I Made a Game Featuring Constellations - Chapter 76



Master of the Night

“It was a pleasant meeting, Director.”

“It is an honor to meet you, [Master of the Night].”

“Let’s meet again later.”

“Yes, take care.”

As the [Master of the Night] turned around with a satisfied smile, the other gods who had been watching followed her out.

Is this the solution to the immediate problem?

…No, it’s not just a solution.

It’s as if I’ve gained the rights to the stories of all those gods.

I can now put the widely known stories of the gods into the game without needing separate permission.

I was at a loss on how to expand the characters recently, but this opportunity just rolled in.

“Hey! Kid!”

As the gods left, the demon who had been guarding our constellation lord appeared in front of me with a wary stance.

“Are you okay? You were making some strange deal with that woman earlier, you didn’t get tricked, did you?”

Has this god really been tricked often by that [Master of the Night]?

“No. It was actually a good deal.”

According to her story, we agreed to incorporate the hopefuls who attended the gods’ meeting into the [Akashic Archive] as characters.

But this wasn’t something I asked for, it was what they demanded.

I demanded compensation for accepting their request.

I can’t just put them in the game because I want to, if they want that, they need to bring appropriate compensation.

It just so happens that linking the order of character creation fits perfectly.

So I proposed.

If you want to become a character, you must offer a suitable price to our constellation.

He said he would turn them into characters in the order of the most reasonable price brought.

‘This is no ordinary being. It is the pinnacle of existence revered by the continent’s people, a god. The price they bring will never be ordinary.’

I use the widely known narrative of a god on earth as I please and receive a price for it.

Where else is there a business that leaves this much profit?

It was the best deal that left only gains.

“No, kid. That woman is not just any ordinary woman. Even if you think you’ve passed it well, there’s a part where you’ve been deceived. You must look carefully.”

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“No, really, it’s okay.”

How many times have you been deceived?

Deception….

Was there such a thing?

That constellation called [Master of the Night], didn’t seem to have any intention of deceiving.

I lightly ignored the demon’s voice and headed towards the constellation who was waving at me with a short, stubby hand.

* * *

“As expected of [Master of the Night]! It was worth believing!”

“Well done.”

“To think you got the promise to turn not only us but all the gods present there into characters so easily! What a great skill!”

“Well, it’s an easy task for me.”

As we left the realm of the god of dreams, the gods who had only been watching the negotiation process between her and the director cheered.

“Rather, it’s surprising that you who were just watching are like this. Didn’t the characters you liked come to life… that director… was it?”

“Hey. So, I was just watching even more closely.”

“Right. The curator, the curator of that [Archive]? My favorite character came to life, how could I possibly talk to them!”

“…Is that so?”

“That’s what being a fan is all about.”

“…I don’t play games at all, so I wouldn’t know.”

In fact, she was the one who was most shocked at that moment, but she didn’t show it.

“It’s surprising that you were the one who made this proposal first.”

“Right. When you said you were gathering us for a meeting, I naturally thought you were enjoying [Akashic Archive].”

“I’m not interested in playing games. …I took on this task for the sake of this heavenly peace. If I hadn’t stepped in, the divine imbalance would surely have caused a clash among the gods.”

“Is that so?”

“Boring guy. How do you endure this tedious heavenly life?”

“Then why don’t you try [Akashic Archive] this time? It’s fun.”

“Hmph. If I have time.”

The [Master of the Night], who had greeted the gods, crossed the space.

She sank into her own closed-off space, where no one else dared to intrude, under the deep, black night.

“My favorite character…”

Passing through the pitch-black darkness, she arrived at her secret room.

Flash

As she entered, the room that had been submerged in darkness lit up brightly.

“Me too.”

The walls of her brightened room were covered with countless posters.

From a poster of the character [Knight Ren] defeating monsters to a poster of a boy and girl dancing awkwardly to repetitive music.

Posters of the Demon King’s awakening, a date with Versia, and a Dark Elf and Elf holding hands.

Her room was decorated with so many posters that the wallpaper was barely visible.

However, among all those posters, there was one she cherished the most.

“To think I’d see the real Director in reality!”

Her face, now flushed, rubbed against the most important poster.

“I knew it! There’s no way he wouldn’t exist in reality!”

From [Knight Ren] to [Dark Elf Gaizerus], all the main story characters, except for Versia, were stories of real gods.

Then, wouldn’t the Director exist in reality too?

Her favorite, whom she had only vaguely thought about.

A secretive man who was endlessly serious when serious.

A charming pretty boy when cheerful.

She met him in reality.

Though his entire body was covered by the power of dreams, she, being a god, could recognize him well enough.

The fact that he was unmistakably the Director.

“So, he was the Director.”

She couldn’t be sure what the title “Director” meant exactly, but if it meant the manager of the game,

Could the [Akashic Archive] she had been enjoying all this time be the story the Director had been telling her?

A story told by her favorite!

There was a reason why every story sounded interesting.

She had always loved playing games since she was young, but she had hidden this fact to maintain her public image.

She encountered a virtual reality game while secretly enjoying games alone in her private domain.

When a game that shattered all her previous common sense appeared, she couldn’t help but be captivated.

Even though the game’s impact on the continent’s balance reduced the amount of divinity she received, she didn’t care at all.

She laughed and cried along with the stories within the game.

The inner intimacy she felt towards the gods appearing in the game was indescribable even to herself.

Nevertheless, there was a reason she convened meetings and proposed opinions.

What if the gods’ dissatisfaction turned towards the [Akashic Archive] and those gods?

Despite holding meetings with gods favorable to the game, many extreme opinions emerged.

If she hadn’t stepped in, the opinion to eliminate the game might have gained attention.

It was an inevitable choice to protect the game and its main gods.

Fortunately, there were many gods in the heavens who wanted to appear in the game, so she could guide public opinion to some extent.

With this, she wouldn’t have to worry about the hardliners wanting to eliminate the game for a while.

More than that,

“The director…”

He was incredibly handsome.

Seeing him in person, he felt even more masculine than in the game.

An ordinary person might think, ‘Oh, this guy created the director character to self-insert,’ upon seeing the director with the same face as the director in the game, but she, blinded by love, couldn’t think such bad thoughts.

“Earlier, I was so shocked to see the director in person that I couldn’t think straight… If I appear in that game, the director will handle my story, right?”

The final conclusion reached through negotiations with the director.

The god who offered the most appealing price would be given the opportunity to appear in the story.

She had no intention of coming out early to avoid revealing that she was a game fanatic.

She planned to sneak in later when she was forgotten, but this changes the story.

“The curator is going to tell my story…! How can I resist this!”

She jumped up from her seat, hugging the curator doll she had been rubbing against.

Then she began rummaging through her secret warehouse.

Let’s see what we can find.

A gift that our curator would desire.

It wouldn’t be difficult if I used my abilities.

In her delusions, she had already gone beyond romance with the curator and was naming their grandchildren.