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Chapter Twenty-Nine: Department of Astrology
“Okay…” Chihaya Aine smoothed her hair over her shoulder and said hesitantly, “Um… Zeze, I’ll go now.”
"Hmm?" Koshimura looked at her with some surprise. "Didn't you say you wanted to find members of the adventurer's party?"
“I know…” Chihaya Aine paused, then looked up. “I just… need to think about it some more.”
Seeing the rare mix of seriousness and confusion in her eyes, Yuecunze knew she really needed some time to process it, so he didn't try to stop her and just nodded.
"See you."
He watched Chihaya Aine walk out of the club building, and just as he turned to leave, he suddenly heard a scream from outside.
"ah!"
He rushed out and saw Chihaya Aine trip over a trash bag placed by the door, and standing in front of her was a gray-haired girl wearing a Haneoka uniform.
"It hurts..."
"You fell." Gao Songdeng lowered his head, looking at her with concern, his voice soft.
"Ah, it's alright, it's alright," Chihaya Aine quickly explained with a smile.
"It hurts so much..." But she didn't seem to last long, and her brows furrowed again.
"A band-aid," Takamatsu Akari suddenly said, sitting up straight.
"Huh?" Chihaya Aine was taken aback.
Just as Koshimura was about to say something, he saw Takamatsu Akari turn around and run past him quickly.
"Wait a minute—" Chihaya Aine tried to call out to her, but Takamatsu Akari's figure had already disappeared into the corridor.
Wait, so the convergence of world lines isn't over yet?
Koshimura sighed, resignedly walked over and pulled Chihaya Aine up from the ground.
“Sawarin?” Chihaya Aine pulled him up from the ground, “Thank you… I didn’t know you were still here. I thought you had already left.”
No, you're attacking Mingchao again. Do you want to ruin the future of Solaris?
"Don't talk about that now." Koshimura brushed the dust off her clothes and pointed behind them. "Didn't you come to find Takamatsu? Why don't you hurry up and catch up with him?"
"Huh? You found out..." Chihaya Aine smiled awkwardly, then suddenly changed the subject, "By the way, Sawarin, let's go together. This time we must succeed in inviting her to join the adventure team!"
"I don't have any objections... I have nothing to do when I get back anyway."
"Then it's decided!" She clenched her fist and took a firm step forward. "Anon Tkoyo Adventure Team, our first combat mission—yay!"
It seems I stepped on a garbage bag again.
Koshimura slapped his forehead.
Is it true that you always fall flat on the ground?
Your passive skills are almost more numerous than the status bar in DNF (Dungeon Fighter Online).
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"Which one do you want to use?" Takamatsu asked, pointing to the band-aids in the open pencil case in the club activity room.
"Wow, amazing! These are all Band-Aids?" Chihaya Aine looked at the mountain of Band-Aids piled up in the box.
Koshimura glanced at the two people awkwardly chatting inside the room, subconsciously took a step back, and looked up again to check the sign hanging on the door frame.
Department of Astrology.
The three large characters were crystal clear.
No, that's not right, is it?
How can someone adapt to a worldview like this?
He had just entered the room when he saw Chihaya Aine take a band-aid out of the box.
"This is... a Gentoo penguin?" He glanced at the image on the band-aid.
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a powerful gravity instantly envelop him.
"Um... do you like penguins too?" Takamatsu Akari, who was quietly waiting for Chihaya Aine to choose a band-aid, suddenly looked up and "whoosh"ed up to Koshimura Sawa.
Koshimura could even see her long eyelashes, her amber eyes fluttering, and her little face full of anticipation.
Her fingers flew through the pencil case, rattling off a string of names as if they were her most prized possessions: "There are also Adelie penguins, rockhopper penguins, Magellanic penguins..."
The lead singer tried too hard.
"...I guess you could say I like them, but I actually prefer orcas." After waiting for a while, Koshimura finally found a chance to interject.
Liking orcas shows good taste.
Yes, I like both Red Ti and Blue Ti.
Wait, which orca are you talking about?
