# Chapter 110
Yoo Jiwoon was surrounded by healing-type Espers who treated him with great care. After the treatment ended, following the advice to rest for a while, he headed to his room. Throughout the corridor, Espers he encountered asked if he was okay, and Jiwoon responded to these questions with smiles.
But that smiling face distorted in an instant. As soon as the door opened, as if something displeased him, Jiwoon abruptly crumpled his face. He took off his Guide shirt and threw it onto the bed irritably.
“Ugh!”
Perhaps because his movement was too large, a sharp pain arose in his shoulder. Although he had seen a healing-type Esper, he had been told that it might throb for a few days as only his natural healing ability had been enhanced. Jiwoon made an irritated face.
Then soon, he put his hand to his mouth and bit his nails. He also chewed on his lips. His gaze turned towards the window outside. Although others hadn’t noticed yet, Jiwoon knew what was being created there.
‘…S-class Gate!’
A gate was gradually being created.
He couldn’t help but understand what this meant. It was a gate that started forming after Lee Jaehee and Choi Geonwoo formed a Bond and their hearts were completely connected in the previous cycle!
‘I need to hurry.’
This cycle might be the last chance.
‘The possibility that I won’t be able to regress anymore is increasing.’
Despite repeating numerous regressions, Jiwoon felt this would be the last one. He had no choice but to feel that way. Through repeating numerous regressions, only Choi Geonwoo and Yoo Jiwoon, the protagonists of this story, remembered the previous cycles. But Jiwoon knew that he was gradually losing his memories of the previous cycles.
As if being pushed out from the position of the main character.
Moreover, upon entering this cycle, the memories of previous cycles were not intact, like a severely damaged painting. It was on a completely different level from how his memories had gradually become blurry before. As if they were no longer permitted memories, they were being terribly smudged.
“And yet Choi Geonwoo is again!”
Jiwoon kicked the bed. Seeing Geonwoo’s actions protecting Lee Jaehee, Jiwoon felt that he had definitely been pushed aside. This created a great sense of anxiety. He couldn’t be pushed aside like this. Jiwoon clenched his fist. Rough veins bulged over the back of his hand.
At that moment, a knock was heard from behind. Jiwoon immediately unclenched his fist and composed his expression. Only after creating an extremely gentle face befitting Yoo Jiwoon did he open the door slightly. A familiar Esper was standing in front of the door.
“Esper Kang Dohyun?”
Jiwoon spoke with an unnecessarily surprised face. Dohyun frowned while looking at Jiwoon’s wound and spoke.
“How’s your wound?”
During the recent accident, Dohyun had been beside Jiwoon. Although it was a sudden accident, he could have protected him. However, Dohyun’s gaze had been constantly fixed on Jaehee. Since that day, the day Geonwoo formed a Bond with Jaehee, Dohyun couldn’t get close to Jaehee. More accurately, the bigger reason was that he didn’t have the confidence to face Jaehee who was accepting Geonwoo.
While chasing Jaehee with his eyes, if he tried to make eye contact with Jaehee, he would turn his head away. If Jaehee tried to come closer, he would distance himself. While he couldn’t let go of Jaehee, he adamantly rejected Jaehee’s approach. In this situation where his whole body couldn’t forget the pheromones of Jaehee he had felt before, he didn’t want to face those pheromones that would no longer be felt right in front of him.
“…The wound is deeper than I thought.”
But separately from that, it bothered him that while being concerned about Jaehee, he failed to protect Jiwoon who was beside him. An Esper had failed to protect a Guide. That’s why Dohyun, who was bothered by this, had come to Jiwoon’s quarters.
“Did you come because you were worried? A wound like this is nothing.”
Jiwoon smiled brightly and covered his wound with his hand. At the same time, he made a pained expression as if it hurt when he touched the wound. Of course, it was a deliberately intentional action.
Dohyun had a worried face. His face was both apologetic and slightly, subtly crumpled.
Looking at Dohyun like this, Jiwoon moved away from the doorway.
“Come in.”
“No, I just came to check if you’re alright.”
With that, Dohyun refused and tried to turn around.
Then Jiwoon immediately placed his hand on Dohyun’s hand. He held his hand and led him inside the door.
“You came all this way because you were worried about me, how could I just send you away? I’ll give you some guiding as a token of gratitude.”
While saying that, the moment he held Dohyun’s hand, Jiwoon’s guiding energy was already flowing into Dohyun’s body. Dohyun opened his mouth to refuse but couldn’t speak as if something was blocking him. At the same time, he felt the headache that had been persistently clinging to him gradually subsiding. Unconsciously, his steps followed Jiwoon into the room.
Jiwoon sat Dohyun on a chair with a bright smile.
Now, when there was no time to delay, a new game piece was right in front of him. And it was the strongest card!
