Regina Rena – To the Unforgiven

Rena Ruber's Training

Translated by Wook
Edited by Wook

“Are you crying?”

At Rena’s sudden appearance, Rubid jumped up. Then, without even thinking of wiping his tears away, he began to scream.

“W-What’s with you?! Why are you here?!”

“I was worried.”

Rubid’s face was distorted very strangely when she said she was worried.

When Rubid frowned and looked at her, Rena tilted her head and asked back with a smile.

“But did you really cry?”

“No!”

Rubid exclaimed. It was a completely unconvincing denial with his moist eyes.

When it didn’t seem like Rena believed him, he shouted angrily.

“W-What the hell is wrong with you?! You said you were going! So why did you come back to pick a fight?!”

“I know, right? I thought if I pretended to go, you would follow me, but I underestimated Mr. Rubid’s stubbornness.”

“You…!”

Rubid looked at Rena with a tearful face. His nose was red from sniffling, and his eyes were full of spite.

Rena let out a deep sigh as she looked at the pitiful but still cheeky child.

“You’re cute if you stand up like that.”

“What?!”

“You know this is a dangerous situation, right? Are you going to keep doing this?”

Again, Rena asked Rubid, who was stumbling. Then Rubid flinched and then raised the blade.

“Why do you care?”

“I don’t care.”

“Then get lost.”

“Are you going to cry alone again?”

Rubid’s face turned so red that he couldn’t speak. Rena let out a long sigh as she looked at him.

“Rubid Plenus.”

Then he called out Rubid in a relaxed voice.

“Why are you so desperate?”

“What…?”

“You’re scared, aren’t you?”

Rubid was left speechless at the blatant and at the same time poignant remarks.

“That’s what animals do. The more they are cornered, the more brutally they growl.”

“Don’t show off…”

“Show off?”

As Rubid muttered in a suppressed voice, Rena laughed as if she had heard an interesting story.

“If I really wanted to show off, would you be okay?”

Rubid was speechless at Rena’s question. Rubid had no choice but to admit it now. Rena is far stronger than himself.

Rubid hesitated for a moment, then muttered with a sigh.

“… So, what do you want to do by looking at me here?”

“You’ll cry if I don’t look at you.”’

“You…!”

“I’m not doing this because you’re pretty. I just understood your position. But you didn’t consider my position at all.”

Rena said so, and she muttered in amazement again.

“If you had respected me even a little, you wouldn’t have sent me such an invitation, and you wouldn’t insult me in front of so many people.”

Rubid’s face contorted when Rena mentioned the ball again. But Rena did not back down and continued.

“I didn’t do anything wrong to you, but you called me from the beginning with the intention of doing something wrong. You didn’t even think about my position and feelings.”

“That’s…!”

At Rena’s calm interrogation, Rubid bit his lips while trying to make excuses.

Then, after hesitating for a long time, he muttered in embarrassment.

“… That’s my fault.”

Rena’s eyes widened at Rubid’s confession. Rubid was also surprised by his own remarks.

In fact, Rubid had never been questioned before.  When he shouted, everyone stepped down on their own, so this was the first time for him to be persistently pointed out and scolded as it is.

So Rubid admitted it without realizing it, and then panicked, and Rena finally realized how to deal with this guy and smiled softly.

“And what else?”

“What else is there?!”

“If you did something wrong, you should apologize.”

“But I didn’t do anything…!”

“Of course you did. You still owe me.”

Rubid angrily bit his lips and wriggled his pitiful fingers in embarrassment. Then he said in a crawling voice again.

“Sorry.”

‘How simple.’

Rena swallowed a laugh at Rubid’s crude apology.

This guy is really simple. Not just simple, but really simple.

‘The type of person who gets hit if you push him.’

Maybe it’s because no one has driven him around so far.

Rena crossed her arms and pushed him even harder.

“Okay, I will accept your apology. Do you have anything more to say?”

“What else?!”

“Help.”

Acknowledgment, apology, and then a request. Rubid was displeased with the increasing difficulty and shot a look at Rena.

