I’m not a Regressor

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“Pfft!”

“Did she actually start the bid with that?”

“Hahaha! It seems that she’s a beginner.”

“Huhu.
Or maybe she’s a beggar who’s aiming to strike it rich?”

The cackling sound of mockery could be heard.

Ha-eun’s face turned red.

From those suppositions that hit the mark, she ducked her head and gently bit her lips.

“Hm~ Haha.
Yes, $100,000! $100,000 has come out! Is there anyone who wishes to top it?”

The auctioneer also snickered with an expression that seemed to say he had an approximate understanding of what was going on.

‘Please.’

Ha-eun desperately prayed with her two hands intertwined together.

‘Don’t do it.’

Her shoulders trembled.

And then…

“$2,000,000.”

“$2,500,000!!”

“Yes~! A higher bid has come out!! Hahaha!”

Without any unexpected events, without any abnormalities…

The last threads of hope for a miracle were whisked away.

“Ah…”

A short exclamation flowed out.

Moisture filled up her gray pupils that had lost their focus.

“$3,200,000!”

“$3,260,000!”

The price continued to increase.

Not the buyout, but just topping the bid would require her to have ten times the amount of money she currently possessed.

“Ha… haha.”

Her hope cooled down.

A scornful laugh flowed out between her pink lips.

“Yeah… there’s no way… I would be able to buy it.”

The items that were sold at a minimum of $5,000,000 were 6-star relics.
How could one act up in an attempt to buy it without possessing even half of that money.

“…”

Ha-eun bit her lips to the point of bleeding.

‘Why, why, why?’

She thought about what she did so wrong to deserve this.

“At least once…”

Hadn’t she lived a life filled with treacherous roads?

Hadn’t she been thrown away by her parents, whom she did not even know the face of, and struggled to survive through this shitty life?

But just why…

“At least once… isn’t it okay for a miracle to happen?”

She didn’t expect much.

She didn’t want the world.

Just once…

At least once…

“I just… with Ohjin…”

She knew it was greed.

She knew it was a self-centered thought.

Ohjin had his own life.

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He had his own aspirations and desires.

Ha-eun had already restricted his life during the long period of five years, no, even before that time had started.
Cursing him with the curse named ‘Song Ha-eun’, she had pulled him down into her pitch-black darkness.

“Ah, uh.”

Tears flowed down her cheek.

“$4,100,000!!”

“$4,230,000!!”

“$4,300,000!”

Even during her time of tears…

The Dragon’s Cursed Eye grew more distant.

Even though it was already at a distance she couldn’t reach.

Then—

“Fufu.
Have you perhaps come to obtain the Dragon’s Cursed Eye?”

—she heard a sly voice speak to her.

It held an unpleasant tone entwined with desire and greed.

“…Who are you?”

Ha-eun’s voice aimed sharply towards the direction in which she had heard the voice.

“Ahh, I’m Choi Jongchul from the Starlight Lake Guild.
You’ve heard of the guild’s name, right?”

Starlight Lake Guild.

As a guild made of Awakeners of Aquarius, It was a guild specialized in healers.

“…So?”

“I’ve been observing you since the waiting room.”

It was a sticky voice. 

“You’re trying to buy the Dragon’s Cursed Eye, correct?”

“…”

Ha-eun shut her lips tight.

A viscous displeasure spread from her spine.

“$5,000,000.
No… I can lend you up to $6,000,000.”

“…!”

Ha-eun’s gray pupils opened wide.

The embers of hope sparked up once again.

“If you want it…”

She could feel Choi Jongchul getting closer.

He placed his hand on top of Ha-eun’s thigh.

“Are you fucking cra—”

Ha-eun’s clenched hand suddenly halted, an expression of disgust on her face.

Six million…

The stunning amount of money circled her head.

“Fufufu!”

The sly sound of laughter could be heard.

“Could you… spend the next five years as my ‘friend’? Well, I’m not expecting much.
Just eating together when we have time, having drinks, and then… you know even if I don’t spell it out, right?”

“…”

Tremble—

Ha-eun’s shoulders shook.

A sensation of filth poured over her thigh.

Nausea soared up from the intolerable displeasure.

‘…But.’

Six million…

With that money, there was a possibility of getting her hands on the Dragon’s Cursed Eye.

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She could escape her pitch-black darkness.

She could continue to live on.

…Together with Ohjin.

‘But, but, but…’

Ha-eun’s mouth dried up.

The tears that crept down her cheek formed a droplet at the end of her chin.

“How is it?”

“…”

Tightly closing her two eyes…

Forcefully pushing back the soaring nasua…

Forcefully opening her lips that refused to open…

“…Oka—”

Bang!— 

At that moment, the door of the auction house opened violently.

“H-Huh?”

“Hey, who are you!”

A sudden commotion.

Thud, thud!— 

There was the sound of bodyguards rushing towards the entrance in great haste.

“You cannot enter during the auct…”

“…Huh?”

“S-Special Officer?”

“Why is a Special Officer here…”

“Wait a minute.
Isn’t that person that guy? The one at Seoul Station a couple days ago…”

The bodyguards sounded freaked out.

And—

Step—

—the quiet thudding of footsteps…

Made its way to her ears.

“—Huh?”

Her gray pupils shook.

‘What’s this?’

Step, step—

The footsteps sounded familiar.

Step, step—

It was the sound of footsteps that wouldn’t be heard.

Step, step— 

It was the sound of footsteps that shouldn’t be heard.

“Why, why…”

‘Why are you in this place…?’

“Khm! I-I apologize for the brief commotion, everyone! Uh…what business does Mr.
Association Special Officer have here…?”

Putting up an awkward smile, the auctioneer looked towards the uninvited guest that had broken in during the auction.

Kkrrrr, kkrrrr—

Bang!— 

The uninvited guest threw the two large trunks that he dragged over onto the ground.
Stacks of cash poured out like confetti from the trunks that hit the floor.

“—$10,000,000.
All in cash.”

A sunken voice echoed throughout the auction house.

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