Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 330

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Indeed, you are the ugliest.

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Sion stood silently, listening to the voices coming from inside the conference room.

The Chief Steward, who was watching him, cleared his throat slightly and cautiously opened his mouth.

“Young Duke Sion Claussen.

Shall I announce your arrival to Her Majesty…?”

“No.

I’d like to listen a bit more.

I wonder what kind of things are said when I’m not around.”

Isn’t it human nature to want to know exactly what others are saying behind your back?

Moreover, I wanted to take this opportunity to see who would betray me and who would stand by my side until the end.

‘Time to update the kill list.’

The Celestial being who called himself Richel predictably targeted Sion as his primary target.

He was the most talked-about figure in Hispania, and as such, it was only natural that he would have many enemies.

After that, several nobles subtly hid behind the perceived safety of the Celestial being and continued their veiled attacks on Sion.

It wasn’t long ago that they were calling him the kingdom’s hero, a gift from the light, but as soon as he was gone, they turned their backs and whispered about him. It was truly the epitome of political maneuvering.

Clang!

Of course, there were those who continued to believe in Sion until the end.

Vanessa, who couldn’t hide her displeasure and slammed the table, and the other marquises, led by Marquis Volko, did not participate in attacking Sion.

“You all shut up.

You fools who can’t even distinguish who is the enemy and who is the ally.”

Vanessa’s words were likely harsh words directed at the nobles who were siding with the Celestial being in attacking Sion.

Sion applauded Vanessa for trusting him so much, but at the same time, he couldn’t help but sigh at the fact that getting so worked up would only lead to being dragged in the direction the opponent wanted.

‘Still, our Queen doesn’t let me feel left out or resentful.

I’ve done such a good job.’

Capable, loyal, and, above all, with a supremely handsome appearance.

Sion’s perfect social life made it impossible not to be loved by his superiors.

“…Soon, the Light’s forces from the Holy Prussen [a powerful religious order] will head to Nudia with them.

When that happens, the truth will be revealed, and the sin will be exposed to the world.

Hispania will…”

More than that, these guys keep intentionally omitting important parts from the beginning.

They’re just using pretty words, but in the end, they’re threatening me, and they keep leaving out the most important part of that threat.

It’s as if they’re afraid that revealing that part would cause a backlash against them, so they quickly change the subject to divert attention from it.

‘That won’t do.

It takes skill to threaten someone while pretending to be a good guy, and you can’t just gloss over it with some smooth talking.’

Sion smiled and deliberately shouted in a loud voice so that his voice could be heard inside the conference room.

“The truth will be revealed, and the sin will be revealed, and then, and then what?

Why do you keep leaving out the important parts?”

Then, he looked at the Chief Steward standing next to him.

It was a signal to inform Vanessa that he had arrived.

The Chief Steward was not a clueless person, and he immediately did as Sion wished.

“Your Majesty.

Young Duke Sion Claussen has been here waiting since a while ago.”

The Chief Steward deliberately emphasized ‘a while ago.’ It was a choice of words that could reverse the atmosphere that had been flowing towards the Celestial being in an instant.

Sion thanked the Chief Steward and forcefully pushed open the slightly open door and entered.

“Sion Claussen!”

Vanessa reacted as if she hadn’t expected Sion to arrive so quickly.

Of course, Sion was intentionally conveying his movements to the royal palace later than the actual situation for this very scene.

The Celestial being’s whisper to subtly turn the existence of Sion Claussen into an enemy in his absence.

And to weed out the traitorous bastards who immediately fell for it and swayed without principles.

“I hurried my way to the royal palace.

I wanted to surprise Her Majesty, so I hope you won’t scold me too much.”

“…I have no intention of doing that at all.

Rather… rather, I would say you came at a very good time.

Sion Claussen.”

Vanessa said that and nodded slightly.

It meant that she would support him from now on, so he should chew up and spit out that arrogant Celestial being.

Sion smiled as if it were only natural and opened his mouth.

“I greet the honorable one.

I am Sion Claussen, Richel.”

“…Indeed, you are no ordinary human.

Are you saying that you listened to all the stories that have been told so far and waited quietly outside?”

“It’s important to know when to step in.

