FVN Chapter 359:
Chapter 359:
Chapter 359:
~Korea Hero Association~
The atmosphere has become quite bright.
"Hello~"
"Haha...Yes, hello. Stardus."
It was none other than Stardus, the only S-class hero in the country.
For almost half a year now, she's always been cold and serious.
...Of course, that's to be expected from a hero who's always in the middle of life and death, but she's always been somewhat quiet and edgy.
She's changed.
"......"
She's always smiling, and sometimes she even laughs out loud.
...Much to the dismay of the staff, who were used to seeing her cold and sharp.
"...Has anything good happened to Stardus lately?"
"I don't know...but it's good to see she’s cheerful."
Of course, her cheerfulness lightened up the normally stiff atmosphere of the Association, and everyone was happy, even the president.
"Hmm. Stardus has been brightening up lately, hasn't it?"
"That's right, Mr. President."
"...That's good, haha, I'm finally going to live, haha, I was scared to death all this time..."
Saying that, the Chairman collapses into a chair and wipes his shiny hair.
...He was quite relieved, as he had been tormented by the cold Stardus for some time now.
"Well, if she’s suddenly looking like that, it must be a man, haha, whoever you are, thank you very much!"
Unbeknownst to the Association president, who was laughing hysterically while holding his stomach at the time...Stardus' lover was the villain.
He would find out later, and realize that he was about to fall by the scruff of the neck...
Well. Whatever.
Stardus, Shin Haru had been in a good mood lately.
The best she'd ever been.
"I will never leave you again, I will always be by your side.
"...Mmm."
At the end of the day Haru was in her bed, hugging the quilt and smiling with a slightly flushed face.
She had finally confessed her feelings to Egostic and he had accepted them.
What could possibly be better than this...?
"...Hmph."
Haru smiled broadly.
...The anxiety, nervousness, and tiredness that she had been showing were almost gone.
In short, she was almost back to her old self.
Her brain was finally able to make rational decisions...!
And that's why she still had a dramatic reaction whenever she was reminded of her past indiscretions.
"Ugh..."
She might not have had a chance since the bond between them is strong but not if Stardust came first.
She was her best friend.
‘Spice up my day, beat the Egostream...’
Good. Good.
That's probably the best way to go.
She's seen it before, the way the members of the Egostream...
They had the look of never giving up.
‘Ugh...'
Seola shuddered just thinking about it.
...She had to prevent Egostic from being kidnapped and split into ten equal parts.
It was for the greatest happiness.
...Egostic wouldn't know, the tearful struggle behind her smile.
"Ha...Good."
With that thought, she looked out at the lights of the city below her.
‘...I've got a lot of work to do, including taking into account the ability inflation that Egostic mentioned...’
She sighed as she organized the things that needed to be done.
It was a night of many thoughts.
***
The Sun God's descent draws nearer and nearer, and as his influence grows, the abilities of all powers are enhanced and the world is thrown into chaos.
It was a shocking development that no one could have predicted in the original story, even the reader.
I knew all of this beforehand, and I didn't intend for the world to be so shocked by it.
‘...Seriously, the original writer was the worst.’
It starts with one of the heroes laughing off an attack from a much weaker villain, and then suddenly his head explodes. I was like, "Is this human?" I was really pissed off at how far they were going to take Stardust.
"...."
I swore to myself that I would make Stardus happy in this world, and that's how I rolled the pen.
Actually, I shouldn't have worried about Stardus', because she's the biggest beneficiary of Phase 4...
To put it simply, everyone's abilities become stronger in Phase 4 as the Sun God's descent approaches, meaning that her power has increased.
And Stardust, who becomes stronger in front of the power of the sun, becomes several times stronger in a situation where a god made of 100% pure power of the sun approaches the earth. In short, it means being in a state of constant awakening.
If other abilities' enhancements were additive, Stardus alone could be said to be multiplicative. That's why I said I wanted Stardus to be this strong by now. She's already much stronger than she was in the original, and this would be enough to push her to the limit of her abilities. There's nowhere else to go but up.
Why would such a strong Stardus be exhausted after Phase 4?
...The answer, of course, it’s because of other people. The empowered villains are so numerous that society descends into near-anarchy, and many of them die before the Sun God even arrives. I'm sure the Sun God had something to do with that.
Anyway, I wasn't going to let the world go to shit like that and bring tears to Stardus' eyes....Not now.
Which means I need to do something about Cathedral, the villainous alliance that spearheaded the destruction of the world and to do that, I needed to meet Celeste.
‘All for the sake of Stardus.’
I muttered to myself, donned my mask, and prepared to meet Celeste in the next Cathedral.
‘So this is the weight of pretense...'
I thought to myself.
Phew, that's not easy.