Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 256



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The Regressor’s Notepad 256

After the rain (3)

Again-

Elise stepped onto the airport floor, looking around with her large suitcase by her side.

Most of them are robed wizards.

Of course, since it is an airport exclusively for Matap.

It felt new to Elise.

From today, I will become a part of this society, learn countless practical skills at the rooftop, and change into a different person.

I have no regrets.

Rather, it is refreshing.

Because now there is no family that can hold you back.

As Zion said, plus minus zero.

After so long, we finally come back to the starting point.

Tiring ringing──

The smartphone rang. Elise’s expression hardened slightly.

Gen Petra. He was my father.

My heart fluttered for a moment, but I decided not to run away anymore.

Elise answered the phone.

“……hello.”

─… … .

Gen was silent. Elise waited quietly.

He let out a small groan.

─It was you.

A word that points out the culprit.

Elise answered softly.

“Yes. It was me.”

─Why?

Gen asked why.

Elise was walking through the airport, pulling her suitcase. Suddenly, she noticed a light robe sold at the duty-free shop.

“Because my father is turning into a monster.”

─… …monster.

“yes.”

She spoke to her staff with only her lips moving.

‘Please give me one of these.’

─You grew up in my family.

Gen’s voice was soon filled with anger.

─Family life with the family’s blessings-

“I know. I couldn’t help it. But I didn’t want to grow up in a family, did I? I didn’t take anything from my family because I had a guilty conscience.”

I also put the money I earned from selling luxury goods on that spot. After much thought, I just took out a credit loan.

They even lent me a pretty large sum of money just for the entrance certificate to Matap.

“Father, Petra will not be able to attend the Round Table of the Council from now on.”

She wore a blue robe.

“I promise.”

I looked at myself in the mirror.

At first glance, he seemed like a proper wizard.

“I will become a greater wizard than my family.”

─You are Petra’s enemy-

I hung up the phone right away.

* * *

The training grounds in the sky garden were divided into two sections.

One team is assigned to section 1, and two teams are assigned to section 2, and they are training together.

From what I’ve heard, Team 1 is doing agent protection training where they recruit other Chasers to attack them, and Team 2 is doing some kind of urban combat training by building an artificial magic space.

It looks pretty fun.

“… …Should we just wander around?”

On the other hand, Team 3 is neglected.

Completely neglected.

We’re just sitting in an empty lot, killing time without any guidance.

“I, I don’t know. What are we going to do?”

A short man wearing glasses scratched the top of his head as he stuttered.

My name is Ben. I’m a second year chaser.

“… … They say greed is the most dangerous mission. What should we do?”

This short-haired woman, with a worried look on her face, is Sia.

“… … .”

The woman who was staring at me as if asking for help was Chloe.

“……after.”

In fact, there are some salarymen among the Chasers. These are people who were simply hired at Libra Station and then suddenly assigned as Chasers.

Of course, you can give up voluntarily, but the chaser’s allowance is so great that you’ll probably end up turning a blind eye.

“then.”

I had no choice but to tell them.

“Would you mind if I became the team leader?”

“Oh, yeah!”

“Of course!”

“yes!”

The three chasers’ eyes sparkled.

I smiled bitterly.

Well, I need a ‘division’ too. It’s hard for Dokgo Daero to maintain his position as Jia’s number two.

Right now she’s pretending to be there for me, but when she becomes useless or someone more useful comes along, she’ll be thrown away.

“Then everyone, please tell us about the spectrum and special skills.”

“I!”

Glasses Ben raised his hand.

“I, I can write a book!”

Telepathy. Simply put, it is a text version of telepathy.

“Wow. That’s pretty rare.”

There’s a reason I was assigned as a chaser.

“What is mediation?”

“This is it!”

Ben pointed to his glasses.

“If you wear my magical lenses, you can exchange new thoughts and sentences!”

“Yes, I have confirmed it. Please distribute the lenses to all of us.”

“yes yes!”

“Next, Mr. Sia?”

“… … .”

Sia pouted her lips slightly.

“I heard that things like spectrum aren’t easily disclosed.”

“I know. But we have to share it with our teammates. Moving in is a pretty dangerous mission, and if we make a mistake, we could die.”

“… … .”

You could die. Sia said, fiddling with her eyebrows, as if frightened by those words.

“I can spread my magical powers through the air. I can detect things like the movements of people and animals with the particles.”

This isn’t a bad spectrum either. It’s a perfect fit for color.

“What about the radius?”

