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Hassan, the Necromancer of the Black Star
192 ? Black Star Necromancer Hassan #3
I think people find their own fun no matter where they are.
The countless entertainments and stories that have flooded the earth are proof of this.
Perhaps humans were created in such a way that they cannot tolerate even a little boredom.
For me, who has lived in the dazzling lights of the 21st century, the civilization of this backward continent of Gaia was frankly shocking and terrifying.
Not only are the facilities and infrastructure poor, but most of the food is bland and lacks seasoning.
Ignorant humans and rats running wild everywhere.
Truly ignorant, loud-voiced, violent people… .
Still, it wasn’t all bad.
As I said before, people, no matter where they are, find something to do to pass the time.
So here are a few things that have helped me endure life on this continent of Gaia.
If I had to pick one thing that I love, it would probably be the night sky filled with countless twinkling stars.
The sky is clear and bright, without any industrial gas pollution or fine dust, and at night, countless stars twinkle.
If you put down a dark blue curtain and sprinkled tiny drops of mercury on it, would it look exactly like this?
I have no talent for expressing things nicely, so I have no way of describing this sight.
Anyway, the important thing is that for me, who had only ever seen the moon shining darkly between the buildings and concrete of the city, this night sky was new every time I saw it.
The two moons rising in the sky still seem very unfamiliar.
Could the universe seen in the distance be the same universe where Earth existed?
Could there be Earth among those twinkling stars?
Such sentiments tend to run wild in my head. When I was sleeping alone, looking at the night sky, I really had all sorts of thoughts.
“Hassan, there are so many stars!”
Of course, Luna was lying next to me right now.
Knock, knock-.
A straw mat laid out in one corner of the yard.
Next to it, bug-repelling grasses are burning in a small brazier.
We are lying in bed one night as summer deepens, looking at the same sky.
At that moment, I suddenly became curious.
To me, who was born in the city, this kind of night sky is very new, but to Luna, this sky must be very natural. Does Luna also think that the night sky and the shining stars are amazing and magnificent?
“It’s pretty because it looks like sugar!”
Even to Luna, the stars floating in the sky seemed incredibly beautiful. After all, there were many records in Earth’s history discussing the beauty of the stars in the night sky and the universe.
Is beauty a feeling that applies regardless of era or world?
As I was quietly watching the emerald eyes sparkling under the moon and stars, Luna asked with her gaze fixed on the night sky.
“Is there something like a constellation in Hassan’s hometown?”
“constellation?”
Constellations. The only constellations I know are the Big Dipper, Orion, and Cassiopeia.
It wasn’t something I found out because I was interested in it, but something I learned naturally after living in the beautiful Gangwon-do military life for over a year.
“I knew some constellations, but the night sky here is a bit different.”
“Really? Could that be true? The sky I saw at Ideopa and the sky I see here are the same.”
Luna laughs as if she doesn’t understand. I was really happy that Luna laughed at my story.
On the one hand, I couldn’t quite imagine what Luna’s expression would be like or what she would say to me if she found out that I was not from this world but a stranger from another world.
I don’t think I need to say it.
Even if I tell her, Luna might just think that I’m lying to tease her. Maybe, it might cause some trouble in our relationship.
To be honest, I’m pretty happy with the relationship or distance between Luna and me right now. This feeling of knowing each other but not quite knowing each other.
It was a time of moderate tension, not too close, not too far. Of course, there were many things I wanted to know more about Luna, but on the other hand, I was scared.
Luna is full of secrets.
When I find out about all of that, I have this vague feeling of anxiety in my chest that Luna will eventually leave me because there is some kind of secret about her birth that I cannot handle.
Some people might think that it’s useless worrying, but I can’t help it because I’m naturally scared and anxious.
“Hassan, you’re thinking about useless things again.”
While I was thinking to myself like that, Luna spoke to me again. When I turned my head, I saw Luna watching my face from the side.
“If you think too much, you’ll get a headache. Hassan, you need to learn to clear your head a little. That’s why you look at the stars.”
“Okay. But is it okay for me to just lie down like this and watch?”
“Hassan, you really don’t know anything. If you don’t know how to read the stars, I’ll teach you. To be a hero, you have to be able to read the sky.”
