Taking admission for nothing (225)
Lesson 44. A blow that cuts through the gap – 5
“Yes, I was a contractor for Starlight Musician.”
At Ban Yu-won’s words, she nodded in affirmation.
He tilted his head as he saw traces of starlight with a higher degree of perfection than Yu-Won Ban’s own handling of the very small space swirling in the wine glass Yumina was holding.
“You mean not now?”
“You know that real light magic isn’t so shabby, right? This is just the crumbs left over from the severing of her contract. … It’s also the reason why the headmaster reaped his expectations from me.”
Ban Yu-Won couldn’t find a way to answer that question and was silent.
In fact, there was a part about the relationship between Yumina and Sellon that I could guess to some extent from before.
Even though the magic they dealt with was completely different, the two people’s attitude toward magic and their earnest search for something other than the tower often seemed to match.
“Is that…”
Ban Yu-won, who hesitated, spoke again when the empty dishes were cleared and other dishes appeared.
“Is that perhaps Celon… or is it related to the starlight performer’s death?”
“The headmaster wants to keep the tower stable.”
Yumina, who put down the glass that still glowed softly as if the intention to drink the wine had disappeared, continued.
“And the Constellations are the most dangerous beings that threaten the Tower. On the other hand, the player of starlight is an existence that can suppress the constellations just by being there. Does Yoo-won understand?”
“A lot of people seem to be scared.”
“When the headmaster first sponsored her, of course, she wasn’t a Constellation either. He borrowed her power to try to stabilize the tower more… but in the end, she became a constellation.”
It has become a constellation.
It sounded as if Celon didn’t want to become a Constellation.
I’ve thought about constellations before, but maybe a constellation isn’t simply an ‘existence that transcends the limits of mortals with mighty abilities’ as others think.
Well, I thought it was something strange at the point where all the transcendents were going around all the dimensions in search of a contractor.
“Then Professor.”
“huh?”
Yuna’s eyes twinkled miserably.
An ominous thought flashed through Ban Yu-won’s mind that he might have sewn the wrong button from the moment he first called her older sister, insisting on the title until it came to this situation.
“Did your sister have the goal of signing a contract with a starlight musician from the beginning?”
“It should be said that the headmaster took me away, convinced that I could sign a contract with her. He supported me in many ways so that I could sign a contract with her. Even if there was some intention, I am really grateful for it.”
“…but the starlight performer.”
Celon once confided to him that he was caught in the trap of the Constellations and was sealed.
Because I forgot most of the memories related to it, I didn’t even get a proper explanation, but maybe Yumina was there at the scene.
“Does she remember me?”
“I’m looking for a girl who was his contractor. But maybe that’s my older sister…”
“I’m grateful just for finding a contractor. Whoops. I don’t deserve that…”
Yumina, smiling shyly, looked as innocent as the young girl she was when she first signed a contract with Sellon.
“I don’t deserve that…” ”
…”
Her expression twisted sadly as she remembered something.
Yumina’s hand touched the glass that had been left filled with starlight.
A few stars that were moving around in the red universe begin to flicker with different brightness.
Constellation.
Transcendentalists who exist in the realm of mystery that humans cannot dare to challenge.
Soon, the light from the stars went out one by one, and the wine in the glass returned to its appearance when it was first poured and became quiet.
“They forgot me. Some people even forgot that Starlight Musician had a contract.”
“Are you a starlight performer?”
“But I haven’t forgotten. I remember them all.”
“…Are you going to take revenge?”
Even putting it in my mouth, I felt strange.
She wrapped up and protected all the Rebellion members with her overflowing motherhood… No, relatively often, the target was limited to Ban Yu-won, but anyway, she thought that bloody words like revenge didn’t suit the kind and caring Yumina.
“plural? What does it mean? Destroying those constellations doesn’t mean she can return.”
“…that.”
“I’m rather worried that the Constellations will try to harm you.”
“iced coffee.”
Most of the constellations are already aware of the fact that Banyuwon is related to the Starlight Player and are moving.
In fact, in this expedition, didn’t he ask for Cellon in return for sponsoring him?
If you go against the Constellations, many tiring things will happen in the future…
“It’s too late to hide it now. So let me give you a list of those who were openly hostile to her. The Constellations that were most active in sealing her… the player of starlight. At least you should know who the enemy is.”
“Thank you.”
Knowing the true name of a Constellation is helpful in discovering their abilities, as well as finding out who sponsored or contracted them.
but.
“Is that all?”
Yumina turned her head slightly with an apologetic look at Ban Yuwon’s question as she stared at him.
“I’m sorry. I want to protect you myself, but the circumstances in which I can move are too limited.”
“No, not that.”
He shook his head firmly and said.
“You had a request for me. This is not a request, but advice or advice.”
“that.”
“Are you still hesitating?”
“That’s…”
Yumina shut her mouth and gently closed her eyes.
The faint emotions rising from her were read in his eyes.