“It spreads the magic power of the magic stone, so it depends on the grade. If the grade is high, you can maintain it for a long time and far, but if the grade is low, it’s only 500m.”

“That’s enough. I’ll prepare the magic stone.”

Growl is a stone mine. He can obtain as many magic stones as he wants of the highest grade.

“Lastly, what about Chloe?”

“… … It’s long.”

Chloe said shortly.

“road?”

“Magic flies like a road.”

“aha.”

It’s a railroad. “Spectrum” is very helpful for transporting goods.

I’ve seen similar spectra before in regression.

“Good. It suits your greed.”

“No, over there. What about that spectrum?”

Sia asked, frowning.

“Before I tell you about my spectrum, I want to say that the mission of the explorer is simple. It involves going to and from enemy territory, gathering information, and relaying it to the main force.”

I bent down on one knee and placed my hands on the ground.

“However, since the explorer is the enemy’s top priority for interception, safety is the top priority.

The power of Growl was unleashed as it was.

Ttudduk───

The ground shook and deformed into a specific shape.

“I will dig a trench.”

A tunnel leading down. The three chasers opened their eyes wide.

“Let’s go down and see.”

We went down one by one.

“… …Wow, wow. You’re wide.”

Ben stammered in admiration.

It is spacious enough to accommodate at least 3 to 4 people.

“Yes. I will go out with the advance party and make these trenches. I will make a map of the trench locations and distribute it to you all, but you must not leak it. If you are caught, you will be killed.”

Gulp – The three swallowed.

Of course, I guess my practical experience is lacking.

“Also, we will use various recording devices to gather information.”

“Recording… … objects?”

Sia asked back.

“Yes. It’s too risky to go out and collect information yourself.”

Wiretapping devices, miniature cameras, horsepower meters, radars, etc… … We plan to place orders with various companies.

Strangely, the machines that claim to use some magic power are not used very often.

But having lived as an underdog for most of my life, I am used to such traps and they are thorough.

“You just have to go back and forth between the checkpoints and use the machines in the right places.”

… …

Jahanna looks out the window, playing with her eyebrows with her long, thin fingers.

I’m pretty nervous these days.

Is it because we’re moving in soon?

or not……

Is it because of ‘that guy’?

Jahanna still occasionally takes a walk in the flower garden. It is called Behale Garden, and it is a garden created by her grandfather, whom she has seen about four times in her life.

There is no particular reason.

I feel like my mind is calming down a little when I walk around there.

I don’t have any special feelings for my grandfather.

Just──

Knock- knock-

The sound of a wooden sword striking a scarecrow echoes in my ears.

Zion Ascal sharpening himself with a sword in his hand.

There was a guy like that before too.

He was also a knight, and he trained in the same place every time.

Jahanna didn’t know why.

Jahanna liked the regular rhythm of the guy hitting the scarecrow, so it was a swordsmanship worth watching… … .

“──Princess Jahanna?”

Someone woke her up.

Jahanna looked straight ahead.

“……okay.”

Beckman stood there.

“Speak.”

“It’s ready for occupancy. You’ll be able to enter the winning passageway soon.”

To put it simply, moving in is ‘grabbing land in the magic space.’

Because it is such a lawless place, there is only one rule.

You are given 720 hours, but until that time runs out, the area you occupy becomes yours.

There are a total of 9 passageways in the magical space being auctioned this time.

Now that Jahanna had won one of those passages, she would be competing with the families, corporations, or organizations that had purchased the remaining eight passages.

“Don’t move.”

Jahanna sat up.

“Yes. The advance party-”

“I’m leaving in the second round.”

When moving in, the advance party usually enters first and explores all the elements inside. So, it is not insufficient to be a bullet shield, but the second party that follows is also dangerous.

“… …Are you okay?”

However, she is not one to back down. Even if it is difficult to make it to the vanguard, she wants to participate in the second round and go into battle.

──Above all.

“It’s okay.”

Beckman.

We need to tear this damn thing apart.

“I think I’ll go and stretch my body for the first time in a while.”

“Yes. I will prepare.”

Beckmann immediately turned around and left.

Jahanna became suspicious again.

He didn’t stop me. If it were before, he would have snapped and told me it was dangerous.

“… … .”

Jahanna looked out the window again.

She doesn’t like windows, and none of her offices or other living quarters, other than the Hanging Garden, have windows.

Anyway, from here, you can see the ‘Berhal Garden’ at a glance. It’s the sand field where the scarecrow is set up.

