Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 235



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The Regressor’s Notepad 235

Destruction of the World (6)

Elise’s barrier was successful.

A high-level use of the spectrum to analyze the flesh waves swirling inside the body, calculate them in reverse, and then use “magnetism” to grab hold of the waves themselves, slowing down the progress of the spell.

The magnetic field enveloped the grounds of Petra Hospital and showed significant effects.

As a result, Petra Hospital accommodated ten thousand of Edsila’s murdered patients.

The media and the opposition lawmakers who attacked Petra for targeting patients’ pockets with hope counseling have become dumbfounded.

Thanks to this, Elise also had her achievements featured in the media.

Elise Petra, a first-year student at the Department of Magic at Edsilla National University.

That name keeps popping up all over the news.

However, since the progress of the murder was only slowed down and not completely cured, Elise was making rounds on the hospital bed when she suddenly realized.

I found someone.

It was a familiar back view.

“… … .”

Zion Ascal.

He was watching another patient from behind the wall.

It was a child from an orphanage called ‘Berry’. A smartphone was tied tightly to the child’s chest with an old string like a necklace.

Zion turned around with a faint sigh.

“!”

He shudders when he finds himself.

“I was surprised.”

Elise found that reaction cute.

“What are you doing there?”

It’s weird. They say that if a guy becomes cute, it’s a big problem.

Elise shrugged at him.

“Why don’t you go and talk to me?”

“what.”

“I might be able to do better if you’re here.”

A child named Berry. He’s asleep right now, but I might be able to wake him up for a moment and say hello.

“it’s okay.”

Zion shook his head.

“why?”

He smiled faintly.

“… … I might get something dirty on it.”

A self-deprecating joke.

Elise frowned for no reason.

“You’re talking strangely.”

“Okay. What are you doing?”

“I’m making a round. This barrier only slows down the process. For now, all I can do is stall for as long as possible and wait for the Magic Tower or the corporate level to come up with a solution.”

“No. It’ll be over soon.”

It was a conclusion bordering on certainty, Zion said to Elise.

“It was a tough week. I got through it thanks to you. That’s okay.”

“… … .”

Elise looked at him and smiled slightly.

“Well, that’s good. Is Libra work going well?”

She knows that Zion is receiving some kind of education from Libra. She also knows that he is loyal to Libra.

“uh.”

Zion answered softly. He quietly raised his eyes and looked out the hospital window.

Feeling the empty space, lost in thought.

About the flames of your heart that grow bigger the closer you get to Libra and the deeper you delve into Libra’s heart.

I ended up standing next to Gia.

Now, I will remain loyal until she reaches the top. I will stay with her until she takes control of the Congress.

What lies at the end… … I will face it with my own eyes.

The most decisive being who has yet to be revealed to anyone, including Jedrick, Jahanna, and Jade, but who has brought Libra to this stage.

A secret monster.

‘Shelock’ Bells Libra Baphomet.

I will kill him and bring the Hanging Gardens down to the ground. I will burn Libra… … .

Bam.

Elise’s hand touched his shoulder. Zion looked down at her quietly.

“Think of yourself first.”

Suddenly, a small smile spread across Zion’s lips. He grabbed the hand resting on my shoulder.

Her pure white cheeks trembled.

“You too. Think about yourself first.”

“… … That, that’s what it’ll be like.”

Elise let go of his hand and pulled back her hair like a curtain.

Thump, thump.

Just holding hands made her heart suddenly start pounding. Elise didn’t like this weak guy.

* * *

Empty cave.

A dark mansion where nothing exists.

In the ear of a man who had been waiting for a long time for a ‘phenomenon’ that had not yet arrived,

Ttukbuk──

Ttukbuk──

The sound of footsteps seeps in.

Jade slowly opened her eyes and lit the candle on the table.

Hurrruk!

A rising spark. It illuminates part of the darkness, and soon illuminates the ‘destruction’ that is sinking before him.

“… … .”

