HSO Chapter 06 – Starlight Falls, Sha-la-la-la~

Chapter 06
Starlight Falls, Sha-la-la-la~7792c2352946e436

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In an instant, 8b6254fdf2 the surging hot 45e83920f3 spring water swallowed f5d170687f me whole like 297d02084a the gaping mouth f29b899c6f of a whale.f30b12be2cc08203

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I had no dea248783f time to celebrate 743c4d5194 my promotion from 62b8cbdfc9 F-rank to E-rank e1edcadc5b before I was 6450dbe078 dragged underwater.78a414ae5739540a

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I can’t breathe!53b891da3f1b1a96

How unnecessarily considerate to tell me exactly when I’ll die!f17a0b83c240e74b

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I flailed desperately, 0db2461ef8 trying to reach 8b4ae58274 the surface.ad3ee2543fc0acd0

Why is my health b8e4e682d8 depleting so fast?1d48f17d2a58148f

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At this rate, I’ll die from lack of health before I even drown.8fb2f7fbf92dac59

Fine. I give up.6b3ea9ce77e43a24

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As the sense of resignation 54fbc0049c settled in, my body naturally 887aa623a4 went limp.1f264f3024c26982

Ah…4dbeca1629a69e4c

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So this is b16dee6ba7 how I die?b97b4a4fcfb1ac5c

I had big plans—using the fortune I’d earn from running a successful hot spring to hire skilled hunters, find my missing parents, and finally create a place where Si-woo and Ji-ho wouldn’t have to live as hunters, constantly risking their lives.7aff584a6806442b

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I thought we could all gather at the hot spring, laughing together like before…4aca47995f894782

As soon as the countdown ba90bfeeca hit the ten-second mark, my 421949729e vision blurred.a044b48f2ce4b320

Just then, a 5011b90b4c radiant light bloomed f9f991672e in the water, cbb5e34760 illuminating everything around 043c3109a5 me.7972287f1cfd101c

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Someone’s hand reached out, pulling me close, and then—warm breath was passed into my mouth.432a7bb9c7a0e9ef

Even underwater, his silver hair 2dccb9ee49 shimmered mysteriously, his long eyelashes 454957ab07 casting delicate shadows over his 8fd8dbde2f cold sapphire eyes.7fad4ced3fbd6421

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The one breathing air into me was none other than the man known as the Constellation ‘Ruler of the Hot Spring’.331df07d51b4abd8

I’m… alive…07f0c5e464a6d12f

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Holding me in his arms, 21a073d702 he shot toward the surface 7faf5c5d14 in an instant.5075726609fc04fb

As powerful waves e24883a89e surged around him, d49fd22fe2 his sea-colored robe 181a54058b fluttered wildly.0c464ea959d170da

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Something felt strange.2f4b35713510444d

Why did this 976dcc0449 seem so familiar?869b941e41ce51f8

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As my blurred vision 147d5dea96 made it difficult to 40cda239b7 focus, an old, distant 0fa0813cf3 memory overlapped with the 793b776faf image of the man afaa13bb8f before me.ef93244cac0a6ea6

This isn’t the time to be like this…a10b5dda8bb8e009

“I was supposed to eat pork cutlet for lunch…”c7bd6c50b95bca0d

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“Get a grip, kid.”b06fe8918b6e8cdf

A low, gentle voice echoed d078c479f5 in my ears.2fdb4079dfd39539

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But my eyelids felt 67868fac35 too heavy to lift.39ef1e7cb869d481

“….Ginseng… chicken soup is good too….”79c14e890547b3a9

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My mouth is watering 3cc7e7bd4d even at a time 66c1ef2988 like this.49272c8620d8d236

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I’m hungry… and sleepy…f41fa20fa199cdde

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I barely ate 449c414b5a all day, and cdb3e114b4 falling into the 2ebe020cb0 water had left 36424f25bf my body feeling 5841927ce1 cold.79aec7f7cc8e5c2f

“Cold….”726eafd212415900

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Instinctively, I burrowed into e9f86b3979 the warm, broad chest 0a05db5801 that held me.33a64d1a3bb9f7c7

“You really do everything, don’t you.”e4cc05e9d1fb280c

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I felt someone wrapping 37f05dc6d2 me in what seemed 79f93fd9a2 like a cloth.e7766cfcdcab5ded

That was the 09ccaf08ad last thing I 6e38cb826c remembered before losing 48120b3df0 consciousness.c760876e94e6cbe1

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The rich aroma of fried food…4d2bde430894825a

