Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 418

418

I Am Different From You All

“Is everyone here?”

“Everyone’s here.

Oh, except for Kim Yu-hyun.

Like calls to like, he’s being intensely harassed by the women.

Of course, two of them are women whining to be tormented, so I feel a little sorry for him.”

It was obvious without looking that those two were Shaiella and Ekaterina.

You couldn’t just ignore them, because if it weren’t for those two in this battle, things would have been very difficult for us.

Because of that, Kim Yu-hyun wouldn’t have been able to turn them away, even while watching Eos’s reaction.

‘Ah, now that I think about it, Eos and Ekaterina don’t have a bad relationship either.

If his main wife says it’s okay, Kim Yu-hyun probably wouldn’t think of it as a problem either.’

Lilit, who was still hiding her presence and following Zion, giggled as if she had thought of something interesting.

“There was an elf involved too, right?

Was her name Sirien?

She’ll say she’s not, but you can tell just by looking.

You could tell she had fallen head over heels in first love.”

“She had a good impression from the start, and after various events, it developed into affection.

Didn’t you say that people’s hearts are all unknowable?”

“Isn’t she not a person?”

“Whether they’re elves, people, or even demons, it’s all the same.

It doesn’t work the way they want it to.”

“That’s true.”

Lilit smiled and tugged on Zion’s arm.

Then, she took a subtly seductive pose, making her chest press against him.

“Not yet.

It’s not all finished yet.

And I already gave you plenty last time.”

“That was all used up during this battle.

It was power used for Zion, so Zion, you have to step up and refill it.

Right?”

“I also need time to recharge.

If I could just squeeze and squeeze and it would keep coming out, would that even be human?”

Like Zhan, he had gained an opportunity and become far superior to ordinary people in terms of physical aspects, but if he kept satisfying women every day, he would obviously reach a state of depletion immediately.

More than anything, the war hasn’t officially ended yet.

In times like these, if the sounds of women moaning were to leak out of the commander’s tent every day, it would never spread in a beneficial direction.

“Master.

You’ve arrived?”

“Is everyone inside?”

“Yes, please come in.

Lady Lilit as well.”

“I told you, you can just call me ‘sister’ comfortably, but you never listen.”

“I cannot do that.

No matter how close we are, we must always observe the etiquette we need to keep.”

“Ugh, you’re too stiff.

No fun!

I’ll make you moan and cry with Zion on the bed later!

Threatening to keep harassing you if you don’t call me sister!”

Saying that, Lilit threatened Rishikida as if she would devour her right away, Kuaaaang!

Of course, the atmosphere was clearly more of a friendly joke than hostile energy, so Rishikida just smiled and urged her to go inside.

“Nyaang!

Late, late, late!

Hurry up, Zion!”

“It’s not very noble to keep the ladies waiting.”

Perhaps because they had been doing a lot of cooperative battles in the ongoing battles, Lucia and Lia had become very close friends, and they were both bombarding Zion with nagging.

Trisha, who had realized that silence was also stylish from the rampaging Black Flame Dragon, was sitting in an uncharacteristic pose, that is, wiggling and crossing her legs.

Zhan was looking at Zion, leaning against the backrest with her usual relaxed expression.

“Everyone, you’ve really worked hard.”

Zion, having confirmed that they were all safe, said that from the bottom of his heart for the first time in a long time.

If it weren’t for the women here, this battle would have definitely flowed in a rather difficult direction.

Kim Yu-hyun might have been able to subdue the top-tier celestials, but he wouldn’t have been able to stop the higher-tier celestials or Ru, who hadn’t joined separately and was trying to fiercely drive the allies.

Of course, Shaiella, Ekaterina, Eos, and Sirien also worked hard, but that was a part that Kim Yu-hyun had to take care of, so let’s move on.

“Now that it’s all over, let’s get a clear explanation of the reason.

Zion.”

Zhan, who had been silent until now, slowly opened her mouth.

She is undoubtedly a woman who wants to be by Zion’s side like the other women, but at the same time, she is also a leader who oversees a huge tribe.

In that sense, it is only natural that she wants to hear an explanation about Zion’s actions.

“I understood the first time.

It was a device to ignite the fighting spirit of the allies and instill the determination that the enemies must never be sent back.

And although there was some damage to our allies, we were able to block it well because we had been told about it in advance.

