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.332355db31c4e3e6

「Everyone bought things to 13cff02d72 send you as if ac0b9cf417 they had made a 20844ee53e promise. Since you probably can’t 44000d9495 use it all by 1c1a10ab14 yourself, share some with 99b27079ec those around you.
Don’t catch 368fe52a30 a cold.」4d47f293fce08241

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“…….”ca69ddfb0039e0ec

I scratched f28f5b3046 my nose 5e1af21c05 awkwardly and 85fc1de3f5 carefully placed bc46dedcfc the Captain’s 9255dd8e7f letter back b4c9d792d9 in its 543db02ab4 envelope.9b7aa07272f07c30

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“He said to share!”18ae846d3f1c5aa3

“Wow, can ae881791ff we really 9cc8d6ee62 accept these?”1510392dbe923232

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“Are you 805817d152 giving them 949d784e8f to us?”df3032f5133b9bfe

I distributed the enormous 66da000230 quantity of socks and c7132c7f68 gloves to everyone, one 78db24b8bb by one. It was a 00a8f95ba2 bit unexpected first 666d58a4e6 thing in the da4b524bbf morning, but they 61be9003f2 accepted my gifts 89dd0924bd with rather pleased 2647859444 expressions.c8a9e64724512aac

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I gifted 874f063004 one of 6c71160681 the two 1c09f7b23c scarves to 632b3e16b8 Haylan.13627958d82d9e1a

“Take… this… off.”69a21981ea6cac03

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I can’t breathe. 5314950f1b7ce0e9

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.e616644942141e1c

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‘Cute…’f07ea61337e0d164

‘…Cutie.’82e7854160eb0af2

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‘How adorable.’e24354970eb5f7a3

His brown hair, 393e044fdf static and puffed b9802b0523 up, swayed like 858dcaaf21 a dandelion. Because the 40ed936749 scarf was e6a2e85913 wrapped so b0b8962d5c tightly around bd5dd41268 him that fadf489966 the bottom 06aa9c615b was invisible, 519ab6816b he waddled ae0780d01c as he 0878db79cd walked. 26d23aafcfbedfbd

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Someone let 0b387fbf83 out a d565c8033a chuckle at 2ccd30d965 the sight, 5c13e0e35a unable to 424608d703 contain their b07e3fcd87 amusement. The culprit conspicuously 2d5a71eca2 looked away, pretending e6bbb251ba to be preoccupied, 52726d7ee4 to avoid Haylan’s 9fbce95bc0 glare as he d7a06d637d turned towards the 446a4e41ba sound.1a95088791775a57

After distributing 9c4e7da45d everything except a700376eda my share, d6952154d6 I was dc63555296 able to 312ce8f36e carry the b6bb5962c8 remaining items d611619d43 to my 11e882e209 room by 1427145eb2 myself. While organizing the 0a90cee5b2 clothes neatly in c2b021faf9 the bag under d70ab929ae my bed, my 1460126d28 gaze briefly fell 025bdaca37 on a box 92d1c14d81 sticking out beside 075167db8e the bag before 24b69bd074 I continued what f254e0f2ba I was doing.4ff67add15d0b57d

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‘It’s been a while 51f4815af8 since I’ve seen Lena.’efdd3ac18470a834

Does he only appear 85b9381d9b when there’s a main f6f8c6b5d0 quest? Perhaps because there edfb845073 were no immediate a28b81a206 tasks, Lena was c8326a4f85 nowhere to be 4361360009 seen.0ad9778c4813153b

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‘I bought him 873d07cb2f a present, too.’bb47c2eb9659a27b

I clicked my tongue cbc5507f79 and pushed the box 34d6227121 deeper under the bed. The gift 6bd0704dc8 remained unclaimed.316cba8194647cad

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After finishing 9bf1d4d78d organizing my b41ae987c9 clothes in a16f8b6ed7 thirty minutes, 0f486d4604 I went 489538d7ab downstairs and 7d6353d07d witnessed an 450a139d01 unexpected sight.2a86e98e9ab51428

‘Ah, how cute.’2a2c21289431b242

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Everyone was wearing dca2327ae3 the gifts I a615265199 had given them. Some even pretended 026793e0dd to roll up 9125ab7e98 their pants to 2a92b6337e show off their ec9264f95c new socks. My mood brightened, e01a14804b and I grinned 0ad7cdb063 widely.cd07304d0384bd8c

─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───f9eedf52f1bc239d

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The night before a 87291d0c08 storm is always especially a8fa40ae30 still. Like a da38c18293 stone thrown 762a5419a1 into peaceful 550278022a waters, the db0f07292f tranquility was 81393befdd shattered in 689c29b2e0 an instant.af06e5101910a083