“I also really like orcas. They feel like little dogs in the ocean... They're very intelligent and friendly…” Gao Songdeng said.
"Well, some orca pods will clearly show friendliness towards humans and even share food, but I doubt anyone would like a seal with only half a seal left...?"
"Huh?" Chihaya Aine, who had been left standing to the side and whose knees were still aching, looked at the two who had suddenly started chatting enthusiastically for no apparent reason.
Wait, I'm injured! Doesn't anyone care about me at all?
She quickly said, "Little Lamp, actually... I like penguins too, you know?"
Seriously, Anon-chan, you can actually support this?
"Really?" Takamatsu Akari's eyes lit up immediately, and she turned to Chihaya Aine. "Aine-san... what kind of penguins do you like?"
"Uh, this..." Chihaya Aine's smile froze instantly. She scratched her face awkwardly, remained silent for a few seconds, and then her eyes suddenly caught sight of the trash bag by the door. "Ah! Right, the trash from earlier hasn't been taken out yet. I'll go throw it away for you!"
Before Gao Songdeng could answer, she picked up the trash bag and ran out of the astrology department like a gust of wind, showing no sign that she had just injured her knee.
Koshimura Sawa: "......"
The activity room was instantly filled with only Koshimura Sawa and Takamatsu Akari, and the air fell silent.
Koshimura Sawa found a place to sit down, intending to take advantage of this break to observe the differences between this astrology club and the astronomy club in the original work.
It doesn't seem to make much difference... except for the star chart on the wall, even the Roselia poster is exactly the same.
Could it really be that they just changed the name?
Just then, his gaze suddenly swept over the guitar sword engraved with steel strings placed on the table.
......
forget it.
"Takamatsu-kun... what is this?"
"Ah, that looks like it was left by the former president..."
Koshimura stood up, walked to the blue guitar sword adorned with silver star trails, and gently placed his hand on it.
The hilt gleamed with a cold metallic sheen, engraved with intricate silver star trail patterns. Connecting the hilt was a blue, openwork blade, inlaid with several crystals that shimmered like stars. Tensioned metal strings extended from the nut on the hilt, running parallel to one side of the blade and extending to the vicinity of the sharp tip.
What? It's a Stand of the same type as me?
【Star's Edge】
[Quality: unknown]
The weapon, whose nature remains unidentified, may have suffered some form of damage.
[While you are holding this sword, you can utter the command "Galas-var" to temporarily awaken it. In its awakened state, the sword will emit a pale blue light, providing 20 feet of bright illumination and an additional 20 feet of soft glow. This light persists until you utter the command again, or lower/sheath the sword.]
[While Starblade is awakened, you gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with it, and you gain resistance to Radiant damage.]
You can cast faerie fire with this weapon in one action, without any spell component (DC13 saving throw). Once you cast the spell that comes with the Star's Edge, you cannot cast that spell with it until dawn the following day.
[Note: Huh?]
I am super.
Hikawa Hinata, you're amazing!
"Takamatsu-kun, your astrology club is really full of talented people, haha..." Koshimura Sawa was still immersed in the shock just now, chuckled twice, and reluctantly let go of her hand.
“Hmm,” Gao Songdeng nodded, seemingly not finding anything special. She rummaged around and pulled out a notebook from somewhere, handing it to him. “The previous ministers… left behind a lot of things.”
Koshimura took it curiously and casually turned to a page.
"On December 12th, dust was discovered. The shape is almost exactly like the Crab Nebula. It seems that today is a good day to communicate with the star plane... The ritual preparations are going smoothly. Wait, why are the stars moving?"
Behind it was a large blob of blackened smear.
"That was written by a senior from the year before that... I heard she lured out a giant astral worm larva from the astral plane, accidentally knocked over the old club building, and was therefore dismissed from the school... The previous club president was the last one," Gao Songdeng explained from the side.
No wonder the student club building looks so much newer than the other buildings...
Koshimura Sawa casually flipped through a few pages.
"I looked at the stars today, a really dark and gloomy sky, let's call it the Dark Star."
This glacier Japanese dish is also amazing, I think it's divine.
