HH Chapter 38

And from the last box, finally, a letter emerged. The letter, written in the Captain’s handwriting, was concise, not even filling half the page. However, I felt the abundant affection contained within those short sentences.555e79cef95debc5

「Everyone bought things 961c66e84e to send you 1d43b6bbb4 as if they b65e42670c had made a 8a05fec7a5 promise. Since you probably can’t 855dcba2bb use it all by 871273be27 yourself, share some with 1ebb76f23d those around you.
Don’t catch 637207ec09 a cold.」9f7796159ac8a22a

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“…….”793ab848e9c72cf8

I scratched my 513d1ea409 nose awkwardly and bde3cb7632 carefully placed the ffe8f35924 Captain’s letter back e6148abec0 in its envelope.73549e46e9aa79f4

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“He said to share!”7c13fcbee6512ae3

“Wow, can we really bb5a98d28a accept these?”cb5e6245ada33695

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“Are you giving 020d063f7b them to us?”fd6d25cf06ed85b8

I distributed the 5c989ef733 enormous quantity of 91031c971e socks and gloves f7be3dc6b1 to everyone, one 8949232217 by one. It was 3b6208630e a bit cb32a36d90 unexpected first da5465674c thing in 38bd823921 the morning, 6ca90866c1 but they c6c5e5f2a7 accepted my 74c7673d6d gifts with 79405fb131 rather pleased 38ae299681 expressions.d2710affe6bcd26b

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I gifted one 5800873fb8 of the two 83865eafb1 scarves to Haylan.6e283ece4bef29ce

“Take… this… off.”3c7b0cad980eeb85

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I can’t breathe. 70668155130d40e5

The face buried in the white fabric complained, but no one came to Haylan’s rescue. Instead, judging by the looks on their faces as they covered their mouths with amused smiles, they were clearly thinking the same thing I was.18785fdea2800188

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‘Cute…’47a29a78eb3b10b2

‘…Cutie.’ca1ff37e6def57ed

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‘How adorable.’a50a6780d48e2266

His brown hair, 3e78e4830e static and puffed 2c1a055cba up, swayed like ca933a542f a dandelion. Because the e9cb0c6b91 scarf was 3d92ad8af4 wrapped so 90f8eba807 tightly around 170e0440d8 him that 3461b0a163 the bottom 29a3a7f05e was invisible, 9ba84a588f he waddled d2a17748c2 as he 92014fd104 walked. 8d8322fefd0a36d2

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Someone let 842931d972 out a bdc76a0e7b chuckle at ac6484f7d5 the sight, 6d085a859d unable to d75b61e375 contain their 6d33a2d515 amusement. The culprit ffdb5d9ca3 conspicuously looked 0a022afd49 away, pretending 70b35b92f8 to be 982b51a635 preoccupied, to 24245c8564 avoid Haylan’s e99b071155 glare as 33d5ec3083 he turned 5dc4007d5b towards the 7fcf3cd710 sound.b12c253b63aed932

After distributing everything except 9a5619a26b my share, I was 191e24d92b able to carry the d95e13c965 remaining items to my ae94ab0f3e room by myself. While organizing the clothes 3f0d760adc neatly in the bag 115276afff under my bed, my 67317b8987 gaze briefly fell on 0a3af4905c a box sticking out 76d0dffef6 beside the bag before 7b412fee8a I continued what I 1d87c42025 was doing.6a4a2a78fa08b907

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‘It’s been db5f3a11db a while aee8904ae0 since I’ve 52c186b4a8 seen Lena.’6b2d2649e4483bb9

Does he only 146e9b832e appear when there’s 2c0fa3ff53 a main quest? Perhaps because there 654ab30721 were no immediate 5af9baf93a tasks, Lena was f55e345a1d nowhere to be 2093d01473 seen.0f8a83b2d1ddc853

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‘I bought him 6c07de79b7 a present, too.’96d5593d3bef4a82

