Drift(3)

Laniakea blankly stared at the ceiling.

Blink.

Lying in bed, covered with a soft blanket.

My silver eyes blinked one after another at a sight that did not match the constellation and the ‘most holy sky’.

I asked to be with you, but I didn’t expect this.

“I can’t sleep…”

He opened his mouth as if sighing in the dark and desolate room.

As a matter of course, constellations don’t need to sleep.

Even if she has a physical body through Advent, her essence is a star, a ‘god’.

“The bed… is the first time.”

It’s even Kang Yoo-jin’s bed.

He gave her his bed, as if he interpreted the meaning of ‘being together’ as ‘going to sleep’.

So how is he sleeping?

The answer lies right in the middle of the bedroom.

“·······.”

In the middle of the spacious room, Yujin Kang stands upright with her eyes closed.

The face wearing a hat and mask is slightly lowered, and a revolver is even held in two hands with folded arms.

Anyone can see that he is doing his best, but even if he looks like that, he is sleeping.

He was literally sleeping ‘standing up’.

“This is the four weeks alert mode…”

I’ve heard of Maria.

Using magic, he fixed his body while standing, and spread a mental barrier to react to murderous intent or hostility.

He is sleeping, but as soon as he senses the enemy, he immediately turns into a combat stance.

Moreover, since he is a person with mental ability, there is not even a stutter when he wakes up.

This is because the speed of waking up the sleeping brain is much faster than that of others…

‘What did Maria say…SSD…?’

To be precise, if ordinary people were HDDs, Yujin Kang expressed Maria as SSDs.

Of course, Laniakea, who didn’t know what a computer was, didn’t know what that meant.

Squeak-

She got up from bed and quietly approached Yujin Kang.

Kang Yu-jin did not wake up because there was no hostility and her holy power was input as an ally.

Since then, he has been in a deep sleep.

Cautiously, she reached out and removed her hat and lowered her mask.

Then, his face was revealed with his eyes closed peacefully.

“Hmm…”

Kang Yu-jin’s features are engraved in her clear gaze.

Dark eyebrows, strong eyes, a sharp nose, and a sharp jawline.

In terms of human aesthetic standards, he was a handsome man who made everyone’s heart flutter.

Besides, he usually has a ferocious expression, but when he sees him sleeping, he is surprised by his surprisingly benign face.

It seemed like it was because he was always hardening his face, and because the original had a docile appearance.

That’s why Kang Yoo-jin was misunderstood a lot, so she covered her face.

“Yes. You always look good. My apostle.”

His outstanding appearance, his personality is flawless, and his ability is also outstanding.

Absolutely perfect.

A person without flaws would be the word for him.

…This kind of person is mine.

When I think that all those abilities work for me, my heart beats for some reason.

but.

“Does I… deserve it?”

He reached out and gently stroked his cheek.

The one Maria loved and to whom she gave everything.

The quiet and reticent child, the man who made a fuss with his eyes shining when he made a call.

And, the hero who put her to sleep when she tried to become a Witchbeast… and saved the Earth from the test of ascension.

He is now moving for himself.

She was acting for the constellation Raniakea.

“To me···.”

Watching him hurts my heart.

Thank you, I’m happy, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.

Thank you for listening to my younger brother’s wishes, I am strong for leading the war, and I am glad that you are by my side.

I’m standing here in Maria’s place, but I enjoyed watching you as much as Maria did.

“Maybe… I might have wanted you too.”

Even if I don’t deserve it.

I’m looking into your eyes now.

“Ummm…”

At that time, Yujin Kang’s eyelids trembled and opened slowly.

Her eyes, black as the night sky, contained Laniakea and held the light.

The emotion contained in it was pure kindness.

“Are you awake?”

He said.

A voice that is firm yet powerful.

It was indifferent, but it was a voice that could feel the warmth dwelling in it.

“…Yes. I broke it.”

Facing him, I always become a coward.

