HH Chapter 38

And from the d92fc42aca last box, finally, c50723a5c3 a letter emerged. The letter, written in the 08d623a3f0 Captain’s handwriting, was concise, not 113f0b44b6 even filling half the page. However, I felt the aad7146cc3 abundant affection contained within a6c3f292ec those short sentences.4c74d3f5077a7d03338e

「Everyone bought things to 2e1fac488b send you as if ed33cbb9e0 they had made a b9522060de promise. Since you probably can’t use 1487d4b8f3 it all by yourself, share 0e226d5b1c some with those around you. Don’t catch 8f8b6bd449 a cold.」bcf17ff0ec126a1eeccf

“…….”9c4aa167b72192bebec9

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I scratched my nose 8c085250f5 awkwardly and carefully placed 75427de40c the Captain’s letter back db5b344038 in its envelope.bd38ed8b4af184515b24

“He said d89139c195 to share!”90b2e44308c7911f0050

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“Wow, can 245779d762 we really 7d725c96a1 accept these?”1ab41ff9cfa73d4e30fd

“Are you 885171cd1f giving them de8da28058 to us?”8cc97d505dd4a2159015

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I distributed the enormous 9990c3ead1 quantity of socks and 18440fd1ec gloves to everyone, one 0a3dcb0ac2 by one. It was a bit unexpected b035250049 first thing in the morning, d2daeed352 but they accepted my gifts 5a5f0789d2 with rather pleased expressions.9ecf919fbdbbeb0ea451

I gifted one of the dc24d19d67 two scarves to Haylan.a10f56fbaf173953e608

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“Take… this… off.”0876082d16e980832c51

I can’t breathe. f7ac0156aa7ca0b27256

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The face buried in 54e51cc52a the white fabric complained, 728a6461a9 but no one came edce53157f to Haylan’s rescue. Instead, judging by the looks on their faces as they covered their mouths 6cf7a6940a with amused smiles, they were clearly thinking the same thing I was.e464b51a4fe10f7849b5

‘Cute…’0c95c8992f2f77867122

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‘…Cutie.’87b13f3db8517ea4a95c

‘How adorable.’cda3bec10828eef008d0

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His brown hair, 872544be4b static and puffed 6182f92da0 up, swayed like f701dbe269 a dandelion. Because the scarf was wrapped 3d14fddf53 so tightly around him that 3caede2b2e the bottom was invisible, he 98173e3c46 waddled as he walked. 24179f1f3859edf5f5d5

Someone let out a chuckle at the 044a636355 sight, unable to contain their amusement. The culprit conspicuously looked away, 63f75ec83c pretending to be preoccupied, to 3465288825 avoid Haylan’s glare as he a86e2eed11 turned towards the sound.e30c236ff5be7f488202

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After distributing everything except my share, I was able to d43619ea6f carry the remaining items to my room by myself. While organizing the clothes neatly in the bag under my 8300f03b3d bed, my gaze briefly fell on a box sticking out 6056cc74e4 beside the bag before I continued what I was doing.7f88ee8ce05ff6db4ec6

‘It’s been 6a316a131a a while 487d8990ca since I’ve 1e0618765a seen Lena.’dcfdade943918d418322

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Does he only 4c5fb10a87 appear when there’s 77050c228f a main quest? Perhaps because there were no 90df3f8889 immediate tasks, Lena was nowhere ece008241a to be seen.94ab9f7dfb6aeba5c1fb

‘I bought 4d79dcaf8d him a 991017e41d present, too.’dbc35bbd14992fdb52b3

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I clicked my db0859f205 tongue and pushed cde24caca1 the box deeper 36b4b08bc7 under the bed. The gift c8d96b5711 remained unclaimed.72374133cd34a614a06f

After finishing organizing my d21c239231 clothes in thirty minutes, f2f8f143c7 I went downstairs and a0f50c7248 witnessed an unexpected sight.7aca353e47d54629b4c9

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‘Ah, how cute.’88cd3ae2486a54672275

Everyone was wearing the gifts 8617063127 I had given them. Some even pretended to roll bfce6321eb up their pants to show 9424909de5 off their new socks. My mood 4d6488b26b brightened, and 708e6ca550 I grinned 0134c43d99 widely.027f5cfbc4da806968c4

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─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───bf07117b9d5f4adfa704