Whether it’s a human or another race.”

And Sion replaced the part of warning that the Celestial being was also included in that other race by staring at Richel.

“That’s good.

I had many things I wanted to talk to you about anyway.”

“I’ve already heard the Celestial being’s thoughts on me from outside.

Then I’ll just have to answer.”

“Indeed.

Now, go ahead and try.

What exactly are you?

Why did you crush the conspiracies of those who follow evil without missing a single one, and yet deliberately choose a massive war with Nudia, causing so much blood to flow and negative emotions to overflow?”

In fact, those questions are meaningless.

No matter what answer I give, the Celestial beings will try to belittle me in any way possible.

So what answer should I give?

It’s simple.

I just need to paint a picture where we all die together, and then make those ‘who have to die together’ take my side because they don’t want to die.

“I’ll start by saying that I’m truly sorry to have to give such obvious questions and obvious answers.

How did I crush so many conspiracies?

It was all visible.

I couldn’t help but laugh at the ridiculously poor quality of whoever came up with them.

I had a hard time holding back my laughter while checking and dealing with them.

Isn’t that how evil usually is?

Either they plan it very thoroughly, or they mess things up completely stupidly.

In my opinion, the events so far have been the latter.

They were really stupid and pointless acts.”

“…”

It was an answer that I blocked everything because I was good.

Sion went on to openly criticize the Celestial beings, who could be said to be the root cause of all the problems.

Ridiculously poor, stupid, and pointless things.

None of the people in this room knew that the Celestial beings were involved in all those things, so Sion’s words were probably heard as just criticizing evil.

Of course, to Richel, it would have sounded like a mockery of the Celestial being and the will of light.

“…If you are such a great person, why didn’t you even think that such evil things would be involved in the war with Nudia and start it?

It’s like a human who wants to start a large-scale war and see blood.”

“I don’t like fighting, but I’m not a coward who avoids a fight that’s been started.

Isn’t that a natural thing for a human to do?

If I get hit, I can’t just laugh it off.”

“And you even said things that questioned the teachings of light and our Celestial beings.”

Yes, I must have been itching to say that.

For the followers of the light, that part is something that can never be overlooked.

Not accepting the teachings of light may be a matter of the person’s heart, but saying that the will is fake or already has other intentions was almost like a declaration of war.

“Did I?

Hmm, I don’t remember very well, but let’s just say I did.

Then what crime have I committed, and what punishment will I receive?

What exactly will those judges, those forces of light, who are heading to Nudia and then to Hispania, do?”

“…We will give you an appropriate punishment.”

“So what is that appropriate punishment?

I don’t think you, who interfere in wars between human kingdoms in the name of peace, would take lives.

Or would you?”

“…”

“I’m personally curious, but even if half of eastern Nudia has sided with the light, I heard that the other half, and the King of Nudia and the nobles by his side, can never bow their heads, so what kind of future will they face?”

It’s not just us who have sensitive issues.

There are definitely parts that they want to hide too.

The final fate of those who oppose the will of light, being thrown into the flames and becoming ashes.

But unlike the original story where Nudia and Hispania were all destroyed, they are still quite alive, so the Celestial beings and the Holy Prussen would want to somehow create a rift before attacking.

And the best thing to create that rift is, of course, ‘finding the culprit.’

They would say that someone committed a crime, so that person is bad, and you are suffering because of that person, and make them bite each other from the inside.

‘Finding the culprit is good.

You can make them bite each other until they die.

Since they value responsibility so much, they will feel a tremendous amount of pressure when they say they will take responsibility.

But?’

But what if it turns out that this guy is also a culprit, and that guy is also a culprit?

So what if it’s not a situation where you can find the culprit and get rid of that one person, but you have to get rid of everyone?

We have to kill the culprit!

What if everyone who heard that said it with a straight face?

“I’ve looked into the teachings of light a bit, and it says that all those who do not follow the light will become a handful of ashes and become fertilizer for the next generation.

Is that correct?”

“That is correct.”

“Then, will all the people of Nudia become those ashes?”

“…No.”

“No?

Please tell me again clearly, descendants of the great light.

Since you say that you are a race that never tells a single lie, you wouldn’t lie, would you?”

