a woman’s slender fingers.
“I thought my kids were in a safe place… “
Lazy
And complacent
It even occurred to her that she had wandered around helllele palele, soaked in peace and woman.
Even if there was a way to become stronger right in front of my eyes, I was putting it off because chewing it was annoying.
It is true that she has suffered in a world of shit, but the thought that she has been too relaxed to take a break stabs a corner of her heart her.
Depressive thoughts are not conducive to survival.
None of our children were injured, so it wouldn’t matter.
When I delved into it, I tried to divert my attention so as not to fall into the cycle of self-loathing that would repeat itself endlessly.
To the spirits fluttering in front of me.
“So, what did you come for?”
I glanced at the screen and saw that the sun was about to set.
I lost my mind, idly chewed pieces of food, and checked her magical powers of her, so time passed like this.
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A wooden table with a light forest scent. A warm tea with a sweet scent.
And a variety of refreshments that taste both savory and bitter.
In a space where you can feel calm whenever you visit
Seeing that there are plenty of plants, the elf’s body immediately relaxes.
‘How did this happen?’
No, the touch on the cheek before that is so soft.
“It’s okay, everything is okay.”
A soft voice gently caresses me as if it will melt my ears, and at the same time gently strokes my hair.
Because I was unconsciously lying on my thigh and stroking my cheek and head.
I must have consumed all the fragments of the nightmare,
The thought to train hard without being lazy melts away and disappears.
‘Isn’t this training like a nightmare?’
It seems that he was trying to create an alter ego for a loyal fang, but could something like that matter now?
Whether the tea on the table cools down or not, gently presses on my neck
It makes me cut my thighs, but I don’t think there’s anything more important than this.
“Everyone is immature at first. And most Constellations are also immersed in comfort and rest well at first. You are not alone.”
To be honest, it’s not something that can be comforted like this.
How many regrets I had from the time the world perished before I was filial to my parents.
What I couldn’t save when the only friend left in the world was inherited by a creature,
A murder occurred due to a minor quarrel and the group of survivors disintegrated,
Killing for the first time, killing a creature, and killing someone you know-
Still I was alive.
Is it because he has a tough mentality that goes well with his rugged appearance and large size?
Because the mental illness experienced by those who die in an isolated space did not come to me in particular.
Although I thought it was a little dangerous mentally, I did not do self-injury and cannibalism by seeing hallucinations and worshiping creatures.
However, he was too sluggish to ease the worries of the unfading giant tree.
Is it because she also has experiences of being left behind in the world with young boys and girls?
He picks out only the words he wants to hear and speaks softly, so the desire to be foolish is born.
When I first met her, I thought the awkwardness would last for weeks because I couldn’t even make eye contact.
How did you know that you ran so quickly and took care of me?
‘No, no, if that shit happens at the academy, everyone will know.’
How many Constellations were watching,
How many citizens witnessed the space battleship heading towards the academy while covering the sun?
Of course, you can also know about the giant unfading tree that is the constellation of farmers and druids.
Because I’m the only Constellation that descended into the academy.
“So, what happened?”
“Near my sanctuary, an incarnation is dead.”
Is it because not even a day has passed since the incident happened?
She didn’t seem to know the exact story either.
Every time she sneakily lifted her head, her fingers pressed gently against her forehead her.
She gave up and lay down and began her explanation.
“Really? You killed the incarnation for that reason?”
“Yeah, honestly, I couldn’t believe it, but what can I do? That’s why the burning tyrant came all the way to the academy himself.”
“You didn’t send a messenger, did you come in person?”
“I heard that? I heard that the ship that came to the academy is the flagship. I also saw that the bodyguards were plentiful instead of messengers. When I asked why it moved so greatly, it seemed that the victim was a family member of the SS.”
Unlike me, who is accustomed to death, the unfading giant tree didn’t seem to want to chatter as a dead person.
I hurriedly changed the topic as I gently closed my eyes and saw that the hand patting me slowed down a little.
“By the way, last time-“
When I say “Last time” Here, is it because I immediately noticed that there was only her first experience her with me?
The hand that slowly stroked my hair gently but firmly covered my eyelids.
“There?”
“Don’t tell me that…”
If I could open my eyes now and read my emotions, the color would definitely be dyed light pink.
If I put my strength into it, I might be able to get my hands off it, but I thought I would really get angry if I did so, so I quietly kept my mouth shut.
“Really, I’m just teasing who I am.”
With her eyes closed, she feels her other hand her slipping down.
With sweet, hot sighs.
