Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 235

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Coronation

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“…”

It’s morning.

Shion cursed, “Shibal,” at the sunlight streaming through the window. [Shibal is a Korean curse word, similar to ‘damn’.]

It wasn’t for any particular reason or because of a bad event.

It was just a habit; he hated waking up, leaving his comfortable bed, and stepping out from under the covers unless it was the morning of a long-awaited day.

Especially in winter, though it wasn’t winter now, it was even worse.

Thump, thump, thump!―.

“The sun is high in the sky!

Get up quickly, Shion!”

It was already a hellish morning, and now there was a woman urging him on.

It was a truly fantastic morning alarm that made him want to go crazy in every way.

‘I’m going crazy, really.

Even if you don’t do anything else, at least guarantee my right to sleep.’

Shion jumped out of bed, quickly washed up, threw on some clothes, and grabbed the doorknob, afraid that the woman standing outside the door would break it down if he didn’t hurry.

“Why are you doing this from morning?

Doesn’t a person need to sleep to live?”

“A person should move their body from the morning.

You’re a war hero, so you’ll understand, right?

Let’s eat quickly and start physical training together.”

“…”

Shion stared blankly at Zyan, and even though he thought he might get beaten to death, he decided to take a chance and suddenly poked Zyan in the side.

“Ugh!”

If he had been trying to act cute or whine, that heavy sound wouldn’t have come out.

That was a genuine groan of pain and surprise.

“Kkeueung…”

Shion clicked his tongue and said, looking at Zyan, who was whimpering from ‘morning’ and looked like her whole body was in pain.

“That’s why I told you not to mess with me.

I warned you, didn’t I?

I told you that the version of me you faced in the north wasn’t even half of the monster I truly am.”

“…To be honest, I couldn’t believe it.

I thought I was monstrous enough, but to think there was a true ‘monster’ beyond that.”

Zyan sighed as if she was fed up.

It seemed that Kim Yu-hyun’s beating yesterday had been quite impressive.

‘Come to think of it, yesterday was really a mess.’

The battle between the women, except for Lilith, and Kim Yu-hyun alone.

Fortunately, the villa was spacious enough for a noble family’s estate and had a large training ground, so it was possible.

Half sincere, no, let me correct that.

Unlike the women who were more than half sincere.

Kim Yu-hyun decided to face the women with only a wooden sword.

He said that this was just right for a light warm-up or a test, not a 100 percent serious effort.

‘Trisha immediately went crazy and said she would kill him.’

On the other hand, Lucia and Rishikida, who knew Kim Yu-hyun’s skills well, didn’t let their guard down.

And Ria and Zyan, who were quick-witted, seemed to think, looking at the two women, ‘That man is much stronger than I thought.’

‘Thinking about it, Kim Yu-hyun’s physical condition probably isn’t normal yet, right?

Originally, he should be a little stronger than Zyan, so he shouldn’t be able to fight the top-tier celestials on equal terms yet.’

That was Shion’s expectation before seeing Kim Yu-hyun’s power.

But soon, Shion realized that his expectations were completely wrong.

“…Crazy.”

As soon as it started, Trisha grabbed her stomach and collapsed from Kim Yu-hyun’s attack before she could even use her stigmata. [Stigmata refers to marks resembling the wounds of Jesus Christ, often associated with divine power in fiction.]

Each strike was powerful, but he didn’t miss the weakness that it took a long time to manifest, control, and use the power of the stigmata.

As soon as he subdued Trisha, who he thought would be the most difficult opponent, Kim Yu-hyun targeted Ria, who was likely to annoy him the most.

Kim Yu-hyun lightly brushed off Lucia and Rishikida’s joint attack, dodged Zyan’s attack that came in through his gap by a hair’s breadth, and at the same time, rushed at Ria, who was hiding behind her and waiting for the right moment.

‘Probably right after that, I heard the pitiful meow of a kitten!

As expected, Kim Yu-hyun quickly knocked out another person.

Ria was caught on a large tree branch, folded in half, and passed out.

Now the remaining opponents were Lucia, Rishikida, and Zyan.

Since everyone was a type who fought at close range rather than long-range attacks, Lucia used her head and quickly switched her attack method from martial arts to magic.

Kim Yu-hyun exclaimed as if he was a little impressed by that judgment, but that was it.

