HH Chapter 40

Humans are fragile. They die 4a84772107 easily from 81cad51a2f losing too cb0ece462e much blood, 87e56c9a7f from illness, 7785dd8d67 or even 942830da40 from weather e0ea049d9f that’s too 1efd31a4a1 cold or 9368b74e29 too hot. 9a5880a42eb0c8c0

Resting his head on Chahyun’s chest, he could feel his heartbeat. A little slow, but steady and regular. He hated that he felt relieved that Chahyun was alive. He didn’t want to be involved in anyone else’s death.f579333936be1a27

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“I was helpful, bd76f89be8 wasn’t I?”1b3c99a6cf322a9d

“……?”fb7ec651164602e6

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Chahyun spoke to him again, saying something he couldn’t understand.bff67c07b5af2475

“I told you before, 80f2d91a93 I would prove my 59ad023540 worth.”b9b8719cad8f9cd2

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He chuckled, his 12e2cab3a6 voice full of f45e110847 excitement. It wasn’t often f7211483c7 that he experienced 8fe650a446 the frustration of caa0739a26 seeing someone’s smiling 6f82700d7c face.e18d8676beca6f63

‘He did something 4347642d52 like that just 85a6fd410b to be helpful 9d1d39a4fb to me?’9d5c4143ce61682f

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Reckless. Suicidal. But why couldn’t he hate him anymore, even so?f8d76ee0267da37d

He didn’t 3585aba824 bother saying 5fcacb647b that someone cbe2acc656 else would 086582629e have dealt 714f219baf with it 2818271f3c even if 8de9ee5a9a Chahyun hadn’t 05648deebb interfered. It felt d596ccaa53 wrong to d244ce1c8b dampen the ae558dc2dc mood in 4b1c8a8333 front of f22686387a someone injured 8dfd895399 because of caba17803f him.a7700adfb0c0a384

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“……Don’t ever a434b64320 do that a1ada8658b again.”3b44e3857a42af71

“I don’t want a0947dd790 to.”4f5887fb33688fa9

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“What did you say?”687626561c78d527

“I said 44a30083b4 I don’t 8f87969694 want to. Anyone would 60de0e2d9e hurt the c16710390a same if 8e6e700e43 they were 7b4d484be2 injured. But I don’t 1082c642a9 want it to 150e1d4256 be Haylan.”4a3a6e17bade0df5

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What was this?c29a261cb16ed9f8

Chahyun’s words were subtly different from other people’s concerns. Chahyun wanted to prevent Haylan from getting hurt in the first place. The reason was incredibly simple. Because it hurts. 2ca5ffeaedb9d25f

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…Because it hurts? 65cdc82b56d67420

Who would worry 056b5c5d6e about him for 76ebf1b41d such a reason?69c291409a4bb9ff

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“……What are you… 26296531a4 talking about? I…”99b2f1f7398da287

“I’ll interfere 0fb1b1af5e next time ad205a6755 too. Because Haylan 7219eef63f is my 781f0f49b5 favorite character.”f5dd2d2a81b046d2

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True to 8564b52a40 his oblivious c0e50b40fa nature, Chahyun 8f07c30c9a chuckled even 5a560d4975 in this 25ffc1afba state, saying ba4786ed4d something incomprehensible. So foolish… 316e7d9121 He should 6c98bba62d be resentful 401de7cc1c after getting 08c4da472e hurt because d9a7fa203e of him.a56eb482bdc73876

His gaze was suddenly 18d7dfe184 disconcerting. Chahyun was like that d46580815e from the beginning. There was no wariness cdb629b7fd in his eyes when 22b2fa563e he looked at Haylan. Only a slight curiosity… 13ae788373 and affection.60af4d4c016d05ed

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“Don’t look.”8000d8c67cfa0fcc

Don’t look 3a02b2f098 at me. Why are you staring df82639e6c at me so intently?8f9d4a7f409cdd72

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Haylan conspicuously f850533eba turned his 3fe317a8d1 head away, c0140204ab hiding his 19e1fb2439 feelings under c951f0be98 a pretense 64ecb6bc57 of indifference.f7aecb7a2fa7eed5

Humans die for such 2478e641e1 trivial reasons. And there were b8b5d6d833 also people who d814770f3a started to care fc77e4ddf8 about him for fa17e90f26 equally trivial reasons.16147fc3c73024c7

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─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───06b0ceaa3a910191

