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Five-Time Regressor Walks the King’s Path
[Translator – Grass]
[Proofreader – Valirius]
Chapter 55. Those Wanting to Stay, Those Wanting to Clear
Did he notice something? Well, Rush wasn’t a tactless guy.
“I realized it the day I became emperor. You were going to leave, and you made me emperor for that reason.”
“Rush.”
“That’s why I called you today. For some reason, I thought this would be the last time.”
Rush shook his hand once after grabbing my wrist.
The shaking silenced me and Rush had a difficult smile.
“I was nothing without you, Chun-Sung. On the day of enlistment, I joined the war and my life should’ve ended there. But thanks to you, everything changed. I still can’t believe it, but I’ve become the emperor. You changed my life.”
Tears slowly began to form in Rush’s eyes.
“Thank you… so much. My gratitude is beyond words… Thank you.”
“…”
Thank you… I couldn’t answer when I heard that.
Making Rush the emperor was simply a means to clear the Floor for me.
However, everything was real and true for Rush, who lived in this world.
The stars in the sky sank behind Rush’s back.
The twinkling stars filled the night sky as if the Constellation was watching us.
Between the stars, Rush had a happier smile than anyone else.
“I was there because you were there.”
Rush continued to speak as if he was saying goodbye. He placed his arms around my shoulders and hugged me.
“Thank you, and I liked you. See you next time. Whoever you are, I’ll recognize you.”
[Congratulations. You are the 9th to clear Floor 29.]
[The ‘Proprietor of Floor 29’, ‘Indolent Pleasure’, congratulates you on your clearing and rewards you.]
The messages filled my vision alongside the sound that announced the clearing of the Floor.
Without a trace, Rush disappeared. All of the surroundings turned into a black background as a staircase appeared directly in front of me, leading to the next Floor.
I made a mirror using Glass Fabrication without saying a word, and what was reflected was my original appearance. I remained silent as I looked into the mirror for a moment.
Then, I pulled out the Heavenly Star Sword. The moment I did, a huge amount of aura that I’d never felt before flowed out from my body.
Suddenly, Rush’s face lingered for a moment and faded into my memory.
“Hey, let’s fight. You need to die.”
[The ‘Proprietor of Floor 29’, ‘Indolent Pleasure’, smiles cutely.]
“Cutely my ass! You crazy bastard! Why’d you make that the clear condition?!”
I violently shouted and lashed out with my aura all over the place, but the area was just a black space and didn’t give any response.
While I stood around huffing and puffing, I felt like I could hear the Constellation’s laughter.
I realized it earlier, the moment that Rush’s last words were uttered.
The Floor’s clear condition.
Become a woman and receive a confession from Rush.
It was easy.
It was a Floor that was really easy.
Rush had been giving me favorable looks all the time, so if I’d let him confess just once, I’d have cleared the Floor much sooner.
But I went through all kinds of hard work to make him into the emperor not knowing that.
The anger spewing from my mouth gradually subsided.
“…Rush, did you know how to clear the Floor from the start?”
Rush’s final words sounded as if he knew everything would be over once he uttered them.
And when he said he’d recognize me no matter what, it meant he knew that his childhood friend was a different person.
As I looked up into the air asking questions, the Constellation’s message appeared.
[The ‘Proprietor of Floor 29’, ‘Indolent Pleasure’, covers their mouth as if it were a secret.]
It had no intention of answering, was that it?
Whatever.
Besides…
“…The 9th.”
It said I was the 9th to clear.
When I cleared Floor 28, the announcement said I was the 2nd person to clear it.
But while I struggled to clear this Floor, seven more people passed me.
Ha Il-Sung, who surpassed me. Sword Queen, Magician, Apsara, and Lord, who cleared the previous Floor with me.
Finally, three more people also cleared this Floor.
I ground my teeth seeing the current situation where I’d fallen from the position of a close 2nd place to lagging behind.
I was constantly toiling away while the others noticed the Constellation’s intent or received an earlier confession from Rush.
[The ‘Proprietor of Floor 29’, ‘Indolent Pleasure’, believes you had the most impressive clearing.]
[The ‘Proprietor of Floor 29’, ‘Indolent Pleasure’, is very fond of you, who did your best on their Floor.]
[The ‘Proprietor of Floor 29’, ‘Indolent Pleasure’, carefully asks if you had fun.]
“…I didn’t have fun at all. Unlike you guys, I have to clear Crown Road. I must get out of this never-ending rotten regression.”
[The ‘Proprietor of Floor 29’, ‘Indolent Pleasure’, encourages you, saying you will definitely clear it.]
The encouragement of a Constellation meant nothing.
I was so exhausted by the end of things that I just turned to the stairs heading to the next Floor.
Whatever.
I cleared it, so let’s move on.
For now, it was best for me to challenge the next Floor.
I stepped toward the stairs.
To get out of this sickening regression.
[The ‘Proprietor of Floor 29’, ‘Indolent Pleasure’, supports your future.]
Ah, seriously. So freaking loud.
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Finally, Floor 30.
