I’m not a Regressor

I am not a returner Episode 407:

Summoning order (7)

Scattering fragments.

The round table made of solid wood was shattered and a bitterly cold wind blew through the temple.

Although there was less pressure than when Deneb was angry earlier, Alina was more likely to feel a chill running down her spine.

“Just… what did you say?”

Is this what it would feel like if ice were on fire?

Magical power bubbled and fluctuated along with a white frosty wind, as if a huge piece of dry ice had been dipped into a puddle of water.

In the howling frosty wind, Ohjin opened his mouth with a calm expression.

“They said that in the not too distant future Alphonse Vladimir will die.”

“you…!”

A hand that shoots out like a flash of lightning.

Alina grabbed Ojin by the collar and fiercely exposed her teeth.

The magic power of the overflowing stigmata bloomed with a life that took my breath away.

“If you thought we would stay quiet just because we are the same Chilseong, you would be sorely mistaken.”

“I never thought about it like that.”

Ojin stared at her with bitter eyes.

* * *

“I understand. “It must be hard to accept.”

“What do you know…!”

“I know. “Because I saw it firsthand.”

“….”

“Because I saw, heard, and experienced it.”

therefore.

“…I can see.”

Alina’s expression distorted fiercely.

“gibberish.”

“You are devastated by the loss of Alphons Vladimir. “I ended up resigning from the position of commander-in-chief with my mind broken.”

“….”

“And you….”

Ojin chewed his lip as if he was in pain.

“You betray humanity… and follow the Heavenly Demon.”

Words that are squeezed out.

There was not the slightest hint of falsehood in his voice, which was pickled with deep sadness.

“under.”

A smile escaped Alina’s lips.

“I thought it was a bit strange when I first heard it, but this makes it clear.”

A low voice.

“You just made one mistake.”

Alina continued speaking while stroking her silver hair.

“I am not as weak a person as you think. Even if I lose my son, I will never follow the enemy like you said.”

She knew that best.

“And there is a logical contradiction in what you say in the first place.”

Alina continued speaking in a cold voice.

“The being who killed my son is a servant of the ‘Heavenly Demon’ you mentioned, right? “Then you have to avenge your son, so there’s no reason to follow that guy out of nowhere, right?”

“That’s…”

“Or. “Is there any good reason for me to betray humanity?”

“….”

Oh Jin gently bit his lip and shook his head.

“The reason… I don’t know.”

“I guess so.”

Eat.

A cynicism flowed from between Alina’s lips.

“It seems like you went to great lengths to gain the cooperation of your allies.”

“….”

“It doesn’t matter whether you are an actual regressor or not. “You yourself proved that even if you know the future, you cannot change it.”

“…Alina.”

“I don’t want to talk to a swindler like you anymore. “I’ll just go back now.”

Alina sneered and turned around.

Ohjin looked at her retreating back and clenched his fists.

“…That’s right.”

A voice that was oppressed as if it were being squeezed out.

“yes?”

Alina turned her head as if she couldn’t hear clearly.

“You said that back then too!”

As if exploding the accumulated emotions.

Shout out.

“It’s okay!” Don’t worry! I will avenge Alphonse! “That’s what you said.”

But why?

“Why… did you do that? “Why did you betray us?”

“…Are you asking me that now?”

“I don’t know! “I don’t know why you betrayed humanity!”

Like screaming.

I let out a lump of emotion that was stuck in my chest.

“Do you know if everyone knows it’s me? I told you. “You can only know what you see, hear, and experience!”

“….”

“I thought I could stop it. “I thought I could change it!”

He covered his face with both hands and sobbed.

“But… I couldn’t have done anything on my own.”

Although I struggled to change my fate.

His strength alone could not change the course of the great torrent of fate.

“…Help me. “No, please help me.”

Oh Jin lowered his head, clenching his fists so roughly that blood appeared.

“In order to change the future, we need the power of Alina… no, the power of all of you gathered here.”

“….”

Alina looked down at Ojin, who lowered his head, and bit her lip.

Alina, who was looking at him with trembling eyes, soon shook her head and turned around.

“The Allies will not cooperate in this case unless you present reasonable evidence to believe what you say.”

Alina turned and walked out of the conference room.

“….”

“….”

A cold silence fell in the conference room where Alina left.

Ohjin, who was looking at the spot where Alina had walked away with blank eyes, collapsed into a chair and sat down.

I let out a deep sigh and ran my hand down my face.

“Hmm. But are you really a regressor? “From the future?”

Bianca approached Ojin with her purple eyes shining with interest.

“Then what will happen to me in the future?”

“…I heard that he died at the hands of the Heavenly Demon while protecting the survivors until the end.”

“Hahaha! I? “You die protecting the survivors until the end?”

Bianca laughed heartily, clutching her stomach.

“I understand why that woman was angry. “Do I look like that type of person?”