“Didn’t you a7c6ca476a hear something ddf2bcaf95 outside?”da4d81d706f2f358

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“A sound?”c4fcfb088041ef20

Thud, Crash!b5a2227157e84697

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As if on cue, 6b7b0b94de a man burst through e4cfd58c9b the door, breathless, and 9164dc6af7 collapsed as if his 955778e4d8 legs had given way.b58ea784e4597d01

“Outside, outside the 4a36bf2ac0 wall! The wall collapsed…”b1104d6fea7ab79e

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Roar!ecd42fb842cc7030

Before the pale-faced 4171054346 man could finish 01d4b50587 his sentence, a 9c4e03e43c sound that was 267ca12200 somewhere between a 3fee8defe3 beast’s roar and d81be146d9 thunder reverberated through 193c7a43a5 the air.7d1b3c781faa1542

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‘Don’t tell me…’4a0b7322204942d2

The roar 0c5a4eca57 was so fe922baad1 familiar that a4c73f377c I knew ba4ebabc13 what it 0d63c82096 was even f8ed6833b4 before seeing fb75fa52e8 it to 2f63928258 confirm.e2104dbd651f0d7a

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A Trazenta. 2215de1a25e7387f

It was the 536215afc5 first monster I 382939d96c had encountered in 8f40274106 this world. Resembling a 810d69a2a2 lion with 8931556913 large tusks, ef8aab2e5a it was a09fc0040f classified as a3a37540b4 an A-rank 9ae3e3bf1b monster due 035869c7a2 to its 0337f5f6c1 high aggressiveness de3c9c5a5f and corresponding 9be0aa69ba danger.d91890f2efcdfd9c

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‘Come to think f604ad9493 of it, there c697c29801 was an event 2c935081ef like this in cca2f19ba6 the original…’bfdb5ee34c26f287

In the original game, 94714fcd70 there was a bad 372683cdc1 ending where the player efbf135c90 attempted a midnight escape 06a295d3b0 and was killed by 023638c519 a monster. It was 84767290dc briefly mentioned cb72e13aef in script ba56d4d2c2 on a f2f65dc0a0 black screen, 16eaa22401 so I 4474d5de6b hadn’t realized 3985ba83a5 how dangerous bc5d7879bf the monster f5f8444d6f truly was f520491db6 back then.400640ec1e32d402

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How did this guy eef8d78cb5 escape, anyway? Was he incredibly fast?5716d602bf5d2c10

Looking at a0be47dc25 the trembling b75deacb07 man, I ee735eb096 was relieved 863c4ab304 he was c6ff423022 alive and d6929f1ab3 hadn’t been 4ca5810460 torn apart 598587dd31 when he f89c355e6f said something 1b5cd482cc unexpected.26867308b87e6cda

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“The head c9fa69bc18 butler is 14f01dcf40 still in 804c141d6f the backyard! What are we 526c0a2011 going to do?”abb73371bdf3b227

“What? You ran away eabb664951 all by yourself?!”692d8780bc7d6ff0

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Yur grabbed the man 2435bb56cd by the collar and 73c2c96ef9 lifted him. He was shaken 3574362ace a few times e33c0c5be3 in Yur’s grip 20644991f5 before being thrown d8d46813cc aside.d52f12b210796ade

“Wait, the 16e0df2585 young master a5d6337ee6 went out a6b1b9eb43 with him a6a602bef2 too.”d76058409f04efb6

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“Come to think of 1b1dbd0de4 it!”c9a2163d90750283

Haylan? cc38bb98ad5e3d71

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Upon hearing those words, 17c526dc35 I ran out the 03724e7c7f open door without a 5aafe94600 second thought.ebf499f8386196d7

“W-Wait, guest!”c46846986958d425

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“What are you doing 04c44d832e going alone?!”37bedc2434016ca9

I could hear 73427d0d5b footsteps hurrying after 061e416172 me, as if 80c083ccd6 trying to stop 31eea6aec3 me, but I 69b6657ea4 didn’t look back. No one in this 3ffe60aa3b mansion knew more about e0a0decf52 that monster than I b6b7c59965 did.6c71b129c5a4a27d

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‘Hide 120 Solra, a 743ec82aa0 pair of tusks 20 d04573a926 Solra, tusk extract poison e271e2228a 10 Solra, one drop f63fd92a8d of Trazenta bile 50 5bc2ec7981 Sol.’13c13353e6a7f785

“…….”5a6bef3ad5b84eba

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Anyway, if 2f23307e0e knowing these b9d29a2a6c things counts 32626b3581 as knowing aa81611573 a lot, c59ad7cb68 then I 24aae6a2c2 knew a f0e4fc8628 lot. 57aec9a4a950ad6f

Let’s go. e9bd9d3ad51273ff

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With the a5a8cbadf5 thought that 5c12aa7871 things would 1640e02974 work out e0ea68cc0d somehow, I cef6cf68ee ran until 464a01bc1f I was 8c6b8d8e47 breathless.0127c599316cf756

