"YOU SURE THE REGRESSOR IS MY BROTHER AND NOT THIS SCAMMER?"[INSTRUCTION MANUAL]

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"Hey Dokja, what do you think about the guy that found you, Jung Jinho?" Kiyoung asked the child.

"He's kind of strange. When he found me he smiled at me and asked if I wanted to join him but his whole personality seemed fake," Dokja replied.

"Do you ever plan to actually join him?"

"Well I don't know. He's pretty fun to be around with though."

"Really?" questioned Kiyoung.

"Yeah. He's so fun that I think he'll make me smile to death" Dokja replied but at the end of the last sentence, his smile seemed to kind of fade as if he knew he'd really die. "Oh! I think Hyunsung-hyung is calling for me!"

'Kim Dokja...' Kiyoung was frozen. 'It was just a theory but does he really remember his previous life like his older brother? Then does that mean that Jung Jinho... killed Kim Dokja...?'

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"Kim Dokja... you-" before Kiyoung could finish speaking, the child had smiled before walking away. "Wait-" it was no use reaching out towards the child who seemed to had disappeared like air. 

'He used his skill to leave. That Jung Jinho guy probably did kill Kim Dokja in the last life then...'   thought Kiyoung, staring at the back of Jung Jinho's head. The latter then turned around, smiling at him. Kiyoung felt a shiver through his spine. He really did not like that guy. 

"Ah Hyunsung-sii, can we have a chat?" Kiyoung approached Hyungsung who was alone. "That Jung Jinho guy, you seem to know him?"

"Well I do know him a bit but we've just met not long ago," answered Hyunsung. 

"Ah I see." The two of them then walked around while talking and at some point, Hayan had joined them. It was then that Kiyoung mentioned Hyeyoung's death and the wounds on her body, talking about the traces of magic and her cut limbs. 

Hyunsung's expressions slightly darkened after hearing the details. It was going exactly like how Kiyoung had planed. Both the magic traces and cuts that he had mentioned made it seem like Jung Jinho, a magic swordsmen was responsible for Hyeyoung's death. 

'Thank you Jung Jinho for having the class of a magic swordsmen. Hyeyoung's death... the murderer is you!'  Kiyoung secretly smiled after finding away to hide Hayan's actions while also increasing Hyunsung's dislike towards the man he disliked. Though he was unsure whether Hyunsung could hate Jung Jinho more than when his little brother had been killed. 

"Oh yeah, it seems like Kim Dokja likes Jung Jinho quite a bit. He says that Jung Jinho is fun to hang around with. I guess he's a pretty good guy right?" Kiyoung through in another bait. It would surely raise Hyunsung's caution against Jung Jinho. Of course, it did. 

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'It's been a while after Hyeyoung's death. Kim Hyunsung probably thinks that Jung Jinho killed her and with his brother's life on the line, I'm sure he'd want to get rid of Jung Jinho,' thought Kiyoung after proposing that they go to the next dungeon together with Jinho's group. 'Killing the one that murdered your brother and his group in the dungeon where no one would know... isn't that plan tempting, Kim Hyunsung?' 

"Alright, then I'll bring this plan up with Jung Jinho-ssi then," Hyunsung said, getting up from his seat. "Kiyoung-ssi, please take care of Dokja for the time being." 

"Of course, I'll do that even if you didn't ask. I see Dokja as my own brother. Don't worry!" Kiyoung said with a bright smile. 

'Don't worry Hyunsung, I will definitely remember to protect my luck magnet,'  thought Kiyoung while leaving. He then came across Kim Dokja who was wondering around. He thought it was a great time to ask whether Kim Dokja could remember his previous life or not.

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