Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 59

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The villain isn’t just a bad guy; they’re the smart ones.

“…Ugh!”

Like a chicken or a fish, Sion thrashed and leaped up from where he was lying.

He flailed so much that he strained his limbs for a moment.

‘Shit!

Don’t tell me I fainted while I was with Lilith?’

If that were the case, he’d have no excuse, even if he were teased to death.

What a fool! Passing out from pleasure while with a goddess? He almost died from joy!

He scolded himself and resolved to do better in the future.

“Ah.”

A familiar woman’s voice.

He turned his head to see Lilith standing there, just entering the room.

The two men and women stared at each other for a moment, then spoke at the same time.

“Um.”

Only the voices were different; the words were the same.

The situation became a bit awkward, and they remained silent, as if telling each other to speak first.

Then, they both opened their mouths again at the same time, and comically, it was the same thing again.

“Are you okay?”

“Are you alright?”

Of course, their reactions were different.

Sion muttered inwardly, ‘Ah, shit. It really seems like I almost died from joy.’ Lilith, on the other hand, had a look that said, ‘Huh? Does he know what happened?’

“Lilith.

First of all…”

The words, ‘Let’s put aside what we were doing and let me recover,’ never came out.

The knight, who had entered the room after her, rushed to Sion’s side when she saw him and burst into tears as she hugged him.

“You’re awake!

Ahhh!

Thank you, thank you!

Ahhh!”

“Hey, Lysi? Why are you being like this again…?”

“It seems like you don’t remember what happened at all.”

What happened?

What do you mean?

Wasn’t I about to die of happiness with Lilith?

“…You.

I can see exactly what you’re thinking, and while I appreciate the compliment, that’s not it.

You didn’t lose consciousness because of what you’re thinking.”

“If it wasn’t that, then what…?”

Haa, how am I supposed to explain this?

And where should I even start?

Lilith’s sigh was filled with those two complex emotions.

“I wish only you and I had to hear this.”

Lilith said, glancing slightly at Lysikida.

The knight, unaware that she was being talked about, simply whimpered and stuck close to Sion, like a puppy comforting its master lying on the bed.

The succubus queen sighed once more, scratched her head, and continued.

“Since she seems to be your shadow now, I’ll just tell you.”

“I don’t know why you’re being so serious about what happened.”

“Because it’s a serious matter.

You almost died earlier.”

“…Excuse me?

What on earth are you talking about?”

Sion looked utterly bewildered, so Lilith shrugged and pointed to Lysikida sitting next to him.

“Don’t you remember Lysi screaming your name?

Your brain should be working by now, right?”

“Lysi calling my name…?”

At Lilith’s words, Sion closed his eyes and slowly thought back.

Clearly, he was in front of Lilith, about to touch her fragrant scent and softer-than-anything breasts, but other than that…

“Ah.”

He remembered.

He definitely heard Lysikida’s voice calling him from outside the carriage.

“Now that I think about it, that’s right.

But why…?”

“You were attacked.

To be precise, there was an assassination attempt, and they tried to pin the blame on someone.”

Attack, assassination attempt.

And a false accusation.

Just hearing one of those keywords would make anyone angry, but there were three.

Sion’s eyebrows shot up.

His eyes were blazing with fury.

“…Seeing how sure you are, I guess you’ve already caught them and dealt with them?”

“You’re my man, after all.

You catch on quick.

And you’re perceptive.”

“Who were they?

Radical fairies?

Or some lackeys of a noble trying to keep you in check?”

“Neither.

Would it have been easier for you if it were one of those two?”

Shit!

Seriously.

How is this even happening!

Lilith scratched her head in frustration.

When Sion joked, ‘If you scratch that hard, you’ll go bald,’ she finally calmed down and told the man in front of her the truth.

“It was the Celestials.”

“…Excuse me?

Wait a minute, Lilith?

What did you just say?

Celestials?

Not fairies?”

“Yeah.

Those damn doves that the fairies worship so much.

They act all pure and noble, but inside, they’re as black as can be.”

At Lilith’s words, Sion desperately wished he could faint again.

‘No, seriously?

Is it already time for the Celestials to step in?

I thought I’d have at least another six months!’

To purify the fallen world, offer the ashes returned to nothing before their god, and give birth to everything anew, bestowing a bright future.

That was the life goal of those crazy chicken-dove bastards.

And the humans, not knowing any better, happily called them angels and revered them.

Anyway, they used the fairies to divide the humans, make them fight with other races, and then frame the demons, ultimately leading the continent into a great war.

That all happened in just one year.

Played by the Celestials, they fought so fiercely that the continent was stained with blood.

‘They stirred up chaos like that, and when it was finally their time to appear, they acted like saviors of justice, crushing the demons who were getting beaten up from all sides, and then they started burning everything, saying the world had fallen.’

Why didn’t those powerful Celestials step in from the beginning?

There were two main reasons.

First, they had a rival called the demons.

And second, even though the races of the continent were inferior, they were quite troublesome when they gathered, and above all, it was a place where the blessing of mana had spread, so there were quite a few skilled people who could stand against the Celestials.

They were strong but lacked numbers, and unless the continent fell into chaos according to their plans, they were restricted from leaving the sanctuary, so they used the best method to manipulate the world from behind.

