The Status Window

Only the sound of sipping tea remained in an instant.
I had only one thought.
‘The Administrator’s authority is amazing…’
Expelling a high-ranking Constellation to their own nebula in one go is not an easy task even for a top-tier Constellation.
But the Administrator not only did that with a gesture, but also forcibly closed the nebula entrance, which was no different from a house door.
It was a terrifying power…
The Administrator, who had roughly cleaned up the blood that had flowed from The Crow’s Ruins’ nebula, leaned towards me and smiled.

“Do you like powerful men?”
“I was executed by a powerful man, so not really.”
When I said that, pointing at the diamond-shaped line on my neck, he stepped back as if disappointed.
And then he knelt down and, as if proposing, held out a sparkling, star-shaped coin to me.

“What about a rich man?”
“That’s my settlement money.”

“Aren’t you going to give me a mediation fee?”
“Do you need one?”

“No.”
The purple eyes, with their hands lowered, slowly approached my eyes.
The Administrator gently lifted my veil and met my eyes.

“I do need something else, though.”
“I’m not giving you my lips.”

“You’re not falling for it.”
A handsome man smiling right in front of you is very bad for the heart, but…
Unfortunately, I was in a state no different from a Buddha thanks to the effect of the meteor tea the Administrator had given me.
No matter how much the Administrator acted as if he were proposing to me, wearing a clean white suit with his clear, pale blue hair like a cloudy sky, my heart was shaken, but I had no intention of accepting.
Really.

“Didn’t you almost fall for it just now?”
“It’s a misunderstanding.”
I quickly chugged a cup of tea.
I was not shaken.
I’m not that easy of a Constellation.
The Administrator, with a relaxed attitude as if he were letting me go, handed me a silver coin.
The coin burst with a pop, scattering light, and then disappeared.
The coin in the corner of my vision went up, and then broke through 70 million coins.
‘Sweet…’
Damn sweet.
I was so happy.
Just enough to not want to kiss the Administrator.
I drank tea again.
The teapot miraculously kept producing tea, and as I continued to enjoy the calming effect, something suddenly came to mind.
“Why are you so obsessed with me?”
It was a natural question.
The Administrator was the pinnacle of all Constellations, he managed the system, and he was a being who had lived a life that even Constellations couldn’t fathom.
He had a lot of coins, and his face was acceptable.
He had no reason to be obsessed with me, making cheesy flirtatious remarks like asking for a kiss.

“Curious?”
The Administrator, who had sat down at the table again and taken a sip of tea, smiled brightly.

“Because I want to get married.”
At those words, I spat out my tea like a certain uncle who spits out orange juice.
I opened my mouth, but the words came out stuttering.
“M-married, why…?”

“Is that something to be so shocked about?”
Well, even before the Administrator, just looking at the Constellations, they had no need for love, let alone marriage.
Because the instincts of a Constellation do not include romantic feelings.
Of course, since I’m a human-born Constellation, I feel emotions like love as they are.

“Do you know that the Administrator passes down the line?”
“How would I know.”
No one was interested in the Administrator.
Most humans didn’t even know of the Administrator’s existence, and Constellations avoided him.
The Administrator, who had tapped the table, let his back hair down and said.

“I have lived for too long. So long that I can’t even remember when I started.”
“So what…?”

“When my next generation is born, I can pass on the duties of the Administrator to my child and retire as a top-tier Constellation.”
It was a very trashy reason.
To want to have a child because you don’t want to work.

“But the Administrator can only be with a Constellation, and we have to be of the same rank, so… right now, you’re my only match. I’m quite strong, so there were no Constellations who could match me. It’s a good thing you came along.”
I looked at the Administrator with a sullen expression.

“So, Silent Calamity.”
The Administrator smiled and took my hand.

“Please marry me.”
I also smiled brightly.
“No.”
And I ran away from the Administrator’s nebula.
Bleh!

As a rule, I believe that love should not be a means to an end.
In that sense, the Administrator’s confession was the worst.
He didn’t truly love me, but confessed just because he didn’t want to work.

“No, I was serious when I said I fell for you.”
I don’t believe you!

