Chapter 592
Theatrical Regression Life
Theatrical Regression Life Chapter 592
Episode 592
ââ¦.â
A brightly lit room.
ââ¦Ahâ¦â
A young man woke up.
ââ¦.â
It felt like I woke up after a very long time.
I didnât feel refreshed and felt very bad.
ââ¦Where was the medicine?â
He kept wanting to sleep.
I didnât really want to die.
It was a world where you couldnât die in the first place, and dying didnât solve anything. So, it was closer to going to sleep as an attempt to avoid death, which was more superficial than death.
âah.â
The young man got up from the bed and slowly blinked his eyes as he looked at the empty medicine cabinet.
ââ¦.â
The young man muttered, covering his mouth with his hand.
âI ate it allâ¦â
The voice was neither high nor low, but it was cracked, like someone who cried for three days and nights. The soot in his voice gave the illusion that the young manâs voice was very low.
The young man, who was rolling his lifeless eyes here and there, soon returned to his bed and sat down.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
ââ¦.â
Sigh.
He immediately swept his face with both hands.
With both eyes open.
ââ¦.â
The room was luxurious.
âItâs natural.â
They destroyed the upper class that was plotting a very large conspiracy and took away the power they had monopolized. This bright room sparkling with all kinds of jewels and beautiful lights was also part of what was taken away.
ââ¦.â
But now that I think about it, I donât know if it was a good thing.
ââ¦.â
I wanted to go home.
ââ¦even though this is my home now.â
Iâve never had childish thoughts like this before, but lately, theyâve been coming to my mind so often that they fill my brain so tightly that theyâre flowing out like ink. It reminds me of the house he lived in when he was young.
At that time, I thought it was so peaceful that it was so undeserved.
ââ¦Sistersâ¦.â
I suddenly wondered where my twin sister was, so I raised my head, but then I realized it again. They would be too far away for him to call now.
âI canât even talk to my oldest sister on the phone.â
Thatâs right.
I did, but forgot about it for a moment.
I wondered if I had a memory problem because I slept for too long, butâ¦
ââ¦Iâm sleepy.â
I just felt sleepy.
âI need to sleep.â
Even if I lay back on the bed muttering like that, there was no way I could fall asleep. The body of a person who had just woken up naturally after a deep sleep for over two days was unable to sleep again.
ââ¦.â
Thatâs why only vain thoughts kept coming through my closed eyes.
ââ¦want to go home.â
Then, as I felt a little hungry, the first thought that came to mind was food.
It was a cake. I remembered how my mother would bake thick sheets, my father would thickly apply whipped cream, and my sisters would sloppily coat the cake with it and then put things like chocolate or fruit on top.
âI want to go home.â
The next thought that came to mind was about my sisters.
My eldest sister, who always smiled in a soft and quiet voice, and my second sister, who respected and followed her but was also noticeably extravagant.
Neither of us were very dexterous, so after cooking with our parents, the kitchen would end up a mess.
âHomeâ¦.â
Letâs reach our parentsâ thoughts like that.
ââ¦.â
I was dazed for a moment.
The young man pursed his lips quietly.
ââ¦sorry.â
He snuggled into the blanket.
âsorry.â
I dug deep until I couldnât see myself at all.
âIâm sorryâ¦â
Even though he was begging for forgiveness, his voice was calm and calm.
The young manâs voice was neat, as if he was reciting a neat poem, and was extremely calm with almost no pitch. The young man blinked, hiding under the blanket with eyes unfocused as his voice was hollow.
ââ¦.â
Maybe he just needed someone to blame.
âItâs obvious.â
The story of a protagonist who grows up hating the person who betrayed his precious people. That was my story. It was a story decided by God, and it was the fate of the world that only we knew about.
My father said he paid the price for trying to defy fate.
ââ¦.â
So I killed my mother without knowing anything.
So he lost his entire family in an instant.
He suffered a terrible death at the hands of his own child, paying for his entire life with the sin of failing to properly fulfill his role as a villain. He probably thinks that fate was a punishment for his sins and a natural progression.
ââ¦.â
That was even more terrifying.
âI should have told you no.â
It would have been nice if there had been just one person to tell him, âYou werenât wrong.â It was no wonder that he rebelled against the unreasonable pressure of fateâ¦
âSo before he died.â
Please donât just accept your fate.
âSoâ¦â
If only there was someone to tell me.
ââ¦.â How great
it would have been if it had been me
.
ââ¦I want to go home.â
I say something again I donât know how many times Iâve already said it.
