Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 43

“Was it a bust yesterday too?”

“…Yeah.

There weren’t any guys making particularly suspicious moves.”

“Hmm.”

“Sion, what is it? I don’t know much about the human world, but the royal palace is a very important place, right? What kind of suspicious things are these guys doing right under its nose?”

“Isn’t it said that the darkest place is under the lamp [meaning the most obvious place is often overlooked]?”

“Oh… that’s a cool saying.”

Lilith admired at a strange point.

Looking at her, Rishikida cautiously opened her mouth.

“Lilith is right, Master.

No, Young Master…”

“Just call me comfortably.

Now I’m getting confused whether I’m Master or Young Master.”

“Ah, yes.

Thank you, Master.”

“…”

Watching Rishikida call him Master without a second thought, Sion muttered inwardly, ‘As expected, a puppy.’

“Young Master Sion.

May I ask what’s going on?”

Lucia, who had been quietly drinking tea next to him, opened her mouth.

If he rashly revealed future events here, things could get twisted in strange ways, and above all, he could be suspected, so he had to answer carefully.

‘In this situation, the best answer is to mix 20 percent truth with 80 percent lies.’

After all, Kim Yu-hyun doesn’t know what will happen next.

He was just a man who was transferred from the world of martial arts to another world in 2006, based on the novel.

“There are some very suspicious things.”

“Suspicious things?”

“While negotiating with Nudia, various stories came up, and I strongly felt that someone was deliberately trying to drive a wedge between Hispania and Nudia.”

Saying that, Sion worried if Rishikida would ask if she had ever done such a thing.

But like a loyal subordinate, she silently closed her mouth and waited for Sion’s next words.

Whether she trusted Sion, or she thought that something she didn’t know might have happened.

“That… wouldn’t that be too absurd?”

“I thought so too, Lucia.

But after listening carefully to Nudia’s side, I definitely felt something strange.

They declared war right away, fought once or twice, and then ended it in a panic.

It’s as if someone falsely incited them by saying, ‘Hispania’s border defense capabilities have deteriorated.’”

At those words, not only Lucia but also Kim Yu-hyun nodded slightly.

It seemed quite strange that they started a war and then immediately proposed a truce.

‘What’s so strange about it?

In the first place, I just drove a wedge between the Nudia royal family and the Basura County, making them unable to wage war or even willing to.’

Chuckling inwardly, Sion continued to speak as if nothing was wrong.

“So I thought about it.

Does that unidentified force really exist?

If it exists, what is its purpose, what reason does it have for doing such a thing?

Where will their next destination be?”

“Next destination…”

“They are trying to cause chaos in the kingdom.

Lucia, where would you set your next destination?”

“The royal party where all the influential nobles gather…”

Exactly!

That’s exactly it!

Sion clapped lightly as if to say that.

Then Lilith grumbled, ‘Tch, I knew it too,’ and Rishikida just stared at Lucia silently.

“But Young Master Sion.

No matter what, it’s the royal castle and the royal palace.

I don’t really understand how they can do such a thing.”

“Originally, those who do crazy things don’t have a process in their heads.

They only pursue results, using any means to achieve them and then aiming for the rewards.

I’m trying to find that means.”

In fact, he already knows the ending.

And he knows all the backers who are supporting them.

What Sion is looking for now is justification, a solid justification to swallow the entire backer.

“Hmm… even if Sion says that, there wasn’t anything particularly suspicious.”

“The atmosphere is more lively than before as the nobles gather, Master.”

“They said they are working to repair the walls of the royal palace.”

“In line with the kingdom’s festive atmosphere, there are festivals everywhere inside the royal castle…”

“Wait.”

Sion’s radar caught something.

“Lilith.

What did you just say?”

“Huh?

The royal palace wall repair work.

But there shouldn’t be anything too problematic, right?

I heard that a large merchant group hired workers and is working under the supervision and surveillance of the royal palace’s management and knights.”

…I caught you, you bastards.

“Tell me more.

Wall repair work?

