I am not a returner Episode 409
: Summoning Order (9)
Cold sweat running down my spine.
Ha-eun’s voice passed through my head as I saw Alina’s eyes showing a mixture of anxiety and anticipation.
-No way… right?
Her eyes were filled with concern.
Ojin sighed deeply and shook his head.
“It wasn’t the special relationship Alina thought it was.”
Since he had already proven himself to be a regressor, there was no need to get closer to Alina than necessary.
No, to be precise, there is nothing wrong with maintaining a good relationship with her.
‘Because I don’t want to cut it.’
Oh Jin chuckled as he recalled the oath he made in front of Ha-eun.
“Ah… I see.”
Alina turns her head with a shy expression.
She cleared her throat and averted her gaze.
* * *
“Bah, please forget what I just said.”
“haha. “It wasn’t a romantic relationship or anything like that, but it wasn’t a typical relationship between a superior and a subordinate either.”
“Then what on earth was your relationship with me in my past life?”
“Comrade in arms… would be the most appropriate term.”
“Comrades?”
“yes.”
Comrades who had each other’s backs and protected a world heading towards destruction.
It would be appropriate to draw a line at just this level of relationship.
“I see… comrades in arms.”
Alina smiled slightly and nodded.
“If he had told me about my secret… he must have been a reliable comrade in arms who could have each other’s backs.”
“At least in battle, we were trustworthy colleagues.”
He was a colleague.
Suddenly, Ojin’s scream that I heard before leaving the temple came to mind.
“You… betrayed a colleague like that.”
“Never mind. “Because it hasn’t even happened yet.”
Ojin continued speaking, placing his hand on Alina’s shoulder.
“and. “Isn’t the reason I came here to prevent that future?”
“…I did.”
Alina nodded and let out a deep sigh.
Now that she knew that Ojin was definitely a regressor, there was only one thing she had to do.
“Please tell us. “What should I do?”
Even if it is not a grand goal to protect the world.
Right now, she had to cooperate with Ojin to protect her son.
“With Alina’s authority, I would like you to send troops to Italy.”
“…Are you sure you want to go?”
“yes. “If we don’t stop it this time, the same future will just repeat itself.”
“….”
Alina, who continued to worry with her eyes closed, soon nodded slowly.
“All right. “We will send troops toward Italy, leaving behind a minimum amount of troops to maintain security.”
yes.
Oh Jin secretly raised the corners of his mouth in pleasure.
First of all, we have secured a strong force to deal with the demonic beast army.
‘next.’
All we have to do is raise the funds necessary to move the army.
‘The military is a whale that makes money just by its existence.’
It is not for nothing that they say that the country that loses a war is the country that runs out of money first.
An astronomical amount of money was spent to secure the basic food and water needed to maintain troops and equipment to fight the enemy.
Of course, there may be a way to leverage capital from allies.
‘Then there will be dissatisfaction from the Russian-Chinese alliance.’
It is a similar situation to a group assignment where one person has to research data and create a PPT presentation.
In the global group task of defeating the Black Star Constellation and rescuing the captured people, the Russian-Chinese alliance could not be forced to make sacrifices.
‘Well, it won’t be difficult to raise funds.’
I don’t know if it’s coincidence or fate.
“Then, shall we go to the conference hall?”
One of the world’s most wealthy men happened to be a member of the ‘Chilseong’.
“The Russian-Chinese alliance will send a large army towards Italy.”
A bombshell statement made as soon as the second day of the meeting began.
“What is that…?”
“Your speech is completely different from yesterday, huh?”
Edward Walton and Bianca Bennett, who were members of the anti-war faction along with Alina, looked at Alina with embarrassed expressions.
She was so steadfast in her opposition that just yesterday it made me question whether or not it would be right to hold this meeting again. But I can’t believe she would send in the military overnight.
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The eyes of the people gathered in the conference room naturally turned towards Ojin.
Ohjin nodded, looking at all the gazes directed at him.
“I showed Alina the ‘proof’ that I am a regressor.”
“…What is that evidence?”
“That might be hard to tell.”
As Ojin said that, he glanced towards Alina.
“It is just as Mr. Oh Jin said. He presented me with evidence and I decided to believe that he was a ‘regressor.’”
[See, I told you it was right!]
When Deneb, who was watching the meeting, tried to come towards me, Vega grabbed him by the back of his neck.
[Be quiet.]
[No, be quiet and sleep, and now it’s clear that Pagunseong is a regressor, so isn’t this the end of the conversation?]
[Still, the choice is up to the children.]
Vega sighed and pulled Deneb, who was complaining, by the neck and put her in the seat. I sat down.
“Hmm. So… are you and Miss Bianca the only opponents now?”
“No, I want to go to Italy too.”
Bianca said, crossing her legs in an awkward posture.
“You’re going to Italy too?”
“huh.”
“Is it because of the ‘future’ that Pagunseong spoke of yesterday?”
“Well… there’s that too.”
Bianca glanced at Allen and continued speaking.
“As Mr. Who said, are we part of the same union?”
“…I understand that the relationship between England and Italy is not very good.”
“Better than the French b*stards.”
Bianca giggled and shrugged.
“Hmm.”
Edward swallowed his sleep and sighed.