Even if I always want to confess my sins, I can’t open my mouth when I face you.

I couldn’t bear the kindness in those eyes turning into hostility.

I don’t have the courage to accept a future where you hate me.

Your ugly Constellation… I feel sorry for you.

“You sleep very uniquely.”

“I’m on alert.”

“Did I tell you? Constellations don’t need to sleep?”

“Looks like you’re tired…”

“You don’t need to be so considerate.”

He reached out and brushed his hair.

It became a petting look, but he did not reject her touch.

Suddenly, light filtered through the window.

The bright sky in the morning is colored blue, and the light of dawn illuminates the world.

With his back to the dazzling light of the dawn sky, he seemed to shine brilliantly.

She looked at him as if for a moment, bewitched.

“·······.”

Maybe I’m good…

Even ‘the most holy sky’ could not know it.

But… one thing is for sure…

“Shall we work together today?”

“Aren’t you busy?”

“I’m fine these days. The battlefield is quiet.”

“Then, whatever you wish.”

—I want you to stay by my side a little longer.

*

Contrary to the expectation of staying for a day, Raniakea spent a longer time in Avanrat than expected.

Normally, she would have had to return early, but when the front line went into a lull, she was able to afford it.

It was thanks to the departure of Diablo and Baltazar.

“By the way… would it be all right if I left the work to those children?”

“You can believe it.”

At least in terms of ‘work’ skills, no one comes close to Adeline.

Its overwhelming arithmetic power overwhelms even me.

Ensia also has a bit of a personality, so she’s a smart kid.

If it’s just the two of us, it’ll be possible to do business without me for a few days.

“Come to think of it, this is the first time we’ve been walking outside the altar together.”

“okay.”

I’ve met many times by receiving missions at the altar or through mind control, but this was the first time we were walking around somewhere together like this.

This is because her status was so high that it was not easy for her to come.

However, Abanrat, which was free from such restrictions, was one of the few places where you could spend time with Raniakea, even for a limited time.

“But is it really possible to artificially reproduce the ‘origin’?”

“of course.”

‘Source’, an essential element of a constellation.

I accepted Laniakea’s mission and tried to create the source myself.

In fact, what Laniakea ordered was to create a ‘sacred power organ’ similar to the source.

This is because the origin of the constellation was judged to be too difficult to reproduce artificially because its structure was ambiguous and unclear.

However, it is impossible to extract and investigate the source of a living constellation, so they turned to making an ‘organ’ that creates holy power similarly.

but.

“The Sacred Power Organ has a fatal problem.”

It is a plan to create a heart that constantly converts mana into holy power.

Certainly, mana exists in large quantities in the air, so it might sound good, but there was a fatal problem here.

“You say it’s a problem?”

“Even if there is a ‘large amount’ of magic power, isn’t it ‘infinite’?”

Magic is a depleting resource.

No matter how good the performance of an institution is, it is impossible to create something out of nothing.

If there is no magic power in the surroundings, holy power cannot be produced, so the constellation equipped with it is only half.

Above all, converting mana into holy power is extremely inefficient.

Even Estelle was exhausted from the flame of holy power that had been lit for a while and panted.

“However, there is nothing clearly clarified to reproduce the ‘origin’. Even I do not know the principle by which the origin is created.”

“It’s okay. I’ll be able to clarify.”

It’s natural that humans don’t know what mechanisms their embryonic days were made of.

In the past, I would have proceeded with research toward the institution, but now I have a way to make this impossible research possible.

“Dr. Faelan…the origin of me?”

“Yes.”

An imperfect source of dead Faelan.

And the perfect source of laniakea.

By cross-validating the two, it is by no means impossible to construct a structure diagram of the source.

You cannot have one of the two, you must have both.

Due to the nature of the source closely linked to ‘consciousness’, it may not be easy to interpret in a general way, but I have mind control.

It is able to look inside through sensation, and is familiar with drawing up structural diagrams because it has experience in interpreting the sympathetic nervous system.

