Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 55

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The Party is Over

The party resumed, and several days passed without any significant incidents.

The nobles, initially stiff and awkward, gradually regained their composure and continued their conversations with smiles on their faces.

During this time, Zion intentionally brought Lucia to the party venue and even dragged Kim Yu-hyun along, trying to create an opportunity for him to connect with Princess Vanessa, but Kim Yu-hyun didn’t show much interest in anything other than drinking carbonated beverages.

Of course, some noble young ladies were drawn to his cynical appearance and demeanor, and a few curious nobles approached him.

‘That bastard.

Just like Lido’s disciple, the second crazy one.’

Still, Kim Yu-hyun showed at least minimal courtesy to the noble young ladies.

Perhaps he wanted to at least say, ‘I’m not impotent.’

However, he turned into a sharp blade for the male nobles, especially the hot-blooded young scions of noble families, showing a willingness to cut down anyone who dared to approach him.

Thanks to this, he received several duel requests, each time gleefully crushing his opponents.

‘Ludwig.

Thanks for holding back.

You’re not going to die yet.’

Whether he held back or realized that recklessly stepping up would only result in a humiliating defeat and a severe beating.

Ludwig simply clicked his tongue and deliberately avoided eye contact with Kim Yu-hyun.

In the meantime, Kim Yu-hyun defeated four noble scions who were considered promising talents.

It was then that the nobles finally realized.

That it would be better not to get involved with that bastard.

“He’s quite a decent swordsman.”

Fortunately, the princess finally showed interest.

Sipping on the carbonated beverage brought from Heiness at her subtle request, she approached Kim Yu-hyun.

Watching that scene, Zion exclaimed, ‘Yes, finally!

Is this finally happening?’

“That was quite excellent swordsmanship.

I’d like to commend you.”

“…Thank you.”

“If it’s not too much to ask, may I request something of you?”

“…?”

Oh, oh, is this perhaps a date invitation?

I believed in you, Princess, damn it!

“I’d like to cross swords with you.”

Crash.

The moment Vanessa uttered those words, Zion felt like something shattered.

No, after creating such a pink atmosphere, suddenly saying, ‘Let’s fight,’ what the hell is that supposed to mean!

“I won’t hold back just because you’re a princess.”

“That’s what I wanted.”

Don’t accept it so readily, you idiot!

Zion was so dumbfounded that he couldn’t take his eyes off the two, even as other nobles kept calling his name.

Could it be that they’ll develop feelings while fighting like kids?

That wasn’t in the original novel, was it?

Whether she knew Zion’s thoughts or not, Kim Yu-hyun and Vanessa really grabbed wooden swords and headed to the royal training ground.

And in front of the nobles, they fought fiercely without giving an inch.

“You seem quite anxious.”

“Marquis Volko, Kim Yu-hyun won’t be punished if the princess gets hurt, will he?”

Zion didn’t want to see the royal palace, which Kim Yu-hyun was supposed to protect, being half-destroyed by his hands.

Even if his condition wasn’t fully recovered, Kim Yu-hyun was still ‘Kim Yu-hyun.’

A monstrous bastard who could easily handle the upper-level knight Rishikida and, if he wanted to, could bisect an entire knight squad with a single strike!

He was ‘slightly’ holding back to recover his damaged body, but once a madman, always a madman.

“They’ll be reasonable.

Both the princess and that man.

You know, don’t you?

That Her Highness’s swordsmanship is better than most men.”

Of course, I know.

Swordsmanship was said to be a basic requirement for the royal family.

However, the princess’s swordsmanship was only for self-defense, while Kim Yu-hyun’s swordsmanship was filled with a deadly intent, an extremely vicious swordsmanship.

‘Yu-hyun, please.

Don’t suddenly do something strange.

Please be reasonable.

If possible, lose on purpose, and if you don’t want to lose, at least mingle appropriately…’

Clang!

Ting!

With a single strike, the wooden sword Vanessa was holding was knocked away.

Kim Yu-hyun’s wooden sword was touching the princess’s neck, right in front of her.

