Living out of the shadow

“Ugh…”
“S-Seona!”
Cheon Sanho, who had been sobbing, came to his senses about 10 minutes later.
“Ugh, why is it so loud… huh?”
At the same time, Emily also came to her senses.
She was horrified by her blood-soaked body and, after a quick wash in the bathroom to get rid of the dried blood, she rejoined them.
Cheon Sanho held Cheon Seona and shed tears.
“Thank you, Saintess-nim. Thank you so much. Thank you to the Calamity too. Thank you…”
“O-oppa? What’s going on? Where am I?”
It seemed that Cheon Seona had completely lost her memory after being branded.
Or maybe she had been sleeping without waking up once since then.
So she couldn’t understand the situation and was horrified to see her emaciated body, which had survived without a proper meal for several years.
“Seonaaaaa…”
“Why is he acting so annoyingly?!”
It was Baek Jiye who spoke up in place of the disoriented Cheon Sanho.
Baek Jiye had heard a lot about Cheon Sanho’s family history in passing.
Of course, he hadn’t told her the full story, but her high intelligence was adept at inferring hidden stories and remembering everything she heard.
“I am Baek Jiye, the vice-guild leader of the Nate Guild. Cheon Seona-ssi, I will explain from the beginning.”
Baek Jiye explained everything she had heard from Cheon Sanho so far.
The fact that he had been branded all the way to his family after his contract was terminated, that he was hospitalized, and the subsequent downward spiral…
And recently, up to the Awakener auction house and Emily Taylor.
Cheon Sanho corrected the wrong information in between his sobs.
Thanks to that, Cheon Seona was able to fully understand the events of the past, despite her shock.
“…So, Ms. Emily Taylor over there removed Cheon Seona-ssi’s brand…”
“Ah, wait a minute.”
Emily raised her hand to stop Baek Jiye’s words.
“I wasn’t the one who removed the brand.”
“…Then did the Calamity help?”
“You could say… That.”
Emily openly looked at Pion, who was sleeping peacefully in the basket.
Everyone’s gaze turned to Pion.
“Wow, what is that jellyfish?”
“Don’t speak carelessly. Even if it looks like that, it’s the incarnation of a Constellation.”
“…An incarnation?”
Baek Jiye and Cheon Sanho, who knew nothing, were shocked.
Cheon Seona, who couldn’t believe that such a small and cute being was the incarnation of a Constellation, had a slightly dazed reaction.
Only Han Sion was quiet.
“Guild Leader Han Sion, it seems you knew.”
“To some extent.”
Baek Jiye had a betrayed look in her eyes.
It was a look that said how could you not tell me, a fellow believer, such information.
But Sion still had no intention of explaining in detail.
“The one who removed the brand was that jellyfish, Pion. I was merely an assistant.”
“For that, you seem to have suffered a lot.”
“It was overwhelming trying to keep up with the incarnation’s abilities. It was like a sparrow trying to follow a stork.”
Saying that it was a good thing her body wasn’t split in two, Emily calmly replied to Cheon Seona.
“I couldn’t feel exactly what happened with my own eyes or body. But something amazing did happen.”
“Was It that serious…?”
“It’s not easy to see a brand and a soul bound together.”
Saying that she could only see so much with her own eyes, Emily shook her head and then her eyes sparkled.
“But that sensation was truly ecstatic and dizzying. The sensation of touching a soul. As a healer who treats others, it was a golden opportunity! I’m sure of it. In the future, I might really be able to bring the dead back to life!”
Emily said happily.
The Cheon siblings couldn’t believe that this little jellyfish had done such an amazing thing, and the other two…
Quietly exchanged words.
“You have no intention of telling me in detail, do you?”
“I think the Constellation wishes for silence on this matter.”
“Then I can’t help it.”
Han Sion didn’t want to reveal that this jellyfish’s form could also change into a human.
It seemed that the Silent Calamity didn’t want it, but Han Sion himself didn’t want to reveal it more.
‘I want to see it alone.’
Silent words fester into emotions.
Currently, Han Sion and his Constellation were unaware of this.
“Anyway.”
Clap!
Emily clapped her hands to draw attention and smiled brightly.
“About the fee for the request…”
“As I said, we only have 30 billion…”
“I won’t take it.”
“We can give you… excuse me?”
“I said I won’t take it.”
Emily said refreshingly.
It was an unimaginable appearance for someone who was demanding 500 billion just a short while ago.
“The Constellation and her incarnation have given me a great experience. And that was something that couldn’t be exchanged for a thousand pieces of gold. If I were to convert it into money, I would have to be the one paying.”
“…You can’t take it back.”
“You seem to welcome it more than I thought. Good! But!”
Snap, Emily snapped her fingers.
“Please beseech the Constellation.”
“What do you mean?”
“The patient I just saved, what was her name?”
“I-it’s Cheon Seona.”
“You will be a good healer.”
What?
Cheon Seona was bewildered by the sudden statement.
“I don’t know about other things, but I have a good eye for healers. You will definitely become a healer.”
“E-even if you suddenly say that…”
Well, if you suddenly collapsed while living a normal life, and when you woke up, you were told ‘You’re going to be a healer’, you’d be flustered.
Emily nodded her head.
“I understand that it’s confusing. But Cheon Seona-ssi, do you not want to become an Awakener at all?”
“Of course I do!”
Cheon Seona shouted with her emaciated body.
Her throat cracked and she coughed, and Cheon Sanho hurriedly gave her water.
After calming down a little, Cheon Seona said with a solemn expression.
“I don’t want to live off my brother.”
“S-Seona…?”
Cheon Seona then poured out the life she had felt so far.
It was the words of a person who knew very well that this opportunity would not come twice.
“Before, when my brother’s contract was terminated, I lived in his shadow. I promised myself that I would definitely get out of that shadow when I grew up.”
“…”
“But after my brother became a contract breaker and several years of my life were gone, that thought became even stronger.”
Cheon Seona clenched her dry hand into a fist.
The blanket crumpled and trembled.
“I don’t like someone else controlling my life.”
“Seona, I…”
“I know very well that you’re doing this for me. I’m grateful. I’m not saying you’re bad.”
Cheon Seona’s body, which had been lying down for a long time, was thin, but her eyes were strong and intelligent.
“But I want power. If I can become an Awakener and make a contract, that would be better than anything. I want to plant my own tree. That was my dream, and now I have a chance to achieve it.”
So Cheon Seona will not miss this opportunity.
Emily smiled brightly.
“That’s my condition. If Cheon Seona-ssi becomes an Awakener, she will become my disciple.”
“Before that.”
Han Sion raised his hand.
It was a careful gesture so as not to wake Pion.
“Who on earth is going to contract with her? The Blooming Spring Flower?”
“Hmm, I’d like to, but.”

