episode_0237

Only One (9) ― One Mind Salvation Church Sanctuary ‘Believers’ Room’

how.

“If you really came from the future, how did you get from the future to the past? Time machine? Or with the abilities of ‘awakened people’ like you?”

“No. I heard you just came because you fell into a trap?”

“… … What?”

… … trap?

An unusual answer that is very far from the expected answer.

“I was trapped in the regression dungeon thanks to a bastard named Lee Hye-seong.”

“… … Regression.”

Clues are increasingly coming out of Han Gu-won’s mouth.

“So, you’ve returned from the future to the past?”

“… … I was told I had a regression. You said you were caught in a trap.”

That’s not a very good thing.

Han Gu-won looks up at the ceiling while mumbling that.

“… … I just wasn’t perfect.”

A bitter smile, slightly different from before, appears on his lips.

“So, I should go back quickly before something really big happens.”

“… … Going back?”

“Of course I have to go back. This is not the time for me.”

Han Gu-won, who said he came from the future, shrugged his shoulders and continued.

“Actually, I have all the form, but inside, I am riding all the strings.”

“… … really. Even if I try to believe it, I can’t believe it because of that cheap tone of voice. There is no difference between the way you spoke a year later and the way you spoke yesterday?”

The only thing Han Gu-won is familiar with is suddenly everything becomes suspicious.

Seong Ga-eul pointed out Han Gu-won’s flippant tone of speech.

A point made not based on logic or reason, but to thoroughly criticize Han Gu-won.

Han Gu-won, who burst out at this scratch and revealed that he was an awakened person, actually smiled brighter.

“Did you do that on purpose because you knew you would hate it so much?”

“… … .”

Instead, her insides began to boil again.

“… … Do you know a way to get back?”

Seong Ga-eul quickly changes the subject for his own sake.

Han Gu-won lightly shook his head in response to her question.

“No. I don’t know the exact method, but I’m giving it a try.”

“… … Are you trying?”

What are you trying to do after sitting here since the person suddenly turned away?

As if he had read Seong Ga-eul’s inner thoughts, Han Gu-won answered first.

A finger waving towards Seong Ga-eul.

“Do you know what the first law of regressors is?”

“… … .”

“Do not tell anyone that you have regressed.”

Han Gu-won smiled as he looked at Seong Ga-eul, who knew that he was a returnee.

“For the systems I know, I’ve seen them tweak the success conditions, but I’ve never seen them tweak the failure conditions.”

“So what you’re saying is that you are deliberately going to fail at regression?”

“Bingo—!”

Han Gu-won started to learn how to make a finger gun.

Seong Ga-eul asked about the most important conditions that were not considered in Han Gu-won’s attempt.

“If you fail at something that important, there must be a penalty, right?”

“Um—I don’t know about that? First of all, there was no failure penalty written down.”

“What? So you don’t know what will happen if you fail too?!”

A high-pitched note that naturally becomes sharp with pathetic feeling.

However, Han Gu-won nodded with a nonchalant expression.

“It’s better than doing nothing and being late, right?”

“… … okay. You were Han Gu-won.”

That unique temperament remains the same.

“… … Wait.”

Seong Ga-eul, who was holding her forehead in bewilderment, glared at Han Gu-won with flashing eyes.

Han Gu-won’s grave error flashed like a spark in her mind.

“Why now?”

If I was in such a hurry and was in such a hurry, I would have definitely had time to fail to return sooner.

“Why are you revealing to me here and now that you are a regressor?”

“… … .”

Han Gu-won does not answer any of her questions.

Han Gu-won, who was looking at her eyes gradually filled with suspicion with a mysterious smile, shrugged his shoulders.

“… … I don’t know?”

“… … what? You now make sense-”

Exactly!

A cheerful noise interrupted Seong Ga-eul, who had begun to attack Han Gu-won.

Han Gu-won interrupted her by snapping his fingers and pointing into the air.

“Look—the system is ending regression.”

“… … How far into the abyss do people really have to fall before they feel relieved?”

Returning to the beginning, Seong Ga-eul’s pointed eyes are glaring at Han Gu-won again.

“If you don’t want to answer, just say no. Why are you suddenly putting on a show like this?”

“… … .”

“What- If regression fails, how does it disappear?! Crawl back into the lamp or get sucked into the mirror?!”

“… … I don’t know?”

“You asked me to ask everything earlier, but now I don’t know anything—! Since San is gone, it really feels like your whole world―”

Sigh!

Han Gu-won quietly stands up from his chair.

Seong Ga-eul, who flinched at his sudden awakening, closed her mouth.

However, unlike her mouth, her fierce eyes continue to glare at Han Gu-won.

