A Korean Office Worker Who Became a Nuisance Villainess in a Zombie Story - Chapter 95

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A dog suddenly burst onto the narrow ship, and the cramped vessel erupted into chaos.
“Wait, how did this mutt get here?”
“It’s injured!”
“That, that old man must have hit General!”
“It’s worse than just hitting—he was trying to kill it!”
“The poor thing must have fled from the old man and hidden here.”
“Hey, puppy, tell me. Was that old man really trying to kill you?”
“Your Grace, how would a puppy speak!”
“But Praha over there barks and talks just fine!”
I couldn’t believe there was actually a human trying to genuinely murder a dog.
Yujein quickly scooped up General and poured her divine power over the bleeding wound on its side.
“Whimper….”
“There, there. You’ll be okay. You’ll be fine.”
Perhaps because the dog was so small, the healing worked far more effectively than when used on humans. General, having quickly regained its strength, burrowed deeper into Yujein’s arms.
“Oh my, what do I do….”
An entire village conspiring to kill a single puppy—a mad place indeed. Tangerine nearly cursed a hole through the ship’s hull.
Yujein’s eyes glistened as she gently traced her fingers across the puppy’s fur, now dried with blood turned brown.
“They’ll be punished for this.”
“If God of Light doesn’t punish them, then I will!”
“How did we not notice it was hiding here? Your Grace, is there enough space back there?”
“Not particularly…. It must have stayed as quiet as possible. It probably thought we’d leave it behind if we discovered it.”
“The ship’s pretty loud too!”
“It’s remarkably intelligent….”
“Lucky it’s smart. Otherwise it would’ve died long ago.”
“We should probably feed it something.”
Praha interjected quietly.
Cyprus quickly retrieved a water flask from his bag and poured some into the cap, offering it to General. The puppy poked its head out from Yujein’s arms and approached Cyprus.
“That’s right. You know a handsome man when you see one.”
Cyprus chuckled and settled against the inner wall of the ship, cradling General. As the puppy drank, he gently dried its fur with a water-dampened cloth.
“Look at these little front paws. Even something this tiny has claws on its feet.”
Rub, rub, rub, rub—his hands were deft and meticulous as he tended to the dog.
An injured puppy and a blonde beauty caring for it with such tenderness. Everyone’s hearts were about to melt at the sight.
“Whimper.”
After finishing the water, General suddenly lunged at Cyprus’s left inner thigh.
Its tiny face pressed firmly against the muscular thigh as it sniffed eagerly. Soon, General’s pink tongue emerged, and it began playfully nipping at Cyprus’s thigh.
“Whoa, whoa.”
Cyprus yelped in surprise and lifted the puppy up.
“That’s not acceptable.”
Even as he stopped it, the puppy kept targeting the inner thigh—specifically the left one.
Tangerine cried out from beside them.
“The animals really seem to love Your Highness’s thighs! Last time, a cat crawled right into your pants!”
“Tell me about it….”
“Don’t you think they’re just smelling something?”
“What are you talking about, Tangerine? All I smell like is flowers!”
Cyprus, now cradling the puppy like an infant, flipped it over and pressed his face close, speaking with utmost seriousness.
“You can’t do that. I understand you’re curious about what’s there, but if you charge at me like that, it hurts terribly. If you hit the wrong spot, I could actually die.”
“Woof.”
“You understand, right? Don’t just charge like that… No, not again!”
Cyprus pushed General’s snout away with his palm as the puppy kept trying to bury his nose in Cyprus’s left thigh.
“Go for the right side instead! That’s fine!”
He was laughing, but he looked genuinely flustered.
Praha, who had been finishing up cleaning fish beside him, handed Cyprus a small wooden bowl.
“Cover it with this.”
“That’s way too small to cover anything. You know that. Ow! Don’t bite!”
Cyprus hastily lifted his leg to dodge, and his face gradually turned genuinely pale.
“If I’m not careful and actually get bitten, I might lose my chance at descendants… No, I’m telling you it’s not allowed! The left side is off-limits!”
“Why is the left side off-limits?”
Yujein tilted her head and asked me. I leaned toward Yujein and whispered the answer.
“It seems he’s… organized something on the left side.”
“Organized what?”
“I’ll explain when we’re alone together later.”
I didn’t particularly want to notice these things either….
“Munch munch munch munch….”
(asmr) Puppy eating fish mukbang.
I still wasn’t sure if it was safe to feed fish to a puppy, but starving him to death would be worse, so I fed him anyway. Beside me, Praha silently kept adding more fish to General’s plate.
Five humans surrounding and staring at the puppy as he ate enthusiastically was quite amusing.
He had food, blankets, humans to pet him, and no one to bother him. Unlike General, who looked happy, we were drowning in worry.
“Uh, what do we do now?”
“We have to take him with us! We’ve already come so far!”
