I Made a Game Featuring Constellations - Chapter 70



The Theft Erased of Lust

-Russ, Phew Phewㅠㅠㅠ

-Gaizerus is coming out too, right? Right????

-How… How cute!!!!!!️️️ Ah, really Russ, be my husband for life…

There was a magitech engineer who knew failure, and with [sacrifice], there was a demon who could stop and kidnap him.

With the goddess of wisdom, we could continue with a new plan, and above all, with our constellation, we could turn all this into a game and proceed.

The idea of using the number of rules and ghost stories to create an atmosphere of fear and convey a message about Gaizerus would never have come to mind without her suggestion.

“I couldn’t have done it alone.”

If it weren’t for our reliable investors, we wouldn’t have been able to do anything.

I always thought they were broken in some way, but there were no allies as reliable as them.

“…Tch. That look is too much. Are you going to be like that, our prince?”

“…Yes?”

Her reaction of puffing her cheeks and turning her face away was too sudden.

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“Before we started this, I promised to get one wish granted!”

The price for receiving the help of the constellation of wisdom was just one wish.

Wasn’t it quite cheap?

It was probably a favor she was doing for me.

Even if it was something a god asked an ordinary human to do, it wouldn’t be a big deal.

“Still, we were able to get quite a few clues about sin and the abyss from this.”

“…Really?”

“Of course.”

When she flicked her fingers, pictures of our investors, deformed into caricatures, appeared in the air.

“Sloth, wrath, pride, and even lust. You faced the four sins, prince.”

She connected the pictures from the first one, [sacrifice], to the magitech engineer, the demon, and finally to the last picture, [theft].

“All of this, when connected to the stories and sins of their past lives, has a common point.”

“A common point?”

“Yes, it’s that the sins that consumed them after their ascension are very far from their past selves.”

Sins far from their past lives…?

What does that mean… Ah!

It was then that I finally understood what she was trying to say.

“The Constellation [Sacrifice] was the person furthest from sloth. She always trained herself and fought to protect her people. After she was deified and ascended to godhood, she became such a recluse that she wouldn’t take a single step out of her room.”

The Magician, judging by his behavior after shedding his sins, was probably someone who liked silly jokes in his past life. Considering his timid demeanor before meeting that girl, he must have been a boy who couldn’t even get angry easily.

As for the Demon God, although her actions seemed foolish, she never once boasted about saving the continent and killing her master to become a hero. Of course, it was related to her master, but she was the furthest from pride.

Lastly, in the case of the Constellation [Theft]…

“The Constellation [Theft] is an elf. Although a dark elf, it’s well known that elves, compared to other races, hardly feel s*xual desire. They are a long-lived species, after all. Moreover, he died young after being battered by the world’s hardships from an early age, so he had no chance to experience lust, except once. And considering that one time was a pure romance with a childhood friend, he is the furthest from lust among the constellations.”

“So that means…”

“We can summarize it like this: the sins that consume the constellations are the ones furthest from their nature. Whether it’s because they are more vulnerable and easier to consume, or it’s deliberately chosen to dilute their divinity, we don’t know. But at least, there is such a pattern.”

So the gods chosen for consumption weren’t random.

Although it’s just a hypothesis based on the cases so far, it seems plausible.

Perhaps, based on this hypothesis, we can find other gods or understand the Abyss’s purpose and behavior patterns to learn more about them.

“Hmm…”

At that moment, the Constellation [Theft], who was lying down, groaned.

“It seems he’s trying to wake up.”

The Goddess of Wisdom approached him with a relaxed demeanor.

There were still fragments of lust left in him, but they were so tiny that they could only be seen as mere specks.

Flash

He opened his eyes and raised his upper body.

Then he frowned, as if feeling a headache.

Swish

The goddess of wisdom, who had been calmly facing him, suddenly hid behind my back.

“Uh… Princess?”

Wasn’t the princess supposed to handle this?

Is she scared?

“S-sorry, Prince! I must have forgotten because I was by your side!”

“Forgot what?”

“That without you, Prince, I’m a loner who can’t face other gods!”

Ah.

Right.

This woman had been trapped in a room for hundreds of years.

I had forgotten because she seemed so relaxed and dependable.

I guess I have no choice. I have to step in.

After letting out a deep sigh, I approached [Thief], who was sitting blankly.

“Nice to meet you, Gaius. Are you feeling alright?”

“…Who are you?”

His vacant eyes stared straight at me.

