HH Chapter 40

Humans are fragile. They die easily bd43b0b2d2 from losing too f3fa2d8ae8 much blood, from 2fac90aa3b illness, or even 901d1b5d46 from weather that’s a35eb357e7 too cold or 970e53d980 too hot. 330ded75461cafdb

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.df2960a28d226019

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“I was helpful, wasn’t a477fbf487 I?”534732ce2d54e50a

“……?”52f5a0473f36706c

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Chahyun spoke to him again, saying something he couldn’t understand.c47701e600c071ab

“I told you before, 9c6fed791b I would prove my 9f536ad5f6 worth.”a083432a626cbd6d

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He chuckled, his voice 915cdddffa full of excitement. It wasn’t often that 2425b0a6aa he experienced the frustration 0997482ea8 of seeing someone’s smiling b363a78f7b face.06ff827d699366e4

‘He did something like c3f21224b2 that just to be 41f6ef15c8 helpful to me?’1abfa3d0c6b13659

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Reckless. Suicidal. But why couldn’t he hate him anymore, even so?1f02fb035c99280f

He didn’t bother saying 09d473a303 that someone else would 28cf6d98af have dealt with it 294e1cf5e9 even if Chahyun hadn’t 55cdc65031 interfered. It felt wrong to 3b30449b53 dampen the mood in e36eebc66d front of someone injured bb4a4c307c because of him.c706c94c722386d8

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“……Don’t ever 014643183d do that 69347cc62e again.”c62d697cdbc7ff6c

“I don’t 35e8e1ac0b want to.”e1418ad155745ed4

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“What did you say?”62a24d2dd203776c

“I said I don’t 758162982a want to. Anyone would hurt 47b6314566 the same if 9829a2e5ab they were injured. But I don’t want 98ee7a4bf2 it to be Haylan.”b6e693d2e1b2a07e

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What was this?b38fe58c8335ebde

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. 85cbb30ea3b218d4

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…Because it hurts? 90837ce9d47d8307

Who would worry about 6bebe3136c him for such a 46df5ac3ab reason?e4e321fb633cea1b

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“……What are you… talking 7fe5cfaf1f about? I…”65fe9fc15deeb612

“I’ll interfere next time f971833732 too. Because Haylan 09fb3ed7c7 is my e07483b72a favorite character.”a49db05f2dd58212

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True to his oblivious 275845679c nature, Chahyun chuckled even 507eeeb235 in this state, saying cb96bc4707 something incomprehensible. So foolish… He 475368a7c0 should be resentful f9868a5465 after getting hurt 6fdff3c216 because of him.3a803112a8343227

His gaze was 9b93c59576 suddenly disconcerting. Chahyun was like that 178e0749bb from the beginning. There was dcb4b97a07 no wariness 065bb31fa6 in his 7733e1ff93 eyes when d8c3d93255 he looked a237801d0b at Haylan. Only a 159c1a77bc slight curiosity… 05d4ceb3fd and affection.f4dcac78213b0f9c

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“Don’t look.”95e2614c994dcf0a

Don’t look at me. Why are 0e5aa9a472 you staring 1ad073a67e at me dd17cf0767 so intently?ff6177216042be36

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Haylan conspicuously turned e9fbf25597 his head away, 6c958fce3d hiding his feelings 0c6c0f352f under a pretense 5d94f79d93 of indifference.103fad2e21a29e90

Humans die for such 0952a3ef88 trivial reasons. And there were also 562dc5deb3 people who started to 4736c1166a care about him for a8fe58f90b equally trivial reasons.b88cdf91e69a4fb9

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─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───1769f8ca5889f571

I felt baf756d1af weak and 507977800e listless. 1131c9a7fd99d31b

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Could this e4d0d3f048 be considered b172ce7084 being sick? So, I 97c69f61c8 guess I’m 8f4a9a385e a bit 2c7c83b325 sick right 36affe41a2 now.82aea1108571aa06