Swish.
Luna then raised her finger high in the night sky. Then she pointed to the many stars with her straightened index finger and said.
“Do you see that big, shining star over there? It’s so shiny.”
Luna’s finger seemed to be pointing at something, but to me, all I could see were stars, all twinkling the same.
“where?”
“Over there, over there, there’s a star that’s shining so big-.”
Luna explained it again. No matter how much I looked at it, it all looked the same to me. But I thought it would be better to just say that I could see it roughly.
“Are you talking about that big thing over there? Why is that?”
“If you connect the big star there, and an even bigger star next to it, and make eight stars side by side, doesn’t it look like a spider?”
“spider?”
“That’s a wolf spider! Doesn’t it look like a wolf?”
I had a chill down my spine for a moment, because I never thought I would think of spiders when looking at stars. But Arachnid? It’s not even Cancer, so what is Arachnid?
“Next to that, and over there, the Milky Way… If you go straight ahead next to the Milky Way-.”
Luna seemed to have extensive knowledge of the night sky.
I had no idea what the stars were, but Luna’s hands kept moving around like a teacher drawing stars on a blackboard.
I told Luna that.
“Luna, you know a lot about constellations.”
“Of course. Since coming to Sodomora, I’ve seen the stars every single day. There’s no other witch doctor who knows the night sky as well as I do.”
“okay?”
I felt very impressed by Luna’s knowledge of stars, but at the same time, I felt a little strange. According to Luna, she said that she looked at the stars to clear her mind.
Since coming to Sodomora, have I been having so many thoughts that I needed to clear my head every day?
I imagined Luna wandering around the city with no one to rely on, looking up at the night sky every day. What would Luna be thinking at that time?
I was nervous, so I just asked casually like a snake passing by.
“Did you see a lot of stars in Sodomora?”
“Yeah, yeah. But, come to think of it, I think I saw a lot of stars in Ideopa. I went up to the high hill near the village every day and looked at the night sky like this.”
“okay…?”
“Oddly enough, looking at the night sky makes me feel at ease. Is it just me? Hasn’t that ever happened to you, Hassan?”
“Well, now that I hear it, that seems to be the case.”
“yes?”
Luna remained silent for a while after saying those words. I don’t know if she was absorbed in the night sky or if she was thinking about something else.
Now that I think about it, Luna was quite deep inside. She seemed to be quite talkative, but deep down inside, she never talked about herself.
Luna and I are similar in that respect.
So I could vaguely feel that Luna, who resembles me, was having a lot of worries and thoughts right now.
Luna says something at that time.
“But I don’t think I’ve had a chance to look at the night sky lately. I’ve been so busy.”
“Is that good then?”
“I don’t know. But-, it seems good. Even something that isn’t worth seeing. Even a life that isn’t worth seeing seems good. What do you think? I’m good at talking. I guess that’s what they call ambiguous expressions.”
“I can be a bard.”
“If I become a bard, I won’t starve to death.”
Luna laughed hysterically as if she was very satisfied with what she had just said. It was at that very moment.
Saaaaah-.
The stars began to spin around as if fireworks had exploded in the sky. It was quite a magnificent and wonderful sight, even for me, who had experienced everything in this world.
“Hassan, look at that. The stars are falling. It’s a rain of stars!”
Luna also spoke as if she was possessed by something. Indeed, when I listened to Luna’s words, it felt like stars were pouring down.
Why are there so many shooting stars? Aren’t they shooting stars? The name “Star Rain” is indeed fitting.
“… Wow, it’s like fireworks at a festival. Right?”
“That’s right. That’s true.”
“I wish every day was like today.”
Although I didn’t answer out loud, I agreed with Luna. I wish days like this could continue forever.
but.
Just for today-.
Because it has a nice and romantic atmosphere.
Wouldn’t it be okay if we became a little closer?
So I calmed my pounding heart and slowly moved my hands.
My hand, which moved slowly, digging through the rough texture of the straw, eventually came to rest on the small, warm back of Luna’s hand.
“… .”
Luna didn’t say anything. But judging from the slightly ragged sound of her breathing, she seemed to be very surprised. I grabbed Luna’s hand.