“That’s right. Even if we forced ourselves to turn back, there’s nowhere to leave General. It would be like pushing him to his death.”
“And this Ship is in poor condition. We’re already almost at the Island, so we can’t turn back and come again. There’s also the fuel issue.”
“Then, then….”
“We have to go. …To a place that might be a zombie den, with a puppy.”
“….”
“….”
“Lady, can you cast magic on the puppy? To keep him from barking carelessly.”
“I already tried…. It didn’t work.”
“….”
“….”
“There’s no choice then. We’ll just have to try teaching General to be quiet during the time it takes for this Ship to reach the Island.”
“It should be fine. General isn’t the type of dog to bark recklessly.”
“He’s incredibly intelligent too!”
“Praha, why don’t you try persuading the dog? Maybe dogs understand each other in ways we don’t.”
Even when Cyprus openly called him a “dog bastard,” Praha showed little reaction. He’d been diligently caring for the dog by slicing fish for it, and now he was playing with General using a ball he’d found from who knows where.
Toss.
“Woof!”
Though he threw it half-heartedly, the ball rolled at an absurd speed.
‘Praha must like dogs.’
Somehow, he’d even named the dog without anyone knowing.
I’d expected that if I asked Praha to name the dog, he’d give it something like Charles or Louis, but suddenly it was General….
“Woof!”
General leaped over my calf with the ball in his mouth, his ears fluttering as he jumped toward Praha, burrowing into his thigh. This time too—it was the left side.
A left-leaning dog.
Cyprus asked.
“Praha, doesn’t that hurt?”
“I’m not on that side, so I’m fine.”
“Ah! I can see the Dock!”
That’s when Tangerine cried out.
At her words, we all craned our necks toward the Island.
It was already late at night. The Island lay directly ahead, so dark that the space seemed to be cut off cleanly.
“….”
I couldn’t see the Dock or anything else. There wasn’t a single light.
I looked around and asked.
“I’m not particularly knowledgeable about fishing, but… don’t people usually prepare and set out at dawn?”
“That’s correct.”
“So right now is when the entire Village should be sleeping?”
“Yes.”
“Then… is it normal for there to be absolutely no lights like that?”
“Perhaps…?”
“But regardless, isn’t it strange that there’s no one at all? Tangerine, do you see anyone?”
“I see absolutely no one!”
She was right.
An Island with no people, no lights. All that existed were the Ships bobbing on the water and buildings.
“If there were zombies, it wouldn’t be this quiet, would it?”
“W-well, I’d think we’d hear the characteristic wailing sounds of zombies then.”
“And yet it doesn’t seem like there are people here either.”
“I can’t even gauge how dangerous this is.”
“What do we do?”
“There’s only one way.”
I folded my arms.
I turned to Cyprus, who was warily watching to see if General would leap onto his thigh again, and spoke with grim determination.
“The Grand Duke will go down alone and take a look around.”
“Why… why?”
Cyprus looked at me in startled surprise. I lifted my chin and answered.
“Your Highness won’t be attacked by zombies. You’ll go investigate what’s happening on your own.”
Praha quickly chimed in from beside me.
“Cyprus, I appreciate your sacrifice.”
“That’s actually a good idea!”
Tangerine clapped her hands.
“What do you—!”
Cyprus opened his mouth.
I smiled at the bewildered Cyprus.
“It’s fine, Your Highness. There’s a saying: if you wish to live, you must die; if you wish to die, you will live, isn’t there?”
“Who on earth said such nonsense?!”
“Someone I greatly respect.”
“What a stirring maxim. Truly wise words. Perhaps we should change the de Mer Family motto to that very phrase.”
“So it’s decided then?”
“No—!”
Keke. This was my revenge for being called the Grand Duchess.
While I was thoroughly teasing Cyprus, the ship arrived completely at the Island.
We moored the ship at the Dock and explored the nearby vessels just in case, but the Island remained silent. A few fish, apparently discarded by someone, lay withered and twisted on the stone ground, dead.
The sea breeze whistled past.
“This ship is enormous. It seems to be powered by magic, doesn’t it?”
“Is there a key inserted to activate it?”
“No. I don’t see one.”
I looked at General, who was whimpering among the murmuring group.
“Squeak.”
“What are we going to do about this one?”
I couldn’t bring an uncontrollable, incommunicable creature to explore an Island where zombies might lurk.
If it suddenly started barking right in front of a horde of zombies….
“Should one of us stay here with General?”
“That’s dangerous.”
“Then should we just leave General here?”
“What if it runs away?”
“Should we tie it up before we go?”
“But what if zombies appear? General can’t run away while tied.”
“Then should we bring it along?”
“What if zombies appear and General starts barking?”
“…I’m going to lose my mind.”
1. Bring it along.
2. Leave it behind.
What should I do?
What do you think would be the most rational decision?
[Uninhabited Island]
– Yusara, Praha, Cyprus, Yujein, Tangerine, General (Alive)

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