But what on earth was the next thing?

It’s a pity that our warriors were hurt, but what’s even more regrettable is that we couldn’t completely annihilate the enemies.

The encirclement was complete, and all we had to do was push them to the end.”

I knew that part would come up.

Zion had perfectly predicted that Zhan would be the first to step up.

She is a leader and an excellent warrior, and although she may be a pure woman who doesn’t know what to do out of shyness on the bed, she is focused on killing even one more enemy on the battlefield to eliminate future enemies.

Because she knows that is the fastest and most effective way to prevent tragedies that may occur later.

If you are afraid of seeing blood, you will bleed yourself.

Don’t enjoy seeing blood, but never avoid it.

Zhan was a leader and a warrior who faithfully followed the truth of that world.

So, she wanted to hear an explanation about missing the opportunity to completely erase the enemies due to Zion’s interference.

“Honestly, we’re curious too.

Yu-hyun deliberately let that celestial named Ru go, and it seems that you had a separate conversation with Yu-hyun about the parts that weren’t discussed with us, right?”

“Nyaang!

Too much!

We went through so much trouble to catch that pigeon, and it was like letting go of what we had already caught!

Nyaaaang!”

“It’s noisy, Lia.

And honestly, if it were just us, we would have ended up missing him anyway.

It was only when Kim Yu-hyun, that scary man, came that we thought it would be worth a try.”

“Trisha!

It’s better to take our side at times like this!

Nyaang!”

“I don’t lie next to Zion.

Maybe somewhere else, but not here.”

If I left them alone any longer, it seemed like a civil war would break out.

Just as Zion was about to open his mouth to change the atmosphere, clapping!

Clapping!―

The women, who had been sharpening their momentum, turned their heads at the sound of light applause.

There stood their sister, Lilit, smiling and looking at her younger siblings.

“I told you not to fight in front of Zion, right?

If you keep doing that, you’ll be hated?”

“Gasp.”

“Nyang!”

As expected of the queen, she ended the civil war with just two words.

Zion was secretly impressed by Lilit’s growing influence and went to his seat for the time being.

“You’re wondering why I sent the monsters to weaken the encirclement that I had worked so hard to complete and let the enemies out.”

“That’s right.”

Zion sat in his chair, closed his eyes for a moment, as if organizing his thoughts.

Then, he answered Zhan’s question in a voice as if it were obvious.

“Because it’s necessary.”

“…What?”

“I sent them because it was necessary.

And I made them attack from behind because it was necessary.

Anyway, I need a light to rely on, and I need a darkness to curse and stay away from.

If I don’t have that, the world won’t work.”

Zhan’s expression twisted strangely at Zion’s words.

It wasn’t just her.

Lucia and Lia also reacted as if they couldn’t understand at all.

‘I was worried about whether I should tell them or not.’

Originally, I was thinking of just keeping my mouth shut.

Unlike Rishikida and Trisha, who unconditionally follow him, those three are women who move while recognizing their own positions.

So, I didn’t want to say anything because I was worried that they might show negative feelings or even aversion to Zion’s idea of trying to influence them in this way.

‘But.’

But Lilit stopped him.

If you really intend to embrace them in your arms and go to the end, it would be much better to tell them whether the work you are planning is good or bad.

Whether they understand and nod, or show aversion and refuse to follow.

“Lucia.

The celestials have now become clearly hostile forces.

They have been recognized as ugly beings who betrayed the light.

Then, do they now have an appearance that is repulsive, like the demons?”

“No?

They are still the same.

The same celestial appearance that we have known.”

“That’s right.

I don’t know what it’s like now, but people’s thoughts are bound to change again someday.

But will they look the same as they do now, no matter how much time passes?

With such an appearance that makes you wonder if they are really descendants of light.

Conversely, the demons will forever maintain such an appearance and behavior that evokes darkness.”

“That’s right…?”

“Trying to change that would only cause social chaos.

Trying to break down social norms that have been fixed for hundreds of years and put in new perceptions will not be well received.

And in the process, it will only cause social chaos in reverse.

So I thought.

As they have been doing so far, the demons live as they please, and the celestials live with the obligation to guide other beings to the light as descendants of light.”

Lucia, Lia, and Zhan reacted even more as if they couldn’t understand Zion’s words.

The celestials have already been completely defined as enemies to humans and other races, and they have fought battles, and how is it possible that they can never have such a social position again?