Slurp-.
I’ve done a lot of work with Luna so far.
I don’t think I’ve ever felt my heart burst as much as it did today. And of all the things I’ve done so far, it’s the most thrilling and dizzying feeling I’ve ever had.
Holding each other’s hands is such a great thing.
Luna and I held hands like that and looked up at the sky in silence. We didn’t know what to say, and no matter what we said, it felt awkward.
So, unintentionally, I remained silent.
Luna must have had the same thoughts as me, because she closed her mouth, which had been chattering until just now, and only let out a small breathing sound.
But the longer the silence continues, the closer the hands they hold together become.
Kwuk.
Under the pouring stars.
The smoke from a bonfire rises into the sky.
In a small yard where crickets chirp.
A small festival for just me and Luna.
“… .”
As I was calming my trembling heart for a while, I felt a steady, squeaky breathing coming from Luna’s nose.
I turned my head slightly and saw Luna sleeping with her eyes closed. Was she tired because it was late at night? I never thought she would fall asleep like this again.
I’m slightly debating whether I should wake Luna up or just carry her upstairs and lay her on the blanket.
What should I do?
So when I finally decided to move Luna to the second floor.
Foodadduk-.
Somewhere, with a loud flapping sound of wings, a fairly large bird flew into the yard. What is it? Is it a magpie? I heard that magpie chicks are diurnal.
Caaaak.
I woke up with a startled heart and saw a black bird sitting in the yard, digging up the potato patch. It dug up the patch with its sharp beak and ate the potatoes.
Kaaaak-!
Sval, you’re digging up the field that you just cleared?
It is unacceptable.
“Go away, get out of here!”
I was so angry that I flapped my arms to chase the guy away, but the black bird didn’t even pay attention to me and continued to ruin the field.
What the hell, an intruder coming into Luna and my garden. This is unacceptable.
So, just as I was about to raise my body up to grab the guy.
Food.
Suddenly, countless loud flapping wings seemed to surround the cabin.
Soon, something like a black cloud began to cover the cabin and the garden. Looking closely, I saw that it was, indeed, countless crows.
Shit, it’s not a swarm of locusts, it’s a flock of crows.
“Luna, Luna, wake up! The crops are going to fail!”
So I tried shaking Luna around to wake her up. Luna was really sleeping deeply, so she didn’t respond.
It’s done.
At that moment, I was really deeply troubled about how I could stop that on my own.
The crows that had been circling around the cabin eventually hit their heads in a corner of the yard and started spewing blood.
Papak, pababak.
Kkeueeek!
Kkiiiaaaak!
A few, a dozen or so of them would be burying their heads in a corner of the yard, scattering feathers and screaming.
To be honest, it was such a scary and horrifying scene that I forgot how flustered I had been just now and couldn’t help but reach for the club at my waist.
Something comes out.
Something bigger than I can imagine is about to happen.
I could vaguely feel something like that.
“Luna, wake up. You can’t sleep now!”
Even as I was adjusting my posture, my mouth tried to wake Luna.
Right then.
“The child-.”
The crows that had been stuck together in a strange tangle soon began to twist and turn into the shape of a swaying shadow.
A shadow created by countless crows gathering together.
It really grew and grew endlessly until it was looking down on me. It was a human being two or three heads taller than me.
Couldn’t it be expressed as a giant?
“you are….”
I held my breath as I looked at the giant that had appeared unexpectedly.
Her black hair fluttered like a crow’s feathers and wings, and her star-studded night sky-colored dress was so long it trailed on the floor.
And the languid purple eyes that even sense deep, deep black light.
The beauty of all these combined is like a sculpture.
It was so beautiful that it was almost scary.
Yes, that’s right.
This is a beauty that is both terrifying and awe-inspiring.
What comes to mind is a ghost-. No, this is a goddess.
She opens her mouth and speaks ominously.
“The child-. Luna won’t be able to wake up now. She’s fallen into Somnus’ deep sleep.”
Saaaaah-.
Just by opening my mouth to speak, I felt a chill that was unusual for a summer night. And in this world, there was only one person who could radiate such bone-chilling cold.
“Are you, by any chance, Lord Knox?”
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