I’m the Villain’s Constellation but I’m Broke - CH 31

The bracelet given to me by the receptionist was like a smartwatch, consisting of a solid rubber band and a round screen. As soon as I put it on my wrist, I felt a slight tingling sensation, and letters started appearing on the screen.

[Welcome, Choi Ga-hyun.]

[Current Class : Unmeasurable]

“This device is a kind of Identification Card that Ga-hyun-nim can use when working as a hunter. If you do not have it with you when entering a dungeon or are in a special situation, you could get in trouble, so we recommend that you always wear it. Also, in case of an emergency, the association can send an emergency notification, so please check the screen if you feel a vibration.”

PR: most of the time, devices when you enter a dungeon don’t work. This is interesting…

My wrist felt uncomfortable, so I repeatedly turned my arm around and glanced at my wrists. Aren’t these no different from shackles? Even though I had read the novel and knew about it, it was a different feeling to experience it directly.

<As a fragment of a star, your grade cannot be measured.>

<Your existence is different from ordinary people.>

And the reason I got this grade, it seemed, was because I was a constellation. Although my class was only F, seeing as I am a constellation, these things were bound to happen. If I had known this would happen from the beginning, I would not have registered my class at all.

[CH.Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun : Can your grade really not be measured?]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks To Avoid The Fall : How the hell did you know that?]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks To Avoid The Fall : Anyhow, that’s right.]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks To Avoid The Fall : And don’t keep learning strange things.]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks To Avoid The Fall : What should I do now?]

[CH.Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun : What should you do?]

[CH.Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun : Well, my son, you must be at my level to understand what you should do next.]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks To Avoid The Fall : Didn’t you just say that you would never have a poor child like me???]

“Hyung, are you done?”

“Uh. I think so.”

“Then let’s go quickly.”

“What? Why are you in such a hurry?”

Baek Tae-beom gave a slightly troubled expression. Naturally, the corners of his eyes drooped down. I resisted the instinctive desire to sweep that expression away. I kept wanting to treat him like a puppy.

“An article is going around.”

“Aha, an arti… What? An article?”

I widened my eyes at the absurd remark. Baek Tae-beom held his cell phone out as I looked up at it. There was an article written about me.

“World’s first unmeasurable hunter appears in Korea… What is this?”

I just got my ID, when did these crazy journalists check and report? When I clicked on it and checked the contents, there was only a title and no text. However, there was a problem, it was that a photo of me and Baek Tae-beom and my real name were exposed.

Now in the association, more and more people were checking the article and looking this way.

[CH.Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun : Please tell us how it feels to be a celebrity.]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks To Avoid The Fall : Don’t pretend to be close to me.]

[The constellation, ‘One Who Guides The Dead’ barks as if laughing.]

[The constellation, ‘One Who Is More Dazzling than The Sun’ pushes him away as if he were a nuisance.]

[The constellation, ‘One Who Guides The Dead’ is thrown into a corner with a sad expression.]

“There’s a place we have to go to, so we need to move now.”

“Where are we going?”

Baek Tae-beom nodded at my question.

***

It was the headquarters of the Hansung Guild. After the difficult procedure, Lee Myung-won sat calmly where he led Baek Tae-beom and me.

“I didn’t think he was actually alive. Of course, I think Baek Tae-beom-ssi has already told me around 390 times that Choi Ga-hyun-ssi was alive, but there are things people have seen before their eyes that is different from reality. Do you know what I mean? Anyway, I understand why he didn’t allow a funeral, but there is something else I don’t understand. How the hell are you alive? How have you been in the meantime? I really don’t understand, Choi Ga-hyun-ssi. Will you answer me?”

“Lee Myung-won-ssi.”

“Yes.”

“Your coffee is overflowing.”

Lee Myung-won remained quiet for a while, and then turned to the coffee pot on the table. However, the coffee had already overflowed and stained the papers on the desk.

Apollo clicked his tongue.

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

Lee Myung-won pushed the papers dripping with coffee to one side one by one and put on his glasses.

“You’re not a ghost, are you?”

“I’m not.”

“I’m a little weak with ghosts and zombies….”

“Unfortunately, I’m not either of them.”

“Though vampires are fine.”

“I’m sorry, but it’s not like that.”

Lee Myung-won slurped his overflowing cup of coffee. I calmly got up from my seat.

“Then what are you?”

“A human….”

“What kind of person dies and returns to life!?”

Suddenly, I began yelling too.

“Then what do I look like to you?!”

“A human!”

“Then I’m human!”

“But it isn’t that simple!”

“This world is filled with things we don’t understand, but at least one person could die and be revived somehow!”

How am I alive? I’m a constellation. That’s why I’m alive. I wasn’t even alive; I was just resurrected. Haha. How the hell do I say that I also knew his constellation?

Baek Tae-beom noticed it himself, but if I told others, it was a story that most people would not believe.

Lee Myung-won who pouted for a moment sat back down on his seat as if he had understood my words. He then took a deep breath and buried his face in his hands.

“Anyway… I’m glad you’re alive, no, that you resurrected…. This is something worth celebrating, so let’s celebrate it.”

