Eternally Regressing Knight Chapter 836

836. Confession

Sinar took a deep breath and sat up. Seeing this, Yongin asked.

“How did you do it?”

His duty is still tied to the Fire Lizard. More precisely, it’s to fulfill its wish for restitution.

“I have prepared a place for you to rest, intoxicated by peace.”

Shinar spoke, his face pale. Yongin pondered for a moment. Was this a fulfillment of his duty?
Originally, he had intended to watch over the creature until it returned to its original world.
Why had he set such a goal?
To avoid seeing it suffer. He had done so because it was part of his duty.
So had he achieved his goal?
Halfway there, the other half had stalled, but Yongin decided that his duty was partially over. There was nothing more he could do. If the Salamander was in a stable space, he could no longer manipulate the creature’s mind.
His duty wasn’t to return the creature, but to find peace. Yongin understood.

“Damn, but isn’t this going to burn down the entire city?”

The traces left by the salamander are clear. Several large fires still remain in the area.

“It’s okay.”

Shinar answered. What happened next would have surprised even Esther.
At Shinar’s gesture, the flames extinguished, clumped together, dispersed, and vanished. The blazing flames suddenly went out. It seemed as if they had vanished completely. Although the embers remained, and the lingering heat in the air didn’t dissipate quickly, it was still a surprise.
A few embers remained, but as Esther chanted a spell toward the sky, a light rain began to fall.
The raindrops extinguished the remaining flames. The pitter-patter of rain seemed to tell her that the end of all this was near.

“Let’s stop by upstairs. There’s a basin there.”

And Sinar said, pointing towards the top of the mountain range.

“If not now, it’ll be difficult to guide him. He’ll be fast asleep.”

Shinar spoke, extending her hand. Above it, the small fire lizard she’d seen earlier appeared faintly.
Shinar had seen and felt much while merging with the salamander. She spoke because she had confirmed something then.
She was also speaking as a fairy who now associated with humans—more precisely, with Krys—and who clearly distinguished between objects of high value.
Of course, she understood the utility of currency even before she knew Krys.
Even now, she knew something equally useful lay above. That’s why she spoke.

“What’s there?”

Rem asked. Shinar pursed his lips several times, as if choosing his words.

“What do humans say in times like this? “Yes, this is how it will be done. The goddess of fortune winked.”

Upon hearing those words, Encred’s gaze also turned upward. Though they were all exhausted, they weren’t so exhausted that they couldn’t move.

“Let’s stop by.”

Encred said. Ragnar didn’t seem interested, but he just went with the flow.

“My heart is pounding. It’s like opening a treasure chest buried beneath a ruin. Fairy Sister.”

Audyn added, taking his foot off the ground.

“The real treasure has already been obtained. What we’re going to get now is just a byproduct.”

He befriended the Salamander. At that moment, Shinar felt a shift in the energy within him. He knew he would be able to display some impressive feats in the future.
The image of his fiancée’s surprised face immediately energized him.
They continued up the mountain path. Along the way, they
encountered a peculiar creature called a fire-breathing Drake, but compared to the Salamander from earlier, it was nothing more than adorable.

Bang!

Rem cleanly split the creature’s head with an axe and tossed it down the mountain, assessing its position.
Drakes can’t breathe fire, but the fact that they can do it suggests their hide is heat-resistant. And if they dismembered the creature and examined its structure, they might find something more useful.

“Don’t you think it would be nice to wear leather clothes?”

Is it possible for Rem to see a monster of that size as nothing more than a piece of cloth? No, it wasn’t just Rem who saw it that way.

“That’s right, ignorant brother.”