“It’s hard to find a Constellation as beautiful as you. Especially, I like your eyes because they’re like a clear autumn sky…”

[The Administrator is blocked for 10 minutes by the Constellation’s authority.]
[T.T]
Leaving the cheesy lines behind, I was in my room in the Nate Guild.
There had been quite a big change in the room.
The monster-exclusive bed that looked like a baby’s crib and the cute interior were the same, but human-sized furniture had appeared here and there.
I didn’t feel bad.
Rather, I was glad that the cute tables and dolls that had been there to intentionally fill the empty space were gone.
‘I should ask Sion to buy me a goofy-looking teddy bear.’
Remembering the goofy-looking teddy bear that had flown away when I first picked up Sion, I first dived into the large, fluffy, human-sized bed.
The mattress was as bouncy as a trampoline.
‘Then.’
I decided to take care of what I had been putting off.
“Silent Calamity.”

[Welcome!]
[Welcome to the Azure Sky of the Starry Heavens, Silent Calamity-nim!]
A system window popped up in front of my eyes.
The first time I’m opening it since becoming a Constellation, my status window, so to speak.
I had opened it too late, but now I had to see it and move on.
Because I can’t just look at the number of coins forever.

[Top-tier: Silent Calamity]
[True Name] Lee Seonbaek
[Authority] Word of Power
[Contractors] Han Sion (S), Baek Jiye (S), Cheon Sanho (A), Cheon Seona (A), Yeon Taeseon (S)
[Stigmas] The Ruined Veil, Whisper of Star Tears, Halo of the Regretful, The Way of the Condemned, Hate Spoken in Unison
[Coins] 70,000,257
Just looking at the coins made me feel full, but that wasn’t what was important to me right now.
‘I need to properly know what my abilities are.’
Until now, I had opened and used the stigmas as my Constellation’s instincts led me, but I didn’t think I should do that from now on.
I’m a top-tier Constellation, for crying out loud, so does it make sense that I don’t know what my abilities are.

[Authority] Word of Power
Whatever you say comes true. Be careful not to wish for destruction.
※ There are currently no restrictions.
I had a suspicion during the agreement with the Administrator, and as expected, the baby mode-like restriction had been lifted.
Now I could speak freely.

“I lifted it because you were doing a good job of controlling your instincts.”

“Be quiet.”
The Administrator shut up.
This ability is very convenient.
Next were the stigmas.

[Stigma] The Ruined Veil
Blocks all gazes within a certain range, except for the Administrator’s. Neither top-tier Constellations nor broadcasts can penetrate this veil.

[Stigma] Whisper of Star Tears
You can read the thoughts of your contractors. If you have multiple contractors, be careful not to get confused by their mixed thoughts.

[Stigma] Halo of the Regretful
Scatters starlight equal to the regret of your past life, weakening everything that threatens you, and gradually strengthening yourself and your contractors. Be careful, as prolonged activation can turn your contractors into non-human beings.

[Stigma] The Way of the Condemned
You can use all the ways a condemned person dies in the world.
Recent use: Hanging
Recommended use: Decapitation

[Stigma] Hate Spoken in Unison
When there is an existence that all contractors recognize as an enemy, the cooperation of the contractors participating in the battle increases dramatically. Their ways of thinking become one and they will annihilate the enemy.
These five stigmas were all there was.
‘The Ruined Veil’ was a reflection of my will not to stand out, and ‘Whisper of Star Tears’ came from my paranoia that someone might be badmouthing me.
‘Halo of the Regretful’ was my regret for doing nothing while being praised by the people.
‘The Way of the Condemned’ was my final end, being beheaded, and ‘Hate Spoken in Unison’ was the final words filled with the voice of ‘kill her’.
All of them were stigmas that originated from my time as the ‘White Magic Tower Head’.
‘They’re all so heinous.’
It would have been nice if they were a little cute.
Like ‘Eye-Level Education’.

“That’s not it.”
I ignored the Administrator’s words.
After stuffing my abilities into my head, I looked outside and it was midday.
‘Come to think of it, how much time has passed?’
The time in the starry sky and on the ground is different.
I felt Sion’s presence outside and burst open the door and went out.
In my human form.
Sion, who was looking at some documents, spilled his coffee like an old man spilling orange juice.