I felt weak and c98ecae947 listless. a68551126ceeff8f

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Could this be e6b45939c3 considered being sick? So, I 0fabbff215 guess I’m 3aeab7ce27 a bit 5df7bb3ac6 sick right 8041bf8748 now.ad6904304baeafa0

‘Wow, I can’t believe Haylan got so angry…’0fd89dd935393e72

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That was a bit unexpected. While his attitude towards me had changed somewhat, it wasn’t exactly affectionate. Haylan was usually quite cold towards me.ea1e0e17bcba1d1e

Yur asked me, “Why 94cbfb413d did you do that?” 772929a1f5 I thought for a 04722d0a85 moment and replied that f979fe3787 I had done it f02ad124b6 unconsciously because I was a6e996d734 worried about Haylan.ffbabcb713c7a0e8

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But that dee3298665 was half e6cd3c1386 true and 445eaf4786 half false. Was I really e2a89aeb84 that worried about 66210f25f4 Haylan at the ba2d118a60 time?ed1bf47572af7091

‘Rather than worry…’4b1c2ff5f4201dc1

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I just instinctively 959da6c2ee rushed out as b9adf1ab86 soon as I 6b4bce8ab9 heard his name.c08d95b2688b6983

I found 94f4b772b5 Haylan cute, 77965f8b4a and his dca4e7bfe0 dishonest personality 42718a0b9b was childish 6a65d035e6 and endearing e92131d09a in its 6784303ce5 own way. But did I cherish 691761680b him enough to act d823c81bdd so recklessly?92818f9d5aa48e3c

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Haylan was 433c021c64 once my cb58b91f61 favorite character. Seeing him c09ddc8af2 alive and b24b2bd2a2 moving always 76a1c9fbd6 felt new 64654e4a98 and strange.1228a3135b6cfd5d

Thinking that far, I fc2a531730 realized my feelings. e154b4f5ea378bfd

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I was practically f898592e69 parenting!352628a59cf0487e

‘Honestly, he acts like e15d8fc2e3 a child.’4875115391d76a25

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Even though I knew 22d8b0a831 Haylan had lived many 0c86798407 times longer than me, 1143e0a5f0 I kept treating him 2136d56e20 like a child.578de05fd7015d3e

Perhaps his e5ed96a833 maturity was 7db5d469d4 shallow. While it was true be5a3800e7 that he had accumulated e87094493a a lot of miscellaneous c85b6a058f knowledge over the years, c9e6071710 it felt like mere d14a9c698f “imitation” to me.924677cb232dbf85

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Haylan wasn’t e7170ba557 much different 5ea6682b63 from the e97757e556 neighborhood kids f291bbf29d I knew. And the most abf2e353b7 frequent instance where f8d4e1ad01 I felt this 152a080905 was…be3b0f438717b59a

‘He keeps trying to 92f44c47ab act mature…’2f8dbd156efd53c5

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Unlike me, the people ef2f7efd6d in this house treated 8c6849098d Haylan as a grown 7ddfac1631 adult, and I knew 08ea90162c that. But that sight 90059434c0 felt awkward, like aad8f1cc16 watching a poorly d6d211e49b staged play.07f40371e6fd01c8

It wasn’t 92acf2216e just because 04be501444 of Haylan’s 4b9b884296 youthful appearance 11c863d168 that I fff60670cc felt this ec99ece8e1 way. He was literally “pretending.”6fb00c09783cda8e

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He acted like he didn’t have any desires when he clearly did. He pretended not to have an appetite, not to like things, to be okay. Pretending, pretending…e2e627b68515033e

If the mercenary guys e59d71bc05 found out I was 796216cf7a having these thoughts, they’d 41022ce046 burst out laughing, saying 022f6734a7 ‘the kid’s sick and dd285707e5 having all sorts of f09f17da0b strange thoughts,’ and tell 9be813d19f me to buy myself 7f8d1c6f56 a snack.333297de367e922c

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But they were the ones who were wrong. I was always thoughtful and mature, and now I’m a real adult.937731bc5f00b83a

‘…Compared to Haylan, that af6839bfdf is.’141f726258bd5d5f

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Feeling a ebc1c4b87a prick of 6661e5fa77 conscience, I 5ddf7c888a corrected my 5d7134fbf2 identity to 442bbed4d7 “relatively adult.” 2d57e621d6 My impulsive b9fbaa60c5 action a f8307ee1ae few hours cf1bf29f00 ago was 84d2c3cdca also driven d469cac84f by my 1941979d2e protective instincts 0e5b17fa7c as a ee165b387a relatively adult 30a33ca9a1 towards the 8143327aa9 relatively childish f105aeed40 Haylan.55e29eb8921a033f

