I’m not a Regressor

I am not a returner Episode 281:

Dog and Wolf (6)

Ojin took out a bottle of potion from his backpack and approached Leo.

Little by little, the potion was poured onto the boy’s body, which was covered in wounds as if he had been in a fierce battle.

Leo, who had refused the potion with wary eyes, soon calmly took the potion and drank it as his wounds healed quickly.

“Have you calmed down now?”

“joy! And this is all I can do…”

“It was so good, it looked like it was about to die.”

“It’s so noisy!”

Leo stood up suddenly, his cheeks turning bright red.

Ha-eun narrowed her eyes and clicked her tongue.

“Anyway, all boys are the same. “What good is that lump of fat?”

Ha-eun glares at Isabella’s chest with a look of disapproval.

Isabella slightly raised the corners of her mouth and crossed her arms.

As we linked our arms, the two mountain peaks, which were already huge, showed off their presence even more.

“well? “I don’t know why I like this too?”

“This bitch.”

Ha-eun grabbed the back of her neck as she saw Isabella slyly brushing her hair as if she didn’t know anything.

“It’s not like that!”

Leo shouted with an expression of frustration.

Leo, whose body had recovered to some extent with the potion, jumped back, widened the distance, and took up a fighting stance again.

“Don’t move from there! Move even one step…”

“Oppa.”

Liru approached Leo, who was on high alert with his ears and tail pricked up.

Liru calmly patted Leo on the back to calm him down.

“You know that they don’t have any bad intentions, right?”

“…that.”

“Stop it now, brother. “Because I’m fine.”

Liru smiled brightly and showed off his biceps.

“….”

Leo relaxed his fighting stance and suddenly turned his head.

“Don’t you have something to say to them?”

“There is nothing like that.”

“brother.”

Liru looks at Leo with stern eyes.

Leo, who had turned his head and was avoiding eye contact, hesitated and pursed his lips.

“…More.”

“huh? What~? “I can’t hear very well~?”

Ha-eun smiled and poked Leo’s side.

Leo shouted with a red face.

“Thank you! “For saving me!”

“ha ha ha! “You’re finally being honest, little guy.”

Ha-eun burst into laughter and hit Leo on the head.

Leo got angry and showed his teeth as if he was going to bite Ha-eun’s hand.

“By the way, when you looked at us earlier, you called us ‘the devil beyond the veil,’ right?”

“Yes? that’s right. “That’s what humans are called among us.”

“They say that if you do something bad, they will come at night and eat you whole!”

Is it a goblin or something?

Ohjin laughed out loud at the treatment that was so far from what he thought.

“Isn’t it because of the Black Star Society?”

“ah.”

Now that I think about it, I heard that the Black Star Society was hiding in the Demon World.

“Well… among the executioners, there are rare awakened people who actually lived in the Demon Realm.”

Isabella didn’t even go near the devil.

“But anyway… Cassia was in the demon world.”

In the first place, more than 90% of the awakened people who crossed over to the Demon World were people who had committed heinous crimes or had run away after being targeted for extermination.

In a way, it is natural that there are evil rumors going around about the ‘devil beyond the veil.’

‘It’s ironic.’

The beings of the demonic world, which can be said to be the greatest object of fear for humans, are actually afraid of humans.

This was a piece that showed how ignorant mankind was about the Demonic Sutra.

“But Ojin oppa doesn’t seem like a bad person!”

Liru’s eyes shining brightly as she looked at Ojin.

Ha-eun snorted and shook her head.

“This guy is a bad guy. “He’s such an out-of-this-world son of a bitch.”

“Oh, I don’t think so…”

Liru muttered while shrinking.

Ohjin stood up with a bitter smile.

“Which side is the house? “I’ll take you to the bar.”

Even if it wasn’t as dense as the forest in Mahae, I couldn’t leave my children behind in such a dense forest.

“…There is a village where our tribe lives together. “This way.”

Ojin and his party followed Leo to the village of the Silver Wolf Mane tribe.

* * *

The village was located quite far from where the kingdom was located.

“Le leo! Liru! “You’re safe!”

“dad!”

When they arrived at the village, a beastman man ran out and hugged Leo and Liru.

“You…”

A man looks at Ojin and his group with wary eyes.

Leo and Liru began to explain their encounter with Ojin and the others.

The beastman man, who had shown hostility at first, seemed to have changed his mind upon seeing the two children desperately defending Ojin and his group, and bowed his head politely towards Ojin and his group.

“Thank you for saving the children. “My name is Leoru and I am in charge of the Silver Mane Tribe.”

“If you are in charge…”

“…Yes. “He is a poor man who cannot properly protect his own children, but he holds the position of chieftain.”

Leoru is hugging her two children with a bitter expression.

“…was your father the chief?”

“that’s right! “My dad is the chief of the Silver Mane Tribe!”

Leo looked at Leoru with eyes full of respect.

Leoru lightly stroked Leo’s head and approached Ojin and the others.

“Please eat inside first. “I will explain it well to the villagers.”

As I followed Leoru into the village, eyes full of caution and hostility poured in from all directions.

“Please come in.”

Leoru opened the door of the old cabin and went inside.

The house is too shabby to be called a chief’s house.