─… …

The two were silent.

An exploration of each other’s eyes and measurements.

In Jade’s eyes, he is a body that does not seem human. Aside from his abnormal size, his organs that should be there do not even pulsate.

The outside is human, but the inside is not human.

That guy is already far beyond the category of ‘human’.

“Are you the destruction?”

─… … You are barely human.

Destruction answered.

At that moment, Jade gave a small smile. There was a sadness in that smile. There was sadness in it.

This monstrous being that calls itself destruction is clearly strong. It is impossible to fathom what is contained beneath its human-like skin.

However, he cannot look into himself. He cannot measure what kind of grandeur is inside this body.

Jade was convinced by that.

The guy is beneath you.

That guy… … is no match for me.

─Human. What are you thinking?

Jade felt a little bitter about that fact.

If no one can reach you, it means that you yourself cannot reach anyone.

“… … I feel like the whole world is meaningless to me.”

That I exist alone, incomprehensible.

─No one?

“When I heard about you, I guess I had some expectations.”

Jade’s eyes narrowed sharply. He swallowed a sigh and looked at the destruction.

“I hope you are like me.”

I was furious at the indiscriminate attack on Iselin, but at the same time, I felt a small sense of kinship.

“You have an uncommon dignity. You are closer to heaven than to man. But that is all.”

Jade sat up. She took off her stiff leather gloves.

A fist of bare hands.

“Even if that’s all… … you are someone who deserves this level of courtesy.”

Destruction looked at Jade. Destruction’s eyes, which did not reflect light, were still bleak.

─Humans are truly foolish.

“Your basis is.”

─Because they do not know their own causes and they do not know their own results.

“Do you have cause and effect?”

─I am a phenomenon that seeks to destroy the world. My result is destruction, and my cause is the world. The world that desires the death of humanity has called me.

Destruction spoke like a prepared speech.

Jade nodded slightly.

“I agree. Humans are stupid.”

Then he looked at his bare hands.

─Your basis is.

Destruction asked.

“Because we always hope for the impossible.”

Jade wants the world to understand itself.

It’s an impossible wish.

The common people want equality, natural rights, and the nonsense that all humans are ultimately the same.

Jade can’t understand such nonsense.

Because humans are ultimately different. Because nobility and baseness are determined by original sin at birth.

“… … But don’t be mistaken.”

The proof is Jade.

He was born different. He was indispensable, he was irresistible. He just kept walking and it was the end of the world.

That’s why, for my entire life, I became an incomprehensible being.

“You can’t be ‘unachievable’.”

──At that moment, the air changed dramatically.

Jade pulled up her body with all her might. ‘Destruction’s’ eyes opened wide. The shock that originated from her retina surged through her entire body.

Time was stretched to ten-thousandths of a second.

Jude Bellott quickly sat up. His ‘instinct’ had responded.

Just like a human… … .

But there is no time to panic.

A straight line of fists. The impact struck the forehead. Jude Bellott’s body flew through the air. There was no sound.

A blow that has already surpassed the speed of sound.

In the silence, Jude found Jade flying towards him, bouncing off.

───!

The sound of a blast belatedly rang out. Jude had activated his spell before Jade could approach him. He visualized the damage he had just accumulated on his body and blasted him.

Jade destroyed it with her fist. Jude tried to get away from him, but his speed was already past the critical point.

Jude simply manipulated the causality of space. He turned all concepts upside down, not just speed.

From fast to slow, from slow to fast… … .

──Sudden.

Jade’s feet stopped.

“… … .”

Jade stared at Jude silently. Jude took a step back without realizing it. Before he knew it, his jaw was twisted.

“■■, ■■■■… … ?”

Jade tried to say something, but only a strange sound came out.

Of course, it seemed like the entire concept of this space had been turned upside down.

It was only for a moment.

“… … I admit it.”

He quickly adjusted to the concept. He glared at Jude, his lips twisting.

“You weren’t bluffing.”

Jude looked at him.