The night before 5bea47ed18 a storm is 1798a30031 always especially still. Like a stone thrown into peaceful waters, ea6430b82d the tranquility was shattered in an instant.a56065f6d0ff57b1de40

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“Didn’t you hear 6ef0e28dcc something outside?”d9d61708997ea187974a

“A sound?”f253b679f65f6355b21e

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Thud, Crash!0677a769b2e2d9dc2c1a

As if on cue, a man burst 8ad2d5586c through the door, breathless, and collapsed as 9ee90fb7a8 if his legs had given way.a6ef9cd4bd8ea3af24de

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“Outside, outside 8518c2de4c the wall! The wall collapsed…”f16b5917f19e44c0f0df

Roar!b5ffe98705049870853e

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Before the pale-faced man could finish his sentence, e7a09e3567 a sound that was somewhere between a beast’s eb51e31c21 roar and thunder reverberated through the air.b53a9bed7464d608dc10

‘Don’t tell me…’f73b14755198aa30c747

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The roar was so familiar that I knew what d383c2c746 it was even before seeing it to confirm.19bd779f02c105882996

A Trazenta. 19285eee459a63803b4c

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It was the first monster I 79ca400a29 had encountered in this world. Resembling a lion with large tusks, it was classified as an 10b2af0e85 A-rank monster due to its high aggressiveness and corresponding danger.5e68c657f858e9d79374

‘Come to think of it, 95b6b9662b there was an event like 950225e241 this in the original…’b0f81628bfab394b45ed

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In the original game, there was a bad da31c108a5 ending where the player attempted a midnight escape a2c2eabba1 and was killed by a monster. It was briefly mentioned in script on a black screen, so 91eef8e20d I hadn’t realized how dangerous the monster truly was back then.bdf03bbca91308d331e6

How did 3a0714a20c this guy 91c2156b62 escape, anyway? Was he b31309737d incredibly fast?f2afe37cc110ba0e4200

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Looking at the trembling man, I 8763f1a6d0 was relieved he was alive and 85af0948ba hadn’t been torn apart when he 4787ada1f1 said something unexpected.27367c158b4274ab6515

“The head 36add40f6a butler is abba866375 still in e2ed7ea0a2 the backyard! What are 5b3b95797d we going 766521ada1 to do?”3803b1c573d13311640c

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“What? You ran 4b7955e360 away all 2a2b50a8d1 by yourself?!”2ffe7def6c10cced7c8c

Yur grabbed the man 3f88d54e6a by the collar and 5c9c6d4d0a lifted him. He was shaken a 991312097e few times in Yur’s 327aa03662 grip before being thrown 43ec968816 aside.32e943b585c0fcc1f541

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“Wait, the young master went 60bdeafd2d out with him too.”1353cf29e0148484d18d

“Come to think 20828144e1 of it!”de6a3176e28fad0dd9ab

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Haylan? 8b68794f509548767c36

Upon hearing those words, I ran out 0cdd780517 the open door without a second thought.998d30d6e9ac525ffbe9

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“W-Wait, guest!”cc3cb3b8b6a2c3af0577

“What are e8d50ec696 you doing 24145b6175 going alone?!”73b5c8f844f6771946f2

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I could hear footsteps hurrying fb7b9ef84f after me, as if trying 17108f12cb to stop me, but I 28ac0658b4 didn’t look back. No one in this mansion 112df27b97 knew more about that monster 0812eb81a1 than I did.83d580201c01274c7032

‘Hide 120 Solra, a pair of tusks 0a15349e13 20 Solra, tusk extract poison 10 Solra, fb3e0140db one drop of Trazenta bile 50 Sol.’c45a9cc05ec706923b9d

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“…….”bd68c5eb8dc371cd51aa

Anyway, if knowing these things 3f171313f1 counts as knowing a lot, f62c1957d0 then I knew a lot. 87ad31559a927578c708

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Let’s go. 94fa9dabd6e1ccd9607c

With the thought that things 2e938e24ab would work out somehow, I b21277960d ran until I was breathless.56f1365f5b01d09cb5c9

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[Sudden Mission Occurred!]cb3e072638d8a9963d09

