Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 128

The Rebirth Life of a Dedicated Reader – Episode 128 (128/439)

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My Sisters Are Not Ordinary

The day after taking their last rest in Hispania.

Sion and his party entered the lands of the northern barbarian tribes, maintaining a moderate pace that was neither too slow nor too fast.

“Vice Commander Schumacher.”

“Yes, Young Master Sion.”

“You said your hometown is in the northern territory, right?

Do you know anything more about the barbarian tribes?”

“Even if I don’t know anything else, I can say one thing for sure.

They are a fierce yet generous group, valuing honor but also being subtly narrow-minded.”

Sion chuckled at the unfiltered assessment.

It was almost as if it were a perfect description of the northern barbarian tribes as depicted in novels.

Perhaps because he spent his childhood in the north, he answered a group of barbarians approaching the party without hesitation.

Afterward, Vice Commander Schumacher said that going any further would only provoke their hostility, so it would be better to stop and wait.

It seemed questionable to Sion whether a group of people could just stop their carriage and wait blankly on a desolate plain, but he decided to do so.

“Ugh, this place feels weird.”

Inside the carriage, Lilith grumbled and joked around.

Lisichida responded to Lilith’s jokes with “Uh-huh,” while subtly keeping an eye on Trisha, who was sitting next to her.

It seemed that she found this woman named Trisha more unsettling than the northern barbarians.

However, Trisha only stared at Sion as if she didn’t care about anything else.

Thanks to this, Sion had to close his eyes and pretend to be thinking about something, trying to escape Trisha’s gaze.

‘…But why does she say it feels weird?’

Sion opened his mouth, feeling that something was off.

“Lilith.

What do you mean by saying it feels weird?”

“The mana is like crap here.

Cold and sharp.

It’s a terrible place to use mana, that’s what I mean.”

Sion nodded his head at Lilith’s answer.

Indeed, the north had a harsh living environment and an unstable mana distribution, so there were relatively few skilled individuals compared to the kingdom.

The environment was bad, and it was a rough place where people often died early or were assassinated.

In that respect, the Daughter of Winter and the Khan sisters were nothing short of mutants [individuals with extraordinary abilities].

At the young age of 30, they had grown into transcendent beings in the eyes of the northern barbarians, each in charge of a large force.

‘Well, Eos, who was called the Daughter of Winter, was a woman similar to Kim Yu-hyun in many ways, and Khan was a badass older sister who fought equally with Kim Yu-hyun.’

Before departing from the royal palace, Sion could tell that Kim Yu-hyun’s strength had recovered more than half by looking at him fighting equally with Lilith.

He could now defeat upper-level knights without difficulty and fight a fierce battle with Khan as originally planned in the novel.

‘But I still need to be careful.’

Sion glanced back at Kim Yu-hyun, who was sitting in the coachman’s seat across from him.

The cold atmosphere he had at first had softened a lot as he spent time with Sion.

He had suffered a lot in the Murim world [a martial arts world] and was often backstabbed, so he couldn’t trust people easily.

But now, he had grown to the point where he would ask for Sion’s opinion first.

It was a good change, a very desirable development.

Sion hoped and prayed that Kim Yu-hyun wouldn’t just go through puberty until everything was over.

“…Young Master Sion.”

Ah, crap.

I was so surprised.

Sion grabbed his heart, which was about to run away, and carefully put it back inside at the sound of Kim Yu-hyun’s voice from outside the carriage.

He couldn’t help but be surprised because Kim Yu-hyun showed up just as he was thinking about him.

He glanced out the window and saw a black-haired man leaning back in the coachman’s seat, looking this way.

“Someone is approaching.”

“Approaching?”

“To be precise, there are several of them.”

After Kim Yu-hyun said that, Vice Commander Schumacher and Lisichida showed slight tension.

Lilith was still looking out the window with a relaxed expression.

After a while, the stationary carriage began to shake slightly.

…Thump, thump, thump―.

‘…Looks like they’ve finally arrived.’

If the ground was shaking even this slightly, it could only be the barbarian tribe’s cavalry.

