Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 389

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“It’s right here.”

“Are you sure you’ll be alright?”

Kim Yu-hyeon, who had been watching over Sha near her tent, asked as Sion came out. He had told him to rest, saying he had done enough.

Sion had suffered tremendous injuries from the attack, and it would take a long time for his body to recover. But a strong person is strong for a reason.

Perhaps Sion thought he could shake off everyone except Kim Yu-hyeon himself and escape from this place, so he asked in a tone suggesting that it would be better for him to stay.

“I’m fine.

I don’t know about before, but from now on, she won’t be thinking about running away. Rather, she’ll want to secretly observe this place and the people here.”

“To gather information?”

“No, to see if her thoughts were wrong, and to see if what I said was right.”

“To see if what you said was right, Young Master?”

“Yes.

You probably heard most of what I said in there, right?”

Kim Yu-hyeon wasn’t just any skilled person. If he wanted to, he could have heard everything that was said between Sion and Sha. However, he didn’t listen on purpose, closing his senses to maintain his respect.

“···I only heard a little, by chance.”

“Then it’ll be faster to explain. I already told her, but the people here, and I, are not monsters who want to kill them all. They are just people who want to prove their innocence. Ordinary people who were wronged and stood up, but want to clear up misunderstandings.”

“But the enemies are different. They still call you, me, and everyone here sinners. They consider us enemies and are showing clear hostility.”

“If the enemy is clear, then of course you shouldn’t show mercy. Killing them all, that’s the etiquette of war. But Kim Yu-hyeon, if there’s too much friendly blood being shed by doing that, it’s worth reconsidering. We’re not here to spew nonsense blinded by hatred like them, or to wield swords and spears recklessly because we’re caught up in misguided beliefs.”

“···.”

“And.”

Sion raised his hand slightly and pointed at Kim Yu-hyeon.

Kim Yu-hyeon looked at Sion as if wondering why he was suddenly doing that, and soon let out a sigh at the answer that came from his mouth.

“Just because Ekaterina calls you a monster when she’s bored doesn’t mean you’re really a monster. You’re a person. Even if you’re cold, even if you don’t hesitate, that can’t be a permanent defense.”

“What are you saying···.”

“You’re not someone who enjoys harming others. You’re strong, stronger than anyone else, but you probably know how futile power is. I don’t want my people, and you, to suffer because of me.”

“···.”

“If there’s someone who absolutely must be killed, I’ll entrust it to you. But if not, if it’s just meaningless slaughter for the people fighting you, I’m going to stop it. And before that, I’m just going to do what I can.”

Kim Yu-hyeon couldn’t help but feel a pang of guilt at Sion’s words.

As Sion said, he still had an unconscious aversion to harming someone. Of course, he would never do anything stupid like hesitating when facing an important moment, but Kim Yu-hyeon had often wondered if he was wrong to even think that way when facing an enemy.

To such a person, this man, Sion Clausen, who couldn’t even protect his own body, let alone fight someone, was saying that there was no need to overdo it.

He would work harder to make sure you didn’t have to step in, he would somehow reduce the number of innocent people whose blood you and others would have to shed.

The man who could be said to be the weakest was uttering words that only the strongest could say.

‘It’s truly absurd, words that would only be laughed at if someone else said them.’

But this man, Sion Clausen, seemed capable enough.

He knew how to win without having to swing a sword like crazy and get soaked in the blood of enemies, like himself.

He knew how to win without fighting, something he had only thought of as a fantasy.

“You can allow Shaiela to enter, and if Sha wants to look around here, you can stick with her.”

“Of course, I will. I’m too uneasy to leave it to others.”

“Oh, and when you follow her, always make her move along this path.”

Sion handed over a kind of map depicting the situation of the encampment.

On it, a certain path was marked in red, and Sion was telling him to guide Sha there.

“Don’t let her stray to other places, and only let her look around that area. If she says she wants to see other places, tell her that you absolutely can’t allow it for military purposes.”

Kim Yu-hyeon nodded at Sion’s words and took the map he handed over.

The reason Sion kept showing him a designated path and emphasizing that he should only guide her there was simple: to only show her places that could bring him beneficial results, to create the moment when Sha’s suspicion turned into conviction.

“···Ah, Master!”

After parting ways with Kim Yu-hyeon and returning to his tent, Sion stopped Rishikida, who was rushing towards him, right in front of him.

He remembered that she wasn’t like this at first, but as time went on, her girlish side seemed to be coming back to life, so she often jumped into his arms in spaces where only the two of them were present.

“Rishi, hugging is good, but let’s not rush too much, okay?”

‘Even though this body has become much stronger than before, it’s still not strong enough to withstand the full-force charge of a high-ranking knight!’

Sion couldn’t bring himself to say those words out loud, but instead used the excuse that it would be difficult if others saw them.

“Ah, yes. More than that, Master, a letter has just arrived from Hispania [historical region in the Iberian Peninsula].”

“A letter?”

If it arrived from Hispania, it must contain information from at least a few days ago.