‘Wow, I can’t believe Haylan got so angry…’ee5a6229f15c5d73

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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.c59e608b8aa45e76

Yur asked me, b33f67abc1 “Why did you 1f044a69c1 do that?” I 83f0d495ff thought for a 433a80dda2 moment and replied 8aec5f6dd0 that I had b841ed0020 done it unconsciously 3f3a0b05f1 because I was 99b71ccf69 worried about Haylan.533fc422f1a0402b

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But that 3b7964f7c2 was half 3d79822b3c true and c53a102dd0 half false. Was I really that 26f24b9223 worried about Haylan at 94dc639baa the time?cb02849416758aee

‘Rather than worry…’843cf1cad5d1a890

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I just instinctively 9cb7881c18 rushed out as bc99cf4d6e soon as I a6fcaabcff heard his name.b9d7700d875a03a1

I found Haylan 547fd12a0d cute, and his bd9eb24c29 dishonest personality was 00021aa86a childish and endearing c27dccfe0b in its own 10bb1370df way. But did I f1069b874f cherish him enough edde31195c to act so 016f804493 recklessly?fd2ec25fd7fa979d

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Haylan was once cd2b414ff8 my favorite character. Seeing him alive a45685d5ed and moving always 718a626333 felt new and fd45fb3fb7 strange.82deb75c5696143d

Thinking that far, I e216fc29e5 realized my feelings. bbb3bc58c969cc41

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I was abfea54779 practically parenting!fb7a5ca43153be92

‘Honestly, he acts c0ca37b8e8 like a child.’0e98c48144030a6e

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Even though 416e5c871d I knew a20e9ba2a0 Haylan had 7680a5c975 lived many 150f732d95 times longer 8bc580304c than me, 853ce121ec I kept c9abf0da2c treating him 084b738638 like a 0f40ff532b child.124965908e23ed21

Perhaps his a93b50ca46 maturity was cb171e9f1d shallow. While it 86c2190b6a was true f2bbc63fd2 that he 2d4c46def7 had accumulated bafdc75f90 a lot c978dea4dd of miscellaneous 1eaeef5a1e knowledge over cc30514d65 the years, 5ddce34daa it felt fb772474e8 like mere 1eb643c268 “imitation” to 644d21f494 me.252ba49a479ac993

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Haylan wasn’t much different 77adb457f3 from the neighborhood kids 3b8eca1f24 I knew. And the most frequent 0e8740c9f5 instance where I felt 42b243da4e this was…c7804f23d364eb87

‘He keeps 2f4585b15d trying to e15c7ca189 act mature…’d7ca079dadb27d6d

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Unlike me, the f24f1a9c82 people in this 34002e26a9 house treated Haylan 70268c346b as a grown 36dd7f7b2d adult, and I c1515c97d8 knew that. But that sight felt 10ef0246c4 awkward, like watching a 96b4472bb6 poorly staged play.75584d4e10ba8051

It wasn’t just d234a84b37 because of Haylan’s 82aa887dfa youthful appearance that a678d88aae I felt this 326f16fe1f way. He was literally “pretending.”8c457d9805c7e8cd

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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…6695ff74b52a7223

If the df857c75da mercenary guys 3357e0d5f7 found out 71b8e36dc1 I was 9f587b08de having these b1b8740071 thoughts, they’d 7847a1b645 burst out c9488f3059 laughing, saying e545dee316 ‘the kid’s 85960556a3 sick and eebef73a11 having all aa30a9b789 sorts of e2ac1ea6a1 strange thoughts,’ 3ede1a1502 and tell 98f7486876 me to 2e479f4cbd buy myself 3cee067abe a snack.7f47faa41f991624

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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.2309a0608cd7f1af

