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.24a856ebffe6169a

「Everyone bought 06671fadc0 things to 13b7ff68d7 send you bebae51559 as if e0b42fbb00 they had b52d0b1767 made a 25cbe72e5b promise. Since you probably a7b8b89b16 can’t use it fbae7c6b9d all by yourself, 0a942e8179 share some with 46e2dd01d8 those around you.
Don’t catch a 50dfb11210 cold.」541cd9551eafa93e

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“…….”fe81c25af8436cad

I scratched my 9fcef4ed64 nose awkwardly and c40fa27df9 carefully placed the 55910ced80 Captain’s letter back eec4dfc1ea in its envelope.04cc8648fb4fbb39

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“He said to share!”17f4503c6ac5f2b4

“Wow, can we 035f1465b8 really accept these?”951f9b9183c6f0ae

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“Are you giving them 63d6f02357 to us?”6824da3c1885ba4d

I distributed the 9408a7d4af enormous quantity of 37d5b35312 socks and gloves 213791bfaa to everyone, one 7fff20aad9 by one. It was a bit a6984c95e9 unexpected first thing in 5ba91cf034 the morning, but they a198890165 accepted my gifts with 75e634c8b9 rather pleased expressions.f826f7fcc9ecc091

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I gifted one d52011d435 of the two 5c85288728 scarves to Haylan.0d54e3461b78ca87

“Take… this… off.”1bd4828f65004b82

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I can’t breathe. 5e08b3d7230af9c4

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.dfe34d0561f3f7b7

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‘Cute…’1303a886fc91e29c

‘…Cutie.’971986563c8205e0

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‘How adorable.’f03016f2ee92761a

His brown hair, static d078796508 and puffed up, swayed 00b75a7c00 like a dandelion. Because the scarf was b3dd41f9f5 wrapped so tightly around d7932abb69 him that the bottom f261058cf3 was invisible, he waddled 90b7e93532 as he walked. 5aa7ce7f4652d0dc

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Someone let out 47e58fb491 a chuckle at ba743049f6 the sight, unable bfdc95ad63 to contain their c97eb4cfdc amusement. The culprit conspicuously 2ea4fd5eb8 looked away, pretending 7218adc4e7 to be preoccupied, 8e05d43fa9 to avoid Haylan’s fe9037ae1b glare as he d382b07de6 turned towards the d8ec475f7f sound.b6d04f5509ab4f2e

After distributing everything except d4f0ecc72e my share, I was 2745241453 able to carry the 5097d8df73 remaining items to my 30aaa5b95f room by myself. While organizing the 33561a0a7a clothes neatly in f920ac9bcc the bag under 7a73fe9f2c my bed, my e7140c9da6 gaze briefly fell 8b5365d154 on a box 0f0ee1cf0a sticking out beside e394cf1f43 the bag before e15f352107 I continued what b131f2e475 I was doing.da43587aa339f64e

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‘It’s been 9855661650 a while e5b97113db since I’ve a4c1430166 seen Lena.’f4e6f4f36825ca77

Does he only ed7852405a appear when there’s 2d0d20cc99 a main quest? Perhaps because there were f1828bd6af no immediate tasks, Lena 81188dd428 was nowhere to be 1334988a19 seen.9cb22ec65cca1f8e

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‘I bought him c622d7dfb3 a present, too.’1887f7fbfc2d6816

I clicked my 7ab2b813cf tongue and pushed b87c485246 the box deeper b1ca0b33f1 under the bed. The gift 172d199b4e remained unclaimed.a768561ba9021962

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After finishing organizing d27171d680 my clothes in 8aae246f57 thirty minutes, I b94cba46f7 went downstairs and 4531823b28 witnessed an unexpected fcd4b3d63f sight.6b4e2e2a7e25bd13

‘Ah, how cute.’0ee0026b33f7e994

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Everyone was wearing the 46c1f8e886 gifts I had given 77b989e276 them. Some even pretended d42e04cf3d to roll up 1e2b913c04 their pants to 832974b13b show off their 62c8e0353b new socks. My mood brightened, and 2f53ee5ae8 I grinned widely.74c2150e438030eb

─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───67859dd8b76f5b9a

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The night 0372836466 before a b929a7ab32 storm is 382989e857 always especially 340887ae49 still. Like a stone 0164d0850a thrown into peaceful f970bc5a3f waters, the tranquility c49877b8c1 was shattered in 4e9e281efd an instant.67e244ae4c969583

“Didn’t you hear something c6391897e4 outside?”c881fc8feed7cb8e

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“A sound?”67a3433d48af53fd

Thud, Crash!af42beb6ca5572bf

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As if on cue, b91d20b120 a man burst through 1214357299 the door, breathless, and 8078634d55 collapsed as if his 5f0c54421c legs had given way.7e6fc1e66726d3c9

