I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 273

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“–Myth! Good to see you!”

“–Myth, it’s been a while!”

As soon as I arrived home, I was greeted by other animals in a corner of the room.

The only reason I can communicate with them is that they, like Shami, are under Leccero’s curse.

Thanks to Shami’s recent efforts, a large number of animals in similar situations have been brought into the safe house.

I made sure that Jang Dong-shik could stay here safely for a long time.

So, until I tell him to leave, this space is practically Jang Dong-shik’s.

Jang Dong-shik likes animals so much that he takes meticulous care of them, even though there are quite a few.

Moreover, his daughter, Jang So-hee, shares her father’s tastes and spends every day happily, he said.

In fact, I was the one who told Jang Dong-shik that he didn’t need to overdo it more than necessary.

However, Jang Dong-shik seemed to feel sorry for those who had become animals because of Leccero’s curse.

You could say he was deeply reflecting on his original sin. He was doing his best to take care of them.

I thought it would be okay if it could be Jang Dong-shik’s own repentance, so I didn’t stop him anymore.

“Are you all eating well?”

“–Yes, don’t worry!”

“–We’re satisfied just being warm and full!”

It felt strange to see dogs and cats moving their mouths and talking like humans.

I guess it’s because the family has grown so much since I only saw Shami.

Anyway, after a brief greeting, I went straight to Shami. It seemed that the final ritual to break the curse was already in progress.

“…….”

Silence prevailed.

Jang Dong-shik was sweating profusely and focusing all his attention.

Shami was also floating in the air, fully accepting the white energy permeating her body.

“–Ah!”

Then, Shami opened her eyes, perhaps sensing my presence nearby.

“–Myth.”

“Shami, don’t talk.”

“–No, it’s okay. He said I just shouldn’t move…….”

Shami’s voice was definitely weaker than usual.

In the first place, breaking the curse consumes a lot of energy for both the person breaking it and the person being freed from it.

In Shami’s case, especially, as a cat, it must have been even more difficult.

“Are you okay?”

“–Yes. I’m okay. Kasron said that although the probability is low, I could die from not being able to withstand the curse.”

“Why are you telling me this now?”

“–It’s okay. I didn’t think it mattered. Even if things go wrong, I will never blame Myth or Kasron.”

“Don’t try to strike a pose and leave a will. I won’t listen.”

I pretended to cover my ears.

Something always happens when you leave such a solemn message in a novel or movie…….

I didn’t want to have any ominous thoughts, even in my imagination. Shami is a precious relationship to me.

“–Thank you for saving me, whom you met by chance, and for being with me. Thank you so much. I will never forget your kindness for the rest of my life.”

“Yes. Repay me for the rest of your life. Got it? You can’t repay me if you die.”

I spoke to Shami in a high-pitched voice so that it would sound like a joke.

“–I’ll concentrate again now. It’ll be over somehow…….”

Shami closed her eyes tightly.

The fact that she was frowning right away meant that she was feeling pain that was not easy to bear.

Meanwhile, Jang Dong-shik opened his eyes. Jang Dong-shik’s gaze, with his eyes slightly narrowed, reached me.

“Jang Dong-shik, is there anything I can help with?”

“There’s only one thing. It’s a very important part that only you can help with.”

“Tell me.”

“This is a task that consumes an insane amount of magic power. So, keep supplying me with magic power from behind.”

“Playing the role of an auxiliary battery is very familiar to me.”

Tap! Tap tap!

Brushing off my palms, I immediately took a seat behind Jang Dong-shik.

As I told him, playing the role of a walking magic battery was something I did my whole life next to Nicholas in my previous life.

For Nicholas, who consumed a lot of magic power, I, with my abundant magic storage, was a good supplier.

That’s why he always took me with him when he went to dungeons, even if he forgot potions or other supplies.

So much so that people even said that I was dating Nicholas because we were so close.

We both hated men so much that we just laughed it off, but we got misunderstood quite a bit.

Whoosh!

As soon as I sat down, I immediately poured an explosive amount of magic power into Jang Dong-shik.

“The amount of magic power is enormous.”

“I’m kind of like that.”

“Reduce it a little. If you don’t, my heart won’t be able to handle it and will explode.”

“Are you getting excited about a man?”

“Don’t say such terrible things, even as a joke.”

While exchanging silly jokes with Jang Dong-shik, we focused our attention on Shami.

After that.

A silence fell where nothing was said, and the silence lasted for more than 30 minutes.

It was a scene of concentration where both I and Jang Dong-shik were constantly sweating.

“The intensity of the curse is dozens of times higher than that of other animals. She received a big curse as an example.”

“Leccero, you son of a bitch.”

Without even thinking about it, a curse word burst out at Jang Dong-shik’s words.

“That’s right. He’s the worst son of a bitch.”

Jang Dong-shik also chimed in.

No matter how I think about it, it seems that even from his point of view, he can’t forgive what Leccero has done.

Right then.

“–Ahhk……!”

A groan came from Shami.

At that moment, I thought something big had happened, but fortunately, Jang Dong-shik shook his head right away.