The royal palace issued a construction order, and the merchant group hired workers to start the repair work?”

“Yeah.

But I judged that there was nothing particularly wrong because the merchant group has been trading with the royal castle for over 5 years and is trustworthy, and the workers are just ordinary people living in the royal castle…”

Yes, that much would be true.

A merchant group that has been in charge of some of the royal castle’s commerce for over 5 years, people who originally lived in the royal castle.

But conversely, they may have had one purpose from the beginning, or they may have suddenly changed recently.

“Which merchant group received the construction order?”

“Haines… Sion?

Really, what’s wrong?

Is something strange?”

Haines, yes, there was definitely such a name.

Helen Haines.

A half-human, half-elf hybrid.

A woman who suffered the most terrible things a woman could suffer from a noble family’s man in the past, and was abandoned by her own kind and even by that man, wandering the world aimlessly with her heart full of sadness and resentment.

Haines, whose head was her, was the one who supported the radical elven tribes from behind when they stirred up human kingdoms to advance the Heavenly Race’s world purification project, ‘Seven Trumpets’ [a doomsday prophecy].

The only reason was to punish those who ruined everything for her.

And furthermore, to erase all the humans who are only full of trash.

‘In fact, it’s too much to go and shout to tell the truth with just this.’

If you only look at the process without knowing the ending, there is nothing wrong.

The royal palace issued a wall repair construction order.

A reliable merchant group that received it.

Workers made up of people who lived in the royal castle and knights who are diligently monitoring them.

No matter who looks at it, there is nothing strange.

But Sion is different.

In the first place, he knows who the culprit is, so no matter what route the suspect takes, no matter what solid alibi they claim, it all sounds like nonsense and feels like nothing.

“Let’s go.”

Everyone except him was embarrassed by Sion, who stood up and said that.

He’s going to visit right away after hearing the merchant group’s name?

It was a natural reaction.

“Sion?

Right now?”

“Yes.

It’s still morning, so there’s no need to worry about being late for the royal party.

It would be better to come back quickly, though.”

“Um, Young Master Sion.

As far as I know, Haines Merchant Group is quite trusted inside the royal castle.

I don’t think it would be possible to go there recklessly and look for suspicious things.”

At their words, Sion smiled and shook his head.

In reality, he could object and tell them to get lost because he doesn’t have a search warrant.

Here, ‘social status’ and ‘class’ work much better.

Even if it’s coercive, it will eventually be divided into one of two.

If they really have nothing to hide, they will say ‘Do whatever you want,’ or they will try to hide their uneasy feelings and say, ‘If you can’t find any evidence, we will somehow give you disadvantages.’

The people who would move with Sion were decided to be everyone gathered there.

Originally, Sion wanted one of them except for Kim Yu-hyun, but if that happened, the other two would be quite upset, so he had no choice but to go with everyone.

Of course, to prevent the commotion during the move, he did not bring any knights or bodyguards.

They expressed their concerns, but Sion smiled and said, ‘We’re just visiting the merchant group for a while, so there’s no need to worry too much,’ and made them all wait at the mansion.

“Master.”

“Yes, Rishi.”

“Is it true?

Are you saying that there might be forces trying to drive a wedge between Nudia and Hispania?”

Of course, it’s a lie.

“Of course, I was expecting something to be there, Rishi.

Think about it.

Even though they lost the war, the truce negotiations were too fast, right?

If Nudia received wrong information and started the war, the possibility that they proposed the negotiations so quickly increases.”

“…I see.”

To tell the truth, the truce negotiations were hastened because he had all of Dishe Basura’s weaknesses and shook them all.

The Nudia royal family did not step in because the power struggles within them became severe.

Even if she knows the situation at the negotiation table, it is natural that Rishikida, who spent most of her time in Basura County, does not know the royal situation in Nudia well.

“Lilith.

Hood properly.”

“Ugh.

It’s stuffy.

Can’t I just take it off?”

“Then transform properly.”

“No.

I can’t pour all the power Sion gave me only into that.