“Not everyone is like that, Lia.

Just like Lady Lilit here is a demon, but she gets along with us without any problems, there are also celestials who can communicate, and there are those who have a desire to guide others to the light rather than purify the world.

I’m using them.

I’m separating them from those who are still trying to hold out, and I’m telling them to fulfill their atonement and tasks.”

“…Could that be why you sent the celestial Shara back then?

I just thought you sent her back to cause internal strife.”

“If that’s all it took to cause internal strife, they wouldn’t have planned such huge things, Zhan.

Rather, I wanted to convey it to the real ‘descendants of light’ among them.

If you really think you are descendants of light, shouldn’t you be shining instead of burning?”

What about deploying monsters twice?

It’s to instill in humans and other races.

The celestials and fanatics who just shout that they are right are scary, but the demons who have no intention of harmonizing with this world are also dangerous.

So, Zion secretly whispered that no matter how long the war lasted, it would only give the demons a chance, so we had to find a suitable line and find a part to end it.

What about letting go of the remaining celestial forces?

I’m pushing them to split up.

The trend has already tilted, and now all that remains is the time needed for the rational moderates to completely break away from the forces dominated by the hardliners and declare that they will take a different path, and to give them a justification.

Shara is a top-tier celestial with followers, and she can be said to be a moderate.

And not all of the celestials really believe that only when the world is burned will the real world of light come, and they are not focused on killing and burning like crazy people.

“I’m going to put it back in its original flow.

The demons are still those who should be wary of.

And the celestials are those who are trying to help us in any way.

So, I’m giving them a firm belief that doing good and moving towards the light, as they have been doing so far, is good for me and everyone.

In a way that ends everything without causing social chaos.”

“Nyaang!

But Zion.

We can at least tell the demons something because we have Lady Lilit.

Let’s say there are Shara and the celestials who will follow her who will really try to live kindly.

What about the rest?”

The rest.

Not those who admit all their sins like Shara, repent, and focus only on illuminating the world with warmth instead of excessive heat in the sense of atonement, but those who still believe that only they are light, good, and justice, and that everything on this side is sinners and fallen.

“…That’s true too.

Zion, I don’t know about Shara, but Ru will never turn around.

I know him, and even though he’s moderate, he’s not the kind of guy who would turn around so easily.

Rather, he’ll be the leader of the guys who shout that they’ll fight to the end?

Shara will be hesitant because she’s worried about Ru.

It’s like their own kind are all holding out to die, but they’re the only ones surrendering.”

Lilit has already brought the answer from the demon side.

The highest-ranking demons, Bahamut and Bel, said that since they had been living as villains anyway, they would be more than happy to be agreed-upon villains and do as they pleased.

But the celestials who have fled to the Holy Prussen to prepare for the final stand are different.

They will still be trapped in their elitist ideology, and they will believe that only they are right.

They are the ones who will shout that they will fight to the end even if they all die.

Because they are instinctively feeling that they cannot live!

Because none of the allies will think that they will be spared!

“Lady Lilit is right.

They will not admit that they are guilty even if they all die.

That being said, since no place on this land can be a haven anymore, they will think that preparing for the final battle is all that matters.”

Flapping!―

Suddenly, something with wings landed next to the barracks.

Rishikida went outside, and after a while, she took out a note from the carrier pigeon and handed it to Zion.

There, it was written briefly in Helen’s elegant handwriting.

―I will prepare without any setbacks.

―

Zion, having confirmed the answer, smiled and continued.

“But I don’t have any intention of giving them a glorious end.

I don’t have the slightest intention of taking great and bloody glory.

How many better things are there than that.”

Zion slowly told the women his plan.

After a while, those who had heard all of his words had to let out an absurd sigh or an admiration that they had never thought of.

―

“Vice Commander.”

Ludwig slightly turned his head at the adjutant’s words.

He knew well enough why he had called him.

He was the same as him.

He couldn’t have imagined until recently that he would be leading such a huge army all the way here.

“The enemies?”

“They said they entered the sanctuary a week ago and finished preparing for the siege.”

“I’m worried that we gave them too much time.”

Ludwig said that and then issued an order to advance.

Now, more than a month has passed since the great battle in the land of Nudia.

Finally, the allied forces have set foot on the land of the false ones, the Holy Prussen.

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