I Made a Game Featuring Constellations - Chapter 44



Secret Meeting

“Useless things. Burn them all and dispose of them. Prepare Muria Unit 14.”

I thought I had seen enough misfortune until now.

“It hurts… It hurts…”

I thought there would be no misfortune beyond the stories of the magic engineer and the demon.

“Endure it! Do you know how much money and time has been spent on you? Endure that little pain!”

Not anyone else, but a constellation with the divinity of wisdom had gone through greater hardships,

“You! Youuu! I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you!”

And I never imagined that they were still suffering from that terrible pain.

So I thought lightly.

I thought that no matter how strong the shackles were, it wouldn’t be a problem with the mental strength of a god.

I didn’t think it would be a problem to repeat painful memories through dreams.

What game, what character, what event.

Someone is barely surviving, still unable to handle the lifelong pain, and yet I was grinning at the thought of making a game out of that narrative.

I felt so pathetic, worrying about how to archive this story and balance the characters.

“No… Stop it now…”

The moment I heard the groan of pain from her, who had become a constellation,

I no longer had the confidence to sustain her dream.

I had thought of creating a game based on her dream and healing her curse.

Clang!

“I’m sorry, Constellation.”

I couldn’t bear to just watch any longer.

I tore through the veil of the dream that had imprisoned her and reached out my hand.

“I’m really sorry for making you relive such painful memories.”

The pain, suffering, and sorrow she experienced.

I can’t even begin to fathom it.

“I think I can break these shackles.”

The curse of knowledge?

The more knowledge one has of the continent, the stronger the curse becomes, and with the power of knowledge, the shackles cannot be broken?

Then let’s give it a try.

Whose knowledge is more exceptional and vast?

Even if I mobilize all the knowledge I have, can your curse withstand it?

Buzz!

Beyond her vanishing dream, I unfolded my own dream.

My blonde hair gradually turning black.

The appearance of my current life fades, and the appearance of my past life returns.

My mental world was overlaid beyond the realm of fantasy.

“Would you mind keeping me company for a moment? I’m going to break these shackles right now.”

Though I don’t have many good memories, my hometown now remains as a longing.

Memories of a distant past that I can never return to.

It is a completely different Earth from my previous life, unlike the continent of Rayphania, which achieved progress through magical engineering.

The streets are filled with dazzlingly arranged neon signboards,

and the view is dominated by towering concrete buildings.

Slowly descending onto the sidewalk with her, I knelt on one knee and extended my right hand, palm up, towards her.

“You…”

“The nightmare is over, Princess.”

Even if this other world is a falsehood created by dreams,

if it can heal the wounds of a reality filled with pain,

“I will show you as much as you want. The knowledge beyond that will save you, Princess.”

The girl took my hand.

Perhaps it was the excitement of escaping from pain, but her cheeks were already flushed red.

“Please, take care of me…”

“I will serve you with utmost devotion.”

Like a knight serving a noble lady, I escorted her with proper etiquette.

* * *

“Oh, it’s an enormous river!”

“My name is Han River. This night view is truly beautiful, isn’t it?”

“……Yes… It’s really beautiful….”

The girl, who had followed the boy’s guidance, marveled at the lights filling the vast expanse beyond the great river in the dark night.

A vast night view embroidered with colorful lights.

It was different from what she knew of Rayphania.

A night view so beautiful that even the power of knowledge couldn’t penetrate it.

Boom!

A layer of the heavy shell that had been pressing down on the girl’s head was peeled away.

“Wow, it’s huge!”

“Isn’t it?”

Even looking up, she couldn’t take in the entire gigantic tower.

No matter how advanced the magical engineering technology of the Rayphania continent had become, there had never been a tower of this size.

Even the tower that was said to have been built in the mythological era and destroyed by the wrath of the gods wasn’t this large and grand.

How could such a thing be possible?

Was it possible through magical means?

The knowledge in the girl’s head couldn’t explain it.

Boom!

Another layer of the heavy shell that had been pressing down on the girl’s head was peeled away.

“I can’t feel any magic, but it’s moving at such a speed!”

“Oh no! It’s dangerous. Please come this way.”

As she was admiring the cars, she wandered onto the road and was in danger of being hit by a car when the boy hurriedly pulled her back.