The scene that unfolded shortly after was truly terrible; Lucia was sprawled out in a large shape, Rishikida was blown out of the training ground, and Zyan was slammed upside down into the ground after taking a blow to the side.

―What help are you trying to be, confidently saying that you don’t even have the skills of one person and your teamwork is so bad?

―It’s a long way off.

Kim Yu-hyun, who finished verifying his skills in less than 10 minutes, looked at Shion as if asking if it was enough.

What else could he say there?

He just said he had a hard time.

‘Since they are opponents who don’t have good teamwork, he quickly takes out the annoying opponents first and then completely destroys them one by one.

It sounds simple, only in words.

The problem is the process of actually realizing it with your body.’

Even though Trisha’s practical sense was still lacking, the firepower of one shot was not negligible.

Ria had a history of playing with hundreds of soldiers with just her movements, Rishikida already possessed sufficient martial power as a high-ranking knight, and Lucia learned magic and martial arts from Raido.

In addition, Zyan was originally at a level where she could fight Kim Yu-hyun around this time.

In summary, even if they couldn’t win, it meant that they could at least try to fight and resist.

However, Shion thought that Kim Yu-hyun would struggle a little even if he didn’t lose, but this ridiculously strong protagonist completely destroyed them.

Looking at Kim Yu-hyun, who had become stronger than the original novel content, Shion wondered, ‘What the hell?’

Then he exclaimed inwardly, ‘Ah!’

‘That’s right!

Come to think of it, I’ve suffered all kinds of hardships instead of that guy.

Then Kim Yu-hyun can focus more on recovering his body than the novel’s flow!

Originally, he was only a little stronger than Zyan, but at this rate, he could fight one of the Seven Wings right now without any problems, right?’

It was the moment when the things he had worked so hard to fix finally shone.

Kim Yu-hyun, who had regained his strength as if new flesh was sprouting because he had no other place to hurt his body or mind, looked very reliable.

Anyway, Kim Yu-hyun’s ‘fact bombing’ ended, and all that was left was the women’s gazes full of the energy of, ‘There’s such a monstrous man.’

“So much so that I even had nightmares.”

“Nightmares?”

“A dream of being slammed upside down into the ground ten thousand times.

Thanks to that, my head still rings.”

Zyan muttered with a sigh.

It was a little funny and fortunate that the woman who should be called Khan, the nightmare of the north, had become someone who had nightmares of being slammed into the ground.

“For that reason, I decided to start special training on my own from today.

Unlike the north, this land is rich in mana, so if I don’t slack off and do something, I might get closer to that monstrous man.

Maybe I can even give him a valid hit.”

“…”

Shion suddenly felt sorry for Zyan.

Originally, she was a woman who competed with Kim Yu-hyun and even earned the name of the nightmare of the north from the kingdom.

Now, because of the protagonist who has become stronger than expected, she has to come to the kingdom and train.

“Still, I wonder if it’s necessary to do this from the morning.”

“Didn’t Princess Vanessa say yesterday?

To come back to the royal palace today.”

“Did she?”

“Then shouldn’t we prepare?”

“…Why go to someone else’s house from this morning?

No matter how early, it’s in the morning, usually in the afternoon, you impatient woman.”

At Shion’s nagging, Zyan muttered, ‘Is that so?

That’s strange.

Our tribes start their daily work from early dawn and finish everything before sunset, so we don’t move much in the afternoon.’

Shion, who advised her that it was necessary to get used to the ways of other places when going to other places, unintentionally woke up early, so he decided to go out for now.

“Aren’t you having breakfast?”

“What I like the most is sleeping in.

Then would I have time to eat breakfast?”

“…You, a war hero, a man who is a hero of the kingdom, are such a lazy person.”

“You don’t know anything.

Originally, the best boss is a lazy person with a brilliant mind?”

There is such a saying.

The most respected boss is a lazy person with a very good mind.

Next is a diligent and intelligent person.

Below that is a lazy and stupid person.

And the worst boss is a stupid person who is unnecessarily diligent.

‘It means don’t harass the people below with unnecessary actions and drain all their strength and energy before they even start.’

So Shion always tried to be a lazy person himself.

Of course, not becoming lazy with a hardened mind!

“Shion.

There is something I’m curious about.

That Kim Yu-hyun…?

It’s about that man.”

“Don’t ask too many details.

I don’t know much either.”

