Chapter 122 – The Father and the Daughter (02)

Since it was late at night, I went to bed with Alice’s guidance.

Blackout curtains and disheveled bed sheets were visible, but the [Star Wizards] Are owl-type people who wake up at night and sleep during the day, so it seemed like they wouldn’t be sleeping at this hour as usual.

“P, I’m tired so I’m writing here…”

“Is it Alice’s bed?”

I could tell by looking at the bed sheet that was pressed exactly into the shape of Alice.

‘I guess my sleeping habits are very quiet.’

Normally, her weight would be disturbed as she tosses and turns, but Alice was sleeping lying flat on her back, so much so that the mat was distorted to follow her body shape.

‘Well, even when we slept together in the tent, he tended to sleep very quietly…’

“Ugh…”

It has a strong Alice scent, but that’s something I’m used to.

“I’ll sleep first then.”

“Ugh… Sleep well…”

She wears her father’s pajamas, borrows Alice’s bed, and sleeps for a while.

Perhaps because the day was so hard today, I fell asleep quickly, but perhaps because I was so tired, I lost consciousness even though the night wasn’t even over yet.

It’s a situation where you’re so tired that you fall asleep for about 30 minutes and then wake up again at dawn.

‘1 hour? Or 2 hours? Maybe not even 30 minutes have passed…’

When I open my eyes, I can see how much time has passed by looking at the stars, but I didn’t want to check right now.

In times like this, you should lie down even if you can’t sleep.

Just lying down with your eyes closed relieves a lot of fatigue, so even if you suddenly wake up, lying down as if you were sleeping will help you sleep better.

“…Are you sleeping…?”

She carefully approached me and checked to see if I was sleeping. She whispered to me in Alice’s typical languid voice, which somehow made me feel like I was sleeping better.

“Aren… Wolf… Are you sleeping?”

Don’t talk to me when I’m trying to sleep… What are you going to do if I wake up like this?

“The way he sleeps… Is cute…”

What did I do when I was awake?

People always say that I’m cute because I’m so skinny, so I usually make a slightly sharp expression on purpose.

“When I wake up… It’s very scary… A little… Trustworthy…”

What are you doing next to someone who sleeps so hard?

“Because there is no one else right now… Hehe… My own wolf… Ine…?”

I don’t know why, but Alice’s voice sounded a little excited right now.

When I’m at school, except when I go to visit Alice, Ophelia is usually by my side, Marian is chasing me, or Inori is waiting for me.

If you’re in the men’s dormitory, of course Cylian, Hollyo, and sometimes Kei will hang around and play with you…

“As long as I’m here, I’ll be your own wolf…”

“Um… Alice?”

“Hiyaaa!”

Suddenly, I heard a strange scream, so I was started and almost woke up.

“Well, no matter how young he looks, it’s hard to put a boy to sleep, so I’m thinking of taking him to dad’s room… “

“Gwae, it’s okay, father… I can let you sleep here… “

“Shouldn’t Alice sleep…?”

“Ha, for about a day… We’ll talk tomorrow and prepare a place to sleep… I’ll let you sleep like this for today…”

“Ah… I see. I understand. If you need anything, tell your dad?”

“Ugh… I understand… Ok…”

After a while, as her father’s footsteps grew distant, Alice breathed her sigh of relief.

“Then… Sleep well… My wolf…”

Side.

The last time I felt a soft touch on my cheek, I fell back to sleep.

* ​ * ​ *

“Hwaaaaam…”

I guess I was too tired to be tired.

I woke up briefly in the morning, ate the breakfast Alice brought me, then went back to sleep and stayed there until evening.

In fact, before coming here, I was drinking alcohol every day at the [Shadow Family] And my liver was overworked, and I hiked all day yesterday, so I’m sure my body is tired.

Or maybe it’s because of the [Star Wizard] Trait embedded in my body that when I come to a place that receives a lot of starlight like this, I feel more alive on a starry night, so day and night change.

“Did you sleep well?”

It seemed like she had dressed up a little differently from yesterday’s comfortable outfit. For some reason, she kept looking at me or fiddling with my relatively short skirt, so I guess she must have put some effort into choosing her outfit while I was sleeping.

If you’ve worked so hard, it’s polite to praise.

First, I checked to see if Alice’s father was nearby, and after seeing her sleeping on a blanket in the main building, I approached to a distance where only Alice could hear and whisper.

“It sucks.”

“Uh, huh?”

“It’s a compliment.”

“Chi… Praise…”

If this isn’t a compliment, what is it?

I left behind Alice, who was shaking in embarrassment, and looked back at the observatory, where the day was fading into night.

First of all, the surroundings are dark.

The living space only has several windows to let the moonlight in, but basically, candles don’t even light unless people come in.

Since I have both the [Star Wizard] And [Shadow Ninjitsu] Characteristics, I didn’t have a problem with not being able to see even in places like this.

Alice was living alone with her father in this place, which was a little inadequate for living, but perfect as an observatory.

“What is your father’s name?”

“Alex…”

It was Alex’s father.

‘I see that my mother is not showing up… Divorce? Or is it bereavement?’

Since it was a family situation, I didn’t ask too much, but it didn’t look like my mother was living with me here.

Or maybe he’s living somewhere else.

If you were born a [Star Wizard] Through your paternal lineage, from your mother’s point of view as an ordinary person, this place would be dark, uncomfortable, and dangerous to live in.

“Well, but Aren… The reason you came here… Is that… Right…?”

