Not A Regressor - Chapter 107

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I Am Not a Regressor Chapter 107
Sister and Her Majesty (2)
“S-sister?”
Kwon O-jin spun around in alarm.
“—Pfft!”
A suppressed laugh burst from Ha-eun’s lips.
Kwon O-jin furrowed his brow and turned back toward her.
Beneath the towel, Ha-eun stood with her tongue playfully extended, wearing a black off-shoulder bikini.
“No.”
A hollow laugh escaped Kwon O-jin’s mouth.
“Hahahaha!!! What? Were you expecting your sister to waltz in completely naked?”
Ha-eun burst into uncontrollable laughter, clutching her stomach.
“Hmm~? Go on, tell me. ‘I wanted to see my sister’s naked body~.'”
“….”
Poke, poke.
Ha-eun prodded his cheek with her fingertip, giggling mischievously.
A thick vein bulged across Kwon O-jin’s forehead.
“…Fine.”
“Huh? What?”
“What kind of relationship do we have that you need to hide behind this scrap of fabric?”
He pressed his body against hers, pushing her toward the wall.
“Wh-what?”
Ha-eun’s eyes darted nervously in every direction.
“—Take it off, sister.”
He gestured toward the bikini covering her body.
“Y-you crazy bastard! What am I taking off?!”
Ha-eun’s face flushed crimson as she kicked at his shin.
“Th-that’s…
L-later.
”
“What?”
“Sh-shut up and sit down, you fool!”
Bang, bang!
Ha-eun rapped the bathroom stool roughly, her voice sharp.
Kwon O-jin stared at her in disbelief.
“You’re really going to wash me?”
“Should I pretend to wash you instead?”
“I’m not a child.”
“You look like one to me.”
Only a two-year age difference, yet here we were.
“You’re right. My sister and I are at different stages of life.”
I was still in my vibrant twenties, but she was now approaching thirty—
“Huh? What did you just say?”
“Goo goo. I’m baby O-jin. Wash me.”
“What are you talking about?”
Ha-eun let out a snort of laughter and picked up a towel.
I sighed and, using my wrist to hold the towel Ha-eun had been wearing, positioned it between my legs as I sat down on a chair.
—Whoooosh!
Warm water from the showerhead cascaded down, drenching my body.
“Does your hand… still hurt?”
“It doesn’t hurt anymore. It just won’t move.”
“You’re really something.”
Crack!
Ha-eun slapped my back.
A vivid red handprint appeared on my muscular back.
“…You always come back injured from somewhere.”
Thud.
Ha-eun rested her forehead against my back.
“Do you have any idea how worried I was when I heard you’d collapsed?”
Her voice trembled with emotion.
After fighting Cheon Woo-sung, I had planned to sleep for just five minutes, but I’d remained unconscious for over three hours.
It was Cheon Gun Choi Woo-jin who discovered me collapsed.
He had been engaged in fierce combat with the owls that Cheon Woo-sung had brought, and after the situation was resolved, he was tracking Cheon Woo-sung’s traces when he found me.
Apparently, when I was discovered, both my arms were in such critical condition that recovery seemed impossible.
‘Well, I did use Hydro Affinity afterward to treat them.’
The fact that my fingers still hadn’t moved even days later suggested the internal injuries had been quite severe.
“I’m sorry.”
“This isn’t just a one-time thing.”
Ha-eun pouted her lips and reached out to caress my back.
My muscular back was covered with countless scars, both large and small.
Countless wounds accumulated through all the years I’d lived.
Among those scars were also wounds I’d obtained while caring for her when she was blinded by Cheon Joo-ryong’s curse, before she became an Awakener.
“You’re really… foolish, you know that?”
“I’m not foolish.”
I smiled faintly and shook my head.
“If it weren’t for all this, I wouldn’t be able to be with you like this, would I?”
“…”
Ha-eun’s eyes trembled.
“I’ve been injured many times, one way or another. But I’ve never regretted it once.”
For her sake.
I can accept wounds of this degree with a smile.
“Ah, ugh. This, this bastard keeps saying things like that.”
Ha-eun hid her flushed cheeks, red as an apple, and struck his back once more.
This time, she patted it gently.
“Honestly… I can’t stop you.”
She smiled bashfully and squeezed body wash onto a towel.
She gently scrubbed Kwon O-jin’s body with the towel.
“Until your hands are fully healed, your sister will take care of you, so you need to behave, yes?”
“…Don’t tell me you’re coming in every time I shower?”
“Hehe. Why? Isn’t it nice to see your sister’s beautiful figure?”
Certainly.
Ha-eun, who possessed a figure that even ordinary models wouldn’t dare compare themselves to, looked breathtakingly alluring in that barely-there bikini.
