I am not a returner Episode 414:


    War of the Stars (5)


    -Ophiuchus stigmata…?


    There was a girl.


    -So, did I be an Awakened?!


    Unspoiled and pure.


    A girl as beautiful as a jewel.


    -Nice to meet you, Constetion! My name is… Eve.


    And abandoned by stars.


    As soon as the girl who lived in a remote countryside where there was no door to the sanctuary for the first time saw me, she bent her waist 90 degrees and trembled.


    How cute that look was.


    I could understand why other constetions called humans who inherited their stigmata ‘children’.


    -Moebius! Moebius! I made a lunch box!


    Unlike other awakened people, the girl did not focus on hunting down demonic beasts or increasing her ‘sex’.


    The girl who moved from a remote rural vige to a ce where there was a gate to the sanctuary visited my temple every day as if it were her own home.


    -Mom and dad? Hehe… They both died in an ident when I was young. So far, I’ve been staying with my grandfather!


    * * *


    He was a child as bright and cheerful as the stars shining in the night sky.


    -Wow! Moebius! Look at this! I can finally summon a snake!


    When the girl smiled excitedly, a smile appeared on my face.


    -Sniff… It’s Mobius. Another awakened person saw the snake I made and ran away because he was scared. It’s so cute, but why…


    When the girl makes a sad expression, my heart aches.


    -Why do you alwayse to the temple? Hehe… That’s because I like Moebius! Mobius is kind, cool, caring, and… like a father.


    My heart trembled so much when I heard the girl say ‘dad’.


    I still vividly remember the girl holding her stomach and bursting intoughter at my embarrassed appearance.


    -‘My child’…? Oh my. Please call me ‘Eve’ instead of that stiff title!


    I swore.


    To the stars floating in the Milky Way flowing in the night sky.


    -I like Moebius the best!


    This girl.


    my child.


    I will definitely protect it.


    I will make this girl happy, even if it means breaking the chains of discipline and restrictions that are binding me.


    That is my ‘duty’ as a Constetion.


    That’s what I thought.


    and.


    and.


    and.


    -Mobius… I’m cold.


    That girl.


    My child, whom I loved so much.


    -Please hug me tight so I don’t get cold…?


    With you in my arms.


    I quietly closed my eyes.


    [Why did you do that back then… What did you mean?]


    Vega frowned and looked at Moebius.


    “haha. Oh, sorry. I got excited for a moment. Yes, Vega, you probably don’t know. In fact, there is no need to know.”


    Moebius smiled bitterly and looked up at the smoke-covered sky.


    “It’s already… it’s over.”


    I painfully realized that spilled water cannot be put back again through countless regrets and agony over the years.


    Being able to put back spilled water… well, it would be impossible unless you were a ‘returner’ who came back in time.


    And defying time was impossible, even for someone with powerparable to the North Star.


    Regret is always toote and failure cannot be undone.


    Now there was only one thing left for him.


    “Then… let’s get started quickly.”


    ‘War of the Stars’.


    Sigh!


    Moebius’ shadow spread widely and instantly covered the entire wide square.


    Five shapes slowly began to emerge from the wide spread shadows.


    The magic of the distant stigmata filled the square and spread throughout the city.


    [This…]


    Vega’s eyes wavered.


    An unidentified figure began to emerge from the shadows.


    A far-off magical power that cannot be possessed by an ordinary magical beast, and the number ‘five’.


    It didn’t take long to guess what it was.


    [No way…]


    Five shapes emerged from the shadows.


    Two of them were ones that Ojin had also seen before.


    One was the constetion Noctua in the constetion Owl, and the other was the constetion Felis in the constetion Cat.


    They had ssy eyes, as if their souls had been robbed.


    [Did you make the ck Star constetions… your puppets?]


    “Because I can’t fight the war alone. “Just as you all need reliable colleagues, don’t you think I need one too?”


    Moebius shrugged his shoulders and looked back at the constetions that had emerged from the shadows.


    The constetion Moose in the constetion Paris.


    Hirudo, the constetion of Leech.


    Butenin, the constetion Toad.


    Felis, the constetion of Cat.


    Noctua, the constetion of Owl.


    They were all ‘satellites’ that had been expelled from the sanctuary in the past and were newly born ck star constetions with the power of the Heavenly Demon.


    “It’s a bit disappointing that Ancdus isn’t there… but someone killed him before I could find him.”


    Moebius shrugs his shoulders and turns his head towards Ojin.


    Ohjin clicked his tongue as he looked at the ck star constetions that appeared from the shadows.


    ‘This is the reason why no traces of the ck Star constetions could be found.’


    Like Ancdus, they came to Earth and encountered Mobius before they could leave a trace.


    and.


    ‘I was defeated by that bastard and became a puppet.’


    I never would have guessed that the reason the ck Star constetions had not been visible for a while was because of Moebius.


    Although it was a variable I hadn’t thought about.


    “I did something stupid.”


    “Hmm. “Are you saying this is stupid?”


    “Instead of making him a puppet, how about controlling him in some other way?”


    Just like the demonic beasts did.


    Beings whoe under Moebius’s ‘domination’ be puppets that have almost lost their sense of reason.


