Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 201



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The Regressor’s Notepad 201

Encounter (2)

In my perception of time, it was 13 years ago.

In real time, it’s 11 years later.

It’s not ‘real’ anymore.

13 years ago and 11 years later.

That day that was real, and the time that disappeared along with the return.

My killer, whom I had to face after going through a contradiction that could not be expressed in words.

“… … .”

I looked at the guy. His face was drooping, covered in fur, with only his eyes and nose barely visible.

I know the bastard’s name.

‘Weber’.

I don’t know if that’s his real name. It’s the name that Jia will give him later.

I chewed on it.

The grudge remains. I cannot possibly have friendly feelings toward the man who killed me.

However, the description ‘the guy who killed me’ is a bit awkward.

I am here, breathing and living, and above all else.

If you were to assume that death was all his fault back then, then this current regression would also be his fault.

Actually, I don’t hate ‘Weber’ as much as I hate Libra. He’s just a watchdog. I know the sorrow of the werewolf clan very well.

……complicated.

In fact, deep down in my heart, my instincts are crying out to me to cut off that bastard’s head right now.

However, reason is different.

To begin with, I only had two months left to live before I returned. Even if I hadn’t been killed by that bastard, I wouldn’t have been able to live long.

“You’ve grown a lot of hair.”

I told him. He was still quiet.

“Like some kind of werewolf.”

At that moment, a very faint reaction occurred. Some of the numerous hairs stood on end.

“How old are you?”

Werewolves are a significant force. The strength of the race itself is outstanding.

Without any training, just by growing up to be an adult, you will have fighting power on par with a 2nd or 3rd class knight.

It is this strength that is the reason they are ostracized by society, and the reason why Zia will accept them in the near future.

“Can’t you answer?”

However, I didn’t know how Zia came to have a werewolf as her subject.

Could it have been from this point on?

No, Weber had never met Zia before. He said so himself.

“… … .”

I looked at Weber. I hated the silence.

I want to kill you.

I want to cut off his head without looking back.

I kept thinking about that.

I looked at my watch.

Only 5 minutes have passed. It feels like 50 minutes have passed.

I looked through the glass window. I couldn’t see outside from inside, but outside, Belmore must be watching me.

I told him.

“… … Let’s turn off the recording.”

* * *

Meanwhile, Belmore watches the situation from outside the interrogation room.

“… … Look how fucking serious that kid is.”

The Sion Ascal facing the opponent is fierce. Especially, those eyes are the eyes of a psycho that seem like they will cut off the ball at any moment.

“He’s really crazy, crazy… … .”

Such excessive loyalty is dangerous.

Of course, Libra expects loyalty from all its members, but a fiery spirit is actually a negative factor.

Because it is ‘Libra’.

One who always maintains cool and composure, does not mix emotions with right and wrong, and only does what is beneficial to Libra.

That is the ideal Libra talent.

For Bellmore, it’s actually a good thing, because it proves that he’s superior to that rookie.

“……hmm?”

However, Zion Ascal gradually calmed down. The murderous intent and anger that threatened to kill had also subsided.

─How old are you?

Zion asked him.

No answer came back.

The conversation did not continue.

─Can’t you answer?

This time, it’s a mission where you can’t cut off the head, so the guy is not feeling well either.

Well, this is the limit of a rookie.

I’ve had a few lucky moments completing missions, but in the end, it was just ‘luck’, right?

“You’ve been lucky so far, you psychopath.”

Then Zion looked this way. It was exactly the side where he was sitting.

“What? Hey, can you hear me?”

─… … Let’s turn off the recording.

“Can you hear me?”

Fortunately, it doesn’t seem like he can hear it.

─Let’s turn off the recording and video.

Belmore shook his head. He turned on the microphone connected to the interrogation room and spoke.

“… … Come out for a moment.”

Then Zion came out. Belmore frowned and said.

“Hey. Don’t kill me this time.”

Telling me to stop recording means I’m going to beat you up at the very least, or at worst, kill you.

Zion shook his head.

“I won’t kill you.”

“I don’t believe you. Do you know who was kidnapped?”

“Who are you?”

“Libra collateral lineage.”

“… … .”

Zion’s eyebrows narrowed into the shape of the letter E. Belmore snickered.

“Collateral line, collateral line. Collateral line. Not as important as direct line.”

There is a big difference between direct and collateral lines. Simply put, collateral lines do not even have the ‘surname’ Libra.

“But he’s someone more important than us. We have to save him no matter what.”

“I’ll try, so let’s turn off the recording first.”

Belmore sighed.