That’s definitely pork cutlet!26d5266af27a404c

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Lured by the delicious cae7c876d5 smell, I slowly opened f04131167a my eyes.a57804bfa6c10b78

“Huh? Where am I?”efc0a369b75f68dc

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I found myself lying on ece769cffe a futon in what looked df96df62af like a guest room, now 736c687c78 dressed in the outfit Younggye af82b6d521 had given me earlier.eede0c9f54765342

The last thing I remembered was falling into the suddenly erupting hot spring and struggling underwater…455ab7df22e77c1f

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Even as an awakened being—though only an E-rank one now—I couldn’t believe my total health was just 30.dc33988da1e4e652

Even considering that I was dd31a74f5e a hot spring owner and 607f2085b5 not a combat hunter, an 19fc3d082b E-rank hunter typically had at 682723039e least 1000 health.5c397fac41cbdfd4

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This was seriously pathetic.3702e51c4359576c

Might as well 0d41f085fc check my stats.2756ba0bdad0b927

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Maybe I had misread a4bae10694 them before.df1372b5d71e89aa

Desperately hoping I 95dddd0875 had made a 7d234ca232 mistake, I opened 792948e95f my status window.aa2ab722ee59d704

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So my eyes weren’t wrong.c4f573a3afdc2c69

Health of 30 and strength 2d83fd287f of 20.8c871e659ee95275

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I let out a 48731fc1cb deep sigh at the bc0bbac74f despairing numbers and shifted 25ba53b142 my gaze to the 91ea0cee04 hidden skill tab.35283a31acf0cb9b

…I’ve never heard of hidden skills before.6fb3cace1a4ca850

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And all I can do with the Hot Spring Pass Sales Desk is sell passes, yet it’s EX-grade?4bcf2e1b2c62249c

Since the EX-grade hot 673b6d8b93 spring was classified as 25ba76a423 a hidden field, it 60c33b4fa5 seemed that all skills f02c977683 related to the hot 356833c5d5 spring owner profession were 0101a792f5 categorized as hidden skills.4588056767a7220b

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What’s with this lock?e69d5232ee620ebf

Curious about its presence, I 36dbfbb3d3 tapped on the locked icon.89a3dab2fe20fc06

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Looking at the locks, 54c10b6ff6 it seemed there were b238433bce more hidden skills.7886b37727272bc7

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There’s also a lock on my stats?8390bcf56b29a332

I need the b0f4efafe5 favor of the 3475a35cbb constellations to unlock 4ccccf3a35 it?9b644976039c6bee

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But how did 9b9eb901a7 the progress reach b1f162fd00 50%?a514395655b1aa09

I didn’t think any constellations had taken a liking to me.a8c8c310dddbcc77

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Oh, except for one.9a82d0af07409003

That constellation was 4adb26b50a wagging its tail 2f39e169f9 at me.f3b0d278017ebc6c

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The first one that came d5ac023800 to mind was Do You 06a52205d0 Believe in Luck?488011fade196d2a

Then who’s the other one?df45048b8cf9e3d3

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Curious, I pressed the b2590e18e6 Check Progress button, and 0a6f9fd997 the favorability progress appeared.23831f3ecb3b9feb

Well, Yeomra was expected.ce5d3166b59d755e

But looking at that name again… Yeomra of the Underworld?9c1eaec20bfba17a

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It had the same naming sense as Park Si-woo’s Black Flame Dragon nonsense.a8acae5f5f704491

If he was 6719683963 actually the real 9c90500c67 Yeomra, fine.93f6122eb62181c1

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If not, he 9b76cf0a4c was definitely suffering 5370818ec0 from a severe 3e20e2aa4e case of chūnibyō.7ae95e0e512fa385

Can a middle schooler 1e3cd979a5 even become a constellation?0227ffd2d31d7813

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Wait, do constellations even 7fc39dbda6 have ages?5403d695bd32b004

Since constellations were mysterious beings, 189998b2a9 there was still a lot 5d40acf47e unknown about them.bf910e90bf39e04a

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As I entertained these random b91e78b70f thoughts, I shifted my focus.c1045be10fc58eaf

Huh? Unsu is incomplete?46bdf9e1a7700877

Then ,who actually likes me?5ee1b35dc41a6386

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That guy invited me to tea and wagged his tail like a fox, but…5b7d13ddeb60f864

Turns out he was totally 6a3b53b01e different on the inside.b8cc4f1abc511a0c

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I’ll never trust him again.ce43cb402ce3c133