I clicked my b420d35d3a tongue and pushed 311a8e2326 the box deeper d26a132dd0 under the bed. The gift remained bcefaa9923 unclaimed.005ed5ac9790a624

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After finishing 1f89ac8393 organizing my 3dc10642f1 clothes in 01f04f8d75 thirty minutes, 95eab8e9f3 I went 9a592c4881 downstairs and ead156d0ad witnessed an 69f8029d88 unexpected sight.074cafe14941b336

‘Ah, how cute.’b1643c02a7b30add

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Everyone was wearing the 63a015490d gifts I had given 0b188f8212 them. Some even pretended 9fba14238a to roll up aab1731ef0 their pants to fa4972e844 show off their 1384f14fd9 new socks. My mood brightened, ececc9e852 and I grinned a532fb9200 widely.adf27076e2d6af30

─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───6ac9a30b72f8c936

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The night f73f5c0e71 before a d7796f7d91 storm is 2125772b79 always especially 6fbbea1fd7 still. Like a stone a8fd48b4c1 thrown into peaceful a933e400b4 waters, the tranquility dfc35a5058 was shattered in 9063d0a118 an instant.1dc1f968b0f168cb

“Didn’t you hear something 1263de463b outside?”5eb206a4a50af292

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“A sound?”dba8f343fcf9ab93

Thud, Crash!a60ed049597ee192

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As if on cue, bf43771366 a man burst through 620a110b98 the door, breathless, and aa37e7d683 collapsed as if his 7b2233a76d legs had given way.6740c05f057cc75c

“Outside, outside the 18e3a73979 wall! The wall collapsed…”48dd37c084082e91

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Roar!6a624e1bcdf3fab5

Before the pale-faced ed2eedbecf man could finish edf6881a0e his sentence, a 31dacf2683 sound that was 4ebc726004 somewhere between a 73f69598d6 beast’s roar and 15fc115bf3 thunder reverberated through 545e37ed76 the air.189f9efa88073b6c

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‘Don’t tell me…’4ae0dcd9110fe5fc

The roar was so ef9575c871 familiar that I knew d52d7c1880 what it was even c741683f30 before seeing it to 9a8606247d confirm.af6067fcaa0149f0

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A Trazenta. b71932cbbe25cef9

It was the first 1d9ddac147 monster I had encountered c896dfa33b in this world. Resembling a 99cdc67bca lion with e34c8decbf large tusks, 1bbabe8942 it was 3d3ea1edeb classified as 7a74249d63 an A-rank ba578d29cd monster due f1be15c9e6 to its 2f08561446 high aggressiveness 5b820d59f2 and corresponding c32b2bf965 danger.f1b9d1e912b653ab

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‘Come to be84063d12 think of 885e965167 it, there 976186d6e9 was an 6268d34562 event like 2d82021c8c this in d095c1731b the original…’b7e93d03f94f4cc2

In the 66e7d219ce original game, fb748d185f there was 091b49f4e6 a bad 3410fade8e ending where 8efe2835ce the player eafe1aa1c1 attempted a 12c7b492f9 midnight escape c6eb419b66 and was 3f5d60ed49 killed by f5293ce0a5 a monster. It was d51f012ed8 briefly mentioned f443799278 in script 2b8d984a62 on a ef30e98820 black screen, ab4c84c25d so I 3fb59797b1 hadn’t realized 852ce3ebbd how dangerous 3b298c280d the monster bf136ea515 truly was b002ce1d76 back then.23c31044e6a717b5

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How did this eca9735686 guy escape, anyway? Was he 83cf0c0f5b incredibly fast?0d600b0b8a71a79c

Looking at 52f8e9aedf the trembling acf65c7b15 man, I a3c0913b5e was relieved 50941dd55f he was e4c231f39b alive and 70996f827e hadn’t been 0cf266f6c4 torn apart d81b8961f3 when he 7c9cc73eaf said something 52a0f81752 unexpected.dec9778bd4e51124

