Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 307

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I will give up on you.

“Right now!

Right this instant!”

“Wait.

The person I’m waiting for hasn’t arrived yet.”

“Ugh!

It’s too long, too long!

Wait a minute?

Come to think of it, if I kill the human you’re waiting for, wouldn’t you fight me, human?”

Kim Yu-hyeon’s eyes narrowed sharply at Ekaterina’s words.

He glared at her with an aura that exuded murderous intent for a while, then slowly opened his mouth.

“If you do that, I’ll just cut off your limbs every time so you can’t fight me for the rest of your life.

I’ll turn you into a rolling lump of meat that can’t even die, that’s what I’m saying.”

“Hmm.

That won’t do.

If I can’t die fighting, and you won’t kill me, then no way.”

“So, wait.

Why do you keep pestering me when I said I’d fight you as much as you want like before if you just wait a little longer?”

“Isn’t it the same as humans having delicacies or perfect men and women right in front of them!

I can’t help but be impatient, it’s my nature going wild!

Ahahaha!”

Letting out a hearty laugh, Ekaterina seemed very much looking forward to how Kim Yu-hyeon would deal with her this time, and in what way he would push her roughly.

Kim Yu-hyeon sighed, wondering how such a crazy woman could exist.

He even considered killing her, but when she proved to be useful in her own way when fighting Nudia before, Kim Yu-hyeon had to reconsider that part as well.

Of course, right now he just wanted to forget about thinking and considering and just kill her.

“What did I say?

I told you dragons are amazing, didn’t I?”

“…They’re definitely a pretty intense race in many ways.”

“Nyaang.

That’s why all the races avoid them.”

“Even the Dark Dragon sleeping inside me wouldn’t be this bad.”

These were the impressions of Lilith, Lucia, Ria, and Trisha, in that order, excluding Rishikida who was guarding Zion, about the existence called Ekaterina.

“The rumors that even elves and demons shake their heads are true.”

And next to them, an elven woman had been added.

Thanks to Helen, who was standing there as naturally as if she had been there from the beginning, there was no sense of incongruity, but then Lilith exclaimed, ‘Huh?’ and was the first to notice that the number of people had increased.

“What?

When did that elf…?”

“I’d like to formally introduce myself.

I’m Helen Highness, Succubus Queen.

Lady Lilith.”

“…I was hiding my energy as much as possible.”

“I heard a rough story from Young Master Zion.

He said it would be better to give a rough explanation since I’ve come to be by his side.”

“…”

Lilith had a dumbfounded expression.

She thought it was just a passing encounter, that Zion had just petted her out of pity, but as expected of a woman caught in Zion’s clutches, she seemed to have fallen in headfirst.

She looked around as if to ask if they knew in advance that this woman would join the group, and Lucia, Ria, and Trisha nodded, indicating their agreement.

“Nyaang.

Accept her, too.

Helen is a poor elf.”

“Who here doesn’t have an unfortunate story?”

Even as she said that, Lilith had already heard the rough story from Zion.

A pitiful flower bud who had been captured by slave traders and lived a more miserable life than anyone else, and was now just trying to bloom.

Lilith, who understood a woman’s heart better than anyone else, couldn’t bring herself to break such a flower.

“…You’re an elf, and I’m a demon, but you don’t seem to have any aversion to me?

Are you holding it in?”

“I’m already abandoned by elven society.

I don’t want to call such a person a member of my race, and I don’t want to think of myself as an elf.”

Indeed, given the nature of elves, there was no way they would accept a member of their race who had been dragged into slavery and returned.

Thinking that, Lilith clicked her tongue as if she could clearly imagine how Helen had been treated by her own kind, and then stared at her intently.

She was smiling now, but it must have taken a lot of time to get to the point where she could even smile like that.

Zion, more than anyone else, would have played the biggest role in Helen regaining her smile, and what was most important to her now was probably Zion.

‘She says she’s not an elf, but her origins can’t be helped.

The instinct to always consider pure and sublime love as the best isn’t going anywhere.’

Trying to forcibly separate her from Zion’s side would only make the backlash worse.

To put it nicely, she was similar to Rishikida, and to put it badly, she was like the previous stage of Trisha?

“Well, fine.

In the first place, you helped Zion a lot, so I should let this much slide.”

“Thank you, Lady Lilith.”

“It’s obvious, but there’s no monopoly.

And you’re also forbidden from quitting your job to come here.

