Chapter 48
“Today’s class ends here.”
A stern-looking female professor closes her book and steps down from the podium.
……Hmm?
Over already?
Haaaaaaaawm.
I yawn and stretch.
Have I been too busy lately?
Sleepy.
From meeting the Wisdom Constellation to taking down the Research Director.
And even the next story mode for the game based on that story.
I’ve been running non-stop.
That's why I'm still tired even though I slept through the whole class.
I haven't even added the content to properly discipline that Research Director jerk….
There's still so much to do to add that update.
[The Dream Storyteller puffs out her flat chest, saying you should rest after all that work.]
“But I want to revive the Wisdom Constellation’s precious people. It might be impossible, but as long as there’s a chance, I think I have to try.”
Even if they weren’t eroded by the Abyss’s Sin, using people’s perceptions might just work.
A masterpiece incorporating even the BGM, with the help of the God of Music.
I’m proud of the result, which I put my all into for a miracle.
[The Dream Storyteller clicks her tongue… saying you shouldn’t use that as an excuse, but she'll let it slide this time.]
Sorry, Lady Constellation.
If this goes well, I'll earn lots of money and buy you lots of food.
[The Dream Storyteller says food is nice, but reminds you not to forget that you are her Apostle, pouting.]
Of course.
I'm nothing but a commoner, incompetent without you, my Lady Constellation.
My precious Lady Constellation, who allows me to use your Divine Power and Divinity for my own desires.
I was packing my things and leaving the lecture hall while conversing with my Lady Constellation when…
“Do you have a moment?”
A man with glasses, leaning against the wall, stopped me.
“Pater.”
The lowest-ranked Apostle of the Wisdom Constellation, Pater.
He’s also the one who led me to the Wisdom Constellation when I came looking for a 19+ doujin based on the Archive Supervisor.
Why is he looking for me?
“How have you been?”
“……Fine, I guess.”
After meeting the Wisdom Constellation, I was so busy incorporating her story into the game that our last encounter was a vague goodbye.
“You don't look so well.”
“Really?”
I’ve been pulling all-nighters lately, so I probably have dark circles.
I must not look so good to him.
“Nothing much, just wanted to talk about our Lady Constellation.”
“The Wisdom Constellation?”
Now that I think about it, the Wisdom Constellation's Constellation Name changed.
That must be a big deal for the Apostles.
But even though the Demon God's Constellation Name changed, the Demon Race didn't seem to notice the change.
“Yes. Didn't you say you were seeking an answer from Lady Constellation back then?”
Come to think of it, the reason I met the Wisdom Constellation in the first place was because I wondered if she was gripped by the Sin of Lust.
In reality, she wasn’t eroded by Sin, nor was she a natural-born hentai; she simply used sexual desire as a defense mechanism to overcome her dark misfortune.
……It was just that, right?
“Judging by your expression, it seems you didn’t get the answer you were looking for.”
“Yeah, well… Haha.”
Technically, it's true that I didn’t get the answer I was looking for.
“Don’t be too discouraged. I’m also Her Apostle, but I’ve never spoken directly to Her.”
“……What? Never? But you’re an Apostle.”
“Yes. Our Lady Constellation is so great that She holds all the information about everything, so not just anyone can hear Her voice. That's why I also hear Her messages through the First Apostle.”
Uh… that's not it. It's just that the Wisdom Constellation was a shut-in at the time, so she gave instructions through a familiar subordinate instead of talking directly.
No, wait.
They said that hearing a God's voice directly could damage a human's mind.
Then isn't it like me, just chatting with Lady Constellation through a message window?
“What about Divine Speech?”
The Constellation's unique [ ] window.
Didn't you communicate using that?
“No. Her great will cannot be contained even by Divine Speech.”
“Oh….”
The Goddess of Wisdom was being tormented by the Research Director’s ghost back then, so it couldn't be helped, but it's a bit pitiful that they can’t even talk to the Constellation they serve.
“So don't be too discouraged. She's so great that hearing the answer you seek from Her is harder than a dragon passing through the eye of a needle.”
Pater pushed his glasses up, making a face he probably thought was cool.
He felt even more pathetic.
“Don't worry. If I ever gain Her recognition, I'll find the answer you seek for you.”
“Ah… Thank you.”
“Then, farewell.”
He grinned at me, patted my shoulder, and walked across the hallway.
Did he come to comfort me, thinking I might be disheartened after failing to get an answer even after asking for an audience with a God?
“……He’s a nice guy. Poor thing.”
And his loyalty to the Constellation he serves is incredible.
No, Princess.
Now that you're back to normal, you can send your Apostles Constellation Messages.