‘…Compared to a10f25ed4b Haylan, that 898e85521a is.’1e40f6c697438f53

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Feeling a prick 45d69d2751 of conscience, I 37cf476305 corrected my identity fe46910683 to “relatively adult.” 146c386b74 My impulsive action 427219729e a few hours f9055cda2a ago was also 63d21a92d5 driven by my c272bf98ee protective instincts as e468fb81fe a relatively adult 1839a0011e towards the relatively d84f323f72 childish Haylan.b7ef0f74b6e658f6

I believed Haylan’s heart 5c3d25082d hadn’t fully matured yet. Having experienced significant hardship 55a5cc9f4e from a young age, f2bf47ce0c he probably didn’t have 070c7b0c50 enough time to act 538ebadd8b like a child to 69fb5e2b2b adults.687342d22d1729ea

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‘I should 21d2c44ed4 treat him 9da3e32d4f well while 677d8210b8 I’m staying d0eeaf637d in this 94e326a1e9 house. It’s only natural c4a01bff5f since I’m the 8fa4a56e5f more mature one.’f49fa68e63b360ed

The moment this world 26940a725e ends will definitely come. I will ff41b7fb53 make sure 8735c566ba of it. Until then, I wanted 623371f10f to pamper him like 7f6064baa1 a child to my 85f9257f59 heart’s content.b6006ca815d004bc

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‘Huh?’a080b8c4aa529023

I must have 59516c8e04 fallen asleep while 0d9d32115c recuperating. Awakened by a 05c2f4b1d9 rustling sound nearby, 6e13bb4dde I thought I 7b6f247a99 was dreaming when f4bfeb9c69 I saw a 439294d64d face that was 25eee3c713 incredibly familiar yet 187f8145ac one I hadn’t 689c36a028 seen in a 96e0394189 long time.bddebeefe051b134

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“Aaack! You scared me!”6a1d942d3f7ad0ef

“Isn’t that reaction a 20561e760a bit rude after seeing a866c70b8e my face?”e875163bc059bf3d

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“Why are you 30d0333bf7 here?!”d8fadfc0045d2e35

“Is it that surprising 47aecaf2c7 to see me here?”3af65dd2082467f9

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Where am I? I sat eec5dcf215 up halfway a62f7d711f and looked 6338e2ef37 around.43b90545fb7d7845

‘I’m still in fc12eaeb7b my room…’715950ade5bc5c26

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I scratched my 20955d6822 head and asked 7f518aefb5 Lena,3cf6207a6d5c6f3f

“Where have 9249fb9c76 you been? I haven’t seen you 6bee1dc7a0 around…”cc53c7e89433f169

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“……I’ve always 068eaaa373 been here. You just didn’t notice.”10a892786d326eab

Lena said, sitting backward a4209c7282 on an old chair 655dd58a0d with his arms crossed 7b0c212c70 over the backrest. 71a4e458a3c1405e

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He had always been here, but I hadn’t noticed? d6fe85e047d13504

I tilted my head d44a9ee219 at his incomprehensible words d1dcb9adc3 and looked away.5e961483bbe67e04

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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.fea527c8e6a796a5

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I belatedly bowed to ec3f282d30 Lena.05b157e3765e367d

“It’s been a while.”998c9ae5c27a7ee6

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“Are you hurt?”731d5ed138b53851

He responded to my 1949c3fe84 greeting rather abruptly. I answered calmly,ab8a8bca2dcaa75d

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“Don’t I look fine?”c57b9b9db6e93631

“You do look stupid.”2c40fe03275ec0dc

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I pretended 78a916480a not to fc41a6cf59 hear his d800bca034 blunt remark, 46a1a978ca which seemed 0f621074d7 even more aadcb29c21 curt after 0df87a3100 not seeing cf05ea526f him for f178d6eb44 a while, 9736da8bc8 and got 5d83fd0aff out of a1ec14bfcf bed.58d7e10c7eb57274

‘Finally, time 4fd2dfa763 to give 6f6b17feda this to e1fe9e6cbe him.’0a5a13bacbb4c11a

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As I bent b8d5b1061b down and reached b2940fe27b under the bed, 82c24af11e Lena flinched and 96e55769c4 grabbed my arm.b0d9cd4fb37dabb2