    It may be that the intelligence itself is not that high in the first ce.


    It was an obvious loss of power that turned the powerful force called ‘Constetion’ into a puppet that could not even use its original power properly.


    ‘It’s actually better from my point of view.’


    The ck Star constetions were enemies that would all have to be dealt with one day.


    How can we not wee such enemies as they have appeared as puppets who have lost their sense of reason?


    “That’s an interesting opinion.”


    Mobius crossed his arms and nodded.


    “So, for example, how were we supposed to control them?”


    “well? “It’s a lie or something.”


    “ha ha ha! Unfortunately, I don’t have that level of speaking skills.”


    “Isn’t a snake a creature that represents lies?”


    “Ah, you are talking about the snake that appears in human beliefs.”


    Since ancient times, ‘snakes’ have been considered creatures with cunning wisdom and skills in lying.


    “A myth is just a myth.”


    “For that matter, you seem to be pretty good at joking around.”


    “This is all thanks to Cheonma’s teachings.”


    “….”


    also.


    Was it Cheonma who was controlling Mobius from behind?


    “My true self doesn’t fit the description of cunning.”


    “okay? “Then what were you like originally?”


    “Well… nice, cool, and caring would be a better description.”


    “That’s a lot of confidence.”


    “haha. “Because that kid said so.”


    Mobius’s faint smile, as if recalling the past, certainly seemed far from the expression ‘cunning.’


    “ha.”


    Ojin sighed deeply and gripped his spear.


    “I know you have a story.”


    Even if it wasn’t the conversation we just had.


    Just by looking at Moebius’ eyes, one could tell that he had not waged this war without any reason or purpose.


    but.


    “What does it matter now?”


    “…okay.”


    Isn’t war inherently a me that burns with story as fuel?


    There was no way to extinguish the burning me since it had already been ignited.


    Unless one side’s ‘story’pletely disappears in mes.


    “I will take charge of Moebius.”


    Ojin grabbed his spear and took a step forward.


    Shaaaaaaa!


    With an eerie sound, pure white snakes crawled out from the shadow of Moebius.


    Hundreds of thousands of snakes were shot like bullets towards Ojin.


    When I first faced Moebius, the snakes were so fast that they couldn’t be seen with the naked eye.


    “I didn’t sit still while you were ‘making friends’ for the past three months.”


    Wooooow!


    The Lyra stigmata radiated light, and a silver halo enveloped Ojin’s body.


    The same sanctuary that Vega showed.


    Within this silver area, lightning possesses absolute power.


    Kwajajajajajajag!


    A strong thunderstorm swirled around Ojin’s body.


    Hundreds and thousands of snakes rushing towards him instantly turned to ashes and scattered in the air.


    “her.”


    Moebius, who saw this,ughed as if it was absurd.


    “Has it been 3 years, not 3 months, without me knowing?”


    To that extent, it waspletely different from the sight of Oh Jin I saw a few months ago.


    Now, it feels like I’m dealing with the same ‘constetion’ rather than a ‘human’.


    ‘No, that’s not it.’


    It couldn’t even be called a constetion.


    That was a ck sky greedily devouring stars… It felt like confronting the ‘Heavenly Demon’.


    “It’s just as he said.”


    Moebius smiled slightly and slowly raised his arms.


    Three white snakes crawled out of his shadow and entangled themselves in his arms, turning into a single sword.


    “Okay then, enough of the entertainment… shall we get started properly?”


    When Moebius drew his sword, the ck star constetions that were standing in ce and staring nkly into space began to slowly move their bodies.


    Her eyes were like a doll, with no emotion whatsoever.


    The distant magical power flowing from them vividly proved that they were transcendental beings called ‘constetions’.


    “I never thought the day woulde when I would point my sword at the Constetion.”


    “Those guys aren’t just any constetions. What are they? Corrupted constetions? “It’s the same thing.”


    “I’m going to punish the bad guys!”


    Pure white frost spewed out from Allen and Baekmu Gang’s swords.


    “I will evacuate the children to a safe ce.”


    “please.”


    Leaving behind Reba, who was evacuating the children, Isabe took a step forward, holding a sickle made of blood.


    “Have you ever tried to beat that bastard called Ancdus or something before? “If you want to make a dent in their bodies, you have to hit them with every ounce of magical power you have, so don’t even throw away this stupid check.”


    Ha-eun released her eye patch and created a huge fireball.


    “Oh, wasn’t it Ojin who hit Ancdus back then, not Ha-eun?”


    “I, too, have been set on fire a few times!”


    “Ho Ho. just joke. As Ha-eun said, you can’t prate the constetions’ sanctuary with a clumsy attack. Right, Constetions?”


    Cassia looked back at Vega and raised the corners of her mouth.


    [If it’s a blessing, I’ll use it at the right time, so don’t worry.]


    “I’m d. Well, unfortunately… Coincidentally, the Constetion who is supposed to give me a blessing is in enemy territory.”


    Cassia took out a sword from the shadows and her eyes shined sharply.


    and.


    Kwaaaaaaaaaa!


    With a roar that shook the square, the war between the Constetions and humans came to an end.