“Now the final curse ritual will be broken. Shami has to endure here to break the curse and for her to live.”

“Shami……! Hang in there! You have to hang in there!”

I shouted to her with strength, but Shami didn’t seem to hear me at all and trembled painfully.

At the same time, a dark red aura began to rise, and the aura scattered in the air transformed into the shape of a demon.

In the appearance of the aura that was created and then crushed, it seemed that Leccero’s appearance was also present for a moment.

Right then.

Kugwagwagwa!

“This crazy……!”

Dark energy began to pour out explosively.

It wasn’t just rising up, but it started to rage like a flood.

Shami was barely enduring the pain, so there was no need to mention it.

“Cough! Cough! Ugh!”

Jang Dong-shik vomited a mouthful of blood, perhaps because the magic power had backfired from the recent rampage.

It’s a temporary internal injury, so he’ll get better if he rests well, but he’s not in a situation to do anything right now.

If that dark energy was left as it was, it could attack Jang Dong-shik, or it could cover Shami again.

Or, there was a risk that it could escape outside the house and adversely affect passersby or innocent civilians.

“Ha, Leccero, you damn bastard.”

I got up from my seat right away.

If it had been me a while ago, I would have been embarrassed about how to deal with this enormous amount of dark energy, but.

I know now.

Moreover, since the condition of my body was close to perfect after the remodeling, I was confident that I could handle it sufficiently.

‘Later, I’ll store this dark energy well and shove it directly into your mouth, Leccero!’

With eyes full of venom, I threw myself into the center of the dark energy.

As I began to unleash magic power in all directions, the dark energy gathered like a vampire smelling blood.

Perhaps it was a instinctive attraction that thought of me as good ‘food’, but it was a far cry from hitting the right address.

“Haaap!”

With a strong shout, I accepted the dark energy that was digging into my body.

It’s as if the vile, low-grade, gloomy, and greedy tongue of a demon is licking my whole body.

I swallowed the unpleasant feeling and focused all my energy on concentrating the dark energy in my abdomen.

To put it precisely, should I call it the ‘Danjeon’ [energy center]? I forced the dark energy right into that area.

All of my internal organs, as well as the blood vessels in my body, had been altered, so this task was not that difficult.

“It’s done.”

The isolation of dark energy is over.

A huge amount of dark energy covered me, but not even a single grain of energy consumed me.

Right then.

Paah!

A dazzling white light began to explode from Shami.

‘Finally……!’

Shami’s appearance, which had been in the form of a cat until just now, began to change.

The next moment.

“Ah!”

Since I didn’t have this experience, I remembered one fact that I had forgotten.

That is, Shami, who will return to her original form, is not wearing even a ‘thread’.

She got close enough to expose my paunch, but wasn’t that when she was a cat?

I couldn’t make Shami, who was the princess of a country, into a ‘naked princess’. I ran straight to the room.

* * *

-Don’t dwell on the irreversible past. You’ve done well enough so far.

-Don’t worry about us, and please live the life that has been given to you like a blessing. That’s my wish.

“Mother! Father!”

At the end of the tunnel of darkness that seemed like it would never end, Shami faced her deceased parents.

The faces I wanted to see even in my dreams, but had never been able to see. Shami burst into tears at the sight of those welcoming faces.

Fortunately, the appearance of Shami’s parents was wearing the ceremonial robes they had worn during their lifetime and smiling brightly.

So I was happy.

Even if this was an illusion, I wanted to believe that it was evidence that my parents were living comfortably.

‘I despise those who claim to be descendants of the noble sacred lineage like you.

If I kill your parents and even you, the tragedy will end too quickly, which is sad. Tragedy is originally supposed to drag on in a sluggish manner.

I will curse you with a curse that you cannot die but have to live. Feel the loneliness, the loneliness, and the cold.

And remember my face for the rest of your life and live in hell. Haha!’

Soon, the surroundings were stained with pitch-black darkness, and then Leccero’s appearance appeared again.

Shami trembled all over.

This is because Leccero’s face, which still remains vivid, and the blood of his parents stained on him are vivid.

It was a terrible memory that remained as a trauma.

-You must live hard with a firm heart! Don’t worry about your mother, and live with gratitude for your current relationships! Got it?

-Since Radius will take care of us, the wicked will surely be judged. Don’t worry about it.

“Father……. Mother…….”

Tears flowed endlessly.

I hurriedly wiped away the tears because I wanted to capture the appearance of my parents even a little longer.

Shaaa.

The background surrounding her was changing again.

It felt like I was finally returning to reality after passing through a long tunnel of illusion.

And.

Blink. Blink.

The appearance of the recombined reality began to feel very foreign, unlike before.

‘The eye level has changed.’

It has changed completely.

The world seen as a cat was used to seeing someone’s knees or ankles, but.

“Ah…….”

At this moment.

In front of Shami, there is always someone whose chin she can barely look up to after looking up for a long time.

The person who had to be lifted directly with both hands to be able to face each other from a cat’s perspective!

“Myth.”

He was looking at her with eyes full of emotion in front of her.