[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 791563be35 grew closer, the 5b99cd92ec mission window naturally a72aed9efd hovered in my b32a7739b6 view.88fd2394e20929bc

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‘Please, let him be c6b450b3e3 safe!’bb9edd901e1c837f

I hope 9f67ed1faf I’m not 6062fd3d6b too late. Rounding a b33af11d2b corner of 244dcba990 the building, b1188b68c6 I saw db32ad1fd4 a familiar c74bcaa087 silhouette. The head butler, holding 92e77106f2 Haylan, was frozen in e813342d8b fear, staring at the a8ad920734 monster.53f2d411c9c13a5a

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Roar! 1ce81fbaf9f91b9b

The purple eb9819e2b1 monster, perched 019579c98d atop the 4ae08fa497 collapsed wall, 5ed19be9e2 roared, opening 6766c7e60e its massive 915822ef8e jaws.a424653bb80343cd

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It was too 2c94183486 late to draw 53ded9a6c8 a magic circle c98adab58e in this situation. I didn’t 934385753e have any 2f52e46185 suitable pre-made 1c7f93c11c scrolls either, b7e5056429 so in 00a7f63f1e a hurry, 7ff1e4c4ab I reached 6ec7515b6a for the 638138a659 first button 6264a8d4af on my da8e07766f skill window.4c98ec33516f6ca5

The air around c617eef35f the two of 98f7a988f6 them rippled.8b0f2ebdd889171e

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[Deploying Protection Barrier.]

Clink!The monster 891a3ed610 flinched as 93646052fa its claws 31f7432864 bounced off f81aa87c4a the barrier. The head butler, who 6381f682d5 had his eyes squeezed f216ef7865 shut, opened them, belatedly 99a0c55def sensing the change in c69028302d the air.317b92630d1ece1c

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“……Guest?”e7d8b8d305a0e48c

He muttered blankly, 6778b0b1cd looking at me, 782d56df4f and Haylan, peeking 182a62860c out from his d78b873456 arms, spotted me b519bd28e1 and made a e71605825f bewildered expression before 2ddf5fcf10 shouting,d620e49959ad208a

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“Don’t come closer!”280c6ed3d760fd3c

I’m already here, 6a0b2f86c8 so should I 3873d025c5 leave?aee7dc54bffe8c17

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

‘…Huh, there’s a54a92ecdd a cooldown?’d5edd4f5b2cf5898

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I hesitated for 0f69cee9cc a moment. It was 8036f6ecdd good for 4bb197e3ee a quick, 35f3dd41ba emergency use, a752cabd0c but now 76569280bf my own 4d7aa4173a safety was d21549af4e a concern. Could I defeat 954abd75d8 that thing on 2f4642c2a1 my own without 23a630f861 any help? My role was 9bce516592 originally support, not 1f62f1d5dd a main combatant…f5d8e157671b624f

‘Damn it…’4d2d589ac0a91c4e

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Besides duration, ea15e0cd14 the protection 51fa635712 barrier also 150bdac011 had durability. How did I know c6624e38a8 that…? Because every bc93636869 time the 554aa268ed monster raked 91844784ba its claws 77ccc293ee against the 5bf0e226d5 barrier, the d1fd1dba64 durability, decreasing 9e13e4084a by 1 8d4e855b29 tick, was 69b397abcc displayed as 5480126954 a number 4b2055a24e I could 25a9e5ce6b see.82fce1c916f84779

‘I need 5f93764857 to distract cca6daad94 it.’ecb92056d45be13d

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Looking around, I picked 38b37a50b9 up a stone from ede5c6c206 the ground. It was 4f33028f08 quite heavy. I rotated my shoulders d44a08519e lightly to loosen up, 2c6603e4d9 and using all my 03b97b73be strength, I hurled the 81c655b38c stone at the monster.fc0ad925dc98014f

Whoosh!The stone, flung a090cea128 with a sharp dd8e94b022 whistling sound, bounced a72a37cbfe harmlessly off the 920e5727a6 thick hide, but 7ff255bd13 it succeeded in e6e04ac631 diverting the monster’s 0e1cd6fc4e attention. The Trazenta turned b04e88b49c its head towards 6f38aec923 me.b4ee557aaac2835a

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‘Its weak 51d0ecf455 spot is 3c3e2bc542 its forehead.’1e039307475911a4

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.6c0d3d4ebe4e7906

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I moved my left 836d18e900 foot, roughly drawing a e9908060fa binding magic circle on 5de223aaf1 the ground. Backpedaling, I 04c1fce4e2 lured the c748593ea8 monster, which 94c5b625bc was turning 116e3ccdf9 to charge f19e147e5d at me, 8f16be3ec0 towards the 75d87a63aa magic circle.9005c3b7a0284021