Sion thought that it wouldn’t be a good sight to stay inside the carriage when the owners of this land had come to visit in person, so he stepped outside.

“Master!”

“It’s okay, Lisi.

If you’re worried, you can stand in front of me.”

At Sion’s words, Lisi nodded and stepped forward first, surveying the outside situation.

Then, Trisha, with a pout as if she was dissatisfied, stepped down and took a position opposite Lisichida, behaving similarly to her.

She looked quite different from the woman who had burned Hispania as Saik.

‘Not bad,’ Sion muttered, glancing back.

There, Lilith was putting on a hat instead of a hood, grumbling, “Ugh, these women are so tiring.”

The hood could give a suspicious impression from an observer’s point of view, so he had put on a hat that any magician should wear as a necessity.

“Young Master Sion.”

“Yes, Vice Commander.

Looks like the owner has arrived.”

A group of cavalrymen was definitely within Sion’s sight as well.

Unlike the kingdom’s horses, they were small and their manes were not very long, and even those were sparsely missing, making them look quite shabby.

They looked more like ponies than warhorses.

Naturally, some of the royal palace defense forces chuckled in disbelief, but Sion and Vice Commander Schumacher kept their mouths shut.

‘That’s one of the reasons why the northern barbarian tribes can’t be easily subjugated.’

Contrary to their appearance, those small horses were much tougher than most of the kingdom’s warhorses.

It’s not like you can just release a warhorse somewhere and expect it to eat grass and run right away.

Just as humans don’t eat raw rice but cooked rice, warhorses also eat strictly managed hay.

If you really let them graze in the fields, they would have to spend all day digesting to run properly.

It’s no coincidence that those who can ride heavily armed horses while being heavily armed themselves are called knights and perform important tasks on the battlefield.

The management and maintenance of a horse’s stamina were much more difficult and important than in the case of humans.

‘But the horses of the northern barbarian tribes are different.

They look like bumpkins who would drink scorched rice water, but they act so tough that they make hay look like nothing.’

Despite their small size, they are strong and their speed is not inferior to the kingdom’s horses at all.

Not only that, but they don’t even think about complaining about their food, and if people can’t provide them with hay, they dig up roots to eat on their own.

Moreover, they have a hungry spirit ingrained deep in their bones, even in their genes, because the land is so desolate.

Thanks to this, they are almost like iron men, no, iron horses, who can run without much trouble even after starving for days.

They are even smart enough to stay silent without chattering when they go out looting, even without wearing a bridle.

They are the perfect horses for the nomadic lifestyle of the northern barbarian tribes, who do not stay in one place and always move around.

‘From the kingdom’s point of view, they are as troublesome as the people.’

The kingdom, well aware that if they were outmaneuvered, all they could do in this vast plain was get beaten up, simply built fortresses on land where cultivation was possible and endured there, literally ‘honing’ their territory.

“Haya!
Haya!”

Thump, thump, thump!―.

The northern barbarian cavalry quickly approached.

Then, suddenly, the front line split apart, and a horse that looked slightly larger and stronger than the average horse charged straight towards Sion.

Before he could even say “Uh-oh,” the distance closed rapidly, and Lisichida stood next to Sion with her hand on the hilt of her sword.

“Lisi.”

But at Sion’s restraint, she lowered her head and stepped back.

Thanks to this, Trisha, who was about to step forward as well, breathed a sigh of relief and followed her, guarding Sion’s back.

Meanwhile, the charging northern cavalry, who had really rushed right in front of them, slowed down as if they had made a promise with just one pull of the reins.

At the same time, the person at the very front jumped off the running horse.

Even though they had slowed down, if they made even the slightest mistake in landing from the back of a still-running horse, they could not only roll on the ground but also have all the bones in their body broken in two.

However, the rider succeeded in landing very smoothly, as if mocking their worries, perfectly like a painting.

“Hmm.”

Then, she pushed back the hat she was wearing, and the rider’s identity was finally revealed.

Glossy dark gray hair, violet eyes full of spirit.

A subtly different appearance from the kingdom’s women, but still unable to hide the aura of beauty, making the royal knights feel embarrassed.

