Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 390

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“···Ah!”

Sha thrashed and scrambled up from the bed in a flurry.

The reason this high-ranking Celestial was in such a flustered state, flailing about rather pathetically, was simple.

She had fallen asleep while watching (though it was more like Lilith was humoring her) the highest-ranking demon, Lilith, who was right beside her.

‘How foolish!

To fall asleep with my worst enemy at my side…!

Such a weak and pathetic body!’

In truth, her body might have felt wronged. Her chest had split open with a *crack!*, and blood had literally gushed out in a terrible wound.

Even with a Celestial’s self-healing abilities, it was an injury that would have killed most people instantly. Enduring it had put an immense strain on her body.

Furthermore, she had refused the healing magic of her fellow Celestial, Shaiella, so the healing process was inevitably slow.

Consequently, Sha’s body, which had to bear all that burden, desperately needed rest, especially sleep, which was the most effective. Her brain had heeded the call.

That was why she had slept so soundly, making her body feel a little better than yesterday. Yet, her owner was calling it weak and pathetic. Wouldn’t anyone feel wronged?

‘Wait, Lilith!

That woman!’

She had been careless, complacent, a fool!

She had confidently believed she could keep her by her side and watch over her, as she usually would.

But in her current condition, she was nothing more than a foolish woman who had fallen asleep next to her enemy, let alone keep watch.

“Li, Lilith!

Lil….”

Just as she was about to leap out of bed with an almost scream.

Sha could only sigh in disbelief.

“Krrrk!

Keuhaaa….”

“….”

Suddenly, Sha remembered last night.

Lilith had protested when Sha told her to just spread a blanket on the floor because there was no way she would sleep with a demon. “What nonsense!”

But Sha had threatened Lilith, saying that the scary man named Kim Yu-hyun would come if she made a fuss, and told her to just sleep quietly on the floor.

Lilith had taken the blanket and spread it on the bare floor, cursing, “Just you wait. Once you fall asleep, I’ll push you off and take your spot. And you’ll be stuck on this cold, hard floor until your mouth twists!”

—What nonsense. A Celestial sleeping next to a demon? That’s like saying the sun will rise in the west.

—

It seemed the sun was indeed rising in the west.

Because there was a Celestial who had fallen asleep next to a demon, so deeply asleep that anyone could have carried her away without her knowing.

Anyway, Lilith, who had confidently declared she would do something strange while Sha was asleep, was currently lying sprawled out on the floor, snoring with her belly exposed.

Her sleeping posture was so unsightly that all of Sha’s wariness and hostility towards Lilith, which she had held until yesterday, vanished.

“Kuaaaak!

Keueok!”

“….”

Why do I suddenly want to kick her?

Sha thought about kicking that tempting belly but sighed.

No, let’s be patient.

There’s even a saying that you shouldn’t bother someone when they’re eating or sleeping. Even if that woman is evil and vile, even if she’s a demon, let’s give her a break while she’s sleeping.

“Keueoeok….”

“….”

Sha glanced at the entrance of the barracks, watching the demon woman sleeping better than she was.

Judging by the looks of it, this woman was sleeping soundly, and if Sion Klausen hadn’t truly abandoned the light, he would have stationed people around to guard against her.

Guarding against the demon was important, but now Sha was desperate to observe the people here.

Was the conversation she had with Sion Klausen yesterday real? Were these people merely forsaking the Celestials, who were the light, and trying to overcome the darkness with their own strength to move towards the light?

‘I want to know.

Are these people sinners who have forsaken the light, or are we the blind who have refused to see them as they are?’

Thinking that, Sha bit her lip as she looked at Lilith and quietly tiptoed away.

If that woman woke up from her deep sleep and tried to stop her, nothing would be more infuriating. She planned to finish her task quickly before Lilith woke up.

“….”

“Keuheoeok….”

Confirming that Lilith was still sleeping soundly, Sha headed for the entrance of the barracks.

Demons were always lazy and devoted to their desires, so she thought they wouldn’t be able to resist their greatest desire, sleep, or overcome their sloth.

As Sha moved further away, Lilith’s eyes, which seemed to be sleeping soundly, suddenly flashed open!

