It was nothing but confusing.

I couldn’t keep up with the current situation.

‘Jin Ha-jeong… likes me?’

It was a topic I had never even considered.

After all, Jin Ha-jeong was always joking around with me.

How could I have thought she liked me?

Actually, at first, I thought it was a joke.

I might have wanted to think it was a joke, but at least I thought it was.

But looking at those sincere eyes, it wasn’t a joke.

That was genuine.

‘Come to think of it…’

Until now, the things she had done for me were too forced to be considered jokes.

Until now, she had been.

She had been openly expressing that she liked me.

‘And I thought it was a joke.’

Only now could I realize.

That it was definitely not a joke.

‘What about me…?’

Do I like Jin Ha-jeong?

I definitely think I have a good feeling about her.

Because I thought being with her was more comfortable than anyone else.

Even more than my sister.

‘And…’

Whenever she came on to me.

I felt something resonating deep within my heart.

I might have tried to ignore it back then.

But now that I think about it, it’s definitely not a normal phenomenon.

A tingling sensation along with something resonating.

Moreover, that feeling was now acting more strongly than anything else.

My face turned red.

While my head was not working properly, something suddenly popped into my head.

‘Then use one wish ticket now, and if the Association President gives you something later and asks you for something, please accept it.’

The contents of the text Cheon-seo-a had sent me before.

The contents I wrote using the wish ticket.

I didn’t know it well back then.

But now I think I know.

‘This is… love.’

I thought, touching my heart with my right hand.

I’ve never felt like this even when I was a man.

I’ve never experienced this ticklish love.

Therefore, what I can know is.

That I, too, unknowingly love this man so much.

And now that I’ve realized it.

There is only one answer to the confession.

“Yeah, I may be clumsy, but… please take care of me?”

The star that rose into the sky went down again, and the sun that illuminates the ground rose.

“…..”

Ha-yeon lay in the hospital room, thinking about what happened last night.

‘Yeah, I may be clumsy, but… please take care of…’

Take care of what!

Wuaaah.

So embarrassing…..

“I don’t regret it, but…”

It’s true that I like her, so I don’t regret it, but it’s still embarrassing!

Jin Ha-jeong will be here soon, but it’s still embarrassing!

“My condition suddenly improved, and they said I can be discharged in three days.”

The one week I heard before was the maximum time, and the most probable time.

But suddenly my condition improved.

I didn’t even use Super Regeneration, so it was really strange.

‘Even that will be shortened if I use Super Regeneration with the mana circuit that will be restored tomorrow.’

Thinking so, Ha-yeon went back into the blanket and started to feel embarrassed again, and soon Ha-jeong entered the hospital room.

The two made eye contact.

“…..”

“…..”

As they were making eye contact without saying anything, she blushed slightly and approached.

‘Wow… was she like this?’

Something I’m seeing only now.

No, have I not noticed it until now!

I admired my lack of awareness, which would never have noticed anything if I hadn’t been told, and looked at her.

“Did you… sleep well?”

“Huh? Ah, yeah…”

I clearly wanted to talk for a long time, but the conversation ended in an instant before I could even string words together.

What should I do?

While I was thinking that, Jin Ha-jeong thankfully opened her mouth.

Although I didn’t expect the question.

“When you get discharged… are you going straight to the Constellation Explorer?”

That was accurate.

To be honest, Ha-yeon’s idea was to quickly deal with it if there were no requests and nothing to do, so she was originally planning to go see the Constellation as soon as she was discharged.

But in this situation, if I do that…

‘It’s like abandoning a lover I’ve been dating for a short time!’

It was an unexpected situation.

It was too late to say no because Ha-yeon’s reaction was already too obvious, so I didn’t say anything.

“What are you worrying about so much? Go, how important is it?”

“Really?”

The problem was solved more easily than I thought.

“Most people can’t use it even once in their lives. No, I can count the number of people who have used it on my fingers, so of course. Well, still…”

She said, making a slightly disappointed expression.

Then she shook her left hand as if showing it to Ha-yeon.

On the ring finger of her left hand was the same beautiful ring as Ha-yeon’s.

“When you come back, let’s go on a lot of dates. I’ll take care of my schedule and busy things too.”

“Okay!”

That’s how the date schedule was set.