[The Constellation, The Blooming Spring Flower, is sobbing, saying she only has Emily.]
“My Constellation-nim says that I’m enough for her.”
“Then don’t tell me…”
“Yes.”
Emily looked at each person in the hospital room one by one.
They were all contractors of the Silent Calamity.
And although they had only met for a short time, she could feel that the incarnation also loved them.
So if she told that Constellation that a human she had saved wanted to change her life.
She would surely grant it.
It seemed she didn’t want to make Cheon Seona a contractor as well, but if Cheon Seona’s will was firm, their soft-hearted Constellation would not be able to refuse.
Sion looked at the soundly sleeping Pion.

I had been sleeping for a while.
It wasn’t intentional.
It just seemed that my main body was in an unstable state, and the incarnation also used a lot of power, so there were some aftereffects.
A pitch-black space.
I was floating there in my human form.
It’s a bit ambiguous to call it a dream… actually, I don’t really know.
It was a space I didn’t even know existed.
‘Why did I come to a place like this?’
This is the first time I’ve been to this space.
It’s a space I never wished for, so I’m extremely flustered.
Pirong.
Just then, a system window popped up in front of my eyes.

[The Blooming Spring Flower: Calamity-nim]
[The Blooming Spring Flower: Calamity-nim, are you sleeping?]
[The Blooming Spring Flower: I’m so sorry, but could you please come to my nebula just once?]
[The Blooming Spring Flower: My nebula’s coordinates are 86765.29173812-183628929]
[The Blooming Spring Flower: Just once, please]
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