I’m Not a Regressor Chapter 264

I am not a returner Episode 264:

Snowfield (4)

“Why are you…”

Cassia looked at Ojin, who had turned into a black cloud, as if she couldn’t understand.

“Oh no… that can’t be possible. That thing is fake…yeah. “It can’t be the real Heavenly Demon.”

Two wide-open eyes.

Cassia hesitantly took a step back and grabbed her head.

The light flowing from the black jewel embedded in the forehead wavered uneasily.

“…I have to kill him.”

Crack.

He fiercely bared his teeth and raised his staff.

The shadow spread widely around the place where the staff was roughly struck down.

A shadow spread widely, reminiscent of a black lake.

From there, snakes with even larger bodies slithered out.

If the snakes that had risen from the shadows up until now were the size of rattlesnakes, are they now the size of anacondas?

Snakes of a size that could easily swallow a person whole surrounded Ojin, sticking out their long tongues.

“Snakes of the shade.”

rattle.

The clear sound of bells ringing.

Cassia pointed her cane at Ojin.

“Eat the liar.”

Grumble, growl!

With an eerie sound, the snakes in the shadows shot out like bullets.

Ojin bowed low and held out his right arm, which had turned into a dark cloud (which was regenerated when he used Gaecheon). The sharp fangs

of the snake’s mouth

widened fiercely and dug deep into my forearm.

“Ugh?!”

Since neither physical attacks nor attacks imbued with stigmata magic work against the clouds of the black sky, I naturally thought that the snake’s fangs would pierce my forearm and pass right by.

‘The attack works?’

Even though my fangs dug into the part that had clearly turned into a dark cloud, I felt a dizzying pain spreading through my forearm.

When I turned my head and looked at the forearm with the fangs embedded in it, I saw clouds of black heaven scattering in the air like ink dissolved in water.

“As expected, you are a fake.”

Cassia smiles brightly.

After confirming that the attack worked, she waved her wand with even more confidence in her eyes.

Jingle, jingle.

To the clear sound of bells, the snakes of the shadows attacked Ojin.

“Mr. Ojin!”

“are you okay.”

Ojin lightly waved his hand at Isabella, who was approaching towards him, and calmly observed the movement of the snakes flocking towards him.

‘The effect of the stream is not working.’

When using Gaecheon, all senses of the body of the opponent that Ojin recognizes as an ‘enemy’ disappear one by one.

However, is this because the snake itself is not a living creature but a summoned beast created by Cassia’s magic?

Gaecheon’s power, which could give them an absolute advantage in battle, was not available to them.

‘then.’

Ojin’s eyes turned to Cassia.

The dark clouds flowing from his body shot towards Cassia.

“Oh, are you targeting me?”

Cassia widened the distance and smiled brightly, as if she had expected it.

Quack!

Meanwhile, a snake in the shadows bit Ojin’s forearm again.

This time, the fangs pierced the area that was not turned into a dark cloud.

A dizzying pain ran through my arm, but I had no time to scream carelessly.

-Stop it!

The black thunderbolt burned the body of the snake biting my forearm.

Ojin lightly stamped his feet to avoid the snakes attacking him from all directions.

Another feature when using a stream.

His body disappeared into the air like fog and instantly appeared in front of Cassia.

“Tsk!”

Did the sensations in my body begin to disappear due to the influence of the black sky?

Cassia frowned and took a step back.

Ohjin reached out and grabbed her neck.

Gurgling!

A black cloud stretched out from her palm and began to ravenously eat up her magical power.

The enormous magical energy absorbed through the black sky spread throughout Ojin’s entire body.

No, it wasn’t just magical energy that was absorbed.

-Tiring!

[Some of the memories of ‘Cassia Colgrande’ are passed down.]

Memories that pass through my mind like a panorama.

‘This…?’

It’s been a long time since memories other than Lee Shin-hyuk came to me.

Ojin stopped moving for a moment and focused on the memories of Cassia flowing through his mind.

What unfolds before your eyes is a pure white snowy field.

The image of a delicate girl crouching and trembling pitifully in a driving snowstorm.

And then appeared in front of her.

‘That guy… Heavenly Demon.’

The appearance of a being surrounded by dark clouds.

Ojin narrowed his eyes and looked at the faint silhouette visible within the dark clouds.

However, what can be confirmed is that the silhouette is actually a person.

