Chapter 239: Baptism of Stars (1)


    The awkward silence was only broken by the asional ticking of the clock.


    Finally


    "Pfffft!" Ohjins barely-suppressedugh escaped from his mouth.


    Eeeek! Ha-eun had put on a white gown and moved as fast as light, using one of her long, slender legs to kick him hard in the stomach.


    Craaack!


    Keuhuk! A sound that shouldnt havee from a persons stomach resonated, and Ohjin went flying into the wall.


    Ha-eun, her face red, red at him while he slid down from the wall and sprawled onto the floor. "Sh-shut up! If youugh, youre dead! Got that?!" she yelled.


    Kyahahahaha! So funny! NT, no, Reba burst out intoughter and clutched her stomach.


    "Ugh" Ha-euns shoulders shook, and she chewed her lips since she couldnt kick a girl who looked 10 years old. Her fists shook with rage. "So this kid is the Star of Celestial Shining Pearl?" If looks could kill, Reba wouldve been long dead. The girl just remained sitting on the sofa and patted her legs, though.


    Ohjin moaned in pain as he stood and nodded his head.


    "Nice to meet you; my name is Reba Bell," the girl said, reaching out to shake Ha-euns hand.


    Ha-eun frowned. "Why did the Star of Celestial Shining Pearle here?" she asked in irritation.


    "Hmm. Actually, I followed Ohjin because I was a little interested in him I didn''t expect to see a scene like that." Reba looked back and gave Ohjin the type of smile that a 10-year-old girl shouldve never been capable of.


    "What? In-interest?" Ha-eun stammered. Her jaw dropped in shock. "Y-you punk. You even touched a kid?!" A cat-like leap brought her onto Ohjin so she could shake the cor of his shirt.


    Ohjin gasped as if he were suffocating before giving Reba a sharp look and saying, Thats enough; stop joking around.


    "Hehe. Okay. I''m sorry. I''m sorry." Reba shrugged and flicked her hand, causing a leaf to grow out of a decorative nt in the room before it wrapped around her body, and she slowly transformed into an adult woman.


    "What''s this?" Ha-euns eyes widened. Reba was so beautiful that other women had no choice but to gasp in surprise when they saw her.  She suddenly remembered how Reba had said she was interested in Ohjin, and an unpleasant feeling crawled through her.


    Reba shrugged and shook her head. "If it''s about what I just said, then you don''t have to worry. I''m interested, but that doesn''t mean Im desperate enough to go for a man whos already taken. She looked at Ohjin and added, Well, the story might change if hes interested as well.


    Ohjin smiled beneath her tant stare. "As you can see, I already belong to someone else." He gripped Ha-euns hand and lifted it as if to show off.


    Reba crossed her arms and began to pout. Oh, my Dont you know that a rtionship between a man and a woman is the most unsure thing in the world? Even if they profess undying love for each other, you never know when


    "No." Ohjin shook his head and interrupted her. "Never, ever." Instead of making a determined oath or a motivated deration, he spoke calmly, as if stating a fact.


    "Huh." Rebas eyes shed in interest. Unlike Ha-euns panicked reaction, Ohjins eyes were as calm as a solitaryke at dawn. Upon seeing it, she knew it was impossible to change his mindnot even a celestial could be of help in that regard.


    "I''m a bit jealous." She gave Ha-eun a yful look. Why does he love you so much?


    Wh-what do you mean by that? Ha-eun stammered. Its, um


    "Well, I guess thats bound to happen if you wear such risque underwear and pose seductively in front of the door for him while muttering something about your baby.


    "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Ha-eun screamed and jumped at Reba, who burst intoughter and took cover behind the sofa. "I I told you to shut up!"


    "Hehe. It''s fun to tease you." Reba acted like shed found an interesting toy.


    Ha-eun frowned. "Now that youve been clearly rejected, why don''t you go back to your room?"


    "Right, Reba agreed. I dont want to disturb your cozy night.


    "I want to ask you something," Ohjin said before she left.


    "Huh? What is it?"


    "I''m going to receive the Baptism of Stars in a week, and I''m wondering what the whole process is like."


    "Oh, that?" Reba nodded. "When you enter the sanctuary, the celestials will guide you to the Milky Way Spring."


    "Is it in the sanctuary?"


    "I don''t know."


    "You don''t know?" Ohjin tilted his head. Shed already been to the Milky Way Spring once, but she didnt know?


