Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 67

Unavoidable!

Protagonist deployed!

“…”

“…”

A long, drawn-out standoff began.

Once completely freed from her restraints, Winnie immediately leaped, squeezing into the narrow space between the bed and the wall. She glared intently at Sion, her expression filled with wariness.

Watching her, Sion felt like he was visiting a friend’s house and seeing their cat wary of a stranger.

‘I would have preferred dogs. The friendly ones wag their tails and approach right away, and even the less friendly ones wag their tails if you offer them something to eat.’

But cats were different.

They were so wary and didn’t open their hearts easily. Even after visiting several times, the cat never showed its true self.

And that was being re-enacted in the inn room right now.

A fateful showdown between human and cat, a battle of wills through a staring contest!

“What on earth are they doing?”

Lilith let out a hollow laugh, dumbfounded.

She thought he would bring her to the room and do something strange, but after releasing her restraints, all he did was watch. And the Myo-eun girl [a beast-kin tribe] was hissing as if she would attack with her terrifying claws at any moment, then hid in the corner, making weird noises like, ‘Euek!’

‘At first, I thought she was just a regular beast-kin.

But that scar, no matter how I look at it, it’s the mark only a beast-kin chosen by lightning can receive.’

To a human like that Conean or whatever, it would just look like a strange scar.

But those who had existed in the world for a long time, like herself, knew what it was.

A trace of the gods, who had now all disappeared. Among the beast-kin, only the Myo-eun tribe was said to be able to bear that mark.

It wasn’t something they were born with, but something that appeared as they grew, when they were deemed ready. Once that mark appeared, they were taught to practice controlling their power thoroughly.

At first, just bearing the mark was overwhelming, but as time passed, they would gain experience and be able to use the power skillfully.

‘She probably hasn’t fully grown yet, so she couldn’t control her power and was captured by humans.

That’s probably why she was captured alive even with those grown guards from before.’

Lilith glanced at Sion, who was still having a staring contest with the cat girl.

‘He’s strange too.’

It was as if he knew exactly what the scar on the girl’s forehead meant.

Until just now, the man who had said, ‘If you hand over the money, there will be no bloodshed,’ suddenly changed his mind and backed down, accepting the girl instead.

From her perspective, there were two possible explanations.

Either Sion knew the meaning of the scar on the girl’s forehead, or…

‘No way!

That’s ridiculous!

Damn it!

He definitely said he liked older women!

That he liked busty older sister types like me!

But was that all a lie?

You bad man!

Liar!’

…It seemed she was convinced that Sion had saved Winnie not because he knew the meaning of the scar, but because his hidden tastes had been stimulated.

Lilith looked back and forth between Sion and the Myo-eun girl, Winnie, with a tense expression.

‘A stray cat suddenly came in!’

Lilith, presuming that Sion was interested in Winnie, bit her lip slightly.

She had been somewhat relieved because her contractor had said, ‘I only look at you, Lilith.’

Even when Lucia and Rishikida subtly approached Sion, she thought that she was still Sion’s number one.

Because of that, she could afford to be relaxed and confident that she wouldn’t be jealous.

But somehow, she felt like the number of rivals was increasing.

This was what the succubus queen’s ‘sense’ was telling her.

If you let your guard down like this, you’re going to be ruined.

You’ll be left as forgotten woman number 1!

‘Absolutely not!

I have the pride of a succubus queen.

How can he look at another woman while he has me!’

Sion had no such thoughts at all.

He was just thinking of improving his relationship with Winnie and creating a connection with the Myo-eun tribe, so he could use them appropriately later.

Unfortunately, there was no way for Lilith to know that.

It was a time when misunderstandings deepened, misunderstandings that would make them laugh if they both knew.

“Master.

Lady Lucia and her escort have arrived on the first floor of the inn.”

Rishikida opened the door and peeked in, saying that.

Sion nodded as if he understood, told her to go down and wait, and then looked at Winnie, who was huddled in the corner for a moment.

“I don’t know how long you’re going to stay like that, but when you bring your friends, let’s have a proper conversation then.”

“…”

“I already know from the conversation a little while ago that you can understand everything I’m saying and that you can talk, right?

So don’t pretend you don’t understand or can’t talk.

It’s quite tiring.”

“Kyaaaak!”

Winnie immediately responded to Sion’s words with a hiss.

