Chapter 6
She narrowed her eyes at the hotel, which probably wasn't paying the slightest attention to this place.
It annoyed her whenever the hotel manager, Chunrok, smiled at her, but still...
Right. That side hadn't actually done anything wrong.
Yeah. They're just following the rules too.
Just as Sohee was beginning to feel a little guilty for getting angry at them for no real reason, Chunrok seemed to notice her gaze and met her eyes.
He gave her a beautiful, gentle smile.
Then, as naturally as could be, his gaze shifted toward the completely empty entrance of the motel.
......?
Is he mocking me?
It had only lasted for a brief moment, but she definitely saw one corner of his mouth lift.
They were far apart, but she could tell that much for sure!
He's obviously looking down on me!
Sohee glared fiercely at him, but Chunrok acted as though she wasn't even worth noticing and smoothly began welcoming the guests pouring into his hotel.
Sohee immediately turned her head away.
For the sake of her mental health, it would probably be better not to look at him at all.
“Lord Moon Jar.”
“Why.”
“I'm definitely going to succeed.”
Sohee clenched her fists.
“I'm going to revive this motel so completely that I'll leave my mark on the entire history of reincarnation, regression, and transmigration motels.”
“Do whatever you want.”
Although its reply was blunt, the Moon Jar somehow felt a little ache in its heart.
Every time Sohee burned with determination like this, it found her admirable... and a little pitiful.
In truth, compared to the previous managers, Sohee was actually someone who complained very little.
Some had fallen into depression and wasted months doing nothing.
Others had nitpicked everything about the motel, constantly complaining that they didn't like this or that.
There had even been managers who declared that they would stop sending anyone back at all and simply stay here forever.
At the very least, Sohee had never complained about her own circumstances.
Everything she worried about was related to the reincarnation, regression, and transmigration conditions imposed on the customers.
Even so, the Moon Jar had no choice but to train her mindset harshly.
There was no telling how long she would have to remain in this place.
And the more resentment she held toward the world itself, the harder things would eventually become for Sohee.
A tilted scale.
A fate that could not be defied.
An absolute natural order.
If she could properly understand these unfair conditions surrounding reincarnation, regression, and transmigration, then even if one of them failed someday, she could at least blame the rules instead of herself.
The Moon Jar hoped that Sohee, who possessed such a strong sense of responsibility, would not fall into overwhelming guilt.
Sohee opened the drawer beneath the front desk.
Inside were three lucky pouches placed neatly side by side.
Red.
Green.
White.
Red for regression.
Green for possession.
White for reincarnation.
Each pouch was meant to contain the new story of the person undergoing reincarnation, regression, or transmigration.
And when they left this place and returned to the world of their story, they had to carry that pouch with them.
Sohee stared fixedly at the three pouches.
Then, as though she had finally made up her mind, she reached out and picked up the red one.
“I'm going to satisfy every single one of these conditions and send Elder Dang Je-ik back through regression.”
Exactly three days later, Sohee went up to Dang Je-ik's room carrying the red lucky pouch and a folder containing the story she had prepared.
“Manager... is this really correct?”
Dang Je-ik looked completely bewildered by the regression story Sohee had prepared.
“Let's talk after you've finished reading all of it.”
Dang Je-ik looked at Sohee for a moment before lowering his gaze and continuing to read the contents she had prepared.
Dang Je-ik, head of the Sichuan Dang Clan in the web novel I Became the Immortal Heavenly Demon.
He regresses to twenty years before his death in the great battle, to the period when the Heavenly Demon suffered his first death and was reborn.
There, he takes in the protagonist, who was abandoned immediately after birth, and raises him under his protection.
He could understand everything up to this point.
This was what Dang Je-ik himself wanted.
What confused him was the sentence that came next.
He has only one purpose for regressing.
To become the master of the protagonist, who is destined to become the Heavenly Demon, and prevent the destruction of the world....
A master?
Prevent the destruction of the world?
He had clearly told her that his only purpose was to protect his family.
Still, he patiently continued reading the rest.
Eventually, his eyes stopped on the section describing Dang Je-ik's purpose for regression in I Became the Immortal Heavenly Demon.
“Hongseon.”
“Yes, Elder.”
To Hongseon, who had ended his previous life as the Heavenly Demon, Elder Dang Je-ik had been his one and only pillar of support.
He had endured until now by holding onto that feeling.
But ever since the memories of his previous life had fully returned after his rebirth, the terrible rage embedded in his soul according to the contract had repeatedly surged up inside him.
Now, he could no longer endure it.
His older sister, who had taken her own life after being toyed with by an old nobleman.
Those who had tormented his parents like animals.
Those who had insulted him, trampled him down, and treated him like a plaything for no reason.
There had been many times when he had tried to escape from them, only to be caught and beaten nearly to death.
Eventually, even his parents, who had tried to protect him, were sold away and died.
From that moment on, Hongseon's life was no longer his own.
Because while he boiled with revenge and rage, something came to find him.
[I will make sure no one can ever stand above you again.]
[All you need to do is make a contract with me.]
It was clearly an ominous offer from something he couldn't identify.
Yet Hongseon had been unable to refuse.
At the time, the only thing consuming him was the desire to kill every last one of them.
He had never known that contract would bind him to the fate of becoming the Heavenly Demon for countless ages....
Even if I'd known, would I really have refused the contract?
Back then, I would've sold even my soul if it meant I could trample those bastards beneath my feet.
Hongseon could feel something violently stirring inside him.
Something that was him...
and at the same time, something that was not.
His eyes were already beginning to resemble the Heavenly Demon's, slowly changing into shades of yellow and red.
Dang Je-ik silently watched Hongseon as he suffered alone.
Emotions too complicated to express in words flickered through his eyes.
He had known Hongseon's fate.
And yet he had raised and cared for him since he was an infant.
At first, he had taken the child in with the intention of persuading him and changing his path.
But he could no longer say that his feelings remained the same.
“You have to walk that path, don't you?”
“......”
“So this truly isn't something that can be stopped.”
Hongseon dropped to his knees.