She, who is famous for traveling the world freely without belonging to any organization, sacrifices herself to protect the remaining survivors to the end.

It was so absurd that I couldn’t help but laugh.

Bianca shook her head and continued.

“Anyway, even if you lie, you have to say something somewhat believable to be believed…”

“Do you really think that’s not true?”

Ohjin asked, staring intently into Bianca’s purple eyes.

“Even as countless countries disappeared and refugees with no place to go died like bugs on the road… Do you think you were leisurely wandering around the world?”

“That’s…”

“As the world changes, people also change.”

He spoke as if chewing and let out a deep sigh.

He looked at Bianca with tired eyes and smiled slightly.

“And you… are the person who would have reached out to those who were hurt even if you didn’t have to change.”

“Hmm. “Aren’t you looking at the wrong person?”

“Don’t you, Bianca, know best that what I said was not wrong?”

“….”

Bianca pursed her lips as if she had nothing to say in response.

Just like he said.

If people around the world die in droves like in Italy, creating countless refugees, will she really be able to roam the world as freely as she does now?

She knew the answer to that best.

“Hmm. “First of all, I think it would be better to end today’s meeting here and meet again tomorrow.”

Edward cleared his throat and cleared up the awkward atmosphere.

“Yes, then let’s meet again tomorrow.”

Ojin nodded and walked out of the temple without hesitation.

The gazes that were looking at him as he left made my back tingle.

[Now wait a moment!]

Vega hurriedly followed Ojin.

Oh Jin-eun came out of the temple with Vega.

“Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve done this, so I’m having a hard time rolling my tongue.”

He stretched out with a calm expression, as if he had just let out a heartbreaking scream.

[Could it be… that everything you said so far was a lie?]

Vega opened her mouth wide and opened her eyes wide.

“huh? What are you talking about now? “Vega knows that I’m not a regressor, right?”

[No, I knew that, but… she thought you saw the actual future through ‘future poetry.’]

“Hahaha. “I told you before that it’s not an ability you can use when you want.”

And what I could see through future vision was the future just a few seconds later.

I could never know what would happen in the future like I did now, as if I experienced it firsthand.

[Now wait a minute, then what does it mean that a child named Alphonse will die…?]

“Of course it’s a lie.”

The only time I saw his face was in passing in front of the temple before the meeting started, so how can I know when he will die?

[Huh…]

Vega looked at Ojin as if he was dumbfounded.

[Then how could you speak with such confidence about the future of the Jade Fortress?]

According to the information brought by Cassia, the Jade Fortress was an awakened person who was busy wandering the world rather than helping others.

In fact, wasn’t there opposition to rescuing people captured in Italy at this meeting?

“Because it is a ‘jade formation.’”

[…What did you mean by that?]

“If she was a person who couldn’t think of anything but herself, she wouldn’t have become a member of the Seven Stars in the first place.”

Oh Jin, who took the test himself, knew best that simply having great power does not mean you can receive the title of ‘Seven Stars’.

“There may be differences in degree, but basically, an awakened person who has received the title of Seven Stars is likely to be a person of character who can lend a hand to the weak.”

It’s a test you can’t pass if you don’t do it in the first place.

[…So you were talking about that kind of future?]

“Isn’t that plausible?”

Seeing Ojin shrug his shoulders, Vega let out a deep sigh.

[But in the end, didn’t you fail to attract a child named Alina?]

“Huh? “You failed?”

[…Did you forget what that kid said on his way out?]

“I said I would cooperate if I brought solid evidence that I was a returner.”

[Ah.]

Vega snapped his fingers and nodded as if he knew that would happen.

[Then you already have that ‘evidence’!]

“No? “There isn’t any evidence?”

[What?]

This guy?

Vega frowns and glares at Ojin.

Oh Jin smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

“Don’t worry, you can find the evidence now.”

[…Isn’t it time to relax like that?]

Vega looked at Ojin as if he was worried.

[What if the child walks away before you find the evidence?]

“That will never happen.”

[…How can you be so sure?]

Considering Alina’s appearance right before leaving the meeting room, you wouldn’t know right away whether she would attend tomorrow’s meeting or not.

“Vega. Do you know why people fall for lies?”

[Hmm… I’m not sure.]

“Because I doubt it.”

[…is it because you doubt?]

Wouldn’t it be easier to be deceived by a lie if you don’t doubt?

“No matter how confident you are, somewhere in your mind, the question ‘what if?’ is bound to arise.”

Once doubt is established, it will not go away no matter what you do.

“Even if you try not to care, you can’t help but think about it every time you see your son.”

Her child will die in a month.

The words of the ‘regressor’.

“Alina won’t leave.”

How can you just not leave?

“Rather, they will come looking for me from there.”

Ojin twitched his lips and looked at Alina and his soldiers camped in the distance near the temple.

“…There’s something I want to talk about.”

Alina Vladimir came to Ojin, who was staying at the temple of Vega.