Chapter 74
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 74 - How to Escape From Being a Troublemaker (4)
The universal being observation device roughly looked like a large magnifying glass with strange devices attached to it.
When this thing appeared in the novel, I think it was described as looking like a giant telescope and being fixed towards the outside of the window, but somehow it’s a bit different.
Is this an early model or prototype?
Even so, it looked very shabby.
As if I was the only one who felt that way, Shin Baran looked at the universal being observation device with a shocked expression.
“Is this the observation device? How does it look so…”
Shin Baran’s family was one of Park Yoola’s main sponsors, so Shin Baran didn’t miss this opportunity and wanted to see her inventions.
However, since the product wasn’t very good from the start, it wasn’t impossible to understand such a shocked reaction.
Park Yoola grumbled at Shin Baran’s shocked reaction.
“It is the observation device! I just checked. The performance is solid!”
“Umm… How do you use it?”
Min Jaeyoon asked while turning the magnifying glass… no, the observation device around, then Park Yoola pressed the button under the handle.
Something black that was covering the observation device’s lens disappeared.
“Now we can look at people with this!”
“Why people…?”
“The remnants of emotional expressions left behind by a universal being usually stay around the person the universal being pays attention to and then disappear.”
“I see…”
“Oh, I want to try it~”
Choi Soojung quickly lifted the observation device and looked at Lee Hana. She opened her eyes wide while smiling.
“A constellation! How pretty~”
“The remnants of emotional expression look like stars?”
When Na Yuri asked, Sujeong Choi nodded her head and pointed the observation device at Yuri.
“I guess so~ Even around Yuri sparkles.”
“…Me too.”
“Alright!”
Lee Hana looked at Choi Soojung with the observation device she handed her and smiled.
“Pretty.”
“I know~”
Everyone tried their hand at observing once, and finally it was my turn. I picked up the observation device and looked at everyone.
Our friends basically all had beautiful stars, but the number of stars in Park Siwoo and Scammers was truly overwhelming.
I asked, feeling fed up, taking the observation device away from my eyes.
“It seems like there is a difference in the number of stars attached to each person. Why is that?”
“It makes a difference how much the universal being cares!”
At those words, Na Yuri hugged me and said.
“As expected! Nahyun is someone who deserves attention!”
“Siwoo, Yuhan, and Nahyun had the most constellation~”
“Me?”
It was unexpected.
I don’t know about the main characters, but me, who is just a heroine?
I was puzzled by Choi Soo-jeong’s words.
My guess is that the universal beings are probably ‘readers.’ And now I’m a heroine forgotten by readers.
I must have stepped down from my position as the main heroine a long time ago, but are there still remnants of that time?
But then, what about the constellation of Lee Hana, who is currently receiving overwhelming support from readers?
I had doubts, but when I saw Park Yoola’s face as she saw us off with a big smile, I wondered if anything was fine.
“Thank you!”
Well, I guess the readers who appear in the meta system and the readers who send constellations are different entities.
All I have to do is look at the readers’ reactions and worry about them.
Reflecting on that, I turned on the part where the characters appear today.
The content of today’s part was nothing special.
Me coming back, telling stories, going about our daily lives, and blah-blah-blah… Well, something like this?
Among them, there were some worth noting. I frowned and glared at that part.
[Episode 82 Appearance Part]
Even when I offered to help Nahyun with some drinks, she insisted on doing it herself.
I couldn’t win over her, who insisted on holding the drinks tightly, and ended up having to walk away empty-handed. I walked while looking at the ground.
What Oracle said kept ringing in my head.
[The keys of the six races are needed to prevent the flood of disaster and to destroy the tower.]
Keys of the six races. In the game, these were hidden pieces that allowed you to enter the tower.
Oracle says that the six keys are essential for the ‘correct ending’, which is different from the game’s ending.
…But then—
What is the purpose of the ‘Seventh Key’ that doesn’t appear in the game?
The key that Nahyeon received from nine-tailed fox.
It was an extremely rare item, with only six key items existing in the game. And each would cause its own events.
Maybe some event will occur using Nahyun’s key as a trigger.
In that case, it might be dangerous, so I’d rather—
“Nahyun, could you possibly—”
Clank—!
“Help!”
…The timing sucks. I clicked my tongue lightly.
This bastard, not only has he discovered the identity of my keys, but he was also trying to steal them.
It’s difficult, how difficult. I will definitely protect this key. I wish you would leave gracefully.
I took out the seventh key from my inventory. The key reflected the light and sparkled beautifully.
“It’s pretty…”
It was said that the nine-tailed fox is definitely the key to ‘our’ protection.
Who are ‘our’? Why does this exist?
…Anyway, even if I think about it like this, there is nothing I can know now. I sighed and put the key back in my inventory.
At that time.
[Story Fragments have been added.]
Huh? suddenly?
I clicked on the newly popped up notification window.
[Story Fragment]
– Not just your story, it’s everyone’s story
– A story told from various perspectives rather than the main character’s first person perspective.
– Automatically collected after identifying each main story transmission route.
[Currently collected Story Fragment: 3]
– Academy’s Genius Commander: 1
– ???? ??? ???? ?? (Locked): 3
And then I became nervous.