The appearance of the Heavenly Demon, obscured by dark clouds, could not be seen properly.

[You are such a poor child.]

The Heavenly Demon continued, stroking Cassia’s fallen head.

[To your fate, abandoned by your family, the world, and even yourself.]

Stars twinkled between the dark clouds.

[I will give you the star of the constellation Snake.]

Lastly, I saw the starlight coming out from between the dark clouds and flowing into Cassia’s body.

“Let go…!”

Cassia, who was grabbed by the neck, opened her eyes fiercely.

When he struck down Ojin’s body with the tip of the staff he held in his hand, snakes of shadow rose up around the place where he struck down and instantly wrapped around Ojin’s body.

A pressure that seemed to crush his entire body was constricting him.

“Ugh! “Wow!”

He quickly turned his body into a dark cloud and escaped from the snake’s bondage.

Shaaaaa!

The giant snake’s tail swung like a whip and struck Ojin.

The body flew backwards like a cannonball and hit the rails of Atlantis.

“Ugh!”

Grumble!

A rail that crumples like a piece of paper.

The tumbling rebars rained down on Ojin.

Ojin came out, wading through the falling debris of the rail.

“haha!”

Breath rising to the tip of my chin.

Rather than the physical pain, the consciousness that began to fade after using the stream bothered him more.

‘How much longer can I endure?’

Although I don’t know exactly.

What is certain is that the stream cannot be maintained for long.

An instinctive warning rang in my head that if I continued like this, I would be entering the ‘territory of no return’.

Ojin looked at Cassia, who was slowly getting up with a nervous expression.

I thought she had absorbed quite a bit of magic, but the magic flowing out of her was still so thick that it was breathtaking.

‘Is this even if I use the stream?’

I didn’t think it was a cheat that could easily defeat all enemies if Gaecheon used it.

Since I had never fought this tightly before using Gaecheon, I was confident that I could easily win.

‘…It’s hard to win in a fight.’

Even if you give the odds of winning well, it’s half and half.

That was also the case when the stream could be maintained continuously.

Grumbling.

Even just now, he couldn’t continue to engage in close combat with Cassia while his consciousness was in danger of being consumed by the Black Sky.

“Cassia.”

If there is no way to win by fighting.

I had no choice but to use another method.

How he can best use it.

Grumble!

The black clouds that flowed from Ojin’s body surrounded the area like a shadow dome created by Cassia.

The range wasn’t wide, but at this level, Isabella wouldn’t be able to tell what was going on inside.

“haha. “What is it?”

Cassia also glared at him, looking quite tired.

Oh Jin opened his mouth in a calm voice.

“You must have been suffering alone all this time.”

I recalled the memories of Cassia that flowed into my head.

Memories of a girl with an incurable disease.

Abandoned by family and abandoned by the world.

Memories of being left alone in a cold snowy field.

“What now….”

“I’m sorry. “Because I didn’t know in advance.”

“….”

Cassia’s body trembled.

She opened her eyes and glared at Ojin.

“…It’s all about what you know!”

“Know.”

Oh Jin continued speaking with a faint smile.

“Because I was the one who gave you the star that day.”

Moment.

Light appeared in Cassia’s eyes.

“Ah uh.”

But even for a moment.

As the black jewel embedded in her forehead radiated light, the light in Cassia’s eyes disappeared.

“That’s a lie!”

“You can think like that. No, I guess I can’t help but think that way now.”

slowly.

walk to her

“Because you are being deceived by that guy right now.”

“…are you being deceived?”

“okay.”

Cassia’s eyes twitch.

“It is you who is deceiving me. “You… are not the Heavenly Demon.”

“Then who is the Heavenly Demon?”

“Cheonma-nim…”

Cassia took a step back, leaving the end of her sentence unclear.

She was shaking, clutching her head.

“The Heavenly Demon… The Heavenly Demon is…”

I grabbed Cassia’s trembling body by the shoulders.

Now, her consciousness is controlled by the power of the Heavenly Demon.

However, even though he was dominated, he did not completely lose consciousness.

‘When he stopped trying to attack Isabella.’

She seemed to be instinctively resisting the Heavenly Demon’s control.

‘It’s not gone.’

Cassia’s consciousness was just sinking deep.

What he needs to do is to bring her deeply sunken consciousness back to the surface.

In order to do that, she needed to exist as a ‘Heavenly Demon’.

