[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world":3,"chapter-level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-446":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Level 4 Human in a Ruined World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1848150,2454,"Chapter 446","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-446",446,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 446: Princess of the Sun (3)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess of the Sun, Parina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Born between Proxima—the youngest of the Centauri brothers—and the Sun, Moro, she was considered a \"stellar candidate\" from a cosmic perspective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was because, in the universe, a child of a star could, upon the extinction of their direct parent, inherit part of their power and possibly become a new star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Parina’s centuries-long secluded training had been in preparation for that potential future—as a star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that wasn’t the only reason she pursued strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Wh… what are you telling me to do?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parina moved her rugged jaw and stared at the “insignificant creature.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Yeongwoo, who had stood up and dusted himself off, answered in place of the Sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Marriage. Let’s get married.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the depths of a dogfight on the first day of Reset to proposing to the Princess of the Sun—what an insane journey it had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not that his past was flashing before his eyes or anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this marriage wasn’t exactly a happy matter for Yeongwoo either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『What the hell are you saying, you dumb bastard!』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling severely insulted, Parina immediately swung her tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWAaaAAANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundred-meter-long mass of scales swept the ground as it moved, and the planets in its path were struck by the tail and launched into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Aaaaagh!』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『P-Princess!』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Please calm down!』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars screamed one after another as they soared skyward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching this, Pluto’s king Svera groped along the office wall, trying to find an exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Yeongwoo gripped Aratubank tightly once more, preparing for the shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My wedding gift is the entire universe! Still not interested?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『SHUT UUUUUUP!』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Negotiations collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parina’s tail moved at high speed without the slightest hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, Yeongwoo changed tactics and leapt into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TAAH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barely a second later, a massive scaly tail swept across where he had just been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWAJAJAJAJAK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her murderous intent could clearly be felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo had no intention of killing Parina, so he only fired Bastard toward the tip of her tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SWEEEET!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, what happened was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『No…!』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unexpected interference from the Sun, Moro.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seated on her throne as if merely observing their fight, she suddenly waved her hand to intercept the attack the moment Yeongwoo threw Bastard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWEEEP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A kind of telekinetic grasp of the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just a gesture from Moro, Bastard’s trajectory shifted and it stabbed into the barren ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was self-defense, wasn’t it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s face twisted at the interference, but Moro bared her teeth and her eyes shone a fierce yellow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『I said I’d let you marry my daughter. I never said I’d let you hit her. You don’t even grasp the basics of married life.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo was left speechless by the Sun’s declaration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parina was no different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『M-Mother…? What are you saying right now?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had finally realized that the earlier \"Would you marry him?\" was meant seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Marriage? With that thing? He’s not even on Father’s level!』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parina’s rage stemmed from none other than her father, Proxima.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mother, the Sun, was a majestic existence with a power level of 66—placing her in the top 1% even among stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By contrast, Proxima was a red dwarf—one of the most common and weakest kinds of stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had any redeeming quality, it was being the closest star to the Sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Parina, who naturally pursued strength, a weak father who was leagues below her mother in every way was someone she could never admire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『How could I ever become a brilliant star by marrying someone like that? How dare you suggest such a thing to me…!』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, she couldn’t bring herself to speak harshly in front of her overwhelmingly strong mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Moro didn’t have much to say either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had, after all, set the minimum requirement for a son-in-law as “at least a stellar candidate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A star? Is that the best you can dream of?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moro couldn’t refute the insane little creature’s outrageous logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『W-what? Best?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parina immediately reacted to Yeongwoo’s provocation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo pointed toward the sky with Bastard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you trained for thousands of years just to become one of the thousands of trillions of stars out there? That’s your dream?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Thousands of trillions? That’s such an ignorant thing to say. The star I want to become is……!』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One that shines brighter, stronger, and longer than all others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Parina was about to rebuke him while thinking of her mother, Yeongwoo cut her off again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you’re truly that special, then you should become a one-of-a-kind being in the entire universe. That’s the only way your mother’s name can shine forever too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『What……?