The girl, due to inertia, fell into the boy’s arms.

“Are you alright?”

“……Yes.”

The girl answered in a small, timid voice.

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!

The girl’s heart began to race at a speed it had never reached before.

“There are also long rides.”

“Wo, wow! It’s long!”

The subway, with countless people getting on and off.

The girl marveled in front of it.

“How does this even move?”

“I don’t really know, but it seems to move by electricity.”

“……Electricity?”

Was he talking about the power of lightning magic?

Was it not just a destructive force?

A phenomenon that could not be explained with existing knowledge.

Boom!

The remaining shell inside the girl gradually faded away.

“An amusement ride…?”

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“It’s on a different level from the ones in Rayphania. Want to give it a try?”

A rapidly moving roller coaster.

“Kyahhh!”

The girl screamed and clung to the boy.

The boy burst into laughter at her cute reaction, but he didn’t notice the corners of her mouth rising.

“Usually, people take pictures here. Would you like to stand over here? I’ll take one for you.”

“N-no! Let’s take it together!”

The girl forcibly linked arms with the boy and dragged him along.

The boy chuckled and asked a nearby person to take their picture.

“Colpop…”

“That’s right. Would you like one?”

The girl took the cup the boy handed her.

As the boy picked up a piece of chicken with a toothpick next to her,

“Ahhh.”

She opened her mouth.

“…What are you doing?”

“Ahhh!”

The girl pointed inside her mouth with her finger.

“You want me to feed you?”

“Ahhh!”

“No, I told you to eat, I gave you the princess’s portion… Ah, okay! I’ll give it to you!”

*Thump! Thump! Thump!*

The countless experiences at the amusement park, the unforgettable memories, were enough to shred the girl’s shell to pieces.

Where should we go next?

I heard foreigners like Myeongdong, should we go there?

Just as the boy was going through a list of famous places in his head,

“Oh? Wow, Prince!”

“…Huh? Did you call me?”

The boy followed the girl’s finger with his gaze.

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“W-What kind of place is that?”

“Uh… that’s… well…”

What should I say?

Well… I don’t even really know, what am I supposed to say?

Besides, I set it so I can read all the languages so she knows what it means, why is she even asking?

“I… I don’t know what kind of place it is, so I really want to go. Can we go?

“

The girl pleaded earnestly.

“Ugh… I’m sorry. I’ve never been there, so the inside probably won’t be rendered.”

“…Oh, is that so?”

“Yeah.”

“Hmm~. I see.”

The girl turned around with a meaningful expression.

“Your Highness.”

“Yes.”

“Have you ever had a lover before?”

“…Why are you asking that all of a sudden?”

“Just curious.”

The boy couldn’t notice the sinister desire writhing within the girl.

“Your Highness! That chunk of metal is flying!”

“A ship that goes underwater?”

“Wow, an elevator that goes up this high!”

“There are no other species here? …What? Only humans?”

“Tada! How do I look in this outfit, Your Highness? Isn’t it pretty?”

“Run, run! Your Highness, I want another one!”

“Did you just splash water on me? Take this!”

The boy and the girl traveled all around the Earth.

No matter how advanced the magical engineering of the continent of Laiphania was, it couldn’t compare to the knowledge of modern Earth.

The culmination of human civilization built without the power of magic.

Those shocking sights broke down the girl’s defenses one by one.

“Ah, Your Highness. I’m so happy.”

“Is that so?”

Thank goodness.

The boy gave a faint smile.

The shackles that had been binding the girl were now almost gone.

If the knowledge of Earth’s civilization was insufficient, he had even considered summoning worlds from SF or martial arts creations, but it seemed that wouldn’t be necessary.

“Then, where shall we go this time? Is there a place you’d like to visit?”

There were still many places they hadn’t been to yet. Where would be good?

Should they visit famous spots overseas?

Although he had never actually been to those places in real life, he had seen them indirectly through various media, so there was no problem in recreating them.

As the boy pondered, the girl approached him and spoke.

“This time, I want to go there!”

“Where…”

Turning his head, the boy saw the glowing red sign and could only gape in astonishment.

MOTEL

…What? Where did you say you wanted to go?

“Hehehe.”