She was still snoring intermittently, but her eyes were nothing like those of someone who had just woken up from a deep sleep.

Sha thought she was watching Lilith, but in reality, it was the other way around. She had no idea that Lilith was watching her.

Swish―.

Sha carefully lifted the flap of the barracks entrance and realized it was just beginning to dawn.

For others, it was an early start, but Sha used to wake up every morning to pray while facing the rising sun, so she could say she had overslept.

‘The people here haven’t abandoned the light yet.’

She couldn’t completely trust Sion Klausen’s words, but conversely, she didn’t think they were all lies.

Were the people here truly baring their teeth to commit greater sins as sinners?

Or had they gathered here out of disappointment with the Celestials, who were not the light?

As she was thinking that, something suddenly appeared in front of Sha as she was about to leave the barracks.

“Do you have any sense?

If you go out looking like that, the comrades of the soldiers who suffered a miserable death at your hands yesterday will be delighted.”

It was a kind of hood that soldiers used to protect themselves from the rain and wind while moving.

Sha slowly turned her head to look at the person who had given her the words, whether they were meant as kindness or advice, and soon realized it was the one who had shot her down and shattered Lil yesterday.

“…You.”

“Don’t spout nonsense about avenging your comrade. If you think about it, we’re all each other’s enemies, so let’s call it even and stay quiet here.”

The man’s eyes were filled with a chilling aura that was obvious at a glance.

They looked so cold that even Sha flinched and subtly averted her gaze.

“Put it on.”

Kim Yu-hyun handed the hood to Sha once more.

It seemed as if he would force her to wear it if she didn’t, so Sha took it without a word, folded her wings, and put it on.

Thanks to that, her striking appearance was hidden unless someone looked closely inside the hood, and the wings fluttering behind her were completely concealed.

“…I’ll thank you for now.”

“You don’t have to force yourself to be polite.

I’m just doing my job, and you’re a comrade of the one I killed.

So there’s no need for thanks or to hide your hostility.”

A man who was so different from Sion Klausen, whom she had met yesterday.

The cold wind was so strong that Sha momentarily wondered if she was talking to a human or the biting wind of winter.

“Even if it’s an enemy’s kindness, kindness is kindness.

It’s only natural to say thank you.”

“Do as you please.”

With those words, Kim Yu-hyun began to walk away without another word.

Sha watched him, feeling strangely as if he was telling her to follow him.

There was no reason for a man with terrifying power who could cut down even the highest-ranking Celestials with a single blow to be waiting in front of her barracks from early in the morning.

He must have been waiting for something, wanting something.

Sha thought that the man had probably noticed that she was trying to leave the barracks early in the morning to check something and had been waiting outside.

“….”

Thus, a strange time began to flow as Kim Yu-hyun and Sha, the strongest of Hispania and the Celestials, important figures from two forces that had been fighting to the death until a few days ago, walked together.

Sha silently followed behind Kim Yu-hyun, able to see the true, ordinary humans for what felt like the first time in a long time.

“How is it?”

“They’re much better than yesterday.

But it’s still too early to be relieved.

If there’s anyone praying in a corner, they’re still doing it.”

The first place they encountered was where the wounded soldiers were being treated.

Some soldiers were milling about in front, having come to check on their comrades from the morning, and they were asking various questions to those who had come out to take a break after checking on the wounded.

Magicians had also participated in this war, and some of them specialized in healing magic, but as mentioned before, magic that could restore a person’s body to its original state was usually of a higher difficulty.

If the small number of magicians were to use magic on thousands of people, they would be exhausted before they could even treat a hundred.

Therefore, only those on the verge of death received some healing magic, and the rest had to be cared for by the medics.

“That bastard, he’ll be able to get up again, right?”

“Don’t worry.

It’s not like his leg was cut off, so how could he not get up?

Don’t think nonsense and just keep your legs intact and think about going back home.”

The condition of the soldiers who were saying that was not normal either.

One was limping with a bandage around his thigh, and the other seemed to have injured one arm and had it immobilized.

Even though their own condition wasn’t good, and it was natural to worry about themselves first, they were talking as if it didn’t matter.

“….”