‘There’s a good chance.’

Now her consciousness was being controlled by the jewel embedded in her forehead.

In other words, it means that the Cheonma could only be recognized as a ‘Cheonma’ by using a jewel that forcibly controls her consciousness.

in other words.

‘It means that they trust my side more.’

If you didn’t believe in yourself more.

There would have been no need for the Heavenly Demon to embed a jewel that controlled consciousness into her forehead.

“Oh no.”

Cassia shook her head with a pale face.

“You must follow his words… “If you don’t do that.”

Cassia curls up with her arms around her shoulders.

“Abandoned?”

“….”

Ojin looked down at Cassia, who was shaking in fear.

On the outside, her body is so slender that one might mistake her for a girl.

A fragile woman who would shatter like a glass bead if touched incorrectly.

That may be the true appearance of ‘Cassia Colgrande’ hidden behind the fearsome nickname ‘Queen of Serpens.’

‘Trauma from the past.’

The extreme self-hatred that has been building up since I developed an incurable disease.

The distant despair felt by the girl who was sitting in a wheelchair, helplessly waiting for her approaching death.

Cheonma stimulated that trauma and turned her into a puppet.

For her, being ‘abandoned’ must have been a fear that made even death feel insignificant.

Then there is one thing you need to do.

“I won’t abandon you.”

“…yes?”

“I said I wouldn’t abandon you.”

He slowly stroked her cheek as if caressing a priceless treasure.

“Because you are more precious than anyone else.”

“Me?”

“okay.”

Cassia’s eyes are shaking.

For her, who had been treated as a ‘throwaway word’ since a distant past that she could not even remember, the word ‘precious’ felt too unfamiliar.

“no.”

There is no way you can be precious.

If so.

Because I wouldn’t have been left alone in that snowy field.

“I… don’t deserve to be told I’m precious.”

“It’s not you who decides that.”

“But I…”

A memory comes to mind.

Nightmares are rising.

-I’m glad though.

Late at night.

My mother’s voice leaks through the gently open door.

One word, mixed with the pain that had bound her life, pierced her mind sharply.

“Oh, no one needed me.”

“I need you.”

“Everyone said they left me alone!”

“I’m not leaving.”

“I have… nothing.”

“I am.”

Ojin stared at her with unwavering eyes.

Moment.

Pakak!

The black jewel embedded in her forehead cracked.

The empty eyes that had lost their light began to sparkle again with a beautiful emerald color.

“…ah.”

Cassia let out a short exclamation and then looked at Ojin with a faint smile.

“You… are not the Heavenly Demon.”

Cassia shakes her head with sad eyes.

“Cheonma is not this kind.”

“….”

Has excessive kindness actually become poison?

It was something that Oh Jin could do nothing about.

Because he wasn’t the Heavenly Demon, he was just a fraud pretending to be him.

It was impossible to become completely like the Heavenly Demon.

but.

‘If it’s a real fraudster.’

It’s not about deceiving others.

To deceive others.

That’s what a conman should do.

“Yes, as you said, I am not the Heavenly Demon.”

Ohjin nodded quietly.

As expected, a murmur escaped from Cassia’s mouth.

Tears welled up in her eyes as she smiled sadly.

“Not yet.”

“What… do you mean?”

“What kind of being is the Heavenly Demon to you?”

In an endless snowy field.

The only one who came to her.

A being who picked a star from the night sky and gifted it to her.

“He… is my everything.”

“Someone trying to control you with jewels like this?”

Ojin pointed to the cracked jewel embedded in her forehead.

“The one who threatens to abandon you if you don’t follow his orders?”

“….”

Cheonma made one mistake.

What she needed wasn’t the stars in the night sky.

What the girl who was abandoned in the pure white snow field wanted was not the stars floating in the night sky, but the warmth of a person who could melt the cold snowflakes.

“Cassia.”

I stroke the tears from her eyes with my hand.

“I swear right here. No matter what happens, I will not abandon you.”

He whispers in an extremely kind voice.

“I will never let you go through those cold, painful, and lonely memories again.”

He whispers in an extremely sweet voice.

“You…are more precious than anything else in this world.”

These are the words that a girl abandoned in a pure white snowy field would have wanted to hear most.

I whisper the words I have longed for my whole life.

Even if the whisper is just a conman’s sweet lie.

“I will be your Heavenly Demon.”

Because you can’t help but be fooled.