I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 95

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95

Chapter 21. The Right to Revenge (2)

I never expected to see bomb terrorists right before my eyes. Each of them was holding something in their hands, and there were quite large wooden boxes piled up at their feet.

‘Are those all bombs…?’

Oh my god.

“It’s useless to try to stop us. We’ve already finished all our preparations.”

“You’re repaying kindness with enmity? Wasn’t it your motto that monkeys never forget a favor?”

“That’s right. We don’t forget favors.”

The man who answered instead of the woman called Peti looked straight at me. The vivid hostility, anger, and hatred mixed in his gaze made me unconsciously shrink back.

“But our resentment is greater than the favor. Look at what we’ve become.”

“…You look healthy enough.”

“Ha!”

The man laughed shortly and sharply.

“We weren’t even living in the Empire. We were living in a nameless forest in the distant western frontier. We were living very quietly and peacefully among ourselves because we didn’t want to get involved with humans.”

“…”

“But suddenly they invaded our village and trampled it, and we…”

The man, overwhelmed by rising emotions, took a deep breath and bit his trembling lips.

“They captured us and cut off our arms and legs as if experimenting right before our eyes! Beat us if we resisted! And finally, they were the ones who laughed while cutting open a child’s belly in front of its mother!”

“…”

“I heard the story from the children. The ones who saved us were you and that person over there, humans.”

The eyes hidden beneath his tightly closed eyelids blazed fiercely with hatred. The man who had been at the auction with his eyes covered and mouth gagged, only his ears open, must have wanted to kill all humans the entire time.

I could feel that those short, simple sentences couldn’t fully express the horrific memories of that day.

If I imagined someone hanging me on a scale and auctioning off how much to pay per weight, I couldn’t even dare to imagine the shame and misery he must have felt.

Moreover, if they cut off family members’ limbs before my eyes, used violence, and killed children in front of their mothers, I…

Could I have not resolved to kill them all?

“Somehow you have the ability to heal beastmen. …What a sad fate that the one ‘we’ have long hoped and waited for was born as a human.”

“…Yes. Shana showed you kindness.”

“But forgetting our resentment doesn’t add up. If humans hadn’t dragged us here in the first place, there would have been no need to receive kindness.”

“Isn’t your target wrong? Shana wouldn’t have done such things to you.”

“There was a time when I thought that way too. Although humans kidnap beastmen, enslave them, and treat them like animals, not all humans are bad.”

“…”

“I believed that there were definitely good humans, and that most of them were actually kind and gentle people when you got to know them. The people from the small village that had exchanges with our village were mostly like that.”

“Then you should understand.”

“But it was those gentle and kind people from that small village who told the bandits the location of our village.”

“…”

“They sold us out for a very small reward.”

“…Your method is wrong. I’m not saying don’t take revenge. But all the people gathered in the central plaza above this basement have nothing to do with beastmen slavery. This way, you can’t even harm a hair of those who actually did such things to you.”

“I know.”

The man looked to the side. This time the woman continued speaking.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s not exactly those people.”

“Who are those people?”

I suddenly interjected. The woman called Peti seemed uncomfortable with me, but remembering that I had treated her, she didn’t openly show her disgust.

“We don’t know exactly. But there were many groups of beastmen captured besides us. It wasn’t just one or two. Some were captured as entire groups, and others looked like they were bought from somewhere. It seemed like they were systematically kidnapping and confining beastmen. At least whoever had that much wealth wouldn’t be of ordinary status. Renate and Ron’s rescue activities only slightly hindered those people.”

“It could just be someone with a lot of money.”

“The person who cut and sliced our bodies was a mage. Not simply someone hired, but a crazy bitch who was loyal to her master. She said we should be grateful because she was giving us the honor of our lowly, dirty bodies becoming part of that person…”

“…”

“All humans are the same. They look like they couldn’t kill an ant, and they might act kind for a moment, but eventually when they think there’s something to gain from us, they completely change their attitude and turn on us. If Jane hadn’t sold out our village’s location, my son would still be alive! He wouldn’t have been murdered by that mage!”

The woman who had been speaking gently suddenly changed and screamed in anguish.

“All humans should disappear. Every single one should vanish. If I can’t kill those bastards directly, I’ll kill as many humans as possible before I die!”

“We all think the same as Peti.”

“Thanks to Renate and Ron providing us with a hideout and food, we were able to prepare thoroughly. It’s useless to try to stop us. While waiting for the Alpha to awaken, we’ve been preparing step by step.”

Renate gritted his teeth. There had been months of time. During the changing seasons, they had been quietly waiting for the right moment while nursing their desire for revenge.

Even if I hadn’t brought back the Alpha, they would have done the same thing.

“To think I was helping bomb terrorists. So that’s why you were all so quiet.”

