Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 255

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Our protagonist has changed!

He’s always ready to exploit those around him for the sake of the future.

That was Zion’s code of conduct, but that didn’t mean he planned to use people non-stop.

Sufficient rest always brings the best efficiency, and if you have to do the same thing, it’s best to handle it neatly at once and rest your body and mind the rest of the time.

Kim Yu-hyun’s case was exactly like that.

Destroying the fairy village was not an easy task, and even the journey was purely on his own strength, so even if he didn’t think so, others would have seen it as a tremendous forced march.

He even had to carry a burden called Trisha.

Decisively, he succeeded in bringing Ekaterina, the worst opponent, to Zion, even at the risk of injury.

‘Honestly, if he’s done this much, he should be aware as an employer.

Even if I can’t give him anything, I should at least say something nice.’

He dreams of being a ruthless boss, but if he did that, everyone would immediately cut ties with him.

If you try to save money or pride and make a fuss, you’ll lose even the excellent workers you had in your hands and then regret it.

Treating people well when you have them is the wisdom of the ancient sages that applies to everyone in the world.

“Are you really planning to take this woman out right away?”

“Wouldn’t that be better?”

“Why don’t you rest a little before you go? You’ve been suffering so much for less than a week.”

“···.”

Kim Yu-hyun stares at Zion instead of answering.

Originally, he should have said, ‘There’s no need,’ or ‘I’ll gratefully accept your consideration,’ and gone to do his job, but suddenly he was hesitant and looking at Zion.

“Ah, now that I think about it, I almost forgot.”

“Forgot what?”

“This matter, the report on the attack on the fairy village.”

Then Zion also nodded, muttering, ‘Ah, that’s right.’

Both men were so focused on Ekaterina, a big catch, that they forgot why they met her in the first place and were focusing on other things.

“Thanks to that woman, I’ve completely destroyed half of it, though not all of it.”

“···Half?”

“It’s only half.”

It’s not ‘only half’.

Excluding Kim Yu-hyun’s travel time, the time he actually spent on the mission was less than a day. It was such a short time that ordinary people would have spent just traveling.

The fairies are a race with so much factional strife that those who are close to each other build and live in their villages relatively close to each other, but still, destroying half of the fairy villages in one day.

This was at the level of saying, “He appears in the east and disappears in the west. Our protagonist uses Shukuchi-ho [a technique for moving incredibly fast]!”

“I got some help from Trisha.

It’s not difficult to cut down enemies, but to wipe out the entire area, I was honestly a little worried because it would take me some time.”

“Didn’t make any mistakes?

For example···.”

“Sometimes I fail to control the flames and almost get swept away, or I get so excited that I try to turn the entire area into a hell of fire, or from the beginning, I try to step forward and the border guards hear our presence.

Is that what you’re talking about?”

“···.”

“Don’t worry.

It was all manageable.”

Kim Yu-hyun says it wasn’t a big deal like that.

But to Zion, those words sounded like, ‘Hey you, what were you thinking when you entrusted me with a fire strike without any safety device? You son of a bitch!’

‘Yu-hyun, I’m really sorry!’

Honestly, I thought she would have some control by now.

I even let Trisha taste a sweet candy, and I thought that if she wanted to eat it again, she would do as Zion told her and not do as he told her not to do.

In fact, after tasting the candy to her heart’s content, she was so anxious that she tried so hard to get into Zion’s eyes.

So much so that Lilith came to him one day and grumbled, ‘She seems to be too eager.’

The problem was that it also had the effect of pouring all the firewood and oil into the flames that were already burning, which, to put it nicely, was too much enthusiasm, and to put it badly, it meant that she had an extremely terrible fit of madness.

“That stigma-like power.

I’m quite worried.”

“Ah, sorry.

That guy still···.”

“I’m not talking about Trisha, I’m talking about when others have that power.

It’s not like they’re using mana, but they can use power that’s twice as strong, it’s like···.”

It’s as if there are traces of God residing in the world.

Kim Yu-hyun is an atheist, so he didn’t exactly say that, but from the beginning, the setting of the stigma was based on the idea that a transcendent being called God stayed on this earth for a while and then disappeared.

Of course, if you ask if God really existed, Zion could say no.

