I Became an Overpowered Constellation in the Game

Chapter 12
The Possessed Princess (3)

『 Translator – Divinity 』

I had a dream after a long time.

Not a dream in the literal sense, but I was revisiting the quests in the ‘Legardium’ Kingdom part.

Because I needed to know what promise Aisela Carsein was referring to.

I decided to slowly retrace my steps to see if I had missed anything.

‘I’ve done a lot.’

Human memory fades as time passes.

The main quest with the Kingdom of Legardium takes place very early in the game, so I couldn’t remember the process well.

「Would you like to replay 【Tutorial – Legardium Kingdom】?」

“Yep.”

With my answer, the world began to crumble and reconstruct itself.

It was like the power of a constellation, transcending time and space.

—Kyaaaaaak!!

And what greeted me was… a familiar scream I had heard countless times.

‘Ah.’

Looking around in the reconstructed world, I saw the sight of a quaint mansion on fire.

A familiar female figure disappeared beyond the hallway.

Following her, a group of people chased after the figure at high speed.

The Hounds of the Constellation.

They were chasing the princess with a ferocious momentum, threatening her safety.

‘That’s right.’

Aisela Carsein is a woman who was betrayed once.

By her fiancé, no less.

She didn’t like the political marriage in the first place, but this incident must have made her hate it even more.

‘Who was it again?’

【Damien Carmos】

‘Ah.’

As his figure appeared, the status window automatically showed information about him.

「Warning! The target is cursed by a constellation.」

Blond hair, common in this world, and somewhat crazed eyes.

“Kuk kuk, Your Highness. There’s nowhere left to run. Today, you and I will…”

That bastard who was chasing Aisela at the end of the hallway was the main villain of the tutorial and a foreign prince.

He supposedly made a secret contract with a constellation for his family or something.

‘Idiot.’

Look at him, making a contract just because it’s a constellation.

His reason has flown out the window, and his mouth is dripping with desire.

Can that even be considered human anymore?

No, that was nothing more, nothing less than a monster to be eliminated.

“Help me, save me…”

As the noble crawled on the floor pleading for his life, the fiancé approached with a wicked smile.

Chaak!

What followed was the bestowal of eternal rest.

This day was the day of the grand, chaotic aerial cartwheel show of the gold-haired bastard possessed by a constellation.

A grand party was held to celebrate the engagement, and the princess and nobles who attended were openly attacked.

And the main mission of the tutorial was to stop the tyranny of that gold-haired bastard using followers.

‘At this point…’

It’s when the scale of the religious order is still small, and the number of followers is low.

Newbie players who have just entered the game would be panicking and running around like headless chickens.

But I, who am already rotten to the core, am different.

I’m fully prepared to clear the game optimally.

And what’s needed to survive as a weak constellation is a strong follower.

Kwaang!

With a roaring sound, the wall was blown away.

What emerged from the thick dust cloud was a goddess with fluttering red hair.

‘Our Lisia.’

Our filial Lisia, drawn from the starter pack, had arrived at the scene.

“…!”

A moment of spontaneous admiration.

Seeing her in person like this, after only seeing her in stiff graphics in the game…

The level of realism was different.

It was a special experience, as it was a moment shared during the days when I was struggling with a low progress level.

‘This happened too.’

With a heartwarming feeling, I watched Lisia’s actions.

“…”

Lisia, who entered the building without a word, calmly surveyed her surroundings.

Piles of corpses, the burning interior, and…

The thick traces of a constellation.

“Grrrr…”

The monsters reconstructed by the constellation’s grasp drooled as they looked at the intruder.

The level that appeared above their heads was similar to Lisia’s, so it might seem dangerous, but…

In this world, in this game, there was a rank that was considered higher than level.

『S』

Our filial daughter, boasting top-tier efficiency, displayed a combat prowess of a different class, swiftly clearing the mansion’s interior.

“Squeak!”

“Ugh!”

Monsters were knocked down with a single punch.

Despite their terrifying appearance, their end was quite pathetic.

Lisia, having roughly taken care of the situation, looked up at me.

“…”

‘…Huh?’

「To replay the tutorial, please control the follower.」

Ah.

Since it’s a simulation, I have the initiative?

As I gave the mental command to protect the princess, Lisia’s avatar immediately moved accordingly.

Advancing steadily with Lisia, who was moving without hesitation, we reached the center of the commotion…

The hallway was already littered with the corpses of knights who had breathed their last.

The fate of those who desperately tried to protect their princess.

Even if they were strong from a human perspective, their opponent was a constellation’s supporter.

In a way, an existence similar to our Lisia.

‘It’s cowardly to push with levels like this.’

Leaving behind the poor victims who were mercilessly slaughtered, I guided Lisia deeper inside to grasp the truth of the incident.

And what we encountered was…

“…I will offer you to the constellation and raise my kingdom to the highest position where no one can touch it, kuk kuk.”

“D-Don’t touch me…!”

The gold-haired bastard excited about the idea of offering a sacrifice, and the terrified princess.

Here, we had smoothly rescued her, just like in the tutorial.

Thump! Thump!

“Ugh…!”

As I put down the gold-haired bastard, who was now a bloody mess, the tutorial quest was completed.

The constellation of the gold-haired bastard, having lost its pawn, seemed to have lost interest and obediently erased its presence from him.

‘…No.’

To be precise, it was ‘pretending’ to erase its presence.

The real villain of this tutorial immediately targeted the princess right there.

“Gasp, ugh…!”

