I Made a Game Featuring Constellations-Chapter 69

“...Russ!”

“Gaizerus is also here, right? Right???”

“How can this be... How can it be so cute!!!! Ah, really Russ, will you be my husband forever...?”

"Gaizerus already officially has Safira as his lover."

“Not my problem!? Official? Who cares about official!”

“I love you, my baby! If you make it into the game, I’ll definitely pick you as my favorite!”

The intense reactions from the players exceeded all expectations.

Thanks to that, she was able to gather more "Recognition" and "Divinity" than necessary.

I confirmed in real-time that the sin of Lust was being slowly removed from the Constellation [Theft] lying in the tank in front of me.

Now, only a faint trace of the sin remained.

"Did we succeed again, Your Highness?"

The Goddess of Wisdom, who had been measuring the device beside me, turned and smiled at me.

“I told you. Our prince is special; we can do things others can’t do so easily.”

“No, Your Highness.”

If I had been alone, I couldn’t have done it.

If I had done everything alone, it would have been just the first personalized horror game, and through that game, I wouldn’t have been able to stop him from coming after our Constellation.

With the Magitech Engineer, I knew we had failed, but with [Sacrifice] and the Demon God, we managed to stop him and capture him.

With the Goddess of Wisdom, we were able to continue the new plan, and above all, with our Constellation, we could incorporate all of this into the game and proceed.

It was her suggestion to use the rules about the creepy ghost stories to deliver messages to Gaizerus. Without her, I would never have thought of that idea.

“I couldn’t have done it alone.”

Without our reliable investors, I wouldn’t have been able to do anything.

Usually, I thought they were all broken in some way, but there was no one more reliable than them.

“...Tch. That look in your eyes is too much. Is this really how our prince is going to act?”

“...Huh?”

Her sudden reaction, puffing up her cheeks and turning her face away, was too unexpected.

“Before we started this, you promised to give me a wish. I’m going to take that wish now!”

The fact that I was receiving the help of the [Wisdom] Constellation in exchange for just a wish seemed almost too cheap.

It must be a favor she was doing for me.

Even if it’s something a god could ask a normal human to do, it wouldn't be a big deal.

“Still, with this, we were able to gather quite a few clues about the sins and the Abyss.”

“...Really?”

“Of course.”

She snapped her fingers, and deformed images of our investors appeared in the air.

“Sloth, Wrath, Pride, and then Lust. Four sins, and our prince faced them all.”

She went on, showing the images one by one, from [Sacrifice] to the Magitech Engineer, the Demon God, and finally [Theft].

“These all have something in common when we connect them with their stories and sins.”

“Something in common?”

“Yes, the distance between their original selves and the sins that consumed them after their ascension is very large.”

The sins were distant from their original selves...?

What does that mean...? Ah!

I finally understood what she was trying to say.

The Constellation [Sacrifice] was the one furthest from Sloth. She always disciplined herself and fought to protect her people. But after her deification and ascension, she became so isolated that she never left her room.

The Magitech Engineer, judging by his actions after he removed his sins, must have been someone who didn’t enjoy frivolous laughter. Before meeting that girl, he must have been a shy boy who couldn’t even express his anger.

The Demon God, despite looking foolish, had saved the continent and killed his master to become a hero, but he never once flaunted this. Of course, it was related to his master, but she was the one who was furthest from Pride.

And finally, the case of [Theft]...

The Constellation [Theft] is an elf. Of course, a dark elf, but compared to other races, elves are famously indifferent to sexual desires. They are a long-lived race. He was caught up in the hardships of life from a young age and died young, and except for one instance, he never had the chance to experience Lust. Considering that the one instance was a sweet romance with a childhood friend, it’s clear that among the Constellations, he was the one farthest from Lust.”

“That means...”

“We can conclude this: The sin that consumes the Constellations is the one that is furthest from their original being. Of course, we don’t know if it’s because it’s more vulnerable and easier to consume, or if the gods intentionally choose it to dilute their divinity. But at least we can be certain of this pattern.”

Does this mean that the gods aren’t choosing randomly when they infest sins?

This is only a hypothesis I’ve inductively inferred from the cases so far, but it seems plausible.

Perhaps based on this hypothesis, we might discover other gods or uncover the Abyss’s goals and patterns of behavior.

“Hmm...”

At that moment, the Constellation [Theft], who had been lying down, groaned.

“He seems like he’s trying to get up.”

The Goddess of Wisdom walked toward him leisurely.

Though a fragment of Lust still remained in him, it was a tiny fragment, so small it could barely be called a fragment.

Snap!

He opened his eyes and raised his upper body.

Then he frowned as if feeling a headache.

Whoosh!

At that moment, the Goddess of Wisdom, who had been approaching him casually, suddenly hid behind me.

“Uh... Princess?”

Wasn’t she supposed to be doing something for him?