“Outside, outside the 340e03ceff wall! The wall collapsed…”3c85b4b513270797

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Roar!fe32e10e01d08ac5

Before the 53dc23e672 pale-faced man e0f4a72df4 could finish 849dc886d0 his sentence, 36afa71f5a a sound 6f1a4faed5 that was 423314c99f somewhere between 4b70260f69 a beast’s 5439cfe9c4 roar and db49c49252 thunder reverberated 45493b888f through the 73d8afcb95 air.f7c638cca08cc5b0

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‘Don’t tell me…’022e773286440641

The roar 0fbe2f8e1f was so 98cbb04ba3 familiar that 0f5fd585ed I knew 9855d0797a what it 0d689259de was even b9a2f26b36 before seeing 5fe9492c65 it to 5398d74253 confirm.54f7b1da69fb5057

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A Trazenta. d4e7df01c1e567c4

It was 30dca75769 the first 78b0ce7796 monster I dae7744036 had encountered 7decf217d9 in this a13d92bcfe world. Resembling a lion fdedd82b29 with large tusks, e37f30d86c it was classified ae45d5599f as an A-rank 8f629624f8 monster due to 83556a2724 its high aggressiveness 1f244e766c and corresponding danger.1b46711996a96a97

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‘Come to think of 2a8cc2acfd it, there was an ffb8700b41 event like this in 148208703d the original…’204d9ca601a5f736

In the original e74c5c1442 game, there was 5f4e7ad4d4 a bad ending d3b4a610c4 where the player bdb8cac41c attempted a midnight 1d850ce76a escape and was 9f458db26b killed by a cb2e5af39d monster. It was briefly 1ba4f231ec mentioned in script c011a340e5 on a black 66bebdeda8 screen, so I 46298350c3 hadn’t realized how b78c7d6802 dangerous the monster 1c17c7f412 truly was back e83f0f6770 then.6e048902fa696ae3

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How did this guy 8616369dad escape, anyway? Was he incredibly fast?a964a4deb24bae8e

Looking at the trembling 729b164dad man, I was relieved e6fd3c3389 he was alive and b4cfef839c hadn’t been torn apart 5ca7e8ce1a when he said something 296663bbb5 unexpected.cbfd9abab7dd7995

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“The head butler is e4f9d5d289 still in the backyard! What are we going ea3be6cd05 to do?”5173bff3de580d3e

“What? You ran away 8f28323247 all by yourself?!”1291aed8d0f37664

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Yur grabbed the man 95d8f14c20 by the collar and 90f0039a0c lifted him. He was 2eece94c9e shaken a 3ddd71cfce few times 6b16265fbe in Yur’s 1fe136cf60 grip before cab25abe02 being thrown c6469ab556 aside.85c07ea37f0019cc

“Wait, the young 681fb7dadb master went out e6b59e9a7e with him too.”1310d643559fa3f3

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“Come to bd67ca81fa think of 5d8dc444f4 it!”ede9f947e4f698cb

Haylan? 95edd127adc2989b

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Upon hearing da49f581bd those words, cf67852b13 I ran 25387740f5 out the 917f6b1a20 open door 3e8ce525e5 without a 71375d3840 second thought.33fa6cc61ab8693d

“W-Wait, guest!”03dc6b675758a34e

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“What are you doing a6f4f32f81 going alone?!”e906558b41bb27a4

I could hear 8ccf472947 footsteps hurrying after fda7cb335f me, as if 5b14d65998 trying to stop 9df3530cc8 me, but I 1932664d1f didn’t look back. No one in this 8794342090 mansion knew more about 5d57490809 that monster than I 68ea0a2540 did.c09952822e90a03b

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‘Hide 120 Solra, 8729a6f9d1 a pair of 714eb5c9f7 tusks 20 Solra, 8179fcd8c4 tusk extract poison f6b574edac 10 Solra, one cbb909c7fe drop of Trazenta 59204f497d bile 50 Sol.’c7ca266a50f81805

“…….”de6c5b7a154ea3d8

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Anyway, if 2ee81ed01f knowing these de3f34ec75 things counts b5553d8f28 as knowing ce0183b85c a lot, d24159e0c1 then I 622728a5c1 knew a 9863e589b9 lot. 4e4a096e906c7505

Let’s go. 5b8ad33e8c879cd7

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With the thought that e74bed83c5 things would work out c5e58854f8 somehow, I ran until da67e87ab1 I was breathless.bdbadd480b77c2fe

[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 e5b2001558 grew closer, the dc410843dc mission window naturally 8343b862c6 hovered in my 9fefebede0 view.6f8adc4c42156ef5

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‘Please, let him be 8247d2c4f0 safe!’23cc96f8d359e440