“Okay. But keep in mind. If you kill me again this time, you’ll be kicked out immediately.”

Then he turned off the switch for the equipment that was recording inside the interrogation room.

“yes.”

Zion Ascal went straight inside and closed the door.

BAM─!

“… … It’s really like this, like this.”

How on earth did a guy like that roll in?

Belmore shook his head.

* * *

Knock-knock-

I tapped the desk with my fingers.

It’s about checking the echo.

If there is a recording device, the sound will inevitably spread out a little differently because the space is permeated with magic.

Knock-knock-

It’s the same.

That means Belmore has turned off the recording equipment. Now, even Belmore doesn’t know what’s going on inside.

“… … I don’t need to interrogate you.”

I told him. He still didn’t respond.

Perhaps, you are being treated like a piece of crap.

“I know. Who you are.”

Yet he still has his head down, as if he can’t hear anything.

I leaned forward and whispered softly to the guy whose ears were covered by his bushy hair.

“You. You’re a werewolf.”

“… … !”

Only then did the bastard raise his head. He looked at me with his eyes wide open.

“I also know where your ‘tribe’ is hiding.”

“… … .”

The guy still had a half-hearted look on his face.

The odds are extremely low, but do you think you can ‘hit it’ to this extent?

It’s a mistake.

“It must be the east.”

For a moment, the bastard’s breathing suddenly stopped.

“Lush forests. Crescent-shaped cliffs.”

As I continued to speak, shock and despair filled his large eyes.

“Where the waterfall flows.”

This is information that will be taken for granted in the future. In the future, when the werewolves are subjugated to Zia and their human rights are legally recognized, the cave itself will be revealed.

“You guys have a cave.”

I stared at the bastard intently. His breathing had become ragged.

Just 5 minutes ago, you were ignoring me like a dog barking.

“Right now. With just one word from me, Libra’s power will be deployed there.”

“Uh, how-”

Finally, the bastard opened his mouth, but it wasn’t a proper answer.

“‘How’ is not the question that should be coming out of your mouth right now. You have no right to ask back.”

The information gap ultimately stems from its ‘source.’

When I don’t know where the truth I know comes from, the other person cannot help but fear me.

It’s worth being afraid of.

Because my source is ‘the future’.

“Negotiation-”

“There is no need for negotiation. I will exterminate the entire werewolf species.”

In an instant, the bastard’s molars sharpened. A natural smile spread across my lips.

“I will carefully tear off each and every one of your balls, cut off your waists, and bury you underground.”

The bastard’s two handcuffed hands trembled. The bristling hairs on his head were already sharp as if he had been struck by lightning.

“Oh, I could stuff one of you. As proof that you existed.”

I got up.

“thanks for your effort.”

At that moment, I turned around and grabbed the doorknob.

“Okay, wait a minute!”

He called me. I slowly turned around to look at him. He shouted with an earnest face like a dog that got rained on.

“My people did nothing wrong! I was instigated to do this. The… … kidnapper is not in Cave, but somewhere else.”

“Where.”

“If you promise not to touch my clan, I’ll tell you.”

“Why me?”

I asked back, nodding.

“Why should I do that?”

There is a lump in my chest. It is pure anger, but at the same time, it is a heart that purely hates someone.

“… … Instead, you can just kill me.”

That’s what he said.

“……what?”

“Kill me! Kill me!”

Those eyes that cried out for him to kill himself instead of his clan were strangely clear.

I found it odd.

Back then, when he was full of faith in Libra, there was only the madness of a fanatic.

The current guy even shows signs of maturity as a seeker.

I looked at him with my hand on the scabbard at my waist.

“What do you… … want?”

I’ve been wondering that for a while now. And not just today.

From the time he was religiously loyal to Zia, until today, when I returned.

I wonder why the guy acts that way.

“just…….”

The guy smiled faintly, looking slightly relieved.

“We just want a space where ‘we’ can live.”

I picked up the sword.

I hit the bastard in the head.

… … .

I came out of the interrogation room. Belmore was sitting in the chair, sleeping.

Cool───

It was a little disappointing, but it was actually a good thing.

“… … Please get up.”

I rocked his chair.

“Oh, what is it?”

“Location identified.”

“… … location?”

Belmore yawned and quickly sat up. He looked urgently into the glass window.

“What the f*ck!”

The interrogation room was awash with blood. Blood was flowing from Weber, who was lying face down on the table.

Belmore looked back at me with a distorted face.

“Hey you crazy-”

“I didn’t kill him. I just hit him a little.”

“… … You didn’t kill him?”

“yes.”