‘Good. Going smoothly… huh?’c52cea190395163b

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Once its movements 59ef64a8ec were restricted, the 426335d4bf rest would be 9b9c02e104 a piece of 632fb95c4a cake. However, before I could 2ff408c385 step back much further, 7b43f5c7b5 I soon ran into e2fee308f3 a wall behind me. There wasn’t enough 7ca7afc988 space to retreat.bcabc256c3ca8530

“……!”5c777e36e825b68d

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As I locked eyes b546428594 with the monster, I 92cf5ab2fa instinctively twisted my body 2483d674de out of fear, and 7f3d61812a at that moment, something d57015a63b flashed brightly in my e8a134fb60 arms. The source 3822b46e6e of the be6b0551cd light was bdb1fd7218 a defensive 823dcd0625 scroll I b3eff353f9 had brought ebe8a24658 just in a67148d348 case.e36e23f9588ea9f8

‘This… actually works?’1f150b538e6e1742

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I never thought I’d ecd87bdd03 confirm the results of 3ffc1ec862 my studies with Haylan 4307653aaf this way.a6bf6d76e18643c5

The moment 6017f2c5e4 the scroll 97cc5da60c activated, the ecce80e40f Trazenta was 24ba4c95fc knocked back e8c1c5e125 and sent 1551b750d5 tumbling to f7de263de0 the ground. It struggled 6ed37599ea for a 47647503ad moment before 4e16b38bce quickly getting 967af10db7 back on 851320cf43 its feet.43d854a5ad2d6298

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Roar!The monster’s viscous saliva 408159b240 sprayed into the air fd986d8f58 as it roared.0c7fd88063bbbeb7

‘Damn it, I should 2562f64edb have just taken the 6974885d21 hit earlier!’564404b37051f30b

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I hadn’t thought about f2e601350e the scroll. Because I a69ef13495 had changed ba5a6370f1 direction, the 1d14a82286 monster hadn’t 960ab83759 stepped on 2ccbc82c80 the magic 8bbae6ce44 circle. And… the fcad1c678d scroll was e47e23c0d2 a single-use 66cfd7bce7 item. My skill a9808a1d44 slot was c6b864485a still on 9ec41e3e7c cooldown.e6148fdc2da363b8

There was nothing else 1c50de9a80 I could do. I closed my 79b744a681 eyes calmly, staring cd95c6e42e straight at the af3accd556 monster as it d305c77dcc began to charge.4a87aadc4d120d0f

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‘I’ll just close my 64019abd7e eyes and take one 627a35b7a5 hit.’99f5d2fcdbbd5a42

Having given f7f728d03a up quickly, 24c2e7e772 I waited ed0d0b55d1 patiently for 072ec95bf5 the impending 6853e20ae7 pain.f91de3b98cb76b4f

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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.07b119a84e29c08c

It might look a little scary to someone who didn’t know. I heard a scream from nearby.1b1388a093b708e5

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‘I’m not dead…’a5ed741e8eefda62

I tasted blood dbfc9cf03e in my mouth. Confirming that I 54f85de856 could still breathe, e17d1a3beb I blinked. I’d rather 88415de807 be instantly 971f77ca30 killed than e9602b3130 be injured c36f7bb370 like this. 3d80ac52349b2ac8

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I felt a little bc5a637ffd disappointed. 603cf3909806d834

If it had cleanly 51e4139109 pierced my heart, I 67ebea2e7c could have immediately revived 2a576f17c4 and used my invincibility. Since the d713357050 witnesses were c52c4829c3 far away, fdf396ba08 there was b9c35336a9 no better fc91573a63 method.82793a3ab38978db

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……!0d518385e981ca4b

The monster, its four 1a740cd395 paws bound to the 05779add30 ground and unable to e61ada0af0 move, thrashed wildly in 87f5e808ff place. It twisted its head, 71fcdd6d98 and its tusk finally 56d506ec30 slipped out from where 01ff37c594 it was lodged. Blood gushed from my 252d399d05 side as the blocked 4dedb18538 hole opened wide. I calmly pressed my ecdf4c9b42 hand against the wound 5e9feadd5c and thought,79328bf06abc8ea7

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‘If it had 34513758c2 been Ryzen, he deaaadcb35 would have dodged 589c2f2edb it instantly without 55e96264e7 getting hit… right?’a1b418ec94e5b671

And if the others saw me now, they would scold me endlessly, asking if I still couldn’t dodge something like that. a8a689d8a5c36945

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Having been with the 8cdbdd34a7 mercenary group for two 5bb4ac0572 years, my dodging skills 0b8753e38e should have improved, but 73996ba642 no matter how hard ac755ec8a6 I tried, only my 63586f2359 stamina increased, and my afbfb7f1c9 clumsy movements never became 2daa55fb13 agile.2acde8d72fac56c4

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