I’m Not a Regressor - Chapter 265

I am not a returner Episode 265:

Snowy field (5)

“Ugh.”

Throbbing head.

Ojin let out a low groan as the pain felt as if his entire body was being hit with a blunt club.

‘This place…?’

Oh Jin raised his upper body from the bed and looked around.

Pure white wallpaper and a strong chemical smell.

It was a VIP hospital room with a fairly old-fashioned interior.

“After that…”

After declaring that he would become the Heavenly Demon.

Cassia’s reaction was a little different from what Ojin thought.

If it worked successfully, I thought he would nod his head with tears in his eyes, and if it didn’t work, I thought he would laugh and tell me not to talk nonsense.

For some reason, Cassia stepped back, not knowing what to do, with her face as red as an apple.

-Ha Anyway, I’m afraid you’re a liar so you say anything! Do you all think you can become Heavenly Demon?

She shouted sharply, then turned around and left as if she was tired of it.

‘I don’t know if this worked or not.’

The original plan was to play the Cheonma perfectly and make her distrust the real Cheonma.

The plan was discovered for the rather absurd reason of being ‘too sweet’.

‘Well, it’s my fault.’

It was his mistake to not properly understand Cheonma’s personality and perform an act that did not suit him.

But that doesn’t mean you can give up.

Ojin changed his strategy to comfort the trauma she was carrying based on Cassia’s memories that flowed into his head.

To put it simply:

Instead of the bitter truth, sweet lies were presented to her.

‘I don’t know if that worked well.’

Anyway, Cassia found out that she was not the real Heavenly Demon.

Of course, it could be seen as a failure in that all the lies I had told so far were discovered.

“ha.”

I leaned against the back of the bed and let out a deep sigh.

Now that I think about it, I feel regretful that no matter how sweet the lie was, I might have said it too much.

Because too much of something sweet tends to feel bitter.

“….”

but.

Even though I know that.

When I saw her sitting down on the pure white snow field and shedding tears, it was difficult to control the feeling that I felt like I was going to burst out.

‘Because I looked the same as my sister back then.’

After being blinded by the Celestial Dragon’s curse.

Ha-eun crying while lying on a hospital bed.

The pitiful trembling figure overlapped with that of Cassia abandoned in the snowy field.

Ha-eun was confident.

He had Ha-eun.

But to her.

“Tsk.”

Oh Jin, who was continuing his thoughts, clicked his tongue and shook his head.

How could he be entitled to pity her?

‘Well, since I didn’t fall behind, that’s it.’

What happens after this ultimately has to be left to Cassia’s own decision.

“Anyway…”

Oh Jin looked back on past memories of what happened that day with a stern expression.

Side effects when using Gaecheon.

The loss of memory weighed on his mind like a heavy burden.

What memories have disappeared this time?

What memories have I forgotten this time?

‘I remember… being lovers with my older sister.’

Since human memory does not originally mean remembering everything that happened in the past, it was difficult to know exactly which parts of the memories had disappeared.

When I was recalling memories about Ha-eun one by one.

– Sweet.

The hospital room door opened and Isabella came inside.

“Are you awake, Oh Jin?”

Isabella approached Ojin, who was lying on the hospital bed with a worried expression.

“Oh yeah. Woke up.”

“Are you in any pain?”

“Well… if it hurts, I think it would be quicker to find a place that doesn’t hurt.”

“wait a minute. “I’ll call the doctor and tell him to give me more painkillers.”

“no it’s okay.”

Enduring pain was one of the things he was best at.

“…Are you really okay?”

Isabella squeezed Ojin’s hand with a face that looked like she was about to shed tears at any moment.

When I felt the soft texture of my hand, I felt the pain that was shooting through my body subside a little.

“huh. “It’s just simple muscle pain.”

It was a pain that couldn’t be called simple muscle pain.

I didn’t want to worry her by saying that.

“Whew. thank god.”

Isabella sighed in relief and lightly stroked her chest.

With just that small movement, I could see the two mountain peaks shaking with a terrifying presence.

Huh. Isabella looked at Ojin, who cleared his throat and turned his head, and opened his mouth quietly.

“Oh Jin, what were you talking about with your sister back then?”

There were a lot of things I wanted to ask him.

How did he resist his orders, what happened to half of his body turning into a black cloud, etc.

Countless questions filled her mind like stars in the night sky.

“That’s…”

Oh Jin trailed off and looked embarrassed.

How on earth can I change the conversation I had with Cassia and come up with a plausible excuse without mentioning the ‘Heavenly Demon’?

Even for someone who was good at lying, it wasn’t an easy task.

An awkward silence followed.

Isabella, who was calmly waiting for Ojin’s answer, soon sighed deeply and shook her head.

“If it’s difficult for you to tell me, it’s okay not to say it.”

“sorry.”

Unanswered questions were clinging to Isabella’s mind, but she did not want to force questions to Ojin, who had such a perplexed expression on his face.

“After talking with Oh Jin… she told me that before she left.”

After the wall of black clouds disappeared.

Cassia, who walked while holding the fallen Ojin, carefully placed him in front of Isabella and said.