It was a smaller and older hut than the hut where Baekmugang lived.

“Leo Liru. “Go outside for a while.”

“huh! “I’ll tell the villagers that you’re safe!”

“Me too.”

Leo and Liru hurried out.

Leoru, who was looking at the back of the two with a bitter expression, opened his mouth.

“Thank you for saving the children.”

“Didn’t you receive a thank you message earlier?”

“No matter how many times you do it, it’s not enough.”

I thought he would be angry since he is Leo’s father.

Leolu had a more gentle personality than I thought.

“I heard that Mr. Ojin is human… What brings you to the Demonic World?”

“I have come to meet Horus.”

“….”

Leoru’s face hardened.

A chilly sense of death filled the cabin.

“The king of the Black Mane Tribe… what do you want to meet for?”

“This is to check if there is any connection between him and the Heavenly Demon.”

“Cheonmara….”

Leoru frowned and continued.

“I don’t know about the Heavenly Demon, but there is definitely a connection with the Demon Race.”

Wow.

Leoru spoke as if chewing, showing his pure white teeth.

“He’s the bastard who sold the kingdom to the demons.”

A strong sense of death swirled within the cabin.

If he were a human without magical powers, his life was so intense that it wouldn’t be surprising if his heart stopped.

Leoru’s once gentle face suddenly changed into that of a vicious beast.

“…Can you tell me what happened?”

Ojin asked in as calm a voice as possible to prevent Leoru from exploding.

After taking a moment to catch his breath and calm down his anger, Leoru spoke quietly.

“A hundred years ago… no, more than a hundred years ago, there was a great war between the Khan Kingdom and the Majin people.”

This is what I heard from Baek Moo-gang.

“The beast people fought desperately against the invasion of the demon people. But the power of the demon race was too strong.”

A long war.

To the Beastmen, who were in deep defeat, the Demons gave a sweet offer.

The race that surrenders first will not only survive but also gain wealth and honor.

“…So Horus surrendered to the demons?”

“yes.”

Leoru bared his teeth and growled fiercely.

“He betrayed ‘Khan’, who had led the beast people until now, and became the loyal dog of the beast people.”

“The Silver Mane tribe….”

“They fought until the end.”

The results are now.

Are you saying that after being exiled from the kingdom, they built a village in a remote forest and lived in hiding?

“…It’s a shame.”

“No, it’s an honorable thing to do.”

Leoru’s eyes were shining brightly as he shook his head.

He placed his hand on his chest with a proud expression.

“We are wolves. I will never become a dog.”

A voice that conveys determination to die.

Ohjin nodded and asked.

“So the Khan Kingdom is now ruled by the demons?”

“…To be exact, to the followers who follow them. “The number of demons living in the actual kingdom is small.”

“How many people?”

“Five.”

“yes?”

Even if the Majins were an elite minority, their numbers were far from sufficient to occupy a country.

“It wasn’t originally written like this. “It’s because recently the demon race has begun to leave in large numbers.”

“Is there any other reason?”

“I don’t know about that.”

Mass migration for unknown reasons.

‘Is it related to the Heavenly Demon?’

Ojin frowned and shook his head.

There was still too little information to make hasty conclusions.

“Oh, come to think of it, strange rumors have been going around recently about the demons escaping.”

“A strange rumor?”

“yes. “There are rumors that they are preparing for war.”

“…War?”

Ojin’s eyes narrowed.

“Horus is the devil beyond the veil… Oh, I’m sorry. There are rumors that they are gathering troops to prepare for war with humans.”

“….”

War with humans.

‘Is this what Cassia said?’

Anyway.

It was a rumor that could not be ignored.

“Of course, this is still just a rumor. “There was no separate call-up order.”

“thank you. Thanks to you, I was able to obtain good information.”

Oh Jin bowed his head.

“You are the benefactor who saved my children, but this is nothing. By the way… Mr. Ojin, what do you plan to do when you meet Horus?”

“well. “First, we have to check whether it is related to the Heavenly Demon.”

“…if there is?”

“I have to kill him.”

Before a bigger disaster strikes.

“….”

Leoru’s eyes flashed sharply for a moment.

He moved his lips for a moment as if he wanted to say something, but then shook his head.

“Then rest comfortably in the village until you go to your kingdom. “I will provide you with a place to sleep.”

“thank you.”

“haha. “The Silver Mane tribe never forgets vengeance and grace.”

Leoru smiled kindly.

“Then I will show you the house. Follow me…”

“One thing.”

Riak, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, opened his mouth.

“I want to ask you one thing.”

“…yes.”

Leoru slightly clenched his fist as if he was wary of the black-furred Riak.

“regret… Don’t you?”

Like chewing it up and spitting it out.

A question that is a condensation of numerous emotions mixed together.

“What regrets….”

“Because you did not give in, you are now hiding in misery in this remote forest.”

“….”

“They are trembling in fear of being kidnapped and sold into slavery at any moment, and suffering from starvation without being able to properly clothe or eat. Still…don’t you regret it?”

“…you.”

Leoru frowned and glared at Riak.

“I have no regrets. He’s passed away now, but ‘Khan’ used to say that.”

Leoru placed his hand on his chest and spoke in a voice full of pride.

“We are proud wolves.”