However, Rena knew that this rebellion was nothing more but whining and responded with a more overbearing gaze.

“That’s the way it is, so I can help. Or do you want me to leave you alone so you can cry alone again?”

“I didn’t cry…!”

Rubid only refuted the useless part, but no longer said it was unnecessary.

Instead, he raised his fur like a cat and doubted Rena’s intentions.

Rena smiled helplessly at the wary look.

That was why she came back. Because of that desperate persistence.

Rena knows better than anyone the despair of falling alone on the Tomb. She couldn’t leave this spoiled kid alone because she clearly remembered the moment when she needed kindness and help.

In addition, when she thought of herself in those days when she yelled at Regina like a dog, Rubid’s whining was not very incomprehensible.

“It’s true that you were in trouble even if you didn’t cry.”

At Rena’s words, Rubid’s expression became dazed, but after a moment, the prince’s young face was distorted.

Rubis was annoyed with Rena, who spoke as if she knew him. And at the same time, he was confused.

The relationship he has formed so far has only been of two types. Voluntary submission and involuntary submission. And Rena was the enemy who did not belong to those two.

Rena’s attitude was unfamiliar and awkward to Rubid, who had only been in such a simple relationship.

So he stood up again and shot a look at Rena.

‘It’s tricky.’

Rena was tired of this fight. So she decided to be a little mean for a quick ending.

“Is it that hard to ask for help?”

“S-Shut up…”

“If you keep insisting like that, I might tell others once I go out.”

“What?”

“That you cried alone. The Eastern Duke would like it if he knows.”

“You, you…!”

“Think carefully. It’s your loss to endure.”

In fact, the real loss was Rena’s, who kept trying to persuade him, but Rena waited without showing anything on her face.

Rubid was a very disgraceful man, but compared to the evil men who sold their young daughters or pushed their crying children into the abyss, she was willing to show mercy.

“Ugh…”

Rubid gritted his teeth at Rena’s cruel threat. His face was like he was in a tight spot.

Rubid breathed heavily, and eventually muttered as if the words were squeezed out.

“Help…”

“Help?”

“… me.”

Rubid struggled to complete the request for help.

This alone made his head dizzy, but Rena was cruel.

“You have to tell the other party whom you’re asking for help.”

Rubid’s eyebrows were on edge at the ensuing demands. He added without a choice while grinding his teeth.

“Rena Ruber…”

“That’s not right.”

“Then what…?!”

Rubid groaned and realized when he saw Rena’s smiling face.

Rena had previously requested a new title conditionally. And even though it’s really upsetting, the conditions have already been met.

Rubid looked at Rena, wondering if she would show mercy. But Rena’s smile was resolute, and Rubid’s face gradually heated up.

The word “scram” filled his throat.

“Ugh…!”

Rubid couldn’t help but groan. At a time when he was already caught crying, he had no energy left to build his self-esteem.

Eventually he mumbled, with a red face, gritted teeth, and shook shoulders.

“… ter.”

“I can’t hear you well.”

“… Big Sister.”

“Hmm?”

“Big Sister! It’s Big Sister! Big Sister! Are you satisfied?!”

Rubid shouted in despair.

Rena responded with a bright smile to that desperate cry.

“Yes, Mr. Rubid. I am happy to be able to help.”

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Fortunately, one of the escaped horses was wandering nearby.

Rena, who came to the horse, lifted Rubid’s body with both hands and sat him in the saddle. She then climbed up on her own and she sat behind Rubid.

They shared a seat in the same saddle, but the seat was not cramped because Rubid became smaller. However, Rubid, who was sitting in front of Rena like a dummy, grumbled for no reason because he was unhappy with his situation.

“What kind of woman has so much power…”

“If a strong woman is weird, what do you think of a crying man?”

“Ugh…”

Rubid, whose weakness was caught, closed his mouth with an angry face.

Rubid, who had already lowered his tail, no longer barked, and Rena looked happily at Rubid’s round head, which had become more gentle.

