Chapter 223 - The Night That Was Filled With Stars (2/2)

“The stars are also burning fireballs?” Rebecca looked at Gawain with shock and asked, “Then what are they using as fuel? How can they burn for so many years?”

Back on Earth, it was called hydrogen, but only heaven knew what the stars were burning on here…

Gawain didn’t reply immediately and could only laugh awkwardly. “I don’t know either.”

“Lord Ancestor, you aren’t bluffing me, right?” Rebecca looked at Gawain with suspicious eyes and said, “How can the stars in the sky be large fireballs?!”

“You cannot speak like that to our Ancestor!” Heidi glared at Rebecca sternly in response. Just as Gawain was feeling touched, Heidi spoke the second half of her statement, “Ancestor was suspended in the sky back then. He must have personally seen how those stars were burning… Right, Ancestor?”

Gawain: “…Mm… Right, right…”

“Ohh? That’s incredible!” Rebecca let out an exaggerated response before quickly touching her chin and going into contemplation. “What if I am able to accumulate an extremely large Fireball and then throw it very, very far away. Will it become a star?”

“…That is probably impossible.” Gawain didn’t know to laugh or cry as he shook his hand and said, “Real stars are much bigger than you can imagine. Of course, this is also my conjecture.”

Heidi revealed a pensive expression and asked, “Ancestor, do you think ‘Ao’ is also a burning fireball?”

“Ao…? Probably.”

Gawain wrapped his arms around his chest and lifted his head to look at the brightest star in the sky.

He naturally knew what it was, or more likely, he could guess what it was.

That was this solar system’s “sun” that this planet was revolving around.

This planet that he was standing on (assuming it was a planet) wasn’t a standard planet. It was highly possible that it was just a satellite planet revolving around a gas giant, and this gas giant would be what the people normally addressed as the “sun”. However, this gas giant should also be revolving around another celestial body, and according to the information Gawain had now, the celestial body was probably “Ao”. It was the brightest star in the night sky and also the mysterious lone star that could occasionally be seen during the day. It was also the “ultimate star of mystery” that had a special status in the hearts of mages and astrologists.

The Beyonders had all sorts of explanations for Ao, but no matter who it was, they had unanimously determined that it had a special impact in the study of some mysteries. Ao was the base point of all astrology observations, and it was frequently used as the “spiritual focal point” when mages were meditating. In fact, some of the religions said that Ao and the gods’ residence were related and that it was a lighthouse that guided the way to the god realm.

Rebecca looked at the sky and had a sudden discovery. “Say… Today’s Ao seems to be much brighter than usual.”

“During winter, Ao’s brightness would increase, don’t you know? This is the common sense of astrology study!” Heidi looked at Rebecca helplessly and said, “I really don’t know what happened to all the things you learned when you were young.”

Rebecca touched her neck and said, “I know that! But Ao during this year’s Days of Stars seems to be brighter than the previous years!”

“Is that so…?” Heidi looked at the sky suspiciously. She wasn’t able to detect the changes with the naked eye, but she knew that Rebecca was shockingly sensitive to such inexplicable details. As such, she said skeptically, “Perhaps there is something different… I remember reading from some of the neglected magic books that when the positions of the stars are ‘corrected’, the ultimate star of mystery, Ao, will have a strong connection with the world. The doors between the god realm and the human world would be loosened, and the predicted year seems to be within these few years.”

After hearing the strange and mysterious words from Heidi, Gawain felt a trace of an indescribable feeling.

When the positions of the stars are corrected… Why does it sound so inauspicious?

Just as he was pondering about if the statement “when the positions of the stars are corrected” was some kind of magic phenomenon or just a rumor, the doors of the balcony were suddenly opened. The sea-demon lady exclaimed while she was coming out, “Aiya, it is done for, it is done for, it is done for!!”

“What is done for?!” Gawain had never seen Tiel acting so frantically and making such a ruckus. This seafood that was frequently in a winter hibernation would always do things lazily, but she was rather spooked right now. “Does someone wish to stew you?”

“The positions of the stars! The positions of the stars!” Tiel used her tail to hop towards Gawain before gesturing. “Today is the day the stars will return to their positions! Once the stars reach their corrected positions, the giant squid in the deep sea… the giant squid…”

Gawain was just thinking about the connection between the stars and the evil god in the deep sea. When he heard Tiel mention the thing that was a suspected ancient god with such a panicked tone, cold sweat instantly oozed out from Gawain. “Speak clearly! What will happen to the ‘giant squid’ when the positions of the stars are corrected?”

“The giant squid will regenerate without limits.” Tiel was so anxious that tears were about to flow down. “I have missed out on the ultimate mealtime!”

Gawain: “…Ha?!”