No, I mean, what am I going to do if there’s one more piece that I can’t see anyway?
I lay down on the bed listless. Let’s get some sleep.
It was a day filled with more questions.
* * *
[Story Fragment/Unidentified]
Park Yoola muttered while fiddling with the universal being observation device.
“Now I can have the vision of my stupid brother.”
She thought of her brother.
Park Yulhan. Her irritating older brother, who inherited her grandfather’s blood, and whose specialty was the useless occult.
She went to the window and raised the observation device into the now dark sky. In the sky reflected by the observation device, intricate paths of light were vaguely visible between stars. And thick darkness was flowing somewhere.
“It’s nothing, though! You’re showing off with something like this!”
She shouted, placing the observation device down on the desk hard enough but not to break it.
For her, who was ignored because she had no talent in that field, Park Yulhan was someone who stimulated her complex.
“Although I’m a little concerned about the darkness I just saw…”
She grumbled and put the observation device in the drawer with a rough gesture.
Enough nonsense. That’s what she concluded. The fact that she reached the world she was in with her own abilities was enough for her.
Only that was her goal, so she began to preoccupy herself with her own other inventions, not caring about what she had just seen.
“Well, if I have time later, I’ll try to do some more research on that…”
***
Next day.
While I was checking my permission to go out and adjusting my after-school schedule, Choi Soojung made a sudden proposal.
“Guys, why don’t we go on a trip together this summer?”
“A trip?”
“Mmhm. During vacation. To a vacation spot.”
Na Yuri, Min Jaeyoon, and Shin Baran started to catch fire as Lee Hana spoke.
“I’d love to! Are we going to the sea? Summer travel is always about the sea!”
“Wow! Let’s all travel together! How many nights?”
“I-If everyone likes it! I’ll go to, well!”
Amid the enthusiastic response, the vacation trip quickly became a fait accompli.
I thought this trip would be very useful if I did well, so I actively involved Scammer as well.
“Are Siwoo and Yuhan going too?”
“Uh, yes.”
“If you don’t mind.”
I smiled brightly and responded to the answers from both of them.
“Of course you’re welcome! right?”
“Nyahaha, the more people there are on a trip, the better.”
“Yes, it’s more fun if we all go together.”
Fortunately, everyone answered positively.
“Ah, I think it would be good if we leave out that stupid person over there.”
“Yuri…”
“Bullying is sad…”
…Except one person. Min Jaeyoon’s sincere words added there were also heavy.
So we decided to go on a trip together during summer vacation.
“How about this place?”
Scammer opened the map app on his phone and pointed to a point. Seeing that he was actively suggesting travel destinations, it seemed like he was determined to take advantage of the opportunity I had given him.
“Is it the East Sea? It’s not bad.”
“It’s the beach!”
Scammer nodded and grinned at what Na Yuri and I said.
“Mmhm. Of course, the sea is very nice, but if we’re lucky, you may find an even better place.”
“Nyahaha, our junior is planning something again?”
“It’s not dangerous, right?”
Scammer nodded at Choi Soojung and Park Si-woo’s words. And surprisingly, he obediently spit out all the information. Unlike before.
“This area is where low-difficulty item dungeons occur. There are monsters, but their aggression is low, so they won’t attack unless you attack first.”
“It’s fine. …Where did you get such valuable information? That’s interesting…”
In response to Shin Baran’s question, Scammer smiled meaningfully and blurted out his words.
Right. It’s difficult to say the source of information. I laughed, haha, and naturally changed the topic to something else.
“Yuri, can I come over to your house this vacation?”
“…! As much as you want!”
“Aaah…! M-Miss Yuri! No, I mean, Yuri! Me too!”
“Can I go play with you too…?”
The effect of changing the context of the new topic I brought up was outstanding.
So, I additionally scheduled a slumber party with the female students at Na Yuri’s house.
We encouraged the seniors to come with us, yet they said they were going on a trip on their own. Unfortunately, only freshmen gathered that day.
I smiled as I looked at the calendar that was already full of schedules.
I had a feeling that this vacation would be a busy vacation unlike the previous ones.
***
After school.
I bought a lot of gifts to give to the children at the orphanage.
My inventory level is 2. I can put 100 of each of 20 types of items.
But I couldn’t stop shopping from 20 different types. I entered the orphanage with gifts wrapped in both hands.
“Sister is here! Gifts!”
“Sister! Give me a gift!”
Haha, these beautiful things. The gifts I was carrying disappeared in an instant, like a piece of meat surrounded by a school of piranhas.
“Nahyun is here?”
“Yes!”
With lighter hands, I hugged the teacher as she came out of the living room.
“Long time no see!”
“Wow, you had a hard time, right?”
“No, it was fine! But who came?”
Why did she come out of the living room?
The teacher smiled brightly at my question, as if it had just happened to go well.
“That’s right, Nahyun. The guest who came today is interested in you.”
Me? Did Choi Garam come to visit? I paused for a moment in puzzlement.
“Come on in!”
However, Teacher, who urged me on unexpectedly, forced me to go into the living room.
“Ah, it’s been a while. Your stars have increased a lot, irregular.”
The person inside was Park Yulhan.