SSS-Class Sui**de Hunter - Chapter 107

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Episode 107. 1 DAYS (2)
The Silver Lily Young Lady’s reaction came a moment later.
“What?”
“Think about it. If you were in my position, you’d arrive at exactly the same conclusion I did. Because you’re a Returnee, just like me.”
……
The Silver Lily Young Lady narrowed her eyes and rested her chin on her hand, lost in thought. Within moments, her brows rose as understanding dawned.
“Indeed.”
I knew she would catch on.
“Yes.”
“But this is dangerous, Gongja. It’s nothing short of a gamble.”
“The moment you call it a gamble, we’ve already won. Because this is a mistake on the Tower’s part—an error. Simply by pointing out that error exists, we gain an extraordinarily advantageous position.”
“There’s one more problem.”
The Silver Lily Young Lady fixed me with a sharp gaze.
“I won’t remember you.”
“That’s all right. I’ll find a way to resolve it no matter what. Only—when I can’t escape this world on my own, please help me say the word ‘Transmission.’ That’s all I ask of you, Labiel.”
I opened my mouth.
“Please believe in me.”
……
Silence.
The Silver Lily Young Lady was quiet for a long while.
“Very well.”
She stepped closer.
“Since I became your first bastard, you shall be my last. What is taken must be balanced by what is given in return.”
The Silver Lily Young Lady took my chin in her hand.
“How truly unfortunate, to have taken such a terrible man as a lover.”
And she kissed me.
……
I accepted the Silver Lily Young Lady’s breath without resistance.
[Immersion with the character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 83%.]
In the last iteration.
The moment I saw the Heresy Inquisitor drowning in the young lady of House Geumsae, I sensed something amiss.
[Immersion with the character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 84%.]
Why did the ‘transformation’ persist?
[Immersion with the character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 85%.]
Wasn’t it strange?
The Heresy Inquisitor could freely alter her appearance using Sacred Spell Art. She could grow out her hair. But that was a skill belonging to the Heresy Inquisitor alone—never something the young lady of House Geumsae possessed.
[Immersion with the character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 86%.]
Yet traces of the transformation remained, incomplete and visible.
There could be only one conclusion.
[Immersion with the character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 87%.]
Our skills don’t vanish when we immerse ourselves.
The young lady of House Geumsae still possessed the Heresy Inquisitor’s skills.
We simply forget how to use them, and so stop using them.
[Immersion with the character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 88%.]
And the same would be true for me.
“……!”
As the Immersion Rate approached ninety percent, my head spun.
A torrent of memories.
Memories that belonged to the original owner of this body flooded in like a deluge. Until now, I had merely glimpsed the original owner’s memories or shared their emotions. But this was different.
[Immersion with the character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 89%.]
My own memories are fading.
The director’s voice reading from the Chronicles of the Warring States when she’d gather us at the orphanage. The memory of hating the cold so much I didn’t want to go to the bathroom in winter. The laughter of older siblings who would sometimes come to play with us.
—Hey! Kim■ja! What the hell are you even ■■■ing ■!
[■■ begs ■사님 to stop at once!]
Even the Backhoe Spirit and the Holy Sword’s voices faded.
“Are you all right?”
Only the Silver Lily Young Lady’s voice came through, clear and distinct.
“Yes… for now, I’m… all right. More.”
“You want more kisses. Truly spoiled, my lover is.”
My breath caught.
[Immersion in this character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 90%.]
The room tilted.
Through the blur, I forced my eyes open just enough to glimpse us both reflected in the mirror.
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Name: Kim Gongja
Affection Level: 9■
Preferred Genres: [Martial Arts], [Romance], [■■], [Adventure]
Disliked Genres: None■
Preferred Character Archetypes: [Mentor], [Lover], [■■■ Hero], [Sacrifice], [■■], [Child], [Sage], [■■■ One Who Questions], [■■■ Generous Soul], [One Who Knows ■]
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I.
My existence is being covered, swallowed by something.
“Still all right?”
“Laviel.”
I was terrified.
“I love you. I love you, Laviel….”
“I know.”
“Even if I’m born again, I’ll love you. So please, make it so I never forget you. Even in death, let me not forget you….”
“I know.”
Our lips met.
[Immersion in this character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 91%.]
My memories are dissolving.
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Name: Kim Gongja
Affection Level: 9■
Preferred Genres: [Martial Arts], [Romance], [■■], [■■]
■■ ■■: None■
Preferred Character Archetypes: [Mentor], [Lover], [■■■ Hero], [Sacrifice], [■■], [■■], [Sage], [■■■ One Who Questions ■ ■], [■■■■ Generous ■], [One Who ■■■■ ■]
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My existence grows thin and transparent.
[Immersion in this character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 92%.]