"Oh, right, Cai Cai said she found a super cool weapon in the cave! It's like a combination of a guitar and a sword! But when I tried it, it seemed like I couldn't use it to cast spells... What a pity, but it really looks cool, and there are even natural star patterns on the blade..."
"I've got it! Let's put it in the astrology department! If a later member figurees out how to use it, we can leave it to them. It sounds so cute!"
"It seems everyone in the astrology club has quite a few...personalities." After holding it in for a while, Koshimura Sawa finally closed his notebook silently to avoid seeing anything that might impact his worldview.
"Hmm." Takamatsu Akari nodded as if she agreed, then, as if suddenly remembering something, she looked down and started rummaging through the drawer.
This time, however, she didn't take out a notebook, but a transparent, silvery crystal. She walked up to Yuecunze, held it out with both hands, and handed it to him softly:
"This... is for you."
Astral Shard
[Quality: Rare]
[Fragments of crystal from the Starry Dimension, with a silvery mist flowing across their surface]
As an action, you can attach a crystal fragment to a miniature object (such as a weapon or a piece of jewelry) or remove it. When you hold or wear a crystal fragment, you can use it as a ritual implement.
[A Shard can hold a maximum of 12 charges. When you hold or wear a Shard, whenever you cast a spell with a ring, you can choose to consume up to the number of charges required to fire a burst of starlight. The number of starlights you fire equals the number of charges consumed. You can decide whether these starlights attack the same creature within 120 feet or attack different creatures separately. The starlight attacks automatically track their targets, and each starlight deals 1d6 Radiant damage.]
Before each dawn, the Shards draw power from the astral plane to restore 1d6 of their consumed charges.
"Huh?" Koshimura Sawa was completely taken aback and froze. Looking at the obviously valuable item before him, then at Takamatsu Akari's clear and earnest eyes, he quickly waved his hands. "No, no, no, Takamatsu-kun, this is too precious! I can't accept it! I didn't do anything, and besides—"
“It’s alright…this isn’t a magic stone, just a stone I found by chance.” Takamatsu Akari stubbornly pushed her hand forward again, her head bowed, her voice even softer. “It’s…a thank you gift. Thank you…for listening to me tell you all this…”
what?
Wait, you mean you just picked up a rare magical item by chance?
The ancient Greek god who controlled the collection of stones said so.
"Really, it's no trouble at all! It was just a small favor!" Koshimura quickly let go of the notebook in his hand and pushed her hand back. "Takamatsu-san, you're too kind. Actually, I already really like it..."
Just then, Takamatsu Akari seemed to want to take a step forward and shove the stone directly into Koshimura Sawa's hand, but unexpectedly stepped on the notebook that had slipped from Koshimura Sawa's hand.
She slipped, lost her balance instantly, and fell backward.
As we all know, when a person loses their balance, they will instinctively grab onto the nearest object.
In a panic, Takamatsu Akari instinctively grabbed Koshimura Sawa's wrist before he could pull it back, like a drowning person grabbing a piece of driftwood.
"No—" Koshimura Sawa felt a huge pulling force coming from his wrist, and his whole body was suddenly pulled forward by the force of Takamatsu Akari falling.
"Thump!" "Uh..."
Two muffled thuds sounded almost simultaneously.
Koshimura Sawa slowly opened his eyes.
What came into view was Takamatsu Akari's face, which was very close to his. She seemed to be in a daze because she hadn't felt the pain of falling to the ground.
[That Takamatsu Akari is a real succubus! She usually dresses like a tomboy, but her personality is as soft as cotton candy. She'll occasionally look up at you, revealing her profile with an earring, which only adds to her allure. Anyone who isn't captivated by Takamatsu Akari at first sight is a genius.]
The plagiarism detection rate is 100%.
Koshimura continued to look down, and one of his hands had subconsciously reached behind Takamatsu Akari, supporting her at a height of about one centimeter from the ground. His other hand, to support his body, was pressed against the cold floor next to him.
Luckily, I'm a Naruto player, so I can even react to the Hollowfication effect.