Meeting with The Crows Ruins

I laughed “pikkukuk” in my jellyfish form.
Since I couldn’t answer Yeon Taeseon in this state, it was a justifiable ignore.
‘And it’s a bit much to stand in front of people yet.’
I had decided to change, but I still didn’t have the courage to stand among this many people.
‘If you eat too fast, you’ll get an upset stomach.’
My bottom line for now was up to my contractors.
Person-to-person interaction is still a little scary…
‘And if someone who has never entered the gate suddenly comes out of the exit, it’ll cause an uproar.’
All sorts of reporters had filmed the scene of five people entering the gate, but when six came out?
There was no greater horror than that.
I didn’t want to receive that horrifying attention.
“Detailed matters will be announced officially after being delivered through the association.”
Just then, Sion’s words ended.
At the same time, the Crow guild members began to be pulled out of the gate like a string of dried corvinas.
The sight of 30 people being lifted by Jiye’s telekinesis and popping out of the gate was a bit funny and also a rare sight.
Some people, seeing us with only minor scratches, whispered, ‘Maybe the boss was easy,’ and some people wrote rumors, but.
The moment they saw the Crow guild members coming out like a string of corvinas, those words disappeared.
Of course, they hadn’t participated in the battle at all, and had just been a nuisance, attacking us after being consumed by Han Siyoon, but…
The torn clothes from the skills wielded by the Nate guild members for suppression, and the blood that had been shed from the steel feathers, didn’t disappear, so.
They jumped to the conclusion that the battle must have been more intense than they thought.
‘Well, it was intense.’
It was a green light for us.
It meant that we had cleared the gate, which had turned the Crow Guild into a bloody mess, with only minor scratches.
There would be no controversy about our skills.
“Since we’re short on time, this is the last question.”
I took the star candy that Yeon Taeseon gave me, crunched on it, and watched Sion.
A rookie reporter raised her hand.
She continued in a trembling voice.
“This is Lee Jina from the Kyungha Daily. Nate Guild Leader-nim, could you please tell us about the wings on your back?”
The three-pronged single wing that had mesmerized people during the interview.
The people who were curious about the fluttering snow-white wings swallowed their saliva and waited for Sion’s words.
At that question, Sion smiled like an angel as if he had been waiting for it and said.
“I have received a stigma from the Constellation.”
It was an angelic bombshell.
A stigma, its existence was known, but no one knew its true nature.
It was something that was observed very rarely.
To say it like this, it sounds like something legendary that is confirmed once every ten million years, but in reality, it was of that level.
A stigma, which was said to be bestowed for a short time by a Constellation on a contractor they particularly cherished during an intense battle, had only been observed for a very brief moment.
‘It’s that precious, but the Crow, who bestowed a stigma just because his contractor was in danger, is he ignorant or brave.’
But that was only temporary.
There had never been a case where a Constellation permanently bestowed their own stigma, to the point where the contractor could say they ‘wore’ it.
Because it was a burden for the Constellation themselves to tear off their own soul.
Of course, that didn’t apply to me.
I had just snatched someone else’s stigma, dusted off the damaged parts, filled them in, made it pretty, and attached it to my contractor, so there was no way it would be a burden.
If there was a burden, it would be the sincerity I had put into making it.
The only one who had suffered a loss was The Crow’s Ruins.
“But does he have to wear that stigma so splendidly for the rest of his life.”
“Piuk.”
“The Nate Guild Leader is just showing off…”
After finishing the interview, Sion fluttered his wings and came over to us, naturally placing me on his head.
Anyone could see that the attention-grabbing was no joke.
I had given him wings that were designed to be turned on and off, but Sion had the wings on full throttle.
‘He must be in a very good mood.’
Well, he would want to show it off.
It was a stigma I had bestowed…
But feeling all these gazes, even in my jellyfish form, was trembling.
“Con… Pion is anxious. Turn off the wings.”
Yeon Taeseon, conscious of the surrounding gazes, corrected his title and said crookedly.
Sion, who was in a very good mood, smiled brightly.
“You get lost, Yeon Taeseon.”
“I did nothing wrong.”
“Are you saying that after seeing the association vehicle behind you?”
Yeon Taeseon glanced back.
A black, sturdy transport vehicle was waiting to take Yeon Taeseon to the association.
Not only had he had his grade measured without the association president’s permission, but he had also entered a dungeon with it, so now Yeon Taeseon was in a semi-criminal status.
He wasn’t a real criminal.
Even though it wasn’t authorized, the administrative processing had been done in a rush.
The problem was that because it was a rush job, the documents were full of holes.
Because of that, association hunters had flocked to take him into custody.
Yeon Taeseon sighed deeply for a moment.
“Pikku.”
‘Go on, Regressor. And let’s have a deep conversation.’
As I waved my tentacles, Yeon Taeseon walked heavily and disappeared into the association vehicle.
Only then did Sion turn off his splendid wings.
Sion, who had become normally angelic, pressed my head with a “pikkuk” and said.
“Nate Guild, raid finished. We’ll submit the report the day after tomorrow and rest until tomorrow.”
The declaration of the end of the raid to the guild members.
The other three contractors stretched and stretched.
The Crow guild members were taken away by their guild’s cleanup team, who had rushed out.
Of course, the only undamaged body cam on the Crow Guild Leader’s body was officially collected by an association staff member.
Everything is resolved.
“…”
Of course, my… image of me using a stigma would be recorded, but I think Hong Yuon will block it at her level.
Since Sion returned with a stigma from the gate that had been upgraded to S-rank, she would think that there must have been my intervention.
The smart Hong Yuon will handle it on her own.
‘Then now…’
I looked at the star-shaped system that was sparkling in a corner of my vision.
When I pressed it, a speech bubble popped up.

