Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 229

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Karma

‘Damn it, I knew it!

I just wanted to get out of here!’

The moment Sione caught Vanessa and Jan disappearing somewhere while he was chatting with Marquis Volkov, he had that thought.

…I don’t know why, but I have a really bad feeling about this.

There’s no way those two women would be so happy to see an old friend that they’d hold hands and go off to talk about things they hadn’t finished. There must be another reason, and whatever it is, it probably isn’t a ‘good’ one.

‘They’re not going to grab each other by the hair and fight, are they?’

Right.

That’s not likely to happen.

If those two women were really going to grab each other’s hair, Jan would break Vanessa’s back first.

Still, Jan isn’t a train wreck character like Trisha, and she’s a woman who could be considered the leader of a group, so she probably wouldn’t do anything so extreme.

“Sir Sione Klauzen!”

The Princess suddenly leaned out of the balcony, and when she made eye contact with Sione, who was looking that way, she immediately called his name.

With an intense look and voice that told him to come here right away, Sione muttered, ‘This is definitely going to be a disaster,’ but he couldn’t help but walk towards the Princess.

In the meantime, Sione was worried that the nobles might look at him strangely, so he wondered if he should put on an act, but thanks to Vanessa, who was looking at him with eyes that said, ‘What are you doing not running over here right now?’, he forgot about it and just walked to the balcony as if he were flying.

And to Sione, who stepped onto the balcony, Princess Vanessa asked a truly heinous question.

“Me, or the guest from the North?

Which one?”

“…Excuse me?”

Princess Vanessa asked such a question with some important words missing.

Sione thought to himself, ‘Surely not, that’s really not it, is it?

No, that’s a bit much,’ and was about to ask her to say it again.

“Sir Sione Klauzen, aren’t you a man too?

So, I’m asking with a bit of ‘playfulness’, me or the guest from the North.

Which of the two women do you like more, that’s the question.”

…God.

God, hey you son of a bitch.

What did I do wrong to deserve this trial!

Sione reflexively looked at Princess Vanessa and Jan, who was standing next to her.

First of all, the person who asks such a question is bound to ask the other person with the thought that they will definitely be able to hear the answer they want.

As evidence of this, Princess Vanessa was showing a look of confidence that Sione would ‘obviously give me the answer.’

“…”

This time, he turned his head to look at Jan.

If Princess Vanessa was looking forward to it very much, Jan, on the other hand, was very quiet.

He could tell at a glance that the silence was not out of resignation because she knew she wouldn’t be chosen, but out of confidence that ‘This is obviously me, isn’t it obvious since he is going to marry me?’

‘Isn’t this a picture of death no matter what I choose?’

At least put an escape route behind me before coming out like this.

To ask me to choose something that clearly leads to death no matter where I choose!

More than that, Sione wondered why Princess Vanessa, who had only shown her A-class side until now, was suddenly acting like this.

He would understand if Prince Erader or someone like that was doing this.

Princess Vanessa, even with a guest from the kingdom who came to visit next to her.

‘…No.

Come to think of it, that woman wasn’t completely normal either.’

He had been surrounded by so many headstrong women that he thought Princess Vanessa was a truly perfect person, but the woman who even lifted Raido’s anti-magic defense net that had been set up in the royal castle at the thought that she could win Kim Yu-hyun’s heart in the novel was Princess Vanessa!

She was the one who turned the royal castle, which could be said to be the command center and heart of the kingdom, and the palace as a whole, into a hell of fire, that’s what it meant.

Thinking that, Sione suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

Only Kim Yu-hyun and his position had changed, but in the end, Vanessa was still Vanessa.

Fortunately, unlike in the novel, she was confirmed to become queen, so she could cover up her affection to some extent with a sense of duty or love for Hispania.

“Sir Sione Klauzen.

It’s good to worry, but if you take too long, the women’s hearts will be hurt.”

Vanessa, who doesn’t seem to know what Sione is thinking as he worries so much that all his hair is about to fall out.

No, Princess Vanessa, who doesn’t seem to care, urges him with words, and Jan urges him with her eyes.

Both of them strongly want him to answer that it’s them.

“Um, Princess Vanessa.

If someone hears my answer and says something strange…”

“Didn’t I say it was just a playful question?

If there are those who spread this in a strange way, it is proof that they cannot distinguish the importance of things, and wouldn’t I have no reason to leave them alone?”