Han Gu-won smiled softly and held out his hand, as if he didn’t mind the look in his eyes.

“I don’t know how it disappears, but I have to say hello.”

“… … You are the worst, you.”

“If it’s the worst, it won’t get any better. Let’s just shake hands and end it coolly.”

“Stop it now! Why is it like something that no one gets fooled?-”

Han Gu-won’s hand approaches a little closer in front of Seong Ga-eul.

“If it were me, I would just shake hands and end it.”

“… … .”

When Han Gu-won glared at him with a look of disgust, Seong Ga-eul bit her lips as if torn.

Her hand grazed Han Gu-won’s hand, which was held out with a wrinkled face.

She waved her hand quickly and half-heartedly, but just as she was about to withdraw her hand-

chin-!

Han Gu-won’s hand held onto her hand tightly, preventing it from escaping.

“Evil―!”

Seong Ga-eul screams and glares at Han Gu-won with burning eyes.

“Let go! Let go of this! You crazy bastard—!”

Pow! Pow!

He began to hit Han Gu-won vigorously with his remaining hand, but he did not move or even dream.

I just glanced at the ‘congregation’s room’ in the sanctuary, which I hadn’t been to in a long time.

A long time ago.

There was no paradise, no Holy Knights—

“Why on earth are you doing this?! Are you really crazy?!”

The early days of Salvation Church, when there was no vice-religious leader.

Han Gu-won looked at Seong Ga-eul’s blouse and tennis skirt that were not yet torn with a faint smile.

Instead of strangling her, I looked down at my right hand shaking her hand.

ah-

Was it after the neck had already been strangled severely?

“… … .”

The failure wasn’t perfect this time either.

For some reason, the smile that rests on my lips is so bitter.

In the end – nothing will change.

I will fail to return, and all of this will disperse like a mirage.

Seo Joo-won, Yeon-cheol, etc.

Let go of the moments that will make the Salvation Church more perfect, that will make up for past regrets-

A foolish thought that I couldn’t throw away until this very moment, when I wanted to somehow quickly return to the future.

no-

The only hope I couldn’t give up.

In the end, nothing will change-

still-

“… … Thank you.”

Although we know that it will not change for everyone, there is a past that we hope to change.

“Autumn.”

“… … .”

Han Gu-won laughed as he saw her still glaring at him with an angry expression.

“You always made me a better person.”

Obviously, the beginning was just a hypocrisy that started to pick flowers from the cliff called Holy Autumn-

Obligations and burdens that weigh on your shoulders to the point where you can no longer bear them.

Enemies and threats constantly block him.

The worries, ideologies, and conflicts that pierce one’s head between them.

All the burdens that were too heavy for an ordinary convenience store part-timer to bear.

But still-

Although it was such a difficult and secretly difficult day, the reason why I was able to take the next step without any hesitation.

“Thank you so much, Gaeul.”

Inside, Han Gu-won was alive.

Like the people at dawn who worked hard while fluttering white steam.

His time and his world were also moving.

A convenience store part-timer who was isolated in a world that was always busy-

The reason why he was able to become the leader of the One Mind Salvation Church.

“Thank you so much, Gaeul.”

“… … .”

Paaa!

A ray of light flashed down the corner of her eyes as she looked at Han Gu-won blankly.

Seong Ga-eul’s mouth opened slightly as she looked at the beam of light that clearly surrounded Han Gu-won.

Han Gu-won smiled at the bewildered expression that did not suit Seong Ga-eul.

Different clothes, different face, and different expression from Seong Ga-eul who has been talking with him until now.

It’s definitely a different Seongga from the Seonggae Han Gu-won knew, but

Rather, because of that, there was something I could say.

still-

Because it’s holy autumn.

Paaa!

He gently caressed the hand he was holding as the beam of light enveloped him more and more brightly.

“Up until now, I thought destruction was my only salvation.”

A person who became that way on his own without anyone forcing him to do so.

A stone statue that nothing can change unless the world is destroyed.

“… … I guess it wasn’t.”

Not destruction-

Holy autumn.

“You were my salvation.”

Paaa!

A ray of light shines brighter at the same time as finishing the words I most wanted to say.

For some reason, there is a warm ray of light,

Guwon Han quietly closed his eyes.

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***

Classical music is heard in Han Gu-won’s ears as he closes his eyes.

Guwon Han quietly opened his eyes and turned his head to follow the sound of music.

A large screen enters his field of vision.

White letters on a black background were appearing like ending credits, accompanied by soft music.

My own body slowly coming down from the big screen-

The scenery around the movie theater.

The movie seemed to have already ended and the light was shining brightly, as if urging people to leave.

