Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 295

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Lies with Sincerity, Theater with Excess

Was it a coincidence? Just as King Gus and his party located the Fairy Elders, they found them already gathered, deep in conversation.

And incredibly, they were all representatives of tribes who didn’t look favorably upon the Celestial Race and their fanatical followers.

“Welcome, Chieftains of the Beastmen.

A warm welcome to you.”

Despite the sudden meeting, the Elders didn’t seem flustered.

News of this would soon reach the Beastmen anyway, and they expected them to come, wanting to confirm that it wasn’t a Beastman who attacked the Fairy Village.

“It’s been a while, Elders.

Though some are missing.”

“Let’s not talk about that.

Just thinking about it makes me want to throw up all the tea I just drank.”

At those words, King Gus, Hound, and Paulga inwardly exclaimed in admiration.

To speak so disparagingly of their own kind in front of outsiders meant there was definitely some kind of rift between them.

‘Things might work out better than I thought.’

Thinking so, King Gus began to unfold the conversation that his son-in-law had hinted at beforehand.

“First of all, I heard that the villages of the Fairies suffered critical damage from attacks by unidentified individuals.

Please accept my deepest condolences.”

“…Thank you, Gus of the Myo-eun Clan.”

“Also, if you have any suspicions, I want to clarify that the Beastmen are not involved in that matter.”

“…”

He wondered if they would try to find fault, but surprisingly, they were quiet.

It was as if they already knew, as if their expectations had been met.

‘Not bad.’

Thinking so, King Gus continued.

“And, I have come to deliver a matter of great concern to the Elders gathered here.”

“A matter of concern, you say?”

“Recently, I went up north to teach our tribesmen the winter hunting methods.

The area around the Blade Mountains is the best for showing the desolation and harshness of winter, you see.”

“…”

“But what our Beastmen encountered there were not wandering monsters, but a massive group of monsters moving in large numbers.

As if being chased by something, or rather, as if chasing something.”

At those words, the Fairy Elders showed a slightly interested expression.

The fact that monsters in the Blade Mountains were moving in packs was something they had never heard of either.

So, they began to listen to his words with some interest.

“And while chasing them, we saw humans who seemed to reside in the north.

They seemed to be chased by the monster horde.

So, I tried to help those poor things, but what do you know?”

King Gus suddenly added interjections, using surprised gestures and expressions to add to the dramatic atmosphere.

It was the moment when the reason why Zion specifically chose him was revealed.

“It turned out they weren’t humans.

None other than Fairies.

They were even dragging around monster cubs, and it turned out they weren’t being chased but luring them.”

“What are you talking about?

Why would our Fairies go to the northern lands and do such a thing to monsters?”

“I don’t know.

We don’t know either, so isn’t that why we came to ask?

Moreover, the direction those monsters were heading was towards the residences of the humans living in the north, and beyond that, it was right on the northern border of Hispania.

The Elders know better than anyone what this means.”

“…Perhaps other tribesmen were doing that for hunting.”

“Ah, I see.

A Fairy luring monsters for hunting.

It’s not exactly noble or honorable, but let’s move on.

Because what comes next is the real deal.”

Before the Fairy Elders could even question what he meant.

King Gus suddenly raised his fierce eyes and opened his mouth.

“Why did you do that?”

“What are you talking about…?”

“I already know everything.

The fact that Fairies who engaged in hostile actions against Hispania tried to erase their traces and blame it on our Beastmen.”

“…?”

“What nonsense are you spouting!

There’s no way our Fairies would do such a dirty thing!”

“They would.

Humans have already captured that Fairy and finished interrogating them.

They said it was the will of light or something, but they were trying to get them to point to the Beastmen as the ones behind it.”

At that, the Fairy Elders all frowned.

The moment they heard the words, ‘the will of light,’ even they, as members of the same race, couldn’t help but frown, thinking of a few extremely disobedient and radical tribes.

They had even left the Elder Council, saying they didn’t even want to talk to those who doubted the great race of light.

Of course, they also thought favorably of the Celestial Race, who were said to be descendants of light.

But there was no need to deify them and follow them like crazy people; the Elders and their tribesmen gathered here thought that the Fairy race was already great enough compared to other races, so there was no reason to do so.

There were none among these Elders who thought well of those who were doing strange things in the name of the will of light and constantly shouting at the quiet tribesmen that they shouldn’t do that.