I hope 313dc41ce1 I’m not 0296b3e1cd too late. Rounding a ec02dbcc84 corner of 8b0b78b70e the building, cb6b419e39 I saw 33f008aff1 a familiar bca67377fd silhouette. The head butler, holding 96d1480ec6 Haylan, was frozen in 8d1240b269 fear, staring at the 7171b6a391 monster.508a4037c241a393

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Roar! 36ebc026f9e8a1ae

The purple 3d97cc4530 monster, perched e89bf1c906 atop the 1f4e0e632a collapsed wall, 94f8c35e83 roared, opening 64d487ce2b its massive 84406e600a jaws.9e0380ae6a89e68b

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It was too late 15d5d98f1c to draw a magic b876471560 circle in this situation. I didn’t have any 968a898475 suitable pre-made scrolls either, 2b7d8f5a49 so in a hurry, 14f6be339e I reached for the caad99f650 first button on my 4e52406791 skill window.5ae64c2a7538c1d4

The air 4bdaa93f0e around the b958561966 two of e515c5f8ce them rippled.ee85b6375229ae3a

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[Deploying Protection Barrier.]

Clink!The monster flinched da0c788a19 as its claws a178c54abc bounced off the 0dc43801cf barrier. The head butler, db38eaf759 who had his 978b91a4eb eyes squeezed shut, 66b61d5547 opened them, belatedly f018a8a112 sensing the change 9a508be4b9 in the air.2264a89d09847b44

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“……Guest?”e5fb64adae0bc360

He muttered blankly, 9791c6cd23 looking at me, 8476f93908 and Haylan, peeking 43dcf84e6d out from his 61f8e8039b arms, spotted me a1059626e1 and made a 0507cc31bb bewildered expression before f61addac0a shouting,50639ceb177f6a4e

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“Don’t come closer!”530435e9ddd8512c

I’m already dc3ded7f81 here, so 1afa58a57e should I 8d7dc24fb8 leave?3ae7a58d5660c7bd

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

‘…Huh, there’s a 6607eb6065 cooldown?’237b207a172fb615

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I hesitated for 59bd75de97 a moment. It was 9bd2ca0449 good for df6073a233 a quick, 4bc9eb96ce emergency use, cdd5bf3e7a but now 555981676e my own f06e9ccc01 safety was bd21bfc8a8 a concern. Could I defeat cdda93c9f8 that thing on 3a5e84c9de my own without 8dc83f76d2 any help? My role was 6da6e5d65f originally support, not 3eb23fb0dc a main combatant…d18e40c6c9733024

‘Damn it…’cffe271d5f11eabc

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Besides duration, the 0b884286b1 protection barrier also 6c6f1d238e had durability. How did I know 8710d7ce47 that…? Because every f7706774a3 time the cc18fc9d1d monster raked 627bf6023b its claws 9a3157f473 against the da1d3ff689 barrier, the 8c3b811f12 durability, decreasing e02554d6f5 by 1 830bb5955c tick, was b72da12c9d displayed as 0222123bcb a number b91bd83775 I could 847c464054 see.1aa571b4213b9fa7

‘I need to 416cb5b988 distract it.’e2c51eafdb416e20

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Looking around, 6de2f572df I picked d354599391 up a 89d5b9892d stone from cafd707792 the ground. It was quite heavy. I rotated 73094eddaa my shoulders 8a307e1a5a lightly to ea709cec74 loosen up, f8b4d05c94 and using 8daf9190bc all my 4ccf90b99b strength, I 44aaa0b8fe hurled the 899a09740e stone at 9ad8ff26db the monster.b4678d8d1df55265

Whoosh!The stone, flung 072029bf2f with a sharp 8ddee8dc22 whistling sound, bounced 4959eb81c4 harmlessly off the 09e5ce393f thick hide, but c64b51f042 it succeeded in 69fcef2688 diverting the monster’s 6489bb51b5 attention. The Trazenta turned its 0f4bf4874a head towards me.d8527d25ed67c8e0

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‘Its weak spot is 263766003b its forehead.’c170b6d2bc90cfd2

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.b9349bc27908f9ab

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I moved my bb10bfff81 left foot, roughly 49a4e6fa88 drawing a binding c95da7a618 magic circle on b8491f3b49 the ground. Backpedaling, I lured the 1d83eecd77 monster, which was turning 2441cb4139 to charge at me, 63f4284d6f towards the magic circle.83daed4f881231f1

‘Good. Going smoothly… huh?’1e95ab6f7b8c6724

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Once its movements were 8a952248a0 restricted, the rest would ade5bfbd79 be a piece of 65023388d9 cake. However, before I c5bef0137b could step back 4b0a3e7006 much further, I 48742f4fef soon ran into 81d7111497 a wall behind 39e5ae07ce me. There wasn’t enough space 0429165d9d to retreat.e4cec5f55a36409f

