How the Regressor Loves the Reincarnated

25. The Last Apostle

1.

f*ck.

Yes, if I had to express my feelings right now in one word, that would be it. f*ck.

There was a reason why Adele was so angry before she left. When people who aren’t very angry in the first place get angry, nine times out of ten it’s the fault of the person who made them angry.

So, it is true that I brought this situation on my own.

I didn’t know what kind of expression Julius was making as he was walking in the lead without saying anything. But because I don’t know, I feel more afraid.

Involuntarily, I stopped moving my hand towards the ring on my right hand. Yet. It’s still fine. There is no power in the castle that can stop Julius right now, but if he had the intention of killing me, he should have acted before Adele arrived.

…But what if he was waiting for something? And what if that condition is met and the need to hide your identity is gone?

“You seem to have a lot on your mind.”

At the low voice of Julius, I involuntarily bit my mouth. I feel like I’m going to have a good time with the taste of blood and the sharp pain in my mouth.

Yeah, didn’t people say in a previous life that even if you enter a tiger’s den, you will live as long as you wake up? Regardless of whether that makes sense or not, it seems appropriate to think about what to do in the future rather than why the situation came to be like this.

I had no desire to live a short life even in this life.

“Yes, what…”

After vaguely evading the answer, Julius seemed to be satisfied with that answer, and did not speak to him again after that.

Ttogak- Ttogak-

Since it was quite late, only a few maids were the only people I encountered while walking through the wide corridors of the duchy where only silence lingered. The footsteps of Julius and I, which were off-beat to the point of subtle displeasure, resonated and irritated the already sensitive nerves.

Since I was born and raised there for the past 17 years, I knew very well where Julius was leading me to the destination.

Dungeon.

It is only natural that there is a dungeon in an old castle built hundreds of years ago. But considering the fact that this prison was last used about five years ago, I wondered why Julius was leading me there.

It’s rather good if you’re thinking of putting me in prison. In that case, my life would be guaranteed until Adele came.

However, it could be said that the anxiety factor was that I did not know what Julius, who had imprisoned me, would do.

While I was worried about this and that inside, Julius, who was leading the way down the stairs leading to the dungeon, broke the silence that had lasted for a while and started talking.

“You know what, Bocchan? A long time ago, our god promised me the power to revitalize my family. “

No, what is it? Why are you suddenly saying that to me? It felt like chills ran through my body.

Why on earth are you talking about the zodiac so casually to me?

“I was foolish as a child, but I decided to serve Him, looking only at the future that was promised to me.”

Ttogak-

Unbeknownst to me, Julius’ footsteps were perfectly aligned with mine. I deliberately disrupted the tempo of my steps because it was so creepy that the echoing sounds completely overlapped.

“Then, one day, I realized my ignorance and oblivion. When a new world opens, what great significance does it have for the Fritz family to become one of the twelve pillars of that world?”

Julius didn’t look back and kept pace with me like a ghost. If your intention was to dwarf me with this creepy atmosphere, then congratulations on a very good success, Julius you son of a b*tch.

To admit what I have to admit and move on, I’m on the timid side. There were so many things like horror games in my previous life that I couldn’t even touch them. Ghost story? The moment I read that, I’m only half certain that I’ll have nightmares that night.

From where I am right now, it was a place that I would never set foot in if it were me. Isn’t a dungeon a place where you can picture a flower garden in your head?

No matter how magical the light source was, it couldn’t completely cover the dungeon’s unique gloomy atmosphere.

In the meantime, the fanatics of a mad religious group who want to destroy the world are creating a creepy atmosphere in front of me.

I need to call Adele right away and ask her what to do with that madman, since it’s a plan and I don’t need everything. Please save me I felt like I wanted to ask for that.

“I served him with my body, but not with my heart, who gave me the strength to rebuild the Fritz family. If it were not for the grace bestowed by him, this lowly servant with no talent would have lived the life of a poor mercenary and perished.”

Julius stopped walking. And start turning around

“You can’t serve the person who reached out to save even such an insignificant person with all your heart, but you only pursue the price. Don’t you think it’s absolutely foolish, young master?”

From Julius who had completely turned his back, the solemn image of the commander of the knights that remained in my memory had completely disappeared. The only thing that can be felt in the eyes of Julius, who smiles while clearly revealing his teeth, is madness. Based on such madness, I could get a glimpse of their fanaticism for God.

“No. The Last Apostle, Ophiuchus.”

What the f*ck am I? The last apostle? I don’t believe in your god, madman!

“Actually, I was a little surprised. I couldn’t have imagined that the boy who left for the system for a short period of time, at most 1 month, would come back to the dukedom with stigmata. How surprised he was when he received the message from Scorpio.”

“…I don’t remember having anything engraved on my body.”

I hid my confusion as much as possible and pretended to be calm, and quietly asked a question.

This is a time when information is needed more than ever. Was Julius’ words really true? What the hell is a stigma? What was the content of Scorpio’s message?

And how this absurd variable will affect the future. Without knowing anything right now, it was difficult to make a proper judgment.