If we could only figure out how his demonic body works and how it manifests itself, we could reverse the providence and defeat him.

After all, he is only human.

Jude extended his time.

─… … Ha.

However, the more he became absorbed in destruction, the more his reason wavered.

This human strength does not come from mere magical power. It is a strength that operates purely within the skeleton.

Something that would be considered impossible for a human being… …

───!

Jade shattered the space. The punch shattered Jude’s causality.

Jude quickly expanded the space. Jade was far away in an instant, but the very next moment.

Space and time are folded.

As if skipping time, as if transcending space.

The fist came out first and struck his own face.

To Jude, it simply appeared as a tiny light.

That was all.

─… … .

Jude saw his own body breaking apart.

I saw Jade running towards me with dignity.

His fist made contact.

─────!

The space is broken.

The darkness was broken.

The debris fell like crumbs.

An old house where existence has collapsed and turned into nothingness. A crack in the world engraved in disarray.

“Now, do you understand why I am helpless?”

In the midst of that mysterious place, Jade stood tall and looked down at ‘Destruction’.

‘Destruction’ looked up at him blankly.

─… … Destruction.

A hoarse sound coming from a throat without vocal cords.

Jude knew that one day the world was waiting for destruction. He thought it was him.

It is clear, I, Jude Bellot, am the destruction of the world.

The will of the world to condemn evil humans and destroy the continent was born as ‘me’.

No it wasn’t.

─… … .

He let out a quiet, empty laugh.

Now I know.

If the world wants to be destroyed, if there is a living, breathing being that will destroy the world, it is not me… …

─It was you.

Jade.

I will remember your name.

* * *

“Are you feeling well?”

VIP room. I went to find Iselin. I heard from Akane that Jude Bellot’s aura had disappeared.

“……yes.”

Thanks to that, Iselin’s weight was also released.

But the symptoms will remain like a cold, so you will need to be hospitalized for a few days.

“It’s okay.”

Iselin had a slightly puffy face, but she smiled faintly as if she was okay. I looked at her chart.

Iselin asked first.

“Are you a Libra person?”

“……yes.”

I nodded slightly.

“I guess he was still watching me.”

“… … ”

I did not respond to Iselin’s smiling words.

“I guess it’s a good thing I haven’t been in a relationship yet, right?”

I know it was meant as a joke, but it was nice to see her bright face.

I shook my head.

“it’s okay.”

Jade doesn’t care about that kind of thing… … but she can’t say she doesn’t care.

“However, Miss Iselin. These days, prosthetic technology has improved greatly.”

I tried to take out the masterpiece of selflessness from my arms.

“Yes, but there is something more important than that.”

“… … .”

I put the business card back in.

“What is important, you say?”

“yes.”

Iselin smiled brightly.

“He’ll be in pain when he sees my arm, right?”

“It will most likely be like that.”

As if that was exactly it, Islin raised a finger.

“But the same goes for other people’s arms.”

At that moment, my eyes also opened slightly wide.

“If he can cherish me, he can cherish others too. Even though each person is different, in the end, they are all the same, right?”

She looked at me and raised her eyebrows.

He was a clear person. He was a cheerful person.

“I hope he realizes that.”

He’s definitely someone Jade would love, but he’ll probably never realize it.

Iselin, your wish will not come true.

Because there is something wrong with his sense of being a chosen people.

Because it has a ‘history’ that makes it inevitable.

“What do you think?”

I shook my head.

“… … Love is discrimination, just as hate is discrimination.”

Iselin’s lips hardened slightly. She looked at me with a slightly heartbroken expression.

“Jade Gong is a noble whose mind is as strong as her body. So… … she will not change.”

Jade cannot change.

Because that’s the kind of person I was born with.

“Really, all Libra people are so cold-hearted… … Still, I think they’ll understand someday.”

“… … .”

I smiled bitterly.

Jade, of course, wouldn’t know.

Because that’s the kind of person I was born with.