1. The 10th Regression – 03

The Chaldean Empire is a country located in the southwest of the continent, and it is also a wealthy country with the largest granary and coastline on the continent.

As the richest country on the continent, Ninea, the capital city, is a bustling city where goods from within the empire flock, and the central square located in the center of Ninea is bound to be crowded with more people coming and going than anywhere else.

So, standing in the busiest and most crowded place on the continent, in other words-

“Are you all right? I’ve been staring blankly into space since earlier. Have you ever been sick somewhere?”

… In this way, there is a good chance of encountering a remote and wide-ranging person who cares about the health of people he or she does not even know.

“Fine. It was because I was dizzy for a while. Thank you for caring me.”

When Jin slightly bowed his head and thanked the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man nodded softly with a relieved expression.

“It was because I was worried because my young friend had been absent-mindedly for a few minutes. I’m glad you’re okay though.”

A middle-aged man with a kind smile and a big smile.

Jin and the middle-aged man were meeting for the first time in their lives today, but at the same time, it was a delicate relationship that could not be called completely unknown.

Because it was the first face he faced every day after he fell into this world and whenever he returned.

‘Thanks to that, it wasn’t really a mess when I first fell into this world.’

Thanks to a middle-aged man who has the kindness to talk to even the idiots who wander around like a dog that has been separated from his master, as a result, Jin tried to smuggle into the empire – technically, he had a status similar to that of a foreigner – but became a criminal and spent three months or had to suffer from forced labor.

It was only later that the fact that he was not a spy invading from another country was somehow clarified and he was released, but the memory of that time was a shitty memory that is still not easily forgotten even after nearly 100 years have passed.

‘Although I learned a good lesson that the town of another world is not a place where milk and honey flows like in fantasy novels.’

Jin sighed softly and sat down on a bench near the fountain in the middle of the central plaza. First of all, I was thinking of going back and taking a break for a while.

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My head hurt. Whatever the case, he fought fiercely with the lizard bitch for several hours without stopping, and as a result, the dog-like bitch even pierced his heart.

Of course, while going through a regression, all of that became ‘nonexistent’, and his physical condition also returned to its original state, but mental fatigue was separate from him.

Jin, who had been sitting on a bench and looking up at the sky blankly for a while, suddenly lowered his head and touched his body.

water.

“Oh shit… .”

Before returning, the body that had been trained to the limit through countless real battles for more than 10 years disappeared like a lie.

And instead of that, there was a body full of soft flesh, let alone muscles, that looked like it couldn’t even do push-ups properly.

Of course, as he returned to 10 years ago, his body also returned to the body he had when he was first summoned to the other world.

In other words, it meant that all the efforts he had made over the past years to train his body in blood in order to prepare for the end were all in vain in an instant.

Of course, it was familiar. I’ve been through it nine times already, so I can pass it off as if I’m going to do it-

“Passing over is a piece of shit. Oh, fuck!”

What do you do when your head gets used to it? I think I’m going to turn over and turn around because I can’t get frustrated inside.

Anyone who has ever worked out at a gym knows this. Which one is more difficult and tiring, between exercising with no basic background and exercising with a certain level of muscle?

If I didn’t know anything from the beginning, I would have known, but I felt bitter water rising from the top when I thought about taking care of and training my body like a beggar.

Jin, who continued to shine for a while without paying attention to the gazes around him, sighed.

Well, what use would it be to shine like this? It is essential to train the body again anyway.

“… Oh, come to think of it, I haven’t done that yet.”

After the regression, I almost forgot that there is always something to check, like an annual event.

But before that, Jin secretly turned his eyes and looked around.

Even though he knew better than anyone else that there could be no gaze looking at him in the present, he was unknowingly looking at the surroundings.

Because it was a little embarrassing for me to have to do this at a young age.

“Status window.”

As Jin chanted in a small voice for the first time in a while, a translucent screen that showed only him began to appear in front of him.

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“Ugh.”

As if the code was broken, Jin clicked his tongue again as he looked at the crumbled letters that he couldn’t make out what they were.

In fact, there is nothing new about it. Because it has been like this ever since the beginning.

No, I should say that it has improved a lot now. Now I can see sparse letters in the middle.

In the old days, the letters were completely broken, so I couldn’t even get a sense of what nonsense they were talking about.

status window.

One of the clichés that are common in novels and games and have appeared so many times that it would be disappointing if they did not appear.

I don’t know why, but Jin, who fell into another world, had the ability to call the status window as if it were natural, but unfortunately he wasn’t happy at all.

You have to have the ability to call out defective products that can’t even see the letters properly, so you can use it somewhere else.

However, it was a bit like saying that it was useless at all.