“…If this keeps up, I don’t think I’ll be able to hold back.”
The destructive power was far too great.
Even after spending so much time with her, I was still a man with all my limbs intact, and I had no confidence in restraining my desires every time she joined me in the shower.
“…You don’t need to.”
“What?”
“Ah, it’s nothing, you brat.”
Scrub, scrub.
Ha-eun rubbed the towel vigorously as if scrubbing away dirt.
“By the way, where’s Vega?”
“She had a time limit, so she went back to the Star Palace.”
That’s why it had been so quiet.
“Anyway. Next time I’ll ask Riak for help, so don’t come in, sister.”
“What? Are you embarrassed?”
Ha-eun playfully tickled his side.
“For a man to be so petty. We’ve already seen everything anyway, so what are you trying to hide now?”
“….”
Now that I think about it, there was that time when Vega and Ha-eun teamed up and stripped my clothes clean off.
“Hehe. Don’t beg that prideful wolf for help and end up getting cursed—just obediently leave it to your sister, hmm?”
Ha-eun giggled and turned on the water, scrubbing every corner of my body with the towel.
I felt her slender fingers through the towel, tickling my skin.
‘This is really dangerous.’
My reason was slowly crumbling.
“I’ll do the rest myself.”
“Huh? But you’re still covered in soap….”
“Hurry.”
Ha-eun’s gaze drifted toward the towel covering the space between Kwon O-jin’s legs.
“C-cough!!”
His face flushed crimson.
“W-wait, I’m heading out first!!”
Whoosh.
Ha-eun hurried out of the shower room.
“Sigh.”
A deep breath escaped from my lips.
‘She does this every day?’
The image of Ha-eun in a bikini flickered hazily in my mind.
The soft sensation of her fingers brushing against my skin.
Even the careful movements of the towel as she dried me off.
“…I need to recover faster.”
I had thought I was confident in my ability to endure.
But now I wasn’t so sure.
* * *
About a week had passed before my fingers began moving normally again.
“Haa!”
Rising early for the first time in a while, I came to the Awakener-Only Training Facility near my home and moved my body relentlessly for a full six hours from dawn until noon.
“Phew! Now I feel alive again.”
After spending the past week pinned down by Ha-eun and Vega, subjected to what they called “care” but was essentially confinement, I rediscovered the precious value of moving my body freely.
‘Well, it was nice, though.’
The problem was that it was almost too nice.
From simple meals to getting dressed and bathing—receiving care for every little thing made me wonder if this was really acceptable.
‘I need to get my head straight and focus on training again.’
I had to adapt to the physical changes and surge in magical power that came with reaching 6-Star.
And I needed time to test out the new skills: Charge and Discharge.
‘I’ve gotten a decent feel for it from today’s training, at least.’
I concentrated magical power in my right hand and activated the skill.
‘Charge.’
Crackle, crackle, crackle!!!
Fierce blue lightning blazed to life.
‘Discharge.’
Boom, boom, boom!!
The blue lightning gathered in my right hand swept forward with violent force.
“Using it just once doesn’t pack much of a punch.”
It was far more efficient to use Explosive Lightning or Spear Lightning instead of charging once.
‘I need at least three stacks to get real power.’
Currently, I could stack up to five charges without straining my body.
Anything beyond that caused pain throughout my hand and burdened my body.
‘And charging takes a lot of time.’
Three stacks seemed optimal for combat use.
“I’ll call it a day for training.”
Kwon O-jin pulled out his smartphone from his pocket and checked it.
Messages addressed to Han Manager appeared on the screen.
[Beef Guy: How’s your body doing, Kwon O-jin? Are you feeling better?]
Tap tap tap.
I sent a reply.
[Kwon O-jin: Yes, I’ve fully recovered.]
[Beef Guy: Then could you stop by the Association today around 2 PM? The Association President said he has something to tell you.]
Hmm.
Something to tell me?
‘Is it about compensation?’
My eyes gleamed with anticipation as I quickly typed on the keyboard.
[Kwon O-jin: I’ll visit around 2 PM.]
[Beef Guy: Yep yep! See you then!]
After arranging a meeting with Han Manager, I left the training room and headed home.
“That comes to 678,000 won for 6 hours and 27 minutes of private training room usage with a 10% discount applied~”
“Damn it.”
“Pardon?”
“No, never mind. It’s nothing.”
No matter how expensive the Awakener-Only Training Facility was, how could nearly 700,000 won be charged for just six hours of usage?
And that was even with a discount applied.
‘Is there… nothing else?’
I shot the innocent staff member a sharp look and handed over my card.
“Sigh.”
There was nowhere quite like the Awakener-Only Training Facility for proper cultivation, but the usage fees were exorbitant.
