Bird Who Counts Stars

*This article is about the transcendent who can see the future. For Han Yoojin's pet white bird, see Chirpie.*

## Bird Who Counts Stars

### Name in Korean

별을 헤아리는 새

* Post-regression

## Novel appearances

### First mention

Chapter 104

The **Bird Who Counts Stars** (Korean: 별을 헤아리는 새, RR: *byeoreul he-arineun sae*; lit. "Star-Counting Bird"), also referred to simply as the **white bird** (하얀 새, *hayan sae*), is a neutral transcendent aligned with neither the filial duty addicts nor the immoral people. Her sole affiliation is to the Snowing Tree. However, after retrieving the pre-regression Han Yoohyun's corpse from Diarma, she hid it away and went missing.

## Appearance

The Bird Who Counts Stars is a massive white bird, bigger than the average dragon.

## Personality

Little is known about the white bird's personality, as only second-hand accounts have been given. She is described as being silent and was known to distance herself from the conflict between the immoral people and the filial duty addicts, being affiliated to neither side and solely loving the Snowing Tree.

## History

The Bird Who Counts Stars ignored the fighting over worlds and remained neutral, instead dedicating her time to the Snowing Tree. She would endlessly fly through its branches, telling a "story and song"; it is unknown whether she was actually speaking to it and receiving responses.

## Synopsis

### Original timeline, pre-regression

When Han Yoohyun died, the Bird Who Counts Stars showed interest in him; having no use for a corpse, Diarma allowed her to take his body. A while after, she disappeared along with the body, which she was presumed to have hidden somewhere. Nothing has been heard from her since.

## Abilities

### Stats

The white bird's stats are unknown, but as a transcendent, she was likely L-rank or similar.

### Skills

* **Unnamed precognition skill (unknown rank)**: Presumably allows the user to see the future. The degree of foresight it allows is unknown.

## Relationships

### Snowing Tree

The Snowing Tree is described as the sole love of the Bird Who Counts Stars. Her endless flight and song shows her deep dedication to it.

### Shalos

The white bird and Shalos would often spend time together; they presumably had an civil if not outright positive relationship.

## Trivia

* It is a strong possibility that the Bird Who Counts Stars is actually Chirpie. Evidence includes the following:
	+ Both Chirpie and the Bird Who Counts Stars are described as white birds.
	+ The white bird went missing around the same time that Chirpie appeared.
	+ The Bird Who Counts Stars took Han Yoohyun's body for unknown reasons, hiding it away before her disappearance. In addition, her foresight abilities would mean she'd know about Yoojin's impact on the altered timeline. Chirpie has shown great attachment to Han Yoojin, and seems to have some interest in Han Yoohyun, calling out when it noticed him nearby despite having followed instructions to stay quiet prior to that point.
	+ When Chirpie narrates the story, it refers to itself as "□□□□□□□" or "□□□", which matches the number of syllable blocks in the white bird's Korean names ("별을 헤아리는 새" and "하얀 새" respectively).
	+ Chirpie's Ruler of Space ability matches the Ruler of Water title possessed by Water Droplet, another transcendent, suggesting it is similar in nature to her. Given that the White Bird stayed at the Snowing Tree, with the dimension being hard to reach and the tree itself being immensely large, it would make sense for her to possess a spatial ability.
	+ Chirpie is constantly hungry for magic stones and lacks Mana. Water Droplet has mentioned that when existences such as transcendents try to enter one world from another, they face resistance and are cut down, becoming "infinitely weaker". Chirpie being a transcendent would thus explain its glitch-filled nature, low-rank stats despite potential for immensely high-rank skills, and constant hunger for Mana, as its Mana reserves would have been depleted beyond belief, falling from L-rank to an F-rank's capacity.
	+ The White Bird was familiar with Shalos, who reincarnated into Eunhye; upon first meeting Eunhye, Chirpie seems to somehow recognize it.
	+ When Yoojin dreams of the Snowing Tree, the Bird Who Counts Stars is not present; rather, it's Chirpie who appears among its branches, and seems to guide Yoojin to Yoohyun's body at the base of the tree. Its feathers are also damp when Yoojin wakes up, suggesting it was physically present at the tree somehow, though it might also have gone out into the rainy night.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 105
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 106
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 104
4. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 156
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 53
6. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 54
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 76
8. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 112
9. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 109
10. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 138