Chapter 346: Interlude - Not a Regressor (1)
It felt like time had stopped.
Vega turned to Kwon Oh-Jin with a stiff expression. “W-What are you talking about?”
He wasn’t a Regressor? What in the world did that mean?
“Answer me!” Vega shouted, her face filled with unease.
She recalled when they first met—the young man who had boldly claimed to be a Regressor. He knew of a past life she herself could not remember. Their encounter had only been a brief flicker in the span of her long, thousand years of life.
I missed you, Vega.
She recalled the tenderness in his eyes as he looked at her and his trembling voice that called her name. How could she possibly forget? Now, he was saying that it had all been a lie?
“S-Stop lying.” Vega shook her head and forced an awkward smile.
She could guess why he suddenly said something so absurd.
“Did you think saying that would make me withdraw the Sacred Ground?” She shook her head again as if to reject the thought. “I told you, no matter what happens, I’ll protect—”
“Vega,” Kwon Oh-Jin cut her off, looking at her with serious sunken eyes. “It’s not a lie.”
“Don’t say such nonsense—!”