The Seventeenth Love (1)

If you use magic?
I didn’t want to teleport to Sion or fly through the sky.
Because it would stand out too much…!
Just then, a huge shadow fell over me.
When I looked up, there was a burly man with a scar on his face and two other men who looked like his lackeys.
“Is this her?”
“It’s her.”
“There can’t be two of that face.”
The men whispered while looking at me.
I slowly backed away and tried to head into another alley as if nothing had happened.
Grab.
“Miss, come with me.”
My wrist was caught by a hand as big as a pot lid.
When I looked at him with a displeased expression, the man with the scar laughed.
“Haha! I was worried because you look so docile, but I like the feisty ones—!”
KWAAAAAANG!
The man was slammed into a wall far away.
The wall was even cracked, so it didn’t seem like he was just gently slammed.
“Boss!”
“I wondered what was making the back alley so noisy…”
The person who had kicked the man away muttered as if dumbfounded.
Black hair that stood out even under the dark shadow, ocean-blue eyes.
It was Yeon Taeseon.
“What on earth are you doing here?”
Yeon Taeseon held my wrist and led me somewhere.
The place he dragged me into was a nearby antique shop.
“Taeseon, you’re here? I thought you wouldn’t come back now that you’ve succeeded.”
“How could I do that. I have to see you die, grandma.”
“Your tone is as impudent as ever.”
The person who greeted Yeon Taeseon and me inside the antique shop was an elderly woman.
The warm-hearted grandmother, who was chatting quite familiarly with Yeon Taeseon, soon turned her gaze to me.
“Pretty, your girlfriend?”
“No.”
“No.”
“…”
As soon as I said no, Yeon Taeseon looked at me with a slightly hurt expression.
What. Why. You said no too.
What a funny guy.
At our sharp answers, the grandmother clicked her tongue and showed a disappointed look.
Well, adults seem to secretly enjoy kids’ romance.
“What did you come here for?”
“To escape.”
“…Are you really not dating?”
“I said no.”
Instead of Yeon Taeseon, who was speechless with his ears turning bright red, I spoke.
“There were some rough-looking people outside, so we came to hide for a bit.”
“Really? Well, there are a lot of crazy guys here who go crazy over pretty girls.”
The grandmother, who had briefly cursed at how rude kids are these days, continued.
“Well, since Taeseon is here, stay as long as you want. Do you need a room?”
“Don’t tease me, grandma.”
“Hehehe…”
The cheerfully laughing grandmother told Yeon Taeseon to do well and then went into the house that was connected to the back.
Yeon Taeseon explained with a dazed expression.
“She’s the one who took care of me when I was young. She’s like a parent to me.”
Your tone wasn’t very affectionate for someone like that.
I deducted points from my evaluation of Yeon Taeseon.
“She also likes a cheeky grandson, and I’m also shy, so there’s been no development in our relationship yet. I want to call her politely someday…”
“…”
I quietly restored the points.
Of course, shyness is the biggest obstacle in a relationship with a parent.
‘Though I don’t have parents.’
Anyway, Yeon Taeseon, who had changed the mood, looked around.
“This is the largest antique shop on the hunter’s street. It’s also a place where various stolen goods are gathered, so I came to look for a new weapon…”
But he saw me being held by some guys.
I turned my gaze away from Yeon Taeseon, who was looking at me like a troublesome elementary school student nephew.
Why. I did nothing wrong.
It’s Sion’s fault…
“Ah.”
“What’s wrong?”
“Sion.”
Yeon Taeseon, who understood my gibberish perfectly, nodded as if he understood.
“Well, you wouldn’t have come here alone. Did the Nate Guild Leader come with you?”
“Yeah.”
“And you got lost?”
“…”
To be precise, I was the one who ran away, but I kept my mouth shut, thinking what good would it do to brag about it.
My conscience was hurting like hell, but I couldn’t help it.
“Come to think of it, there was a rumor that someone proposed on the street ahead and got rejected…”
“…”
“It’s not you, is it?”
“…”
I desperately avoided Yeon Taeseon’s gaze.
He sighed deeply and understood on his own.
“Well… it’s the Nate Guild Leader’s fault for proposing in such a crowded place, knowing that you hate being the center of attention.”
“It wasn’t a proposal.”
“Tell him to reflect, and we’ll just look at the items here.”
“I said it wasn’t a proposal.”
Yeon Taeseon ignored me and picked up an old sword that was on a shelf.
Starlight orbited in his eyes.
“It looks pretty good…”
Yeon Taeseon evaluated after checking the grip and swinging it around.
What Yeon Taeseon had was the Starlight Eye.
Since it was a lower-tier version compared to my Sun’s Eye, what I saw was a little different.