A Cheap Dagger.
‘Not even a sheath, but what of it.’
My beginning.
‘It’s the limit of what can be bought with the money he had.’
My limit.
[Immersion in this character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 93%.]
A cramped room.
Peeling walls.
Newspapers and photographs.
[Immersion in this character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 94%.]
A handsome man with a ponytail.
Standing with a flaming spear in his grip.
[Immersion in this character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 95%.]
The internet.
An alley.
‘But that guy didn’t see my face.’
[Your immersion with this character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 96%.]
Burning. I am burning.
The mansion burns.
‘Good man.’
[Your immersion with this character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 97%.]
The day when crimson rain fell so heavily.
In the acacia flower field, ‘I—’
‘I didn’t know!’ someone cried out, trembling violently,
in the acacia flower field.
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■■: ■Kim Gongja
■■■: 9■
■■ ■■: [Martial Arts], [Romance], [■■], [■■]
■■ ■■: None■
■■ ■■■: [Master], [Lover], [■■■ ■■], [Sacrifice■], [■■■], [■■Child], [Senior■], [■■■ ■■■ ■ ■■ ■], [■■■■ ■■■■ ■], [■■ ■■■■ ■]
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Snow.
A snow-covered field.
[Your immersion with this character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 98%.]
A crimson peony.
A single petal.
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■■: ■■■
■■■: ■■
■■ ■■: [■■], [■■■], [■■], [■■]
■■ ■■: ■■
■■ ■■■: [Master], [Lover], [■■■ ■■], [■■■], [■■■], [■■Child], [■■], [■■■ ■■■ ■ ■■ ■], [■■■■ ■■■■ ■], [■■ ■■■■ ■]
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So then.
‘I’m going to teach this bastard how to feel joy!’ someone told me,
So then, I—
[Your immersion with this character deepens.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is 99%.]
I am.
Who am I?
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■■: ■■■
■■■: ■■
■■ ■■: [■■], [■■■], [■■], [■■]
■■ ■■: ■■
■■ ■■■: [■Master], [Lover■], [■■■ ■■], [■■■], [■■■], [■■■■], [■■], [■■■ ■■■ ■ ■■ ■], [■■■■ ■■■■ ■], [■■ ■■■■ ■]
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“…….”
Something.
-■■ ■ ■■■■! ■, ■, ■■■!
[■■■■ ■■■■ ■■ ■■■■■■.]
Something is loud.
A hum fills my head as if it were packed with bees.
My vision blurs……. A mirror? Why a mirror?
Where am I?
“Are you well?”
“…….”
I stare blankly toward the source of the voice.
Beyond my dimmed vision, the figure before me radiates an overwhelming presence.
I know who this person is.
“Kim Gongja.”
Laviel Ibansia.
The rival daughter of House Ibansia.
“She asked if I was all right.”
A romantic rival to my mistress, the Heresy Inquisitor.
“What is this…….”
I tried to move my body and then understood. I was bound. Not just my limbs—my entire body was wrapped tightly in rope. The moment I grasped that I’d been restrained, my foggy mind snapped clear.
“Heavens above. Young Lady, you haven’t actually abducted me, have you?”
“…….”
“This is excessive. No matter how vast House Ibansia’s power, no matter if it blotted out the very sky, this crosses a line. Must you hate the Heresy Inquisitor so much that you’d coerce a mere servant?”
The silver-haired woman looked down at me quietly.
Seeing her face, my chest inexplicably thrilled.
“Is that so.”
A sorrowful expression.
“Then it has come to pass.”
Every poison in the Empire passes through the tips of her fingers; every dark scheme in the Empire springs from her heart. Malicious rumors, perhaps, yet they hold truth within them.
And now the Silver Lily Young Lady herself stood before me, unmistakably, wearing a sorrowful face.
“I thought the heart that could be wounded had already vanished. But this—this truly aches. You once said that proving life through pain is your martial way. Then rejoice. Your blade has assuredly carved a wound into my heart.”
“What do you mean by…….”
I couldn’t understand.
I couldn’t understand the Silver Lily Young Lady’s words, nor could I understand my own emotions. Why does my chest churn? Did she use some drug when she took me? And yet, serving the Heresy Inquisitor has made me versed in many poisons.
This symptom… I’ve never heard of it.
“Kim Gongja.”
My heart pounded.
For some reason.
“…Who are you searching for?”
“My lover. A man who has given me his heart, and a man to whom I shall give mine.”
If such a person existed, it would surely be the Crown Prince.
Yet the Silver Lily Young Lady’s crimson eyes gazed only at me.
That only deepened my confusion.
“Young… Lady.”
This is strange.
Simply calling her young lady, and yet why does cold sweat pour down my back?
