Omniscient First-Person’s Viewpoint - Chapter 530



530 – Passing, Passing Over

The Heart’s potion has increased my physical abilities by leaps and bounds. However, the price for that is also certain. Even if a person is cunning, the body is honest, so if you do something, you will inevitably get feedback.

But who am I? I am the magician of money-eating. I am a master at paying off debts with something else or paying them late. I have always lived by deceiving others, and now it seems that I can even deceive my body.

“Wow. My body feels refreshed.”

“Hey! You should put your arm in first! Your shoulder is out!”

Huh? I glanced at it and saw that my right shoulder was about half a span lower than my left. I tried to lift it up, but it wouldn’t budge. It seems like my shoulder is completely out of place.

But whatever. This much is cheap for the price of the Heart.

“What’s with this? If you use that much strength, it’s natural to get a dislocation. It’ll be fine if you put it back in.”

“No, don’t you use qi? If you just blow a little into your shoulder, it won’t come out!”

“I don’t have that much energy. Do you know that I can’t use qi properly?”

“Oh, right. You had almost no energy.”

‘He says he can’t measure it at all. Since he has so many talents, he naturally thought he could use qi as well. No, come to think of it, it’s really strange. Gathering qi is also a skill. It doesn’t make sense that he has all the other talents but not qi.’

You’ve seen my weakness several times, and you still overestimate me. This is my track record, and it’s a track record that has broken the limits. Tell me not to take on this kind of role from now on.

“Well. Thanks to Jijan, I’ve saved my life several times.”

“Woof! Woof woof! Me, woof woof woof!”

“…And Aji also helped me.”

“Woof!”

Aji puffed out his chest with a proud face. No, you shouldn’t be proud. I helped you when you were supposed to fight the wolf, so thank me.

By the way….

“Aji!”

“Woof?”

The Regressor called Aji urgently. Aji, whose name was suddenly called, looked at the Regressor with wide eyes.

It was the same reaction as usual. However, the Regressor opened his mouth with difficulty.

“Aji, you, just now… didn’t you become a little blurry?”

“Woof?”

Aji tilted his head and looked as if he didn’t know anything, as usual. However, it was clearly visible to the Regressor’s senses.

Aji’s figure, which had become translucent for a moment.

“Hughes… did you see it?”

“Yes. I saw it.”

“Why… is Aji disappearing?”

The Regressor also knows the reason. The reason he asks is because he wants to find a reason why Aji is not disappearing.

“It’s not unusual. The Beast King is a being that represents a species. However, Aji gave up being the King of Dogs and instead made the wolf a complete wolf. Aji now represents nothing.”

“So he’s disappearing? That’s strange! He’s been fine until now, but he’s disappearing because he handed over the crown…!”

“Listen to the end. It’s the opposite.”

“Huh?”

Actually, I don’t know either. However, Aji has not disappeared yet, which means there must be a reason why he will not disappear.

“If he was going to disappear, he should have disappeared the moment he handed over the crown. However, Aji still exists after that. Aji is now representing something, though I don’t know what it is.”

“But why is he blurry?”

“Well? Does he represent something blurry?”

“Something blurry? What is that?”

“How would I know that? Don’t you have any idea, Mr. Shay?”

“I don’t know either. Aji in this case….”

‘Even if I helped Aji kill the Wolf King, Aji would just remain the King of Dogs and help humans. I don’t know if this change is good or bad… But one thing is for sure. This is something that didn’t happen in the previous round.’

Hey, wait. Aji in this case, what? What do you mean by that, Regressor? If you keep going like this, you’ll soon reveal that you’re a Regressor.

Yes. You might as well reveal that you’re a Regressor. I don’t want to walk a tightrope while reading your mind anymore. Just reveal it and let me ask you openly!

‘Ugh. But I can’t explain the previous round either. It’s a problem if you don’t believe in regression, but it’s also a problem if you do. The moment you know about my regression, the world will focus on my regression rather than the world.’But that doesn’t mean I can reveal that I know about the regression. The moment he becomes aware of my mind-reading, he’ll be reluctant to think in front of me. Right. Since it’s come to this, let’s just gain the regressor’s trust.

I was preoccupied with my own business for a while. I saw the Marquis of Raphael’s army approaching, but I didn’t pay much attention to it since I had already heard the news.