âI want to go home.â
Maybe Iâm praying to God.
Even though that god abandoned this world and ruined my entire family. Nevertheless, I felt pitiful and despised myself for praying with all my heart to the cruel race called God.
âWhen I get homeâ¦â
my mother will be there too.
The two sisters will also stay there smiling.
âFather tooâ¦â
The young man who was thinking like that stopped breathing for a moment.
ââ¦.â
â¦No matter how I tried to turn my head and dream, my father in that gentle air could not come to mind.
ââ¦.â
What should I do?
He saw his fatherâs corpse lying in a rotten state in our old house.
There were injuries left by myself, wounds left by colleagues, and I also saw limbs that were torn off horribly, possibly from injuries caused while dragging the body on the way home.
I couldnât even turn my fatherâs body over to see his face because it seemed like it would crumble at the slightest touch.
âWhat kind of expression was he making?â
Maybe he was laughing.
âBecause heâs a strange person.â
Then how was he smiling?
A mean smile that fits his role? Or the relaxed smile you often saw when you were young? Or that light, flirtatious smile he wore at work? Or the angry laugh you get when you hate someone?
Or it could have been an empty smile, thankful that everything was over now.
ââ¦.â
I was a part of all my fatherâs terrible life.
But I didnât have the confidence to go back and check the face of my fatherâs corpse even now. I kept wondering what his expression would be like, but that didnât mean I was curious.
âIâm scared to death just thinking about it like this right now.â
Maybe he died with a certain expression on his face.
It wouldnât be bearable.
ââ¦Huh.â
Suddenly, a huge, unbearable sadness came over me.
ââ¦Ugh huhâ¦â
Ughâ¦
I held the blanket tighter with both hands.
âHuhâ¦.â
Everything was ruined.
I thought I was smart. Still, I thought he was humble. I thought I was right, but I always kept my ears open because I knew that other people could be right too.
That was too much arrogance.
âThat was stupid.â
But isnât the price of that stupidity too great and deep?
The rebellion and revolution that shed so much blood ultimately happened according to Godâs script, and our story was just a play enjoyed by some people in power who knew the truth.
Even if we wanted to hold them accountable now, all those responsible are dead or have run away. My father, who must have been the most difficult person, has been dead for a long time.
ââ¦Fatherâ¦â
Even though I hugged the soft blanket with my whole body, the tears wouldnât stop.
It was a little cold. I was
a little scared and
a little empty.
Iâm so sad that tears come out randomly and I donât even know why Iâm so sad. I didnât have the courage or energy to die, but I also didnât have the confidence to survive and unravel all these tangled lines.
I felt so terrible about myself.
âfather.â
He was a good person.
He was a good father.
âAhâ¦â
I should have listened to you more.
âNo matter how much that person avoided and hid it, you should have asked him at least once.â
The snake-like person did not tell his story to his children. And we werenât that curious either. They were living in the present, and the only interesting thing about their parentsâ past was how they dated and got married.
You were living so peacefully and happily. My mother and father looked like such perfect pillars and roofs that I didnât even wonder how old they were or what they were made of.
âMaybe it was because I felt so relieved.â
Would it have made a difference if I had asked my father at that time how injured he was and how much it hurt?
âAt least he didnât lie to us back then⦠If we had asked, he would have told us.â
However, because his ability was to regenerate and he was a talent recognized by the country, no matter how horribly injured or maddeningly painful my father was, it was not noticeable. Thatâs why I thought he was a very sane person.
With that innocent face, we thought he had fooled us all and killed our mother. I thought that his pale face was fake, but in reality, he was a dog, a monster, and trash who listened to everything the government said.
ââ¦.â
The reason you seemed fine was because you were so good at enduring pain.
ââ¦.â
Before I knew it, the tears had dried.
The area around my eyes was swollen and tingling, but even that slight pain made me distance myself from my mind and reason.
I just knew that my body was in that state, and even my heart became calm, like hearing the sound of crackling firewood late at night⦠and I
couldnât breathe.
ââ¦.â
I felt sleepy.
ââ¦.â
No matter how much I thought and dreamed, I couldnât picture my father being happy.
Maybe that means youâve never been happy.
ââ¦.â
I have such a dream.
ââ¦.â
When we were younger and everything was okay.
Just say âdadâ onceâ¦.
* * *
Meanwhile, Lee Jae-heon and Park Min-jun.
âCaptain, you are doing well.â
âI can survive.â
âBut why is your personality like that?â
âI donât think this will work because the Malbon bird is offended. âPlease throw up everything you ate before leaving this restaurant, Park Min-jun.â
âDo not abuse. âIt is a crime.â
Neither of them had any thoughts.
