Ch.1212. The Possessed Princess (3)

I had a dream after a long time.

Not a dream in the literal sense, but I was revisiting the Regalium Kingdom quest after a while.

I needed to understand what agreement Aisella Karsein had mentioned.

I decided to slowly go through everything again to see if I had missed anything.

‘I’ve done quite a lot.’

Human memory fades as time passes.

Since the main quest with the Regalium Kingdom happens very early in the game, I couldn’t remember the process clearly.

“Would you like to recreate [Tutorial – Regalium Kingdom]?”

“Yes.”

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

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

-Kyaaaaaak!!

What greeted me was a familiar scream I’d heard many times before.

‘Ah.’

Looking around the reconstructed world, I could see an antique mansion engulfed in flames.

The shadow of a familiar woman disappeared beyond the corridor.

Following her, multiple figures chased after her shadow at high speed.

The hunting dogs of the constellation.

They were pursuing the princess with fierce determination, threatening her safety.

‘Right.’

Aisella Karsein is a woman who has been betrayed once before.

By her fiancé, no less.

It wasn’t an arranged marriage she particularly liked to begin with, but this incident probably made her hate it even more.

‘Who was it again?’

[Damien Karmoth]

‘Ah.’

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

“Warning! The target is under the constellation’s curse.”

With the common blonde hair of this world and somewhat crazed eyes.

“Kekeke, Princess. There’s nowhere left to run. Today, you and I…”

That bastard who was chasing Aisella from the corridor was the main villain of the tutorial and a foreign prince.

Apparently, he secretly made a contract with a constellation for the sake of his family.

‘Idiot.’

Look at how he acted when he heard “constellation” and jumped at the chance.

His reason gone, desire dripping from his mouth.

Can you even consider that a person anymore?

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

“Save me, please save me…”

As a nobleman crawls on the floor pleading, the fiancé approaches with an evil smile.

-Slash!

What follows is the granting of eternal rest.

This day marked the insane acrobatic show of the Black Sun bastard possessed by a constellation.

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

The main mission of the tutorial was to stop the Black Sun’s rampage by commanding the believers.

‘At this point…’

The church was still small in scale with few believers.

Brand new newbies who just created their game characters would be panicking and floundering.

But I’m different, rotten to the core with experience.

I had prepared everything to optimally clear the game.

And to survive as a weak constellation, what I needed were strong believers.

-BOOM!!

With a thunderous sound, a wall flew away cleanly.

Emerging from the thick dust was a female believer with flowing red hair.

‘Our Lisia.’

Our filial daughter Lisia, whom I picked as a starting package, had arrived at the scene.

“…!”

A moment of admiration.

After only seeing her in rigid graphics within the game, meeting her like this in person…

The level of vividness was completely different.

This was a special experience, from when I was still struggling with low progress.

‘This happened too.’

I watched Lisia’s actions with a fond heart.

“…..”

Entering the building silently, Lisia calmly surveyed her surroundings.

Piles of corpses, burning interiors, and…

Dense traces of a constellation.

“Grrrr….”

Monsters reconstructed by the constellation’s grasp drooled at the sight of the intruder.

Their levels floating above their heads were similar to Lisia’s, which might seem dangerous.

But in this world, in this game, there was a rank valued higher than level.

“S”

Our supremely efficient filial daughter showed combat prowess of a different caliber, quickly clearing the interior of the mansion.

“Kuk!”

“Keuek!”

Monsters falling with just one punch.

Despite their horrific appearance, their end was quite modest.

After roughly assessing the situation, Lisia looked up at me.

“….”

‘…Huh?’

“Please move your believer to continue the tutorial recreation.”

Ah.

Since this is a simulation, do I have control?

When I mentally instructed her to protect the princess, Lisia’s avatar moved accordingly.

Moving forward steadily with Lisia, we approached the center of the commotion.

The corridor was lined with the bodies of knights who had already breathed their last.

The fate of those who tried to protect their princess.

No matter how strong they might be from a human perspective, their opponent was a constellation’s patron.

Essentially the same type of being as our Lisia.

‘Using rank to overpower them, how cheap.’

Leaving behind the poor sacrificial lambs who had been slaughtered, I guided Lisia deeper inside to understand the situation.

What we encountered was…

“…I’ll offer you to the constellation and elevate my homeland to an unrivaled position, kukuk.”

“D-don’t touch me…!”

The Black Sun, excited at the thought of offering a sacrifice, and the terrified princess.

Here, according to the tutorial, we smoothly rescued her.

-Thwack! Thud!

“Ugh….!”

After putting down the bloodied Black Sun, the tutorial quest was completed.

The constellation, having lost its limbs, seemed to lose interest and erased its presence from him.

‘…No.’

More precisely, it pretended to erase itself.

The real hidden villain of this tutorial immediately targeted the princess.

“Huk, keuk…!”

Looking at the princess who seemed to be suffocating, she was on the verge of being dominated by a constellation, just as I had always known.