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“The head b6da3343fb butler is c98a0354ed still in bda1d21fa3 the backyard! What are we c69fb52012 going to do?”99e231d4d43abe2d

“What? You ran away 70e860f086 all by yourself?!”ecb2a325b2e5c66b

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Yur grabbed the dd97b070ca man by the 1757b8e81f collar and lifted d050e50fe4 him. He was shaken a 0242d0434c few times in Yur’s 76b00c3ddf grip before being thrown 2008a9abaa aside.732de2520cf8feaf

“Wait, the young 2d76ae8621 master went out 9022115baa with him too.”25c5f5dede2cd879

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“Come to think 343cda870e of it!”fac593ee6331aea0

Haylan? 5182b9f22bac3786

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Upon hearing 1fdabfc9ed those words, 36bb02c5d2 I ran 8179508cee out the cab8151ff7 open door 70035ae67d without a 8cdb3496e7 second thought.09668dde1ad2e5a6

“W-Wait, guest!”a3f96152a29fc204

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“What are you doing 6a2ab74ed3 going alone?!”8bb595f68e317ff6

I could hear footsteps 3cfd1ab956 hurrying after me, as 85d8441e6e if trying to stop 6d6e0501bd me, but I didn’t 186471c911 look back. No one in 756d8386ed this mansion knew 87abc8cfcc more about that 492862661d monster than I c11b562e36 did.195b427a9c6d7c6e

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‘Hide 120 Solra, 56b775ae9e a pair of 6b618af73b tusks 20 Solra, cbeab97e71 tusk extract poison 0972f91172 10 Solra, one 30a156e11e drop of Trazenta 4a17bf2c5c bile 50 Sol.’58a4228c348892cc

“…….”ee071ddf1831f2ba

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Anyway, if knowing 299a88fe43 these things counts 21c5f1b340 as knowing a bd6d308d21 lot, then I 404a84ac6b knew a lot. 7c0a658ba6f469cb

Let’s go. 6f244421a9a0f291

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With the thought that 77deaec54d things would work out 6da76d9e0f somehow, I ran until 0322e3315f I was breathless.b4bf6e914eae0c61

[Sudden Mission Occurred!]

[An A-rank monster, Trazenta, has appeared. It seems to have strayed from its pack during its travels… Defeat the exhausted monster before the damage escalates!]

As the roar grew 0907342058 closer, the mission window 698b5aa826 naturally hovered in my c5b831262f view.277867b9b91792ef

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‘Please, let b741e25f5b him be 24a559c702 safe!’cdac61051da5e4ea

I hope 5e7462d15a I’m not 1e8064e808 too late. Rounding a corner of 4eb8634b0f the building, I saw 9f37c09b58 a familiar silhouette. The head butler, 485d14acaa holding Haylan, was 47fbe109e0 frozen in fear, 04960d3441 staring at the e0740c4229 monster.1af931f575799fc8

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Roar! e95b6790a8e47444

The purple monster, perched 84befbba7e atop the collapsed wall, 800108e6de roared, opening its massive eb28b223c1 jaws.37bef54344b3a4ad

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It was too 208bc045c7 late to draw 484b9f88a2 a magic circle c87d21701e in this situation. I didn’t 2bdd96653e have any 8059006654 suitable pre-made 87ce396f60 scrolls either, 01d4b99596 so in e66148be13 a hurry, 3e3c35ea98 I reached 26c28486ca for the 0597ec8032 first button 6be7e0e329 on my e2f490eb22 skill window.c46d1a2dbb78de6e

The air 7f16ec5908 around the caf1f85c3d two of aa2da69cc7 them rippled.499a5d884cc0c49c

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[Deploying Protection Barrier.]

