S-Class Except Me – Chapter 107

Author: rolypoly

Nebiros nodded at the excited voice.

Haeun looked back at Noodle and was puzzled. Noodle that met her eyes innocently waggled its tail.

She got goosebumps at the same time as she thought it was cute. Because in the record, the other person tried to kill her.

If she thinks about it, Noodle appears excessively active in the records.

At the time, she thought he was excited because he was happy to see her after a long time, but when she heard Nebiros’ words, it seemed like he was reacting to the ‘mother’ and not to her.

“I have a question too.”

Hwang Soomin suddenly joined in, his eyes sparkling.

“Is the Constellation the name of a system?”

“They are just observers of the dimension. The system cannot be touched by even the constellations.”

“Hmm… But it is also a being that awakens humans. Looking at them, it looks like they are the majority. Then why couldn’t humans even know about the existence of Constellations? No one here knew that name except Hunter Jung Haeun.”

Nebiros glanced at Haeun and said,

“Because she is an exception.”

“I guess EX must have been EX as the exception, right?”

“Such human expressions are not important.”

“Great. So which constellation is the one that awakened me? If you are an observer at a level that can awaken humans with your will, is it possible to have a conversation with humans?”

Nebiros shook his head.

“It was originally impossible.”

“Ah, that’s a shame.”

“But it might be possible.”

“Wow, really? I’m looking forward to it. But there’s something else I’m curious about.”

“Wait a minute, Hwang Soomin.The question is, now I…”

Haeun interrupted Hwang Soomin’s questions, which continued like a runaway locomotive. She was the one who came to talk to Nebiros today, but Hwang Soomin was the only one who kept asking questions.

But at that moment, Hwang Soomin asked an unexpected question.

“Is it possible for a constellation to kill a human?”

Suddenly, all smiles disappeared from Hwang Soomin’s face. He continued.

“This time, I found someone who seemed to have died due to a strange power.”

The only incident that Hwang Soomin can call ‘this time’ is the West Sea Island incident, in which Haeun was also involved.

However, Sehyun said that although there were injuries, there were no deaths.

Haeun forgot to stop him and asked with a trembling voice.

“Who… died?”

“Yes~. There’s one person. What was his name? I think it was Ahn-ssi.”

“Don’t tell me, is it Ahn Jinhwan?”

“Oh, that’s right. That’s his name.”

This is the first time she has heard the news. Hwang Soomin added strangely to Haeun, who looked surprised.

“It wasn’t there when we first rescued the victim. He must have sneaked out. When we went back, we found him dead in front of the gate.”

As soon as Haeun got Ahn Jinhwan out of the C-Class dungeon, she turned her full attention away from him.

It was frustrating what he was doing, and she was busy chasing monsters, heading to where people gathered.

Still, she thought it would be okay because she dropped him off in a safe place.

“But what do you mean by the Constellation… Didn’t he get killed by the monsters?”

“If that were the case, there would have been traces of murder left, right? I don’t think it was a monster. He had vomited all the blood and was shriveled up like a mummy. He doesn’t even look like a human. There was no trace.”

Haeun frowned. At the same time, it became very uncomfortable. It’s true she didn’t like him, but she didn’t want him to die.

Even though she knows it’s not her fault, she still feels nauseous.

In response to Hwang Soomin’s question, Nebiros said it indifferently.

“Constellations cannot directly intervene in dimensional causality.”

“But it is possible to awaken and give strength. And I think that if you gain power that exceeds your capacity, you could die.”

“The system that manages it…”

Nebiros suddenly stopped what he was saying and looked back at Haeun. But soon, he looked at Haeun and naturally lowered his gaze.

“The role of the system is to manage it so that the law of causality is not violated.”

“Does not violating the law of causality mean that an individual can only awaken as much power as they can handle?”

“Yes, master.”

“But an exception occurred. It’s as if the system is broken. Is the system inherently a fluid rule?”

“It is not.”

