The Regressor Only Protects Me [EN]: Chapter 66

#66. Each of the Stars (2)

“Your brother. He’s alive.”

“What?”

At K’s news, Sion lost control of his emotions for the first time.

His heart pounded wildly, and his hands and feet trembled.

His brother was alive.

Junho was alive.

How much he had wanted to hear that news.

In fact, he didn’t know when it started, but at some point, he thought his brother was dead.

In this world where everyone was dying, adults and children alike, what were the chances of his young brother surviving?

Thinking coldly, he could only assume he was dead, so Sion had been trying to avoid thinking about it until now.

If his brother was really alive, it would be a dream come true.

But chasing dreams after the world had ended was suicide.

Sion wanted to believe it, even so.

He couldn’t bear the harsh reality unless he thought his brother was alive.

But now, K’s words made him feel a surge of emotion.

Joy and worry welled up from the depths of his heart, mixing and churning.

Sion lowered his head and quietly asked her.

“…Where is he?”

“Okay, stop! That’s it. This is the end of the information I can give you.”

Stop?

She said stop?

Whoosh-!!!

At that moment, Sion, losing his reason, lunged at K in an instant.

Thud!

K fell to the floor, and Sion pinned her down.

Sion threatened her, shouting.

He held a military dagger in his hand.

“Where is he… Tell me.”

“…Even for you, Sion, I can’t forgive harming an administrator.”

“I don’t need any of that. I don’t need any of it. This system. The League. Forget about your pathetic games! Just… just bring my brother to me.”

“…”

Thump-!

Sion grabbed K by the collar.

K’s expression didn’t change.

Sion barely managed to speak.

“My… my brother is everything to me. Just let me have my brother… Then… I’ll do anything.”

A moment of silence passed between them.

Sion’s hand, which was holding her collar, slowly lost strength.

He realized that no matter what he asked of the administrator, nothing would come of it.

Then, K began to stroke Sion’s hair.

Sion looked up at K again.

“You’ll do anything? Hehehe… That’s right, Player.”

K’s voice lowered significantly.

She gave another faint smile.

“You are special. A special being has a purpose. Don’t forget that purpose. They want a touching reunion between you and your brother. If you achieve that… you can even revive your parents who died long ago. With their power.”

Swoosh-.

K’s slender, large hand cupped Sion’s cheeks.

Then, she began to caress Sion’s face.

“…I’ll tell you just one thing from the questions you asked earlier. Who am I? …I was human too. Once upon a time. Of course, the era I lived in was different from yours.”

“…”

Sion stared down at K with trembling pupils.

K’s hand was now caressing Sion’s chin.

“But now, I’m just their errand runner. Do you want to find your brother? Do you want to live a happy, ordinary life with your brother? Do you really want that?”

Swoosh-.

Then, K lifted her upper body and brought her face close to Sion’s neck.

She wrapped her hands around Sion’s waist.

And she tickled him with her breath, as if teasing him, as if her lips were about to touch his neck.

It was truly a bewitching voice like a snake.

“I’ll make it all happen. I’ll give you everything. I’ll make you achieve everything beyond your wildest dreams. I’ll let you grow old and die in a lifetime of happiness. Or, I can give you eternal life. So win. Win in this League. Give everything you have to change the world and become the most brilliantly shining star in this world.”

“…”

“Don’t disappoint me and them. You’re my star.”

Swoosh-.

With those words, K pulled her head away.

She naturally got off Sion’s body.

Then, she changed her voice back to a cheerful one.

“Okay! Then, Sion! Let’s do this. First, unify Anyang City. Then I’ll tell you the approximate location of your brother. How about it?”

“…”

Sion carefully got up from his seat.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The news that his brother was alive.

That was the most welcome news for Sion.

It was also news that would cause the biggest change.

Until now, Sion had embarked on a journey to find his brother.

The reason he took over the police station was to borrow everyone’s strength.

For Sion, the happiness of one brother was more precious than the happiness of the majority.

If his brother could live happily in a safe world, he didn’t care about the lives of hundreds or thousands of people.

Sion would gladly sacrifice them to protect his brother.

They were all just strangers.

But his brother was different.

His brother was everything to Sion.

Sion decided to live for his brother.

That resolution would not change even if the world ended, even if he became an old man with white hair.

“…”

Sion took a deep breath.

And he carefully opened his eyes and said.

“One more thing.”

“Yes?”

K smiled and tilted her head.

Now Sion had calmly calmed his emotions.

He began to look at the incident rationally again.

And Sion had now awakened.

If he had been participating in the League to find his brother, now he had become Kang Sion to win this League.

That was enough to be called an awakening.

He now had the goal of winning the League.

And there was one more thing.

This was something Sion had to do after saving his brother.

“…Can I kill you guys too?”

“…”

It was a threatening remark.

K also felt that threat.

And she also knew what it meant for a man like Kang Sion to make a threat.

But K was happy.

Because he had now gained an even stronger motivation than before.

K smiled and replied.

“Of course.”

In fact, K sincerely hoped more than anyone else.

That he would be happy.

* * *

Color began to fill the black and white space.

The feeling after pouring out all the emotions was a sense of emptiness and relief at the same time.