“Your attitude changes quickly.”

“When I’m with Baek Tae-beom-ssi, there were so many situations where I had to accept anything. Thanks to you, I’ve grown a lot of gray hairs on my head. I don’t even have a child yet…. And as I said before, Baek Tae-beom-ssi and Red Apple are also guilds. If you attack unexpectedly in public places, it will only deteriorate Baek Tae-beom’s image.”

Baek Tae-beom, who was still smiling at me, responded coldly to Lee Myung-won’s words.

“I don’t care.”

‘What is this?’

I opened my eyes wide and alternated between Lee Myung-won and Baek Tae-beom. Lee Myung-won seemed to be accustomed to Baek Tae-beom’s coldness, but Baek Tae-beom has not shown me such attitude these few days. Rather, I looked equally surprised as I looked at them in amazement. Baek Tae-beom’s a crazy guy, but that’s what makes him even more handsome.

“Have you two been fighting?”

“No.”

“No.”

Their answers came at the same time. But it didn’t seem convincing. I asked out of curiosity.

“Did you fight after I died?”

“…….”

“Two grown men? Fighting? Are you still in the Cold War?”

“I think there’s something wrong with what you said, but… I didn’t fight back.”

“I won, Hyung.”

“…….”

I closed my mouth for a moment and swept my hair up with a mixed expression. Lee Myung-won said as if he were making an excuse.

“I thought I was also responsible for Choi Ga-hyun-ssi’s death. It was the same for Oh Kwon-hyuk. So we wanted to help Baek Tae-beom-ssi, who was closest to you….”

“What do you mean help, Since I’m an S-class, you were just anxious as you wanted to recruit me before anyone else could.”

“…The Hansung Guild is the largest guild in Korea. I think I can help Baek Tae-beom-ssi enough, and after consulting with the guild leader—”

“That’s bullshit, you were trying to beat me with force.”

“I didn’t lose.”

“Then what would you call ‘getting beaten’?”

“I just wanted Baek Tae-beom-ssi to come to his senses.”

“So you conspired with the old man and rushed to kill me?”

“Don’t talk about the guild leader like that.”

“You’re going to point out my tone now? Is it because Hyung is here now?”

Baek Tae-beom growled like a ferocious tiger. I, sitting next to him, felt like I was about to collapse from his aura. But Lee Myung-won, who received it, looked indifferent. Rather, he wore the same face as usual.

“So, Choi Ga-hyun-ssi.”

“Huh, yes?”

“Please join our guild.”

“Yes?”

Lee Myung-won turned on the tablet PC next to him and showed us the screen. It was the article that I’d read earlier, in which our photos came out as big as possible.

“We are persisting to attempt to bring down the articles, but the aftermath will not subside. Rather, because he was with Baek Tae-beom, public opinion would be even more intense. Choi Ga-hyun, the first hunter with an unmeasurable class in history.”

“…….”

“I don’t know much about Choi Ga-hyun-ssi. All I know is what you were like two years ago. I don’t know how you were able to be resurrected after you died, or what your true identity is. That’s why I think Choi Ga-hyun-ssi should join our guild even more, in order to protect you.”

“To protect me?”

“The fact that you are already seen as someone who is with Baek Tae-beom along with the rumors of your unusual grading, do you think other guilds or illegal hunters will not try to target Choi Ga-hyun-ssi? There’s only one thing our guild wants from Choi Ga-hyun-ssi. And that’s to be on our side of the fence. So don’t worry about anything, and we will support you with everything.”

PR: Lee Myung-won acting like the male lead before Baek Tae-beom here. hmm…

It was a tempting offer to hear. He basically said, I’ll help you even if you do nothing, you just have to join us. If it was the Hansung Guild, they would provide all basic food, clothing, and shelter, so I didn’t have to rely on Baek Tae-beom.

“What do you think, Beom-ah?”

“It’s not bad… But, I’m not part of the Hansung guild, Hyung.”

“Huh?”

I looked up at Baek Tae-beom with a bewildered expression. Of course, I came here just as you had been waiting so I thought that you were in the same guild as Lee Myung-won, but you aren’t? So, does that mean that Lee Myung-won has been taking care of Baek Tae-beom, even though he’s not in the same guild?

If so, then which guild does Baek Tae-beom belong to?

“Are you independent?”

“It’s not that….”

Baek Tae-beom looked a little shy.

“I am the guild master. Does Hyung want to join me too?”

Suddenly, I felt a bit uneasy.

“How many guild members are there?”

“One, including me.”

A one-person guild where you are the only guild member and the guild master yourself. It was rare, but not unattainable. However, it was obvious that there must be a reason why Baek Tae-beom did such a thing.

My voice trembled terribly.

“The guild’s name… is?”

Baek Tae-beom replied slowly. Ga-hyun Guild. In the chat window, I could see Apollo and Anubis laughing excitedly. I see. Ga-hyun guild. It’s my name. Mm, it’s your Hyung’s name. I see.

When I came back to my senses, I was holding Baek Tae-beom by the collar and shaking him, and Lee Myung-won was sipping coffee with lots of water as if he knew this would happen.