To be exact, I had so many thoughts that I just shoved them into a corner of my brain for a while, but whatever. The two, who had been talking for the first time in a long time and met someone they were comfortable with, were satisfied with each otherâs response.
Jaeheon Lee covered his mouth with a pale face and muttered.
âI feel like Iâm going to throw upâ¦â
âYes? âSuddenly?â
âI ate too much.â
ââ¦I think thereâs someone here who needs to throw up everything they ate. Instead of telling me what to say, why donât you go to the bathroom yourself before a catastrophe occurs?â
âStop provoking me before I vomit in my face.â
âI will report it.â
âYouâre saying a report in front of someone. âI am a police officer and a person in power.â
âYou seem like a dirty adult.â
âAdults are naturally a bit dirty.â
Feeling overly full, Jaeheon Lee sighed and leaned back on his chair.
âHa⦠Should I ask for some medicine?â
âDo they sell medicine at the restaurant?â
âThey usually stock one type as a service.â
âYou were treated really well.â
âIf you knew how Captain Neui was treated and how he spent his time here, you would be very upset⦠Do you know how they treated me? âI was almost a totem, a love doll.â
âI donât know what youâre talking about, attachment dolls, but theyâre terrible anyway. Anyway, I said it. âIf youâre dissatisfied, throw away those chicks?â
âHow did I raise myself to this point, but youâre saying such irresponsible things?â
âBut anyway, youâre going to use me now, arenât you? âWerenât you trying to slowly relax?â
âYou sound like Fang.â
Lee Jae-heon, who clenched his tongue, eventually called an employee and received three pills of digestive medicine. The staff tried to dissuade him from taking too much, but Lee Jae-heon was able to successfully abuse the drug thanks to his typical old nagging.
Park Min-jun was disgusted by that sight.
âIt seems like your personality has gotten worse.â
âWhat do you call an old man?â
âUh⦠yes.â
âYou really take good care of your horse. âIt just came out earlier.â
âI will be careful.â
ââ¦No, um. Wellâ¦â
Gulp.
Lee Jae-heon said after swallowing the medicine.
ââ¦actually, where has this old man managerâs personality gone? âIâm sorry if the captainâs appearance is a little different from what I remember, but since I am also âLee Jae-heonâ, I couldnât help but change my personality.â
âEven so, it seems like the bad-tempered viper is still the same.â
âHuh, Malbonsae is really just right?â
Jaeheon Lee chuckled and then shrugged his shoulders.
âMy body doesnât respond well to medicine, so I took a bit too much. Of course, if you go to the hospital, they will give you the correct amount, but if you take it that way, the effect will not come quickly, so thatâs why.â
ââ¦? âIs the old managerâs body also immune to the poison?â
âRather, itâs because Iâve been taking a lot of medicine since I was young. âIâm not sure if thereâs actual immunity or if itâs just a placebo effect.â
Park Min-jun raised two thumbs up.
âThen even if you take poison, it wonât go away anytime soon. Congratulations on your convenient body.â
âWell, even if I took sleeping pills, I couldnât fall asleep right away.â
âHave you ever taken sleeping pills? âHave you been kidnapped?â
âAt that time, I got my fingernails pulled out.â
âItâs really typical and boring torture.â
âSo it was kind of funny.â
They both laughed equally.
What should I say? By their standards, torture like âpulling out fingernailsâ was like a haunted house that wasnât scary. It was strangely embarrassing and at the same time, it felt funny.
âOh reallyâ¦â
Lee Jae-heon, who had been laughing for a while, caught his breath.
âItâs been a while since I laughed.â
Also overeating.
Itâs been a really long time.
* * *
So when the weekend arrived.
âJaeheon Lee, are you inside?â
ââ¦.â
âAre you inside?â
âBoss!â
âWeâre here!â
Hong Gyeong-jun and the children (survivors) visited Lee Jae-heonâs house.
ââ¦Heheheâ¦.â
Lee Jae-heon looked back at the detective in the front door mirror.
He avoided Jaeheon Leeâs gaze.
ââ¦.â
âIf you raise a child for so long, you wonât have this much manners.â
ââ¦.â
âDo you think itâs okay for a detective to suddenly come to someoneâs house like this?â
ââ¦How can you say how solemnly you raised your chicks?â
âAll the poisonous snakes are dead.â
âIt died a long time ago.â
The two threw a tantrum together.
(Continued in the next part)