From her perspective, ‘A strange nobleman from the slave market bought me, but he doesn’t show any interest in the kind of things I’ve heard about, and he just leaves me alone no matter what I do.’ So, of course, Sion was suspicious.

If he had made a strange face and dragged her to the bed, she wouldn’t be so nervous and confused.

But Sion ignored Winnie’s hiss and turned his gaze to Lilith, who was sitting next to him.

“I’m thinking of going downstairs for a bit.”

“Go ahead.

Even if I don’t know anything else, that Kim Yoo-hyun guy is quite annoying.”

“…Then, can you watch this cat for a bit?”

‘Why are you telling me to watch this cat?’

The words almost reached her throat, but Lilith managed to endure it with superhuman patience.

She had said she wouldn’t be jealous, and if she showed it now, her pride would be hurt.

“Nyang-nyang, listen to the older sister here.”

With those words, Sion left the room.

He dragged her all the way here, and all he did was release her restraints and gag and leave her in the room.

Winnie’s confusion only deepened as the situation unfolded differently from what she had heard.

‘Anyway, humans are all weird!

Weird!’

Yaooong!

Nyaoooooong!

“Ah, shut up.”

Lilith muttered with a face full of annoyance, and Winnie closed her mouth and started staring straight at Lilith while huddled in the corner.

“Don’t pretend you don’t know me.

With that great mark, you can recognize almost anything, right?”

“…”

Winnie stared at Lilith with eyes full of wariness.

Soon, a cat’s wary cry came from her mouth, ‘Weueueue…’ A sound that would make humans flinch, like a baby crying.

Of course, to Lilith, it was nothing more or less than a young child acting up.

“Did I tell you to shut up?”

“Kyaaaak!

You dirty demon!

What are you doing here!”

“As you can see, I’m living with that human man?”

“Why would a demon live with a human?

I smell a lie!”

“Did you smear mud on your nose? [a Korean idiom meaning ‘are you blind?’]

A lie, my ass.

Ah, well.

Smelling is originally the Wolrang tribe’s specialty.

Your Myo-eun tribe, which is a step below, might smell it wrong, I guess.”

“Wh-what did you say?

Kyaak!

Kiyaaaak!”

The three things the Myo-eun tribe hates the most.

Touching their belly, touching their soles, and comparing them to the Wolrang tribe!

Especially, even if they tolerate the other things, the Myo-eun tribe absolutely hates being compared to the Wolrang tribe.

“Y-you, did you say everything you wanted to say?

Kyaak!

You sly and dirty incubus!”

“Oh?

So, you can see through my true form?

As expected, the power of that great mark is good.”

“Shut up!

Demon!

Su-surely, you’re threatening that human man?”

“…What?”

‘What nonsense is this all of a sudden?’

Lilith thought that it would be more believable if Sion was threatening her.

In fact, Sion kept stroking between her legs during their intimate moments, and she even cried and begged him to touch the important part!

“What are you talking about?

Who’s threatening who?”

“Hmph!

I don’t need to listen to what demons say!

Kyaong!”

“What?

Hey, you cat!

Hey!”

No matter what Lilith said, Winnie turned her head with a gesture of ‘I don’t care! Tteok-geol-luk! [onomatopoeia for sticking firmly]’

Thanks to that, Lilith, who was full of anger, told her to come out and talk face to face, but our Tteok-geol-luk only groomed herself with an expression of ‘Where is a dog barking?’

Of course, Winnie was also busy with various thoughts inside.

‘…The human man was definitely an ordinary guy.

I don’t smell any mana.

He doesn’t seem to have a very strong body either.

But why is there such a powerful demon next to him?

Does he not know that the man is a demon and is keeping her with him?’

If Sion and Lilith heard these words, one would laugh out loud, and the other would frown and say this.

‘I know he’s a demon, and I’m being eaten by that man!’

‘Anyway, he said he would save my sisters… Let’s wait and see.

If he really saves my sisters, I’ll be indebted to him twice?’

Vengeance with blood, and repaying kindness with even greater rewards.

That was the Myo-eun tribe’s code of conduct and their inherent trait.

‘If he doesn’t know that the woman is a demon and might be harmed by trusting her…’

Grrr―.

While grooming, Winnie glanced at the succubus who was muttering, ‘Ugh! Stray cat! You’re pissing me off!’