“If we survive, we will definitely take revenge.”

They quietly recited.

“We’ll kill as many humans as possible before we die.”

“We’ll dedicate our entire lives, which aren’t really living anyway, to revenge.”

“We won’t forgive the humans who exploited and trampled us.”

Their monotone voices felt even more chilling because no emotion could be felt in them.

“Renate finding us was beyond our calculations, but we’d be grateful if you’d just back down. We’ll spare the healer girl too. As Renate said, we owe you a debt of gratitude.”

“Wait, then what about Maria’s handkerchief?!”

If they didn’t deliberately call us out, then why on earth did they drop Maria’s handkerchief?

“Who is Maria?”

“My nanny! You guys dropped it and left! That ugly handkerchief!”

“The handkerchief had Peti’s scent on it.”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about… Ah.”

Peti stopped mid-sentence. Her face showed she had somewhere in mind.

“…That woman was Maria.”

“I don’t know. I didn’t have the luxury of asking her name.”

“I don’t know who Maria is, but there was one human among the captured beastmen. She gave me a handkerchief to wipe my son’s tears when he was crying. She said it reminded her of a child she had raised… But my son kept that handkerchief until the very end…”

So Maria had indeed been captured too.

“When was this?!”

“…It was shortly after we were captured, so it must have been about six months ago. That woman is probably dead too.”

That couldn’t be true.

‘She’s not dead. She’s alive.’

Then I have to save her. I just need to go rescue her.

Hope arose. At least now I knew she was being held captive somewhere. The situation was much better than just moments ago when I didn’t even know she was in danger.

“That’s enough reprieve. Leave while I’m letting you go.”

“I don’t want to kill with my own hands those I saved with my own hands, but I have no choice.”

Renate spoke coldly. At his words, Peti hugged the bomb close to her body and became alert, while the man stepped forward.

“Shana, close your eyes and cover your ears for a moment.”

Even though Renate was facing seven people while carrying me as baggage, his face showed no tension. Looking at his violet eyes mixed with slight annoyance, irritation, and anger, I looked ahead. The man shouted.

“The bombs are going to explode anyway! Killing us won’t change anything!”

Those words were right. Renate could kill the seven people, but the problem was that all seven had bombs.

If he didn’t kill them simultaneously, the bombs would explode anyway.

‘Maybe, if things go well…’

Maybe I could resolve this without making Renate do something heartbreaking.

Renate glanced at me anxiously as I didn’t immediately run away. His attention being drawn to me, the Alpha charging at him, and me rushing toward Peti all happened almost simultaneously.

“Ah, ahh…”

“Wait, please listen to me!”

Seeing me rush toward her, Peti immediately tried to light the bomb. Tch.

But no matter how slow I was, I had golden spoon pay-to-win items hanging all over me. Speed-up items for escaping in crisis moments and power-up items that instantly boosted strength activated simultaneously, and Peti was knocked backward by my pathetic kick. I climbed right onto her body.

This is the power of pay-to-win! Though even with pay-to-win, I look completely uncool!

I could feel my mana draining rapidly. My head was spinning. It felt like I’d pulled five all-nighters…

‘Even with dozens of items, I absolutely can’t use more than three a day…’

If I opened my mouth, I felt like I’d vomit. Ugh. Is this what a hangover feels like?

I could hear Renate shouting angrily from behind. Today had been such a long day that my stamina must have dropped more than I thought… I can’t even hear properly…

“Eugh, urk, heuk… G-get, huk… off, I, I don’t like it, I’m scared, don’t…!”

Far from pushing me away, Peti was too terrified to even scream properly. Just the fact that I was human had triggered her trauma. I felt like crying. I was so sorry.

I held back and placed my hand on Peti’s forehead.

“Kyaaaah! Aaah!”

When I poured healing power into her, Peti convulsed and screamed. Having no strength to resist her convulsions, I was weakly thrown off and rolled across the floor. I rolled and rolled. Aaah! It hurts! This paper-thin body!

“Shana! Damn it, get out of the way!”

Fortunately, since Peti was in very healthy condition, she endured Seth’s vicious reversal curse that had been placed on her Alpha without fainting. After a moment, black smoke rose from her forehead and a frivolous laugh echoed through the air.

‘Correct answer, sister! You win a prize!’

Seth, you bastard, I told you not to play around using Mina’s voice…

“Sister! No!”

“No! I healed her! Don’t move!”

Gasp. The child who had lost one eye, probably Peti’s younger brother, threw down what he was holding and ran toward Peti.

I lay collapsed on the floor, staring blankly at the box the child had thrown. They say everything appears in slow motion in the final moments.

Renate ran toward me, and I squeezed my eyes shut.

I’m screwed.

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