Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 258

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How to Befriend Wild Beasts

Western Hispaña Kingdom, near the border of vast plains and forests.

It was a place where people occasionally came and went in search of medicinal herbs, but it was so infamous that almost no one visited unless they were truly risking their lives.

Thump, thump, thump!

“Nyaaang!”

“Why are you so excited?

Be a little quiet, you damn feline!”

“Feline… what?

What is that?

Is that my new name?”

“It’s a nickname.

Kitty.”

“What is it, it changes every day?

Kitty, Danto, and now Feline?

How many names do I have besides Lia!”

Lia stopped in her tracks, staring intently at Sion, waiting for his answer.

Sion, who was wearing ordinary clothes worn by the kingdom’s people instead of his usual uniform, opened his mouth.

“Doesn’t that mean I like you that much?”

“Eh, eh?”

“I heard that when you Myo-eun [a race of cat-like beast people] form a bond, you receive a new name from your partner.”

“Is that so?”

“I love you so much that I gave you many names.

Why, do you hate it?

Should I just leave Lia and not call you by the others?”

“No!

Nyaang!

You can call me all of them!”

She’s still a child, only her body has grown up.

Sion chuckled inwardly and glanced back, feeling a presence behind him.

There were the Myo-eun, who had briefly faced him before, to be exact, Lia’s escorts who had been rescued by Sion from the slave market.

“How did we become human porters…?”

“Shhh.

Be quiet.

Haven’t you heard the Great King’s words?

He’s our son-in-law!”

“But didn’t the Princess always say she would be with a strong male?

To me, that human doesn’t seem that strong.”

“Do you remember any other human men besides that human man?

That man seemed much stronger.”

‘I can hear everything, you guys.’

No, at this point, it’s just whispering for me to hear.

Sion was contemplating how to punish those arrogant felines 1, 2, and 3.

The journey to the western kingdom was smoother than expected.

Helene, the head of Hynes Merchant, immediately arranged transportation, so they were able to depart as soon as preparations were complete.

Sion, who secretly informed Queen Vanessa while keeping it a secret from the other nobles, headed west without delay and happened to meet Lia’s escorts who were waiting for her.

‘Pick it up.’

‘Huh?’

‘Nyaang?’

‘These are gifts for your Great King and others.

So pick them up quickly.’

It’s what the son-in-law prepared with all his heart while going to his in-laws’ house!

At Sion’s words, Lia’s escorts were filled with the emotion of ‘Why us?’

Although Sion was the male who mated with Lia, he was a human, not a beast.

To them, who didn’t like humans as much as the fairies, Sion seemed like an evil man 1 who wasn’t strong but kept trying to use them.

‘Pick it up.’

‘P, Princess?’

‘Pick it up!’

Of course, Lia, who was much higher in the hierarchy than them, stepped in, and the Myo-eun, who were carrying all the items received from the Hynes Merchant Kingdom’s western branch, had no choice but to obey.

After that, Lia briefly stopped after avoiding the eyes of others and coming to a place with almost no people in order to enter the Myo-eun territory.

“Sion.”

“Yeah?”

“I’m sorry, but please use this.”

What Lia handed over was a cloth in the shape of a pouch.

It was just the right shape to put something in if you held the opening, but if you held it upside down, it was an essential item for kidnapping someone and dragging them to a secluded place.

“…What is this?”

“Even though you are my male, many Myo-eun are extremely wary and dislike outsiders entering their homes.

So, when welcoming guests, they always put something like this on their faces to prevent them from knowing the way here, which alleviates their anxiety.”

“…”

‘Is this what it feels like to be kidnapped by a terrorist group?’

He had come in such ordinary clothes to prevent being seen by the kingdom’s people, and now he had to cover his face with this cloth, it was a journey that ruined his style.

But there was nothing he could do, so Sion obediently accepted it.

Then, he put it on from above his head, tied the string attached to the bottom appropriately, and looked at Lia as if asking if it was okay now.

Shashashak!―

At the same time, suddenly, the sound of something rushing through the bushes was heard from all directions.

Even Sion, who was more insensitive to detecting signs than anyone else, was embarrassed and reflexively looked around, even though he couldn’t see anything, and made a sound like ‘Uh, uh, uh?’

“Hey, Lia… Ugh!”

Suddenly, his body lost its balance and fell backward.