Sion wondered if something bad had happened, so he took the letter that Rishikida handed him with a respectful expression and immediately unfolded it.

“···.”

Fortunately, the contents of the letter were very different from what he had been worried about.

Intruders had appeared in the royal castle, but they had all been repelled on the same day, and of course, the ones who dealt with them were Lucia, Lia, and Trisha.

‘I knew they would contact Erader, you bastards. Things like goodness and justice always seem to be the dirtiest and most disgusting things, just like them.’

With this, the threats that were expected to come to the south and the royal castle were all removed.

Of course, there may still be remaining fanatics, and they may attack again, taking advantage of this side’s carelessness in thinking that they have blocked everything, but now the situation is completely different.

Immediately, the Holy Prussen, the fairies, and the celestials were instantly pushed back in the direct power struggle due to the appearance of Kim Yu-hyeon, the worst enemy, and were completely cornered.

In times like these, all they would get by dispersing their allies was a little bit of time, and after that, it was obvious that they would not be able to block the terrifying hammer flying at them from the front.

The reason why Sion was deliberately giving them a little bit of time was similar.

It wasn’t to spread their power in an attempt to do something strange again, but to push the celestials to concentrate their forces in order to completely reverse the situation in a single battle.

“Lucia, Lia, and Trisha have departed from Hispania, Rishi.”

“Oh, does that mean···.”

“As I expected, those guys were trying to play tricks from behind, and they successfully stopped them.”

“Really? That’s a relief! I’m so glad!”

“Yes, it’s really a relief, right? The three of them finished the job well without any problems.”

“Yes!”

Hmm, is she really purely happy? Or did she just avoid this level of trap?

Sion had to scratch his cheek while thinking that.

If he had delivered this news to Lilith, she would have been happy, of course, but she would have also grumbled, ‘Tch, if they’ve done a good job, it just means the competition will be fiercer! Ugh, damn it!’

Lia too, and even the kind-hearted Lucia would have said something similar, albeit jokingly.

‘Not to mention Trisha.’

But Rishikida showed no particular reaction to the news that the women who could be said to be her rivals were following Sion’s words properly, doing a good job, and coming here with confidence.

Rather, she was smiling very brightly and even saying that she wanted to see them soon.

“Rishi?”

“Yes, Master!”

“What should I say… Don’t you feel even a little bit jealous? The three of them caught and dealt with the enemies who invaded the royal castle, so they’ve done a great job, and they’ve become able to shine more than you, right?”

“Isn’t that a good thing? Their merit is Master’s merit, and their glory is Master’s glory.”

‘If you answer like that, I’ll feel bad for even suspecting you a little bit until now.’

Sion muttered inwardly, thinking that Rishikida was definitely a loyal puppy, especially a golden retriever that is often called ‘Injeolmi’ [Korean rice cake].

In particular, she had been showing a lot of self-reflection for having been jealous of Trisha in the past and treating her a little harshly without realizing it, and she had been showing a lot of consideration for others rather than herself, which was truly a gift from heaven for Sion, who had quite a few spicy women, though not as much as Kim Yu-hyeon.

‘Please, Rishi, don’t turn dark like the others. Our puppy Rishi is good as she is now, good!’

Trisha had become a black dragon due to her original tendencies plus the reasons that Sion himself had pushed in, Zhan was a woman who naturally bent over from the beginning, and Lilith was a demon no matter what.

Lia was cute, but she was still a cat, so she had a prickly side, and Lucia was definitely a warm woman, but she had inherited Raido’s blood, so he was a little worried.

Helen had improved a lot, but she was still a little uncomfortable opening up to others, so in the end, Rishikida was the only one who could get along with the other women without any conflict.

“In that sense, Rishi? There’s something I need you to do from tomorrow.”

“Just tell me.”

“Tomorrow, Kim Yu-hyeon will be moving with the celestial woman he captured as a prisoner. I’d like you to check where they go in the encampment, what they see, and what reactions they show.”

“Yes, I understand!”

She was his escort knight who didn’t even ask why and just said she would do it.

There were times when he wanted to ask if she was being too agreeable, but Rishikida was a woman who believed that her loyalty was the only way to show her sincerity.

If he were to nitpick there, she would suddenly slump down and ask what was wrong, and he could clearly see the situation where he would have to sweat to appease the woman who was about to cry.

He felt a little sorry for making such a woman do something bad, but what could he do?

Unfortunately, the man who was her master was not a good guy at all.

‘If the work in Hispania is finished, Lucia, Lia, and Trisha will also join. And in addition, the reserves that will arrive in a few days, and the fairy and beastmen warriors who will be coming from behind. The moment all the characters gather, we’re heading to the highlight of this performance.’

Those guys had everything, but they foolishly said they would burn it all and failed.

He had nothing, but he showed that he would protect what each of them valued, so he would prosper.

The celestials overlooked it.

How much resentment it brings to take something from others.

And how strong the backlash must be.

Sion cleverly dug into that part and quickly increased his power and grew in that gap.

―Is a good guy a hero and a bad guy a villain?

That’s not it.

