Absolute Regression Chapter 621

Episode 621: A ruthless devil

The air was thick and murky.
It was called an interrogation room, but it was actually a torture chamber. There were chains and shackles hanging on the walls, and on one side, torture instruments were displayed on a long table.

Where are all those different thicknesses of iron needles for?
Sharp saws, knives, and other unpleasant tools of unknown purpose.
And the brazier and soldering iron next to the desk are probably not for roasting sweet potatoes.

The moment Kwak Yeong saw it, his whole body trembled involuntarily. It was not a fear that could be stopped by willpower.
He tried to look away, but this time he saw a red stain on the floor. When he looked closely, it was blood.

No matter how strong-willed I was, it was hard to be relaxed in this kind of atmosphere. I couldn’t shake off the fear that I might be tortured to death and buried in the backyard.

But soon she slapped herself.

“Wake up, Kwak Young! This is the path you have chosen.”

The first day I met that man, when I was able to escape through the Baekryongdanju, I didn’t run away. I didn’t even tell them.

It was entirely his own choice to go back to Daru to meet this man. It was a decision he reached after staying up all night.
Why was it?
When he turned around while walking with the White Dragon Leader, he saw him looking at him.

With a blank stare that showed no emotion.
Maybe it was because of the blank expression he showed in that situation where he could have shown irritation or anger. In that situation where it would have been unpleasant even if he had been angry or laughed.

Right then!

Squeak.

The sound of the iron door opening startled her. Her heart pounded as if it would burst.
The thick iron door opened and two people entered. Disappointment crossed her mind. She had hoped that he would come in, but the person who entered was Jidanju Homyeong and Suha.

“If you follow the instructions, it won’t take long.”

Kwak Young asked at the roll call.

“Please call that person.”
“He is a precious person.”
“Please call that precious person. I will tell him everything.”

Kwak Young felt instinctively that he shouldn’t tell them.

What if I reveal everything?
I’ll just get all the information and kill myself. Yes, they’re mines, so that’s more than enough.

That’s why you have to put your fate on the line with that man, not with them. You have to get a promise from that man.

But Ho-myeong did not listen to her.
He took a small bottle out of his bosom and placed it on the table in front of her.

“Drink.”
“What is this?”
“It’s a confession drink.”

Although she had not learned martial arts, she worked for the Murim Alliance. She had heard rumors about this confession.

“I heard that people who refuse to confess until the end may die from side effects or become disabled.”

The name nodded. There are many side effects. People who are just unlucky enough to tell everything can die, and those who refuse to reveal the truth, like she said, are more likely to suffer the side effects.

“Not many people have that level of will.”
“It’s right before your eyes.”

Kwak Young wasn’t bragging. She really didn’t want to tell these people, and she trusted her own will. So she was really worried that she would die from the side effects.

“You don’t want me to die, do you?”

Kwak Young tried hard to shake off his fear and look confident.

“So please call him.”

Of course, it didn’t work on Ho-myeong. You could have subdued the demon and forced him to drink it, but Ho-myeong didn’t do that.

As he nodded, the subordinate who came in with him lit the brazier and placed the soldering iron on it.

Cheeeeeee.

After a while, the soldering iron became red hot.

“Don’t even think about scaring me with fire. I’ve been helping with the ironwork since I was little, so I’m not afraid of fire. He’s like my friend.”
“It’d hurt more if it happened to a friend.”

As the command was given with a wink, the subordinate approached her with a soldering iron.
He brought the iron to her face. The most certain part of a person to be scared is the face. A woman would be especially afraid.

But Kwak Young didn’t close his eyes. He didn’t scream. He just stared straight ahead at the approaching iron, his eyes wide open, and his teeth clenched.

Just before the iron touched her face,
someone’s voice was heard from behind.

“for a moment.”

Fortunately, the soldering iron stopped before he could even touch my face.
The person standing in front of the open iron door was Geommuyang.
As he entered, the subordinate who had been holding the soldering iron went out, leaving only the call of names.

The black sheep walked over and stood in front of her.

“Why did you call me?”

Geommuyang was listening to her from outside the door. He could tell by the feeling that no amount of torture would be able to get what he wanted out of her.
If he was prepared for this, she would really die from the side effects of the confession pill, just like she said.

“I told you in the carriage. I bet my life and destiny on you.”

Still, Geommuyang’s reaction was cold.

“What do you know about me?”
“You said you trusted my feelings.”

Geommuyang said while looking at the confession table placed in front of him.

“Drink.”

Kwak Yeong, who had been looking down at the confession with trembling eyes, picked it up.
Then, after opening the cork, he drank it while looking into Geommuyang’s eyes.
After a while, her face turned pale and she began to feel a sense of relief.

Now the real questions begin.

“Why did you approach me?”

Because it is possible that he may have approached her intentionally.

“You were the one who approached. You came to my place, weren’t you?”

Her voice was languid, as if she had just woken up from sleep.

“Weren’t you ordered to approach me?”
“No.”
“Then why did you come to Daru again the next day?”

Kwak Young’s eyes were dilated and hazy.

“I thought you might be able to help me.”
“Why?”
“I had a feeling. I’m glad this guy came for me.”

Kwak Young said with a slight frown.

“Is this how you feel when you take a confession pill? I feel dizzy and my stomach feels really queasy.”

Normally, if you take a confession drug, you will answer in an unconscious state.
The fact that she realized that she had taken the confession drug in this way meant that her mental strength was extraordinary. At least in the current situation, it was not a good sign.

Geommuyang looked down at her for a moment in silence.
Gwak Yeong smiled bashfully and said something unexpected.

“You are handsome.”

Geommuyang snorted with a look of disbelief.

“Don’t just ask me, I’ll ask you too. Is this scar really ugly?”