Only a woman who is faithful to her job is qualified to demand compensation from Zion.

Understood?”

“Of course, it’s just that being able to be by his side like this is a miracle to me.

It would be a lie to say I’m not greedy, but I would never want that greed to harm others, so rest assured.”

“…They’re the type of kids who will let some damage slide, so don’t worry too much.”

Lilith added, feeling embarrassed by Helen’s overly submissive attitude.

And then, feeling embarrassed for no reason, she got angry at her man who hadn’t returned yet.

“Why isn’t that human coming?

Why is he so late!”

“Nyaang!

That’s right.

Lilith definitely said that, didn’t she?”

“These guys are trying to sit on my head these days.

Shall we have a sparring match for the first time in a while?”

Lucia and Ria immediately shook their heads at Lilith’s threatening question.

They had become stronger through training, but Lilith was a strong person from the start.

From her current skills to her practical experience, there was no comparison, so it was a natural reaction.

Another hour passed while they were waiting.

Kim Yu-hyeon was starting to feel the limits of his patience and was contemplating how to turn this dragonkin [a humanoid dragon] who kept pestering him to fight into mincemeat, when Zion finally entered the detached palace.

“…What?

Why are you all out here?”

“He’s here!

Come on, human!

He’s here, so let’s fight quickly!”

“Please shut up.”

Kim Yu-hyeon, who spoke roughly as if a beast was growling, approached Zion and bowed his head.

Then, as he looked at him as if asking about future plans, Zion nodded as if he understood.

“Everyone, let’s gather in the conference room first… before that.”

Zion looked at Ekaterina as if asking what to do with her.

The way she was drooling as if she couldn’t stand it any longer with delicacies in front of her made it seem like something unimaginable would happen if she stayed here any longer.

In the end, Kim Yu-hyeon opened his mouth, hoping that this would work.

“You remember the place where you and I had a really fun fight last time, right?”

“Roughly?

But why?”

“Go and wait there.”

“What?

You’re not going to run away without coming…

Who knows what I’ll do if you’re late?”

“I’m telling you to go first because I’ll catch up to you in exactly one hour.

Should I call it my consideration for you who are too weak?”

Kim Yu-hyeon had also learned how to provoke his opponent while spending time with Zion.

Thanks to that, Ekaterina, who was suddenly treated like a cripple who would be caught up even if she left first, immediately erased her smiling face and began to emit a terrifying energy from her eyes that could only be called madness rather than murderous intent.

“Wow, this is the first time I’ve been ignored like this.”

“You’re being ignored because you’re disgustingly weak.

If you’re not happy with that, why don’t you arrive first and defeat me this time?”

“You’re confident, human?”

“Because I know better than anyone how slow you are.”

After saying that much, Ekaterina didn’t grumble any more and immediately turned her body.

She even spat out a rather arrogant statement that if he arrived later than her, she would kill all the humans and other races here this time.

“…You don’t think she’ll suddenly spread her wings, right?”

Trisha asked, looking at Ekaterina’s receding figure.

Even if she was a Dark Dragon or a Saintess, she was still an ordinary girl who lived in the territory of Count Klausen, so she couldn’t possibly know much about dragonkin.

At that, Lilith and Kim Yu-hyeon opened their mouths almost simultaneously to answer.

“No.”

“There aren’t any.”

Dragonkin aren’t really covered in scales like dragons or flapping their wings.

According to the stories, those who were called dragons or dragons in the past were too arrogant and cruel, so they were cursed by all races, lost their huge bodies and wings, and fell to the ground, but no one knew the truth.

All that remained were the two horns on their heads, the tail attached to their buttocks, and the slight scales that could be seen in the corners of their reptilian eyes.

“Still, given that dragonkin’s personality, she’s probably running there like crazy to beat Kim Yu-hyeon, right?

Hurry up and finish and go.

I think it would be quite annoying if another crazy woman ran in saying she’s going to kill everyone.”

At Lilith’s words, Zion nodded and moved with everyone who had gathered in the room.

Unfortunately, Zann was currently leading the warriors of the north with Eos, so he couldn’t be here.

Still, he said he would go with them to the halfway point and then leave the rest to his subordinates and return to the royal castle, so there wouldn’t be any particular problem.

“Everyone, please sit down.”

After entering the conference room, Zion looked at Lilith, who was sitting on his left, starting with Kim Yu-hyeon on his right, and then Lucia, Ria, Trisha, and Helen in that order.