Checking the princess, who seemed to be suffocating and in pain, she was on the verge of being possessed by a constellation, just like I remembered.

‘That’s right.’

I think I remember everything clearly now.

That day, in this place, I saved the princess from the clutches of the constellation.

And the princess I rescued had eyes full of venom.

“I… I hate you, the constellation race…!”

After all the trouble I went through to save her, her words were outrageous.

Aisela Carsein at that time was full of thorns.

She almost lost everything to a constellation, and the one who saved her was also an apostle of a constellation?

Constellations, and more constellations.

It’s enough to make anyone sick of them.

But that’s the fault of the princess, born into this world as nothing more than a constellation’s plaything.

‘Whoa, whoa.’

I stopped Lisia, who looked as if she was about to run over and slap the princess.

She’s like this even in the simulation.

I don’t dislike it, though, because I can feel her love for me.

“You too, in the end, must want my body…! This cursed talent.”

Talent.

Aisela Carsein’s talent.

「Perk: Child Blessed by the Stars (S)」

A unique perk that, if you maintain a high likeability with her, can buff the followers within the religious order.

The community was full of ways to somehow recruit Aisela Carsein, but…

It didn’t mean much to me.

There were plenty of alternatives to that perk, and I was confident I could manage.

It’s a perk that’s attractive to newbies who exude a lewd aura, but it’s useless to me.

That’s why I refused.

And since I refused, I tried to use the power of the perk to give her some ‘objectivity.’

If it were another human, their head would explode and they would die, but the princess’s talent made it possible.

So, I just showed her for a moment.

How insignificant and ridiculous the princess’s existence is in this vast universe.

「Would you like to share your vision with Princess ‘Aisela Carsein’?」

How many constellations are watching this place from beyond this world.

This world is too cruel to hate it because of personal feelings.

“Gasp, sob…!”

Aisela, sharing my vision through Lisia, faced a fragment of the universe.

Her pink hair, covered in dust, became disheveled, and her whole body was instantly drenched in cold sweat.

But her eyes were filled with life.

After thousands of stars passed through her eyes, Aisela finally stopped hating constellations and calmed down.

‘This is it.’

What I know, and the progress within the game, ends here.

Princess Aisela continued to express her willingness to cooperate with the religious order after that.

And as everyone knows, I have repeatedly rejected her requests.

What I wanted was a business partner, not a ticking time bomb follower.

The risk was too great to take her in just because of her beauty.

And if I kept refusing, she would eventually give up and leave.

At least in the game I played to death, Ragnarok, that was the standard route.

‘But why…’

Amidst the still unresolved question…

A message window suddenly popped up in the corner of my vision.

「Princess ‘Aisela Carsein’ gains a deep enlightenment from sharing your vision!」

…What?

For a moment, I doubted my own eyes.

What enlightenment did she gain?

「After contact with you, Aisela witnessed the existence of you, a constellation, within the flow of countless stars. An existence so warm and full of love. In this world overflowing with malice, your existence was so special and precious.」

“Ah.”

And the system began to reveal the truth behind this hidden connection.

「’Aisela Carsein’ realized that day. How insignificant and weak human status, wealth, and honor are. And what she must do to find true happiness.」

“…I will serve you, I promise you here and now.”

The hidden truth within the game is revealed here.

No, this kind of detail is cheating.

‘Hey, you.’

「『Hidden Quest: The Princess Who Faced the Truth of the Stars』 has been cleared!」

「Princess ‘Aisela Carsein’ has sensed the immense divine power within you.」

My divine power.

I don’t know what point in time this divine power is from, but it doesn’t seem like good news.

‘There must be a reason why you’re doing this.’

I need to distance myself.

I had to distance myself.

She is the infamous six-star villainess.

A bad NPC who lures in poor newbies with her beautiful appearance.

「Princess ‘Aisela Carsein’s’ likeability increases significantly!」

「’Aisela Carsein,’ the princess of the Kingdom of Legardium, pledges her allegiance to you.」

「The amount of Faith Points gained from your followers increases.」

Feeling overwhelmed, I ended the tutorial replay.

***

“…”

Back in my room.

No, to be precise, the room the royal family provided.

Looking at the window where the pale moonlight was pouring in, I organized my thoughts for a moment.

‘What do I do about this?’

So, that was the reason why she applied to join the religious order in the game.

No matter what the situation, Aisela’s love call would continue, and I would have to keep rejecting her.

But with a touch of tact.

‘Do you… dislike me?’

Rejecting her bluntly would only cause resentment.

This is an unavoidable dilemma.

“Damn it.”

I didn’t know it would turn out like this.

If I had known, I wouldn’t have stopped Lisia from slapping her that day.

「’Aisela Carsein’ worships you.」

“…”

「Some constellations are jealous of the princess’s attention.」

“What the…”

Feeling a sense of emptiness at the absurd news, a notification rang out from the community window.

「Incarnation of the Black Sun: The princess of the Kingdom of Legardium was a ‘talent’ that everyone coveted.」

“I’m not taking her. You guys can have her.”

「Incarnation of the Black Sun: …Anyway, it’s going to get annoying now. Even for you, most constellations are crazy bastards.」

A true statement after a long time.

「Would you like to cast a curse on the ‘Black Sun’ religious order?」

“You’re the one who’s going to get beaten up.”

「Incarnation of the Black Sun: Kyaaaaaak!!」

After punishing the annoying bastard, I started to think hard.

…Should I just turn everything upside down?