Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 403

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This Time

“Ugh-poo-poo!

Ugh!”

“…”

The sounds she makes are so dramatic, but she barely washes half her face.

Watching her dab a tiny bit of water, Trisha was convinced that cats really do hate water.

“Why don’t you wash properly?

I just want to dunk you in the tub.”

“Nyaang?

What an impolite thing to say!

We, the Myo-eun Clan [a feline-like beastman tribe], keep ourselves clean, so we don’t need to soak our bodies like you humans do when you’re cooking!”

“I’d rather you get cooked than walk around covered in dust.”

“It all comes off, I tell you!”

Tap, tap, tap!―

Trisha didn’t want to hear any more strange things from Lia.

She’s not really a monster, and if she has a shape almost similar to a human, she should have a similar lifestyle, but why does she hate getting into the water so much?

Even when other women went into the tub to enjoy a warm bath, Lia would just wipe her body with a wet towel, afraid of getting wet.

“Nyaang!

Stop nagging and let’s start quickly.

We can do what we couldn’t do while moving.”

“Just sit and close your eyes.

If you peek like last time, I won’t let you off.”

“Agh!

I didn’t open them!

I didn’t open them, I tell you!

Nyaaaang!”

“If that wasn’t opening them, should we call this closing them?”

Trisha said, gazing at Lia with her eyes slightly open.

To tell the truth, Lia did open her eyes back then.

However, Trisha was just playing around and didn’t control her strength properly, so Lia felt something strange and reacted like that.

“Anyway, sit down quickly.

I want to rest a little before moving.”

“Heh.

When were you saying you wanted to meet Sion even a little sooner?”

“It’s a loss for me to meet him looking tired and shabby.

Right, Lia, did you want to meet Sion-nim [formal suffix] looking like you did a few days ago?”

“Yes.”

Trisha was dumbfounded by her confident answer.

She sighed and opened her mouth in a tone that told her to think carefully.

“You have Sir Rishikida, who is fully armed, and Lilith unnie [term for older sister/female friend], whose very existence is a cheat, next to you, right?”

“…Come to think of it, I should at least dust myself off before going.”

At Lia’s answer, Trisha retorted, “See?” and headed to the training hall inside Clausen Castle with Lia.

There wasn’t just one training hall, but several, and anyway, Trisha was a knight belonging to this Clausen territory, even an apprentice knight personally brought by Sion, so she could use the training hall as she pleased.

“Nyaang.

Around here, nothing will catch fire.”

Plop!

Lia sat down, slowly closing her eyes to signal the start.

Her tail wagged for a moment before drooping down, and only her ears perked up.

Seeing that, Trisha slowly awakened the stigma sleeping within her.

The flames, which had grown even larger since the last battle, and the clearer lightning bolts surged, soon revealing their red and bright yellow 모습 [Korean: appearance] in the training hall.

“The rules are the same as last time, right?

Recognizing and breaking through one attack flying towards you out of the eight streams of fire.

Even if you judge that you can’t avoid it, I won’t stop right there.

Using 허수 [Korean: feint/bluff] is unlimited, but the real attack is only once.

If you can’t break through that attack, you’ll take a bath with me.

Conversely, if you completely shatter that attack, I’ll imitate you.

Right?”

“Nyaang.

Accurate.”

“Just you wait.

I’ll definitely take you and plunge you into the water.”

“Aha-ha!

Trisha, you should prepare to shout Nyaaang! in front of Sion.”

“…Concentrate, we’re starting.

Even you won’t be unscathed if you get hit properly.”

This wasn’t a joke or a simple threat, but something she really meant.

The Ryu she had encountered in the royal capital had slowly started to burn from the ends of his body, eventually becoming a torch that lit up the night sky of the royal capital before disappearing without leaving even ashes.

Of course, compared to the torture inflicted on Enri, who survived afterwards, it might have been better to die, but anyway, in terms of power, it wasn’t just arrogance, but something truly dangerous.

‘염화 [Korean: Burning Flower] or whatever, giving it a strange name.

Annoying.’

Trisha scratched her head, recalling Queen Vanessa, who had called her that with a solemn expression, and vented her anger as much as she could.

After repelling the attack on the royal capital, Trisha’s true abilities became known to the kingdom.

At that, Trisha, as Sion had taught her in advance (actually, Trisha’s opinion was very strongly reflected), roughly explained her existence with all sorts of cheesy words, such as the will of resistance that 빛 [Korean: light] had 내려 [Korean: descended] in Hispania, or an existence to fight against false hypocrites.

Anyway, Sion would take care of the rest, so she just wanted to go to the Nudia front and show hell to Sion’s enemies by his side.

Whoosh!―

At Trisha’s gesture, the streams of fire that had slowly raised their heads soon began to fly towards Lia.

As she said, a total of eight streams circled around the cat woman sitting and closing her eyes, prowling like beasts looking for an opening.

In the scorching heat and the murderous intent that was being conveyed directly to her, Lia concentrated all her nerves to detect the one stream of fire that was aiming for her among the terrifying energies felt from all directions.

Clack!

Whoosh!―

As if threatening Lia, a couple of streams of fire narrowly brushed past her.

Lia barely managed to control her body, which instinctively tried to avoid them, gritting her teeth and working hard to read the enemy’s attack that was accurately aiming for her.

―Use speed to dominate space.

It’s a good method.

But what if the situation is reversed?

What will you do after you lose space?

You should also think about finding that fleeting gap in the enemy’s attack and making a bet on your forte, speed.

―

Kim Yu-hyun had said that after bringing Lia’s speed to the maximum.

