Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 314

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One Month

“Temujin, are you really not returning with us?”

“How many times must I say it?

I have matters to attend to in the kingdom. I need to meet the Queen immediately and see with my own eyes and hear with my own ears the reaction to us is.”

“That could be done by your warriors…”

Jaan shook her head at the warriors’ words, expressing her disagreement.

If they were going to join hands with the kingdom, they needed to clearly show that the various tribes of the north had quite a bit of expectation for the relationship with the kingdom, unlike before.

Only then would the people of the kingdom realize that the relationship with the north was not a trivial matter and would take it more seriously.

Furthermore, if the leader of the north suddenly left before the rewards were given to those who had won the war against Nudia after the late king’s funeral, it could be seen as a sign of disrespect towards Hispania, so she had to stay for a while longer.

‘Honestly, I’d like to stay for a few months…’

She was the representative of the northern tribes, a woman called Temujin by them.

The place she had to be was not Hispania, but her homeland in the north.

The people she had to take care of were her fellow tribesmen living there.

‘It’s a shame, but there’s nothing I can do. I’ll just have to come and see them when I have time.’

Still, Jaan found some comfort in the fact that her younger sister, Eos, was in a situation not much different from her own.

Both of them were suffering because they had fallen for men from the kingdom, not from the north.

It was the worst-case scenario—not being able to see the person they loved when they wanted to—but neither she nor Eos were foolish enough to dwell on that.

Originally, she had considered integrating Kalta and Aigior, who were no longer in conflict as before, and then stepping back and having them elect a new leader.

That way, both she and her sister could go down to the kingdom whenever they wanted and stay as long as they wanted without any burden.

However, among the northern tribes, a leader must not only have leadership and wisdom but also the strength to command the warriors’ respect.

In that sense, there was currently no one, male or female, who could surpass Jaan or Eos.

‘Sister, I guess we were just special cases.’

Even when they took warriors to the places where they had benefited, nothing much changed.

In the end, Jaan and Eos had no choice but to postpone handing over their positions to their successors.

“I have already decided who will take over the work while Eos and I are away. Treat them as you would treat Eos and me, and show that our tribes can survive no matter what, even without us sisters.”

“Understood.”

So far, the tribes had relied on the two sisters in many ways, knowingly or unknowingly.

They had to prove that they could manage well enough even when they were away.

They couldn’t just rely on Jaan and Eos to maintain relations with the kingdom forever.

“You guys should go now. Once we’re done with our business, my sister and I will return immediately without delay, so don’t worry.”

“Yes, Baylor-nim [Baylor is a title of respect in this context].”

The northern warriors, who had succeeded in leaving a strong impression on Hispania’s elite soldiers, began to return to their homeland as if their work was done.

Aside from the fact that Jaan and Eos were not returning together, another difference was that their numbers were smaller than when they had departed from the north, but they were returning with their hands full of spoils from Hispania.

“…Still, I’m glad the kingdom really kept its promise.”

“They wouldn’t be stupid enough to bring us into their territory and then stab us in the back. They’ve seen our northern strength firsthand, and they wouldn’t want to see the whole country covered in looting and arson.”

“You’re talking about something that would make the kingdom guys faint in shock so naturally.”

“It’s a possibility.”

“But both you and I are sure that they won’t, right? Your man, Sion Claussen.”

“…”

“As long as that man is there, and as long as there are forces and a queen supporting him, our tribes will enjoy a life that can’t even be compared to what we had before.”

Jaan nodded at Eos’s words.

Indeed, the spoils they were carrying back were truly enormous, something they couldn’t even obtain through trade.

They were being used as swords for Hispania to their hearts’ content, and the rewards for that were guaranteed, so the dissenting opinions that had occasionally surfaced among the tribesmen and warriors—that Hispania should be antagonized—would definitely decrease.

Rather, they would think that they could rush to Hispania whenever they were called, wield their swords, draw their bows, and ride their horses to show off their strength, and then receive rewards for it.

‘Of course, this won’t only have a positive impact. Some in the kingdom will see the warriors’ skills and think that we should be even more wary of them. It’s unavoidable.’

As Sion said, when good things happen, bad things naturally appear as well.

Jaan was well aware of Sion’s warning: if they were greedy, they would fall, and that could only increase animosity between them.

“…”

Eos, who had been staring at the backs of the warriors heading north for a while, turned her horse around.