She was out of her mind. She started saying things that came to her mind unconsciously.

“Don’t laugh at me. This is my glorious scar. Do you know how scared I was back then? Don’t you know?”

Gulp.

Blood flowed from her nose.

“Huh? I’m bleeding. I didn’t lie, but I’m bleeding.”

The call came quickly.

“Side effects are starting to appear.”
“Please give me some antidote.”
“Yes.”

Ho-myeong gave Kwak-yeong a remedy. It was a medicine that relieved the aura of the confession.
After a while, Kwak-yeong came to his senses.

“What happened?”
“I gave you an antidote because you had side effects.”

She was relieved at the thought that she had come back from the dead.

“Thank you.”
“It’s not over yet.”
“No, it’s over. It was over when I came to see you the next day. The only thing left is whether you’ll make a promise to me or not.”
“What promise?”

Earlier in the carriage, she had asked me to promise her one thing, since she had not fired a shot at the advance.

“Please save me.”

I naturally thought it was her.

“Please save my brother.”

Now Geommuyang could understand. Why she had made the fake secret. Why she had come to him and tried to make such ridiculous promises. She had not been trying to save herself.

“My brother is being held hostage by them.”

She clenched her fists.

“My parents passed away, and my only family member is my younger brother. There is no child in the world as kind as he is.”

One question that naturally arises.

“Why didn’t you tell the Murim Alliance?”

If he was the master of the Murim Alliance’s Iron Fist, he would have moved from the Alliance dimension to save her younger sister.

“They said that they had a friend in the high places of the Murim Alliance. They said that no matter how secretly you reported it to the Murim Alliance, they would eventually find out first.”
“Did you believe them?”

I thought she wouldn’t have believed me easily because she was smart.
But then she said something surprising.

“I had no choice but to believe it. The place I heard those words was my residence in the inner garden of the Murim Alliance.”

The fact that outsiders could freely enter and exit the Murim Alliance meant that, as they said, someone high up was involved.

“He said that if I made it just once, he would release my brother and never look for him again.”

She let out a sigh of regret.

“They broke their promise. Stupid! It was a promise they never intended to keep in the first place.”

The reason he didn’t release his brother was probably to force him to create another secret weapon.

“Why did I put my fate on you? Because I can’t keep being dragged away by them. Even if I were to be dragged away like that, they would eventually kill my brother. I was convinced of this when I saw you break your promise this time.”

Geommuyang nodded slightly with an expression that said that was a good decision.

“You can use me, you can kill me, you can burn me with that soldering iron, you can feed me ten bottles of confession medicine. I’ll tell you everything I know. But please save my little brother.”

She didn’t lie about her feelings. She thought it was better to be honest with this man than to play dirty tricks.

“I need to negotiate with you based on the information I have, but you guys are too scared to do it.”

Geommuyang didn’t answer.
Gwak Yeong pleaded again.

“Even though you are a ruthless demonic cult, you must have brothers, right? If you do, you must understand how I feel, right?”

The black magician, who had been silent the whole time, spoke to her.

“I am the kind of person who wished my brother were dead.”

For a moment, Kwak Young flinched.

“Please pretend you didn’t hear what I just said.”

She pleaded in another way.

“Then I’ll do whatever you tell me to do for the rest of my life and make whatever you tell me to make. I don’t know how high your position is, but if you take me, I’ll get promoted.”

Ho-myeong, who had been watching, laughed silently.

“My career is over anyway. How can I live as a craftsman when I have tarnished the honor of the Murim Alliance? I will make it for you. Did you see that small advance? I made that too. I will make anything you want.”

Still, Geommuyang didn’t say anything.
Finally, Gwak Yeong shouted.

“You heartless man! If someone begs like this, I will promise even if it is just empty words!”

The black sheep said bluntly.

“I don’t make promises I don’t keep.”

Yes, I took a gamble because I had a feeling that this was the kind of person he was.

“If you don’t help me, I will die, become a ghost, and come to torment you in your dreams every day.”

I tried threatening like this and appealing to good faith. Appealing to good faith from Mine.

“If you’re not the type to help others, try helping someone just once in your life. Who knows? When you end up in Hell, the King of Hell might forgive you for that good deed.”

But Geommuyang was unwavering. She realized that this impregnable fortress could not be destroyed by her own entreaties or persuasions.

‘Yeah, I’m crazy. A mine is just a mine. What kind of premonition is a premonition?’

She looked down at the back of her hand for a moment without saying a word.

“Do you know what really makes me mad? It’s because of my efforts that all this happened. The efforts I made, staying up all night and hammering away at my brother, ended up killing him. I’m so angry and resentful.”

She endured the hot iron burning her face, but eventually, for the first time, a tear fell from her eye. The tear ran hotly down the burn mark on the back of her hand.

‘I’m sorry. I’m sorry about this older sister. But even if I’m born again, please be born as my younger sister. Then I will never act like a father-in-law. I’m sorry, really.’

It was truly a misfortune that came to his life like a natural disaster.
However, there was a word that was heard softly, as if the world was not full of only misfortunes like natural disasters.

“I will save your little brother.”

Kwak Young raised his head. Geommu Yang only said that one word and did not add anything else. That was why Kwak Young could tell. This man was a man who truly kept his promises.

The blacksmith gave an order to Homyeong.

“Listen carefully to the rest of their statements regarding the men. Every single one of them.”
“Yes, I understand.”

Then, Geommuyang turned and walked towards the iron gate.
Just before he opened the gate and went out, Gwak Yeong shouted and asked.

“Why?”

Asking why she was being saved might not be a good idea, but she was too curious.
Without looking back, Geommuyang said something unexpected.

“I just said it was because it was a good day.”