That’s a lie.

No one knows more about Kim Yu-hyun than Shion.

He even knows parts of himself that Kim Yu-hyun himself doesn’t know.

“I heard that there are things that are said to be precious, but they definitely help to handle mana, which greatly enhances the power that human has as a result.”

“Ah, are you talking about magic tools or artifacts?”

“That’s what they say.”

“Such things are precious as you say, but they certainly exist.

But why are you asking that?”

“I was wondering if Kim Yu-hyun, that man, has those things.”

“What’s the reason you feel that way?”

“…Something was different.

I felt it when I clashed yesterday, and when I clashed once in the north, it felt like he was using a power that was similar but subtly different.”

As expected, Zyan, who was called the best villain in the mid-part, had a good sense.

She seemed to have noticed that the circulation of mana that Kim Yu-hyun was using was different from theirs even though they had only clashed twice.

‘Of course.

Kim Yu-hyun is converting the mana here and using it in the way he used to use it in Murim. [Murim refers to a martial arts world often depicted in Korean fantasy stories.]

The ingredients are the same, but the results that come out are bound to be slightly different.’

For that reason, Kim Yu-hyun couldn’t use more than half of the magic tools and artifacts used here.

To put it in perspective, it’s like trying to put a 110V wire into a 220V outlet.

“To put it bluntly, that guy is just fighting with his own pure power.

And this is a secret, but that guy hasn’t used all his power yet.”

“I know that.

I definitely felt like he was holding back a lot.

The fact that I was recognized as weak was terrible and disgusting, but I couldn’t do anything about it.”

“It’s not just holding back.

It’s that his original power hasn’t fully returned yet.”

“…Even though he’s already strong enough, that’s not his full strength, and his power hasn’t fully returned?”

At Shion’s words, Zyan exclaimed as if she was dumbfounded, ‘Ha!’

Even now, he’s a skilled person who can be called a monster by human standards, but that’s not all.

What kind of ridiculous and terrifying man is this!

“…My sister seems to have a good eye for men.”

“Ah, by the way, how is Eos doing?”

“What?

Why are you asking about my sister?

Are you interested in Eos?

Did you two talk separately?

Didn’t you meet my sister before meeting me?

What did you do?

What kind of conversation did you have, and what kind of eyes did you…”

“Calm down, calm down!”

The woman who is usually as cold as dealing with winter suddenly starts spouting words like a rapper as soon as the story related to her sister comes out.

Come to think of it, this woman named Zyan had a subtle sense of competition with her sister.

She seemed to have a considerable amount of pressure to set an example for her sister and to do better as an older sister.

“First, I’m not interested in Eos.

Second, I have no intention of ruining a well-going relationship.

Third, I need you, Zyan, more.

Okay?

Now, don’t think unnecessary thoughts.”

Shion puts a wedge in advance before this scary older sister does something strange again due to unnecessary misunderstandings.

Thanks to that, Zyan muttered, ‘That, then that’s a relief,’ and moved her steps as if running away.

Shion let out a sigh of relief, looking at Zyan, who was running away like that when she said she would do physical training together.

‘I won’t have to sweat from the morning.

Should I go in and sleep more?’

As Shion turned his body back to go inside the room, he heard voices from the entrance.

One was from the Count Klausen family, who was in charge of this villa, and the other was….

“This is a message from the royal palace.

If he has time, Duke Shion Klausen should go to the palace immediately…”

It seemed that the royal palace had sent someone this early in the morning.

Considering that most official schedules start in the morning, it seemed that the royal palace was quite urgent.

‘They said that the early bird is colder and more tired.’

Sion sighed, turned his steps that he was about to enter the room, and approached the place where the voices were heard.

He was going to listen to what was going on that made them send someone to find him at this early morning hour!

“Can I go right now?”

“Duke Shion Klausen!”

“Duke?”

The person who came out of the royal palace showed a welcoming expression, and the person from the Count’s family looked embarrassed.

Perhaps it was because it was the first time they had seen Shion waking up from sleep and walking around outside this early in the morning.

“I asked if I can go to the royal palace right now.”

“Ah, yes.

The princess said that if you have time, you should enter the palace immediately.”

Shion nodded and instructed the person from the Count’s family to find Zyan.

Because she was going to have to digest the schedule early in the morning as she wanted.

―――――――Author’s Afterword―――――――

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