Not A Regressor - Chapter 206

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I Am Not a Regressor Chapter 206
Interlude – A New Hope (3)
“Ha… ha…”
Hot breath laden with excitement.
Moist, sensual breathing tickled Kwon O-jin’s neck.
“Then… I’ll begin.”
*Gulp.*
Isabella swallowed hard, her fingers gently caressing Kwon O-jin’s nape.
A smooth nape with taut muscle definition.
Seeing his well-sculpted nape, as elegant as a male leopard’s, my heart thundered and a thrill rippled down my spine.
“Ha…”
As I leaned my face closer, his scent stimulated the tip of my nose.
A desire different from the urge to feed stirred within me, and a tingling sensation spread between my legs.
*Lick.*
I dragged my extended tongue across his nape.
“Ugh!”
Kwon O-jin’s body trembled slightly.
He let out a stifled cough and turned to look at Isabella, who was licking his nape like a puppy.
“Let’s just stick with the forearm.”
“The nape has higher blood-feeding efficiency than the forearm.”
Isabella shook her head with a resolute expression.
In truth, there was little difference between feeding from the forearm or the nape.
I was simply using the excuse that the nape had higher efficiency because I wanted to be closer to Kwon O-jin.
“You fed from my forearm before.”
“W-well, I was too disoriented back then.”
“You seem in better condition now than you were then… Is there really a need to feed from the nape?”
“Ugh.”
I grabbed both his shoulders as he kept trying to pull away.
“Stay still.”
A crimson gleam flashed across Isabella’s eyes.
Kwon O-jin’s body, which had been trying to escape from her, froze rigid.
“This is…”
His body hardened like stone, utterly immobilized.
‘Is this the soul subjugation she mentioned before?’
Upon hearing Isabella’s command, it felt as though a switch had been flipped—my body lost all strength.
I forced my eyes open to narrow slits and strained to move my body.
Black energy erupted from my left chest, and my fingertips twitched slightly.
‘Hm? What’s this?’
I had assumed that with such a grand term as soul subjugation, I wouldn’t be able to resist the command through sheer force.
But it seemed that with enough time, I could definitely overcome the command.
Was it because of Heukcheon?
While tilting my head and moving my fingertips.
“I apologize for using a command, Kwon O-jin.”
Isabella extended her tongue again, beginning to lick my neck.
“But… this is your fault, Kwon O-jin.”
Her excited breath tickled the nape of my neck.
Isabella focused entirely on licking my neck with her tongue, oblivious even to the movement of my fingertips.
“It’s too cruel to forbid me from eating something that looks this delicious.”
Isabella exhaled roughly, her tongue still working at my neck, before opening her mouth wide.
Two sharp fangs grew long.
“Ah.”
Thud.
The fangs pierced through my neck.
Again, there was no pain—only a dizzying pleasure that crashed over me.
“Ugh.”
“Mmm… you taste delicious, Kwon O-jin.”
Isabella embraced my trembling body tenderly as she drank my blood.
Gulp, gulp.
With each mouthful of blood, an otherworldly ecstasy and rapture coursed through her body, making her shudder.
‘Aah.’
Isabella trembled delicately, savoring the blood filling her mouth slowly.
Though this was only the second time she had tasted blood, she had already become so addicted to his that she couldn’t bear to imagine a life without it.
‘Just… just three sips.’
Any more, and she feared she couldn’t suppress the surging impulse.
“Hah, hah. Kwon O-jin.”
She whispered in a voice melting like honey, drinking his blood.
A certain part caught her eye.
Isabella’s eyes sparkled as she licked my neck with her tongue.
“Are you enjoying this?”
“….”
“Then… you don’t have to hold back, Kwon O-jin.”
She whispered in an alluring voice, gently stroking my chest.
As her hand passed over my chest and abdomen, moving slowly downward.
“Stop.”
I gently pushed Isabella away and pressed my hand against the wound on my neck.
A disappointed gasp escaped from Isabella’s lips.
“…Is it because of Ha-eun?”
I clamped my mouth shut and avoided her gaze.
Isabella nodded with a bitter smile.
“I suppose so. You and Ha-eun are lovers, after all.”
“Did you know?”
“Wouldn’t it be stranger if I didn’t?”
I had intended to hide it as much as possible, but it seemed he had known for quite some time already.
Isabella retrieved a potion from between her breasts and carefully poured it over Kwon O-jin’s neck.
“I wouldn’t mind a second time.”
“…What?”
Kwon O-jin’s expression grew flustered at the unexpected words.
“Hehe. I was joking.”
Was it really a joke, though?
Isabella smiled softly as she wiped away the blood and saliva that had stained Kwon O-jin’s neck.
The holes that had been pierced in his neck vanished quickly, thanks to the high-grade potion.
“Thank you.”
As the bloodlust faded cleanly away, Isabella offered a faint smile.
It wasn’t just the bloodlust that had disappeared—the stigma’s mana flowing through her entire body felt noticeably richer.
“Well, sharing a few mouthfuls of blood isn’t that difficult.”
“It’s not just that… it’s everything.”
Isabella rested her forehead against Kwon O-jin’s back.
The warm heat felt through her forehead.
A happiness I thought would never return filled my chest completely.
‘My new hope.’