K’s skill was canceled, and the murmuring crowd began to appear again.

Jin Jaehee was the first to approach me.

She asked me if I was okay, and I nodded.

I looked around them again and stared at the police station building.

A desolate building.

It seemed to smell a bit of blood.

I turned my head again and looked at Jin Jaehee.

She was also looking at me.

Her black bobbed hair was swaying in the wind.

Jin Jaehee was always there, no matter where I was or in danger.

Even now, she was waiting for my next words, one step away from me.

It had only been six months, but it already felt like six years had passed.

There are many things I want to tell Junho.

That time is relative.

That this time without you is terribly boring.

We have lived happily, helping each other even in our poor circumstances.

Whenever I went into the semi-basement room exhausted, Junho would do all sorts of pranks to make me happy.

When he wrapped toilet paper around himself and made fun of me by imitating a mummy.

When he followed the trendy words he picked up on YouTube and made fun of me with strange 말투 [intonation/speech pattern].

When he put his underwear on his head and ran around the room.

You always tried to make me laugh, even a little bit, anytime, anywhere.

All I did was laugh along when you laughed.

In fact, I knew.

That on the day I hanged myself in the bathroom, even if you were young, you couldn’t not know what it meant.

After that day, my brother was busy taking care of me on days when I was mentally distressed.

It was to prevent me from committing suicide.

Junho, you were a child who took good care of people.

“…”

I turned my head again and looked around Anyang City.

My brother was living somewhere here.

But don’t worry, Junho.

Your brother…

Your brother will do it.

Even if the end of this world is the end.

I will definitely find you.

“…”

I looked up at the crowd.

Now that I’ve started, there’s no stopping.

I looked up at the sky.

I felt the gaze of the gods above the sky.

If the gods want me to make a miserable clown of myself with my brother on the line, I will gladly dance for you.

However, I will not proceed normally.

I will unfold a world so cruel that you cannot even imagine.

If that’s what you want.

“…I declare.”

My voice echoed softly in the crowd.

At that moment.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

Status windows appeared in front of everyone.

This is the power of the monarch determined by the system.

This is my power.

I turned my head again and looked at the crowd.

They were ready.

Ready to win this League with me.

[Manan 1st Power, Monarch Kang Sion]

[Edict Declaration]

[Declarant: Kang Sion]

“Article 1, Section 1.”

Now, with the crowd all paying attention, my first edict was declared.

A new battle began with the edict.

* * *

Drip.

Blood flowed from the man’s forehead and fell on the red snowfield.

The man held in the child’s hands was originally a warrior.

To be exact, he was also the chief of the area building the snow wall here.

He was a man with great power, as he was directly appointed by the Queen of the Doan 1st Power.

But now his neck was cut off and held in the child’s hands.

His body was torn into pieces and scattered.

The child carefully placed the man’s neck on the snowfield.

Then, a soft female voice was heard from behind the child.

Snowstorms arose each time debris fell.

Junho’s extraordinary abilities were no longer something that could be thought of as human.

He killed all the warriors who rushed at him by floating all objects in the air, and the snow wall, which had soared to the height of a building, now collapsed.

A single child killed hundreds of warriors from the Doan 1st Power.

It didn’t take long.

It only took a few minutes until the last warrior’s breath was cut off.

Junho was the strongest.

At least in the world that Jooyeon had seen, experienced, and lived in.

Junho carefully looked at Jooyeon and asked.

“…Have you thought about it? Sister?”

Junho slowly walked through the fiery snow.

The child slowly walked and sat in front of Jooyeon.

Jooyeon looked at Junho sitting in front of her.

His head was down, and he seemed to be sobbing a little.

He was an innocent child.

It was impossible to think of him as a slaughterer who had killed hundreds of people.

Jooyeon couldn’t help but tremble in front of him.

Every time she saw this child, she was reminded of the man she met at the shopping mall.

The two were alike.

But Jooyeon didn’t know.

Whether the boy’s brother was really Kang Sion.

This was because Sion had never told anyone about his brother’s existence except Jaehee.

And Junho in front of her now wanted to act with Jooyeon.

This was because Jooyeon was the first to show kindness to Junho after the world ended.

“The adults will be here soon. If you don’t follow me, you’ll die.”

Junho was still looking down.

Jooyeon carefully asked Junho.

“…But.”

“Don’t say but. Sister. My abilities aren’t infinite. Now I have to run away too. Choose. Either follow me…”

Then, the shadows of the subjugation party reflected on the opposite wall stretched and shrunk in the light of the flashlight.

The enemies were screaming and coming here.

And only then did Junho raise his head and make eye contact with Jooyeon.

“…Or die.”

Junho was crying.

Whether it was guilt for killing people at a young age, or some other emotion that Jooyeon couldn’t know.

What was certain was that those tears were the tears of a child without a trace of lies.

Jooyeon was conflicted.

It was still possible that her younger brother, Sebeom, was alive inside the Doan forces.

However, if she couldn’t preserve her life right now, she would never meet her brother Sebeom later.

Jooyeon clenched her fist.

And made a decision.

Crash-!

Not long after, the border to Uiwang collapsed.

The city’s border had collapsed.

This meant that the second round was almost over.

(Continued in the next episode)