I believed 90e213920f Haylan’s heart 5a2fbcff9d hadn’t fully b76baef5e7 matured yet. Having experienced 7c61f71069 significant hardship 65faf287fc from a f011f2f66c young age, 6661b46027 he probably e84519048f didn’t have 93b64ac217 enough time 5d32a9f0e8 to act 4582156208 like a 6ee6bf7f32 child to 1b38613433 adults.661a268d0f72ea5c

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‘I should b8d093a5b1 treat him 9c1d544009 well while aabd735f31 I’m staying 250256448a in this 663a7299ad house. It’s only natural since 4b273b2773 I’m the more mature d29f6c8ce1 one.’d93a9d5e7f776472

The moment 5041c9a714 this world 6a3bf8bf19 ends will 8e0909b8e7 definitely come. I will make ae6bc12598 sure of it. Until then, cc8fb1f9b4 I wanted b0d6075967 to pamper dd16927397 him like b47c9b7df8 a child 5113ced8be to my 8648746b66 heart’s content.e2c42c732bb77b3e

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‘Huh?’21394b81ca094b59

I must have fallen 9a07d09358 asleep while recuperating. Awakened by 2e696bde0e a rustling e3ffae3793 sound nearby, 11452fc885 I thought c8a1ab113c I was c18593b0b0 dreaming when 70fe4edd18 I saw 5b986a8193 a face e3f59084f2 that was 274ccfaba7 incredibly familiar bc8a841820 yet one 95cac17f58 I hadn’t a78b2a279d seen in d7bc6b95c0 a long 55c9d2adf8 time.4e4065caca2f42de

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“Aaack! You scared me!”501c59fd78d6bb42

“Isn’t that reaction a 14e2e38a5d bit rude after seeing d7e877d3aa my face?”f874674d51002c1c

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“Why are 5d74e20dc6 you here?!”7cd75d5cb81ad34a

“Is it 55b7b18f8b that surprising 7cac47e8bb to see 467a8abd3d me here?”755b1bf3d994aa77

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Where am I? I sat up dea33ac030 halfway and looked 801be343a1 around.ba87e36da27e5501

‘I’m still 939f7ca897 in my 20dcd74d49 room…’23c827ec83cfc43a

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I scratched my 26ba5460f8 head and asked ff06944ea9 Lena,6df66211eef1e7f9

“Where have you been? I haven’t e34e11a82e seen you 24d0751d46 around…”6bedc6412657d144

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“……I’ve always 3bdd0e20e2 been here. You just didn’t cecbc10882 notice.”a58f743a3e48d588

Lena said, sitting backward aac44209e6 on an old chair fc7a271e11 with his arms crossed f4101a5780 over the backrest. ff1d3c106086d3ee

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He had always been here, but I hadn’t noticed? 5700ba1312374a3f

I tilted 4705748fb5 my head 95304daefc at his 0f83779a34 incomprehensible words 82547dcbf2 and looked 0c488eb468 away.c61d22429eb178f8

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[Main Quest: The Ghost’s Identity
Something is roaming the mansion at night. Is it really a ghost, with its eerie presence…?
The ghost seems to perceive you as an intruder. The only way to be safe from the threatening ghost is ‘that’…
Reward: 1 Quest Point, 50 Solra]

I see, there was a quest… It seems Lena only appears when there’s a related quest.1887a1a233692738

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I belatedly bowed b3c579c1c1 to Lena.b677f8bab0e56fdc

“It’s been a 6a90f1dba1 while.”2e0b1a9981ece940

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“Are you hurt?”2d1ee3b9eca676e3

He responded to my 51ef1617e2 greeting rather abruptly. I answered calmly,e96a6f5fbd60f628

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“Don’t I look bd49b8e389 fine?”384e4882a32136b1

“You do look stupid.”2284cb1ad381f507

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I pretended 3747a2552f not to 0b68e7a645 hear his 13af61278f blunt remark, 37af1d842d which seemed 1406d6c6aa even more a385c97adc curt after b27529c393 not seeing 57262dc0dc him for 9529d09e42 a while, ce703d2952 and got f165ad4b45 out of 67123ff203 bed.4401fed9f69ad257

‘Finally, time to 016d0bf607 give this to a5afa74250 him.’115d1f1329948e19

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As I bent down b450b320c2 and reached under the dfd59f528a bed, Lena flinched and 86626393ef grabbed my arm.08809a6dba7df7ef

