My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 59

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 59

 

Episode 59. The Witch of the Sleeping Forest (3)

 

After roughly throwing ingredients into the pot and seasoning it, I stirred the contents of the pot while looking around.

 

The sky where sunset was settling.

 

Several carriages and people gathered beneath it.

 

‘Fairy Merchant Guild.’

 

I read the letters written on the most splendid and massive carriage.

 

More precisely, rather than reading them, it felt like I naturally knew what those letters said.

 

It seems I’m currently one of the workers of that guild.

 

And the blonde man who ordered me to cook.

 

“Come on, everyone take it easy! It’s much more troublesome for me to hire new people if you get hurt!”

 

“Hahaha! Understood, Guild Master!”

 

He seems to be the owner of that guild called ‘Fairy Merchant Guild.’

 

Laughing and shouting, he approached me and patted my shoulder.

 

“Hans. You’re really okay, right?”

 

“I’m fine. I was just a little tired.”

 

“Then finish up quickly and get some rest.”

 

The man patted my shoulder and walked away.

 

He was going around talking to the workers here and there.

 

I didn’t feel much intimidation from his appearance.

 

He just looked like a good-natured boss of a trading company.

 

After greeting all the workers once, he rummaged through his pocket and shouted toward his back.

 

“Hey! Come out here!”

 

“Y-yes!”

 

Dash!

 

Someone popped out from behind the carriage.

 

A red-haired girl wearing pure white clothes was breathing heavily in a hurry.

 

The man looked down at the girl who stood hesitantly in front of him.

 

“D-did you call for me, Master?”

 

“Tsk. How long are you going to keep calling me master?”

 

“But I’m a slave…”

 

“Didn’t I tell you that I bought you not as a slave but as an employee of our trading company?”

 

“…”

 

At the man’s words, the girl gripped the hem of her clothes tightly.

 

The man looked at such a girl and grabbed his forehead as if troubled.

 

“Good grief. It’s been over two years since you came to our trading company, how long are you planning to act like this, Jini?”

 

“S-sorry…”

 

The man looked at Jini who hung her head low and smiled helplessly, then roughly patted her head.

 

“Here, take this.”

 

“This is…”

 

“Motion sickness medicine. It’s nothing special, but this is your first time riding a carriage for so long. I was going to give it to you from the first day of travel, but I completely forgot about it.”

 

He looked at Jini who was blinking blankly and shook his head.

 

“But looking at you, you seem fine. That’s a relief.”

 

“Y-yes. I’m fine. This much is nothing to me.”

 

Jini said this while raising her extremely thin arms.

 

“Then that’s good. My one and only son acts like he’s going to die whenever he rides a carriage.”

 

The man said this while looking at a small carriage with its door tightly closed.

 

The tightly closed door showed no sign of opening.

 

He sighed and patted Jini’s head again.

 

“Stay healthy. Nothing is more important than that.”

 

“Healthy… how do I do that?”

 

“Just eat well and sleep well.”

 

Jini tilted her head with an expression that seemed to ask if that was really all it took.

 

The man laughed heartily at Jini and shouted.

 

“With just that much, a person can live like a human being.”

 

“…I’ll keep that in mind.”

 

I stopped stirring the pot for a moment and looked at Jini.

 

Not just me, but the other workers were also looking at Jini with warm smiles.

 

Even though she was clearly a slave right now.

 

‘…It’s peaceful.’

 

This scene and atmosphere I’m seeing now is so peaceful.

 

From my perspective, that man who is the owner of the trading company doesn’t seem like a bad person.

 

Starting from the reactions of the people around, to Jini’s reaction.

 

The fact that ‘fear’ doesn’t emanate from everyone’s reactions is proof of that.

 

Above all, didn’t he personally come to worry about her?

 

Awe, respect.

 

Only such reactions emanated from the gazes looking at the man.

 

‘Is Jini trapped in this kind of dream right now?’

 

It’s too peaceful a dream to call it a nightmare.

 

Could it be that she doesn’t want to escape from this dream, so she won’t wake up?

 

I had that thought for a moment, but.

 

‘…That can’t be right.’

 

If that were the case, Omen wouldn’t have specifically called this dream a ‘nightmare.’

 

This dream is a nightmare.

 

A nightmare so terrible that she can’t wake up from it.

 

Even though it looks peaceful now, something will definitely happen.

 

I moved my stopped hand with lowered eyes.

 

Jini here looked truly comfortable.

 

* * *

 

Perhaps because it was a dream, I couldn’t taste the food.

 

After finishing the meal like that, I approached Jini.

 

“Jini.”