Even if he told her to sit down, Rishikida said she would stand by his side, so she was right next to him, and Zann was currently in a position where he had to return the northern tribes to their homeland, so he was absent.

“Everyone worked hard this time too.

Especially Lady Lilith.

Thank you for going back to your hometown after a long time and fighting those crazy light fanatics right away.

Kim Yu-hyeon, you also worked hard to put up with that crazy woman.

It’s the same for everyone else.

Thank you for following me as I said in your positions.”

Everyone nodded at Zion’s words of gratitude, reacting as if they had done something natural.

It was a natural thing since they had never suffered any losses by following the direction he was thinking and doing as he said.

“With this incident, doubts about the elves who call themselves descendants of light have deepened.

We accepted Hispania and Nudia too.

What you see on the outside isn’t everything.

So maybe the will of that great light isn’t all that’s known.

Helen?”

“The tribes have decided to inform the royal families of Hispania and Nudia directly that they are not related to the elves who tried to alienate Hispania and Nudia this time.

For that reason, Sirien, who can be said to be a special envoy from the elven side, is currently having an interview with the Queen of Hispania.”

“Nyaang!

The beastmen are also feeling a strange energy.

If the elves are really followers of the descendants of light, then why were they silent?

Did they not know, or did they pretend not to know even though they knew?”

“I heard news from my father that the doctrine of light, which was strong until recently, has suddenly faded away.

Every time they open their mouths, they talk about the will of light, but all that comes back are news with very bad intentions.”

Everything was welcome and enjoyable from Zion’s point of view.

Even if the words ‘Fuck the light!’ don’t come out right away, just the suspicion that ‘I don’t know if the will of light is really as bright and pure as we thought’ is already half the battle.

Even if Hispania, which has not suffered as much damage as Nudia, fights against the attacks of the celestials with a sound mind, the tiring work will be reduced by half.

“I didn’t want things to turn out this way, but with even the elves corrupted, I can’t trust all the celestials [heavenly beings].

From now on, we’ll move as if we’re preparing for the worst-case scenario.

Anyone still think my worries are excessive?”

If he had said these words from the beginning, everyone would have tilted their heads.

If he suddenly said that the celestials might be assholes, there would be no one who would believe him.

But in the meantime, he had driven those gathered here into all sorts of things, brought them closer to the truth, and sufficiently showed them the incomprehensible actions of the elves, who were said to be a race that followed the light.

“The guys here don’t need to worry, right, Zion?”

“That’s right.

The problem is the ordinary people who still don’t know anything.”

Lilith and Lucia were asking how he would persuade them.

The elves had already cracked their trust in the celestials due to the attack on their village, and the beastmen were more motivated by the desire not to be left behind by the elves than by their belief in the celestials themselves, and they would turn away immediately if the world they wanted was different from what the celestials wanted.

Then what about the humans?

The people of Hispania, the people of Nudia.

And the people of the Holy Prussia, who bark like crazy dogs if they have even a little doubt about the will of light?

“We need to distinguish between people who can be persuaded and brought back to their senses, and people who can’t be brought back even if we do that.

In the worst-case scenario, the fanatics who don’t know what they’ll do behind our backs will be more troublesome than the celestials.”

Unfortunately, there was no clever way to weed them out.

It was impossible to call all the people and investigate them one by one to sort them out, and it was even more impossible to monitor them all.

‘So I wish the celestials would move soon.

The best picture would be if the suspicious people around them, rather than me weeding them out, would catch those crazy bastards on their own.’

When ominous rumors circulate, it’s natural to be suspicious if the neighbor next door suddenly does something strange.

Zion was expecting them to tie up, monitor, and clean up those who were trying to stab them in the back without him having to step in.

To do that, it was the best of the best for the celestials to move in this situation.

Zion recalled the original progress of the novel and checked the flow of time roughly.

At this point, Nudia was already ruined, and the demons were on the verge of extinction due to the previous holy war.

Hispania was also a mess, and Prince Erader, not Vanessa, had become the king, and those with abilities were increasingly suspected and either hid themselves or were kicked out.

‘Was it three months from now?

The time when the celestials start to move.’

It’s late, too late.

Zion shook his head.

According to his plan, the celestials had to move within a month.

If it dragged on any longer than that, the flames of suspicion that had flared up would go out.

One month, a period that is long if it is long and short if it is short.

That was the last preparation and rest for Zion.

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