Not A Regressor - Chapter 307

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I Am Not a Regressor Chapter 307
Interlude – The Goddess’s Escape (2)
A gentle warmth enveloped me.
As if I were wrapped in fluffy cotton candy, soft and yielding to the touch.
A sweetness like sugar spread through my entire body—a happiness so pure it seemed to dissolve on my skin.
Was this how a child felt, cradled in a mother’s arms?
Of course, the concept of “mother” was nothing more than a stranger to me, someone I’d never known.
Yet I could hazard a guess that this—this gentle warmth—must be what it felt like to be held in a mother’s embrace.
“Mmm…”
I opened my eyes, a drowsy haze still clinging to my senses.
The exhaustion that had weighed down my body had lifted, and my mind felt clearer than it had in days.
Above me stretched the familiar canvas of the tent, and silver hair as fine as silk came into view.
“…Vega?”
[You’re awake?]
Vega sat at my bedside, her hand resting gently on my forehead as she caressed it with the tenderness one might show a precious treasure.
[How is your body feeling?]
“Much better, thanks to you.”
[Hmm? I didn’t cast any healing magic, though.]
“Well, there’s that saying, isn’t there?”
A mother’s touch is a healing touch.
[Hehe. So you think of me as your mother?]
Vega smiled softly, continuing to stroke my forehead with gentle, rhythmic touches.
It had felt pleasant when Isabella had done it too.
But somehow, when Vega did it, there was a warmth that felt incomparably more comforting.
‘Am I actually regressing into infancy?’
Lately, both Ha-eun and Isabella had been treating me this way more and more.
The frequency with which they coddled me like a child had noticeably increased.
‘Not that I mind, really.’
If anything, I found it rather pleasant.
I’m not the type to throw a fit over being treated like a kid—I’m not some macho fool with an ego that fragile.
“Where are Ha-eun and Isabella?”
[They seemed tired, so they fell asleep early.]
That made sense.
They’d probably fought through hordes of demonic beasts searching for me, then never stopped moving afterward.
And after finding me, they’d stayed up all night nursing me back to health.
“Is it alright if we don’t head back to the Sanctuary yet?”
[We have several more hours before we need to leave.]
That was exactly what I wanted to hear.
After sleeping all day, I doubted I’d be able to rest anymore anyway.
My body wasn’t in any condition for training, so without Vega here, I’d have spent these hours in lonely silence.
While pondering what to discuss with Vega, I found myself lost in thought.
[Ahem! W-well, there is one thing I wish to ask of you.]
Vega’s face flushed crimson as she stammered to speak.
“What is it?”
[That is… I have made many mistakes in this ordeal, have I not?]
“Huh? What mistakes?”
Even as I searched my memory, I couldn’t recall any significant errors on Vega’s part.
True, she hadn’t provided direct assistance in the battle against Behemoth.
But that was unavoidable due to the constraints of Divine Law.
[N-no! I have committed grave transgressions!]
Vega cried out urgently, her face still flushed.
I gazed at her blankly, utterly bewildered.
[S-so, that is to say…]
Vega stammered in a confused voice.
Her golden eyes darted about frantically, clearly struggling to articulate whatever “transgression” she meant.
[Ah!]
A brief exclamation escaped her lips as a thought struck her.
[Did you not become excessively angry at the Felis Constellation’s words about making you an apostle from the start?]
“Oh, that?”
Vega had certainly overreacted to Felis’s remarks.
“But even so, that’s hardly…”
[Had I not provoked the Felis Constellation, could we not have resolved matters more peacefully through dialogue?]
“Come on, you saw her personality.”
With a temperament as willful as any Felis Constellation member, Felis would hardly change her mind through mere conversation.
[At the very least, could you not have gained more time to prepare your response?]
“Well… I suppose that’s true.”
Admittedly, had Vega not stepped in to provoke Felis, I might have had more time to devise alternative strategies.
[Then does that not constitute a transgression on my part?]
“No, come on. And besides, everything worked out fine anyway.”
I couldn’t fault Vega over something so trivial when I’d received so much from her already.
[No! If one commits a transgression, one must receive appropriate punishment!]
Vega leaned forward with unwavering determination.
As her face drew closer, I noticed her expression brimming with anticipation, her warm breath washing over me.
“…Punishment?”
Something about this felt unsettling.
[Why, that is… did we not have such an occasion before?]
Surely not.
“…Your backside?”
The memory I’d been suppressing—or rather, desperately trying to forget—crept back into my mind.
[A-ahem! Y-yes, that is so!]
“….”
Kwon O-jin observed Vega through narrowed eyes as she continuously cleared her throat, her face flushed crimson.
Her hips swayed as if she desperately needed to use the restroom.
Her eyes gleamed with peculiar anticipation, and her breathing grew heated.
‘…Surely not.’
Was she acting this way because she wanted to be spanked?
‘No, wait… that can’t be right.’
When I’d spanked her before, she had certainly worn an oddly excited expression.
But surely.
Vega.
The Polaris Constellation who reigned above hundreds of Constellations.
“…enjoyed being spanked?”
[I-I don’t enjoy it!]
The shock of this revelation caused the words to slip from my lips before I could stop them.
[It’s a misunderstanding! I-I am not such a shameless woman!]
Her desperate denial only made the whole situation seem more suspicious.
‘Well, everyone has their own tastes in this world.’
After all, hadn’t I myself felt peculiar emotions when I saw Ha-eun and Isabella wearing animal ears and tails?
No matter how much Vega was the Polaris Constellation, she was ultimately just a woman, so I should understand such unique preferences….
[Didn’t I say it wasn’t true?! Stop looking at me with that understanding expression!]
Vega cried out and began striking Kwon O-jin’s back repeatedly with sharp slaps.
[In any case! Since I have committed a sin, my heart cannot rest without receiving punishment!]
“So you want me to hit you like last time?”
[Y-yes, that is so.]
Vega trailed off and slowly turned her body.
The faint outline of her buttocks visible beyond her dress made my heart race.
‘This is driving me crazy.’
I never expected Vega would make such a request.
‘And I can’t exactly refuse either.’
Her cheeks were already flushed so intensely they looked ready to burst—if I flatly refused her now, the atmosphere would become as awkward as running into an ex-lover at a high school reunion.
[Y-you won’t do it?]
Vega opened her eyes anxiously.
Kwon O-jin rose to his feet with a resigned sigh.
Smack!
In the late dawn when even the insects had fallen silent.
A clear sound and a soft cry echoed faintly through the mist-shrouded Forest.

