I Became a Genius Mechanic at the Academy

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979th episode.

Finally, I completed my long regression and fulfilled my mission.

I prevented the mysterious will that occurred in my company from devouring the Earth.

However, having completed the mission, I did not return to Earth.

Now, the life here has become more important than my life on Earth·····.

I decided to stay here and wrap up the remaining tasks.

That is to deal with the remaining demon faction and secure human territory.

“Huuh···· it’s been three years, huh.”

Thus, a lengthy span of three years.

At last, humanity reclaimed all the land consumed by the demons.

As time passed, the world began to stabilize again, and I returned to the Empire to start handling the remaining affairs.

As promised to the previous Emperor, I was going to grant him rest.

“Are you really okay with this? Even if you disappear like this?”

I asked him one last time before returning him to nothingness.

Do you truly want to take this rest?

He chuckled and replied.

“Yeah, just end it already. How terrible is it for a parent to eat their own child? Would you be fine if Sephilia was reset to the soul of a guy like me?”

“No.”

That response came out instinctively, feeling a bit creepy.

“Then just end it. For the last moment···· let me remain Sephilia’s parent.”

I nodded.

This tragedy of endlessly consuming a child’s soul originated from me····.

I decided to break that evil cycle with my own hands.

-Fwoosh!

Using some of my powers, I sent him off.

As he gradually dispersed, smiling peacefully, Sephilia, who had hesitated at the back, leaped into his arms.

He gently stroked the tearful Sephilia and softly said.

“Now···· you won’t be anxious anymore. Your perception of this world feeling fake will also be fixed properly. There will be no one to swallow you anymore.”

····The long-standing curse of the Orserk Family.

It begins with the instinctive recognition that one is merely a vessel containing the souls of their ancestors.

In other words, when the memories of one’s ancestors consume ‘the current me,’ does one instinctively know that they will completely merge and disappear?

That’s why Sephilia grew increasingly fearful of the Emperor as the time of ‘inheritance’ approached, and apart from Elena, the reincarnation of a Heavenly Being, she couldn’t truly feel anything else.

“Father······.”

But now that the Emperor was disappearing.

Her instinctual anxiety and fear were dissipating.

The previous Emperor smiled contentedly, stroking Sephilia.

“Oh···· you’re slowly disappearing. The memories of my predecessors that have continued from my Earth days···.”

The Emperor, gradually vanishing, began to lose the memories of the past.

Thus, having lost most of his ancestor’s memories, he could finally remain entirely as Sephilia’s father.

He said while holding Sephilia.

“Be happy. You can go peacefully, now that you are safe.”

“Father····.”

I watched their farewell with a complex feeling.

Ultimately, I was realizing that even the power of the demon eyes that could dominate humanity and the ability of the Orserk Family to inherit memories and achieve immortality would leave no meaning in the end.

Because his final wish was to genuinely wish for his daughter’s happiness, like an ordinary parent.

From that purer smile, I could finally feel that he had reached eternal rest.

“····Farewell, Kim Won-ho.”

Thus, I sent him off, reciting the name I had in my Earth days.

Sending my respect and condolences to the one who believed in me and endured the curse of the Orserk.

“Sephilia.”

That is why I called for the responsibility that he left behind.

No, it was much more willingly lovable than responsibility.

Yet it was a friend’s legacy that I couldn’t just treat lightly.

As I held her trembling hand, Sephilia said, her voice choked with emotion.

“···I, when Father ascended··· I felt a sense of relief. What if Father knew my feelings···?”

I embraced her, who was trembling with anxiety.

I conveyed the heart of the Emperor to her, confessing her honest feelings, now free from the family curse.

“Then that too would have brought him joy. He saw you finally breaking free from the long anxiety··· with his own eyes.”

“···Really, is that so···?”

“Yeah. In the end, he truly became a parent.”

That was the one thing I was sure of.

***

What could forgetting mean to a human?

At least, to the Emperor, it was like a curse.

He had used his children as vessels and swallowed memories.