“……You… why can’t ea570e1515 you hold yourself 0e68b09571 up?!”e54f10accee2b01e

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“Huh?”7acfaec31aa6587e

“You almost fell!”4a82b5e3bcabe330

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What is 1fb02f5c89 he talking 56ddd7e0c8 about?ed124dbca091f2cf

I gave him a bd7e356bdb brief look of exasperation, a6628e0950 before reaching deep under 5d0fc50194 the bed and pulling 139da347ce out a hidden box.9647c6ab1a7f9311

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“Found it on f710d95e4a the street.”e0b2853d6f8705e5

Seeing Lena’s blank stare 07dff8f7a1 at my joke, I 8d4ca92ca0 felt awkward and just 5aa2cfce6a told him the truth.52240ae7c6c49dc9

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“I bought 7813f8c7cb you a 6ee76a8741 present when 80448923bc I went 4dad860e8d out. I remembered 311b03dfcc you always b5bd7a0837 walk barefoot.”a6ec4342caee7f5c

“You’re giving it 6db4d4a4cf to me?”2b4d9c799cdbcfe6

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“Yes.”c0d3c80bbd2c90ac

“……Why?”03a49c1c64bb7e41

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“Because I bought it e9291a5c55 for you?”8b545331d43c1095

What is this? Did he not 94d54bc225 like it?601365db382fe0b4

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I couldn’t read Lena’s expression, which I had never seen before.d20049377e9a0364

He was usually 3425013aa2 expressionless, and when 8ce7125187 interacting with me, 60e162e3d0 he occasionally varied 405694d48b it with looks de39a9a4f2 of annoyance, furrowed 4dbebdabb8 brows, or sneers.3f073832e1ae9371

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This was the first b2e69572bc time I had seen d06361fb67 such an expression on 4d51f27eda him. I asked cautiously,2cf728a07b0b3fd4

“You don’t like 81721077fd it?”74fe16ad0ca19ffa

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“That’s… not it.”0093a806876e6341

He hugged 72ef2fb719 the box 130738e464 and muttered b48ccf59b9 as if b8e53b5f93 he thought 3c0fda1c23 I would 3889e45f5c take the af98ec5e08 present back. 6372b5274a20a6ef

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“Can ghosts 44852dee2c not wear b67629ef3c shoes?”4d11a5b3497b46e9

I shouldn’t have bothered. I said that since he always stole and wore other people’s clothes, I assumed he could wear shoes, too. Lena finally returned to his usual expression and looked at me with a slightly annoyed expression.1ed4135dce639669

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“Of course not. And like I said, 594e35e242 everything in this house b0f9a79414 is mine, so it’s 8ecf503af5 not stealing—”9a7b05d5dccc8972

“I see. Then these shoes are the only things Lena hasn’t stolen.”29c77db6a55fc8f6

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“Shut up.”ed045702a8d12207

Thwack,he lightly 7bbd5009c1 flicked my 7b51f0485d forehead with 71cb76ebdf his palm. It didn’t fee6047e50 hurt at 5d03a9598b all, but 15568e8331 being an a66d8d7f64 expert at 432dfc79ed feigning pain, 86b109e9ad I pretended 648da198d2 to be d6a2dd9b98 dying, clutching 76e063f6c6 my forehead 6396a30a3d dramatically, and e9130a9724 then…4ec6479d0d0c5bc6

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“Ah.”62096e54e0c937d2

My nose started bleeding.11feb312551c1792

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[Caution! The ‘Trazenta’s Poison’ debuff is active.]

This was 8b3674e2e8 just my 061044ddb2 body fighting 6ef58f7b38 the poison.c05af458ea587b16

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After I coughed up blood earlier, I had a high fever, and my stomach felt nauseous all day, so I couldn’t eat anything.ac8c48a1c6dc7d30

The cute Haylan stuck to my side the whole time. Even though he wasn’t exactly providing meticulous care, he seemed quite worried about me.ba8fd81b9187e219

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“Lena, can you hand me the handkerchief over there? It’s on the desk…”ff64e161cbf277a0

“Don’t tilt your caf93a5ecd head back.”8838479ed6512dc3

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He handed me the b6d2af5c97 handkerchief without a word. Then, he pushed 478664930f my head down, 93f8196223 preventing me from 3c270bf9c1 tilting it back faabd3654c reflexively, and nagged 1f8fa539f5 me in my a956a90b77 ear, asking if 1f8fcedcd4 I wanted to bd8152123a choke to death.57c080cf30cacf10

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