“I’d like to ask what you’re thinking.

No matter how lowly you think of humans, the number of them is disgustingly large, isn’t it?

They’re also a race that’s as good at finding openings as our warriors.

Why did you provoke those humans?

Are you going to start a war or something?”

“Gus of the Myo-eun Clan.

Let me make it clear.

We have nothing to do with that matter.”

“Then what about what our Beastmen saw in the north?

Those were Fairies too, weren’t they.”

The Elders shook their heads, meaning that it wasn’t them either.

It wasn’t a lie; they really didn’t know anything about that part.

In the first place, the north was a cold and desolate land where only monsters and humans lived, and there was no reason for Fairies, who claimed to be the noblest after the Celestial Race, to go to such a place.

Above all, they knew very well that there was no good in causing unnecessary conflict with humans.

The fact that they didn’t attack humans, even though they despised them as lowly beings, was proof of that.

It was because they realized that they were a more cruel and terrible race than even the Demon Race in some ways.

“Where did you hear such a thing, Gus of the Myo-eun Clan?”

“I heard it from a human son-in-law who plays a very important role in Hispania.

There was a Fairy who was trying to manipulate the kingdom, and as a result of the investigation, they were trying to pin it on the Beastmen, citing the will of light or something as the reason.”

“Then can you say that what you’ve said so far is true?

Your purpose isn’t to confuse us with lies, is it?”

At those words, King Gus suddenly opened his mouth slightly, as if he knew those words would come out.

Then, before Hound and Paulga could stop him, he put his hand in his mouth and pulled something out!

He wiped it roughly on his clothes and held it out to the Elders.

“I swear on my fang that I am telling the truth.”

“…”

If the Fairies swore on the forest, which was an oath that could never be broken and meant that they were only speaking the truth, the Beastmen would prove the truth by swearing on their fangs.

Originally, they only had to say it, but there were cases where they actually pulled out their fangs, and if it went that far, it meant that they would endure shame and pain worse than death if their words were not true.

“If you go that far…”

The Fairy Elders looked at the large fang that King Gus held out and nodded.

If someone who was not an ordinary Beastman but the king of a large tribe called the Myo-eun Clan was doing that, then their thought was that there would be no lies in what he was saying.

For the Beastmen, there was nothing as heavy and harsh as an oath made on their fangs.

In fact, they couldn’t shake off the suspicious aura of some tribes who had recently defected from the Elder Council.

Their appearance of abandoning even the honor of their own race, worshiping only the descendants of light, and shouting that they should only follow their will, was similar to the fanatics that humans spoke of, and they were closer to being ‘slaves’ than followers.

‘I thought it was strange that they were only angry at suspecting the Celestial Race, putting aside the pain of their own race.’

‘What on earth are these guys thinking?

They say it’s not important that their own kind was attacked by someone, and they only talk about the will of light and the Celestial Race, and suddenly they’re hostile to humans?

What does that have to do with the will of light?

What are they thinking?’

They still hadn’t been able to grasp a clear outline of the one who attacked and killed all the Fairies.

No, to tell the truth, there were eyewitness accounts, but some tribes insisted that there was no way they would do that and stubbornly insisted that they should investigate again, so the speed wasn’t picking up.

But suddenly, the Beastmen came and told them unexpected news, suddenly pressuring them and questioning the truth, so rather than hostility towards the Beastmen in front of them, with whom they had been on bad terms, anger flared up towards those whom they had still tried to believe and accept as their own kind.

In particular, Zion’s unique Fairy pride, which he had said so many times, was playing a big part in making them feel that way.

They believed that they were superior to any other race except for the Celestial Race, but they were attacked by an unidentified enemy and suffered damage, and suddenly the Beastmen came and officially questioned them like this, making them feel that their pride had been greatly hurt.

“So, the Elders gathered here know nothing about what we witnessed in the north, and they also don’t know about those who were troubling the human kingdom.

Is that what it comes down to?”

The Elders nodded at Paulga’s summary.

They despised and looked down on humans, but they had been acknowledging and secretly wary of their power and growth potential since some point.

Even if they could inflict great damage if Hispania’s regular army pushed in, there might eventually come a moment when their defense line would be breached and they would flee from their beloved homeland.