If there was one thing that was certain, it was that I would never side with the Zodiac for any reason.

“Haha, stigmata are not engraved on the body, but on the soul itself. I can clearly see the traces of the snake owner engraved on you. Just as you can see the traces of the water bottle nestled in me.”

I don’t know if he didn’t notice that I was trying to get information, or if he just didn’t care. Julius answered my question more readily than I thought.

More than that, it’s a sign of a water bottle and sleeping. I don’t see anything like that.

“I told you before, right? You must not forget your duty.”

Let’s correct what we said earlier. Julius was eager to feed me information to anyone who could see it.

The last apostle is needlessly middle-aged, but at the same time, listening to someone call me by a grandiose name that seems to be important, I get a rough feeling.

It was clear that Julius didn’t know that I had no intention of cooperating with the Zodiac. No, in the first place, he didn’t seem to know that I didn’t understand even half of what he was saying.

“As you have awakened as an apostle, you may know to some extent, but the holy relic, Asteria, stored here in the holy ground of Isvant is the first key to unlocking the seal that oppresses our god. As it is the most important holy relic, three apostles, including myself, have been dispatched.”

Up to this point, I had already heard from Adele.

“But I was given a different mission. When the time of creation comes, Omega, the vessel to become the last apostle, will be born in Isvant. One hundred and fifty-seven years to serve Isvant, waiting for that day. After a long wait, I was able to watch the birth of Omega to this world.”

“…”

I feel like I know something.

If only. Really if

What if I, Luke Isvant, who was called an idiot in Adele’s previous episodes, was actually destined to become an apostle of the zodiac?

If a guy who used to do crazy things following his own desires is promised power in a new world, there’s no way he’d refuse it.

A Joker hand prepared by a transcendent being who supposedly sent Adele back to the past. Could it be that I was reincarnated in the body of Luke Isvant?

It may just be a delusion. I had had this thought once before, but then I gave up on thinking more deeply.

But for some reason, this time, I got the feeling that my guess might be right.

“Unfortunately, there was one sacred object that Omega needed to awaken as the final apostle… I will wait here until Scorpio succeeds in securing the holy object, and I will play the role of protecting the bowl from any possible threat. I was in charge.”

Israeling. Relic. Scorpio mentioned once again, and the message he sent to Julius.

It was only then that the puzzles that had been confusing my mind seemed to fit together one by one.

“If it is a sacred object, are you referring to the original scriptures…?”

“Oh, that’s right. The Celestial Tablet is a true relic left to this world by our God himself, and is also called Alpha, the key to awakening Omega. It was stolen a long time ago and its whereabouts are unknown.”

No, I didn’t even touch that slate…? Could it be that what I felt the moment the slate disappeared was not the resistance of the barrier. No matter how twisted things are, how twisted are they?

All of this felt like a joke from God. Aside from the fact that I had no intention of siding with the Zodiac, I was afraid of how Adele would react when she found out who I was as the ‘Last Apostle’.

Adele’s being wary of me and distrusting me. Neither keeping me away, nor hostile to me. There was nothing to be afraid of.

But even after all that, she had no choice but to hide it from her. The longer a secret of this kind is hidden, the greater the feeling of betrayal when it is revealed. Isn’t there a saying that it’s better to be beaten first?

“Getting to the point, there is one more urgent matter than retrieving the relic.”

At this point, I’m afraid of what the hell will come out of that damn bastard’s mouth.

“It is to eliminate those who go against the laws of heaven, the biggest hindrance to the great precepts established by our god.”

“The reason I brought you to this place today is that the preparations have finally come to an end. Alas… Our god bless you, do your duty according to his will.”

The identity of the person who went against the laws of heaven that Julius said was too obvious. I couldn’t know

He knows who the Zodiac wants to get rid of.

“Today, here and now, the one who defies the laws of heaven… I am going to end Adele Ludmeyer!”

As Julius spread his arms wide, the light that suddenly illuminated all around him began to flicker.

The light emitted from the lines spreading throughout the dungeon, centered on the place where Julius is standing and the unknown ancient characters densely engraved on the walls, floors, and ceilings, creates a sacredness that does not match its ominous nature. Smelled

“It is a great joy that you came out of your own egg by getting involved with someone who went against the laws of heaven, but in the end, you are just an obstacle trying to block the path our god walks.”

“…f*ck.”

“So please call those who go against the laws of heaven here. Isn’t that possible for you? With that ring on your right hand.”

It’s a single pass. Anyone can see that this was a trap prepared to kill Adele. And when Julius, knowing that Adele is her master, tells me to call her, it must mean that she is confident that she will succeed.

“I know you must have been attached to it. But since you are also an apostle, you can understand that these minor sacrifices are inevitable.”

But Julius, there’s one thing you don’t know.

“f*ck me.”

I have never accepted that apostolate, and I have no intention of accepting it.

“…You, what is that now?”

Sure.

“Are you deaf because you keep talking to yourself, Julius? f*ck you.”

Don’t think that your absurd dream of harming Adele with my help will come true.