He was also an atheist like Kim Yu-hyun, not because of that reason, but because the author officially said that he had no intention of introducing the existence of ‘God’ and had no plans to appear.

Then why is the stigma called the trace of God?

Because there was no other cool word to express it, that was all.

It was just a miracle!

It seemed like something was missing to say, and other words were just so-so, so when the author said that he used the word trace of God, how absurd was it when it was written?

‘Anyway, there were a lot of holes in the setting in the second half.

Suddenly, the appearance of the Seven Wings was ominous, and you know you messed it up big time, you damn author!’

In fact, the reason why holes started to appear in the setting was because of Kim Yu-hyun.

The protagonist became strong without end, and if he just swiped his sword once, it would be cleaned up, so from the author’s point of view and from the reader’s point of view like himself, the development was not good.

In the end, the author reluctantly introduced a strong guy on par with the protagonist, but suddenly, there were too many opinions that it didn’t make sense to be pushed back by an enemy who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, so in the end, the Seven Wings were demoted to a boss monster for a passing event.

Fortunately, there was a hint about the strongest being among the Celestial Race that had been appearing since before, so I was waiting for it to be recovered, but suddenly I entered the novel.

‘···Damn.

I should have told Kim Yu-hyun to just kill them all at that time and go to the ending.’

It was too late to regret it now.

Still, if we have hope, Kim Yu-hyun is growing up on his own, and while the protagonist is catching the boss monsters, there are people who will take care of the named or 잡몹 [japmob; Korean slang for ‘fodder’ or weak enemies] that run to the main camp.

And most importantly, the protagonist and those people are all his people!

“The Celestial Race must have secured at least two stigma holders.”

“Do they have a device to find them?”

“If they did, they would have started working a long time ago.

But I think the writer named God has a conscience and designated them randomly.

This person may be a stigma holder, or may not be.”

“That’s how gods are.

If they really exist, I want to tear their faces off.”

Instead of tearing off their necks, what kind of novel way is tearing off their faces?

Zion shuddered at the thought.

“Sir Zion.

If possible, there are a few things I would like to ask you.”

Crazy, this word makes me shudder even more.

It’s not just anyone, it’s Kim Yu-hyun, and the fact that the protagonist is saying such things makes me even more worried.

Is it because I’m not from this place?

Is it because I know the future?

No, that’s not the problem.

When you talk about Zion, you eventually reach the final conclusion.

In fact, all of this is just a story in a novel, and you are just characters in the novel.

That was the problem.

Therefore, in order to eliminate the need to say such things, Zion took care not to give the impression that ‘this is too suspicious.’

Of course, he was only paying attention and causing all the accidents, so he himself was not sure whether his efforts were meaningful.

“···Why.

What is it.”

Zion opens his mouth, trying to hide his nervousness.

Then Kim Yu-hyun looks around, showing actions that fuel Zion’s anxiety, and slowly approaches him with a very cautious look.

‘What is it.

Why are you doing that.

Scary!’

Just in case, if he really says something like, ‘Who are you?’ right away···.

“I’ve thought about it several times, but is that really okay?”

“···What? What are you talking about?”

“The letter, I mean.

That letter going north.”

“Ah.”

But, wait a minute.

You said you had a few things to ask?

The first thing that came up was the letter?

Zion was really speechless.

He was dumbfounded and amazed.

But at the same time, he suddenly laughed and felt relieved and strangely fortunate.

That Kim Yu-hyun, the protagonist who called the Celestial Race monsters and feared them, is agonizing over a love letter and repeatedly asking, ‘Is that the best you can do? Are you sure?’

‘Yeah.

Even though it’s a bit rotten inside, he’s not a bad guy by nature.

Originally, the situation was getting worse and worse, but now it’s proof that he’s doing well.’

Zion was thinking that he should tell Zyan to come and replace Eos later or come together.

Of course, if that happens, the power in the north will be empty, but what he is currently expecting in preparation for such a time is the ‘tribal meeting’ that Leah told him about.

‘Myo-eun Tribe, Wol-rang Tribe, Hobi Tribe.

All of them live well in cold places.’

A tribal meeting where the leaders of each tribe gather in one place.

Zion, although human, had enough justification to attend.

