The Regressor Only Protects Me Chapter 218

Episode 218. The Final Chapter (5)

Standing in front of the door of truth, I carefully touched the doorframe.

I felt strange.

If I just give myself the strength to open this door now, I will be able to know all the truth of the world.

One can become a being of another dimension, or, to borrow the words of the Absolute, a higher dimension.

It was really simple.

All you have to do is open the door.

But I would never choose this path.

High positions, a lot of knowledge, and a good environment are certainly valuable things. That is why many people have shed a lot of blood to obtain them.

That is a milestone in human history.

Stake your life for something of higher value.

That doesn't change even if he becomes the emperor of an empire. Qin Shi Huang built a huge tomb in order to enjoy the world even after death, but in the end, his end is death.

Death is equal for everyone and is the final destination for all things.

Endless desire is a weakness of being human.

Can I really be 'satisfied' if I open this door and know the truth of the world?

Even if I become the ruler of Seoul as a monarch of tens of thousands of people, and even if I conquer East Asia, will I be satisfied?

Gold and silver treasures. A great amount of knowledge, worship, and deification.

No matter how much 'value' you have in the world, you can never be satisfied.

If you get a value of 10, you will want to get a value of 100.

If you get a value of 100, you will want to get a value of 1,000.

Numbers are infinite, so greed is also infinite.

I took my eyes off the door of truth and looked at the Absolute.

The Absolute was floating quietly in the air, looking at me.

Looking at the face of the absolute being that seemed to be waiting for an answer, I felt pity.

It was a pity to see the absolute being playing with the lives of hundreds of millions of people and wandering around the universe in pursuit of higher values.

When I came to that thought, I asked myself a question.

-Then how do you want to live?

I've been wandering because of the questions I've been asking myself.

Because I can't answer that question myself.

Even when I had an argument with my brother, I never made my point clear.

How do you want to live?

What do I want to do?

I came here looking for my younger brother.

I stood at the end of the world to make Jin Jae-hee's dream come true.

What do I really want?

What can make me happy?

I thought back. A few things come to mind.

One day. It was probably Sunday lunchtime. The place was Hangang Park.

I was working part-time at an event venue and was lying down in Hangang Park during lunch break.

I didn't come here to play, I came here to work as an event staff member.

At that time, I was lying down on the floor in the park without any concern for what other people thought.

To catch some sleep during lunch break.

But at that time, that feeling was so good.

Was it Ganga?

The blowing wind felt good.

I don't know why.

It was a feeling of happiness that could not be explained in any way.

The feeling of lying down by the river, feeling empty and devastated by the transience of life, was so good. It was so, so, good.

Why do I live so diligently?

Just live as you live.

It's accepting me as 'me'.

I feel every single second of my life without fail.

I'm just dust in the universe, but that makes me better.

As if I were lying down in Hangang Park right now and enjoying the gentle breeze.

From the moment I was pulled out of the swamp of death to the moment I was able to feed my younger sibling, I was grateful for every moment.

To some it was just a small thing.

I felt a little happiness in all of it.

When my little brother hugs me.

When unexpected luck follows.

I arrived at the traffic light just as the light was changing.

When you do a really good job today and the foreman hands you an extra crumpled ten thousand won note.

When you wake up in the morning and feel refreshed.

The sight of my younger brother sleeping soundly.

Every single moment was happy.

Even though my body is a little tired, I know that it is not wrong at all.

I'm doing well.

Just do as you are doing now.

'It won't be difficult.'

Just get out of this place.

I took a step back from the door of truth.

And then he turned around completely and started to go down the Baekok stairs.

Then the Absolute began to follow me down the stairs and talk repeatedly.

“This choice is not something you can decide on with a little thought. Beyond that door lies a value that is a billion times more valuable than everything you have. Are you going to give it up? How can you be so stupid? Look at what you have accomplished. This is not something that just anyone can do. It is all the value that only the chosen ones like you can enjoy. It would be absurd to give it all up.”

The surrounding landscape, which had been black and white, began to take on color.

Each time I went down the stairs, a scene flashed before my eyes.

People who worship me.

People who look up to me.

A huge territory.

And gold and silver treasures.

I'm going down, trampling all that.

The Absolute said.

“Kang Shi-on. Wait. It’s too hasty a judgment.”

Don't be hasty.

“This is not right. It is a great loss from a cosmic perspective for you to turn back when you have reached the door of truth and can reach a higher dimension.”

What I'm doing is right.

No one can say anything.

Let's not be shaken.

Their words are nothing more than candy-coated words to make me do as they say.

“Gangsi-on!”

There isn't much time left now.

The white jade stairs I was walking on were dyed black, and the world full of color became dark like the night sky again.

And finally I came down the last step.

Turuk-

“… … .”

The moment I let go of everything that was oppressing me, I felt refreshed.

Just like back then.

* * *

The Absolute stopped there and looked down at me.

"at last."

The Absolute swallowed what he was about to say.

But soon he spoke again.

“Is this how it ends up?”

I looked at him.

The Absolute came down from the void and met my eyes.

The Absolute stands before me.

We didn't say a word to each other for a while.

I just wait for the word of the Absolute according to my choice.

And then, the Absolute smiled faintly.

“Yeah. For some reason, I thought you would do that.”

At that moment, one of the Absolute's hands was raised.

And I fiddled with the mask.

I looked at the face behind the mask.

Daughter-.

There was a sound of something coming loose, and the Absolute took off its mask.

As the mask came off, the black hair that had been hidden began to blow in the wind.

I frowned slightly.

"you."

Under the mask, she had the face of Jin Jae-hee.

She was smiling pleasantly.

My eyelids fluttered slightly.

No matter how I looked at it, it was surprising.