Then she called out to her sister, who was standing next to her, blankly thinking about something.

“Shall we go back now?”

“…You’re being quite impatient for someone like you.”

“Aren’t you the one to talk?”

Both of them were so preoccupied because they had fallen for men from the kingdom.

Originally, they had planned to go all the way to the north to see the warriors off, but some of the more perceptive warriors had stepped up and persuaded them to return on their own before they got too far away from the royal castle.

In addition, the kingdom’s cavalry, who had received orders from the queen, would be with them, so there was no need to worry that some immature warriors would do something foolish.

“Well, I can be a little late. Rather, I’m sure the man who would worry if I’m late would find it fun to be kept waiting a little, wouldn’t he?”

“…Are you really my sister? The sister I knew would have run right over.”

“The most important thing is push and pull, as one woman said. Keep that in mind too.”

The woman who taught Jaan, who used to think that unconditional charging was the best approach, about push and pull was none other than Lilith.

She was the one whom even Jaan, who was called Khan [Khan is a traditional title for a ruler or leader], acknowledged as Sion’s first woman.

Not only that, but Jaan had also been finding it quite fun to talk to other women lately.

The enjoyment that the stories shared between women gave to Jaan, who used to think that conversations between people were just simple greetings and that everything else should be settled with a sword, was beyond imagination.

“Hmm, I guess that’s not wrong. It’s no fun if you’re always pushing or always being pushed.”

“That’s right.”

“But this time, I think I should go quickly without worrying about that.”

Jaan tilted her head as if asking what she meant at Eos’s words.

“I have a strange feeling that something bad is going to get tangled up with my man.”

With those words, Eos made a ferocious expression.

She was thinking of beating up the face of whatever crazy woman dared to cling to her man, or assessing how good she was if there really was such a woman.

―

“Uh…”

The moment Sirien saw Kim Yoo-hyun enter the reception room, she let out a sigh and stared at him with a blank look.

Kim Yoo-hyun had taken off the clothes he had been wearing before, which were covered in blood.

He had washed off all the blood and dust on his face and put on Hispania’s uniform.

Even if he wasn’t as much of a heartthrob as Sion, whose looks were a weapon in themselves, he wasn’t someone whose appearance would be lacking anywhere as the protagonist of the novel, so the clothes enhanced his presence, and suddenly he looked like a completely different person.

‘Is the way Sirien is looking at Kim Yoo-hyun now the way other women look at me?’

The sight was quite amusing, so Sion was having a hard time holding back his laughter.

That a fairy, of all people, could be so mesmerized by a human.

Sirien had lived in fairy society as a fairy. She would have been immune to good looks, and as proof of that, she had been able to maintain some composure in front of Sion, whom everyone else admired.

For that reason, it wouldn’t be right to show such a reaction just because of Kim Yoo-hyun’s appearance.

‘Maybe it’s because the contrast between when she first saw him and now is so striking.’

To be exact, Sirien had clashed with Kim Yoo-hyun a few times in Nudia.

However, they hadn’t even spoken to each other there because they didn’t have any business with each other, and today was the first time they had faced each other directly.

The Kim Yoo-hyun that Sirien had remembered so far would have been a monster covered in blood and dust, with a ferocious glint in his eyes—a monstrous being who could wipe out the Yongin [Yongin are a type of monster] with a human body.

‘But that monster is ta-da? Turns out he’s not only okay, but a decent guy?’

Officially, Kim Yoo-hyun had been knighted by the Claussen family, so he was wearing the uniform given to the knights, that is, the military uniform.

The serious yet restrained splendor of that appearance was creating a synergy effect with Kim Yoo-hyun’s naturally handsome appearance.

And decisively, fairies also like strong people.

The fact that someone is skilled at something can also act as an allure that makes them very attractive to those who are better than them.

That’s why fairies are strangely fond of the Celestial Race.

‘Turns out he’s top-notch in appearance, top-notch in clothes, but his skills are top-notch to the point where he’s breaking through the sky. There’s no reason why Sirien wouldn’t like him.’

Sion was trying to create a communication channel with the fairies through Sirien.

In that situation, there was no need to keep her by his side at the cost of incurring the opposition of other women.

In the first place, unless he did something to interfere, she would be fond of Kim Yoo-hyun as in the novel, and all he had to do was fan the flames.

Sirien for Kim Yoo-hyun, and Kim Yoo-hyun for Sion himself.