“…”

Zion unknowingly grabbed his face.

Oh, God.

What should I do with this protagonist?

“No matter how you sugarcoat it, the essence of the sword is the same.”

“…”

“To kill the opponent.

To end their breath.

But your Highness’s sword has none of that will.”

You bastard.

Why are you killing our princess’s spirit?

And this was a sparring match, you bastard.

Who brings up killing and dying in a sparring match?

Still, Zion had imagined that Vanessa knew the basics of swordsmanship, so Kim Yu-hyun would mingle appropriately, filling in the missing parts with words and swords, and gradually getting closer.

He had activated his happy circuit, but Kim Yu-hyun burned it all down in just 3 seconds.

‘Why is he doing that?

In the Murim world [a genre of Korean fantasy fiction], he was busy filming melodramas with every woman he met?’

However, unlike the sweet and overflowing energy of the Murim world, there were only many women sticking to him in this world, but there were almost no connecting lines, and now he could understand why.

He spits out every spoonful of rice that comes his way!

How can he eat it?

‘…Perhaps it’s because it’s after the Murim world that Kim Yu-hyun is a little different from the one I knew.’

Unlike the Kim Yu-hyun of this world, who was close to a monster from the beginning, the Kim Yu-hyun of Murim was weak.

Of course.

It was because it was not long after he had transmigrated to another dimension.

Because he was weak, he was always in danger, and people around him died every time.

Among them were several women he loved.

‘No, but this is quite unfair.

I’m doing all the hard work.

You haven’t had anything to worry about, you bastard!’

He prevented the near-hostile relationship with the Countess of Klausen.

Even in the war with Nudia, he deliberately stepped forward to prevent Kim Yu-hyun from being treated as a hero and receiving the gazes and jealousy of many at the royal party.

Even Trisha Faker, the black-haired girl who would later give him his worst nightmare, would be taken care of by Zion himself, but he was still digging a hole and sitting in it.

‘Since there’s no Lucia coin, his emotional wounds aren’t healing.

Damn it, is Lucia’s liking for me having this effect…?’

The situation is unfolding strangely in an unexpected place.

I need to introduce him to a nice woman as soon as possible to kill that sudden outburst of temper.

Since that’s not possible, I’m going crazy.

‘Telling Lucia now that Kim Yu-hyun is a good man is nonsense.

He has no interest in the princess.

Lilith is out from the start.

Then who were the remaining heroine coins…?’

One in the fairy side, one in the celestial race, and three humans.

All of them had a pretty good atmosphere with Kim Yu-hyun, but in the end, they failed to connect and either retired or became air and suddenly disappeared.

‘The fairy and celestial race are still too early.

One of the three humans has the most potential… but the problem is that she’s on the opposite side of the Countess of Klausen.’

Kim Yu-hyun participated to suppress the rebellion that occurred in the northern territory.

It was not just a rebellion, but an international war that led to collusion with the barbarians beyond.

And there, Kim Yu-hyun meets the leader of a tribe called the Daughter of Winter.

‘…But this is ruined too.

There’s no atmosphere for a rebellion to happen.’

Who would try to rebel in this sharp situation after messing up Kashgar like that?

No, in the first place, the kingdom’s internal division, which was the cause of the rebellion, was completely thwarted by Zion himself.

‘I’m sorry, Yu-hyun.

Your next life may be faster than your love life.’

Zion decided to wait and see.

Maybe Lucia will continue to stick with Kim Yu-hyun and naturally move away from him and become close to Kim Yu-hyun.

Princess Vanessa may also feel affection for him and smile at him more than now.

“…I hope everyone enjoys the last day comfortably.”

With Vanessa’s congratulatory speech, the last day of the royal-hosted party arrived.

When today is over, everyone will return to their daily lives, and the royal family will begin to dismantle the Kashgar County family in earnest.

Sepher will not be able to die and will spit out all the facts, true or false, until he writes a novel, and the noble families associated with him will live in fear of being hit by a stray bullet.

‘We need to weed out the traitors in advance.