I can do it.

“So, I guess I have to ask you a little tougher favor.”

“A tough request?”

Blinking her eyes, she tilted her head.

Seeing that innocent look, I continued talking with a somewhat confused expression.

“I need to open you up a bit.”

“·······.”

Then Laniakea blushed and took a few steps away from me, covering herself.

“I can’t use it…”

“It’s not strange.”

It meant that I needed to take a moment to look at the underlying source.

She cleared her throat with a reddened face and came to my side again.

After that, the march through the forest continued, and the battle continued.

The number of naturally occurring monsters had already started to exceed a certain number, and there were more of them than expected.

bang! bang!

The muzzle shoots fire continuously.

Perhaps because of the influence of Avantrat, these guys did not listen well to mental control, so there were many things that had to be done directly.

I wrapped Laniakea as much as I could and killed the monster before it got close to me.

Laniakea looked at me with a mysterious gaze.

“Why do you do that?”

“It just feels a little strange.”

“feeling?”

“I’ve protected someone before, but it’s the first time the other way around.”

Um… is that so?

She is a noble star with the highest power among constellations.

Although he could become a protector, he would hardly have been protected.

Because she will be much stronger than those she tries to protect.

“But for now, yes.”

Currently, Laniakea is unable to use her body’s power.

Although Avanrat is enduring her arrival, there is a possibility that the balance will be upset if she begins to use her power.

It is for this reason that you can walk to the cave.

I wanted to be in a bad mood, but seeing the still smiling face, it didn’t seem like it was anything special.

“Whoops. It’s not bad to be protected sometimes.”

“Is that so.”

While she was using her magical energy, she stretched out her sleeve and wiped my cheek.

It seems that a new bodily fluid has splashed out.

“Don’t push yourself too hard.”

“This kind of thing can’t be worn even on the axis of the bunch. Keep going.”

“Yeah.”

After a couple of hours of hard work, we were able to reach the cave where the remains were.

The cave leading down was rough, so she reached out to grab hold of it.

Maybe that’s a little embarrassing, she shyly held my hand and stuck next to me, and we were able to enter the joint where Faelan was before long.

“This is…”

Laniakea’s eyes were filled with wide cavities and dim light.

“Poor man.”

She expressed her sincere condolences over the dead Faelan.

Seeing her holding the corpse’s hand with her eyes closed, I asked in passing.

“This constellation, do you know why you failed the test?”

“Yeah.”

She continued her condolences.

“Sir Faelan was with his wife, Amelia, during the exam.”

She continued to explain in a soft voice.

It must have been a secret story of the battlefield that others should not know about, but she told me the anecdote at the time without hesitation.

“The two couples went to the battlefield side by side, but Balthazar stepped in to stop Paellan from awakening the constellation.”

The battle intensified, and it is said that Faelan, who sensed defeat, gave up the test on his own to save his wife and attempted suicide at Baltazar.

However, Balthazar was alive and well, and his wife went missing despite Faelan’s sacrifice.

The army is guessing that she must have died as well, as she was caught up in a massive explosion that shattered the dimension.

“Currently, it has been treated as ‘MIA (Missing In Action)’. Altair keeps this fact confidential.”

“···okay.”

Is war just a cradle of tragedy?

It really couldn’t have been an unfortunate fate.

“Ummm… but it can’t go on like this. The Constellation’s evil thoughts are so strong that it will be difficult to connect to the source.”

Having read the source of Faelan, she shook her head.

I, who had read her thoughts, also agreed, so I quietly waited for her next words.

“I will separate the source for a moment. It will take a while, can you wait?”

“Thank you then, but are you okay?”

“Of course.”

She smiled and nodded.

“It’s something Eugene-nim needs.”

“·······.”

Seeing that pure kindness, I just bowed my head.

“wait a minute please.”

“A little bit?”

“Two…two weeks…?”