『Kim Gongja.』
Something. A feeling of terrible wrongdoing. Guilt.
An endless, boundless sorrow—something like that.
『If you scar my heart, I will kill you.』
My breath caught.
Voices of unknown origin tore through my mind. I felt myself going mad. Were these auditory hallucinations? A drug to induce visions? Is that why sweat pours from my nape and my heart trembles in my chest?
“Kim Gongja.”
I couldn’t respond.
I saw clearly as the Silver Lily Young Lady drew out a Rapier, and the omen was so utterly ominous that I should have said something—anything—to stop or persuade her.
“Go. Come back to me.”
No words came.
“I shall…”
[The Silver-Gilt Heart looks upon you.]
“…wait for you.”
My heart tore asunder.
“……!”
I screamed. Immediately, blood poured in a torrent. My airway closed. My final breath escaped. And in that moment before the blood rose into my throat, the Silver Lily Young Lady sealed my lips with her own.
With her mouth.
“…….”
My vision darkened.
If I die, it means the young lady before me has begun her true move against the Heresy Inquisitor. I cannot die—I am the shield of my mistress. This was urgent, dire.
Yet my final thought was not of the Heresy Inquisitor. Nor of anything else.
Only those crimson eyes fixed upon me from so close.
[The Silver-Gilt Heart loves you.]
I wanted to wipe away the tears flowing there.
[You have died.]
[Regressing 24 hours.]
[…….]
Softly.
[Error detected.]
A voice flowed through the darkness.
[The owner of the skill and the subject of the skill are different entities.]
[Determining whether to regress to ‘twenty-four hours ago from the owner’s perspective’ or ‘twenty-four hours ago from the subject’s perspective’.]
[Determination impossible.]
My vision darkened.
[The Tower confirms that the skill’s activation requirements have not been met.]
[The Tower recognizes that the current situation is intentional on the part of the skill’s owner.]
[This matter exceeds the Tower’s authority.]
Everything receded into shadow.
[The Tower verifies the authority of the Four Kings.]
[Authorization confirmed. The Four Kings currently hold the status of Temporary Apostle.]
[Granter of Temporary Apostle status — Hamustera.]
[The Tower recognizes the Four Kings’ objection as a formal agenda item.]
And then.
[The Tower requests a majority vote from the Six Pillars of Myriad Life.]
A wave of white light washed over me.
* * *
The place was utterly unfamiliar.
Darkness upon darkness, and with no limbs, no body to speak of, I seemed to float suspended in the void.
[Confirming participants.]
A voice whispered through the boundless dark.
[The Sixth Pillar, ‘The Staff of Primordial Time,’ is present.]
[The Fifth Pillar, ‘The Maiden Who Treads the Mirage,’ is present.]
[The Fourth Pillar, ‘The Moon That Beholds Blindness,’ is present.]
[The Third Pillar, ‘The One Who Legislated Genesis,’ is present.]
[The Second Pillar, ‘The Deity Who Dances in the Void,’ is present.]
[Confirmation: the Six Pillars of Myriad Life are in attendance.]
[The Tower shares the objection raised by the Temporary Apostle, the Four Kings.]
[Sharing complete.]
-Tchuba-ta, Mura waloyo Bushi-to!
A voice erupted with raw fury.
-Sato, mai-mau.
-Nail!
Voices came from all directions—countless serpents whispering in unison. I found myself shrinking back, wondering if this was hell itself.
[Request accepted.]
[Translating the Zrakua Language.]
In the next moment.
“…This bastard’s been toying with us the whole time!”
The voice erupted.
“Get Hamustera on the line right now! What the hell was that Bookworm Librarian thinking, sending us an apostle like that?”
“I checked the procedures—there wasn’t a single violation. But that aside, the child won’t understand a word we’re saying anyway. That Immersion Rate they mentioned—I think resetting it might help us communicate.”
“Miya! Reset it!”
[Request accepted.]
[Initializing the Immersion Rate of the Four Kings.]
[Your current Immersion Rate is now 0%.]
“Ah!”
I exhaled at last.
The dizziness that had clouded my mind cleared instantly.
All of it rushed back—every word I’d spoken while immersed in the Butler, the Silver Lily Young Lady’s gaze as she watched me, every memory intact.
And I became certain of one thing.
“You deliberately synchronized with a character and then activated the Regression skill, didn’t you?”
That I had succeeded.
“You wanted to regress twenty-four hours—from the character’s perspective, not yours!”
I smiled inwardly.
“Yes, that is correct.”
The day the Silver Lily Young Lady had picked up a sword and destroyed the Mirror.
One day before the infinite cycle of ten days would begin again.
“Send me back.”
I intended to return to that very day.
S-Rank Hunter: Must Die to Live (Serial Publication)
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