Chapter 444 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 444

A full year has passed since Noh Do-hwa and the Undertaker began living together on a Busan shoreline after the world's collapse. The narrative shifts to a past cycle, revealing the origins of their shared bed. Noh Do-hwa observes the Undertaker wandering the terrace at four in the morning. When she questions him, he reveals he no longer sleeps, claiming to have 'transcended humanity.' He advises her to accept his proposal for a 'time seal' and leave the ruined world, but she dismisses him. Over time, she notices his abnormal lack of sleep and his sudden, frozen pauses during walks, sensing something deeply wrong with him. Her instincts, honed by her medical background, suspect he is mentally unstable or carrying a heavy burden. Noh Do-hwa decides to test him. She demands he fulfill one wish before they discuss the seal: to sleep in front of her. Initially flustered by the ambiguity of her request, he eventually agrees, suspecting a sexual advance, which she corrects. That night, the Undertaker lies awake, drenched in cold sweat, murmuring apologies to Dang Seo-rin and others, revealing he is reliving traumatic memories of past cycles where his companions died because of him. Noh Do-hwa watches him, feeling a profound, unprecedented excitement. She reflects on her own twisted nature—she derives happiness from others' pain and has long kept her heart sealed off from genuine connection through 'cordon ropes' of responsibility and nobility. Witnessing his raw, unmasked grief shatters these barriers. The 'trash' of her self-imposed moral codes collapses. She climbs into bed, removes her glove to touch his tear-stained cheek, and kisses him. The Undertaker wakes, shocked. Noh Do-hwa declares she wants nothing but him, exactly as he is, inviting him to reserve all his grief and sorrow for her. The chapter ends with the mutual realization that they are the only two 'trash' left in the world, binding each other in a relationship defined by their shared brokenness and mutual acceptance.

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