They were strong eyes, marked with the ferocity of a warrior, but the desire and madness I had seen before were no longer there.

His thoughts, too, were nothing but pure.

“Um… what should I say?”

It felt a bit strange to give my real name, Lian.

Apostle of the God of Dreams? …No, it sounds like I’m selling our constellation’s name.

GM? Can I call myself a Game Master?

Rather… yes.

“Director. Director would be the right term.”

“Director?”

“Yes, I was the master of the world where Gaius was just a moment ago.”

“Of that world…”

He touched his head, recalling the events he had experienced in the dream.

To erase the lust that remained in him and revive his memories from life, I borrowed the power of countless players.

After heightening the players’ immersion with an initial atmosphere of horror, I proceeded with Gaius’s story, guiding their perceptions to focus on his past.

The hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of perceptions gathered together, uprooting the deeply embedded lust in his mind and reviving his past memories.

I broke through the computational load that was difficult to handle with my power alone through collective intelligence.

Because he dreamed of so many worlds simultaneously, his mind was inevitably confused.

“Did you… pull me out of this nightmare?”

Having organized his thoughts, he slowly rose from where he had been lying.

“Thank you, Director.”

His once pale skin was gradually regaining its vitality.

His body, freed from a long debauchery, was beginning to normalize.

“I would like to have a longer conversation with you.”

His gaze reached the void.

“But there is someone who has waited for me for a very long time. Can you wait a little longer?”

“Of course.”

“Thank you.”

As soon as he answered, his body, wrapped in divinity, sparkled and then disappeared.

He didn’t tell me his destination, nor who had been waiting for him, but I felt I knew where he had gone without reading his thoughts.

* * *

Religious city of Condolence

Inside a temple, many people were bustling about.

“Put those letters over here! Yes! This goes here!”

Saphira, the First Apostle, who was directing the people inside the temple, entered her private resting space and collapsed into a chair once things had settled down.

“Whew.”

She then hugged a small doll.

A small doll filled with memories of him.

Why are there so many offerings, letters, and gifts today?

As an elf who had lived a long life, she was slow to catch up with the latest information and trends, and had no idea what was going on.

The increasing interest in the temple meant that the divinity that would reach him in the heavens would also increase, which should be a good thing, but it could also be someone playing tricks.

From her position on the ground, where she had to protect him, she had no choice but to be cautious until she knew how things were going.

If only our Russ’s divinity had been [Sacrifice] or [Harmony], there would be no such worries.

It was the problem of a divinity with ambiguous popularity called [Theft].

She recalled the past when she unified the elves and deified Gaizerus.

In the process of deifying him to resurrect him somehow, she had to find a divinity to symbolize him.

The most suitable divinity for him was [Sacrifice] or [Harmony], the divinities of already existing gods.

Therefore, she had no choice but to deify him with [Theft], which she barely found after much searching.

Fortunately, thanks to his rise as one of the seven great heroes of the continent, he could become a proper god as the savior of the elves, but due to the lack of divinity, he could not respond to her.

The first apostle of Sacrifice, Elf Melissa, who she knew from the neighboring village, was said to communicate well with her god, but she had never had a proper conversation with him.

If only I had thought more and found an appropriate divinity…

She spent every night sleepless with regret.

No, this is the punishment for forcibly resurrecting him.

The price for the golden liquor.

Will I be able to meet him again if I die?

I miss you… Russ.

It was when she hugged the doll even tighter.

“You still have the doll.”

She heard that voice.

She turned around with her eyes wide open.

She couldn’t believe her own eyes.

“Rus…?”

A voice she thought she’d never hear again.

A beautiful face she thought she’d never see again.

A boy with a dark face stood leaning against the wall.

“Have you been waiting long?”

“…No? Not that long?”

“So you did wait?”

She threw herself into his open arms as he approached her.

“Stupid Rus… Why are you only coming now?”

Her eyes reddened.

“I’m sorry, Saphira. I’m really sorry.”

She buried her face in his neck.

Even if this is an illusion, it’s okay.

Even if this is a dream and not reality, it’s okay.

Rather than waking up to a reality more terrible than a dream, she wants to stay in this world forever.

Before they knew it, they had returned to their past selves as a boy and girl.

“I won’t leave again.”

“Even if you want to leave, I won’t let you.”

[The thief with erased lust smiles.]

Freed from a long nightmare, the elf girl and the dark elf boy looked at each other’s faces and smiled brightly.