No, you say it’s just a playful question, but why are your eyes bloodshot?

Sione suppressed the words that had risen right below his throat and looked at Jan, who was standing next to him, as if to tell her to stop the Princess.

“Sione Klauzen, isn’t your master asking you?

If it’s just a joke as the Princess said, shouldn’t you just say what’s on your mind with a light heart?

Whatever the answer, I think these two here will accept it with a smile.”

“…”

Damn it, I can clearly see a future where neither of them will accept it with a smile, so what answer are you talking about.

Sione, who had entered full-scale brain cell operation, first tried to predict why this situation had occurred.

First, Princess Vanessa took Jan to the balcony.

And after some conversation, the Princess called him and asked him a question that was so absurd that he wouldn’t have been able to hear it even if he had been told to say something.

If it had just started as a joke from the beginning, she wouldn’t have had such expectant eyes.

Clearly, there was some sharp debate between the two, and since they couldn’t decide the winner there, they were trying to get a proxy victory by calling Sione!

No, if you’re going to fight, you two should decide the winner, why are you calling an innocent person and doing this!

Ah, is this the absurd tragedy that Paris in Greek mythology experienced? [Paris was a prince of Troy who had to judge which goddess was the fairest, leading to the Trojan War.]

He was living well without anything lacking, but suddenly strange women came in and asked who was more beautiful?

So, he just worried a little and answered, and he became enemies with the other women who were not chosen.

‘…And what happened to Paris?

Wow, ta-da?

He died?’

This is bullshit!

I wish they wouldn’t both have such expectant eyes!

Sione, wondering what to do, how to overcome this situation that was nothing short of the greatest ordeal of his life, decided to prepare a shock prevention measure first.

“F-First of all, Princess Vanessa is objectively worthy of being called the flower of the kingdom.

So much so that I even made the mistake of looking at you with strange eyes when I first met you, Princess.”

“Ah, that’s right.

That’s right.

It was as if a butterfly was intoxicated by the scent of a flower and couldn’t take its eyes off me.

Hehehe!”

When did you get so angry and demand an apology when I said I saw you like that last time?

Why are you reacting like that now, you Princess!

And I’m not a butterfly or a flower, that’s not it at all.

Originally, the owner of this body was similar to a dog that runs after the smell of a woman!

Of course, Sione could say that Princess Vanessa was not a flower.

The Princess’s beauty was enough to easily chew up any ordinary noble lady.

On top of that, the aura of not being able to approach her easily from her noble status was added, so the so-called queen’s force was already being felt.

“…”

Huh, shit.

I’m so nervous I’m going to die.

The moment Sione praised Princess Vanessa’s beauty, Jan’s expression hardened.

Sione, who faced the coldness with his whole body, felt as if he had been stripped naked and thrown into the middle of winter.

‘At the time, if his body condition was still not normal, he was a woman who fought Kim Yu-hyun, who easily caught upper-class knights, on equal terms.

At that level, she can fight the Celestial Race without any difficulty, and she can be said to be right below Lilith!’

Such a woman is looking at him with eyes that he doesn’t know whether she’s sulking or angry.

Moreover, she’s not even a character who was the protagonist’s helper, but a ‘villain’ character who shared swords with Kim Yu-hyun in a life-or-death manner, attractive but definitely fierce and ruthless like winter!

Sione, worried that he would really be folded up like origami, decided to quickly resolve the situation before Jan’s expression turned even colder.

“If Princess Vanessa is such a splendid flower, then Jan Temujin.

I guess I should see you as a scene from a snowy winter.”

“…Winter?”

“Although it’s cold, the world after the snow has fallen is quiet and beautiful.

At the same time, it feels very cozy.

It’s not easy to approach, but she’s a person with that much beauty.”

At Sione’s words, Princess Vanessa’s expression changed ambiguously, while Jan’s face clearly showed a ‘That’s right!’ look.

She was a woman who was called a nightmare because of her personality and actions, but she was definitely not a person whose appearance was a nightmare itself.

As Sione expressed it, although she was cold, her appearance was like looking at a very beautiful world covered in white with snow falling heavily, that was Jan Temujin.

‘Even the nobles are saying that she’s a barbarian from the North, but it’s amazing that she has such an appearance!

Princess Vanessa is secretly showing an expression of resentment, but the fact that she doesn’t have anything to refute is also one of the proofs!’