The one who protects what I have is the good guy and the hero, and the one who takes what I have is the bad guy and the villain.

―

Father, you are truly my hero!

Sion shouted that and thought that he should bow deeply towards his hometown once everything was over.

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“Lil has crumbled, Sha is missing, and Hon has been defeated. Just hearing one piece of news is enough to make my head spin, but hearing all three, I don’t know what to say.”

“Keueok, keueueok···.”

“If I had known this would happen, I would have just listened to Cha, right? Ru?”

Crack!―

With a chilling sound, the demon’s neck was twisted grotesquely.

Dan, who was looking down at the corpse that had died with its tongue sticking out, let out a sigh and threw it away.

“I said we’d take care of the sinners quickly. So we were cleaning up the remaining scraps, but this shouldn’t be happening. Ru, what do you think?”

“···.”

Can the purest thing always be said to be good?

Perhaps evil is the purest and whitest thing.

Ru thought so and opened his mouth with a gloomy expression, watching Dan kill the captured demons one by one while they were still alive.

“I’ve already yielded the leader position to Cha anyway, in recognition of my mistakes.”

“Of course you should. I heard Shaiela betrayed us. That’s what the ones who barely escaped said, right? One of the descendants of light is attacking other members of the same race, and they called her Shaiela.”

“That’s···.”

“Don’t say it. I might get angry and do something rash no matter what I hear.”

Dan muttered that and then looked up at the sky, muttering, ‘Why isn’t this woman coming.’

After a while, something pure white gradually approached from the edge of the sky he was looking at, and soon took the form of a celestial and landed on the ground.

“Welcome, Ann.”

“I heard the news. Lil has returned to the side of light.”

“That’s right. Anyway, I knew that would happen if she kept running wild like that.”

“Watch your mouth, Dan. She was more enthusiastic than anyone else for the sake of the task, and she was our excellent colleague and a faithful servant of light.”

“Ah, yes. Is that so.”

Dan, who was taking the form of a boy, was just grumbling like a boy who had just reached puberty.

Ann, who had been frowning at that, was about to say something, but instead sighed after checking Ru, who was standing next to her.

“Forget about Shaiela, Ru. That child has been outside for too long, and in the end, she has become corrupted as we feared. She is no longer a member of the same race or a blood relative. She is our enemy.”

“···I know. Of course I know.”

“Humans call this a dysfunctional family. Ah, does this not apply to us?”

“I told you to be quiet, Dan.”

At Ann’s cold warning, Dan shrugged his shoulders and still joked, but he definitely shut his mouth, because if he said more here, he could really return to the side of light as a half-truth.

“Where is Hon, Ru?”

“He is currently talking with Cha. It seems they are discussing a new enemy, an unexpected enemy, an enemy we foolishly underestimated.”

“You mean that human who harmed Lil.”

It was only for a moment, but a blue flame flickered in Ann’s eyes and soon disappeared.

She was desperate to fly away and harm that enemy right away, but she was admitting that she could not guarantee even her own safety, let alone victory, alone.

“Ru, what do you think?”

“At least four of us have to stick together to kill that human without losing even one light [celestial].”

“···Four of us?”

“That’s the minimum. To be honest, I think it’s better for all of us to stick together and deal with that guy.”

At Ru’s words, Dan, who had been sleeping and listening next to him, let out a sneer.

Ann was also showing a reaction that she couldn’t understand Ru’s words without particularly stopping Dan.

“Ru, he’s still a human, no matter what. Although there are unique and strong people among humans, are you saying that all of us should face one human?”

“Two rays of light have already fallen at his hands. If we lose one or two more here, the demon forces that we have managed to suppress may increase again.”

“Still···.”

“I clearly told you: you shouldn’t underestimate anything. Following my words, we weakened the demons, defeated them individually, and completely drove them out, and then slowly expanded our forces, making the believers rise up and devote themselves to the purification of the world with just a few words.

But when things got a little twisted, you guys expressed dissatisfaction with this frustrating situation. What was the result? It’s as you see now. A human has extinguished two of the eight lights.”

“···.”

“···.”

Ann and Dan couldn’t say anything.

It was Ru who had led them here, and although it took a long time, the celestials were able to completely suppress the demon forces without any particular damage thanks to him, and they were able to move forward very easily in completing the task.

The moment they spread the light, made other races believe in it, and made them act with only faith, losing their reason as they became intoxicated with it, and half of the continent was handed over to them, things suddenly started to go wrong.

Ru tried to fix things step by step as he had done until now, but his fellow tribesmen shouted that they no longer needed to endure, and they rose up, saying that it was finally time to complete the task with force.

But the result was, as Ru said, truly miserable.

“Ah, you guys were here.”

At this time, another woman’s voice was heard from behind.

Fin, the highest-ranking celestial who folded her pure white wings and approached them, seemed to be quite urgent, unlike usual.

So Ann asked her the reason, and the words that came out of Fin’s mouth were quite shocking.

“I was secretly watching the demons and found something strange. It was very faint, but a rather disgusting trace was heading towards the direction where the sinners are and then disappeared.”

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