That’s why I reacted a little late when the armed conflict broke out.

“What, what? What is that crazy guy doing?!”

I turned around at the roaring voice and saw Grull and the Marquis of Raphael fighting, and Duke Erektus running towards me with his granddaughter in his arms. I didn’t know what the situation was, but it was clear that a fight had broken out.

The regressor reached out his hand.

“Hughes. Give me Jizan!”

“Here you go.”

“Good… Whoa! What are you doing throwing it!”

“No. You asked for it. You even stretched out your hand as if you were going to receive it.”

The regressor didn’t even doubt that I would throw Jizan and that he would catch it. I was so convinced that I ended up throwing Jizan to the regressor, albeit slowly.

Jizan still hadn’t calmed down, so he refused to listen to the regressor.

“Ugh. Jizan, you go in for now! I’ll try with Cheon-ae.”

“Wait a minute. My right arm won’t go up, so I’ll hold it with my left hand.”

“What have you been doing without putting your shoulder back in yet!”

“I didn’t have time to put it back in! Will you put it back in, Shay?”

“I’ll put it back in, so come on!”

“Wait a minute. I don’t really trust Shay to put it back in. I’ll just put it back in myself.”

“What’s wrong with me?! I can at least put a shoulder back in…”

‘Come to think of it, have I ever put someone else’s shoulder back in? There weren’t many people around me who had their arms fall out… But what’s so hard about it? You just have to use force, right?’

“…Will it work?”

“I’m not doing it!”

As I was arguing with the regressor, Aji suddenly tapped me on the shoulder. I groaned and looked back at Aji, as it was the shoulder that was hurting.

“Aji. This is the shoulder that hurts, so be careful when you touch it…”

“Bruise.”

“Kyaaah!”

Aji grabbed my shoulder and twisted it. The sound of bones grinding echoed through my body. I screamed like a little girl and pushed Aji away with my right arm.

“Hey! It hurts! What are you doing!”

“Healing!”

“What kind of healing does a dog… Huh?”

My right arm is moving? Did Aji just set my bone? Since when did dogs have that ability?

The regressor looked at my arm moving normally and said regretfully.

“I could have done that too.”

‘It would have been a good experience to try it once.’

I don’t want experience points!

“It’s okay. Let’s go over there quickly!”

Grull and the Marquis of Raphael are fighting. To the naked eye, Grull seems to be moving quickly and cornering the Marquis of Raphael, but the actual situation is the opposite. The Marquis of Raphael, who leaves a trail of carnage in space, is the nemesis of the fast-moving Grull. The Marquis calmly occupied the space and pressured Grull.

If it were just one marquis, the situation might change if the regressor joined the battle. But the problem is what comes after that.

“Wait a minute. Shay. Is that an army over there?”

The regressor’s eyes turned orange for a moment and then returned. The regressor, who had instantly estimated the number with his seven-colored eyes, clicked his tongue.

“Five hundred men, all trained in qi!”

“What should we do? Should we fight?”

“Let’s stop them for now! We can think about what to do later… Huh?”

It was then. Duke Erektus, who was running with his injured granddaughter in his arms, discovered the regressor and me and immediately ran towards us. The regressor was also taken aback by the sight of him approaching, blood dripping down his back.

“Damn it! Hey. Adventurer! Save Welsh!”

“What?”

“There’s no time! Welsh is dying! Hurry, you must have some tricks up your sleeve!”

Of course, the regressor has the means to do so. However, because of the image Duke Erektus had built up over time, the regressor looked at him with a suspicious gaze rather than helping him.

“Weren’t you the one who brought the army of the vassal state?”

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“No! You guys blocked me! Damn it, there’s no time for that! Hurry…”

Duke Erektus’ voice was close to a scream.Unfortunately, the Regressor has no reason to save Welsh. Even without that, many of the beastmen have died or been injured in the fight with the wolves. The Regressor can’t save each and every one of them. The Regressor’s only consideration was to make a large pot of healing potion and give it to the injured.

Above all, the Regressor must go and stop Marquis Raphaeno. That is the way to prevent a greater sacrifice.

“Quickly… please….”

Well, let’s say the Regressor is like that. I’m interested in this person.

“Mr. Shay. Go. I’ll take care of this person.”

“Huh? Yes.”

