Trap (6)
This is a tense moment.
The moment I face the women I abandoned without a thought.
The moment my karma has come back to haunt me from the regression.
The reason I gathered all three of them in one place at the same time is simple.
It’s because it’s the only way to guarantee my safety.
If I had met them one at a time, I couldn’t rule out the possibility of a 100% success rate and a game over.
However, if all three of them are in one place, that risk is reduced.
The three of them will keep each other in check, so there’s no need to worry about being captured and kidnapped by one of them.
Of course, it’s possible that Yerina could subdue everyone and then capture me… … .
But I don’t think the current Yerina would do that.
I just have to pray that the 광할심법 is effective enough to suppress Yerina’s madness.
‘Isn’t there something like a barrier or a trap spell… … .’
Before entering the room.
I check for any traces of mana or magic.
I don’t want to be like this, but I can’t help it.
In the previous round, they already had several records.
It may not be in their memories, but I remember.
I’m still wary of them.
I guess I’ll have to check from now on if this is just paranoia.
“…… I’m here.”
Mijung whispers, grabbing the hem of my pants next to me.
Hearing those words, I feel a little relieved.
I have a comrade by my side who will never betray me, no matter what happens, so I feel encouraged.
I take a deep breath in and out.
I grabbed the doorknob and turned it.
A large round table is revealed as it creaks open.
I felt my breath catch in my throat at the familiar faces sitting around the round table.
In contrast to me, they just stared at me with their mouths agape in surprise.
Mijung stands firmly by my side.
Mia, who followed, stands on the other side.
At this, the women in front of me tremble with their lips parted and their pupils shaking.
“…… .”
What should I say first?
Why did you do that to me, you b*tches?
…… I want to spit it out, but I hold back.
The first thing that comes to mind is being blocked from entering and leaving the dungeon.
But that too is suppressed.
Instead, the words that came out of my mouth were as follows.
“How did this happen?”
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As if a line had been drawn in the middle.
I can’t approach, and neither can they come over to this side.
There are many things we wanted to talk about to each other.
There are many misunderstandings that I want to resolve.
My head is spinning as I try to figure out which one to bring up first.
“I don’t think anyone wanted this to happen.”
“Eugene…… .”
“Wait a minute. There’s something I need to explain first.”
The moment Jill calls me, I cut her off.
There’s something I need to say first.
Everything else should come after that.
If I was just going to beat around the bush, I wouldn’t have gathered these three people here in the first place.
“As you might have guessed, I’m cursed. I’m cursed to repeat the same time, to act out emotions, to deceive people, and to betray them. I don’t intend to make excuses, but I hurt all three of you that way. Jill, in your case, I left you with just a note and never came back.”
“Yeah…… .”
“Julia, I reunited with you in the ruins of the bombing and then turned around and left.”
“Ah, yeah…… .””Yerina, you were deceived all along and he left you the moment you got engaged.”
“What?!”
The first time, the sixth time, and the twelfth time.
They were different timelines, but the same woman.
The me that they met was the same person.
Perhaps all three of them only guessed about the regression, but did not know it for sure.
I was the same.
I only assumed that I had regained my memories after confirming that the actions of the main heroines had changed.
When I explained this to them clearly, their eyes widened and they froze.
It seemed that they had only guessed, but were not yet prepared.
Who could have expected or been prepared for this?
The cruel truth that the lover they had loved so passionately had actually been traveling through timelines and having affairs with other women.
“I have two destinies. To conquer all of you at once, or to defeat the great enemy, Draken. But now, the first one is impossible.”
“Oh, no, Eugene! It’s not too late! I understand! So if you just come back…”
“It’s impossible. I’ve tried.”
“….”
Jill was about to protest anxiously, but my firm answer shut her mouth again.
I tried.
Even after all the affairs had been exposed, I tried to make all three of you love me again, even though it was too late, and I managed to get the favorability rating of all three main heroines to over 95%.
But it was futile.
Yerina couldn’t get over 95% even if I conquered her perfectly without getting caught.
Jill and Julia also stayed at 94%.
The remaining 6% is the part that can only be filled by satisfying their possessiveness.
I tried but failed.
At this point, the ending of conquering everyone is out of reach.
“And even if it were possible, I don’t intend to end my destiny that way.”
“Why, why? That’s why… you’ve been repeating the regression until now, haven’t you?”
“That’s right. If I end my destiny, I can return to the world I originally lived in. Until now, I’ve been regressing to escape. To leave this place. To abandon you.”
“What?”
As I confessed the truth, their faces turned pale one by one.
Before I spoke, their lips were trembling and their throats felt blocked.
But once I started talking, the words came out smoothly and calmly.