The Absolute naturally let go of the mask he was holding.

Daughter- tremble.

The mask fell naturally to the ground.

The Absolute had slightly sad eyes, but the corners of his mouth were still slightly raised.

It was a beautiful smile that made anyone who looked at it feel happy.

She lifted her head for a moment and looked up at the sky.

I couldn't tell what he was thinking.

I asked cautiously.

“Jin Jae-hee?”

The Absolute looked up at the sky and slowly lowered its head again in response to my question.

And then she straightened her side hair that was blowing in the wind and swept it behind her ear.

“It’s a name I abandoned a long time ago.”

“What… … does that mean?”

“It doesn’t really mean anything. Should I say that it’s a Jin Jae-hee that’s a little different from the Jin Jae-hee you knew?”

Multiverse.

I've seen my other self in that multiverse twice.

The first time I saw you was in the multiverse, where you died in the battle with Dong-an at the Pamian E-Mart complex.

The second thing I saw was the higher-dimensional version of myself that I had seen when I lost consciousness in the light.

Judging from that, the Jin Jae-hee in front of me is definitely Jin Jae-hee, but it will be different from the Jin Jae-hee I knew.

“I’m surprised. You were the one who planned all this. After all, the you I knew hated this league.”

I was a little wary of the Absolute, but she didn't seem to be wary of me at all.

The Absolute came closer to me little by little.

I didn't dodge, and her two arms wrapped around my neck.

“… … .”

I was a little surprised and looked at the side profile of her hugging me.

Her eyes were closed, but a faint smile was visible.

The warm body temperature and arms wrapped around my back felt so cozy.

"for a moment……."

As I tried to say something, she hugged me tighter.

“Don’t ask me anything. We can’t talk to each other anymore. According to the contract of truth, I can only talk to you now.”

I couldn't understand why I couldn't talk to him.

Aren't we still having a conversation?

The Absolute spoke while still embracing me.

“You chose to go back. Up until now, I’ve wanted to leave you here, but that was just my greed to ascend to a higher dimension. Now, I respect your choice. And your courage. I want you to be happy. We… … will be so far apart that we won’t even be able to feel each other’s existence. But don’t worry. I promise I’ll do my best to make sure your world doesn’t collapse.”

I tried to say something, but now it was as if silence had struck and no words would come out.

At that moment, the Absolute hugged me more tightly.

“I’m sorry, Zion. In the infinite realm, I wanted to experience multiple universes to gather the puzzle in the finite world and obtain the one who has awakened to the truth. You say that I will become a higher-dimensional being, but no. I also have a dream. … … I know that I am a bad being to you. But the name ‘Gang Zion’ is also very precious to me. What I realized while experiencing the multiple universes is that we are much more similar than we think.”

The Absolute pushed me away a little.

She looked down at me with a pleasant smile.

“You’re happy now. You really found your way to happiness. On the one hand. No. I envy you. Your life has a destination.”

I couldn't understand a thing she was saying.

But one thing was certain: the words of this absolute being speaking to me now were by no means a lie.

The Absolute said.

“If you go back, please keep one thing in mind. You can only return with your memories. Since you have approached the door to truth, this is not something I can do anything about. However, the other ‘me’ next to you will now choose.”

Choice? What choice does Jaehee make?

“As you may have felt by now, another me has also approached the truth. She is already a being of a higher dimension. So she will be given the opportunity to choose. However, since she was unable to approach this door in this dimension, there will be a passive choice.”

I thought I knew what it was.

And the Absolute continued with a bitter smile.

“The first choice she can make is to lose all her memories and go back.”

That would mean Jin Jae-hee would lose all of his memories of being with me in this world and go back to being a really ordinary citizen of the Republic of Korea in the 21st century.

I knew that was what Jin Jae-hee really wanted.

Jin Jae-hee wants a normal life.

Even though it's a bit of a thorny path, I want to go back to the beginning and walk the path of music with my friends.

“The second option she can choose is to go back with all her memories.”

… … That would really be the worst choice for Jin Jae-hee.

If you go back and deliberately recall memories you want to forget.

If she went back to the past with all those desperate and painful memories, would she be happy?

Will I be able to continue my dream of becoming a singer with the memories I have with you?

“It’s heartbreaking, but this is your fate.”

The Absolute has again urged.

“And if in the future, she was the first choice. You must never pretend to know her. Under no circumstances should you know each other’s names.”

Why?

“In that case, even if it was Jin Jae-hee who made the first choice, he would receive all the memories he originally had. In other words, it would be no different from making the second choice. This is why full regression is absolutely impossible. If someone were to rewind the universe, it would be no different from the universe being recreated around that person. So the world would be created based on that person. This is not a rule. Just like there is gravity, light, planets, and galaxies. This is a ‘phenomenon.’”

… … That means.

Even if I were to regress and go back, I shouldn't pretend to know Jin Jae-hee.

I would inevitably know her name, but she was not supposed to know mine.

I frowned for a moment at the overwhelming emotions.

We went through all that hardship to get here together, but when we got back, we were just strangers.

I looked into the two eyes of the Absolute.

The Absolute said.

“I know you don’t want to believe it, but I’m sorry. Because it’s a choice. Just as I can’t interfere with your choice, I can’t interfere with the other choice of mine in this world.”

At that moment, everything around me began to take on color again.

To be exact, it was the world I originally existed in.

The Absolute kissed my cheek, then stepped back and said:

“I’ll give you time to say your final goodbyes. After that, it’s really over.”

After saying those words, the Absolute One disappeared into thin air again.

The city that emerged again was in ruins.

And there, in the middle of that ruined city center, she stood.

She seemed to be treating her younger brother inside the shield, but then turned her head and looked at me.

(Continued in the next episode)