Only then did Belmore take a closer look at the bastard. Pfft- pfft- the breath flowing from the bastard’s lips was spitting out drops of blood.

I decided to just resolve my personal grudge to this extent.

Because to be a ‘balancer’ you have to be extremely cool-headed.

No matter how much I think about it, I don’t have the motive or justification to kill that guy right now.

“Should we go together? Or should we call more people?”

“what?”

“I know where it is.”

“… …Really?”

“yes.”

Belmore looked through the glass again.

“… … Was giving in the way the answer? I bet the other kids got beat up a lot too?”

“Do you need support?”

“no.”

Belmore shook his head.

“Let’s go together. Why are we sharing the merit? I’ll show you what it takes to be a senior.”

* * *

Edsilla borders three countries, one of which is the Kingdom of Belarus.

This is the place Weber confessed.

“Here?”

Belmore asked.

“yes.”

I nodded and pointed to the other side with my finger.

“It’s a cave in the forest.”

The entrance to the cave is visible at first glance. There is probably an unknown collateral being trapped inside.

“What the hell did you say to that dumb guy?”

“I made a few threats.”

“Threats… … Well. That’ll come later. Let’s go in for now.”

We entered the cave quietly.

… … .

At first, I moved forward quite nervously. I was wary of even the sound of the wind blowing, and my whole body was on edge in preparation for any possible magic traps.

But the awaited raid never happened.

Rather, it was quiet.

“Hey. No matter how much I think about it, this doesn’t seem like the right place. It’s either a trap or something.”

Belmore straightened his back and looked at me with a suspicious look on his face.

“You asked me that because you thought he gave you some random information?”

“No. I see it over there.”

I can see it in my eyes.

SZX-9500 changed to infrared detection. At the end of this cave, the heat of one person is being transmitted.

“… … Is it true?”

“yes.”

Paste-

Then there was a noise behind him. It was the detection spell that Belmore had set up when he entered the cave.

─Shh. A guy came.

Belmore bowed.

─… … I was sure it was here.

I nodded.

─Then you go and rescue him. I’ll take care of that guy.

─Yes.

We parted ways. I advanced forward, and Belmore hid in the darkness of the cave.

After walking for about 5 minutes, following the body temperature captured by the SZX-9500.

I found one.

She was a woman with a haggard face.

Hair is a slightly cloudy blue. Perhaps navy. Definitely not a pureblood, but a collateral color. Her mouth is taped shut, and her entire body is bound.

I know that face. There’s no way I wouldn’t know him. He’s a major figure in Libra.

Kwaaaa───!

Suddenly there was a huge explosion. It was likely a fight between Belmore and the kidnappers.

The girl opened her eyes at the noise.

“Ugh!”

As soon as she saw me, she reacted loudly. I put a finger to my lips.

“fizzle.”

And then he picked up the sword.

There is no road behind here. It is clearly a dead end, but not to me.

Just like we did then, we just need to cut through the space for a while.

The side effects might be a bit severe… … .

“… … Hmph!”

He deployed “Sword Absolute”. The trajectory of the diagonal line pierced the air. A new space rippled in the gap between the sword’s blades.

“Let’s go.”

I carried her on my shoulders.

Kwaaaa …

But the back is pretty intense. It seems like it’s a pretty strong guy, considering that even Bellmore can’t finish it off easily.

“Be careful, you might feel dizzy.”

I took a step forward.

In an instant, the darkness of the cave dispersed. The space was instantly turned into the outdoors.

“… … .”

I endured pain that felt like I was going to vomit blood.

“Ugh!”

The female collateral thrashed violently on my shoulder. I put her down and ripped off the tape.

“Wow, wow, wow──-!”

She vomited immediately.

“Are you okay?”

“Uwueeek… … . Huh, F**k. Libra?”

“yes.”

She glanced at me and nodded, having mostly thrown up her lips.

“Uh… … . Uh. It’s okay. Did you manage to find it?”

“Yes. Please stay here.”

“… … What? Why? I have to run away.”

I pointed to the cave.

“My shooter is over there”

Kwaaaa …

“… … That guy is fighting while spreading rumors in the neighborhood? Those guys are going to come back soon.”

The collateral line seemed displeased with that.

“If possible, I must return safely.”

I drew my sword.

“I’ll be back shortly. Please hold your breath.”

“… … Anyway, my legs are crippled so I can’t move.”

The collateral damage touched my knee. I looked at it and raised my eyebrows.

Lame Sonya.

She is Gia’s number two.

“Fuck. If you go back, I’ll catch you and kill you.”

We will now have to find out why this woman was kidnapped, and what her connection to the werewolf is…