After Nebiros’ last words, the atmosphere sank strangely. At the same time, Haeun’s head was also complicated. This is because she suddenly had an ominous feeling.

An anomaly occurred in the system where exceptions cannot occur.

And she had been experiencing strange phenomena that only she could feel, although they were not of the same type as Haeun.

‘It can’t be…’

It’s not, right?

Haeun shook her head roughly. She has already confirmed several times that the numbers remain the same and the environment does not change?

She thought she should check this point properly.

At the same time, she doesn’t know what she wants to ask Nebiros which makes him so wary.

But Hwang Soomin slowly raised his hand. He instinctively felt that now was the time to step down.

“Come up when you’re done~.”

After saying that, Hwang Soomin left the basement first.

After confirming that he had completely disappeared, Haeun turned towards Nebiros.

First of all.

“Can you see the system window that awakeners see?”

“Yes.”

“Really? Then at least the story will go faster.”

Haeun pointed to the system window floating above her head, which was stopped but not gone.

“That synchronization window.”

That window that never disappeared from the moment she awakened.

“What does it mean by synchronization?”

Haeun’s voice was slightly trembling as she spoke. Haeun was nervous and waited for Nebiros’ answer.

“I don’t know.”

But the answer that followed was enough to disappoint Haeun. Haeun cried out in tears.

“Don’t lie!”

“It’s true. It’s a window I’ve never seen before. There has never been such a window in any human being I have ever seen.”

Haeun was disappointed. How can they do this? That kind of suspicious window was only given to me?

“Then I will ask you differently.”

Haeun took a deep breath and opened her mouth again.

“You said earlier that the system cannot be changed. The Constellation is only an observer and cannot interfere.”

“That’s right.”

“So my window is also a system that doesn’t go against that damn causality or something?”

“That’s not it. Doesn’t the evidence already twist it?”

“…What did you say?”

“You must have felt it already. Things that don’t go along with nature happen.”

At that moment, she felt like her heart was dropping. Haeun asked with a pale face.

“No way… That window didn’t stop?”

“The system is already distorted. And as a result, abnormal phenomena that do not fit the causal law are occurring. Like the master said, ‘An awakened person who died after meeting an unsuitable partner.’”

Every time she uses this ability, her synchronization rate increases and the surrounding environment changes.

Nebiros’ confirmation made Haeun’s face turn white and bloodless, showing that the events were not a terrible accident but a clear case of cause and effect.

What? Isn’t it over now?

Why… Now he’s saying this.

“S, still, it’s okay because it’s stopped now, right? Huh? That’s right.”

“I can only see that the window exists, but I don’t see any details.”

The intense anxiety that had been bothering Haeun for a long time began to shake her heart again.

Haeun went to Nebiros to ensure that the system was no longer functioning and that she was safe.

Once she found out what the synchronization rate was, why it came into existence, and why it had been bothering her, she felt like she could shake everything off with relief.

However…

‘What if it was all my imagination?’

The world is still falling apart in other ways, and you’re playing a part in that.

Haeun bowed her head. Soon a gloomy voice came from Haeun.

“Why is there an exception that breaks down the law of causality for me?”

Now she can’t go back to her previous life of blindly hiding her strength. People all over the world have already found out that Haeun is an out-of-standard awakened person. They wouldn’t be convinced if she suddenly refused to act as a Hunter.

In addition, Haeun didn’t want to go back to the frustrating days when she felt like she had chains around her whole body.

“Is it an error in the system?”

“Errors cannot occur in the system. They are simply reacting because there’s a being that can make an exception.”

“Who? Me?”

“…If you think about it, you can say that it is.”

Nebiros, who was pondering, answered slowly. In the end, Haeun burst into tears when she heard that it was because of her.

‘Why only to me?’

Haeun, who was biting her lower lip, roughly shook her head.

‘No, that’s fine.’

But in the end, she knows for sure that that window is the problem, right?

It’s not a bad harvest just to have her doubts solidified into certainty.

So now all that’s left is to solve the problem.