I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 99

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 099

The First Sword

Hiyori alternated her gaze between Jinhyeok and the potion bottle.

A small question mark appeared on her face.

This will really work?

“Even though it looks like a simple potion, it contains some ridiculous ingredients. Drink it all down.”

“I just need to drink it? No other treatment necessary?”

Before coming here, Hiyori had steeled her resolve.

Like Guan Yu from Romance of the Three Kingdoms who played Go while having his bone scraped, she would endure any pain.

But she just needed to drink a potion?

She couldn’t help but feel a bit dumbfounded.

“It’s easy but not easy, I guess. Just try drinking it first.”

“I thought you’d tear my flesh and reassemble my bones, but this seems easy enough.”

Truly the Tiger of Kansai.

It seemed she had prepared herself for something even more spectacular.

With a confident expression, Hiyori took the bottle and downed the potion in one gulp.

“Ah, it’ll be tough if you drink it all at once like that.”

He reached out his hand, but the potion bottle was already empty.

He was a step too late.

“Ugh.”

Jinhyeok grimaced and stepped backward.

Having tasted it earlier, he knew.

Just how terrible the taste and texture of that potion was.

“Huh?”

Sure enough.

Before long, Hiyori’s face rapidly contorted.

Even if you crumpled paper with all your might, it probably wouldn’t reach that level.

“Urgh!”

An unbearable nausea welled up.

Worried she might vomit, Jinhyeok quickly rushed over and covered Hiyori’s mouth.

“You absolutely cannot throw up. You’d have to pick it up and eat it again.”

For a moment, Hiyori doubted her own ears.

Jinhyeok casually saying something horrifying with his innocent face and calm tone.

Hiyori placed her hand over Jinhyeok’s hand.

Having to eat what she spilled again?

She absolutely refused to do something so absurd.

Thump!

Her heartbeat quickened and heat rose.

Her strength gave out and she collapsed on the spot.

Honestly, it was bewildering.

How strong must the medicine’s effects be for her body to collapse so helplessly?

“I’ll move you to the bed.”

Without removing his hand from her mouth, Jinhyeok dragged Hiyori along.

Even during this, Hiyori’s expression changed drastically in real time.

The terrible taste and various stimulations from the medicine were that diverse.

‘I’m… dying.’

Hiyori had been a natural warrior since birth.

She had been strong even before Awakening appeared, so she had never once felt a sense of crisis or fear.

But now the word ‘death’ was clearly floating around in her head.

Was it because of the fever that rose like a fireball?

Her five senses began to mix together and her vision became blurry.

Just as everything was about to go completely dark.

Smack!

Light seeped back in from the sharp pain felt on her forehead.

When Hiyori was about to faint, Jinhyeok struck her forehead without warning.

Not slapping her was the best he could do.

“You can’t lose consciousness.”

She stared at Jinhyeok speaking calmly.

If she got the chance later, she wanted to tell him.

In times like this, at least shout urgently or something.

Hissss.

A cool sensation was felt on her forehead.

It was so cold that it felt like the heat from her entire body was rapidly dissipating.

A fragment of the Thousand-Year Ice Prison that usually served as the party’s freezer.

He had just summoned Momo to receive it.

With one hand holding the Thousand-Year Ice Prison fragment and the other covering Hiyori’s mouth, Jinhyeok turned his head and winked.

Momo gave a thumbs up with his plump thumb and a gallant expression before dismissing his manifestation.

How long did this midnight chaos continue?

Tap tap.

Hiyori lightly tapped Jinhyeok’s arm.

Jinhyeok examined her face with wide eyes.

Clear pupils, fever down, no dry heaving.

It seemed the potion’s aftereffects had finished.

When he removed his hand and stepped back, Hiyori let out a rough sigh.

“Wow.”

Hiyori let out a single exclamation and shook her head.

“I almost died.”

100% pure sincerity.

Even if offered a fortune, she felt she could never drink this potion again.

After clenching and unclenching her fists several times, Hiyori slowly sat up.

‘Am I healed?’

She couldn’t tell right now.

Her senses weren’t intact, so it felt like her body wasn’t her own.

She barely managed to move her head to examine her upper body.

“!!!”

Her eyes couldn’t help but widen.

The curse markings that had slowly consumed her body for so long.

Those markings had completely disappeared as if they had never been there.

She clenched her fist once more.

“Ha.”

It was a familiar yet unfamiliar sensation.

More precisely, she had missed it terribly.

This flow of power that was transmitted clearly without being swallowed by the curse.

“The markings seem to have all disappeared for now. How does your body feel?”

“Perfect.”

After answering, Hiyori got up from the bed and walked to the mirror.

Even though she was the one who directly experienced the entire process, she was bewildered.

Was she really completely healed?

She stood there for a while before turning toward Jinhyeok.

And just as she was about to express her gratitude.

“Ah.”

She discovered one of his hands covered in saliva.

Whose saliva it was didn’t need to be said in this situation.

Too embarrassed to tell him to wipe it off, she dragged Jinhyeok into the restroom.

Hiyori turned on the sink water and shoved Jinhyeok’s hand under it.

She didn’t forget to pump liquid soap over it several times.

“Here’s a towel.”

“Thanks.”

Jinhyeok received the towel after his hand was forcibly washed.

This thickness, fluffiness, and absorbency.

He could tell immediately.

It was a high-quality towel.

After carefully hanging up the well-used towel, Jinhyeok looked at Hiyori.

Hiyori likewise stared intently at Jinhyeok.

Jinhyeok’s eyes widened.

He had sensed it.

The awkwardness that would soon come rushing in.