Of course, there were other reasons why the Fairies emphasized that they were such noble beings, but recently, there was even an atmosphere of deliberately emphasizing it in order to show off their existence to the human forces, who were growing at a frightening rate.

Humans were becoming insanely powerful, exceeding the Fairies’ expectations, to the point where slave traders would attack small villages if they saw even a small opening.

Unlike the Fairies, who continued to scatter and were now barely even worthy of being called a tribe, they continued to gather and form a huge nation, threatening other races.

‘Humans are still lowly beings.

But it’s tiring to clash with them.’

Those were the Elders and their tribes who tried not to get involved in the human world.

But suddenly, the Beastmen came and told them that their own kind, who had different intentions from them, were constantly provoking humans and trying to pin it on the Beastmen, so it was only natural that their intentions seemed very suspicious and dangerous.

“We have already had King Gus swear on his fang.

That everything we saw and heard is true.

Then what about the Elders?

Can you really assure that the Fairies here have nothing to do with this?

Can you really promise that you are not creating a hostile atmosphere against our Beastmen?”

“…In the name of the Mother Forest, we have not done such low-level things.”

When the Fairy Elders came out like that, Paulga didn’t push any further.

If a race that was second to none in terms of pride acknowledged it so quickly, the best way was to nod quietly and answer that they understood.

“Then I’m even more worried.

The human kingdom suspects both the Fairies and the Beastmen.”

Of course, King Gus’s hype didn’t stop there.

He hated fighting with humans and had come deeper into the forest, and if they really had a full-scale war with Hispania when they didn’t even want to give up their pride, the entire race could suffer a disgrace.

King Gus’s mutterings would probably have been heard that way by the Fairy Elders.

“Then our business is done.

We have all said that we are innocent, so we have no choice but to believe it for now.

There’s nothing for us to gain from fighting a war with humans.”

“…”

“And if there is a culprit in this situation, it would be those who have something to gain by alienating humans and us.”

With those words, King Gus and his party left the place.

Knowing very well that they couldn’t stay any longer and see any good.

And there was no more to talk about, and they weren’t on good terms enough to sit here and smile at each other.

“…”

“…”

The Fairy Elders were silent for a while after that.

They groaned and pondered something, and finally quietly opened their mouths as if they couldn’t do it.

“I think we need to investigate among ourselves.”

“We need to send a Fairy to the human world urgently.”

“Didn’t you say there was a line that could reach the leaders on the human side?”

“She’s a woman who’s a bit difficult to call a member of our race, but she was someone who brought us useful information, so I think we can trust her this time too.”

“Then let’s contact that Helen and ask her to create a point of contact between our Fairy and the humans of the kingdom.”

It was the moment when another flame of suspicion arose towards the fanatic Fairies.

―

“But you know, Gus.”

As they diligently moved their feet and finally left the Fairy territory.

Grand Matriarch Paulga looked at King Gus and opened her mouth.

“Did you really pull out your fang?

Was this matter that important?”

“Come to think of it, yeah.

I’ve never seen you actually pull out your fang either.”

When even Hound stepped up and said that, King Gus shrugged his shoulders and answered as if he was asking something obvious.

“That’s not my fang, though?”

“…What?”

“Huh?”

“I was just secretly holding it in my hand and acted it out once.

For reference, I swore ‘on this fang,’ but it’s not my fang, so you should see the oath as invalid.”

At King Gus’s words, Chieftain Hound and Grand Matriarch Paulga were naturally taken aback.

To pass off an oath on a fang, of all things, at such a playful level was a very shocking thing even for them.

“H-hey?

Hey?

Is that really okay?”

“It’s foolish to make promises carelessly when you don’t know how things will turn out.

That’s what my brilliant son-in-law told me.

He’s as great a man as my daughter!

Anyway!

To sum it up, I have no responsibility for what I said, that’s it!”

Saying that, King Gus threw the fang away carelessly.

“…”

“…”

Zion was now passing on his very desirable lying skills even to his father-in-law.

―――――――Author’s Note―――――――

3 chapters!

I wrote it, so please recommend it…

Will you give it to me?

Why isn’t there a story about Zion and Kim Yoo-hyun’s illustration!

To answer those who ask…

Currently, Kim Yoo-hyun’s illustration is already in order!

There were people who wanted a two-shot…

It’s my mistake…!