‘They’re only called Celestials; what they do is worse than Satan himself.’

If the real Satan existed, he might have protested, saying, ‘Damn, even I wouldn’t do that.’

That’s how contrary to the image of the Celestials that the people of the continent firmly believed in, they were just thinking of burning the whole world to the ground.

‘Lilith has clashed with the Celestials a lot, so she knows their true nature, so there’s no problem, but Lysi must be shocked?

From fairy tales to myths, humans have grown up hearing that Celestials are good and demons are bad…’

Hispania and Nudia are different countries, but they share a common understanding of Celestials and demons.

Good guys and bad guys.

So, I need to explain it to the woman next to me first…

“Master, Master…”

“…”

It seemed there was no need.

Watching the grown woman rub her cheek against his body like a child, Sion thought that even if he said, ‘The Celestials are actually bad guys!

Their heads are full of demons!’ Lysi would probably shout, ‘Yes!

I understand!

I’ll smash them all to death with my mace!’

“…I’m glad she seems to understand.”

Lilith shook her head, thinking that she wasn’t much different either.

“But I don’t think other humans will easily believe me.

In the first place, the fact that I’m a demon is a secret known only to a few in your castle, and ordinary humans just think of me as a magician who secretly joined your castle with Kim Yu-hyun.”

“Speaking of which, what did you tell the guards?”

“I told them that the guys who caused a ruckus in the royal castle seemed to be targeting the kingdom’s hero since they couldn’t get anywhere.

That seemed like the most likely scenario, and it would be easier for humans to accept.”

At Lilith’s words, Sion clapped softly and nodded.

As expected of the succubus queen, she was quick-witted and knew how to minimize the chaos.

“What about the Celestials you caught?

What did you do with them?”

“Um, well, as soon as one of them was caught by me, he bit his tongue and killed himself, and when I tried to get some information out of the other one by ‘caressing’ him, he said a few words and then, of course, immediately…”

“They’re amazing.”

As Sion replied, Lilith sighed in relief inwardly.

In fact, none of the Celestials killed themselves.

They both begged to be spared rather than shouting that they would die or to be killed.

But Lilith was already half out of her mind when she attacked the two Celestials.

She was interrupted while passionately trying to make love, and she was attacked at that timing when both her body and mind were burning.

Lilith was planning to catch one and deal with him, and she crushed the other one’s head to scare him.

It was the first time Sion had ever seen her true self.

The succubus queen, the queen of nightmares, the highest-ranking demon’s true colors were revealed.

‘Annoying.

I thought it would be enough to catch just one, so I broke the other one’s head to scare him.

Ugh, I can’t believe he died without saying anything properly after I tortured him a bit.’

She dragged the captured Celestial to a secluded place and inflicted physical and mental torture on him at the same time.

Of course, from her perspective, the mental torture was just to scare him a bit more, but it seemed to have caused the Celestial damage that shattered his very mind.

In the end, the Celestial’s body and mind completely collapsed, and he died foaming at the mouth.

“I didn’t get much information.

Just that some of them left the sanctuary using loopholes?”

“I see.”

Sion nodded calmly and was busy comforting Lysikida, who was still whimpering in his arms.

Lilith looked at Lysikida and was about to say, ‘You’re not missing your chance!’ but suddenly felt something strange and stared at Sion.

“…Why are you looking at me like that?”

“No, wait a minute.

I can understand her, but why are you so calm?”

“Excuse me?”

“From the fact that the Celestials attacked you to the fact that they have strange intentions, why are you so indifferent!

The Celestials, whom you rely on so much, have done something strange, you know?”

“Where in the world is there something white on the outside and white on the inside?”

“…Huh?”

At the unexpected words, Lilith was at a loss for words.

She had met many humans in her life, but they all always thought of ‘Celestials’ with a positive image and unconditionally considered them good.

As someone who knew the true nature of the Celestials, Lilith felt disgusted, but in the first place, she was framed with the idea that ‘demons are the root of all evil and a cursed race trying to destroy the world,’ so if she had retorted, she would have heard ‘Demons are slandering the Celestials!

As expected, they are the creations of dirty devils!’ and cheers for the Celestials.

‘But what is he?’

It’s as if he knew the true nature of the Celestials from the beginning.

Even though she is a demon, and that demon is saying negative things about the Celestials, he even has an expression that says, ‘That’s how the Celestial bastards are.

Those dog-like guys.’

“Lilith.

When I was having a hard time, neither the Celestials nor God were there.”

“Oh, uh…?”

“And it was Lilith who answered my call and appeared before me.”

“Ah, no, that was… I was just going to drain some of your power and go back…”

“It doesn’t matter.

Either way, you helped me as a result.

If the ones who really tried to harm me were the Celestials, as you said, then I have no reason to see them in a good light anymore.

I trust you more than the Celestials.”

At the unexpected words, Lilith’s face turned red.

No human would trust the words of a demon like this in a discussion about demons and Celestials.

It is the result of a long period of accumulated learning and naturally built up through semi-brainwashed surroundings.

But that man denied it head-on.

He said he would trust her, who he had spent time with, more than any story flowing around him.

‘…Ah, you bad guy.

Now I feel even more like a criminal.

Damn…’

She seemed to be caught by a man who was even more than she had thought, and Lilith had to work hard to untangle her constantly twisting body.