She thought that the day she could repay the favor might not be as far away as she thought.

―

“Sion-sama!”

As soon as she saw Sion, Lucia rushed to him and began to examine his body.

It seemed that Rishikida had told her about the sudden attack.

‘I hope she didn’t say that the attacker was a Celestial, too?’

Unlike Rishikida, who only thought about Sion’s safety, Lucia had quite positive thoughts about the Celestials.

It was only later that she realized that they were not good beings and was so shocked that she groaned for days.

“What kind of people would dare to attack the son of the Count of Klausen, the one responsible for the border! Did you report it to the royal palace?”

Fortunately, Rishikida was not that clueless.

Sion looked at his knight standing behind Lucia and nodded slightly, smiling to show that she had done well.

Then, Rishikida blushed as if she was dying of embarrassment, but she laughed, hehe.

“I haven’t reported it to the royal palace yet, Lucia.”

“Yes?

Why?

This is a serious matter.

It was an attempt to assassinate Klausen’s son, who is in charge of the border of Hispania, and a hero who led the war to victory!”

Lucia was more excited than usual, unlike her usual calm self.

Sion stared at her for a moment, then grabbed her hand and waited quietly for her to calm down on her own.

And as expected, after a few minutes, Lucia immediately regained her composure and blushed at the fact that Sion was holding her hand.

“…Ahem.

Lucia-sama.

Didn’t you say you had a gift for Master?”

Perhaps because she didn’t like the pink atmosphere, Rishikida opened her mouth with a slightly cold voice.

“Ah, that’s right.

Young master!

Take this.”

“This is…?”

What Lucia confidently presented was a coat that looked like black fabric with gold thread embroidery.

Did she buy a gift from the royal palace?

Sion looked at Lucia blankly, and she hurriedly muttered, ‘Ah, I’m sorry,’ and raised her hand to inject mana.

Then, a humming sound was heard, and soon the patterns that looked like gold thread embroidery began to glow.

As the patterns, the exact meaning of which was unknown, flashed, Sion looked at Lucia as if to ask what it was.

“This is?”

“It’s a great magic defense garment that I made myself.

It can’t block all magic, but I made it so that it can block most magic.”

“Ooh…”

“A-and I treated the materials specially so that Young master wouldn’t be harmed by the fire.”

It seemed that she still remembered and was reflecting on the incident in the last battle with Nudia, where Sion was almost turned into a roast.

Sion, who was exclaiming in admiration, suddenly remembered the scene where Lucia said that she would leave later in a disheveled state and opened her mouth.

“Ah, could it be that you couldn’t leave together because of this?”

“It was hard from getting the fabric.

It took time to reprocess and cut it… and above all, I needed the help of acquaintances in the royal palace to engrave the magic defense.”

Ooh?

Ooooo?

Lucia’s acquaintances are the same as Raido’s acquaintances.

Since Raido was active as a court wizard, it was obvious that his acquaintances were also professionals in magic.

If such people gathered to help and Lucia made it herself, then the performance would be unconditionally good.

‘As expected, Lucia coin was right.

She’s raising the stock price on her own, so it’s truly overwhelmingly grateful.’

Lilith coin and Rishikida coin are also rising, and Lucia coin is rising like this, so Sion was happy itself.

“Thank you so much, Lucia.

It seems like it will be a very useful gift.”

“Wh-what.

This much is…”

Lucia twisted her body shyly as Sion sincerely expressed his gratitude.

Thanks to that, Rishikida’s expression, who was standing behind her, became even worse.

“Ah, Lucia.

I want to talk to Kim Yoo-hyun for a while.

Would you like to go up and rest first?”

Lucia nodded as if she understood.

Rishikida was carrying her luggage as if telling her to stop talking to Sion and disappear quickly, and she was quickly going up the stairs.

“…”

Kim Yoo-hyun, who had been watching the scene for a while, turned his head slightly.

There, Sion was standing, looking at him with a smile that made him feel uncomfortable for some reason.

“You said you had something to say.

What is it?”

“Ah, it’s a bit like this here.

Let’s go to a quieter place.”

There was no problem doing it here, but Sion thought it was polite to say such serious lines to create the atmosphere.

Because from now on, he was going to tell tales to this monstrous man.

―――――――Author’s Note―――――――

Rec…commend…!