The Regressor stepped forward without hesitation, and I stayed behind to take care of Welsh. I had done some first aid, bandaging the wound, but… there was no jaw. There was so much blood that the bandage looked like silk woven from blood.

I don’t know about medical treatment, but reviving Welsh is beyond my ability. But I’ll do it. Because it’s his wish.

I forcibly pushed the blood back in with blood magic and prepared to sew it up with thread. My body, which has mastered qi, has a strong life force, but there is no guarantee that I will survive such an operation. To anyone, it seems closer to death than life.

However, Erektus Gong, who was desperately denying the truth before his eyes, gave me a glimmer of hope.

“Can you save him?”

“To be honest, it’s slim. I’m not a doctor, and even if I were, could I treat a wound inflicted by a Master?”

“Is there no way?”

“There is, but… it’s a waste to use it on a mere beastman.”

Then Erektus Gong exclaimed with a bright face.

“What do you need? I’ll pay for it! Just save Welsh!”

“It’s too precious… If it’s a watchdog, it would be faster to get a new one.”

“Damn it, what are you talking about! I’m asking you to save Welsh!”

“Huh? Didn’t you say that any watchdog would do? Beastmen are just beings born from the womb of a mother, serving humans. Welsh has served enough, so please let him go now.”

“How can you do that?! Welsh has lived with me for almost 20 years! You can’t replace him with something else!”

“If he was that precious, you should have treated him well in the first place.”

My words flew like a knife and pierced his heart. Erektus Gong gritted his teeth, but he couldn’t even think of protesting or touching me. Because I was the one holding Welsh’s life right now.

“You humiliated him in front of people, laughed at him for being useless, whipped him, and even had him die twice instead of you, but you don’t know how to be grateful. You’ve never saved her, and now you’re asking someone else to save her. You have no shame.”

“I know! But… still, he’s my watchdog! He’s mine! If he’s mine, I can treat him and save him!”

The reason you finally came up with is that he’s yours? Deep-rooted thoughts never change. But…

“I need my watchdog more than those humans!”

His emotions were honest. I looked at him with tears in my eyes and said.

“Your wish has come true.”

“What?”

“You said you wanted to find a human being who deserves respect. I’m sorry, but I think you felt that the beastmen were too shallow and worthless. But when you lose it, it’s precious, right?”

He didn’t think of the watchdog as a human being. Just as he didn’t care about the gaze of the dog he was raising, he seemed to ignore their evaluation. That was the case until he was chased by the orcs and heard Welsh’s heart before he ran away.

And only after he became a fugitive in the same way did he come to regard Welsh as a fellow human being.

“You already had it. Someone who would look at you and acknowledge you. It’s like a moralistic story that would come out in a classic fairy tale, that what you were looking for was actually the closest to you.”

“Then….”

“Now you’re going to lose it.”

“Huh?”

Hmm. It’s beyond my ability. I can’t save him unless I use divine power or a vampire heals him. It’s unfortunate.

I shook my head and got up. Erektus Gong’s expression turned to despair at the gesture that held so much meaning. It can’t be helped. But at least he knew in the end.

“Woof.”

“Huh?”

As I left him behind, Aji barked at Welsh and Erektus Gong.

“Do you want to save him?”

“Who? Welsh? I want to save him, but I don’t have the ability.”

“If you did? Would you save him?”I can do that much. If I had the ability, that is.

Anyone knows how to move a boulder up a mountain. Just pick up the rock or roll it and go up the mountain one step at a time. However, there are very few humans who can do that, and even they wouldn’t do it unless there was a huge reward involved.

So no matter how much you beg me to save you, I can’t do it.

“Whine!”

Did he hear my answer? Aji put his front paw on Welsh’s back. And then he started licking the wound.

I understand his feelings, but the healing ability of the king of beasts is at best at the level of an antiseptic. Aji’s behavior is nothing more than licking up blood. It’s better than letting it flow, but it won’t save Welsh’s life…

“Oh my.”

A miracle happened. A white halo appeared, and Welsh’s wound was reversed.

“Welsh! Can you hear me? Welsh!”

“…Master, sir.”

“Yes. It’s me! Damn it. Why did you interfere…”

A power closer to restoration than recovery. Aji, who had performed the miracle, looked at me with a harmless face, his tongue sticking out with blood on his lips.