He desperately tried to put strength into his legs, but he couldn’t move as if he was caught by something.

If he fell backward like this, wouldn’t the back of his head break?

Just as Sion was desperately trying to grab the ground, suddenly something incredibly fluffy supported his back.

Soon after, Sion was lying on something very warm, soft, fluffy, and smooth, and was moving somewhere.

“Hey, hey!

Lia!

What, what is it?

What is this under me?”

“Be quiet.

If you keep shouting, the kids might get scared and drop you!”

“What do you mean… Ugh!”

Suddenly, his body tilted and he felt an incredible sense of speed.

He couldn’t see clearly because his vision was completely blocked, but what was certain was that he was moving at a fast speed, with a strong wind felt on his skin.

He wanted to say something, but if he was really abandoned because he was too loud, that would be quite troublesome, so Sion quietly closed his mouth and decided to just lie down and entrust his body.

How much time had passed like that?

Sion realized that the rough wind was gradually subsiding.

It was evidence that the speed was decreasing, and as he expected, after a while, his body, which had been shaking continuously, gradually subsided and stopped at some point.

“Nyaang!”

“Nyaaaang!”

A chorus of cats was heard from somewhere, and suddenly a bright light spread out!

Sion, who had been covering his face with a cloth and blocking his vision for quite a long time, screamed and covered his eyes as the light suddenly came in, when suddenly a strong hand grabbed his nape and quickly lifted Sion up.

Thanks to that, Sion, who was suddenly raised to his feet, was finally able to see someone who appeared in front of him.

“It’s been a while, Young Master Sion!

No, Son-in-law!”

A middle-aged man with a cheerful smile still full on his face.

At first glance, he looked like a friendly neighbor, but in reality, he was the leader of one of the three major beast-man forces called the Myo-eun, and a man called the Great King by them.

At the same time, he was a husband and father who complained that he was too tired from serving two masters.

Then, by chance, he had a fairly reliable son-in-law, and he chuckled and told him to visit him sometime, that very Great King!

“Welcome to the land of our Myo-eun, stranger!”

“Stranger?”

“Ah, of course you are not a stranger, but our tribesmen originally say these words.

Just take it as it is and move on.

Okay?”

He said that while playfully winking.

Sion muttered ‘Ah, yes’ vaguely and looked around.

He had been in a field right in front of the forest boundary until just now, but the scenery had completely changed in how much time had passed.

“Here is…”

“Should I say it’s the hometown of the Myo-eun?

There are so many guys who leave here and live in other places that it’s a bit blurry now, but it’s the land where I, the Great King, stay, so you can say that!

Aahm, that’s right!”

He was an in-law who asked and answered alone and nodded to finish, to the point where it was impossible to know who he was talking to.

Sion was in a state where he was about to understand, so he just nodded, and Lia, who was looking at her father with a pathetic look, opened her mouth.

“To be exact, it’s where most of the Myo-eun stay, and from a human perspective, you can think of it as a royal castle.

Of course, we don’t build huge walls and live inside like you humans.”

As Lia said, there was not even a minimal wooden fence to prevent enemy invasion around the village.

Only a nest that seemed too small was visible at the entrance, which seemed too narrow for even one person to enter.

“This also happened because of the influence of humans and the fairy race.

Originally, we just lived as we pleased, but it was said that it was more beneficial to live in one place with a certain scale like them, so we are living with clear lines like this.”

“Daughter… so, Lia is right.

Actually, I also just want to live roughly, wash when I want to wash, eat when I want to eat, and sleep when I want to sleep…”

“Dad, please.

Even if you are called the leader of the Myo-eun, the Great King, shouldn’t you be a little dignified?”

“Although I may be called the Great King, there is still hot blood flowing in me, you rascal!”

“What are you talking about, really!”

“Ahem!

Women don’t know!

There is something that only men know!

Isn’t that right, Young Master Sion!

No, Son-in-law?”

Sion’s honest feeling was that he didn’t want to answer.

However, Sion also thought that it would not be good to be disliked by him, as Great King Geus was in the position of supreme leader in the land of the Myo-eun.

So, even though Lia was shaking her head next to him as if telling him not to get along, Sion shouted, ‘There’s no choice.

This is all I can do for the peace of the family!’ and was about to say ‘Ahm, ahm, that’s right!