I have to leave some power to turn into battle in case of an emergency.”

“Then use it well.

Even if I don’t know anything else, that silver hair is too noticeable.”

Even if she covered up the succubus’s immense temptation pheromones, the black horns on her head, and the appearance that makes the eyes of reason go crazy, she couldn’t do that to her hair color.

Because of that, Sion emphasized to Lilith to wear a hood unconditionally, and poured out nagging.

“We’ve arrived, Young Master Sion.”

Lucia, who knew the geography of the royal castle well, guided them to a building.

This seemed to be the Haines Merchant Group’s office.

At the same time, it would be the hideout of the radical elves.

“Welcome, Haines Merchant Group, what brings you here?”

When he approached the counter, a woman greeted Sion and his party with a smiling face.

Sion silently took out a gold coin from his pocket and placed it down.

“Um, customer?

What is this…”

The woman who was about to ask the meaning of one gold coin froze on the spot.

In fact, Sion was pretending to hand over a gold coin, but there was something else that Sion handed over underneath it.

‘T, this is…’

A silver plate with densely crafted shields and carefully written phrases.

Finally, even the ruby ​​embedded in the very center.

‘Count Klausen Territory!’

Would he be big enough to forge the symbol of a great noble family?

No, no.

It was almost impossible to see someone coming to such a large merchant group doing such crazy things.

Since the kingdom’s nobles have been gathering at the royal castle for some time, the probability that the symbol in front of him is real was 99.99 percent!

‘V, VVIP [Very Very Important Person]!’

The woman at the counter hurriedly bowed her head.

Even ordinary nobles are quite good sponsors in the merchant group, but great noble families like Klausen are truly ultra-giant figures among the big shots.

“W, welcome.

May I ask your name…”

“Sion Klausen.

I have something to do, and I want to meet the head of the merchant group and have a quiet conversation.”

“Yes, yes.

I’ll let you know right away.

Please wait a moment.”

The woman hurriedly pressed the bell.

Then two men who were in the back room came out and asked what was going on, and when they heard the situation, they looked back at Sion and his party with very surprised eyes.

It was a natural result since the war hero who led the war with Nudia to victory, who could be said to be the real protagonist of this royal party, suddenly visited the merchant group.

“Everyone is in a hurry.”

“Of course, Lucia.

It’s a great noble family, so wouldn’t it be fun if they were a little nervous?”

While sitting on the soft sofa and waiting for them for a while, Sion organized the next things.

He worried a lot between stopping them and using them.

And the conclusion was to stop them moderately, send them moderately, and use them moderately.

“Y, Young Master.

The head of the merchant group says to take you inside.”

At those words, Sion and his party got up from their seats and headed to a room inside the merchant group.

At the end of a long table reminiscent of a conference room, a woman stood with a blank face, waiting for them, or rather, Sion.

“Welcome, Young Master Sion Klausen.

I didn’t know that Hispania’s war hero would come to my merchant group.”

“I personally have something to say and a request to make.

Head of the merchant group.”

“Is that so.”

At the woman’s gesture to take a seat, Sion sat comfortably in that seat.

Behind him, Rishikida took a seat, and Lilith, Lucia, and Kim Yu-hyun sat next to him, watching the situation.

“…Perhaps it’s rude, but it’s my occupational disease.

I’m curious about what brought you to me.

Could you answer without wasting time?”

At those words, Sion stared at her silently.

A very innocent-looking appearance, bright green hair and eyes.

Above all, what caught his eye was the pointed shape of her ears, unlike those of humans.

If you only look at that, she was really an elf who would live in the forest.

The cold, stiff, and dead eyes were a bit eerie, though.

“Helen Haines.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

“Let’s make a deal.”

“A deal, you say?”

The elf, Helen, looked at Sion as if to tell him to tell her the conditions.

The eyes looking at the other person were still dead without a single light.

But soon, as the answer flowed from Sion’s mouth, a flash of color arose.

“I want you to concede the disposition of the Kashgar County.”