Seo Jun-Ho paused and dug through his memories.

‘Had she always been regressing with me?’ 

No…

The Frost Queen he had always seen in this scene was small and cute. She was in her pre-evolution state, and she had no idea about the regressions as well.

‘So that means this is the first time she came back with me…’ 

To be fair, the 5th regression did have many changes. The Frost Queen had evolved, they met the Manager of the Administrative Team, and he could now activate Overclocking at a hundred percent output.

‘This should be connected to her evolution...’ 

He recalled the words of the Spirit King of Fire, Ignis. “The souls of a Spirit and their Contractor are intertwined.”

‘So, does that mean our connection grew stronger after she evolved?’

Seo Jun-Ho sighed. Now that there was someone he could share his memories with, his loneliness was bound to be more endurable, so he should be elated by it. But right now, he couldn’t afford to be happy.

‘I should have kept my mouth shut.’ 

When he was dying, why did he tell her about the Spirit Crystal of all things?

‘And even if I die again, she’ll stay the same. There’s no solution.’ 

While he was sighing over and over, Wei Chun-Hak distributed the hotel key cards.

“Let’s all wash up for now...