To be honest, I still can’t believe it, but…

‘It’ll be good.’

I’m sure I’ll feel good.

I don’t know much about dating, but I’ll be able to feel a lot of this ticklish feeling that I felt before and still feel now.

Ha-yeon was happy thinking that.

“Finally discharged…”

After that, I spent a few days in the hospital room with Ha-jeong and was discharged.

It felt a bit strange because we talked for quite a long time and our relationship had changed, but it wasn’t an unpleasant feeling.

Anyway, after being discharged, I moved quickly to visit the Constellation Explorer as originally planned.

And I thought about the place Cheon-seo-a had told me before.

‘In the middle of the Pacific Ocean.’

It was quite a rare experience.

The Constellation Explorer belongs to Thunderclap Palace if you only consider the owner, but Atlas also has a significant stake if you consider the details.

Atlas’s power allows them to leave that artifact in the middle of this ocean.

If they cut off support from this side, the structure will sink into the deep sea in an instant.

Of course, Atlas also considers the Constellation Explorer a valuable resource, so such a thing would never happen.

“Seo-a said she’d send a private plane?”

Currently, she was waiting for the private plane that Cheon-seo-a had sent.

No, what private plane at that age?

Of course, I can get one if I want, but it’s too much trouble.

I always think, but I’m still jealous of the gold spoon.

Anyway, I took the luxurious plane that Seo-a sent and headed to my destination.

I was worried that the plane was small and dangerous, but when I looked closely, it was covered with top-notch artifacts and even had engravings, so it would be safer than most super-large planes.

Is it like a small elite?

“Are we there yet?”

“We’ll be arriving soon.”

Sitting in the back seat and looking at the scenery, I said that, and the pilot who was driving in the front answered.

As he said, I soon arrived in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

At the so-called ‘Constellation Observatory’.

“Oh…..”

A huge structure floating on the sea.

To exaggerate a bit, I was amazed by the size, which was like a small town, and as I got off the plane, someone wearing a black and yellow uniform approached.

“Who?”

“I am a Thunderclap Palace attendant sent by Miss Cheon-seo-a. I will assist you with a short tour.”

As expected of Cheon-seo-a.

Even the service is thorough.

Anyway, as I followed the attendant into the building, the bright interior of the building came into view.

What’s a bit strange is…

“There’s no one here?”

There’s no one here.

Not even researchers.

No, shouldn’t there be a lot of people at an observatory?

“For security reasons, most of the management is entrusted to machines or artifacts. Even when directly operating the Constellation Explorer like today, people are only sent to the center.”

Hmm… that’s possible.

It would be a bit much to just entrust a top-notch artifact like the Constellation Explorer to people.

But still, I couldn’t help but be amazed by the machines moving busily around me, so I walked down the hallway with shining eyes, and before I knew it, I arrived at a huge space.

“That’s the Constellation Explorer.”

A huge portal installed in the center.

Next to it were numerous mechanical devices, and a small number of researchers were touching those machines.

“Oh, you’ve arrived. Are you the Sword Demon?”

“That’s right. I heard the story… so that’s why I’m here.”

“The preparations are all done. All that’s left is to execute it.”

Saying that, the researcher led Ha-yeon to the front of the central device.

He told me to put my hand in the device in front of me, and she put her right hand in the device.

[The artifact, ‘Constellation Explorer (S+)’, is searching for the Constellation of Hunter-Baek Ha-yeon (Sword Demon), ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash (Mythical)’.]

“Did a System window pop up?”

“Yes, it seems to be working normally.”

“Phew… that’s a relief.”

The researcher, who confirmed that it was working normally, continued to operate the machine.

[Creating a portal connected to the Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash’.]

[3]

[2]

[1]

.

.

[Creation complete]

Along with that System window, a gate was created in the Constellation Explorer.

It felt like a gate connected to a Dungeon.

“It’s working normally. You can stay inside for 3 hours, and you will automatically return when the time is up.”

“Thank you.”

Saying that, I approached the gate.

The high concentration of mana felt from that opaque shape.

It was pure mana that couldn’t even be compared to a normal gate.

As expected, artifacts are different even if they only look similar.

“Then see you later.”

Saying that, Ha-yeon threw herself into the gate.

[Using item, ‘Constellation Explorer (S+)’.]