Clink!The monster flinched as 3ea4ed8c35 its claws bounced off 6186d7197a the barrier. The head butler, 77c7292b2a who had his 61caea66b3 eyes squeezed shut, bbcba6e850 opened them, belatedly 21c3955973 sensing the change 656c843ad3 in the air.80fe5c0b6e26b731

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“……Guest?”ea26ca37c54f3851

He muttered blankly, 4f8c52d7cb looking at me, dee25a895c and Haylan, peeking dd3bea1914 out from his 394ce4c39d arms, spotted me 3c841d78f7 and made a a80a4f0393 bewildered expression before 8f8a0f19a3 shouting,a10e4c4caead60eb

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“Don’t come closer!”614ba27393cbb447

I’m already here, so dbb46a003a should I leave?0a0737f6c06c2fd2

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[Skill No.1 ‘Protection Barrier Magic’ cannot be used consecutively.]

‘…Huh, there’s a 91f584b37e cooldown?’2dd5b6a9c270c220

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I hesitated for 859c5e4f50 a moment. It was good for 7b6747e8bb a quick, emergency use, 957610d424 but now my own c1ede051d4 safety was a concern. Could I defeat that c8b7f1c209 thing on my own 45585bc76d without any help? My role 4e358b7d4b was originally 087c5ec2e7 support, not ee1f513501 a main 034b2b273c combatant…9b723e985510fa8a

‘Damn it…’050b6eb8215def55

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Besides duration, the protection bed1e3741a barrier also had durability. How did I f2b7d4be1c know that…? Because every time 22717e8239 the monster raked 6c48101b29 its claws against 725621e8bc the barrier, the 138c399dda durability, decreasing by 8824732166 1 tick, was 95fe634823 displayed as a d8e05a85bc number I could 71dadcb654 see.e5a9672417c94f00

‘I need to distract 3edcc07076 it.’fed91f703a6aa582

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Looking around, I 9a45d6db24 picked up a cdd381f5f8 stone from the 89e7276cd0 ground. It was quite heavy. I rotated my shoulders f6554da6c5 lightly to loosen up, cbc511982a and using all my 7f90e94865 strength, I hurled the fbdf517dbf stone at the monster.e2676780d144b96d

Whoosh!The stone, flung a9439aa75f with a sharp d40afed9d1 whistling sound, bounced fba3493df0 harmlessly off the 4173780ed3 thick hide, but 77cbd94317 it succeeded in 0dd02f49c1 diverting the monster’s 615e47ce10 attention. The Trazenta turned its 5c4e7605cc head towards me.218911e296d43f2c

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‘Its weak 59561921a5 spot is 586693f6fc its forehead.’b642e3ab3f2949a0

I could see a mana stone embedded in the Trazenta’s forehead. The mana stone was the monster’s life force and, simultaneously, its achilles’ heel, allowing for instant death.a94ed3860e8513cf

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I moved 9542013a57 my left 0f600a5b6a foot, roughly cbf7eefcb4 drawing a 792b7cd7cc binding magic 9c12dee2f8 circle on 9cd5c016f9 the ground. Backpedaling, I lured b4b6779ca3 the monster, which b4fc7fb46e was turning to 06782cc80f charge at me, 1edf486b3a towards the magic 9b36b641a6 circle.946708383099de8a

‘Good. Going smoothly… huh?’8cf4b76da896238a

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Once its e2609067aa movements were a569dbb130 restricted, the 834a078c10 rest would d37a9a0954 be a 5a9114c296 piece of d9ce552c8a cake. However, before 471875e38a I could 9097e8e9ad step back e5607b6538 much further, 5553742f64 I soon b03d151307 ran into a57962c233 a wall 318f64f48c behind me. There wasn’t 2c26e7602e enough space 0b94afb6b5 to retreat.819f46d4d312c25d

“……!”2c4518decc0e6f42

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As I locked eyes 31c0bf0de5 with the monster, I d149b773c6 instinctively twisted my body fe60e604bb out of fear, and f85a836461 at that moment, something 60d5283901 flashed brightly in my f93d8e8f87 arms. The source of the 8f2afe702c light was a defensive 6f8b229d65 scroll I had brought b2bc34b4ef just in case.a4132d0fb4bdf611