He had created a safety device for both women, meaning ‘You’re both so beautiful that it’s hard to tell who’s better!’

Nevertheless, Sione couldn’t make a hasty conclusion, because both women were making expressions that said, ‘Anyway, there’s only one conclusion.

It’s me.’

As Sione’s worries grew longer, Princess Vanessa began to show a slightly impatient look.

This was because it was being taken as him hesitating to give an answer for some reason.

“It’s okay, Sir Sione Klauzen.”

“Yes?”

“I heard from Jan just now.

The news that you put yourself up as a negotiation condition for the sake of the stability of this Hispania.

That you have decided to form a marriage alliance.”

“Th-That…”

“I was sad.

Why didn’t you tell me sooner?

I wondered if you didn’t trust me.

But you must have had a good reason.

So I won’t say anything more.

I won’t say anything.

I understand everything.

Ah, and this is really just a lighthearted joke with this woman, so there’s no need to worry about the marriage alliance.

Jan will understand everything.”

So, to sum it up, I’m very upset with you right now, so make me less upset quickly.

In addition, don’t worry about the marriage alliance and tell me I’m more beautiful, that’s no different from saying that.

“Princess Vanessa is right.

This situation is just a joke to make us laugh, so I will understand everything, Sione Klauzen.

You don’t have to give an answer that suits your master’s wishes as a subject.”

“…”

This time, Jan is stepping up and subtly emphasizing that he should just say that she is more beautiful and therefore more likable without looking at her.

With pressure coming from both directions like this, Sione felt like his head was about to break.

No, what am I supposed to do with this!

There’s a limit to multiple choice, if I say one is good, I can clearly see how much the other one will be upset, so am I going to answer like a fool?

‘Father, what should I do?

What should I do in this situation!’

Sione desperately called out the name of his father, the true great sage of this era.

Then, from somewhere, the words of his wise father seemed to be heard faintly.

‘…If you give up… it’s comfortable…?

No, damn it!

That’s not it!’

Unfortunately, even the great sage father did not foresee such a situation, so he had never said anything similar to Sione.

In the first place, it’s really only possible in mythology for two such beautiful women to stick together and ask who is more beautiful.

‘That being said, if I answer that I like both!

I’m going to make both women my enemies right away.

It only intensifies the conflict.

Furthermore, they might really get serious and fight.’

Both women are women that Sione has to take with him.

It could be said to be karma, but he had been thinking that something like this could happen someday.

Even if I choose one, I’m going to fail anyway.

That being said, if I say I like both!

I’m going to fail twice.

Then there’s only one answer left, and that’s for Sione to be a jerk in reverse.

“Since the two of you are making it difficult for me with such a pleasant ‘joke’, I will give you an answer first.

I like beautiful women.

Not only the beauty that is visible on the outside, but also everything inside.”

“Huh?”

“Hmm?”

“At the same time, wouldn’t it be fair to say that she has to be a woman who can win my heart if she is at least more beautiful than me?

Then who do you think is the most beautiful person here?”

Saying that, Sione endured the nausea that was about to rise up, made his eyes look deep, lowered his voice, and slowly opened his mouth after turning his face slightly to make the perfect angle.

“That’s right, I’m the most beautiful.”

“Huh?”

“Aang?”

“Oh, my.

True beauty applies regardless of the relationship between men and women, but the two of you still lack the beauty to surpass me.

That’s a shame.

Both of you.”

“No, what is this…”

If this was a serious question, he wouldn’t have dared to say such nonsense.

However, since both Vanessa and Jan emphasized that this was a joke and only asked him to answer, Sione also accepted this as a joke and gave them an answer that was ambiguous to accept and ambiguous to deny.

‘It’s a relief that this body, which can’t even handle mana, gave me beauty to balance it out.

When Sione winked, Princess Vanessa was the first to be attacked by it and grabbed her chest, saying, “Keuk!”.

This time, when he winked at Jan, Jan, who had been staring blankly at it, blushed and couldn’t look at Sione straight in the eye, just like she used to.

‘…Shit.

It’s a relief that I have a face that works and a superior physique.

If it didn’t work, I would have been beheaded right away.’

Thinking that, Sione was about to tell the two women, who had been subdued in one shot, to go back to the party hall with a slightly more relaxed voice.

“Th-Then, Sir Sione Klauzen, who is the next most beautiful person after you…”

Stop it, you son of a bitch!

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stop!