This is because, thanks to the ability of this status window, I was able to realize that this world was the world in [Ragnarok], and I was able to figure out how to act.

In addition, the more the regression was repeated, the distorted and broken letters were changing so that they could be recognized at least a little. Although it was minor, there was such an improvement, so I checked the status window periodically every time I regressed.

“Anyway, I still can’t figure out what you mean.”

It’s been a hundred years since I had the status window, and I’ve been through nine regressions, but only a few letters were recognizable.

If so, how much time and effort will it take until we can clearly see what nonsense this guy’s status window is talking about?

That’s why Jin thought that this guy’s status window was half missing.

I’m still frustrated and on the verge of going crazy, but there was no need to add one more factor to stress.

“… What is this?”

Jin, who was scrolling down the status window inertia like that, started to notice a different color around Jin’s eyes.

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“Do you have words you can read?”

It was truly amazing. Among the contents of the status window, which he couldn’t make out at all because the letters were all broken, a word he could finally recognize appeared, albeit partially!

Of course, there were more invisible letters than visible letters, so it was not clear what this guy’s status window was talking about, but even considering that, it was a great thing.

It’s a much more welcome sight than the situation in the past where nothing is displayed on the status window and the text is all broken.

“End, Erekaya… And happy?”

First of all, you know what an ending is. No, I know better than anyone else in the world.

The seven elements of the end, which were predestined from the moment this world was created, and which are said to destroy the world someday. The dog-like lizard that immediately made a pretty hole in Jin’s heart, Ajidahaka, was also one of the demise.

Jin guessed that the end was part of the [Ragnarok] scenario. In other words, it meant that it was no different from a trigger that was supposed to activate unconditionally in the system of the game.

This is because, going through nine regressions, Jin would do his best to delay the end or prevent it in the first place, but each time he failed.

Sometimes the end was initiated for reasons that were truly absurd, and other times it was caused by an element that could be called a trick of fate.

The reason why the end started in each round was different, but there was no round where the end did not happen.

It was only then that I realized. The fact that the end is like a part of the chain that can never be stopped by human power.

“And Erekaya, Erekaya… . It’s a name I’ve heard a lot.”

It is certainly. It’s definitely a name you’ve heard somewhere. Not too long ago, not recently.

But I don’t remember at all. Where the hell did you hear that name? The fact that it remains vaguely in his mind must mean that it is a name worth remembering…

– That’s stupid. Erekaya del Pendragon. Isn’t it the name of the one and only heir to the Pendragon duchy called the heart of the empire? Although the exact name is unrecognizable because the text on the status window is broken, since there is only one noblewoman in the empire with the name Erekaya, it would be reasonable to assume that it refers to her.

“Oh right. Erekaya del Pendragon. I remember now. I wondered where I heard it, and the old man’s granddaughter’s name was Erekaya-“

For a moment, Jin shut his mouth. Of course, the status window is only visible to Jin’s eyes, and no one else can even recognize it, let alone see it.

But now, the owner of the whispering voice in his ear was talking as if the contents of the status window were being reflected in his field of vision.

Who, where, and how could he peek at the status screen and give him advice?

“Who is it? Now is this magic? Or transmission? Where the hell are you spying on me?”

As Jin whispered into the air, a clear voice from somewhere answered in his ear.

– Stealing. What a funny word. Do you consider yourself to be such a great person that someone else will peek at you? It’s not that wizards don’t have anything to do to the extent that they use magic to spy on a man who looks just stupid on the outside.

“Don’t play with words. Aren’t you talking to me right away without going far? From what I hear, it sounds like a woman, but it sounds like a mage who really has nothing to do. Or an old maid starving for a man.”

– Hmm. Truly, he must be a man who is good at correcting false legs. All of them are wrong words. First of all, I’m not starving for men, and I’m not a wizard either. And, crucially, I’m not even talking to you right now.

“Are you not talking to me? gibberish. Then what is the sound in my ears right now-”

And at that moment, Jin had goose bumps all over his body. It was as she said. She wasn’t really talking to herself. It was really Jin’s illusion that someone else was talking to him.

Because the place where the voice is heard is none other than his head. The unidentified voice was communicating directly to his brain in the form of ‘thoughts’.

“… Who are you?”

– You’re asking that too early. Isn’t that the question that should have been asked to me first? Well, if I had been that smart, I wouldn’t have regressed nine times.

Even as he spoke, his voice only let out a chuckle. It was a woman with a knack for making people feel bad.

– Then, should I formally introduce myself? My name is Erekaya Del Pendragon.

– He is the only legitimate descendant of the Pendragon family and the head of the family, and at the same time…

– He was an imperious man who killed and ate his blood relatives without hesitation and destroyed his own family.