“……You… why can’t you 935998b2e1 hold yourself up?!”0fc1db6ab61207af

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“Huh?”a378dd0f3b8cb77d

“You almost fell!”a36ae3995263ff79

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What is he de20984fd8 talking about?ec6165a9256615cc

I gave him a faa376eab2 brief look of exasperation, c2ae59597e before reaching deep under cc7d8c4973 the bed and pulling b9fe4658bb out a hidden box.0ddd3c6a469d48fb

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“Found it on 169e3eb2e0 the street.”02f11de1ab9a5bb2

Seeing Lena’s blank stare f9795158a7 at my joke, I 8b702eae30 felt awkward and just e93a4b9078 told him the truth.53399caac8139ffc

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“I bought you a 1538544b5d present when I went 5e7b189a42 out. I remembered you f2bcefbc40 always walk barefoot.”dc91bd518654c6d1

“You’re giving ce6299b6eb it to b258856991 me?”0c51eab7fc52df8c

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“Yes.”89f2aff49cb6cce4

“……Why?”2ecab9a56a95f5cd

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“Because I bought it 40fa56a5c0 for you?”b4c41aba041859d0

What is this? Did he c895836440 not like c384705ddb it?959410942cd20fe5

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I couldn’t read Lena’s expression, which I had never seen before.730a4bd7ef82ffda

He was usually 1377cf0069 expressionless, and when d16f5b6ec4 interacting with me, f1028ef7ba he occasionally varied 12f701b09f it with looks 525ae1351d of annoyance, furrowed aa1f9211f8 brows, or sneers.09bcb57ed027fc49

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This was the ca023860ed first time I 8fa04421c2 had seen such 00a7417d6e an expression on 51b9a55d9b him. I asked cautiously,917225f85cc239be

“You don’t like it?”c91b255a3251797a

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“That’s… not it.”06408c4e8a8987ec

He hugged 3882e579d3 the box f810d26251 and muttered ac081ee6ef as if e79d672a25 he thought 52cddd5791 I would 6b96047446 take the 9bfd8f9ac6 present back. e7ebc2ead7520a25

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“Can ghosts not wear febd9f7f4c shoes?”590e30ee7b82e717

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.91774630d4416980

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“Of course not. And like 5f1fdddbbd I said, 8c0ea9524a everything in 7779e3d24f this house daefbd6f85 is mine, 44bfd68b3c so it’s 94dc909d7d not stealing—”301e68eec4e389b0

“I see. Then these shoes are the only things Lena hasn’t stolen.”6328e005914154cf

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“Shut up.”3dad43d84cbe34d1

Thwack,he lightly 556c0a5869 flicked my 0d2db24d76 forehead with 962d4834c7 his palm. It didn’t hurt at c5dffeaa9f all, but being an ea17e0df91 expert at feigning pain, b5e914c93b I pretended to be b04ee2b666 dying, clutching my forehead 1c80a81f8b dramatically, and then…d2499738357d706a

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“Ah.”5754bd4356df54e5

My nose 874388ff0d started bleeding.ba90cedfda436793

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

This was eb1e1a39b8 just my 3bf3172f76 body fighting 3e9f600136 the poison.ea02c4f4f338b929

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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.d8ec7a0bd96f4530

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.f55485a88ddf93b5

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“Lena, can you hand me the handkerchief over there? It’s on the desk…”cadec6e2990ccb4b

“Don’t tilt your head c97678c55b back.”18dbefe7a3f42486

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He handed 68f9189db1 me the a2106df638 handkerchief without e186b86c21 a word. Then, he pushed 5c9a860490 my head down, 8636f0fe1b preventing me from 979c4c7bdc tilting it back 79da9f3c8b reflexively, and nagged 7159e3c846 me in my 606e1f556f ear, asking if e97a05f646 I wanted to 9b3720c2ee choke to death.2745e6a58bb221b2

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