Yes.’

Zion was humming a tune.

He was very happy that the Heiness Merchant Group, which provided carbonated drinks to the royal party, had made a fortune in a few days.

He provides the idea, and the Heiness Merchant Group is in charge of production.

He does not demand a single penny for the money earned from it.

However, the merchant group must fully support this item that he wants.

This was the deal made with Helen Heiness.

‘…But.’

From earlier, I suddenly feel a commotion among the nobles.

Zion slipped in between them to listen to the story, but suddenly someone grabbed his shoulder.

“Sir Zion Klausen.”

“Ah, Princess Vanessa?

What’s suddenly wrong?”

“Have you heard the news too?”

At Zion’s question, Vanessa let out a heavy sigh and opened her mouth with an expression that she didn’t like something very much.

“I was quite upset because an unpleasant incident occurred in the middle.

On the last day, an unwelcome guest came.”

“If you mean an unwelcome guest?”

“Nudia’s envoys.”

At the words Nudia’s envoys, Zion’s expression also frowned.

Inwardly, he calculates the number of days from the date of the armistice negotiations to the present time.

And the conclusion is that there is a very high probability that they left Nudia as soon as the Basura County accepted the negotiation conditions and signed the armistice.

‘…Surely they’re not going to call off the negotiations now, are they?’

The possibility is very low.

The one who will be in trouble if the negotiations break down is not Klausen but Basura.

Zion has several weaknesses, and if they are revealed, there is a high possibility that he will be treated as a traitor.

There is no way that Basura County would have gone crazy and asked the Nudia royal family to send an envoy.

“They arrived at the royal palace a little while ago and said they would have a private meeting with His Majesty the King.”

“Did the King allow that?”

“Officially, they are envoys.

We can’t just tell them to go back without any reason.”

What on earth are those guys suddenly planning by sending an envoy so quickly?

Zion became slightly uneasy.

Maybe they sent a strange object as a gift, all sorts of thoughts came to his mind.

“For now, enjoy the last party.

It’s a celebration of your victory, and it’s the last night.

I’ll go up and see how the situation is going.”

With those words, Vanessa left the party hall.

Damn it, why did those bastards suddenly appear?

They’re ruining the last day.

Zion was grumbling inwardly, but outwardly he maintained a smile and was surrounded by noble young ladies who were sticking to him today and local nobles who were trying to make a connection.

Then, he barely escaped and was able to reach Lucia, who was sitting near the balcony.

“…Pfft.”

“Why are you laughing?”

“Sir Zion looks quite tired.

I don’t think you were like that even in the middle of the battlefield.”

“Because the enemy and ally were clearly distinguished there.”

“Not here?”

Isn’t it obvious?

Zion nodded.

In the battlefield, yesterday’s ally becomes today’s enemy.

In the political arena, the ally of 3 seconds ago may be hitting me in the back of the head 3 seconds later.

Nevertheless, not everyone is a clear enemy, so it is a battlefield where you cannot openly antagonize them.

‘It’s a very tiring place.’

At the same time, it is also a very enjoyable place.

As he muttered and tried to take a breath, Edgar IV, who had been away for a while, appeared in the party hall.

The nobles immediately stopped what they were doing and stood up at his appearance, and he looked around the audience and opened his mouth.

“An envoy from the Kingdom of Nudia has arrived.

They have a handwritten letter from the King of Nudia, saying that he hopes that the two countries will put aside the unfortunate events that have happened so far and promote peace and strengthen each other.”

Oh.

That’s not a bad thing.

If the king of a country writes and sends a letter directly on the subject of peace, it is like a guarantee that he will not cause another war at least in his generation for his own honor.

“As it happens to be the last day of the party, the envoy of Nudia has come to promise a short but also beautiful peace between the two countries, so I hope the nobles gathered here will spend tonight more joyfully than ever.”

At those words, Zion glanced at Edgar IV’s side.

Prince Erader, who briefly appeared, and Princess Vanessa standing next to him.

And behind them were a middle-aged man he had never seen before and a sickly-looking woman.