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“Sigh.”
A final exhale escaped Riak’s lips.
He wiped the sweat from his brow and shifted his form into that of a wolf.
“As expected, moving my body outside the Sanctuary is far from effortless.”
Though the constraints of Divine Law had weakened considerably.
Still, I couldn’t manifest my full power, so the frustration was unavoidable.
‘Yet my movements have improved dramatically.’
The ‘wall’ that had blocked me for so long.
By shattering the barrier I had constructed myself while fighting Horus, I could vividly feel my realm ascending to a new height.
“Ugh.”
Even with the wall broken and my realm elevated, it wasn’t achieved through my effort and will alone.
Though I hated to admit it.
Without Kwon O-jin, I could never have shattered this ‘wall’ or cast off the guilt that had haunted me since ancient times.
“Speaking of which, he regained consciousness, didn’t he?”
I heard he fell back asleep immediately, claiming exhaustion.
“Hmph, pathetic wretch.”
Sprawled out after facing nothing but a oversized cat.
Riak muttered words he didn’t mean and continued his grumbling complaints.
“I suppose I should go see his pitiful state for myself.”
I had made a thorough sweep around the Tent, clearing out the demonic beasts.
Yet an inexplicable unease prevented me from returning to the Sanctuary.
Grumbling about all the trouble caused by this single fledgling, Riak approached the Tent where Kwon O-jin slept once more.
Slap!
“Hm?”
As I drew near the Tent, a peculiar sound reached my ears.
Like the sound of striking water-soaked leather with an open palm.
The sound wasn’t particularly loud, suggesting not much force had been applied.
‘Did some insect get inside?’
I tilted my head and peered toward the Tent entrance covered with waterproof canvas.
Because Isabella had torn through the Tent entrance, I could glimpse slightly inside through the gaps in the canvas.
What I saw there was.
[Ow ow! I-I’m sorry!]
“Wasn’t it you who said that if you did something wrong, you should be punished, Vega?”
Kwon O-jin, spanking Vega’s rear end repeatedly as she faced away from him.
“Wh-what…!”
Riak’s eyes widened in shock.
Boom!
A thunderbolt seemed to strike through his mind.
Unable to believe what his eyes witnessed—no, unwilling to believe it—his consciousness blazed white-hot.
‘What… what in the world is happening?!’
Riak held his breath, straining to catch every word of the exchange between Vega and Kwon O-jin.
[Please… forgive me, my child!]
“No.”
Forgiveness?
What transgression could Vega have committed against Kwon O-jin that warranted begging for absolution?
And even if she had made some mistake…
How could a mere human lay hands upon a Constellation and dispense punishment as though it were his right?
‘Why is Lady Vega…?’
What bewildered him most was Vega’s behavior.
Kwon O-jin’s actions transcended disrespect—they deserved divine retribution—and no one understood this better than Vega herself.
So why did she submit so meekly to his assault without even a hint of resistance?
‘Wait… could it be…?’
Riak’s eyes widened in realization.
Perhaps Kwon O-jin held some leverage over Vega?
He couldn’t fathom what such a weakness might be.
Yet without some form of coercion, Vega’s submission made no sense whatsoever.
“This… this outrage beyond all measure…!”
He had even come to regard Kwon O-jin as a benefactor for his aid against Horus.
To discover he was committing such despicable acts in the shadows was unforgivable.
“Grrrrr.”
Fury consumed him entirely.
Seeing Vega—who had saved his dying life and made him her Celestial Being—cry out in anguish ignited a blazing inferno within his chest.
Rip, tear!
Transforming into his werewolf form, Riak’s razor-sharp claws shredded through the tent fabric.
“You bastard! What are you doing to Lady Vega right now?!”
Vega and Kwon O-jin’s eyes snapped toward Riak in shock.

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