 

“Ah, Hans. The meal was delicious!”

 

Jini was smiling brightly with food still on the corner of her mouth.

 

After opening and closing my mouth several times, I asked Jini.

 

“Are you happy right now?”

 

“Huh? All of a sudden?”

 

“Just, I was curious.”

 

“Um… if this feeling of my heart pounding and being overwhelmed is happiness, then yes. I think I’m happy!”

 

“…”

 

“But… why are you suddenly asking? Did I do something wrong?”

 

I shook my head at Jini who started trembling like a puppy in the rain.

 

“No. I was just thinking of making fish dishes you like tomorrow.”

 

“Oh, really!?”

 

Wag wag wag.

 

It felt like an invisible tail was wagging wildly.

 

I roughly patted the head of Jini who had sparkling eyes, then turned around.

 

‘Jini doesn’t recognize me.’

 

I felt it from when the face reflected in the pot looked different, but it seems I’m not ‘me’ right now.

 

I’m probably just a worker named ‘Hans.’

 

‘It’s probably because I entered the dream.’

 

Since I’m not a character that appears in dreams.

 

It seems I was assigned as an arbitrary character to interfere with the dream.

 

I hope the flow of the dream continues just like this.

 

Thinking so, I looked up at the full moon that had already risen above my head.

 

* * *

 

A day had passed.

 

It felt like only a few hours had gone by, but the sun had already risen.

 

‘Does time flow quickly because it’s a dream?’

 

Since there was no way I could sleep within a dream, I stayed awake all night with my eyes open.

 

During that time I watched over Jini, but the current Jini was nothing more than a nine-year-old girl, not the Jini I knew.

 

“Did everyone pack everything?”

 

“Yes!”

 

“There’s not much left. Let’s aim to reach the Empire within a week!”

 

The workers all responded in unison to the man’s words.

 

I too mixed in among them and answered in a loud voice.

 

As the man climbed onto the carriage, the resting horses began pulling the carriage again.

 

Clop clop, clop clop.

 

Several horses pulled the carriage as they walked through the forest.

 

Since the pace was slow, the workers walked alongside the carriage.

 

“…Where is she?”

 

“What do you mean, Hans?”

 

“Ah, I mean Jini. I don’t see her.”

 

“If it’s Jini, she’s in the carriage.”

 

The worker walking beside me said so while pointing with his finger at the small carriage at the very back.

 

“It’s a rough road for a nine-year-old kid to walk.”

 

“…”

 

I kept my mouth tightly shut and looked at the carriage following at the very back.

 

Last night, the carriage the man said his son was riding in.

 

If it’s the carriage the Guild Master’s son is riding in, then surely.

 

‘Revil.’

 

That bastard who left incomprehensible words until the end was definitely riding in it.

 

To think Jini and Revil were riding in the same carriage.

 

I don’t have a good feeling about this.

 

“…Tsk.”

 

Clicking my tongue softly, I quickly made a decision and staggered before collapsing.

 

“Hans!?”

 

At the scream of the person beside me, everyone’s attention focused on me.

 

The Guild Master urgently stopped the horses and jumped down from the carriage to approach me.

 

“Hey, Hans! What’s wrong!”

 

“…I thought it was just because I was tired yesterday, but I guess it wasn’t. I’m sorry.”

 

Having collapsed flat on the ground, I glanced sideways at the Guild Master.

 

He was looking down at me with a distorted expression.

 

“I keep telling you to take care of your health first…”

 

Muttering as if chewing his words, he hurriedly took out herbs from the carriage and handed them to me.

 

“Eat this first. It has pain-relieving effects.”

 

“Thank you…”

 

“After eating that, quickly get in the carriage at the very back.”

 

“Is it okay for me to ride in there…?”

 

“I’m not such a wicked Guild Master that I make sick people work. That’s my last bit of conscience and duty.”

 

Success.

 

Forcibly suppressing the corners of my mouth that wanted to rise, I weakly nodded and chewed the herbs.

 

“…I’ll rest just a little and come out to walk soon. I’m sorry.”

 

“No, rest well. Health always comes first.”

 

Walking unsteadily like that, I stopped in front of the tightly closed carriage.

 

“Huff… Hheup…”

 

“Just make a sound, Jini. I’ll really kill you then.”

 

“S-sorry…”

 

I gritted my teeth at the painful groans of the young girl coming from inside the carriage.

 

Inside the carriage, as expected, the thing I didn’t want to expect was happening.

 

‘So that’s how it was.’

 

Even though this place was full of such good people, I had been suspicious about why Jini’s body had wounds.