‘The facilities aren’t even that good.’
To be precise, my cultivation level had grown so high that the facility’s durability seemed inadequate by comparison.
‘I wish there were a place where I could train without worry.’
Finding such a place in the heart of Seoul wasn’t easy.
I could do light jogging or stretching exercises along the Han River, but conducting serious cultivation using stigmas was impossible there.
‘Tch… well, there’s nothing I can do about it.’
Even though I’d come into some money, I didn’t have nearly enough to secure a private training facility in the very heart of Seoul, even if it was just a modest one.
“If I get some decent compensation this time, maybe I should look into getting a training facility.”
The stigma inscribed on my left chest had six strokes.
Yet I already possessed strength comparable to an 8-Star Awakened User, and specifically one of the highest-tier 8-Star users on the verge of promotion to 9-Star.
Creating a facility capable of withstanding my magical power would require at least tens of billions of won.
‘…It’s frustratingly wasteful.’
But what could I do?
The training facility that Ha-eun and I currently frequented was expensive in terms of usage fees, but it was also built to barely withstand the magical power of 7-Star and 8-Star Awakened Users, so I had to constantly hold back during training sessions.
“Tch… Still, I can’t skimp on cultivation expenses.”
Money was ultimately a means to an end, not the goal itself.
Continuing to endure uncomfortable training to save money in a situation where I needed to build strength as quickly as possible was foolish.
-Thud! Crack crack!
While heading home with such thoughts.
A commotion erupted from the apartment building directly across from my residence.
‘Construction work?’
I turned my head to look at the construction site.
A Mixed-use Apartment Complex roughly thirty stories tall.
In front of the apartment, which boasted an exterior as lavish as a five-star hotel or a major corporation’s headquarters, workers in yellow hard hats bustled about busily.
“Hmm. It’s going to be noisy for a while.”
After observing the construction site briefly, I turned and headed home.
-Click.
“Oh, finished training?”
“Yeah.”
“Rest a few more days, you brat. Just because your fingers move, you’re dashing out at dawn.”
“Heh. I’ve rested plenty. I’m fully recovered now.”
“Hmph. Really?”
Ha-eun scanned me from head to toe, still looking uncertain.
As she said, my body appeared to have no issues, at least on the surface.
“Oh, right. I’m going to the Association for a bit, sis.”
“The Association? Why?”
“The Association President has something to tell me.”
“Oh, is he giving you a reward? You made quite a big contribution this time.”
“I don’t know. Maybe?”
“Hmm.”
Ha-eun’s eyes gleamed as she approached and crossed her arms.
“I want to come with you.”
“I can go alone.”
“What if my O-jin gets led astray by a bad person?”
“What are you talking about?”
Pfft.
I let out a small laugh and headed toward the shower.
“Then let me wash up and we’ll go together.”
“Want me to wash you?”
It was a tempting offer.
“I’ll pass.”
I could no longer afford to act spoiled around her.
“…Tsk.”
Ha-eun watched me head toward the shower, her expression turning sullen as if disappointed.
* * *
After showering and finishing a simple lunch.
Kwon O-jin and Ha-eun headed to the Association together.
They followed Han Manager, who had come to greet them, to the Association Chairman’s Office.
“Ah, you’ve arrived?”
“Yes.”
I nodded and gazed at Han Tae-ho with eyes brimming with anticipation.
“What did you wish to discuss?”
“Hmm. There’s something I’d like to ask of you, you see.”
“…I see.”
Obvious disappointment washed over my face.
“Haha! Don’t be so disheartened. I haven’t forgotten about compensation for last time. I’m planning to award you 5 billion won in bounty, a Presidential Commendation, and a sacred relic that Kim Si-hu is currently developing.”
Wow.
An exclamation escaped my lips unbidden.
The Presidential Commendation held little interest, but 5 billion won and a sacred relic were certainly enticing rewards.
“Come now, surely I didn’t do that work expecting compensation?”
“Oh? Then you don’t need it?”
Is this old man insane?
“Haha! Just joking.”
Han Tae-ho laughed heartily and shrugged his shoulders.
So this was why he was called a viper among the Black Star Society.
“Then what is this favor you speak of?”
“Ah, a very distinguished guest has come from abroad, you see. They say they’re a fan of yours and desperately wish to meet you. I thought perhaps you two could build some rapport while you show them around Seoul.”
“A fan of mine?”
Who could that be?
“Wait just a moment.”
Han Tae-ho walked toward the adjacent room and knocked softly on the door.
-Click.
Through the carefully opened doorway.
“It’s been a while, Kwon O-jin.”
The Leech Queen walked out, beaming with a radiant smile.

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