The rider who had been rushing in as if to trample them was a mysterious woman, one with a beauty that could knock out a noble lady with a slap to the cheek.

Moreover, that beautiful figure became even more evident when the women were close enough to see each other clearly.

Although she was wearing thick clothes to protect herself from the cold, she still couldn’t hide her coolly extended arms and legs or her superior height.

She was wearing clothes that couldn’t show off a woman’s charm at all, but she still looked more beautiful.

Sion finally understood why Kim Yu-hyun had fallen so deeply in love with that woman.

“…If you look away, you’re really dead.”

Lilith, who had come up from behind, gave a warning shot in advance.

Sion cleared his throat softly!

“Your skills are outstanding.

Verler.”

At those words, the woman flinched in surprise and stopped walking.

At the same time, the barbarian warriors behind her also had surprised faces.

It was only natural.

The kingdom’s nobleman was calling her title as if he was very familiar with it.

“…It sounds like you know a lot about me.

Klausen.”

“Klausen is the family name.

I have a separate name.”

“I have a separate name too.”

“I know that in this land, you are called by that title rather than your name, Verler.”

With those words, Sion moved his feet.

Leaving Lisichida, Trisha, Vice Commander Schumacher, and Kim Yu-hyun all behind, alone.

Then, Eos also moved her feet, leaving her subordinate cavalry behind, and met Sion at the exact center point.

‘…Her height seems almost the same as mine?’

Considering that he was by no means short, it was truly a superior figure.

Sion was very upset today with the author who had set Sion Klausen’s height to exactly 180cm.

Or they should have set Eos Verler’s height a little shorter!

“….”

Sion breathed a sigh of relief as he confirmed Eos looking up at him very slightly.

He was relieved that there was still a difference of about 2cm to 3cm.

For reference, Kim Yu-hyun’s height was unfortunately 179cm.

“Sion.”

Saying that, Sion reached out his hand first.

In the north, revealing his unarmed hand while revealing his name was the most basic and most important greeting and etiquette.

Eos smiled slightly at that.

Fortunately, this man didn’t seem to be completely ignorant of the northern barbarian tribes.

“Eos.”

The two men shook hands, making it clear that they had no intention of aiming weapons at each other, at least.

Then, those who had been lined up behind her with all sorts of fierce weapons lowered their weapons, and all the riders dismounted and grabbed the reins.

It was a sign that they had no intention of fighting the other party.

“…Everyone, lower your weapons and don’t show too much wariness.

From their point of view, getting off their horses is a clear expression of their intention not to attack, so unnecessarily suspecting them will only make things twisted.”

As Vice Commander Schumacher, who knew the northern situation and the barbarian tribes well, gave the order, the royal knights and soldiers belonging to the royal palace defense force all lowered the weapons they had been sharpening.

“…That woman is annoying.”

“You too?

Same here.”

Trisha and Lilith whispered, looking at the beautiful woman with a superior figure standing in front of Sion for the first time in a while.

It was only natural for the two women, who were quite sensitive to Sion bringing women around as if he was spreading pheromones, to react so sensitively.

Meanwhile, Lisichida noticed that Kim Yu-hyun’s breathing, who was standing next to her, had suddenly become quiet, so she looked at him.

“Sir Kim Yu-hyun?”

“….”

Kim Yu-hyun’s appearance was too different from usual.

He was staring blankly at one place, as if slightly embarrassed or dazed.

The person his gaze was directed at was the woman who was talking to Sion.

After staring blankly at Eos for a moment, Kim Yu-hyun let out a sigh and suddenly cleared his throat, returning to his usual self as if nothing had happened.

His appearance seemed to be shouting with all his body, ‘I have no interest in that woman, no romantic feelings either!’

Lisichida, watching the man trying to hide his pounding heart, slowly opened her mouth.

“…Rest assured.

I don’t think that woman will harm Sion.”

Unfortunately, Lisichida was not as perceptive as Lilith.

―――――――Author’s Notes―――――――

Lisi, that’s not it….

Ah, the recommendation is right.