Perhaps she thought it would take a while for her to speak, she smiled awkwardly and lowered her head with a red face.

Oh, even though he looks perfect, if you watch him, he’s a pretty lame person.

He burst out laughing and nodded his head in a sign that it was okay.

After all, there was a lot of work to do in the meantime.

*

a few days later

The time has come for the cold winds of winter to come.

At the same time as Helios entered winter vacation in earnest, Yujin Kang’s special purpose lecture, ‘Strategic Utilization of the Sympathetic Nervous System I’, began.

Students began to gather in the empty Abanrat, and Skadi’s eyes shone in the place where it started to become lively.

“Ohhhhh has changed a lot here?”

The floor is tiled and the building is nicely raised for lectures with amenities.

It was a change at the level of change for Skadi, whether someone had given her work lately, or whether she had been strangely busy with work.

“…That’s right. People are very giraseong, giraseong.”

Mason, the Master of the Magic Tower, and Professor Lafless, an authority on sacred theology.

There are people like ‘Bahrain’, the head of the Workshop Federation, and ‘Salvator’, the chief executive of Central Police.

Most of the rest were professors or scholars, and the few students were also ‘geniuses’ whose grades competed for the highest level.

“Really, this person’s reputation is great…”

If it was you who opened the lecture, would people gather like this?

Probably not.

Because these people were fascinated by Kang Yoo-jin’s unconventional moves.

When I first met him, I thought he was just an unlucky parachute professor, but he has grown into such a big man before he knew it.

He said he didn’t know what people were doing.

She smiled and looked at the building Yujin Kang had put up.

“But… the sense of location selection is a bit like that.”

A building in the middle of Mother Nature…

Kang Yoo-jin is probably like this because he has thoughts, but his sense sometimes had a corner that was hard to understand.

When I entered the classroom at the right time, everyone was buzzing.

Most of them were voices debating the topic of the day.

“Did you understand the contents of mind control?”

“I’ve read all the papers recently, and I’m sure the human skills aren’t bad.”

“I feel a little bit rejected because I’m so unfamiliar.”

“Has anyone learned magic math or mind control?”

Most of the people who had no way to get in touch with Kang Yu-jin outside of the thesis were busy trying to gather even one more piece of information.

Thanks to that, Skadi, who had heard and learned a lot from the same school, naturally straightened her shoulders.

She smiled triumphantly and bit her tail in preparation for the lecture.

“quiet.”

And then, the lecture began.

In an instant, only Kang Yu-jin’s footsteps echoed in the quiet classroom.

“Hmm···.”

Standing on the stage, he looked around the crowd.

Even in front of people of high rank, his gaze was not intimidated in the slightest and was upright.

Covering his face with a mask and hat as usual, he opened his mouth in a grave voice.

“This is Kang Yujin. Please take good care of me.”

Also, there are no trivial introductions.

His confident demeanor remained the same.

Now, he also added honorifics, and delivered a warning before starting.

“I beg you, all of you are equal students here. Do not assert your authority or use coercive force as this will lead to your departure, so be aware.”

In other words, it was said that all status and authority disappeared in the lecture room.

Of course, this is a story that professors who lack the strength to stand up to authority have always been unable to tell.

A number of professors nodded their heads as they watched him exhilaratingly solve it.

Among them, there were even those who applauded saying that it was cool.

It was mostly a group of young professors and scholars.

‘Ah, these people…?’

I’ve heard of it.

The Kang Yu-jin school, which is said to be gaining power recently.

Those who couldn’t respect his knowledge and became a religious organization that worshiped him.

‘But why is Roshua over there? How about Professor Lafless?’

It was truly spectacle that Roshua was holding a placard, and Laflis was holding a light stick – even a pistol-shaped – beside him.

I don’t know how it happened, but the two of them also became enthusiastic members of Kang Yu-jin’s school…

“Kuhmm… but that kind of attitude before the start is not good. No matter how much, a 5th-star professor…”

“It’s a third star now.”

