Meeting with the Administrator

In the blue-lit starry sky, the Administrator, who was processing a backlog of system error windows, sneered at Yeon Taeseon, who was trying to make a deal with him from the human world.

“To think that little thing is trying to be my equal.”
His blue-silver hair rustled and fell to the floor.

“The Overturned Hourglass really left behind a troublesome mess.”
It wasn’t that creating a regressor was forbidden.
It was just that no one wanted to do it because it required the Constellation’s own annihilation.
But he, having lost the Constellation War, was annihilated and prepared a final blow.
That was that regressor.
Normally, a lost soul found in another world and returned to the timeline where a regressor existed wouldn’t have changed the ‘protagonist’.
Because ‘return’ was smaller in rank than ‘regression’.
But that lost soul returned as a Constellation.
The protagonist changed.

“But I don’t like him eyeing my toy.”
Lying with his back to the starry sky, his eyes, which were surveying the human world, fixed on a single jellyfish.
His time of helping her in the form of a system window was also coming to an end.
As time went on, she instinctively came to understand the knowledge and abilities of a Constellation, and if she continued like this for about 10 more years, she would ascend to the starry sky and establish her place on her own.
He wouldn’t be able to see her throwing tantrums like a child or throwing useless punches anymore.
The Administrator was a little sad about that.

“…”
He stood up from his seat with a blank expression and said.

“I should just watch one more time and then lose interest.”
At this rate, I’ll get caught up too.
Did I watch too much?
He thought so.

After eating the fluffy souffle pancakes that Han Sion made for me, I fell asleep while watching his prayer, which lasted for about two hours.
I felt Han Sion’s gentle hands moving me to my exclusive bed.
‘Good night.’
I said my usual goodnight in my mind and fell asleep, but when I opened my eyes, I saw an unfamiliar ceiling.
‘Huh?’
No, it wasn’t even a ceiling.
It was a path made of a Milky Way studded with stars.
The hard floor was transparent like a salt desert, and it was like a mirror, reflecting the person and the sky above.
To be honest, it was damn beautiful.

“I’m glad you like it.”
I snapped to my senses.
Who is it?
When I looked around, I saw a man with long hair a little far away.
Blue-silver hair and purple eyes.
Unlike his sharp-looking face, the smile on his lips was playful yet benevolent.
And he was handsome.
I opened my mouth foolishly.

“You really have a thing for faces.”
It’s satisfying that you like my face, though.
The man said.

“But are you okay? You don’t have your veil now.”
Veil… veil?
My mind, which had been sold on his face, snapped back.
I fumbled with my head, and there was no veil.
I only just realized it, but I was in my human form.
My breath caught for a moment.
‘I have to talk.’
It doesn’t matter where this is.
It doesn’t matter why I’m in my human form.
Without the veil, my heart pounded.
It beat so deep and fast that I wanted to spit it out.
‘I have to talk.’
That person wants to talk.
He wants the basic means by which humans can interact with each other.
He will naturally think that I will answer, even if I don’t want to.
I have to answer.
If I don’t want my head to be cut off.
I have to answer.
If I don’t want to be misunderstood.
But my mouth wouldn’t open.
My hands trembled, and my gaze, fixed on the floor, darted around.
The only comfort was that the Milky Way reflected on the floor was pretty.

“I’ll be hurt if you hate it that much.”
The man suddenly came into my gaze, which had been fixed on the floor.
I reflexively stepped back, but the man’s hand was faster.

“And it hurts my feelings when you leave my gift lying around like that.”
Actually, I took it because it looked fun.
As he said that, the man draped the veil over me.
I didn’t realize it because he looked slender, but he was bigger than I thought.
A cool scent wafted over me.
As the translucent veil covered my front, my heart calmed down halfway.
I could think rationally again.
But what?
He took the veil because it looked fun?
This awesome veil, even if it was for a short time?
My words didn’t come out nicely.
“Who are you.”
Perhaps because it was a dream, my words came out easily.
Meaning I didn’t have to be unnecessarily curt.
The man sat floating in the air nonchalantly and said.

“The Administrator.”
“What?”

“The Administrator you’ll need this time.”
When I looked at him with a suspicious expression, the man snapped his fingers, and countless system windows appeared behind him.

[Level up! Stats will be calculated.]
[Will you make a contract?]
[Constellation, …is….]
[A penalty will be imposed.]
Blue, gold, red, countless system windows appeared and disappeared, and new ones appeared repeatedly.
I understood after seeing that spectacle.
Most of all, my instincts as a Constellation screamed.
That is the Administrator.
He is the Administrator.

