I Made a Game Featuring Constellations - Chapter 13



The Second Ostinato

Dragged out by the guards, Ian trudged back to his room.

She is going to die.

If she had chosen to marry him, she could have lived, but she insisted on choosing death.

“……Ha. Well, I guess marrying a pet frog is worse than dying.”

Maybe I loved her without knowing my place.

While Ian lay dazed, time flowed and the next day arrived.

The day of the execution of war criminals.

Ian rose from the bed.

Even if it was a rejected pet frog, he couldn’t let her die.

“Execute.”

Count Kalliu swung his hand.

Thud

Another neck was severed by the golem’s axe blade.

A fountain of blood spurted from the separated neck.

“Next.”

The headless corpse was cleared away, and the neck of a woman who was once a saint was placed on the execution block.

“Prepare.”

The golem’s axe blade was lifted.

Just as Count Kalliu was about to raise his hand,

“……Stop.”

Ian appeared, hair disheveled from running in a hurry.

“Ian Kalliu. What are you doing?”

Count Kalliu’s pale face frowned.

“It seems I can’t keep the promise.”

Magic sparkled in Ian’s hand.

Wooong

At the same time, all the golems responded to his magic.

“The golems I created with my skills, I will take them back.”

“…Is this rebellion, you foolish son?”

“Rebellion or not, I’m just taking back what’s mine.”

The golems knelt down, bowing to Ian.

But even seeing that sight, Count Kalliu laughed.

“You’re still naive, my son.”

Woong

Magic sparkled from Count Kalliu’s hand as well.

“You’re a genius in magical engineering, but you’ve never experienced a power struggle like seizing command over golems.”

Snap

As the Count snapped his fingers, the golems rose again, following his command.

“Did you really think I wouldn’t be prepared for such a move from you!”

“…Tsk!”

Ian clicked his tongue and extended both hands.

Magic swirled around his hands.

I must win.

Even if it means my death, I cannot let her die here.

The underwater struggle between the two Kallius over the golems was fierce.

“……Unbelievable. Such an adaptation speed!”

The count’s face hardened immediately.

Losing his composure, he shouted.

“Hey! Anyone! Cut this b*stard’s throat!”

The count urgently commanded, but

Bang!

The golem’s fist struck him down faster.

The count, brutally mangled and covered in blood, squirmed on the floor.

“Kate!”

Ian released the chains binding Kate’s hands.

While he was distracted by Kate, the count gave his final command filled with malice.

The count’s last command before losing his life spread to all the golems.

Wiiing

-Eradicate.

-Eradicate all living beings.

Ian, having completely freed Kate, tried to embrace her.

Bang!

The golem’s attack came crashing down on them.

Thanks to Kate rolling with Ian in her arms, they were able to survive.

“What the hell is this…!”

Ian quickly tried to use his magic to stop the golems, but he couldn’t.

It was Count Kalliu who, with his last will, poured all his magic and life into making the golems run amok.

The golems, already overloaded from the power struggle between the two Kallius, began to rampage as their circuits burned out from the excessive commands.

“Watch out, Ian!”

Boom!

Kate swung her fist, wrapped in holy power, and smashed one of the golems.

“Th-thank you, Kate….”

Kate, holding Ian in her arms, looked around.

“Ahhh!”

“Save me! I don’t want to die!”

“The golems have gone mad!”

The scene of countless spectators, gathered to watch the execution, being slaughtered by the golems.

With the golems’ circuits completely destroyed, it became impossible to control any of the golems present.

At this moment, there was nothing he could do unless he brought new golems.

“Le-let’s run, Kate! I’ll bring new golems! For now, let’s find a safe place…!”

Kate looked into Ian’s face with a sad expression.

“I’m sorry, Ian.”

“No, Kate. You can’t. You don’t have any weapons or equipment right now.”

“But I am a saint. Saint Cartesia, who protects people and leads them on the right path.”

Kate put Ian down and leaped.

“No, Kate!”

She began to destroy the golems and save the people.

However, in this situation where all the knights had fled, there was a limit to what the saint could do alone with her bare hands.

Ian ran.

Surely, there would be golems in the mansion’s basement prepared for emergencies.

He had to quickly bring the golems to save Kate.

He ran faster than he ever had in his life, awakening the army of golems that had been sleeping in the mansion.

When he returned, he found her lying on the ground in a horrific state.

Her left arm was nowhere to be seen, and her right arm was bent at a grotesque angle that he could hardly face.

The large hole in her abdomen revealed organs that were torn and mangled, barely recognizable as human.

“Kate!”

Ian held the girl in his arms.

“No, Kate! Open your eyes! Please! Where is the priest!?”

The boy wept, but there was no one left in the execution ground filled with the remains of golems.

“Ian…”

“Kate! Kate!”

“I want to… hear Ian’s music…”

The flame of life soon disappeared from the girl’s eyes.

aaah!

Raindrops fell on the boy who was sobbing.

Next Vision

Ian, who ascended to the throne of the Demon King after brutally murdering other politicians.

He held a grand funeral for Kate and organized her belongings.

Despite being the kingdom’s most revered saint, her bundle was humble.

Rustle

The boy found a diary, a small fairy tale book, and a recording magic tool inside.

The fairy tale book was so worn out from frequent reading that it was tattered.

[The Prince Who Became a Frog]

Ian’s eyes widened as he read the title.

The boy, filled with disbelief, played the recording on the magic tool.

Ding

A familiar melody flowed out.

It was the basic melody of the ostinato that he had always played for the girl.

Ian hastily picked up the diary.

And as he opened the diary, the boy wept bitterly.

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He was not a pet frog.

He was the prince who became a frog.

She did not become a saint because she hated him and his family.

She reluctantly took on the role of a saint to change the public’s perception of him from within the religion.

The girl did not refuse to marry him.

Before he came, Karyu, who had come earlier, rejected him to save him from the count’s threats.

She did not dislike the boy.

From the first day they met, she, like the boy, had fallen for him.

The vision ended with Ian crying out madly.

Next vision

Ian installed a giant magic circle in the Magic Kingdom.

He continued countless experiments to find a way to revive the girl.

He even synthesized all the jewels of the kingdom as materials

and sacrificed hundreds of innocent people.

No matter what he did, it was impossible to turn back time.

But he did not give up.

Even if it meant destroying the world, he was determined to bring her back.

Then, as he reached transcendence, he discovered the secret of the world.

The existence of the [Akashic Archive], which governs the stories of the entire universe.

The omnipotence of that institution, which can store and intervene in all history in the form of stories.

“It’s a pity, but no.”

The director who manages the [Archive] blocked him.

“Changing history disrupts the balance of the world. As the director of the [Archive], I can never allow it.”

Ian lunged at the director, but he was no match for the director’s power.

“If it can’t be done by the [Archive]’s way, I’ll have to borrow the power of the abyss.”

“You will regret it.”

“…If it’s regret, I’ve already had enough. I can’t do it anymore even if I wanted to.”

The director could only watch Ian leave with a look of pity.

Ian faced the Abyss.

“I will give everything I have.”

The power of the Abyss flowed into him.

“Return her to me.”

Corroded and darkened by the Abyss, he became its apostle and the Destroyer, Orpheus.

He felt the Abyss mocking him, but he turned his head away.

He could do anything if it meant saving her.