It was difficult to read her because of the vast difference in status, but today I was able to read her superficial emotions, which change from moment to moment, perhaps because the relationship between the two deepened as they talked so closely.
“A request related to the starlight performer, right?”
“that’s right.”
“Maybe… are they related to the tower at the same time?”
“…that’s right.”
“I knew it.”
It is only natural that Celon was first discovered in the tower.
Ban Yu-won closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair as if he were following Yu Mi-na.
Thought.
The moment I first encountered the constellations, I deeply guessed their words, their ambition to conquer the tower, and their intention to entangle with countless humans.
and concluded
“all right. You don’t have to tell me until the end. … Climbing the tower will solve it anyway.”
“…I used to resent the principal. But now that I’ve come to my senses, I’m doing the same thing as him.”
Yumina smiled bitterly and cautiously reached out and grabbed his half-draped hand on the table.
“It’s shameless… but I’ll take care of her. Perhaps the only possibility is you.”
“Because I was going to do that from the beginning even if you didn’t say anything.”
Ban Yu-Won gave her a light smile and stood up.
Yumina, who was hesitant, reached out to him again, perhaps because she felt sorry for sending him away.
“I’m Yoo Won. Anything I can help with… I can do anything.”
“Because it’s okay. Both of you must have a complicated mind, so let’s break up today. Get some rest too.”
Ban Yu-won held her hand as if to reassure her, stroked her a couple of times, and then left.
“…really.”
Yumina, who was left alone, sighed deeply and reached for the bottle again, but a hand intercepted the bottle on the way.
“You look lonely, Professor Yumina.”
“…Professor Zenon.”
As if waiting for Banyuwon to disappear, Zenon appeared from under the shadow of the table and poured a glass of wine into a glass made of black darkness and took a bite.
Then, exhaling an astringent breath, he said, sitting in the place where Ban Yu-Won had left.
“I don’t know the taste either.”
“But you should know the price. It’s an expensive drink that I decided to drink with my precious disciple.”
Rarely, when Yumina responded with a sharp tone, Zenon shrugged and quietly put the bottle back on the table.
“Is that the only precious disciple?”
“Then what else could there be?”
“Well, it looks like you just seduced him and got dumped.”
In fact, Yumina’s face instantly blushed because it wasn’t a nonsense.
It would be a lie if I said I didn’t feel like leaning on him a little more because of the past I had been hiding from anyone.
But seduction, I didn’t mean to be so bold!
“Did you know you could say that? …wait for a sec.”
Yumina was well aware of Zenon’s authority.
The president could create his own eyes inside the academy if he wanted to, and Zenon was the eye the president trusted the most.
Of course, Yumina is a person who is favored by the president even among full professors and has not been included in the surveillance network
. You are doing something dangerous.”
“Since the traces of starlight have been revealed, I have no choice but to keep an eye on you. He will allow you too. Because the most important child to him right now is that child, not you.”
Yumina bit her lip at Zenon’s words.
There was no reason to feel jealous that the president’s interest had shifted to Ban Yu-won.
Right now, I’m just worried about the anti-yuwon.
As if he had read her mind, Zenon uttered it in a mechanical voice that lacked his characteristic high and low.
“I have come to warn you. I hope you don’t feed him useless thoughts. He’s brilliant, but he’s pretty precarious… Unnecessary stimuli can run his abilities in the wrong direction. Only then will it be no different from the constellations rampaging in the tower.”
“Yuwon is an adult. You have the right to know what you want to know… and you have the right to make your own decisions.”
“But what happened as a result of your judgment and actions in the past?”
A memory passed through Yumina’s mind at Zenon’s relentless point.
It is a painful memory that is terribly sharp like a broken piece of glass, tearing my brain to shreds every time it comes to mind.
The downfall of the starlight performer was her responsibility.
The truth he couldn’t tell Ban Yu-won, but he didn’t even know that he noticed that and cared for her.
Yumina remembered him and clenched her teeth again.
“So you want me to leave that dangerous child alone? In the current situation where all the constellations and teenage families are targeting him?”
“He said it was all just a preordained test–.”
“Professor Zenon, as you know, is not always right.”
“…yes, I don’t think so.”
Rather, it was Yumina herself who was surprised by Zenon’s sudden consent.
She narrowed her eyes, glared at Zenon, and then stood up from her seat with a snort of laughter.
“You will have to pay for the drink properly.”
“It remains.”
“I don’t like drinking with other people.”
“…Still, you’re being treated like a human being.”
“Ah, if you want to have a drink, how about recommending it to Professor Campanella? She will definitely welcome you.”
Yumina left those words and disappeared on the spot.
Left alone after being dumped by Yumina, who had been dumped by Yuwon Ban, Zenon sat there for a while, then took the glass from which he poured wine earlier and tasted it again.
“…I don’t know the taste either.”
Like the two men who had left before him, he left immediately.
The light of the stars flickered for a moment in the remaining glass and then disappeared.