“I’m glad you understand.”
With a gentle voice, the Administrator turned off the messy system windows.
I said in a questioning voice.
“Why did you call me?”
From the circumstances, this place is the starry sky where Constellations exist.
Unless I ascend, I can only come here by someone’s invitation.
And I knew by instinct that I was inexperienced and that it would take a long time before I shed my incarnation and ascended to the starry sky.
Naturally, I couldn’t help but be curious about why he had called me.

“Just because.”
“Just because?”

“You become sassy when you calm down.”
“What’s it to you?”
If you don’t like it, don’t take the veil.
The Administrator continued.

“Don’t you need my help?”
Ah, Cheon Sanho.
At those words, I put away my sass.
“What did you call me for?”

“Pfft!”
The Administrator, finding something funny, floated in the air and laughed for a long time.
I started to feel bad.
“Why are you laughing?”

“No, it’s just funnier than I thought. It’s a shame, if you were in the starry sky, I’d play with you all day.”
He was a strange guy.
And I was grateful that my existence was not yet in the starry sky.
Even a handsome man is a turn-off if he’s crazy.

“Ah, sorry. I’ll stop laughing. The reason I called you, right?”
“Yes.”

“Your words have gotten short again. Anyway, it’s nothing much. Your ascension to the starry sky is only about 10 years away, so I called you to see your face in commemoration before sending you off.”
For such a reason?
No, and my ascension is only 10 years away?
I thought it was about 100 years away.

“But it must be a golden opportunity for you.”
That’s right.
In Cheon Sanho’s case, I had comforted myself by saying I could just make a deal with the Administrator… but I also knew that meeting the Administrator wasn’t that easy.
Honestly, we wanted Cheon Sanho for his appraisal ability, so if we couldn’t make a contract, I thought it would be faster to find an appraiser from abroad.
But for the Administrator to come to me on his own.
It was a golden opportunity.

“Tell me. What do you want?”
After taking a deep breath, I said.
“I want you to lift the stigma on Cheon Sanho and his sibling.”

“Why should I?”
“Because I need them.”
To be precise, I only needed Cheon Sanho, but if he cherished his family, they were practically one body, weren’t they?
And his sibling had done nothing wrong.
‘He just got caught in the crossfire.’
“I don’t know what Cheon Sanho did wrong, but lift the stigma. I need him.”

“Hmm, because of the 50 billion won?”
My conscience hurt like hell for a moment, but I ignored it.
“Yes.”

“Hmm.”
The Administrator tapped the air and pondered.
His posture gradually tilted, and he eventually ended up almost lying down.

“I’ve decided.”
“What?”

“I’ll lift the stigma. But there’s a condition.”
The Administrator smiled playfully.

“Give me a kiss.”
“What?”

“Like how you liked my face, I liked your face too.”
The crazy Administrator said that even among Constellations, her face was rare.
I was disgusted.
“No!”

“You need Cheon Sanho, don’t you?”
“That’s true, but!”
A kiss!
A kiss?
To have a body part on my face touch someone else’s body part?!
I didn’t want to.
Most of all, this body didn’t even know the ‘k’ of kiss.
Not ‘k’ as in ‘kill’, but ‘k’ as in ‘kiss’.
I backed away in disgust, wrapping my arms around myself as if looking at a criminal.
The crazy guy who saw that said.

“You need it, don’t you? 50 billion won.”
This bastard is playing dirty with money…!
But if it’s a 50 billion won ki…ss, I guess I could do it.
Yes.
If I appraise and resell, I can make more than 50 billion won, so what’s the big deal about a ki…ss?
Yes. Let’s do it.
It feels like something is being taken away, but let’s do it.
‘For my 50 billion won.’
It was the moment I made up my mind, closed my eyes, and walked towards the Administrator.

“Ah.”
At that moment, his expression turned annoyed.

“This damn regressor bastard…”
With those words, my vision flipped.

“Pikkuk!”
When I opened my eyes, I was back in my jellyfish form.
The only difference was…
I was outside again.
It was the rooftop of a rather tall building.
Judging by the surrounding scenery, it seemed to be a building near the association.
“Piiiiiiieaaaaak!”
Why?
How?!
Wasn’t it a dream?!
Why am I outside instead of next to Han Sion’s cozy bed?
And I was even being held by someone.