Even Audin agreed, and the others seemed to agree, so Encred felt he had nothing else to say.
For them, dismantling monsters and beasts and replacing them with equipment was now a given.
After defeating a few monsters and beasts, they reached the upper reaches of the mountain range. The basin was vast,
enough to accommodate hundreds of people. Shinar led the way. As they descended into the basin, they felt a circular wall envelop them.
The clouds, approaching, enveloped them like mist, drenching them. The light rain Esther had summoned hadn’t reached them yet, but they were already damp.
When they raised their heads, the sky was close. If they came here at night, they would clearly see the movement of the stars Esther loved. They
were on top of the mountain. The sky was close, the ground was far away.
Turning their gaze to the wall, they saw natural caves here and there. Shinar stopped in front of one of the cave entrances and picked up a few pebbles with his fingers.

“Look.”

It looked like a simple stone, but of course it wasn’t. The salamander had slept in the basin, and he was a phantom beast made of flame. This phantom beast constantly heated and burned the surrounding stones and earth. How many years had
passed? At least a hundred.
The stone Shinar had picked up was white, yet it held a gentle heat. It was the discovery of a new magical metal.

“I can see that guy Wangnuni is happy and shedding tears.”

“Rem,” said Encred. Everyone, including Encred, agreed.
The surrounding caves were filled with such white stones. The inside of the cave was no different. Even the stones were interspersed with white stones that radiated heat.

‘Has a vein formed?’

It must have been the Salamander’s long stay here.
Everyone headed straight for the Border Guard. On the way, Rem picked up Drake’s body and asked, just in case.

“I hope it doesn’t look like fratricide or something like that?”

It was a question for Temares. Yongin answered naturally.

“Yongin is a species that evolved into its own unique form. It is different from the drakes and dragons of legend.”

Temares said this, seemed to think for a moment, and then added:

“It’s true that it’s a species derived from a dragon.”
“You don’t know how to joke.”

Rem lightened the mood with her careless words.

“I think it would be a good idea to memorize the directions.”

Ragnar spoke, and Encred roughly memorized the route. It would be necessary later to mine all the stones up there.

“If you need guidance later, I’ll be there.”

Ragna, who always seemed lazy and lazy, would often take the initiative to find his way. That made things even more problematic.

“No, it’s okay.”

Encred lightly dismissed the request.
Yongin walked beside Encred naturally, and Encred asked him various questions as if he were meeting an old friend.

“Did you originally live here?”
“No, I originally lived in the north.”
“What north?”
“A place full of glaciers. I taught those who lived there.”
“Glacier Ranger?”
“That’s what they call it. I was in charge of one of them.”
“Why?”
“It was my duty. Before, when I wandered the continent, there was a human child I met there, and I promised to look after him, so I made it my duty to raise him.”

The concept of duty in Yongin is a realm difficult for humans to grasp, but Encred shrugged it off.
With a world like Rem, this wasn’t surprising.
Yongin had seen the object of his duty grow old and die, and wandered off, only to discover traces of the salamander.
It wasn’t a fairy-like fairy tale, but he had also read a part of the phantom’s mind.
Knowing that fate didn’t exist in this world, he simply accepted this coincidence as part of his life.
For Yongin, the most terrifying thing was boredom. That’s why he always needed something to do.
For the same reason, Temares remained calm when the one he raised as his own child died of old age, and he remained unmoved when he faced the phantom’s suffering. Duty kept his emotions in check.
As they neared the city, Encred casually asked,

“Aren’t you going to finish what you were doing?”

It wasn’t a question of shyness. It was a calm, yet slightly expectant question.
His face was covered in soot from his recent battle with the beast. His hair was so burnt that it required time to be touched up, leaving a part of his bangs tangled.
It might seem comical, but no one thought he was funny.

“You seem like a madman.”

Yong-in spoke, recalling memories from the past. How long had he lived? Countless. In all that time, he’d never encountered a person like this.
He’d vaguely heard similar words from his father, from whom he’d been separated, as a child.

“Unique moments, unique beings. Those are enjoyable. When you experience joy, you’ll understand what I mean.”

Temares now understood the meaning of words he had never been curious about or interested in before.
Yongin’s life was tedious. Duty was something he could easily abandon without an anchor.
To Yongin, nothing was more precious than a being who stimulated his life.