“… … Huh?”

And then a familiar face slowly stands up from the seat.

“… … Why are you out there?”

widely-!

As soon as the floating legs touch the floor, the body stumbles for a moment.

Han Gu-won, who quickly spread his arms to gain balance, hurriedly looked at Seong Ga-eul.

Staggering – Seong Ga-eul stumbles and walks in front of the screen.

My eyes widen at the sight of her messy hair and already messy office look.

A look that is completely absent from the normally neat Seong Ga-eul.

“Ugh—!”

He walked as if he was drunk and hurriedly stretched out his hand to the stumbling Seong Ga-eul.

With the help of telekinesis, Seong Ga-eul corrects his posture from falling again.

Slurp!

However, as soon as he stands up using telekinesis, he immediately falls to the floor.

“Autumn—!”

As if he had no strength left, he hurriedly ran to her, looking at her trembling limbs.

“Are you okay?!”

As you get closer, Seong Ga-eul’s haggard face becomes more noticeable.

Power is a glint in the eyes that has lost all strength.

“What—?! What happened, Gaeul-!”

I quickly took Seong Ga-eul into my arms and quickly looked around.

Kiiing—!

With a brightly shining vision as I prepare to deploy my telekinesis at full power-

puck-!

A very small fist hit my shoulder while I was watching the theater.

When I lowered my head, I saw Seong Ga-eul with a frown on his face as he continued to push my shoulder with his fist.

“Why― Why―”

“… … .”

Her tone was full of moisture and trembled.

puck-! puck-!

“How many times a day do you hit your daughter, you pervert!”

“… … Huh?”

Not the lord of the castle or the enemy of prophecy—

An unexpected answer came out of her mouth.

“And I told you not to say strange things out of your mouth?! You said it might stick out like a habit later—!”

puck-! puck-!

Han Gu-won let out a laugh as he was hit by a fist hitting his shoulder.

“… … Did you see it?”

“… … .”

puck-!

A very weak fist continues to hit my shoulder without saying a word.

“Ha— I’m embarrassed. Hey, even if you see things like that, you pretend not to notice them. Besides, if you do it a lot, you will have more energy―”

Han Gu-won, who had been talking without even knowing what he was saying, stopped.

Seong Ga-eul holds on tightly to the front of Han Gu-won’s school uniform with his fist and his remaining hand.

He buried his trembling face in his school uniform.

Thanks to this, I can clearly feel my body shaking and the front of my school uniform becoming damp.

“… … Not being perfect enough―”

“… … .”

“Nothing is perfect.”

Seong Ga-eul mumbles, burying her face in the collar of her school leader’s uniform.

Han Gu-won looked down at that figure and let out a small smile.

“Sometimes they say you don’t have to be perfect―”

“ His words are dirty, his thoughts are dirty, he just walks out without even distinguishing between the front and the back, and only reveals dirty things to women―”

“… … .”

After Han Gu-won looked at Seong Ga-eul, who was muttering endlessly, with a smile,

I raised my gaze again and became wary of my surroundings again.

I didn’t know where the castle lord or the enemy of the prophecy would come from.

“Still—”

The hand that was holding Han Gu-won’s collar was released and the hand hugged Han Gu-won tightly.

“… … You are my salvation too.”

A very delicate voice coming from Han Gu-won.

Her answer goes beyond the past and reaches Han Gu-won.

“… … Even if it’s not perfect―”

Sometimes you can’t believe something because you know everything.

There are things you can’t see because they are so close.

“… … Complete salvation.”

Seong Ga-eul doesn’t say anything after those words.

As Han Gu-won was wary of his surroundings, he felt a delicate hand hugging him even tighter.

Han Gu-won’s eyes are still and quiet, with a somewhat dazed expression.

────────.

Han Gu-won’s eyes, which had been frozen for such a long time, quietly closed.

Burying my face in Seong Ga-eul’s arms, as if covering my trembling face,

I hugged her tightly with trembling hands.

“… … Thank goodness.”

Tiring—!

[You have succeeded in exploring Hanguwon!]

[Unprofitable actions are unlocked!]

[Han Gu-won and Seong Ga-eul are given a new exclusive skill, Mutual Salvation (Lv.1).]

[Second exclusive use of ‘Yoon A-young’, a preceptor of the One Mind Salvation Church… … ]

[The city power ‘Grace’ has been restarted… … ]

[Exclusive skill of Salvation Church Holy Knight ‘Sim So-young’… … ]

… … .

… … .

[99.9%: Given by Han Gu-won… … ]

Tiring—!

[100%]

[congratulations.]

[You have succeeded in returning.]

Just one.

END.