There is always something hot that only men know! Hehehe!’

“What are you talking about, you crazy old man!”

Thwack!

A splendid back smack landed directly on Great King Geus.

The sound was so refreshing that the sticky sound that stuck to it echoed in all directions, and Great King Geus, who had a strong force to be called the Great King even though he was a bit old, let out a scream of despair as he groped his back and was knocked down.

“This damn cat always brings shame to the family.

Ugh, this hateful cat!”

A Myo-eun woman who looked quite similar to Lia, to put it a little more nicely, looked at Sion with a fierce momentum, as if Lia would look like that if she got a little older.

“…”

Thanks to that, Sion, who was stunned on the spot, rubbed his hands and showed a humble appearance, immediately put his hands together politely and bowed at the navel.

“Nice to meet you, I’m Sion Clausen.

Lia and I are…”

“Mom.”

As expected, it was Lia’s mother.

‘Maybe if I had played along with Great King Geus a little faster, I would have been treated like the same idiot and kicked out.’

Sion let out a sigh of relief.

“You came.”

“Yeah.”

That was the end of the greeting.

You came, and yeah, that’s all.

How could there be such a concise greeting with so many meanings?

Sion was truly impressed.

At the same time, he really began to wonder how Great King Geus and that woman who was Lia’s mother became a couple.

“Sion Clausen.

Yes, I heard your story.”

“How…”

“That cat was so excited that I happened to hear it.”

There, Great King Geus was touching his back, which had turned red, with a ‘Keuheuk…’.

Unlike him, who was cheerful and seemed quite generous, his wife, the woman who was Lia’s mother, exuded an aura that seemed to cut with a knife just by touching her.

Thanks to that, Sion swallowed hard without realizing it, and suddenly that cat woman let out an exclamation of ‘Hmm?’ and stroked her chin, staring at Sion intently.

“Hmm.”

“…”

Sion was worried about why she was suddenly doing this again, and he stood with his body tense so as not to be caught.

“Daughter.”

Suddenly, the cat woman called her daughter.

When Lia approached her with a Nyaang?, she slightly tilted her head and glanced at Sion, muttering in a dry voice.

“Can’t you give me that?”

“Nyaang?”

“Excuse me?”

“No, your father makes so much nonsense that I thought it was a joke this time too.

But it’s unexpected.

To be at that level even though he’s human.

Can’t this mom have that instead of you?”

“Wh, what?”

“No!

That’s my male!

He’s my husband!

Kyaaaaak!”

Lia, who was drawing out her claws as if she was really angry, not joking.

Even though she may be gentle or relaxed usually, the Myo-eun would become more ferocious than any ferocious beast if anyone touched her things!

‘Oh, but it seems like she’s reacting too much.

What if my mother-in-law gets angry because of this…’

She is on a different level from Great King Geus.

If she really got angry, she would create an atmosphere like a volcano erupting.

Sion was worried that Lia might be greatly scolded for showing such a figure after taking her mother’s joke as a serious matter.

“This girl doesn’t even let me joke.

Well, if that man is your male, I understand.”

Sion couldn’t help but admire his mother-in-law, who was actually coolly moving on.

No, shouldn’t the Great King be at least that level?

Now I knew why Great King Geus was complaining about serving two masters.

It wasn’t just a master in name, it was really at the level of serving a superior as it is.

“Welcome, Young Master Sion.

You must have had a hard time taking care of my daughter.”

“No.

That…”

“Ah, haven’t I introduced myself?

That’s strange.

Didn’t that old man tell you about me?

I thought he would have blown everything since he’s a cat who’s good at talking anywhere.”

“Fortunately, it wasn’t to that extent.”

In the meantime, Sion was quickly protecting Great King Geus.

His father-in-law gave him a thumbs up from behind, saying ‘Son-in-law, you’re the best!’, but Sion pretended not to see it and only paid attention to his mother-in-law standing in front of him.

“Okay.

Well… honestly, I don’t really like the title of mother-in-law, which sounds like I’m very old.

It’s better to be called as usual.

My name is…”

“It’s Yumi!

Yumi!

How is it!

Isn’t my wife’s name very pretty!

Keol Keol Keol!”

‘Father-in-law.

You might really take the Yodang River Express [a euphemism for dying].’

Sion tried to warn him like that, but it seemed to be too late.