Is she scared?

“Sorry, Your Highness! I must have forgotten because I was next to you!”

“Forgotten what?”

“I’m a lonely being who can’t face other gods without Your Highness!”

Ah.

That’s right.

This woman has been locked in a room for centuries.

I had forgotten because she was so composed and dependable.

I guess there’s no helping it. I’ll have to take charge.

I sighed deeply and then walked toward [Theft], who was sitting dazed.

“Nice to meet you, Gaizerus. How are you feeling?”

“...Who are you?”

His blank eyes stared at me.

The fierce look of a warrior was engraved in his strong eyes, but the desire and madness I had seen before were gone.

His thoughts seemed clear and orderly.

“I... well... what should I say?”

It felt a bit strange to introduce myself as Lian, but...

Dream’s Apostle? No, that makes it sound like I’m selling our Constellation.

GM? Can I even call myself a Game Master?

Hmm...

"Director. That seems the most fitting."

“Director?”

“Yes, I’m the master of the world you were just in.”

“The world...?”

He recalled the events from the dream and rubbed his head.

I had borrowed the power of countless players to erase the Lust sin remaining in him and revive his memories.

By creating an early horror atmosphere to enhance player immersion, I guided them toward his past as I advanced Gaizerus’s story.

This helped pull Lust out from his mind and resurrect his memories.

It was something my own power couldn’t handle, but we overcame it with collective intelligence.

Having dreamt of so many worlds at once, his mind was naturally in chaos.

“Did you... pull me out of that nightmare?”

After collecting his thoughts, he slowly began to rise from where he had been lying.

“I owe you my thanks, Director.”

The vitality slowly returned to his pale, almost lifeless skin.

His body began to normalize, liberated from the long period of depravity.

“I would love to talk with you more, but...”

His gaze drifted to the void.

“There is someone who has been waiting for me for such a long time. Could you wait just a little longer?”

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“Of course.”

“Thank you.”

And with that, his body, surrounded by divinity, shimmered and then disappeared.

He didn’t tell me where he was headed or who had been waiting for him, but I felt like I knew exactly where he had gone, even without reading his thoughts.

***

Religious City Condolence

Inside a temple, numerous people were busily moving about.

“Place those letters over here! Yes! This one goes here!”

As the work inside the temple started to settle down, the First Apostle Safira entered her own private space and collapsed into a seat.

“Huff.”

She pulled a small doll into her arms.

A doll full of memories of him.

Why are there so many offerings, letters, and gifts today?

As an elf who had lived for a long time and was slow to catch up with the latest information and trends, she had no idea what was happening.

The increased attention to the temple meant that the divinity that would go to him in the heavens was also increasing, which should be a good thing. However, it could also be a prank by someone.

In her position, where she had to protect him from the world below, she had no choice but to be cautious until she knew exactly what was going on.

If only our Russ’s divinity had been [Sacrifice] or [Unity], there wouldn’t have been such worries.

It was the ambiguous popularity of the divinity [Theft] that caused the problem.

She recalled the past when she unified the elves and deified Gaizerus.

In order to resurrect him, she had to find a divinity that symbolized him during the deification process.

The divinity that suited him most was [Sacrifice] or [Unity], already existing divinities.

That’s why, after much searching, she had no choice but to deify him with [Theft].

Luckily, thanks to him becoming one of the seven great heroes of the continent, he was able to become a proper deity as the savior of the elves. But due to the lack of divinity, he couldn’t respond to her.

The First Apostle of [Sacrifice], Melis, who was a fellow apostle she knew from a neighboring town, was able to communicate well with the god, but she herself had never had a proper conversation with him.

If only I had thought harder and found a more fitting divinity...

She spent every night regretting it.

No, this is the punishment for forcing his resurrection.

The cost of the forbidden love.

Will I be able to see him again after I die?

I miss you... Russ.

Just as she tightened her embrace on the doll...

“You’re still holding onto the doll.”

That voice.

Her eyes widened, and she turned around.

She couldn’t believe her eyes.

“R...Russ?”

The voice she thought she would never hear again.

The beautiful face she thought she would never see again.

The dark-faced boy was leaning against the wall.

“Did you wait long?”

“...No? Not that long.”

“So you did wait?”

She flung herself into his open arms.

“You idiot, Russ... why are you just now showing up?”

Her eyes welled up with tears.

“I’m sorry, Safira. I’m really sorry.”

She buried her face in his neck.

It doesn’t matter if this is an illusion.

It doesn’t matter if this is a dream, not reality.

I would rather stay in this world forever than wake up to the horrifying reality.

They were back to the time when they were the boy and girl of the past.

“I’m not leaving again.”

“If I want to leave, I won’t be able to, right?”

[Theft] smiles as [Lust] is erased.

Freed from the long nightmare, the elf girl and the dark elf boy looked into each other’s eyes and smiled brightly.