＊ ＊ ＊
[Wisdom]'s Domain
Woooong-
Small orbs of light gather.
Paaat-
A blond-haired boy appears within them.
As he slowly opens his eyes…
“Prince!”
A violet-haired girl rushes out, as if running barefoot.
Thud!
The girl leaps into the boy's arms with all her might.
“Oof!”
The impact is so strong that the boy is pushed back.
“I missed you!”
Unlike when she was confined to her room, the girl adorned herself with various knowledge and the First Apostle's help.
The boy stared blankly at her dazzling beauty.
“Did you not miss me, Prince?”
The girl tilts her head with a sad expression.
“Ah, no! Of course I missed you!”
“……Really?”
“Yes! Of course!”
“…You really do like me, Prince!”
The boy sighed inwardly at the giggling girl.
This feels like some kind of farce, but she's a Goddess who suffered from a lack of proper affection from a young age.
The boy thought he should indulge her to some extent.
[Let go of him! That bitch is wagging her dirty tail at our Ryan!]
[Grow up. The Constellation of Sacrifice is getting worked up over a poor little kid’s antics. …Wait. The Constellation of Sacrifice is getting worked up? This is a Sacrifice-induced heatstroke! Mwahahahaha!] [1]
[……Why am I stuck with these morons?]
There was a brief commotion among the Constellations watching…
“Um… Lady Constellation.”
Puff-
The Goddess of Wisdom pouts and turns her head.
Her puffed-up cheeks are filled with stubborn determination.
“……Princess?”
“Yes ♥ Did you call, my Prince?”
……Is this right?
Did I button the first button wrong because I got swept up in the atmosphere back then?
It’s not easy to call her Princess all the time.
Sweating profusely, the boy carefully broached the main topic.
“Um… have you… seen any signs of… resurrection?”
The biggest reason for incorporating the girl’s story into the game.
It was to revive the two experimental girls who were her most precious people.
To imprint that narrative deeply in the players’ minds, to engrave it in their perception, and to aim for resurrection through it.
Even if there's no energy generated from the purification of Sin, the boy’s aim was to try.
The girl, having fully awakened the power of Wisdom, can understand and know all the information on the Continent.
Therefore, if the two experimental subjects were successfully resurrected, the girl would have known immediately.
“…….”
However, upon hearing the boy’s story, the Goddess of Wisdom's expression hardens sharply.
Tears well up in her eyes.
The boy clenches his fists and sighs, thinking it’s a failure.
“……I apologize, Princess.”
“It’s okay.”
The girl turns her head and looks somewhere within her Domain.
“Do you remember me saying you were special, Prince?”
“……Yes.”
“You are special. Special enough to create unbelievable miracles.”
The girl’s sorrowful eyes fix on the boy.
“Princess….”
“I believe in your miracles, Prince. So don’t blame yourself. Your light will shine on us someday.”
The girl hugs the boy.
Thanks to her deliberately low-cut dress, the boy’s head fits snugly between her soft cleavage.
[Let him go! How can you just watch that!]
[Just ‘watch’? There’s ‘information’ too! Because Wisdom’s Domain is a treasure trove of information! Mwahahahaha!] [1]
[Ugh, both of you shut up!]
Regardless of the uproar among the Constellations watching, the girl enjoyed the feeling of the boy in her embrace.
The black-haired version I met in my dream was nice, but I like your current form too, Prince.
The warm caress of the Prince I yearned for so much.
Ah...
This is...
..●x.
Good se●.
At the edge of Wisdom’s Domain, where the girl had just looked…
“Our Chilchil-i has gotten a lot slyer.”
“Heehee. Well, it’s the Prince. Samsam-i would’ve done the same in that situation.”
“But Samsam-i.”
“Why?”
“Isn’t that Prince… kinda handsome? Like a prince from a fairy tale.”
“Unnie… Don’t tell me you’re trying to steal Chilchil-i's Prince? The Prince promised to yield to the Princess he saved back then.”
“No, listen carefully.”
“Okay.”
“We were originally destined to die and be consumed as materials for the experimental ritual, right?”
“Right.”
“But we’re alive and breathing like this.”
“Yeah.”
“Then doesn’t that mean that Prince saved us?”
“……Unnie, are you a genius?”
“I’m pretty smart, you know.”
“So we can pounce on the Prince while keeping our promise? Can we have a sisterly rice bowl?”
“No. What we’re going to do is a reverse gangbang. Also known as a 4P.”
“Ooh.”
While the Goddess of Wisdom was distracted, a scheme was being hatched by the revived Goddesses, their breathing growing ragged, a scheme that even her Divine Power could not avoid.
[1] Another pun that doesn't really translate.