[The Administrator is calling.]
[The Administrator is calling.]
I had to go see the Administrator, who had been calling me with a “pirong-pirong” sound for a while now.
‘What’s going on.’
Since I’m in my jellyfish form, I quickly hid in Sion’s pocket.
“Whaa… Pion?”
“Pi.”

[The Constellation, ‘The Silent Calamity’, says she will be away for a while.]
After sending a message.
I slipped out of the pocket so that this handsome fanatic contractor wouldn’t fall into a panic, and even made eye contact with him.
After seeing Sion nod his head with difficulty, I went back into the pocket.
‘Administrator. Open the door.’

“This is the first time you’ve formally requested without breaking the door.”
At the same time, my vision was overturned.

Blink, blink.
An endless Milky Way spread out before my eyes.
The shallow water that lapped at my toes also reflected the Milky Way in the sky, making it feel as if I were alone in this vast space.
It’s the Administrator’s nebula.

“Why are you looking around like it’s your first time?”
“Just looking…?”
I turned my head indifferently at the clear voice I heard, but I was at a loss for words for a moment.
Unlike usual, when he was wearing a white cloth casually wrapped around him like a Greek god, this time he was wearing a neat white suit.
The lining, with the Milky Way flowing on it, was a nice touch.
It wasn’t a fabric of the human world.
Even his long, pale blue hair, which used to drag on the floor, was loosely tied at the bottom.
He looked so handsome, no, putting aside how handsome he was, I was flustered.
What is this?

“You must like how I dressed up.”
The way the Administrator smiled gently was that of a beauty who could ruin five countries… no!
“Why are you dressed like that?”

“Don’t be shy, give me a kiss.”
“I’m going back.”

“How heartless.”
The chuckling Administrator floated slightly in the air and crossed his legs in a very elegant posture.
That posture suited him ridiculously well.

“I called you today for official business. I just dressed up for my own mood.”
“Official business?”
My head tilted.
Because no matter how much I thought about it, there was no official business that would require the Administrator’s intervention.
There’s no death penalty in the starry sky, and I didn’t do anything wrong… No matter how much I thought about it, it wasn’t my fault.
‘Isn’t it a lie?’

“It’s not a lie.”
The Administrator then displayed a system window in front of me.

[Agreement Request Form]
What request form?

“The Crow’s Ruins wants the contractor who fell into your hands back.”
“…”
I took out the ‘thing’ that was once Han Siyoon from the void.

“Yes, that.”
To think that he would go so far as to make an agreement to get this back.
Anyway, how does he plan to turn this rock back into a human?
I couldn’t even imagine.

“He said he wants to meet and talk in person, so I’m mediating.”
“What?”
I was flustered.
Are you telling me to just meet my sworn enemy without any mental preparation?

“The Starry Sky Court will be temporarily opened. Isn’t it fun?”
“It’s not fun at all! I’m really going to sue you!”
KWANG!
A light descended from the sky.
The nebula opened, and the sound of splashing and the smell of blood began to dirty the clean Milky Way.