[B: Screaming Magic Sword]
[Category: Longsword]
[Warning! This item is unidentified.]
[A magic sword that has killed 667 people in the 6666966866th dimension. It is angry at the ambiguous number. If the wielder kills more than 666 people, it will consume the user and evolve into an EX-rank.]
It’s just a decent grade, but it’s a cursed item!
I snatched the sword from Yeon Taeseon’s hand, put it in my subspace, and pretended not to know.
Yeon Taeseon, who had been deprived of a decent item out of the blue, looked at me with a dumbfounded expression.
“What?”
“It’s cursed.”
“The grade looked decent, it would be at most A-rank.”
“I said it’s cursed.”
“I’m S-rank. Even if it’s cursed, there’s no way I’d lose to a longsword like that…”
“It evolves into a cursed EX-rank.”
At those words, Yeon Taeseon immediately picked up the next dagger.
“Is it about C-rank.”

[C: Blood Drop Fragment]
[Category: Dagger]
[Warning! This item is unidentified.]
[A dagger made from the blood drop of a clumsy Constellation who was pricked by a waterwheel. It has the effect of giving the pricked opponent an eternal sleep, but it brings misfortune to the owner.]
“Rejected.”
As soon as my words fell, Yeon Taeseon offered the dagger to me.
The Starlight Eye couldn’t read the detailed information of an item, but it was an eye that could gauge its grade.
Because of that, there were often cases where he picked up a cursed item like this.
After that, Yeon Taeseon picked up several other items.

[A: Earring of a Blooming Monster]
“Rejected.”

[D: Blessing of a Mad Constellation]
“Rejected.”

[B: Thief of a Dead Season]
“Rejected.”
This crazy Regressor had a cursed hand.
‘Why is everything he picks up cursed?’
Is it possible for a person to be like this?
Feeling a sense of unease, I focused my eyes and scanned the candidates that Yeon Taeseon would choose next.

[A: Brooch of Protection]
[A: Baton that Controls the Irrational]
[C: Ring of Crisis Escape]
And I saw it.
As soon as Yeon Taeseon’s gaze fell on these items.
A faint starlight seeped into the items, and their appearance changed slightly.

[A: Brooch of Protection Destruction]
[A: Baton that Calls the Irrational]
[C: Ring of Crisis Addition]
“…”
I knew who the culprit of this strange phenomenon was.
‘Administrator.’

“Why do you call, my love.”
‘You’re childish.’

“…”
This crazy kindergarten Administrator was changing all the items that his rival touched because a rival had appeared.
‘Get lost while I’m being nice.’

“If you come to the starry sky and just accept my ring…”
‘I’ll never go.’

“I’ll take that as you’ll come later.”
The Administrator’s presence disappeared.
Fortunately, after that, the items were not changed.
By the time Yeon Taeseon had gathered enough weapons and items under my supervision, the sun was already setting.
“It’s time for the Nate Guild Leader to have reflected.”

[The Constellation, ‘The Seventeenth Love’, hears a rumor and appears, looking around.]
As I was nodding at Yeon Taeseon’s words, a strange Constellation appeared in the middle.
Judging by the aura I felt, it was a mid-rank Constellation.

[The Constellation, ‘The Seventeenth Love’, feels the love-love.]
[The Constellation, ‘The Seventeenth Love’, feels the date is coming to an end.]
[The Constellation, ‘The Seventeenth Love’, exclaims that it can’t be, as if watching a drama.]
“…”
It seemed like a rather lacking Constellation.
‘Where’s the date here?’
At most, there was just me and Yeon Taeseon choosing items.
In civilian terms, it was the same as browsing at Daiso.
“Let’s go now.”
“Yeah. But don’t you have to say goodbye to grandma?”
“I’ll come back later. Even if I say goodbye, she’ll just get angry and tell me to go.”
Ignoring the lacking Constellation, we turned our steps.
Kigigik…
Suddenly, a strange sound was heard from the surroundings.
I looked around, but there was nothing strange, and I was puzzled, when a faint starlight was caught by my Sun’s Eye.