I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 74

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74

 

Chapter 17. You Really Are (2)

 

Ever since I met Seth, my dreams were only half mine.

 

When Seth called, I would fall asleep as if being dragged somewhere. I usually fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow anyway, but this felt slightly different.

 

As if he knew I was plotting to beat him up when I met him, Seth didn’t appear directly in front of me as usual, but instead took me to some unknown space.

 

“Stop wasting time and come out quickly. One, two…”

 

After roughly confirming Seth wasn’t there, I immediately squeezed my eyes shut.

 

I’d been fooled once or twice already. Seth was very skilled at bewitching people and disturbing their minds, as befitting a demon.

 

Once he gained the ability to freely peek into my dreams and memories, he would appear every time wearing Mina’s appearance to annoy me. Not only that, but he would also construct spaces as he pleased, taking me to places of memories at will.

 

The house I lived in with Mina, the hospital hallway where Mother was hospitalized for so long, the playground Father took me to… sometimes even the factory I wanted to blow up, and the way home that was scary without a single streetlight.

 

Then I couldn’t help but be shaken, even knowing it was Seth’s doing. I tried not to react as much as possible, but…

 

Even when I grumbled, got angry, or pretended to be indifferent, seeing him smile and tease me as if he knew everything made it clear he knew it all. That made me even angrier.

 

Whether he was trying to provoke me, tease me, or if neither of those, whether he wanted to see me suffer. I couldn’t understand his intention.

 

“I said come out.”

 

“Aw, that’s mean. I put so much effort into preparing this dream, you should at least take a look.”

 

“If you’re imitating Mina again, I’m really going to get angry.”

 

I made the threat without thinking and inwardly laughed. For someone to care about me getting angry, I’d have to be somewhat important to that person…

 

My parents would at least pretend to be dead if I got angry, and my grandparents would clutch their chests and pretend to gasp for breath while trying to soothe me.

 

Evelyn would sniffle while looking after my mood, and the twins would grumble but still watch my reactions. My nannies and caretakers would surely try to cheer me up by giving me things I liked.

 

Raven was the same. Even if he pretended otherwise, he would care. At least enough to make time to listen to me no matter how busy he was.

 

I would do the same if they got angry.

 

But that was because we had special relationships. I liked them, and they liked me too. However, Seth was different.

 

In the first place, we were meeting because of his threat to kill Raven if I didn’t ‘play along.’

 

‘For 11 years I almost… no, I almost got confused more than just a little bit!’

 

He was so smooth and shameless, and so good at acting friendly that there were moments when I unconsciously felt comfortable with him.

 

Common ground often creates such illusions. The natural way he would pick up on what I was going to say next, connections that only people who knew each other shared.

 

In this world, Seth was the only one who could share my past life, the scenery I had seen, the memories I held, and my longing for Mina.

 

But all of this confusion was something Seth had intentionally created. It wasn’t even sharing to begin with. He had simply observed.

 

“Are you very angry?”

 

This time it wasn’t Mina’s voice, but Seth’s voice.

 

Only then did I open my eyes.

 

Perhaps deciding to stop his games, he had properly restored the space too. It was a study belonging to someone unknown, a space with books, a desk, candles, and a window with drawn curtains. For a created space, it had a strange sense of lived-in comfort, and it changed slightly each time I came, giving me an odd feeling.

 

“You really are angry, I see.”

 

“…”

 

Seth bent his waist and tilted his head as if trying to gauge my mood. It was an attempt to meet my gaze, but I didn’t avoid it and stared at him intently.

 

“What did you do?”

 

“Hmm.”

 

“He had a seizure when I tried to heal him. What did you do?”

 

“Hmmm…”

 

“Answer me properly. What did you do?”

 

“I’d like to tell you, but.”

 

Seth smiled with a troubled expression, squinting one eye. I got furious and grabbed his collar.

 

“You even left your mark there so obviously! You’d like to tell me but? But what? How ridiculous, you left a stamp and even a signature as if asking me to figure out what you did! You left it there for me to come and confront you about it, am I wrong?”

 

“Kek, kekk, Sha, Shana, wait!”

 

“You’re not even suffocating, stop being dramatic! What did you do? Why did you do it? Can’t you confess?!”

 

“Well, I’ve been slacking off for 11 years now, so naturally there’s suspicion…”

 

“Don’t drag out your words!”

 

“Yes.”

 

Even while I was angry, his slyly smiling face annoyed me. I huffed and let go of his collar. Seth was naturally unaffected, and when I let go, he rather wistfully stroked his own neck.

 

“That person is safe, right?”

 

“What, did you rush over because you were worried about that?”

 

“Isn’t that natural?”

 

I tried to heal him, but instead he foamed at the mouth and fainted – wouldn’t anyone be surprised? Since this was the first time something like this happened, I was honestly very shocked.