Sha silently watched the scene and momentarily remembered that she also had some skill in healing magic. She thought about healing the one they were worried about, but she remembered her fellow Celestials calling these people sinners and quietly dismissed the thought.

“Over there.”

Instead, she called out to Kim Yu-hyun, who was slowly moving as if waiting for her.

“What is it?”

“That demon woman who has been with me since yesterday.

I was wondering if she had done anything strange here, or was trying to do something.”

“Do you think I’ll answer that question?

Even if I did, I would naturally try to answer in a way that benefits us.”

“You don’t seem to have a talent for lying.”

“….”

“We don’t just blindly believe in appearances and call ourselves descendants of light.

We can look into the other person’s heart and see whether it’s black, white, or something else.”

“What, you can look into the other person’s heart?

That sounds even more suspicious.

You can see into the depths of the water, but it’s hard to see into the heart, no matter how shallow it is. You’re saying you can see into it just by looking.”

“You tend to misinterpret things too much.

We’re just saying that we’re good at reading the other person’s mind.

Those who stand before us will eventually reveal their flaws.”

In that respect, Sion Klausen is either not a sinner, or he has incredible acting skills.

Sha muttered inwardly.

“…If that woman was trying to do something, would I have let her?”

Kim Yu-hyun indirectly answered Sha’s question with a no.

In fact, Lilith was plotting something, but he thought it wasn’t harmful because it was something she was doing with Sion.

“If you say so, I have nothing to say.”

Kim Yu-hyun had played with the highest-ranking Celestials as he pleased.

A powerful figure who could easily kill even the highest-ranking demon if he wanted to.

Therefore, Sha had no choice but to nod at Kim Yu-hyun’s words.

After that, the two walked in silence again.

Sha followed Kim Yu-hyun’s lead, looking around, and occasionally when Kim Yu-hyun slowed down, she would glance not only at where he was leading but also at other places.

It was as if she was trying to find any evidence that they had forsaken the light and colluded with the darkness, something she might have missed.

But Sha couldn’t find anything special.

They looked no different from the people of the Holy Prussen, and in fact, they might have been even more human.

They woke up the same way, ate the same way, asked about each other’s well-being, and told each other they had worked hard.

Some were depressed thinking about those who had left, and others comforted them.

She didn’t feel any intention to deceive her, but rather a strong sense that they were just doing what they could.

“Huh?”

Then Sha noticed someone familiar mixed in with the soldiers.

The identity of the person Sha found was none other than Sion Klausen.

He was clearly the commander here, and for them, he was a noble being like themselves, but Sion didn’t care about that at all and was mingling with them, treating them without any hesitation.

“Just because you’re noble doesn’t mean you have to stay in a high place.”

“….”

“If you’re only in a high place, you can’t see those who live in a low place properly.”

Kim Yu-hyun said that and subtly stepped aside as if telling her to look around for a while.

He wasn’t completely clueless, so he thought that letting her be alone in the current situation would be beneficial for the future progress of their plan.

“….”

Sha blankly watched the scene and carefully moved her feet.

Then, keeping a slight distance, she stared at Sion Klausen.

‘As that man said, are we the ones who have become arrogant and committed sins?

Or is that man deceiving us?’

As the Celestial woman was thinking that, she suddenly noticed that the soldiers and knights were focused on Sion’s words and unconsciously pricked up her ears, wondering if he was saying something important.

“Don’t worry.

The Light will know that we have no choice but to do this, so if the Light is truly ‘Light,’ it won’t shine on those who say they will burn all believers.”

“But in the end, we were all deceived.

Even now, the descendants of light, the Celestials, seem like beings who will help us.

I can’t help but feel depressed and miserable thinking that we were deceived.”

When a young man who appeared to be a trainee knight said that in a depressed tone, Sion patted him on the shoulder.

Then, he continued in a gentle tone.

“Though the world may deceive you, do not grieve or be angry.

If you endure the gloomy days, bright and shining days will come.

The heart lives in the future, the present is sad.

Everything is momentary, passing by.

And what passes by will become precious in the future.”

Watching him comfort the knights and soldiers, Sha unconsciously sighed.

They should be the ones who are holding onto those who are wavering, the Celestials who call themselves descendants of light should be doing it.