The Floor’s front digit had changed. Immediately after passing through Floor 29.5 and arriving on Floor 30, the Constellation’s message appeared.
[The ‘Proprietor of Floor 30’, ‘Gentleman that Walks the Sky’, shrugs at your entrance.]
[The ‘Proprietor of Floor 30’, ‘Gentleman that Walks the Sky’, presents the clear conditions for Floor 30.]
[‘About my Child Being a Dragon Lord’. This world is once where dragons control everything. Here, you have been sold a dragon’s egg. As soon as your aura is injected into the dragon’s egg, it will hatch while inheriting your DNA. Now, let us raise your child to become the world’s strongest Dragon Lord!]
[Floor 30, ‘About my Child Being a Dragon Lord’, is combined with Floor 31. Floor 30 is an individual-clear Floor, with the sole purpose of raising your child. Regardless of the time spent on Floor 30, the maximum time that passes outside is one day.]
‘A combined Floor? After raising the child on Floor 30, the goal is to make it into a Dragon Lord. Whoever arrives first has the biggest advantage here.’
But of course, if Floor 31 isn’t an individual-clear Floor, then as long as someone clears it, the rest will also clear it.
However, in terms of compensation, it would be much better to clear it first. For me, clearing it first was preferable.
[On Floor 30, ‘About my Child Being a Dragon Lord’, you may invest as much time as you want. The ‘time-save’ function has been added to overcome unnecessary processes. The maximum age of the child is 15. Now, raise it to your heart’s content.]
Once the additional explanation was over, something like a clock appeared beneath my gaze.
By manipulating this, I’m sure you can use the time-save function.
‘It’s good that no matter how much time passes, only a day goes by.’
I glanced at the message.
The fact that the maximum age of the child was 15 years meant that, if you decided to stay here, you could spend 15 years on Floor 30.
I briefly thought about staying to train my sword skills for 15 years, but shook my head.
My stats were maximized. If I wielded a sword for 15 years, I’d reach enlightenment, but I don’t think that alone would be enough to defeat Ha Il-Sung.
It was more profitable to just get a new skill than to do such a thing.
When I thought I had no choice but to use the time-save function, I noticed my surroundings had changed to a luxurious room.
As I opened the door, an arrow appeared in the air and I realized it was guiding me to the egg I’d bought.
I walked for a long time and arrived at something like an underground space.
Like the Constellation said, there sat a dragon’s egg.
Looking at the egg, it was about the size of a child. I moved my aura-wrapped hand to the egg, remembering the Constellation’s message.
It was at that moment.
With white light, the egg began to crack.
“Wahhh!”
The baby’s cry pierced through the broken egg.
I carefully removed the egg and there was a baby with a tail and horns, about a year old.
‘Before they turned me into a woman and now they’re making me a father.”
Sighing, I lifted the baby up and it cried harder.
Looking around, there should be tools to raise the baby.
When I left the basement with that thought, five people approached me.
Four were female while one was an elderly person. They soon politely bowed to me.
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[Translator – Grass]
[Proofreader – Valirius]
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“Nice to meet you, Mr. Ha Chun-Sung. We are the assistants prepared by the ‘Gentleman that Walks the Sky’ to help you raise the baby. If you order us, we will follow, and we plan on helping the child according to our abilities.”
“Oh, okay. Can you tell me what to do with this kid first?”
“You have the wrong support position. You have to hold her like this, as if you’re wrapping her head and waist.”
When I roughly followed the words of one of the helpers, they nodded their heads, indicating a job well done.
They showed me to a room. It was quite spacious and various baby goods were arranged here and there.
In the center of the room, I laid the baby in the crib.
One of the helpers that followed me spoke.
“What would you like to name your baby?”
“Do I have to decide on a name as well?”
“Yes, of course.”
Annoying.
Were they really going to make me raise a child?
“Ha Baby.”
“Since she’s a girl, why don’t you name her something more suitable?”
When the helpers seriously responded negatively, I frowned and called out several names.
And they were dismissed each time.
After a few more minutes, my temper began to rise and I thought to myself that it was the final attempt, spitting out the name that came to mind.
“Ha Yeon-Ji. Go with that. Even if you guys oppose it, I’ll just name her this.”
“Yes, then we’ll go with that.”
I clenched my teeth as it was finalized with their agreement.
Having finally named her, I turned to Yeon-Ji lying in front of me.
【Ha Yeon-Ji】
[Title: Daughter of Ha Chun-Sung]
Species: Dragon
Gender: Female
Age: 1
LV.1
Vitality 10
Magic Power 10
Strength 10
Intelligence 10
Agility 10
—Skill Window—
Dragon Transformation [F Rank]
Mini Breath [F Rank]
Crybaby [F Rank]
When the status window of Yeon-Ji appeared, I gave it a rough glance and swatted it away.
I’ll have to raise them anyway.
‘But at this rate, it wouldn’t make a difference.’
Even if I raised Yeon-Ji as a baby, there was no way the stats would go up.
She would need to at least be able to walk to train.
“Then, first…”
I decided to save some time.
It was a waste of time to keep looking at Yeon-Ji in this state.
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