[An A-rank 75f28a2411 monster, Trazenta, 7fefde3a1a has appeared. It seems to have strayed 48c02f5dbd from its pack during its cc64f5d072 travels… Defeat the exhausted monster b0c3531335 before the damage escalates!]c3c257ff7b82ab33ce93

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As the roar grew closer, 4fcd42dffa the mission window naturally hovered 3d0d972825 in my view.c2c4cf3008fa14def062

‘Please, let fe23a6531b him be 42b86162ca safe!’b0ed6ed14df1f70dddcd

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I hope 05535395d5 I’m not 075877e80e too late. Rounding a corner of a9dbd9601a the building, I saw e76a0d3e2d a familiar silhouette. The head butler, holding d581951d51 Haylan, was frozen in 9453944392 fear, staring at the 0c903d13a8 monster.acc9ccd273174303bfb4

Roar! 12b19d09ae7388e879dd

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The purple monster, perched 3826b970b7 atop the collapsed wall, 3476500e71 roared, opening its massive be69be4c36 jaws.0d20f0700e88352a5e59

It was too 0ce93cc731 late to draw 15e8f5760d a magic circle 3cbccfb37b in this situation. I didn’t have any suitable pre-made scrolls either, so in a 53b107574e hurry, I reached for the first button on my skill window.042250515e29b0cfa68d

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The air e992cea781 around the 34dafeba6a two of e072762c29 them rippled.0144c6f6abd5b3d74e34

[Deploying Protection Barrier.]82d9f0a288b1b83d1083

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Clink! The monster flinched 263d3dce22 as its claws bbfd42a0b4 bounced off the 87c4f24fb4 barrier. The head butler, who had his 056a6d49b9 eyes squeezed shut, opened them, belatedly 04ce4841fb sensing the change in the air.449a50cabfc66594f5c1

“……Guest?”a23c1cb694b6c7409887

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He muttered blankly, looking at me, and Haylan, 5002078f33 peeking out from his arms, spotted me and 8dc0efe760 made a bewildered expression before shouting,531b2471cdd20b1fa903

“Don’t come closer!”9bd1f902012fb5c7198f

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I’m already 4a2c478206 here, so b05bf37895 should I 1287ad0f41 leave?a3f689a57798f0fa14b6

[Skill No.1 ‘Protection Barrier Magic’ cannot be used consecutively.]8c98560b4427d519ad3a

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‘…Huh, there’s 10be8437ab a cooldown?’9a41363f42fd7922a86f

I hesitated for c1af7f4a9d a moment. It was good for a quick, emergency use, 5e5598a1b1 but now my own safety was a concern. Could I defeat that thing on fee0ce9ac4 my own without any help? My role was originally support, a6a7ba07a5 not a main combatant…7ba68e9b80af27bdee56

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‘Damn it…’c48bce500836bb8689ab

Besides duration, the protection 41a3da442b barrier also had durability. How did 3574dbb8bd I know 5524615346 that…? Because every time the monster raked its claws against the barrier, the durability, 96b044ad18 decreasing by 1 tick, was displayed as a number I could see.8a84a030e9fe7fbfb96e

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‘I need to 65c421b4eb distract it.’be6fd0ee184f62e00367

Looking around, I picked 4f49162f98 up a stone from 8424b9239f the ground. It was 3535986359 quite heavy. I rotated my shoulders lightly 68765c84ec to loosen up, and using 5a54800068 all my strength, I hurled ec1e264c5c the stone at the monster.0601bb0cc3dde8195603

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Whoosh! The stone, flung with a sharp 1d01f54672 whistling sound, bounced harmlessly off the 1e9f7a352f thick hide, but it succeeded in 3626d8be49 diverting the monster’s attention. The Trazenta turned its a0d826675d head towards me.b2fc9482ca8986178881

‘Its weak f30b535b79 spot is 49f6d99f84 its forehead.’7ce3108f7c36cd196128

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I could see a 3118b9d79f mana stone embedded in 71dc8b288f the Trazenta’s forehead. The mana stone was the monster’s life force and, 52b64f70e5 simultaneously, its achilles’ heel, allowing for instant death.cb1d2945a40d2c8a477e

I moved my left foot, roughly drawing 91935f9031 a binding magic circle on the ground. Backpedaling, I lured the 635169d97f monster, which was turning ec504ccbef to charge at me, e53cd73646 towards the magic circle.f8661204fe15086decb4