“… … You’re doing it again.”

Zion Ascal.

He was knocking on the scarecrow again today.

* * *

A week later.

Libra’s chasers lined up in front of the passage. There were about two hundred chasers, and if you include Jahanna’s direct staff, there were easily five or six hundred.

“Huh, huh, huh. Mr. Ascal. I, I’m nervous.”

Three of those teams only have four people, including me.

It was actually reported that way.

[Team 3│Exploration Unit│Team Leader Sion Ascal]

“Well, I guess I’ll just do as I was trained to do?”

“yes.”

“… … Ben. Calm down. You’re making me anxious.”

Sia tapped Ben on the shoulder. Ben squirmed like a squid.

I saw the passage.

A large oval portal like the entrance to a dome stadium.

Since it’s the portal that Jahanna won the bid for, it will probably be moved to the best location.

“──The advance party will charge in first!”

Beckman shouted.

I told my team members too.

“I will go first.”

“Yes, yes!”

“Have a nice trip.”

The percentage of the starting lineup for each team was around 20%.

I stood in front of the portal as an advance guard.

Beckman told us.

“Call each name.”

Then, the advance team of Team 1 raised their hands first.

“Gorgon, the first team’s captain.”

“Geton, the starting captain of Team 2.”

“Zion, the captain of Team 3.”

Well, I’m the only one who can be called the vanguard.

The assortment was adequate.

“Come in.”

Beckman stepped aside.

Gorgon entered the passage first with seven of his men, then Geton and his twenty men, and finally I entered alone.

The first sight that came into view was a forest of buildings.

“… … There are a lot of broken buildings.”

The Gorgon right next to him spoke to his subordinate.

“First, establish a direct fortress.”

They started moving busily and cleaning the buildings.

Indeed, Team 1 was comprised entirely of elites, as they quickly dismantled and reassembled the building to create a fortress.

Team 2 was assigned to guard the outside while they prepared the fort.

What about team 3?

“I, Team Leader 3, will move independently.”

I told them that I was pretty busy working.

They had no answer.

“……what.”

I ran once.

I have been given quite a few tasks.

First, you need to calculate the area of ​​this magical space, regularly open trenches, figure out what valuable crops, minerals, or treasures grow inside it, set up spy devices, and write a report explaining all of it.

* * *

In three days, I dug a total of 33 trenches.

We installed hundreds of cameras and hundreds of wiretapping devices in all kinds of natural objects and confirmed the identity of this magical space.

“Magic stones and magic crops… … It’s a mess.”

This magical space that Jahanna has moved into is a perfect Nodaji.

There are farmlands here and there that look like a forest of buildings, where magical crops grow. Manasrum, which cannot survive after the magic tower dies, glowing plants, bellflowers, etc…

“This is a jackpot.”

Jahanna hit the jackpot again.

Whether in the past or present, he is a person with an outstanding sense for choosing a business.

I put the report in my pocket.

Now, you can go back with this report.

“But… … there’s a bit of a problem.”

He put his finger on his ear.

Someone’s voice was heard on the wiretap.

─Team 3 Leader Zion Ascal’s location has been determined?

Beckman entered the magical space without realizing it.

The bastard is clearly moving to find me.

─If you find Team Leader 3, report it.

The bastard’s purpose is so obvious.

Of course, you’re going to find me and kill me.

In fact, if I were to fight that guy in this magical space, I wouldn’t have a chance of winning. Of course, even if my personality is twisted like a fucking idiot, the title of Balancer isn’t something you just have to give up.

He is a strong man who can subdue and kidnap Jahanna by himself.

“… …I knew it.”

I smiled wryly. I took out a long object from the expansion pouch I had brought from [Muagwan].

It’s a mannequin.

A mannequin that looks like me.

This is a doll that Akane made with great care.

“Growl. Can you get in here and control it?”

─Okay~

An air current was generated from Growl’s relic. The guy moved from my body to the doll.

“Okay!”

The guy smiled with the same face as me.

“good.”

“Yes. Then! Can I go there on purpose and get caught?”

He asks while waving his arms and legs back and forth.

It’s just so ugly.

“Uh. Get caught by Beckman. Not too obviously. Act a little.”

“Leave the acting to me!”

“You should also correct your speech.”

“… … Okay.”

The guy made his face cold.

I was dumbfounded.

“……okay.”

Anyway, my plan is simple.

“You figure it out yourself.”

“yes!”

In this magical space, I will be captured by Beckman and die.