I regressed to abandon you.
Everything I said about loving you was a lie.
As I said that, I wondered if the favorability rating, if it were visible in real time, would be in the negative by now.
“And I’ve come to this time. The last time. There are no more chances. And this time, I’ve given up on conquering you and set out to end my second destiny. I wasn’t supposed to have any contact with you, but it wasn’t my intention for you to regain your memories from the previous time.”
The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
Yerina shook her head as if begging me to say it was a lie.
Julia seemed calm as if she had expected it, but she must have been thinking the same thing inside.
And Jill… she looked like she was about to burst into tears at any moment.
“That’s why I ran away desperately. I didn’t know how to face you. I didn’t know how to deal with you, who I thought I had abandoned with the timeline that had already disappeared. So I kept running away.”
I was also afraid of what harm I might suffer.
In fact, I did suffer harm.
I was cursed and the dungeon was sealed.However, after looking at the reactions of the main heroines, I became convinced.
That curse was not what these guys intended.
It must have been an unfortunate accident or the result of someone’s distortion.
“But I’ve decided to stop that now. I won’t run away anymore. I will fulfill my destiny, and even if the curse on me disappears, I will not run away from this place. This is my home now······. Whether it’s a good memory or a bad memory, it’s all become a memory······.”
“······.”
After seeing the ending, will I be able to make the choice to leave this place?
I imagined it once.
No matter how many times I imagined it, my answer was the same.
I can’t leave.
I can’t leave Mijeong, Myeong, and my karma behind.
It’s not a matter of good or bad.
I’m already deeply entangled in this world.
I’ve become too attached.
I am now a person of this place.
This is my home, where I belong.
That has become an undeniable fact.
“So I’ve decided. I’ll risk my life and catch Draken. That’s the only way to protect this world that I’ve left behind. And to get revenge for what he’s done to me······.”
My teeth gritted.
It was only a suspicion without any certainty, but now I can say it confidently.
It’s certain that Draken is the one who planned all this.
He’s the one who put me in the loop of regression.
He’s the one who made this round the last round.
He’s the one who cursed the main heroines and sealed the dungeon.
‘The phrase that appears when there’s an error in the system window······. It sounded similar to what Draken said.’
In retrospect, I should have suspected it earlier.
There were too many connections.
Maybe he was just showing off, hoping I would notice.
Draken’s mischief led me down one path.
Draken’s conquest.
He led me to come to this other world and kill Draken.
If that’s what he wants, I’ll just do it.
I don’t know if he wants a rival or if he’s just hungry for death, but that doesn’t matter.
I’ll just kill him for my sake and for the sake of the women I’ve hurt.
I’ll stop running away.
I’ll face him head-on.
I’ll risk my life to live.
“Let me tell you what you’re all most curious about······.”
I said that.
I fumbled with my waistband and put my hand on my belt.
I pulled out a dagger that fit perfectly in my hand, as if it were its original place, and placed it on the round table.
Jill’s mouth opened slightly.
The dagger that Jill gave me as a gift in the first round.
It was too flashy, so I never used it properly.
I’ve kept it all this time.
And in this round, I stole it and kept it.
“Jill.”
And next is the hip flask.
It’s a hip flask filled with whiskey that I’ve been drinking every day since I got a taste of it because of Julia.
I guess my taste in alcohol is set forever.
“Julia······.”
Finally, I took off the two thick steel rings that were on my left hand and put them down.
They were the gauntlets I wore on my hands, following Yerina’s example.
I didn’t use them often, but they saved my life a few times.
“And Yerina.”
Symbols of my attachment.
I put down the traces that the three of them had left in me.
And finally, I took off the collar.For the first time.
I’ll speak my heart.
“I loved you.”
“······!”
The expressions of the three people turned into tears.
I ended my relationship with them.
I’m the one who buried the events of the last episode in the last episode.
Just because they came back doesn’t mean I can revive the feelings that have already disappeared.
There is no passionate love from that time.
The impression I had when I first saw them has changed a lot now.
Now it is impossible to love purely.
“The way I see you guys, you’re not one person. The you who disappeared in the timeline as you repeated the regression will continue to overlap. There’s no way to do that······. But if you want. After I end my life and break the curse······.”
Even if it’s a love stained with ugly desires such as suspicion and possessiveness.
Even if it’s an incomplete love with a lifetime success rate of 94 percent.
“I want to take all three of you.”
I want to love all three of them.
That’s my choice.
You’ve been bothering me for the 12th time, so I think I’ll be satisfied if I can at least see what these three look like in bed.
The ugly desires of the guys.
My messy greed is intertwined.
Bastard… I want to sucker punch Eugene…