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you—my wedding gift is the whole universe. I wasn’t lying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo said this with eyes gleaming with an unsettling sincerity, and Parina turned to look at her mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t believe or understand a single word from the insignificant creature, so she sought the opinion of the stellar being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then the Sun, Moro, once again closed her eyes tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『He exaggerated a bit… but he’s not entirely wrong.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『What did you say?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『If you marry him, we can leave our orbit and go anywhere in the universe.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as she spoke, Moro was staring off into the distance beyond the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she was the absolute ruler of the solar system, she had spent her entire life locked in a fixed orbit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She, too, had her own dreams—and curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What lies beyond the orbit, in that vast cosmos?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, a tiny creature born and raised on Earth claimed he could unlock that mystery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the cost of that was……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Marriage. If you truly don’t want it, I won’t force you. But at least give it some thought.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moro’s expression, as she said this to her daughter, was the most complicated it had ever been in her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『If it’s a marriage without love, then why not fill that void with romance? Through this union, you’ll gain the universe as well.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Romance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one were to choose marriage as a gateway to a journey into space, then perhaps that too could be considered a form of romance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Princess Parina of the Sun could not easily agree to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Mother……! Are you seriously insane? Romance? You call that a husband and think it’s romantic?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Parina pointed her black claw at “that,” Yeongwoo shamelessly looked her straight in the eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Romance? Don’t look for that in me. Didn’t your mother say it? You’ll gain the universe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『What? Mother!?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The romance you’ll get from marrying me is the chance to meet powerful beings scattered throughout the universe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo said the word ‘powerful beings’, Parina’s crimson scales trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A princess of the Sun who revered strength—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To her, “power” was something that instinctively excited her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the point of training in this backwater all your life? Gonna use that strength just to beat up that pitiful Svera?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo pointed at Svera, who was still looking for a way out, and Svera turned around with an awkward grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To become truly strong—and to truly use that strength—you need to enter a much bigger world, don’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『……!』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parina was momentarily speechless at Yeongwoo’s ‘expansion theory.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t deny that, at least when it came to strength, he might be right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And I’ve brought the key to that world. We’ll activate the Earthship through a covenant. What you have to do is…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo fell silent for a moment, then looked around at everyone present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cross the line.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『The line?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If marriage—especially one with a lowly creature like me—is a line you think you can’t cross, then you have to cross it. Leaving your orbit and heading for space is already an act of crossing far beyond any lines.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Yeongwoo added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And isn’t that a kind of training, too? A journey that strengthens you from within.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『This lunatic... What kind of nonsense is that?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parina’s brow furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could agree, to some extent, that a marriage without love was a form of training—or even suffering—but tying that to why she should marry that creature?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made no sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All of us here have already resolved to cross our own lines. Why can’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Are you insane? Did the other planets all agree to marry lowly creatures too? No, they didn’t.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parina, still keeping her reason relatively well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the truth was, even she had been a little shaken by something that creature said earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That no matter how much she trained in the solar system, there would be nowhere to use her strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that out there in the universe, mighty beings the size of mountains might await… to face them, she had to leave the solar system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the price was marriage to a lowly creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『…Mother.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parina looked at Moro with eyes begging for rescue—but even as the Sun, she had no clever solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『…I’m sorry, my child. If I were a freer being, you would not have to go through this.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『This isn’t your fault, Mother. All of this is because of that despicable creature who’s disrupted the planetary system as it pleases.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Parina said this, Yeongwoo couldn’t hold his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the planetary system can be shaken by a mere creature like me, then maybe it deserves to be shaken. Maybe it’s time to let it go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he pointed back at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Marry me and leave the planetary system! Do it for your mother—and for the planets under her!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lowly creature daring to propose marriage to the princess of the Sun—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overflowing with blasphemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, surprisingly, this time Parina didn’t erupt in rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Fine.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gave an answer no one had expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wha… what? Fine?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo was the one flustered now, as Parina raised her large claw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『But there’s a condition.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is it? Just say it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『I won’t have a wedding ceremony with you.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s eyes widened instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? That’s… going to be a bit of a problem…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1691,"2026-06-09T07:03:45.907Z",1,"novelbin.me","7ad4641433c1d834683ecaed68700cdfa35064c7d07c6c20b44d11013b7e4ab0","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-241","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-240",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]