I’m not a Regressor

I am not a returner Episode 428:

Lies (1)

The Second Star Wars where over 30,000 awakened people gathered.

The epic war in which the Seven Stars, the heroes of mankind, and dozens of constellations participated, ended in a crushing defeat due to the appearance of the Heavenly Demon.

The number of awakened people swallowed up by the ‘cloud of black sky’ that covered the entire city was approximately 20,000.

Even that was only the number of victims counted, but the actual number of victims was estimated to be higher than that.

Chilseong, who was called the hero of humanity, was all eaten by the clouds of the dark sky, except for Okseong Bianca Bennett, Yao Gwangseong Edward Walton, and Gwon Ohjin, who managed to escape, who were in the rear unit.

It wasn’t just the sacrifices of the awakened people.

The constellations that broke the law and developed sanctuaries to stop the Black Star constellations, including Moebius, also had to pay the price.

Because the restrictions of the law were weaker than in the past, the number of constellations that reached the point of ‘annihilation’ was extremely small, but most of the constellations with low levels of stigmata were bound to chains of light, lost consciousness, and were sealed in the temple.

Constellations with powerful stigmata from the 12 signs of the zodiac or higher also suffered permanent loss of stigmata and were unable to appear on Earth even in a physical body for at least a year.

A gap between the awakened and the constellations.

If we compare the Earth to a body, the beings of the awakened people were white blood cells that fight against viruses coming from outside.

As the number of awakened people to hunt down the demonic beasts crossing the rift became extremely low, global chaos began.

All parts of the peaceful city were on fire, and various crime rates soared.

In this situation, many new awakened people could have been born to fill the void. Since most of the constellations were sealed, no awakened people to fill the empty space appeared.

When chaos and despair spread throughout the world.

Oh Jin was sitting on the floor in the house, his eyes closed, and his back against the wall.

“….”

Hair that hasn’t been washed for a long time and is caked with sweat and oil.

Deep dark circles around the eyes and sunken cheeks.

He had such a haggard appearance that one wondered if anyone could think of him as a ‘star in the sky’ who would save the world from destruction.

Squeak.

The door was carefully opened, and the light that came through the door cut through the darkness in the room.

“…Ojina.”

Ha-eun, a woman with an eyepatch around her left eye, looked down at Oh-jin, who was sitting on the floor, with a bitter expression.

After barely returning alive from Rome, Ojin seemed completely devastated and could not take a single step out of his room.

All Ojin does is mumble something incomprehensible into his smartphone in his room.

Other than that, he was quietly secluded in his room, doing nothing else.

“I brought some beef porridge.”

“….”

Misdiagnosis with no answer.

Ha-eun brought the porridge from the spoon to her mouth and chewed her lips.

“I ordered it for delivery, so don’t worry about the taste.”

“….”

“Ojina.”

“….”

“Eat at least a spoonful.”

“….”

“Please eat something! How long are you going to stay like this?!”

“….”

“It’s already been over a month since I came back home! “I should have continued like this.”

“…I should have.”

“what?”

“I should have used Gaecheon.”

There was a chance.

When the Heavenly Demon first appeared, when Riak brought warriors from the dragon and beast tribes, and when Cassia asked to buy time to open the rift.

It ended without the last card called ‘Gaecheon’ being used.

No, it’s not that I couldn’t write it.

It was ‘not’ used.

“…Because I was scared.”

Losing all memories.

Precious memories and memories disappearing completely.

I was so afraid that I couldn’t take the last step.

“That… couldn’t be helped.”

“There was nothing I could do.”

“No, I couldn’t help it. Even if you use that technique, it doesn’t mean you can always defeat the Heavenly Demon, right?”

“At least everyone wouldn’t have been eaten by the dark clouds like now.”

Crack.

Oh Jin lowered his head, recalling the memories of that time.

Ha-eun sighed deeply and looked down at Oh-jin, who lowered his head helplessly.

“So… you’re just going to sit there in the corner of your room doing nothing and regretting it?”

“no.”

“No? “So what are you doing now?”

Ha-eun roughly grabbed Oh-jin’s collar.

“Stuck in the corner of the room all day, not eating, not washing, and not going out! Muttering strange things to yourself into your smartphone! “What on earth are you doing right now and you’re saying no?!”

Ojin slowly raised his bowed head at the sound of a thunderbolt.

Startle.

Ha-eun’s body trembled when she saw Oh Jin’s face when she raised her head.

His eyes, which I thought were filled with nothing but emptiness, were burning with an eerie blue fire.

“I was lying.”

“what?”

“Because only I can use this.”

You were lying?

What kind of nonsense is that?

“Regretting once is enough.”

“…what on earth does that mean?”

“You can think of it as a kind of insurance.”

“…?”

The words are so rambling that I wonder if I’ve lost my mind somewhere.

However, it would be hard to say that she had lost her mind, but Oh Jin’s sparkling blue natural eyes were staring at her clearly.

like.

As if I wanted to say that all of this was ‘intended’.

“Well, thanks to putting in a month, I was able to finish it on time.”

“Why did you finish it on time…”

“Did you say kill the beef?”

Oh Jin picked up Ha Eun’s bowl of porridge from the floor and ate it hungrily.