 

The fact that something I tried to do out of goodwill could instead kill someone.

 

“I thought you came running because you were angry at me.”

 

“I am angry too!”

 

“Yeah, I thought so.”

 

I knew he was strange, but I didn’t know he was the type of crazy person who would smile happily upon hearing that I was angry at him.

 

“What are you so happy about that you’re smiling?”

 

“It’s funny because your reaction is exactly what I expected.”

 

“….”

 

“Shana, your face literally says ‘this crazy bastard.'”

 

“You read it accurately. Add ‘fucking’ in front of it too.”

 

“Calling me crazy is too much.”

 

“Don’t act all disgustingly cute….”

 

I wanted to punch him so badly. Whenever Seth was in front of me, it was hard to suppress the surging violent impulses. Even though I knew only my fist would hurt if I hit him.

 

“As per our ‘deal,’ I didn’t kill the Prince, but….”

 

“Wait, ‘didn’t’ kill means you did something else?!”

 

“….”

 

“Raven didn’t say anything about this!”

 

I was an idiot. Of course Raven wouldn’t tell me he had been in danger.

 

“He didn’t die, so it’s fine. Let’s not worry about what’s already passed!”

 

“That’s what the perpetrator would say….”

 

“Yeah, yeah. Let’s move on.”

 

I could feel my face hardening. Even so, Seth only smiled more brightly. As if he was dying of amusement, as if he was happy.

 

“The Prince who was supposed to die came back with all his limbs intact, so my contractor who hates him must be restless, right? Getting angry at me to do something.”

 

“….”

 

“It’s not like I didn’t do what I was told, isn’t this too much? Of course, they all failed in the end, but that can happen.”

 

This shameless bastard….

 

I was on the side trying to stop Seth’s contractor, but I could easily imagine how frustrating it would be to have a demon you summoned at great cost not fulfill the contract and slack off, and to watch that for nearly 10 years.

 

Seth really knew how to get under people’s skin. With just a word or two, or even a fleeting expression or look, he could easily make someone’s blood boil.

 

“So what did you do? Don’t beat around the bush and confess properly. If you weren’t going to tell me anyway, you wouldn’t have left such obvious traces.”

 

“You know me so well, don’t you?”

 

“…Seth. I know that even if I get angry at you, you won’t even snort, I know I can’t do anything to you….”

 

I caught my breath for a moment.

 

“I’m about to not want to even talk to you, so cut it out.”

 

“That won’t do. I want to keep playing.”

 

“….”

 

“But lately it’s gotten boring. Even when I tease you, you don’t care and your reactions have gotten weak. In the past, just having ‘Mina’ stand in front of you made your heart pound like it would burst.”

 

“…Humans are creatures of adaptation….”

 

“So I decided to make things moderately difficult for you.”

 

It was so absurd that I almost laughed. Why doesn’t he just put me on his palm and roll me around.

 

“Still, I didn’t do anything major. You’ll find out soon enough anyway, but I just did a little test.”

 

“Keep talking.”

 

“I lightly cast a reversal curse.”

 

“I can break curses.”

 

“I know. That’s why I said it wasn’t a big deal. Only until the curse is broken, your healing power will try to kill the target instead! If you break it quickly, he’ll survive without problems. My contractor really liked this newly developed curse too. Just when they think they’re going to live, it cuts off their last breath.”

 

“What are you going to do by developing and collecting curses like that!”

 

“I had to show that I’m useful too.”

 

Don’t get worked up, if I get worked up he’ll like it more, don’t get worked up….

 

“Why did you do that to him….”

 

Hee hee hoo, hee hee hoo, no wait, is this Lamaze breathing? Deep breaths, deep breaths…. Ugh.

 

“I had to test it. My contractor is timid and suspicious, so she always wants to test whether the curses work properly.”

 

“…That’s really trashy….”

 

“She still doesn’t trust me! Isn’t that too much?”

 

“….”

 

Do I really need to tell him which is dirtier between shit and diarrhea? They’re both dirty.

 

“For disposable use like that, nothing beats beastmen slaves. They have high magic resistance so we can test the strength too. We did it often. But it’s wasteful to buy and kill them every time. So I just go alone secretly, you know?”

 

“….”

 

“We’ve already done this to several people, but they all died before reaching you.”

 

“…Who summoned you, then.”

 

“Can’t tell you that.”

 

“…Is it a man? A woman?”

 

“Twenty questions? A woman.”

 

“Is she younger than me?”

 

“She’s older than you.”

 

“Did you cast this curse on Raven too?”

 

“No.”

 

“…Is this a lie?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“….”

 

I can’t stand it anymore. I grabbed Seth by the collar and shook him violently.

 

“You’re really, really trash!”

 

“Ahhh!”

 

He’s enjoying the “Ahhh!”

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