The battlefield had already gone silent.
Broken concrete. Flickering subway lights. The smell of blood and burned metal.
Ethan Vale stood in the middle of it all—smiling.
Not a triumphant smile.
Not a desperate one.
Just… simple.
"…Did we win?" Ethan asked, scratching his head.
Kim Dokja didn't answer.
Because he wasn't looking at the battlefield.
He was looking at the messages.
[The constellation "Magician Who Denied Mystery" is observing the situation.]
[The constellation "Magician Who Denied Mystery" is amused by the incarnation's simplicity.]
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"…Again."
Dokja narrowed his eyes.
That constellation.
It had been interfering too much.
Too precisely.
"Yoo Joonghyuk."
"…What."
"That constellation. Don't you find it strange?"
Joonghyuk didn't even look up.
"All constellations are strange."
"…No. This one is different."
Dokja's gaze sharpened.
"Constellations usually exaggerate their identity. They act like myths… gods… legends."
He paused.
"But this one… denies its own nature."
[The constellation "Magician Who Denied Mystery" expresses mild dissatisfaction.]
"…See?" Dokja muttered.
"It reacts too fast."
Dokja began piecing it together.
Every sponsorship.
Every message.
Every moment Ethan survived something impossible.
[The constellation "Magician Who Denied Mystery" claims that this outcome is 'logical.']
[The constellation "Magician Who Denied Mystery" denies the existence of miracles.]
"…Logical?"
Dokja smiled faintly.
"That's not how constellations talk."
Constellations thrived on stories.
On mystery.
On myth.
But this one?
It rejected all of it.
"…I see."
Dokja's expression darkened.
"This isn't a myth-based constellation."
Yoo Joonghyuk finally glanced at him.
"Speak clearly."
Dokja exhaled.
"…It's not a 'Magician.'"
A pause.
Then—
"It's something that hates magic."
Dokja looked at Ethan.
The boy who survived things he shouldn't.
Who broke rules without understanding them.
Who shouldn't exist in this system.
"…Ethan."
"Hm?"
"That constellation… chose you for a reason."
Ethan blinked.
"Oh. Because I said I'd prove magic isn't real?"
"…Yes. That."
Dokja covered his face briefly.
"…That ridiculous reason."
[The constellation "Magician Who Denied Mystery" is greatly amused.]
"…But that's not the real reason."
Dokja's voice dropped.
"That constellation didn't choose you."
A beat.
"It recognized you."
Suddenly—
The air trembled.
[The Star Stream is reacting to an unauthorized interpretation.]
[Warning! Excessive inference detected.]
"…As expected."
Dokja smirked.
"That means I'm right."
Dokja spoke slowly.
Each word deliberate.
"That constellation…"
"…is not a being of myth."
"…not a god."
"…not even a proper 'story.'"
Yoo Joonghyuk's eyes narrowed.
"…Then what is it?"
Dokja looked up at the sky.
At the invisible watchers.
At the thing pretending to be a constellation.
"…It's a contradiction."
[The constellation "Magician Who Denied Mystery" has gone silent.]
"…A being that exists within the Star Stream…"
"…but denies the foundation of the Star Stream itself."
Dokja whispered:
"…An Anti-Constellation."
The moment the words left his mouth—
Reality cracked.
[ERROR—]
[ERROR—]
[The Star Stream has detected a classification conflict.]
Coins froze mid-air.
The messages flickered.
Even the constellations—
went quiet.
"…Huh?"
Ethan tilted his head.
"So… he's not a magician?"
Dokja stared at him.
"…That's your takeaway?"
"Yeah."
Ethan grinned.
"Then I was right!"
[The constellation "Magician Who Denied Mystery" bursts into laughter.]
[The constellation "Magician Who Denied Mystery" declares the incarnation "interesting beyond expectation."]
Dokja closed his eyes.
"…Unbelievable."
One last message appeared.
Different from the others.
Heavier.
Older.
[The constellation "Magician Who Denied Mystery" reveals a fragment of its true modifier.]
[The Constellation who Denied the Concept of 'Mystery Itself' is watching you.]
Silence.
"…So that's it."
Dokja smiled.
Not in amusement.
But in realization.
"You're not trying to prove magic wrong."
"…You're trying to erase it."
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Behind Ethan—
The invisible constellation watched.
Not like a god.
Not like a story.
But like something outside the system.
[The constellation "Magician Who Denied Mystery" is looking at Kim Dokja.]
[The constellation is curious whether this 'reader' can understand the end.]
Dokja's eyes gleamed.
"…Try me."