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‘Good. Going smoothly… huh?’835c44f38f195ee7c1a3

Once its movements were restricted, 69e3ea500c the rest would be a 48512322cf piece of cake. However, before I could step back much further, 2a2357afce I soon ran into a wall behind me. There wasn’t enough d77e90bf0a space to retreat.c9b1e6e7a0a9a8f0a80a

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“……!”d194945c8348a23abed2

As I locked eyes with the monster, a74b1dfb39 I instinctively twisted my body out of dd1de45b71 fear, and at that moment, something flashed a47fc630a3 brightly in my arms. The source of the light d3f84e7ec8 was a defensive scroll I 3810519c0d had brought just in case.d563f47f55172d065b3f

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‘This… actually works?’659f3cd00fdb71882119

I never thought I’d 63f5450275 confirm the results of 76fca954cd my studies with Haylan 1af1cd04a9 this way.47fe5dea23a314871a10

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The moment the scroll f8f9a5e5af activated, the Trazenta was c989bd5799 knocked back and sent d3f71076cd tumbling to the ground. It struggled for a 7f24a48d67 moment before quickly getting 01c458d3ea back on its feet.ec48be0d77a8678a2366

Roar! The monster’s viscous saliva sprayed into 2fb2539ef6 the air as it roared.4d116d58f3d7e33f9f60

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‘Damn it, I should have 1481ad85db just taken the hit earlier!’897a4a8cf95799f63711

I hadn’t 51ca96816c thought about bf5802ac9c the scroll. Because I had changed direction, the monster 1d3aa6393a hadn’t stepped on the magic circle. And… the scroll 48018a198c was a single-use 2582367f7d item. My skill slot was b8552a7fc0 still on cooldown.aa43be2a71cbaf7280a8

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There was nothing else 718ab9cb45 I could do. I closed my eyes calmly, staring straight at 6238e58d3c the monster as it began to charge.0692a55ede27bb2c814f

‘I’ll just close 2bdc1b1d76 my eyes and f14c52d7e5 take one hit.’f3a8e0128f7dabd8be76

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Having given up c09a659e39 quickly, I waited 3560232606 patiently for the 44d1964f78 impending pain.3f28fe6bcdb1a91d2540

Thud. The monster’s tusk 353eaeb82a pierced the skin 80cfc46e3e below my ribs. It didn’t hurt, but 91ac13c387 there was some blood ff74803f50 that splatter. I think a e8d17a0bf2 few ribs were 32f5069cf7 broken as well.25f560ff374754e2097e

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It might look a little scary 92fce0916a to someone who didn’t know. I heard a 608b194591 scream from nearby.309f4af22417c7eac48e

‘I’m not dead…’757130889e9ec421a0e2

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I tasted c1a127497b blood in d7fc564d1e my mouth. Confirming that I b141f924e5 could still breathe, 7a86c350a0 I blinked. I’d rather be aeb61cf53c instantly killed than a2a7a9d850 be injured like fd26eafc5d this. 94a1938d8b3b1ad4e969

I felt f465b97d4d a little d396679b71 disappointed. 3796d53a61528d32b8c6

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If it had cleanly pierced my 9b895a66e5 heart, I could have immediately revived 22d007fd8a and used my invincibility. Since the witnesses were far away, b9a4ca2f39 there was no better method.607d326e7c496775a242

……!aec03726aa888b7602c9

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The monster, its four paws 19745b75d2 bound to the ground and 1bd0b60c4c unable to move, thrashed wildly 848b7eabca in place. It twisted its head, and its tusk finally 06e3a6cfe8 slipped out from where it was lodged. Blood gushed from my side as ebdff9bb99 the blocked hole opened wide. I calmly pressed 88674ff831 my hand against efef84ad80 the wound and d398651404 thought,272f37b533197bf58d2d

‘If it had been Ryzen, 81f86de8b5 he would have dodged it 2b0cafc192 instantly without getting hit… right?’366e503d56f452f219e1

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And if the others saw me now, they would scold me f637ac3049 endlessly, asking if I still couldn’t dodge something like that. a5cff2f646c163a07a93

Having been with the mercenary group for two years, my dodging 891a34d336 skills should have improved, but no matter how hard I tried, 1ecccef38c only my stamina increased, and my clumsy movements never became agile.6190f9b44240b946ea3a

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