“You might have memories you don’t want. Is that okay?”

“Yeah, it’s fine.”

However, for Elena standing before me, forgetting was an obstacle to overcome.

Having not regained her original memories, she felt as though she was continuously forgetting something precious.

“Then let’s begin.”

I used the remaining powers to slightly touch Elena’s essence.

I lifted the barriers of the memories she had intentionally shut off.

“Ah······.”

Soon, Elena became a different existence.

No, much like how Ha Doyun and I, Edgar Fix, merged numerous past identities.

Now, it’s her choice whether to cherish the identity of ‘Jeong So-yun,’ her true self, or the Elena of this world more.

“Doyun······.”

It seems it’s been decided.

She sobbed and hugged me.

I patted her back, telling her she had endured much until now.

“I··· left that person on Earth for far too long····. What if too much time has passed on Earth─”

“It’s okay. The time on Earth is almost the same.”

Elena···. No, Jeong So-yun had a fiancé left on Earth.

So, after reassuring her, I handed her the necklace I had created, using all my powers.

“It’s an artifact that connects this world and yours. If you want, you can return to Earth.”

“······.”

“It’s okay, you can go back. If you wish, you can come here once every six months. Go and capture your happiness.”

Numerous companions of mine became engulfed in this world.

Some built the Sea Wall and integrated with its residents.

One established the Orserk Family and unified the divided humanity.

And among them, some became the ancestors of the Graham, Cruel, Bernhardt, and Elmar Families, leading to the present Enya, Isabella, Lucas, and Claire.

In other words, they lost their lives on Earth and fully blended into this world.

So, I thought it was only right for Elena to return to Earth, as we originally wished.

At least Elena cherished the connections she left behind on Earth.

“It’s okay. There’s nothing to be regretful about. You’ll come back here someday.”

Yet still, I had a feeling.

That such a grand farewell would seem pointless, as Elena would end up frequently coming back to this world.

Just as ‘Edgar Fix’ became my entirety, she too wouldn’t be able to easily discard her identity here.

***

Seven months later.

I was painfully realizing why the kings of Joseon died young.

To manage that many wives, one needed enough stamina.

With weak stamina, trying to deal with wives would inevitably drain the life force from them and lead to starvation.

I never expected the sexual desire of married women to be this vigorous.

“Hehe··· Ed, this is a new perfume I developed, give it a whiff♥”

Suddenly, I remembered something that happened a fortnight ago.

Charlotte had recently said she started developing perfumes and wanted me to smell it.

-Zhiii!

-Keugh!

However, the moment I inhaled the perfume, my head felt hot, and blood rushed there.

As I stumbled, she softly embraced me and said.

“Seems like side effects have appeared····. Feeling dizzy? Let’s rest in my room···♥”

When I regained my senses, I found her on top of me.

Having taken an additional whiff of her strange perfume, I suddenly became a beast.

That day, I conversed physically until I was completely exhausted.

And when I regained consciousness again, I was resting my head on Isabella’s thigh.

“I-Isabella····?”

“Hehe···· Are you back to your senses? I didn’t expect that cold chemical mad scientist to steal the spotlight.”

“···Huh?”

“I saved you♥ But aren’t you hungry?”

As I sat up, I saw a feast laid out.

Walnuts, oysters, almonds, bananas, eels, eels, eels, eels. Well, just stuff like that.

“Ah····♥”

“Huh? Oh····”

When I came to my senses, I was already eating the food she was feeding me.

And after drinking the tea she handed me, suddenly my vision went blank.

When I opened my eyes again, I was sweaty and embracing Isabella.

Isabella smiled enchantingly and said.

“Feels slippery and nice, huh? Let’s make you feel good again···♥”

Her eyes turned purple, and magic began to inscribe itself into her pupils.

As I gazed into that incantation, an insane sexual desire surged, and my mind went hazy.

Isabella, what kind of crazy spell have you learned·····.

When I regained my senses, my face was buried between Enya’s breasts.