“…”

“Is it a warm light that goes to those who bow their heads before the light and say that they have no sin and cannot follow, or is it a red flame?”

Sion did not miss the moment when Richel’s expression momentarily distorted.

The fact that the world will be completely burned and filled with ashes is something that only the Celestial beings and a small number of followers of the light know.

But Sion Claussen, of all people, was predicting it as if to say, ‘Isn’t that right?’ It was enough to make them go crazy.

“…Those whose sins are serious will receive a fitting punishment.”

“Ah, yes.

In short, you will receive light, and you will receive fire.

But that’s strange.

The teachings of light say that they do not compromise with absolute evil and injustice, so everyone should be burned equally.

The words ‘this guy is light, this guy is fire’ sound quite strange.”

“That’s…”

“Well, when I think about it, I can’t say that I’m completely innocent either.

In any case, I was deceived by the machinations of evil and eventually brought blood to the continent.

Then I will also burn brightly in the flames and become a handful of ashes.

Ah, I have to say this before I die.

I’m not the only one.

Many nobles in Hispania, tribes in the north, beastmen in the west, and even the newly joined fairies have joined me in my intentions.

So I can go into the flames and die smiling according to the will of light!

Is that right?”

It looks like a suicide attack, but it’s not a suicide attack.

It’s like pressing the switch and detonating a bomb in another place.

He asks if he can link them all together and go into the fire that you want.

“Wait!

Sion Claussen.

That part is…”

“Isn’t it?

They all have doubts about the will of light, and according to your words, we are all sinners, so you will end up punishing us all.

If that’s not the case, then why do you tell us to bow our heads, and why do you tell us to accept the forces of light and the judges?”

“That’s not it.

Our forces of light are only trying to change the world for a better future, yes.

For an ideal world.

So…”

“An ideal world.

A better future.

Ah, that’s a very good word.

Then one question.”

There is one part that the Celestial beings have not noticed.

Those who want a new world, a better future, and an ideal world are always struggling with reality.

So they cling to it, saying it’s a new world or a better future.

If I’m about to starve to death today, I consider a future where everyone can eat their fill to be an ideal world.

“If the current Queen has to live as an ordinary woman in that future.

If the nobles gathered here have to till the fields with their own hands, light the fire themselves, and live a quiet life without being extravagant in that world.

Is that a good future for them, or is it a future that is better off not coming?”

But what if there are more people who are satisfied with this world than they expect?

In this world where Claussen has not collapsed as the Celestial beings wanted, monsters are not rampant in the north, the south is peaceful, and relations with the beastmen and fairies, who had been in a vague relationship, have been improved, what if there are far more people who just want to spend the rest of their lives with their families than those who don’t?

‘You are not grateful beings who give us a better future, but robbers who forcibly take away our current satisfactory lives.

No matter how good the future is, I might live worse than I do now in that future, so who would want to skip the present with that uncertainty?’

Was it because they were stuck in the sanctuary, trusted the fairies who lived in their own world, and were surrounded by fanatics who said that light was always right and that everyone would unconditionally follow it?

The Celestial beings, who were so good at making the demons completely evil, had literally lost their sense.

If they were really going to scam the world, they shouldn’t have been standing next to the guys who were easily fooled and laughing while watching them continue to be fooled, but they should have been constantly shaking those who wouldn’t be easily fooled and making them fall for their sweet words.

‘If you can turn the other person’s heart around by wagging your tongue, they will become your ally, but if that doesn’t work, they will immediately become your enemy.

You have to put your heart and soul into cheating to be called cheating, otherwise, you’re just wagging your tongue and getting your tongue pulled out and dying on the road to hell.’

The Celestial beings say that humans, and everything on the continent, are ugly, and that they should give those ugly things a beautiful ending, and that more valuable things should grow on that ash.

But the Celestial beings, who do not understand those who live with their own beauty in that ugly world, may be the ugliest and most hideous beings.

“Go back, Celestial beings.

We wanted a light that faintly illuminates the dark world and tells us the way forward, not a flame that spreads fire without distinguishing between front and back and forces us to go where we should go.”

It was an eviction order issued by an ugly person to an uglier person.

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