If it was such a picture, Sion was willing to attach women to Kim Yoo-hyun as much as possible.

‘However, Eos is a bit of a concern…’

There was a famous saying in Murim [Murim refers to the martial arts world in Korean fantasy] that it was not a sin for a hero to have three wives and four concubines.

And in Murim, Kim Yoo-hyun had actually created a pink atmosphere with several women.

Of course, it ended quite badly.

‘Yoo-hyun, but it’s not a sin to bring in one more woman, is it? Let’s just say you’re helping this brother and don’t just hang out with Eos, but catch one more fairy and hang out with her. Honestly, you like having a lot of women too!’

Sion had already drawn all the plans without asking for his opinion at all.

Afterwards, he was going to advance the relationship between Sirien and Kim Yoo-hyun and create a reason for her to stay in the human world longer and persuade her fellow tribesmen in a direction that would be beneficial to this side.

Isn’t that a bad thing to do? Are you trying to use the protagonist again?

Kim Yoo-hyun doesn’t seem to have any thoughts at all, so why are you doing such evil things?

‘No, not at all. Is this a bad thing? I’m actually taking care of our protagonist?’

Looking at Kim Yoo-hyun’s behavior patterns so far, he doesn’t give his heart easily, but he has a very strong tendency to put those who are fond of him in his inner circle and take care of them.

If he knew that Sirien was fond of him, he wouldn’t be the kind of man who would actively stop her or push her away, telling her not to come closer.

But such an ambiguous attitude has always been poison to him.

In Murim, it was the Ice Palace Witch, and here, although the situation is a little different, it was Vanessa and Lilith.

The protagonist is only superficially a wall, but in reality, he is only soft on the inside. In this case, there is only one way: catch the wind in a very flashy way and make Kim Yoo-hyun get swept up in it.

And in the end, he was drawing a future where he would be tormented by this woman and that woman, just like him!

‘I’m sorry, Yoo-hyun! But I can’t die alone!’

If his lower body had gone crazy and he had kept women by his side, this wouldn’t have happened.

He had no choice but to keep them by his side in order to survive and because they were talents who would definitely regret it if they fell into someone else’s hands.

Thanks to that, he was getting glared at and didn’t have many days to sleep peacefully because of the women who came to steal protein every night, but he was living as if it were nothing.

But how could he watch the protagonist, who was suffering so much, make a pure love story with one woman so beautifully!

Originally, a protagonist should be tormented by women while filming a harem!

“Trisha? You come this way. Kim Yoo-hyun, you sit next to Sirien.”

“Understood.”

The poor and pitiful protagonist, who had no idea what Sion was thinking, ended up on stage.

Kim Yoo-hyun, who was slightly, no, severely dense, didn’t feel the gaze of Sirien, who was looking at him with strange eyes, at all, and was just curious about what Sion and Sirien had been talking about.

‘At this point, I need to emphasize how great our Yoo-hyun is.’

Thinking that, Sion exclaimed as if he had just remembered, “Ah!”

“Kim Yoo-hyun, you haven’t forgotten, have you? This time, the Queen will personally give you a reward. In particular, you will have the honor of going before Queen Vanessa herself because you made a decisive contribution in the siege of Claussen.”

“…I’ve heard about it roughly.”

“She’s not a princess anymore, she’s a queen. If you don’t want to be at odds with the entire Hispania and make things difficult for me, please, I beg you, stand before the Queen in the same normal state as you are now.”

The protagonist has no interest in decorating himself or looking good.

He was saying this because he could see that if he didn’t pay attention, he would wear his usual plain training clothes instead of this uniform even on such an important day.

At the same time, he was boasting to Sirien next to him, ‘This man is an incredibly talented guy who is even being rewarded by the queen of the human kingdom!’

“…”

Thanks to that, Sirien was looking at Kim Yoo-hyun with even more sparkling eyes.

“…?”

The gaze was so intense that even Kim Yoo-hyun noticed it.

Nevertheless, the protagonist was making an expression that he still didn’t understand or grasp why this fairy woman was suddenly looking at him like this.

‘As expected.’

As expected, he was the one who made Lilith and Vanessa go crazy with that insensitivity.

Sion was working hard to figure out how to keep Sirien clinging to him.

In the meantime, Eos passed through the gate that was just entering the royal castle.

“Ah, why am I so annoyed?”

She muttered those words.

―――――――Afterword―――――――

I can’t die alone!