“If we defeat Hiems Gracia, you will return to normal.”

“How do you know that?”

“Women know a lot of things.”

Rubid clicked his tongue at Rena’s turn of words.

‘What’s with this punk, really?’

There is nothing suspicious, from origin to behavior.

Ruber said that this woman mooched off the Southern Duke, but looking at the steps she had made so far, “mooching off” was not a correct expression.

Rubid was curious about Rena again. However, like Rena implied, it was not the place to chat, so he kept quiet.

“I will enter the castle before the dead come back to life.”

“What about the dead?”

“After a while, the dead will come pouring out from that castle again. It’s good to go in before then, but if we’re late, Mr. Rubid, please open the way.”

Rubid was perplexed by Rena’s natural request.

“What do you want me to do when I’m like this?”

“I was going to ask, but do you have to swing your sword when you use the slash?”

Rubid was at a loss for words at the too obvious question.

Not only Rubid, but all of the Northern dukes in history made a slash by swinging their swords. There was no other way, nor had they ever thought of it.

When Rubid did not answer, Rena muttered to herself.

“It seems that way.”

“What?”

“Then will you use this?”

Rubid asked the question, but Rena pretended not to hear and handed him her dagger.

“Try it.”

At Rena’s request, Rubid swung the dagger in the air. A slash the size of a dagger, much smaller than usual, flew.

Rubid felt a little humiliated by the shabby slash, while Rena pondered for a moment and readily moved on.

“Let’s go. We will find a way if we hurry.”

After saying that, Rena spurred the slow horse. Then, it ran fast towards the tilted castle that was like a burnt candle.

As the two approached the castle, a fireball flew up as if waiting.

Rena clicked her tongue briefly as she watched the dead cover the sky.

‘I thought it was quiet for some reason.’

He must have waited until we came close.

“Mr. Rubid!”

“Damn it!”

Rubid groaned and swung his dagger.

However, that brief slash was not even noticeable.

“Will this work?!”

Rubid shouted.

Meanwhile, the dead began to collide with each other in mid-air. It was the same behavior as when Rubid was locked in a suspicious sphere earlier.

“Stop! Hey, stop!”

Rubid urged Rena for fear of falling into the strange trap again.

But Rena did not listen and drove her horse to avoid the pouring sparks. She then spread her own whip with one of her hands.

“Will that reach them?!”

Rubid was nervous and criticized. Then, as if laughing at his words, Rena put the whip in Rubid’s hand.

“Prepare for a slash!”

“What!?”

“One!”

Rena started counting without any explanation.

“Hey!”

“Two!”

In the end, Rubid’s eyes quickly turned blue. Then Rena took Rubid’s hand together and swung his arm broadly with the signal.

“Three!”

The whip spread wide with Rena’s power, and the slash made along the long trajectory exploded in the air.

It was good conjuring it was made in a hurry, but the huge attack was not as hard as before, bursting only the falling flames and collapsing helplessly.

“We will make a road like this!”

Rena pushed forward, cleaning up the flames.

Then, the high-flying dead glided down as if trying to stop Rena and Rubid.

As the dead approached, Rena and Rubid slashed again. However, the dead with hard shells rushed through the meager slash easily.

Bang! Bang! The dead hit the ground like meteorites, aiming for Rena and Rubid. The shock and heat made the horse run wild.

But Rena couldn’t afford to wield her whip as she grabbed the reins in one hand and Rubid in the other.

She tried to keep her focus, but she couldn’t. Rena was forced to hug Rubid eventually.

“Mr. Rubid!”

“What again?!”

“Go and open the door!”

“What nonsense…”

Rubid’s complaint was incomplete and cut off. This was because Rena, who had already removed her feet from the stirrup, got up from the saddle with Rubid.

Rena took the reins and stood up narrowly with her knees on the back of the horse. Rubid instinctively noticed that Rena was about to do something crazy.

Sure enough.

The moment Rubid felt the chills, Rena sprinted on the saddle and jumped up.

The author’s words:

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