Feeling strangely betrayed, I bf7e52a3f6 scoffed and moved to ed6a398590 the next name on 3201322204 the list.f079158ae5d6bd26

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Immortal Murderer…? I haven’t even had a proper conversation with him.b1b27499ee5c2f4b

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Is this favorability thing accurate?fbd4cabb3d10a2db

Thinking it might d9f0abd531 be a mistake, cc597f6310 I closed and c4b8ac561d reopened the window, 4eca5336e4 but the results b9e36811fc were the same.fd3b9acad623dd6b

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Is the name next fb3bb758c8 to the title their 7ee7916652 real name?7dcabe9ba1c01c0b

Sharenian… I feel like I’ve heard that before…ca845287e75b36ea

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Didn’t Yeong-gye mention it once?1d7df815c7bb4c41

But I couldn’t remember exactly what was said.55670740a8ac9e04

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Well, if it wasn’t important, I probably would have let it slide.bfa969884da3ae73

Deciding to move on, I checked the final constellation’s favorability status.f1b3124aa57f30e7

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Seeing the name, I couldn’t help but let out a laugh.26003c1536008ed4

I’d sooner believe that Park Si-woo was a normal person than believe this.005760650c3d6dd4

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Just then, I heard footsteps d89c561a47 approaching the room, so I 480bc5f927 quickly closed the window.31352f7717023cfb

“You’ve come to your senses?”1be9b73c0718c5a6

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The one who slid open 46be06c5e9 the door was none other 5940f4a7fb than the Master of the 61d090026f Hot Spring.292410360c81fa25

Unlike before, he was 06829635d0 now dressed in a 95557beaaf traditional hanbok similar to fdce4fd3f9 mine.6fb7c4e253cb5311

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So, it really bf5c1a6fc4 is true that 60e3b0e5c8 a good-looking face 2a5c2ae88f completes any outfit?d3a32fc46154d06f

That deep navy color suits 834122c3f2 him well.5d8bbc64a663ed54

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The dark shade of 9182132019 his clothes made his f749abd22e pale complexion stand out 4faedb9f22 even more.6ca1cad4cc4e45fc

No, now’s not the time to admire his looks.4004be3fc7c09a62

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I snapped back 48abcbdff6 to reality after 9bf5ab41c1 staring at him 428b52c76c a bit too 7252623bdc long.21588461e4b879f2

“As you can see?”6bffc00312b9f66e

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I raised both b3823b9388 hands and shrugged.68ef162759449821

The man lowered himself to 98ca8e65cc sit in front of me, febf0d6013 placing his large hand on 61c57536e4 my forehead before pulling away 09fd1d0e88 almost instantly.0fe35009e6eb6327

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Did something just pass by?fb4046b5dd1e2550

The whole thing 3f5d7676eb happened so quickly 46991965de that I just f6fbbb64ba blinked in confusion.31318563aabebe2f

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“No fever, it seems.”9e9ac56a14e0efc1

Muttering to himself, he then c12f441f5f stared at me with an ebef01059e icy gaze.a6d513a0f205bd9c

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His piercing eyes were 697fc703d0 so sharp that they b12750c7df almost felt physically painful.eabf0c86f9900cf0

“Why are you looking at me like that? If you’ve got a problem, just say it.”ce9fc7ebd8e8d659

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“You…”4ae9e6f6f6c46528

His cool-toned lips parted slightly.450c108ce35a0bc6

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“Have we met before?”6652df68486d2171

“I just awakened today?”38434975e4f5d1c7

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“That’s true.”cd4e366e4c53851e

He seemed just as baffled 0f5d46ff6f as I was, his expression 4630019694 full of doubt.9458aea5b3b4864b

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What kind of 3960b26d3e question was that?3eb9ad64f58c09f4

Then, the window I 2067482628 had just seen flashed 12be2b4ac2 through my mind.95f3269c52e24643

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“…Are you a tsundere by any chance?”a5ad8c0e6c8f7e3b

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“What is a tsundere?”fabb8d6997299f13

Hae-ryeong’s eyes filled with curiosity.50ddf6f5f298529c

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“Well… You know, when someone acts indifferent but actually cares deep down? Like how you’re cold to me, but in reality, you’re interested in me?”f1a6f7143664a50b

I just wanted ca3774f4d0 to confirm what a4a5836eb1 was on my 7abe606bd2 status window.391e42893285a94d

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But the moment our eyes e2e648a342 met—e9182acdc6b24799

The countless profanities hidden 4fb13e287c behind the stars rained 2d54cb00b1 down on me.384487a99d448f2a

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