“Guide Yoo Jiwoon.”
But that plan went awry.
Suddenly, Lee Jaehee came looking for Yoo Jiwoon. Jiwoon immediately changed his expression. His eyes met with Jaehee’s.
But Jaehee’s gaze soon shifted. It landed on Dohyun who was behind Jiwoon.
“…Kang Dohyun?”
Jaehee looked a bit surprised to see Kang Dohyun, who had been constantly avoiding him, in Yoo Jiwoon’s room. Jaehee immediately approached Dohyun, who was holding Jiwoon’s hand. Dohyun’s state was a bit different from usual. His eyes were hazy.
“Kang Dohyun!”
But Jaehee couldn’t continue. As if telling Jaehee not to approach Jiwoon, Dohyun raised his hand and pushed Jaehee away. As if protecting Jiwoon.
Dohyun’s gesture was incredibly rough. Jaehee had a surprised look on his face from the force that was enough to make a thud sound.
But Dohyun’s hand didn’t reach Jaehee. That’s because Geonwoo, who had been outside the door, had somehow come in and was standing in front of Jaehee as if guarding him.
As a subtle confrontation formed, Jiwoon, who was behind, hastily stepped in to mediate.
“It seems Esper Kang Dohyun was worried about my wound.”
Jiwoon said this while trying to grasp Dohyun’s hand, which he had momentarily let go of. But Jaehee was faster. Jaehee approached and grabbed Dohyun’s hand. Instantly, Jaehee’s guiding energy transferred to Dohyun. But it was only a part. As if something was blocking it, the guiding energy didn’t flow in properly.
Like Lee Minhun… just as he had been.
“Kang Dohyun.”
Jaehee called out to Dohyun and raised his head. Jaehee wasn’t visible in Dohyun’s pupils. Jaehee immediately poured guiding energy forcibly into Dohyun’s body.
Then Dohyun made a pained face. Gradually, his distorted expression relaxed and his large body collapsed as if exhausted.
“Geonwoo. Help Dohyun.”
At Jaehee’s request, Geonwoo supported Dohyun. After showing a face that said he was fine to Geonwoo, who was trying to stay nearby, Jaehee asked him to move Dohyun. Only then did Geonwoo take Dohyun to the ward.
Meanwhile, Jaehee was with Jiwoon. After being silent for a while, Jaehee suddenly opened his mouth.
“Is your wound alright? I came because it looked quite deep, but I didn’t know Esper Kang Dohyun would be here.”
“Ah, he was worried about the wound, so he suddenly came.”
Having said that much, Jiwoon pulled the corners of his mouth up more to look gentle and spoke.
“And the wound is fine. Something like this will heal in no time.”
Jiwoon said with a bright smile.
“Still, I’m glad. That Guide Lee Jaehee wasn’t hurt.”
“What do you mean by that?”
At Jaehee’s question, Jiwoon slightly blushed as if embarrassed and said.
“The monster was heading toward Guide Lee Jaehee, so I sprayed guiding energy to lure it towards me. Just as you saved me in the gate, I wanted to help you too.”
At those words, Jaehee briefly lowered his gaze and spoke softly.
“…So you sprayed guiding energy to save me, and because of that, you’re now injured?”
And then he raised his gaze again to face Jiwoon. Jiwoon had a flustered expression.
“Ah! No! That’s not what I meant! I’m not saying I got hurt because of Guide Lee Jaehee! I just… wanted to express my desire to help…!”
Jiwoon vigorously waved his hands as if that wasn’t his meaning.
After looking at Jiwoon like that for a moment, Jaehee turned his head to look out the window and spoke.
“Lately, a lot of strange things have been happening, haven’t they?”
“What? Ah… yes.”
“Several people got hurt because of that incident.”
“Yes, they did. I’m worried if everyone is getting better.”
Jiwoon spoke with a concerned face. Jaehee took one step closer to Jiwoon.
“Come to think of it, Espers who were always around Guide Yoo Jiwoon got hurt, but today Guide Yoo Jiwoon got hurt.”
Jiwoon’s lips moved as if choosing his words for a moment. But soon, his mouth was firmly closed at Jaehee’s following words.
“Differently from what I remember.”
Only Lee Jaehee should be hurt, you know. The latter part was whispered by Jaehee into Jiwoon’s ear as he approached him.
In that moment, Jiwoon’s expression changed. His smile disappeared without a trace.
A character who remembers the previous cycle – that should only be Choi Geonwoo and Yoo Jiwoon, the main characters of this story.
But…
‘Lee Jaehee.’
Yoo Jiwoon’s expression changed to be vicious to the extent that it didn’t match ‘Yoo Jiwoon’ at all.
‘He’s remembering from before the regression.’
As if he had become the main character.