That is, he is the son-in-law of the Myo-eun Tribe King, who is in charge of one axis!

‘I’ve thrown enough bait.

Now, all I have to do is recover them one by one and catch the big fish.’

Beastmen also have a decent opinion of the Celestial Race.

But the reason why they don’t truly follow the Celestial Race is funny, because the fairies, who call themselves servants of the Celestial Race, are so unlucky, look down on the Beastmen, and treat them carelessly.

Unlike the Beastmen, who are just ordinary believers, the fairies have a very small amount of the Celestial Race’s legacy.

In such a situation, the fairies, who call themselves servants and are loved by the Celestial Race, are so annoying that they cannot view the fairies and the Celestial Race they follow in a good light.

In that sense, if you have Beastmen in your hands, they are a card that can be used sufficiently.

“Don’t worry, Kim Yu-hyun.

I guarantee it, and it’s not just anyone.

It’s a bit strange for me to say this, but do I look like someone who doesn’t know women’s hearts?”

“···.”

Kim Yu-hyun hesitated for exactly 3 seconds at Zion’s words and shook his head.

If the man in front of him really had no talent for understanding women, there would be no reason for women like rough stones to follow him.

“Let’s stop talking about that.

If you keep doing that, just do it alone.”

“No.

Just, just··· I, didn’t I say I’ve never written a letter before?

So I’m saying this because I’m anxious, so I hope you understand.”

1st verse is good, 2nd verse is good, but don’t go beyond the 4th verse and go to the brain circuit [referring to overthinking and making things worse].

Zion muttered to himself like that and waited for Kim Yu-hyun’s other questions.

“The other question··· might be a bit sensitive.”

“Listen and judge.”

“Are you really okay?

I’m not from the continent, but thanks to my teacher, I know the general situation.

Fighting against the Celestial Race in this place where they are almost considered agents of God···.”

“It will be difficult, it will be painful, it will be a long and long fight.

Is that what you want to hear?”

“That’s not it.

But I think it might be.”

“It might be as you say.

But you never know?

As someone said, when the light gets stronger, the shadow gets darker, and if the believers do such strange things that many people turn away from the light’s doctrine, the atmosphere might be reversed.”

It is the way of the world that even an excellent and righteous person is always tormented by enemies.

How can there be no enemies for those who are excellent but have black hearts and do even darker things?

Right now, the believers who follow them are disgusting and mean, so they are keeping their mouths shut, but whenever there is a chance, they will rush in like bees.

“···I always feel this, but Sir Zion is always confident in everything.”

“Because it’s within the expected range.”

“That may be the case, but isn’t it still a bit like that?

What should I say, it’s like you know what’s going to happen in the future.”

“···.”

“It would have been nice if I had someone as wise as you by my side.

Not here, but in the place where I used to be.

If that were the case, I might have smiled a little more···.”

You don’t know, but we were always together, you son of a bitch.

Even though you are the protagonist in the novel and I am the reader outside the novel.

Honestly, the reason why I’m with you now is because you’re the best sword, but also because I, as a reader, want to see the protagonist do well.

‘Of course, you’ll never know.’

Even while thinking that way, Zion only smiled and shrugged his shoulders once.

He could boast that he was a master at handling his emotions and facial expressions, even if he couldn’t handle mana.

“Actually, it’s quite strange to say this in this situation, Kim Yu-hyun.”

“What is it?”

“As long as you don’t betray me, I won’t betray you either.

I do things you can’t do, and you do things I can’t do.

I don’t think there’s anything as stupid as betraying someone who fills in each other’s shortcomings.

What do you think?”

“···.”

Kim Yu-hyun didn’t answer right away and showed a sign of hesitation.

That’s because he had painful and bitter memories of being betrayed not only by those close to him but also by his close friends in Murim [a martial arts world].

‘Originally, he doesn’t answer at all.

He’s still reluctant to reveal his true feelings.

But···.’

But the current Kim Yu-hyun was different from the one in the novel.

With a very slight but clear smile, the protagonist of the novel opened his mouth to the man who was his past nemesis and is now his best assistant.

“I agree.”

It was the moment when the trust-building with the protagonist, which had been put in little by little, finally paid off.

―――――――Author’s Note―――――――

Did everyone have a good holiday!