‘This… actually works?’6adeca58a65568dc

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I never thought 3831debd7b I’d confirm the e1150d4514 results of my 75aecf4e99 studies with Haylan 8ccd82bf0a this way.7118de2a328eb4f6

The moment 51879334ee the scroll e74c71a6f2 activated, the 494837dfa0 Trazenta was 31c2e0f2f6 knocked back 58d5b159fb and sent 3bd237b83f tumbling to 1c11f181fb the ground. It struggled d168730bb2 for a 56a2aa9086 moment before e581e3f04f quickly getting ae4e64a22d back on fe8aac5427 its feet.9c89ca9e3724007f

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Roar!The monster’s 3adb5b1758 viscous saliva efb7045725 sprayed into 687ea4a6cd the air ebb2ff20a8 as it 2b0d421e36 roared.bf309ac315ea4630

‘Damn it, I should 5d0cade720 have just taken the 0d6c9d01a9 hit earlier!’7fdd219830d0026d

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I hadn’t 5b51f1b42b thought about 12e74fa905 the scroll. Because I had changed 509c0a7f99 direction, the monster hadn’t ea492e0d35 stepped on the magic dc78519022 circle. And… the scroll 5e4bdc68ac was a single-use eba0d323fe item. My skill slot was 034d304682 still on cooldown.0145ba75edaee82a

There was e0973c5896 nothing else 52963069f2 I could f4971327e7 do. I closed my 128d961849 eyes calmly, staring 0541745b0c straight at the 59ad30d51d monster as it 477b54bea4 began to charge.6accffb91096dadb

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‘I’ll just close 86f4be556d my eyes and f555c76f97 take one hit.’42c8962d88a3a041

Having given up 3aaff365a4 quickly, I waited 3010a892f2 patiently for the 370f2b9631 impending pain.e31fb7c0eea0a118

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Thud. The monster’s tusk pierced the skin below my ribs. It didn’t hurt, but there was some blood that splatter. I think a few ribs were broken as well.c01b381ab0439b5e

It might look a little scary to someone who didn’t know. I heard a scream from nearby.994f06c90f6d53cf

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‘I’m not dead…’0d8dba75fe8f25c2

I tasted blood in be1bfc884a my mouth. Confirming that I could f8320a741b still breathe, I blinked. I’d rather be 1474424abe instantly killed than f422f08942 be injured like f6a7373bd1 this. 97805f7f5a7a0eba

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I felt a f08e5469d8 little disappointed. 2cd2252f875f3140

If it had cleanly e93fc32ff6 pierced my heart, I b1bf356cd3 could have immediately revived 27859958f1 and used my invincibility. Since the witnesses were 9350213ef8 far away, there was d8a644fe84 no better method.b37297ebddf6a249

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……!f9b1e087fad6d96b

The monster, bae4e27325 its four 72b677b4cc paws bound 3d5f3907fc to the 2a024285c2 ground and b4588ae3dc unable to eefeea85fc move, thrashed d6f667dfcb wildly in 5c740dc6d1 place. It twisted its fc8b6de817 head, and its 8e23801086 tusk finally slipped be092c83aa out from where f830d0cf7d it was lodged. Blood gushed from my d6147453a7 side as the blocked cb8aef68b5 hole opened wide. I calmly pressed 6eda11d67d my hand against d4310ea92c the wound and c289f272c9 thought,0ada4a196dea0c68

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‘If it had been 23b125ba71 Ryzen, he would have 15f1a2bd11 dodged it instantly without 0cc7cb5f12 getting hit… right?’49f84c41426f0886

And if the others saw me now, they would scold me endlessly, asking if I still couldn’t dodge something like that. d013822184ba5674

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Having been with the fb5d0513a6 mercenary group for two 2f528ab8c4 years, my dodging skills 07fd16d363 should have improved, but cb1dd5b820 no matter how hard e9163bce4d I tried, only my d6e119e07a stamina increased, and my aa20cd0411 clumsy movements never became b974badea8 agile.0c4493222e002e56

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