“I’ll go out…”

Just as he turned the door handle to change locations before the silence arrived.

Thud!

Hiyori reached out and closed the door that was about to open.

Gulp!

While swallowing dry saliva at that truly insane force.

Hiyori took a long breath and opened her mouth.

“Thank you. For saving me.”

Hiyori bowed her body.

Then she took a posture close to a deep bow.

“I’ll serve you as my benefactor for the rest of my life. If you’re in danger, no matter what my situation is, I’ll help you. Even if it’s something that requires risking my life, I won’t hesitate. I swear it here.”

Jinhyeok, who had been momentarily overwhelmed by Hiyori’s force, smiled.

An oath made in a restroom.

It was incredibly novel and awkward, but he was convinced once again.

That he had done well to give Hiyori the potion.

Right after Hiyori returned.

“Uuuuugh.”

Jinhyeok lay on the bed and stretched.

Then he closed his eyes.

‘This is exhausting.’

Jinhyeok pressed firmly on his eye sockets.

If it had ended with the oath in the restroom, he would have been less tired.

He had to break out in a cold sweat trying to stop Hiyori, who said she would immediately charge into the courtyard, smash everything, and bring back Yodo Muramasa.

Perhaps because her body had recovered after escaping Gidanos’s curse, Hiyori couldn’t quite control her strength.

Whatever it was, she seemed to need something to smash right now.

‘I protected Matsuna Shrine.’

He felt proud once again.

Today alone, he had protected enough to rival any hero of justice.

‘Now let me get some sleep…?’

He opened his eyes, which he was about to close, at the presence he began to feel from far away.

It was the presence of not one person, but three or four.

Wondering if it might be for him, he looked at the door for a moment, and instead of the expected knock.

Crash!

The door was thrown open forcefully.

Hiyori looked at Jinhyeok with an incredibly lively face.

He was puzzled.

She had definitely just left, hadn’t she?

Following behind her, Gaigun and Gyuto appeared.

Gaigun was laughing heartily at something so amusing, and Gyuto was shaking his head at his daughter’s unstoppable antics.

Unable to lie down any longer, he quickly straightened his posture.

“Yoo Jin-hyeok! Let’s go!”

‘Huh?’

While he was dumbfounded by Hiyori’s relentless shout.

Gyuto stepped forward with an awkward smile.

“I’ll give you a proper formal thanks later. Sorry for the sudden request, but could you come with us for a moment?”

Gyuto, who spoke with an incredibly softened tone, extended his hand.

Taking that hand and standing up, the three people began walking somewhere.

Hiyori was humming a tune, excited about something.

Gaigun just burst into hearty laughter, pleased with this situation.

Creak.

The door opened with the sound of old wood.

It was a familiar place since he had visited during the day.

Gyuto threw open the sliding door wide.

“Follow me.”

Leaving Gaigun and Hiyori, who had stopped walking, behind, he moved forward.

And shortly after, Gyuto pointed to the center area of the room.

“Please wait here.”

When he nodded, Gyuto walked inside and lifted up Yodo Muramasa.

Seeing this, Jinhyeok’s heart began to pound.

He glanced sideways.

Hiyori was smiling triumphantly.

She hadn’t smashed the shrine, but she had definitely threatened Gyuto and Gaigun.

To present Muramasa to her benefactor right now.

Gyuto approached with dignified steps, carrying Muramasa.

Jinhyeok also tactfully knelt down quietly.

Gyuto, who had come right in front of him, held out Muramasa.

“This is Muga Matsuna’s treasure, Yodo Muramasa. I hope you’ll accept it without feeling burdened.”

“Thank you!”

Jinhyeok quickly extended both hands.

There was no way he would feel burdened.

It was an item he had wanted so badly but couldn’t have, which was the problem.

Yodo Muramasa was placed into his outstretched hands.

Ding!

[You have acquired the sword used by Kamen Bride, Knight of the Black Knight Order!]

[Though it has had various names over the long years, it is now called Yodo Muramasa!]

[You have obtained one of the three swords needed to clear the Legendary Quest ‘Traces of the Black Knight Order’!]

[Conditions are met! You can now enter the 8th Floor of the Mythic Tower.]

Like when he found Raven’s sword hilt, holograms scattered around him.

The sword’s memories drawn in a hazy form like ink mixed with water.

Muramasa was born much longer ago than currently known to the world.

Its first owner was Kamen Bride of the Black Knight Order.

The battlefields that Kamen had traversed with Muramasa were drawn before his eyes.

There were so many battlefields that it was hard to count them all.

After the Black Knight Order was disbanded, Kamen went into a mountain.

He no longer headed to the battlefield, but continued to wield Muramasa.

After swinging his sword alone several times like this, a new person appeared beside Kamen.

Judging by the small build, it seemed he had taken in a disciple.

Two people standing side by side, endlessly swinging their swords.

How much time passed like this?

The small child became an adult and grew in stature.

Conversely, the aged Kamen became smaller.

And perhaps knowing that his end was not far away.

Kamen handed Muramasa to his disciple.

A partner he had spent his entire life with.

Though it was a sword more precious than life itself, Kamen did not want it.

He did not want Muramasa to be forgotten here along with himself.

Rustle.

The hologram ended with the scene of Muramasa being passed down.

Muramasa had probably been passed down through similar processes until now.

Jinhyeok smiled.

Kamen, who had hoped his sword would not be forgotten by the world.

Perhaps it was thanks to his earnest wish.

Muramasa had crossed several centuries to reach the present.

Ding!

[Conditions have been met! You can now enter the 8th Floor of the Mythic Tower!]

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