“…I’m sorry.”

I don’t know what happened in there.

Cassia, whose black jewel had disappeared from her forehead, watched Isabella with a somewhat sad expression and then disappeared along with the shadow.

“So, is your sister completely free from the Heavenly Demon’s control?”

“I don’t know about that.”

Ojin slowly shook his head.

For now, it seems like we have escaped the control of the Heavenly Demon, but there is no guarantee that we will be able to do so in the future.

From the Heavenly Demon’s perspective, the Serpent Queen is a force that they do not want to miss.

“And that ability of yours.”

I remembered Cassia fighting by summoning a shadow snake.

Cassia was so powerful that even she, who was called the Leech Queen and ranked third among the Black Star Council’s executive officers, lost without even being able to use her hands properly.

It is almost impossible for an awakened person with such great power to remain unknown to the world, so there is only one possibility left.

“Queen Serpens… was your older sister.”

Isabella let out a light sigh with a self-deprecating smile.

Even though they were members of the same Black Saint Society, they didn’t know that Queen Serpent’s true identity was the older sister they had been searching for so long.

A laugh escaped me without even realizing it.

“It seemed like you knew Mr. Ojin… Have you met Queen Serpens?”

“huh. I saw it briefly before when I was trapped in the demonic realm. “I never thought she was Isabella’s older sister.”

I had already heard that she had a missing sister.

I didn’t notice it because I had never heard its name or appearance.

“…So that’s what happened.”

The mystery has not been completely resolved yet.

First of all, I felt like my confused head calmed down a little.

“ha. “I can’t even bring this up with Ha-eun because the situation is like this.”

“huh? “What are you talking about?”

“Hmm. “The things we talked about on the Ferris wheel.”

“….”

Moment.

Oh Jin’s expression hardened.

He lowered his head and gritted his teeth.

“Mr. Oh Jin?”

“….”

Isabella carefully approached Ojin, whose mood suddenly changed, but he was staring blankly into space, preoccupied with something.

“Why are you doing this?”

“uh? Ah yes. never mind. sorry.”

Oh Jin shakes his head with an awkward smile.

“….”

Isabella’s eyes narrowed.

Why?

The sight of him smiling awkwardly and shaking his head felt dangerous, as if it would break if he touched it.

“Mr. Oh Jin.”

I grabbed Ojin’s cheek and turned him, who was avoiding my gaze.

I could see his eyes trembling with anxiety, like a fraudster who had been caught lying.

“The things we talked about on the Ferris wheel that day. “You remember, right?”

“….”

A short silence fell in the hospital room.

Isabella laughed and lightly pinched his cheek.

“Why did Mr. Oh Jin say that? You said you want to go to Lotte World with your sister sometime. “Did you just forget about it?”

“Oh yeah. It did. “Sorry, I just woke up and was so distracted that I forgot.”

“….”

The moment she heard Ojin’s answer, Isabella’s expression, which had been smiling sweetly, turned cold.

Ohjin trembled when he saw her suddenly changing expression.

Oh Jin let out a deep sigh and stroked his hair.

“You’ve never said anything like that, have you?”

“…yes.”

“ha.”

I can’t believe I got caught up in such a simple trick.

A self-deprecating laugh came out.

“Please tell me, Oh Jin. “I wonder what happened.”

Isabella asked in a cold voice, as if she wasn’t going to let it go this time.

I guess.

There seemed to be no hole to escape.

“At that time… did you see that my body turned into a dark cloud?”

“yes.”

Oh Jin, who was wondering whether he should even talk about the Black Heaven, decided to skip this part for now.

Because what was important now was not the Black Sky.

“A bit of a special move… should I say. “If you use it, part of your memory will disappear as a side effect.”

“Are you saying your memory is disappearing?”

Isabella stood up with her eyes wide open.

“Why such a dangerous technique…!”

“Because I had to save you.”

“….”

Isabella closed her mouth as if she was at a loss for words at his flawless answer.

As he said, if Oh Jin had not come at that time, he would have died on the spot.

“How many times have you used that technique so far?”

“I used it about 2 times… no, 3 times.”

This was the fourth time I had used the stream.

“As for the other memories…”

“Only some memories disappear. “This time too… I even remember going on a date.”

And this was the first time that my memories of Isabella disappeared.

“….”

Isabella sat down with an expression as if she was about to shed tears at any moment.

The fact that he had to use an absurdly risky technology called ‘amnesia’ to save himself pricked her heart.

“Please don’t tell my sister.”

Oh Jin smiled bitterly and turned his head.

“My memories of my sister… Have you ever lost anything?”

“….”

A bitter smile spread across Ojin’s lips.

The dizzying despair I felt when I lost the memory of being a lover with her came back to me again.

Closing your eyes doesn’t mean the world disappears.

Still, the dark world was unfamiliar and scary.

“anyway. “Please keep this a secret from your sister.”

“but.”

“Please.”

“…yes.”

When Isabella nodded with a heavy expression.

-Squeak.

The door to the hospital room, which had been tightly closed, opened.

What is visible through it is

“What did you say just now?”

Ha-eun’s expression was very distorted.