“refusal?”

The human who shakes that freedom asks.

“Do it.”

Temares answered immediately.
The human named Encrid laughed at the answer. That smile was almost irresistible.

“It’s a smile that makes you want to change genders.”

Recreating a world made up of regular cycles and adding salamanders wasn’t easy. They had just climbed the mountain. Shinar was panting, exhausted. Still, his gaze turned.

“Change what?”

She asked, and Yong-in answered calmly.

“Yongin is a transformed race.”

Temares, though currently male, could transform into a woman and had spent half his life as one.
He could become her.
In fact, back in the North, Temares cared for people as a mother, not a father.
Esther’s gaze was fixed not on Yongin, but on Encred.
Whether Yongin became a woman or not would be of no concern. From that man’s perspective, would it even matter whether Yongin had a voluptuous heart or a third leg?

“Are you tired? Should we rest a bit and then continue?”

Encred asked again. This human was a peculiar individual. Even Temares could see it. He was descending a mountain path, and even after a fierce battle, how often would a madman urge someone to fight right away?
The will shining within him was so radiant.

“It’s not good to be careless, you crazy bastard. And this isn’t even flat ground.”

Rarely did Rem say the right thing.

“I told you that taking care of your body and resting is part of your training, didn’t I? Have you forgotten, brother?”
“This way, where are you all going?”

Audin also added a word, and Ragnar ignored Saxon’s attempts to lead the way without saying a word.

“I know. I’m going to go down and do it.”

Encred spoke with a hint of regret. The dragons had naturally joined in, but no one questioned it.
This was unusual, but the dragons were a race uninterested in such relationships, and these lunatics were accustomed to their leader’s madness. So everyone remained indifferent.
The rain Esther had called grew heavier.
The pitter-patter of rain now hit the leaves with a pitter-patter. There were no signs of monsters around.
It was partly because Saxon, who was leading the way, had avoided them, but partly because the salamanders had burned all the nearby monsters to death.
Rem scanned the surrounding area for signs along the way. This was part of the patrol route his assault unit used. Burn marks were evident here and there. But there were no human bodies.
The smell of blood and burnt stench mingled, but no one could have died to this degree.

“Enki, I need to hug you.”

Shinar spoke through the falling rain.

“It’s hard to walk.”

She asked again. The fairy speaks the truth. While she specializes in distortion, she doesn’t lie. Walking is difficult, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible.
Encred’s gaze fixed on the fairy.

“It won’t be that bad.”

Esther, walking beside her, spoke.
Shinar briefly stared at the witch with indifferent eyes, then turned away, saying, “How pathetic.”
The fairy remained unyielding. After
a few words, they descended the charred mountain path. The city came into view, and a soldier, on constant alert, spotted them.
Rem tossed Drake’s body into a suitable spot.

“Take care of it.”
“Okay.”

The unit, fully disciplined, headed toward the monster’s corpse. Some soldiers saluted, and the group passed on. Behind them, a group of soldiers whispered.

“Why does it seem like there’s one more person?”

It seemed like he was reflexively counting numbers. Yongin joined in and entered the city naturally.

“You’re here now.”

Christ welcomed the group. Encred then handed them a white stone, and Esther explained that it was a new magical metal. After hearing everything, Christ put aside Yongin’s joining and made a sincere confession of love.

“Sinaar, did I ever say I loved you?”
“I never did. And I never hoped to.”

Sinar, being a fairy, truly pushed him away, but Christ seemed not to hear him.

“What did you say the Fairy City needed? A Fairy Salon? Whatever you want, just ask.”
“That human’s eyes have changed. Fiancé.”
“That’s just how he is.”

Just moments ago, Chris had been imagining the worst-case scenario, anxious and worried about the heavy price he would pay for rejecting the devil’s offer.
For a moment, he forgot his anxiety. A joy of equal magnitude had come to him.