He fired at the timidly disgruntled.

“And also holds the position of tactical officer.”

He showed two shiny marks from his pockets.

They were the marks of ‘Third Star’ and ‘Tactical Officer’, respectively.

In fact, it was a position comparable to that of the 8th Circle Archmage or the Allied Army Corps Commander, and those who expressed discomfort became dumb who ate honey.

“If you understand, shut up and focus. I’m the head of a position that you guys love so much.”

He responded annoyedly, then, with the snap of his fingers, adjusted the lighting in the lecture hall, and continued with his magical energy.

“First of all, this lecture does not consist of ‘words’ and ‘writings’. Everything will proceed as consciousness, that is, communion by mental activity.”

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Just as everyone was questioning, the sympathetic nervous system was activated and everyone’s consciousness was forcibly connected to it.

And the ‘flood’ of information that follows.

The unknown knowledge of the sympathetic nervous system began pouring into my head as ‘intact’ information.

“In the sympathetic nervous system, ‘communication’ is made up of information sharing, not verbal conversation. Due to intuitive and comprehensive delivery, the learning time can be remarkably reduced.”

All information was transmitted through the nervous system, and it was ‘understood’ as soon as it was received.

It was because all the necessary processes were also sent.

“Then, what is the biggest effect that can be enjoyed with this? That is the speed of ‘communication’.”

To convey and understand a large amount of information immediately.

And, being able to share all battle situations and information without speaking.

He gave an example instead of a long explanation.

The ceremony was delivered to the students who sat in a fan shape, causing them to create a ‘holy fire’.

It is also colorful with colors, and repeats ignition and extinguishing in a neat pattern.

As the spectrum spreads, people watched the flames on their hands with wide-eyed eyes as they saw themselves regularly generating torches.

It was a skill that had never been learned or used, but they were able to ‘understand’ the flames in front of them.

“This is the power called ‘Sacred Fire’, a unique ability of one of my disciples. It is a very difficult and exceptional ability.”

He still spoke in a low-pitched voice.

“Did I teach you the ‘holy fire’ in practicing this? Did I explain the spell to color it and the order to turn it on and off? No, probably not.”

He didn’t say anything at first.

“Those ‘spells’ and ‘intentions’ are all delivered in the form of ‘information’. There is no need for concentration or understanding, just accept the ‘input’.”

Everyone showed silent agreement in front of that voice.

Because at the same time he passed on the information, they all knew what they were supposed to do, what the other person was doing, and how to act through him.

It was no different from compressing all the processes of ‘acquisition’ and ’embodied’ in ‘communication’.

Witnessing the phenomenon of completely covering the existing communication system, all the students forgot what to say and were engulfed in shock and shudder.

“What kind of skipping the process of delivery and learning…”

“Is this…really possible…?”

All kinds of emotions were mixed and the hall was stirred, but in the past, the emotion it reached was only one – ‘awe’.

They looked at Yujin Kang with a feeling of reverence that echoed in common from the sympathetic nervous system surrounding them.

Facing them, Kang Yoo-jin retrieved the knowledge of the ‘seonghwa’ he had input into them.

After all, it’s not possible to unleash the student’s unique ability at random.

“You guys, continue building the sympathetic nervous system based on the information you delivered. Today’s lecture precedes that. However, don’t be fooled by the fact that the mind is connected.”

And, ‘will’ echoes.

“Because I’m watching you guys”

At the same time, the vast amount of formulas and applications that form the sympathetic nervous system filled the entire large classroom.

Indeed, 12 weeks was too much material to be able to do.

If it wasn’t for this, I wouldn’t even try.

“Then don’t fall behind and follow me.

He snapped his fingers, and the classroom lit up.

On their faces revealed under the light, all doubts and doubts were erased, and only ‘listening’ remained.

Standing in the center of the stage, jumping over the gap between the lights off and on, he quietly declared.

“Then, let’s start the lecture.”