Chapter 97 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 97

The narrator, an unnamed shaman, reveals deep lore regarding Cheon Yo-hwa, the Student Council President of Baekhwa Girls' High School. He explains the etymology of her name: Cheon (Heaven) Yo (Lonely/Serene) Hwa (Become). He posits that her father, a corrupt high priest of a Taoist cult, intended the name as a curse—'to become the serene, nameless void'—to make Yo-hwa a living vessel for the Infinite Void, an Outer God-class anomaly. Baekhwa Girls' High School served as the altar for this ritual. The narrator recalls traveling to China in previous cycles, learning that the Cheon clan originated from Ming Dynasty Taoists whose faith became corrupted in Korea, leading them to summon the Infinite Void through the sacrifice of children. Yo-hwa thanks the narrator, acknowledging that without his guidance, she would have lost herself in the void, though she managed to save sixteen friends across 117 cycles. She recalls small joys—the sunset, coffee—that kept her human. She rejects the Infinite Void, asserting her identity as Cheon Yo-hwa (113th Student Council President, Singer of Thousand Stories) rather than the formless entity. She declares she is not alone, backed by those who helped her. The Infinite Void, enraged, launches a final attack manifested as a blinding white snowstorm. The narrator draws 'Do-hwa,' a legendary black-forged sword preserved from a previous cycle, and cleaves the storm, imprisoning the anomaly in a glass prison. The world resets to a calm red sunset, with Yo-hwa holding an hourglass representing the captured Void. After the battle, Yo-hwa asks why the narrator saved them. He admits his initial motive was selfish: he needed a human shaman to command the Hyakki Yagyo (Night Parade) to defeat the Outer God, and he was curious about the nature of the school's anomalies. He advises her to find multiple reasons to live rather than relying on a single purpose. He gifts her a graduation certificate, officially naming her 'Cheon Yo-hwa (千謠話)'—the Singer of Thousand Stories—and congratulates her on her graduation. Later, Yo-hwa visits the National Road Management Corps headquarters, wearing her school uniform. She playfully calls the narrator 'Teacher' out of respect, a title she continues to use, marking the shift in their relationship from guard/guarded to mentor/student.

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