Since the opinions of six of the ‘Seven Stars’ were unanimous, he was now the only one left in the opposition.
“As I said before, I have no intention of participating in the war except for financial assistance.”
Edward shook his head with a stern expression.
Allen’s expression slightly distorted.
“Are you planning on going out alone?”
“You can blame me. But that doesn’t mean a person who is a businessman in name can follow in his footsteps just because everyone else is doing it.”
“…It’s about saving people.”
“It also means people dying.”
“Didn’t you hear what Mr. Oh Jin said yesterday? If this continues, we will all die anyway.”
Allen glared at Edward with a freezing cold gaze.
A deep sigh flowed from Edward’s mouth.
“Just because it’s me doesn’t mean I don’t know that. But even if I wanted to help, there’s no way to mobilize a large army like Miss Alina.”
The United States is a country with many talented people, so much so that it has the title of having the largest number of high-ranking awakened people.
Because the country was so vast and had a free-spirited atmosphere, each country had its own ‘guild’ and was divided into dozens or hundreds of organizations.
No matter how much Chilseong was, there was no military authority that could force them to move.
“If we can’t force them to move, can’t we just force them to move on their own?”
Oh Jin, who was quietly watching the meeting, opened his mouth.
“Are you trying to offer a reward?”
“yes.”
“under. “If I were to give them $1 billion, would they move?”
Even if a reward of more than 1 trillion won in Korean money were offered, which crazy guild would head to the battlefield where the enemy is the ‘constellation’ and the army of magic beasts that turned the Italian capital into a wasteland overnight?
“So how about $10 billion? No, let’s just take it easy and set it at $100 billion.”
If there is something that cannot be solved with money.
Shouldn’t we first consider whether we might be short of money?
“…Do you think $100 billion is a joke?”
Even though Edward was ranked among the world’s richest people, he did not have more than 100 trillion won.
“Didn’t you say the only thing you can help us with is money?”
“But there’s a certain amount to it. Shouldn’t I use almost my entire fortune as a reward?”
Edward shouted with a bewildered expression.
Ohjin shrugged his shoulders as if nothing was wrong.
“If you think about the future, does $100 billion really matter?”
“You take money too lightly. “With that money, we could save a hundred times… no, a thousand times more people than are currently being held captive in Italy.”
“Oh, you misunderstood what I said. I have no intention of forcing Mr. Edward to make a sacrifice. Hmm… it would be better to think of it as an ‘investment.’”
“invest?”
Ohjin nodded and continued speaking.
“If this matter goes well… I will increase Mr. Edward’s wealth by three times… no, five times.”
“Huh, what kind of confidence do you have when you say that?”
“Didn’t I tell you that I was a regressor?”
Edward himself probably knows best how much value knowing the future has in business.
but.
“…If the future changes, won’t all your knowledge become useless?”
“I guess so.”
Ohjin calmly nodded as if this was an expected rebuttal.
“But what if I had the ability to see the ‘future’?”
“…You can see the future?”
“Of course, just because you can see the future doesn’t mean you can know what will happen in the distant future. “The future I can see is at most a few seconds or minutes.”
“….”
It is said to be a few seconds or minutes in the future at most.
From the perspective of Edward, who had reigned in the world of capital, he was well aware that this was not an ability that could be disparaged as ‘maximum’.
This is the world of capital, where you can multiply your assets infinitely by knowing the future for just one minute.
“Is that… true?”
“Is that right, Vega?”
Edward’s eyes turned to Vega.
[Huh? You mean the girl you saw?]
Vega suddenly shook her shoulders and looked embarrassed, then quickly nodded.
[It is true that her child can see the very short future.]
“…It is the first time that the Lyra stigmata has such an ability.”
[This is because Polaris, not the power of the Lyra Stigmata, gave the blessing to the original woman’s child.]
“Hmm.”
It’s Polaris’ blessing.
Edward narrowed his eyes and was lost in thought.
Normally, I would have scoffed and told him not to say such nonsense.
‘Alina Vladimir also suddenly changed her attitude this time.’
It was unclear what kind of ‘evidence’ Oh Jin presented, but the fact that the woman who seemed to have iron instead of blood changed her attitude overnight gave credibility to the statement that he was a regressor.
Additionally, if it is an ability recognized by ‘Vega’, the constellation of the North Star.
“I understand. “I trust you and let me participate in this project.”
Edward thought it was a worthwhile investment and held out his hand.
Ojin held Edward’s hand and raised the corners of his mouth.
Now that the funds were in place, all that was left to do was accelerate preparations for full-scale war.
‘My wealth is over a hundred million… ‘There will be no shortage of money.’
With that amount of money, not only could it cover the amount needed to mobilize the allies, but it could also provide a reward to attract American awakeners.
“Thank you, Mr. Edward.”
Ojin smiled brightly as he looked at Edward, who had made a huge ‘investment’ in him.
‘Then what else is this but an investment?’
I didn’t lie to him.
Even if you don’t have the blessing of Polaris, isn’t it true that you have ‘future vision’?
Of course…
‘I can’t use it of my own will.’
Well anyway.
I didn’t lie, so it doesn’t matter, right?
‘Or not.’
After all, it’s Edward who’s going to waste all his money, not me.