I had received so much from him that I didn’t know how to repay the debt.
‘I envy Ha-eun so much.’
Throb.
The moment Ha-eun crossed my mind, a sharp pain pierced through my racing heart.
If only I could monopolize Kwon O-jin’s love like she does, how wonderful that would be.
‘That would be too greedy.’
Just by looking at the two of them, I could see how deeply their bond was woven together.
A thick, impenetrable bond of fate that I could never reach.
But.
‘I won’t give up.’
I have no intention of forcibly untying the thickly bound knot of fate.
If I could only weave a new thread called Isabella into that bond.
That alone would be….
“Isabella?”
“Oh, I apologize.”
Isabella cleared the thoughts flooding her mind and offered Kwon O-jin a beautiful eye smile.
“You don’t need any more blood, right?”
“Yes. I should be fine for a while.”
“Then now that the complicated situation is mostly sorted, there’s something I’d like to ask.”
“Please, ask me anything.”
Isabella settled gracefully onto the plush carpet.
“I want to hear about the Black Star Society. Tell me everything you know.”
“Mm.”
As if she had anticipated the question, Isabella nodded without a flicker of surprise.
“I’m not entirely sure where to begin, sir.”
“Start from when you first received the stigma of the Leech Constellation.”
“It wasn’t much different from a typical awakener. While wandering in search of my Elder Sister, I heard the voice of a Constellation, and I received the stigma.”
So he hadn’t approached the Black Star Constellation with any special treatment in mind.
“Where were you searching for your Elder Sister?”
“Iceland. It’s where she was abandoned when the family cast her out.”
“Iceland, you say….”
“Yes. It’s not far from the First Rift.”
Kwon O-jin’s eyes narrowed.
Greenland was where the First Gate—the gateway to the world of monsters called the Demon Realm—had first appeared.
Iceland wasn’t far from there.
‘Is there a connection between the Black Star and the Demon Realm?’
Now that he thought about it, he had once heard from Jang Seok-ho that the Black Star Society factions had hidden themselves in the Demon Realm to evade detection.
“Did you enter the Demon Realm yourself?”
“No. I’ve never entered the Demon Realm.”
It seemed not all Black Star Society factions had concealed themselves in the Demon Realm.
“In any case, you received the stigma from the Black Star Constellation in Iceland… and then what?”
“For several years, I wandered Iceland, tormented by the urge to feed on blood. I tried everything to find my Elder Sister… but ultimately, I couldn’t.”
“….”
Kwon O-jin swallowed hard, his expression grave.
If she had been left abandoned in Iceland for years—and so close to the First Rift at that—it would be difficult to hold out hope that her Elder Sister was still alive.
“So you returned to Italy after that?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“How did you end up joining the Black Star Society?”
“I received a revelation from the Constellation.”
A revelation.
“There I met Roberto and quietly gathered awakeners bearing the stigma of the Leech Constellation.”
“You didn’t meet with other factions?”
“I did meet them. We even clashed with the Owl Faction over certain interests.”
Ah.
So that’s why the Owl Faction had called Isabella a witch and stirred up such a commotion.
“How is the Black Star Society faction currently structured?”
“Well. I’ll write it down for you in order of hierarchy.”
Isabella pulled out a small notepad and began writing down the faction names.
1. Snake Constellation Faction.
2. Fly Constellation Faction.
3. Leech Constellation Faction.
4. Cat Constellation Faction.
5. Toad Constellation Faction.
6. Owl Constellation Faction.
7. Seahorse Faction.
Among these, the factions ranked 5th, 6th, and 7th have disappeared.
“…So what remains are the Snake Zodiac, Fly Constellation Faction, and Cat Constellation Faction.”
“Among them, the only one we’ve managed to contact is the Cat Constellation Faction. We only know that the Fly Constellation Faction has established itself somewhere in South America.”
“What about the Snake Constellation Faction?”
“All I know is that they’re fanatics of the Heavenly Demon. Nothing else.”
At the title ‘Heavenly Demon,’ Kwon O-jin’s eyes gleamed with sharp intensity.
“Have you ever met the Heavenly Demon?”
“No. I’ve only heard rumors about it. I’ve never actually met them.”
So Isabella hadn’t seen the Heavenly Demon directly either.
“Is there anything else you know about the Heavenly Demon?”
“Well… I’ve heard that they created the Black Star.”
“…What?”
Created the Black Star?
“Wait. When you say Black Star, you mean the Constellation, right?”
“Yes, that’s right. I’ve heard that the Heavenly Demon gave power to Constellations that were once called ‘satellites’ among the Constellations, transforming them into the Black Star Constellation.”
….
The Heavenly Demon created the Black Star Constellation?
‘Does that even make sense?’
How could a human possibly create a Constellation?
No matter how I think about it, that’s far too absurd—
“Ah.”
A short exclamation escaped from Kwon O-jin’s lips.
An answer that resolved all the tangled questions at once.
It made no sense for a human to possess the power to create a transcendent being like a Constellation.
Then.
Wasn’t the answer simple?
“The Heavenly Demon… wasn’t a title given to a person, was it?”
Kwon O-jin asked in a low, measured voice.
“Yes, that’s correct.”
Isabella nodded slightly.
“The Heavenly Demon is not human.”

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