“Huh?”

Since the coordinates of the stars change as the seasons pass, I was able to know the time and location by writing down the coordinates of the stars.

The coordinates of the star that Alice gave me pointed to the current time, but I thought it was just an appointment time written down, but when I think about it, did it have another meaning?

“What is it?”

“Well… So…”

“You have to say it properly to understand.”

Seeing Alice muttering and not being able to continue, she became frustrated and was urging her to answer, and before she knew it, Alex’s father had woken up, approached her, and stuck his head out her.

“Well, since the meteor shower is falling right now, it’s a good time to look at the stars outside… Originally, I was supposed to take Alice with me, but if a guest came with me, it might be a good idea for the two of us to go see the stars together…”

When I looked away, Alex’s father avoided my gaze and returned to her original position, and I thought that her father and daughter were very similar.

“Um, that… That’s… Okay… Ah?”

“If it’s a meteor shower, I should actually ask for it.”

You can observe stars falling from the sky.

When I responded positively, Alice was embarrassed, but she was so happy that she couldn’t hide the raising of the corners of her mouth. It seemed like she was looking forward to me coming to see the stars together during a meteor shower, which was rare for her.

‘Now that I think about it, originally… When you were raising Alice’s favorability rating, did you go out to observe astronomical objects together every night?’

Basically, that was the way to become friends with Alice.

So, as a result of becoming friends in a different way, Alice’s affection level was high, but her liking was at a subtle stage where she was a best friend but not that high, and even this could have been a ‘friend’ or a lower ‘acquaintance’ if it were not for the goodwill she gained while treating Melissa. There was.

You could say that if you use the ability of [Star Wizard], You can create a meteor shower at will, but first of all, [Star Magic] Does not actually drop a meteorite, but gathers the mana of the star to reproduce its mass and power. .

In other words, it wasn’t a real star.

In the beginning, when I went to catch a wolf, I thought that the meteorite that fell from the [Star Magic] Alice used was a little different according to the physical laws of the fantasy world, but when I used [Star Magic] Myself , it was a reproduction of collecting starlight and hitting it. It was close to my arms.

So it is easy to control the power. Of course, since it follows a falling trajectory almost similar to that of an actual meteorite, a fairly complex calculation formula is required. However, since it is not an actual meteorite, Alice and her father Alex, can ignore the process and let the result fall vertically.

‘Now that I think about it, Alex… If he has the same golden characteristics as Alice…’

It was natural that his daughter Alice’s skills were lacking, and his skills, which he had accumulated through repeated research at an observatory, were no different from a talent capable of a continent-wide bombardment, capable of calculating coordinates and hitting stars from a great distance from here.

Basically, the father’s generation in Celestial Academy Class F, especially the adults from families with combat characteristics, are monsters with final boss-level specs.

“Well, then, do you two want to go back? Dad will be here getting ready…”

“Father… Are you okay… By yourself?”

“Uh, huh…”

But does that father and daughter stutter because of me, or do they always stutter like that?

Alice was trying to pick up the personal astronomical telescope kept inside the observatory, but she put it down when she saw Alex shaking his head.

It is said that there are about 3 hours left until the meteor shower falls. After grabbing her mat and a few snacks, we followed Alice and headed to the plateau near the Jjolrae Observatory.

‘It’s pretty high ground’

It won’t be dangerous if you don’t move around too quickly, but if you try to fight in earnest, you’ll quickly start to gasp from lack of oxygen.

That may be why Alex and Alice also developed the habit of moving leisurely and slowly.

She laid out her mat in a predetermined spot, sat on it, and tried to look up at the sky…

“Ah… My neck hurts.”

I just lay down.

Since the meteor shower this time was falling across the sky anyway, there was no need for him to sit down and look up.

“Is this okay?”

“Uh, uhm…”

“What are you doing?”

When I took the seat next to her and called Alice, Alice hesitated for a moment, looked around, and then quietly leaned her head next to me.

‘It’s warm’

Because my body temperature is very high and I sweat a lot, I feel warm just by being next to him.

As I lay side by side with Alice and looked at the sky, after a while the stars began to shine strangely.

‘Huh…? That’s…’

Maybe it’s because it’s night, or maybe it’s because it’s next to Alice, or maybe it’s because this place is specialized for astronomical observations.

I saw an ominous star shining in the sky.

A dangerous star flying towards here.

A star that was not summoned by [Star magic], But flew here naturally by chance.

When it falls, the earth will sink, the seas will overflow, and the world will burn for a moment and then be buried in eternal cold.

A huge object capable of causing a meteorite mass extinction was now flying in.

Jump up.

“Oh, Alice! That!”

“Ugh… That…”

Alice pulled my arm, jumped up, and laid me down again.

“Now… I’m looking closely…”

“…?”

After a while, a new star began to shine.

A blue star, a bright star seen from afar, shines like a blaze.

‘Eye of God’

An unwavering star that serves as the foundation for all constellations, like the Earth’s North Star.

As if God was interfering with the world by creating an incarnation, the light flowing from God’s eyes created a blue star that flew towards the red star.

Let the blue star fly in and hit the red star like a strike of justice that defeats evil.

“Ah…!”

The red star explodes.

Light spreading in all directions as a star large enough to destroy this world is destroyed.

That light becomes rain and splits the sky.

“This is what dad does…” ” “

Alice’s small voice was filled with pride for Alex.

‘This… The true [Magic of the stars]…’