    "You go through something like a teleportation spell the celestials have to cast together to move you there.


    "Oh." So theyd be teleporting instead of walking?


    When you arrive, you will have to submerge yourself in the Milky Way Spring for about 10 minutes; then, your celestial will personally recite a prayer.


    "Is that it?"


    "Yes."


    It didnt seem like that big of a deal. What about the rumors of stigmas rising in rank after you enter? What was that about? he asked.


    "Oh, thats a little different from person to person."


    "Different?"


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    Youll be surrounded by a huge amount of mana once you soak in the Milky Way Spring, Reba exined. Of course, Ohjin already expected as much since three dragon veins connected there. "Then, depending on how much the Milky Way Spring ''shines, the mana flowing into you will differ.


    "Hmmm." She was saying there would be a difference in how much mana you could receive depending on how much the spring shone? "How much does it usually shine?" he asked.


    "When it was my turn, it was like a fluorescent light."


    Does a fluorescent light shine a lot? Ohjin wondered.


    "Well, I don''t know much because I haven''t asked the other Seven Stars, but I heard Allens spring shone about as bright as a torch, she said.


    That was enough for Ohjin to understand. A fluorescent light was much brighter than a torch, after all. "So you''re saying the spring shone more for you than for Allen?" Hed thought it would be better for Allen since he was an apostle of a North Star.


    "Well, I''m a unique case, right?" Reba stuck out her tongue and shrugged.


    Ohjin remembered how Manager Han had mentioned the Star of Celestial Shining Pearl a couple of times. Didnt he say the Star of Celestial Shining Pearl became a high-ranking Awakener in just two years? Even when he used himself as aparison, her growth was tremendously fast.


    Well, not as unique as you, Uncle Reba shook her head and gave him a wry smile. She had often heard that she was a genius and had been blessed by the stars, but she couldntpare to Ohjinhis talent was so incredibly absurd that shed even believe it if someone said he was a reincarnation of Titan, the Celestials creator.


    "Anyways, having it be as bright as a fluorescent light was good, right?" he asked.


    "Yes. I went up to 10-Star thanks to that, she confirmed.


    "What?" She became a 10-Star there? Then if things go well, then I can also Did it mean that he could be a 9-Star if he was baptized? Waiting a week is going to be a challenge. He barely managed to suppress his excitement, but a small smile tugged at his lips.


    Do you have anything else youre curious about, Uncle? she asked.


    No, thats pretty much it.


    "Hehe. I''ll be going now. Lets get in touchter."


    "Oh, onest thing" He stopped her again.


    "What?" she asked.


    "Whats my title going to be?" Since the Stars of Celestial Pivot and Celestial Rotating Jade were taken before, did that mean he would receive one of the two titles?


    Um the celestials will decide on that. For you She smiled and shook her head. "No, I''ll leave that forter."


    ? Ohjin looked at her with suspicion. She probably knew something, but he didnt press the issue.


    Ill go now. You two have a good time.


    "Ugh." Ha-eun gulped after Reba left and said, "I don''t like her." She gritted her teeth and continued to re at the closed door.


    "But there''s nothing wrong with getting to know her," Ohjin argued. It wasnt easy to personally meet a member of the Seven Stars, even if one poured a countrys whole budget into it. Well, he had be a Seven Star as well, so it made a bit more sense.


    Haa, howe there are more and more women around you, bastard? Ha-eun sighed and pinched his cheek. "Still" She smiled and leaned in to give him a small kiss on the cheek shed just pinched. I was touched by what you said.


    Ohjin slowly reached for her and pushed the white gown she was wearing up. What was that you said earlier? My baby?


    "Ah! Hey, you said you wouldn''t say anything, you bastard!" Ha-eun eximed.


    He pulled her in by the waist before she could retreat. "There''s no one watching now, right?" he asked.


    "B-but" She did her best to avoid his gaze.


    Then, he pulled her in and kissed her. "You said you''d give me a special reward when I be a Seven Star, didnt you?"


    "Ugh." Ha-eun stopped trying to argue and bowed her head. Shed had to go through indescribable shame, but the n shed buried slowly came full circle. "Fuu" She calmed her thumping heart and stroked Ohjins cheek while trying to rx as much as she could.


    She just barely managed to squeeze out, "What sort of present does my baby want from his big sister?


    Ohjin drily gulped and gave her a deep look before opening his mouth. There was only one thing he could say in such a situation


    "Waa."


    Im just a baby. Give me food.