“……!”a9dfa93c49f9bda7

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As I locked eyes da1bc1c67c with the monster, I 463f5736a6 instinctively twisted my body cc07b56b95 out of fear, and 9bde1d18ed at that moment, something 1152f8aa63 flashed brightly in my 4e75c12085 arms. The source of the 033a641870 light was a defensive cad9d106db scroll I had brought ecd22e8297 just in case.9dba652d7813f44a

‘This… actually works?’de5a4e0d01f24471

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I never thought efef4901aa I’d confirm the 915380c945 results of my cdce92573f studies with Haylan ff7aff1f23 this way.0c49ee6bbf6ab8e8

The moment the 15e193e6a7 scroll activated, the 75b2741932 Trazenta was knocked f6c4f2de4e back and sent e1210aaeb6 tumbling to the a7651f8096 ground. It struggled for a dd67bfaaff moment before quickly getting cb11597b7a back on its feet.faa60770d6273f9b

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Roar!The monster’s 8844fb777a viscous saliva 766fae3509 sprayed into b7e2efde4f the air 1ddbe8486d as it 95db9c321f roared.6fce5977aa3cbea2

‘Damn it, 8b661fcd14 I should 19ce5566b6 have just 942c4ea44e taken the 12a25351c1 hit earlier!’8d4937fcdd13b60b

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I hadn’t 06844dcfdb thought about 7f05d2eb0a the scroll. Because I f0d506e4bb had changed c87ed0815c direction, the d820a3ff2b monster hadn’t bf907a8180 stepped on 6a52d1f507 the magic 3fe360e6c3 circle. And… the scroll was fc0776e046 a single-use item. My skill slot 019a0b2bcb was still on aa0ac1d212 cooldown.a838dfe76bdc4860

There was nothing 2c3ce34724 else I could cc5df19da0 do. I closed 7652ac931d my eyes 493db3fa5c calmly, staring 5d4e7efbc3 straight at fcad7684b0 the monster 3e76c02fdb as it 7a5613d067 began to 5bb2f6451b charge.86e81f842582b4a5

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‘I’ll just 7efe257224 close my dc5f26c997 eyes and 2fc27a0c24 take one ba63d2ffeb hit.’c568a8bff8a8121d

Having given 9419c409ce up quickly, 8f5f4c28ce I waited b3538533ac patiently for 5062910201 the impending 5178528fa0 pain.cfb8856354ded2fc

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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.174d9ef8be7830c6

It might look a little scary to someone who didn’t know. I heard a scream from nearby.eb6fee4ac95a882d

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‘I’m not dead…’9a1d94aa9468c73a

I tasted blood in f125362e59 my mouth. Confirming that 6a97099602 I could 629cf98ee2 still breathe, b12f9d5d08 I blinked. I’d rather 21069e0459 be instantly be53afe9c4 killed than b44743040a be injured 9a99eb4e12 like this. 4d272eed7875e095

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I felt a little e5c42b5339 disappointed. 7b00f60364f4c953

If it had cleanly bbc07da6ae pierced my heart, I ec8f9bee5c could have immediately revived 4ebaac0ba3 and used my invincibility. Since the witnesses 8f2288f9b0 were far away, db2d60295b there was no ced4a2df59 better method.3e962823f2dc9dcc

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……!9d577c5b303a8eb1

The monster, its four 7802279891 paws bound to the 0333e277aa ground and unable to e9e72d543d move, thrashed wildly in 8899b31460 place. It twisted its 78bcc6c66e head, and its 250953aa32 tusk finally slipped 50c8eedcbe out from where f2c0586ed6 it was lodged. Blood gushed bb7c142da3 from my 8e216b3242 side as c573fa6dad the blocked bcba4219c4 hole opened db19a1d0f2 wide. I calmly 85e9450233 pressed my 0ceaf9d5f8 hand against 94cc490aa8 the wound 259e525405 and thought,752b2b55c8a0b02f

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‘If it had ff6b9d93b9 been Ryzen, he 66b473b3ce would have dodged bf4054c329 it instantly without 4f71fb3b81 getting hit… right?’6f4d8f8c76b51161

And if the others saw me now, they would scold me endlessly, asking if I still couldn’t dodge something like that. 7f5393f605646e89

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Having been with the 7106ffea72 mercenary group for two b49c950bf1 years, my dodging skills 5a2bd43b91 should have improved, but 07513a3d49 no matter how hard ee1cf3f5bc I tried, only my 9eabd738f8 stamina increased, and my f9b7433fed clumsy movements never became 4b558e6d32 agile.7b36761fb465a249

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