It was good to move quickly, attack quickly, and play with the enemy, but if the opposite situation occurred, she had to be able to grasp the weakness in the enemy’s movements and concentrate her speed into a very small gap.

‘Until recently, I thought no one could catch me if I ran.

But that woman named Enri eventually caught me, even though she missed me a few times.’

It was fortunate that the main target was Lucia, not herself, but if she had been the main target, something really big could have happened.

Now she had to face an even greater enemy, and she couldn’t help but think that it would be impossible to continue to dominate the enemy with speed alone.

She had to deliberately push herself to the limit and read the moment within it.

‘Even so, I’m a beastman who received a 증표 [Korean: Proof/Symbol/Token].

It may not be as good as Kim Yu-hyun, but it’s up to Lilith unnie to uphold the pride of us beastmen!

Concentrate, concentrate.

Lia!’

If she only read the enemy’s attack with her eyes, she would make a big mistake someday.

She had to make her body sense the threat first and move before her head.

Beastmen always believe in their instincts more than anything else, so nothing is impossible.

She had to feel it, read it, avoid it, and counterattack no matter what.

If she couldn’t feel it, read it, avoid it, or counterattack, not only would she be hurt, but others, and Sion, would be greatly hurt.

Lia thought only of that and thought of the streams of fire that were swaying back and forth right in front of her.

쾅! 콰가가각!―

Trisha, who was embellishing the streams of fire and adjusting her power as if they were about to touch, was thinking about attacking.

In the past, she would have simply thought that she could win by grabbing the rear, but now, no matter what, she couldn’t guarantee victory just by making such an attack.

Obvious ambushes or predictable attacks were now meaningless.

She needed a fatal blow that she couldn’t block even if she knew it.

Lia was a cat with a good sense, as even Trisha admitted, not to mention her speed.

Just because she closed her eyes didn’t mean she was blind, so launching a sharp ambush on her would be good training for herself as well.

‘Now!’

Trisha, who had been deceiving Lia by constantly mixing in feints, aimed for her left thigh.

At first glance, it might seem strange that she didn’t aim for the abdomen, where the internal organs were concentrated, or the chest, which could cause fatal damage, but Lia was a Myo-eun Clan who fought with speed.

Even one hole in her leg would hinder her movement and significantly reduce her speed, and if she aimed properly, she could damage not only the muscles but also all the blood vessels inside.

Shaaaak!―

Trisha didn’t do the foolish thing of attacking with just one stream of fire.

She pushed in three streams at the same time, pretending as if it was a feint again, and the moment Lia listened to the sound with her ears, felt the heat with her skin, and measured the distance, she aimed for that gap and 그대로 박아 넣었다 [Korean: thrust it in] the hidden dagger.

‘You’ll get hurt if you’re even a little late, Lia.

You have to stop it before I stop first.’

The two women are in a competitive relationship over Sion, but they are also in a cooperative relationship for Sion’s sake.

The other’s growth would be good, and it would never flow in a direction that was not beneficial.

Trisha didn’t doubt that Lia would read her attack and 받아칠 것이다 [Korean: parry it], and she increased her speed as if she had no intention of withdrawing her attack.

Crack!

Crackle!―

At that moment, a silver flash flickered, and the stream of fire that was flying towards Lia was shattered and scattered into sparks.

Lia drew out the power sleeping in her 증표 [Korean: Proof/Symbol/Token], which was not a normal attack, and 베어냈다 [Korean: slashed it].

A blue current crackled between the red sparks, making an eerie sound.

Crackle!

Sizzle!

The blue current immediately burned away the large sparks that could harm Lia.

Then, as it expanded its range as if it would spread to Trisha, the bright yellow electricity naturally appeared around Trisha, warning her not to show her teeth recklessly.

“Hoo.”

It was literally a hair’s breadth, really a hair’s breadth.

If she had been even a little late, she would have had a hole in her thigh, or Trisha would have deliberately shaken the attack and declared Lia’s defeat.

Even if these attacks were magic with explosive power, there would have been some collateral damage even if she had blocked them like this.

It was fortunate that Trisha refrained from going that far.

“Too bad.

I could have just made a hole in your leg so you couldn’t follow me.”

Trisha, who had been anxiously watching to see if the foolish cat would block it properly, said that with a voice that sounded regretful, as if she had never thought of that.

Then Lia folded her claws, smiled, and crossed her arms.

“Nyaang, are you saying things you don’t mean?

You always say that, but you keep the line, right?”

“That’s because I’m holding back because Sion-nim might scold me.”

As Trisha said that, she subtly tried to skip over the conclusion of the victory or defeat, but Lia quickly ran up and clung to her back.

“What, what is it!

Get off!

Let go!

Hunyat!

Nyaaaaang!”

Lia doesn’t know it well, but when Lucia was practicing take-downs, which can be said to be the basics of the ground, the target was none other than Trisha.

Why was it her?

There’s no special reason, she just caught her eye and tried to pick her up and throw her.

Lucia, who was in a ridiculous mood, didn’t care at all and repeated that several times.

No one can say who is whose daughter, but she resembled Raido in a strange way.

Trisha, who had to be the target of practice even after that, unknowingly became familiar with the 동작 [Korean: movement/action] to some extent, and it was enough to disrupt the center of gravity of the Myo-eun woman, who was lighter than herself, like now.

“Hunyaaaaang!”

“Kyahahaha!”

The pitiful cat’s cry and the woman’s laughter, who seemed to be dying of excitement.

And what was heard right after that was a very magnificent and beautiful 풍덩! [Korean: splash!] sound.

“Nyaaaaaang!”

Lia, who had become Nyautilus after the Nyaroho launch [referencing a cat-like projectile].

―――――――Author’s Note―――――――

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