‘Right.’

Now I remember everything clearly.

That day, I saved the princess from the constellation’s grasp.

And the rescued princess was full of hostility in her eyes.

“I… hate you all, the constellation kind…!”

What an outrageous thing to say after being rescued.

At that time, Aisella Karsein was covered in thorns.

She almost lost everything to a constellation, and now she’s saved by a constellation’s apostle?

Constellation, constellation again.

Enough to make anyone sick of it.

But that’s the fault of the princess born into this world, who is nothing more than a constellation’s toy.

‘Whoa, whoa.’

I held back Lisia, who looked ready to rush over and slap her.

She’s like this even in the simulation.

I don’t mind feeling her love for me.

“In the end, you want my body too…! This cursed talent.”

Talent.

Aisella Karsein’s talent.

“Special: Child Blessed by the Stars (S)”

A unique special ability that can buff believers in the church if you maintain high favorability with her.

At the time, the community was full of methods to recruit Aisella Karsein, but…

It didn’t mean much to me.

There were many substitutes for that special ability, and I was confident I could cover for it.

It might be an appealing special ability for horny newbies, but it was useless to me.

So I refused.

And after refusing, I tried to give her “objectivity” using the power of the special ability.

It would make any other human’s head explode, but the princess’s talent made it possible.

So, I just showed her briefly.

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

“Would you like to share your vision with Princess ‘Aisella Karsein’?”

Beyond this world, how many constellations are focusing on this place.

This world is too cruel to hate it based on mere personal emotions.

“Hak, keuhuk…!”

Aisella, receiving my vision through Lisia, faced a fragment of the universe.

Her dusty pink hair became disheveled, and her body was quickly drenched in cold sweat.

But her eyes remained sharp.

After thousands of stars passed through her pupils, Aisella finally stopped hating constellations and became calm.

‘Up to here.’

What I know, and the progress in the game, ends right here.

Princess Aisella continued to express her willingness to cooperate with the church afterward.

And as everyone knows, I repeatedly rejected her requests.

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

The risk was too great to be tempted by beauty.

And with continued rejection, she would eventually get tired and give up.

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

‘But why.’

Amidst the unsolved questions…

Suddenly, a message window popped up in the corner of my vision.

“Princess ‘Aisella Karsein’ gains deep enlightenment from your vision sharing!”

…What?

I doubted my eyes for a moment.

What enlightenment did she gain?

“After contact with you, Aisella witnessed your existence as a constellation among the flow of countless stars.

A warm and loving being. In this world full of evil, your existence was very special and precious.”

“Ah.”

And the system began to reveal the hidden causality.

“‘Aisella Karsein’ realized after that day how insignificant and weak human status, wealth, and honor are.

And what she needed to do to find true happiness.”

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

The truth hidden in the game is revealed here and now.

No, this level of detail is cheating.

‘My lord.’

“Hidden Quest: Princess Who Faced the Truth of the Stars has been cleared!”

“Princess ‘Aisella Karsein’ has detected the immense divine power inherent within you.”

My divine power.

I’m not sure which point in time this divine power is from, but it doesn’t seem like good news.

‘There must be a reason for this.’

I need to create distance.

I needed to create distance.

She’s the notorious six-star villainess.

A wicked Pink Bitch who devours poor newbies with her beautiful appearance.

‘But.’

Setting aside past grudges and reconsidering, the princess’s characteristics definitely had their appeal.

“Princess ‘Aisella Karsein’s favorability has increased significantly!”

“The princess of Regalium Kingdom, ‘Aisella Karsein,’ swears loyalty to you.”

“The amount of faith you receive from your believers has increased.”

Feeling overwhelmed, I ended the tutorial review.

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“….”

Back in my room.

Or more precisely, the room provided by the royal family.

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

‘What do I do about this.’

So, the reason she had been applying to join the church in the game was because of that.

Regardless of the situation, Aisella’s love calls would continue, and I would have to keep rejecting her.

But with a touch of sensitivity.

‘Do you… dislike me?’

Outright rejection would only create resentment.

If I earn the resentment of the king’s only princess, it would affect her father, Edmund.

This could be disadvantageous for our upcoming conversation.

“Hmm, what to do about this.”

I didn’t expect this.

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

“‘Aisella Karsein’ worships you.”

“…..”

“Some constellations are jealous of the princess’s interest.”

“What now.”

While feeling frustrated at the absurd news, a notification rings from the community window.

“Incarnation of the Black Sun: The princess of Regalium Kingdom was a ‘talent’ everyone coveted.”

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

“Incarnation of the Black Sun: …Anyway, things will get annoying now. Even for someone like you, most constellations are crazy bastards.”

A truth I haven’t heard in a while.

“Would you like to curse the ‘Black Sun’ church?”

“That applies to you too.”

“Incarnation of the Black Sun: Kyaaaak!!”

After punishing the annoying bastard, I began to rack my brain.

…Should I just overturn everything?