“Cluck cluck cluck!”

Is it because I haven’t eaten anything for a month?

Suddenly, I could not accept the food that entered my stomach and started coughing.

“Eat it slowly, man.”

Ha-eun picked up a towel and wiped Oh-jin’s mouth.

I scooped up the porridge with a spoon and carefully put it into Ojin’s mouth.

Mumbling.

Oh Jin calmly took the porridge she gave him and ate it.

“So… you didn’t just give up everything and lock yourself in your room?”

“What are you giving up?”

There was too much to hold in my hands to be miserable and brood over regrets.

“I told you before that I won’t give up on anything.”

Everything I hold in my hands.

I will protect you without losing anything.

I swore like that.

“ha. “Okay, you’re finally being yourself now.”

I didn’t know what Oh Jin was thinking as he stayed locked in his room for over a month.

Still, unlike what she had feared, she did not fall into despair and become a ruined person.

“So what are you going to do now?”

“I have to save it.”

“Rescuing you… are you talking about Bella and Cassia?”

“Riak too.”

“….”

Ha-eun kept her mouth shut and avoided Oh-jin’s gaze.

Even with her misdiagnosis, he was barely able to survive thanks to the gap created by Cassia.

In comparison, the other people left in the city…

“It’s already late…”

“No.”

Ojin shook his head resolutely.

“I wouldn’t have killed him.”

A voice full of confidence.

“…How do you know that?”

“Because that guy’s goal is to make ‘me’ just like him.”

Like a heavenly horse.

If his goal is to turn her into a person who has nothing to protect except Ha-eun.

“Everyone will be alive.”

“…Isn’t it the other way around?”

“In his past life, Cheonma didn’t just lose his sister.”

“You’re saying you didn’t just lose it?”

“After begging, giving up, and struggling to protect my sister, I lost her.”

“….”

The distant despair felt beyond the short sentence weighed heavily on Ha-eun’s heart.

“So… he’s going to try to do the same thing to me.”

“They’re going to kill me after seeing you struggle to protect others?”

“okay.”

Because that was the only way to make ‘you’ into ‘me’.

“If I didn’t mean to do that, I wouldn’t have done anything to save Riak’s life.”

“…Why on earth are you doing such a thing?”

Ha-eun clenched her fists as if she couldn’t understand.

“That bastard’s purpose is to want me to be happy! “Then why on earth are they doing this to you!”

“Because if I’m different from myself, it means nothing.”

All he wants is for ‘Oh Jin’, who is just like him, to protect Ha-eun by his side.

However, the fate of the two changed and the current Ojin and Cheonma became very different.

so that.

‘I’m sure they’ll try to change it.’

me.

As you.

“There is no need to try to understand his actions logically. “The guy’s mind is already half consumed by the Black Sky.”

“…but.”

“don’t worry. “I told you, right?”

Ohjin stroked his hair and smiled slightly.

“Regretting once is enough.”

What on earth does that mean?

Before Ha-eun could continue her thoughts, Oh-jin stood up shakily.

“Where are you going?”

“I need to wash up a bit. “I’m going to meet him soon, but I can’t go out looking like this, right?”

Shoot.

Oh Jin took off his clothes and entered the shower room, turning the water flow to maximum.

As the pouring water was absorbed into his skin, his haggard body gradually returned to its original appearance.

“Oh, the smell.”

Because I hadn’t washed for over a month, my body had a musty odor.

After completing his recovery by using a lot of water, Oh Jin finished his shower by wiping every inch of his body.

Oh Jin changed into new clothes and came out with a towel wrapped around his neck.

Ha-eun was waiting for him outside.

“Do you know where the Heavenly Demon is?”

“I don’t know.”

“…Then how are you going to meet me?”

“There’s no need to go see him.”

Because they will come there first.

“How do you know…”

“Sister, do you know what day it is?”

“ok? for a moment.”

Haeun took out her smartphone from her pocket and turned on the screen.

“It’s November 5th?”

“Then there is only one day left.”

“day? “What’s left for one day?”

“The day his and my fate changed.”

November 6th.

It was the day I entered the gate with Lee Shin-hyuk.

“…Surely you’ve been waiting for this day for the past month?”

“Because there was no way I could find him first.”

When Ojin quietly nodded.

Ding dong.

The doorbell rang.

“Delivery~”

“Delivery?”

Ha-eun tilted her head and went out to the front door.

“The porridge has been delivered. “I’m late because there was an accident in front of me.”

“Eh? “I already received it earlier?”

“yes?”

The delivery man tilted his head as if asking what he was talking about.

“Uh… I’m not sure, but it’s right here?”

After checking the receipt, the delivery man handed out the porridge in the bag.

“I think you made a mistake and placed your order twice. Just take it.”

The delivery man who handed me the porridge closed the door and left.

“weird… Surely payment was made only once?”

When Ha-eun was frowning as she received the envelope.

“Do you have the bag of porridge you received earlier?”

“uh? Yes, it’s over there.”

Oh Jin rummaged through the empty envelopes on the table.

A piece of paper stuck between leaflets.

On the white paper was a sentence written in a familiar handwriting.

『I’ll be waiting at the place where your fate and mine diverged』

The familiar handwriting written on the paper was his own.