 

Now I understand.

 

All the scars remaining on Jini’s body were made by Revil.

 

Strength instantly entered my hands.

 

My emotions boiled up so much that mana unconsciously began flowing from my body.

 

Barely suppressing the mana that was about to flow out, I calmly exhaled and threw open the door of the closed carriage.

 

“…!?”

 

“Hup!?”

 

Revil frozen while holding a whip.

 

And Jini, her white clothes stained red, trembling while holding her head.

 

Taking in that sight, I asked Revil.

 

“Young Master. What are you doing?”

 

“Th-this is…”

 

“Please stop that.”

 

If you don’t want to die.

 

I mouthed the words silently to Revil.

 

Revil, flustered and opening and closing his mouth.

 

I lightly climbed into the carriage, snatched the whip Revil was holding, and swung it lightly.

 

“Oh.”

 

Crack!

 

The whip sharply grazed past Revil’s side.

 

At the thought that if he had made just a small mistake, the whip would have struck him, Revil began trembling.

 

“Does the Guild Master know about this?”

 

I looked at Revil while gently swaying the whip.

 

Swallowing dry saliva at the cold gaze looking at him, Revil clenched his fists tightly and shouted.

 

“Sh-shut up!”

 

Shouting loudly, he jumped out of the carriage and ran like an arrow toward where the Guild Master was.

 

“Why is a mere worker suddenly-!”

 

A voice full of complaints and grievances reached my ears.

 

I glanced indifferently at Revil running to tattle to his father.

 

Even though he was terrified just moments ago, he sure can shout well.

 

I really shouldn’t have let him blow himself up nicely back then.

 

Clicking my tongue in regret, I plopped down in the seat next to Jini.

 

“Jini, it’s okay. It won’t hurt at all anymore.”

 

“…Sob.”

 

I patted the shoulder of Jini, who was burying her head in the corner and crying.

 

Jini’s shoulder, only nine years old, was so small it could fit in one hand.

 

* * *

 

Revil went to protest because I had come to the carriage, but.

 

The result was him being forcibly kicked off the carriage.

 

Did he say he felt sick because I got on the carriage?

 

When Revil made a fuss about getting severe motion sickness from the herb smell and demanding to get off the carriage immediately, the Merchant Guild Master firmly cut him off.

 

“If you really feel unwell, come out and walk for a bit. That should make you feel better.”

 

“Wait, what do you-”

 

“We’re departing again. Revil will walk with me until he feels better.”

 

I watched this scene through the window and was impressed.

 

The Merchant Guild Master is truly a good person.

 

How did trash like Revil come from under such a person?

 

Inside the rolling carriage.

 

Left alone with Jini, I fidgeted and bit down hard on the flesh inside my mouth as I watched her change from her blood-stained clothes into new ones.

 

‘I shouldn’t have let him die like that.’

 

I truly regret letting Revil self-destruct with magic.

 

I should have stopped it by any means necessary.

 

I should have.

 

No, Jini should have delivered the judgment herself.

 

Suppressing the rising anger, I turned my gaze to the window.

 

‘…It’s fast.’

 

The scenery outside the carriage was flowing by rapidly.

 

As if a video was being played at 2x speed.

 

As I was looking out the window like that, I felt Jini, who had changed out of her bloody clothes, glancing at me.

 

“Um… Hans-nim.”

 

“Hm? What is it?”

 

“About what just happened… please don’t tell Master.”

 

“Why would I.”

 

Is she trying to cover for Revil now?

 

I frowned and looked at Jini.

 

Jini waved her hands roughly toward me.

 

“N-no, that’s not it! If he finds out about that… everyone else will be sad.”

 

Jini said that and could only smile weakly.

 

I stared intently at Jini’s face and opened my mouth.

 

“Jini-”

 

Clatter clatter.

 

As soon as I opened my mouth, I felt a presence.

 

I bolted upright in the carriage and looked around outside the window.

 

“…Damn.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Hide, Jini.”

 

Grinding my teeth, I clenched my fist tightly.

 

Now that the scenery outside the window, which had been moving at 2x speed, returned to normal speed.

 

“M-monsters!”

 

“Damn! Everyone grab your weapons!”

 

Hundreds of monsters had suddenly appeared around the carriage.

 

I kicked open the door and burst out, looking around.

 

Broad daylight with the sun up.

 

The beings revealing themselves from under the dark tree shadows had the form of wolves.

 

But they weren’t ordinary wolves.

 

For wolves, they had bodies as massive as wild boars.

 

Somehow I felt like I knew these monsters.

 

“Damn. Giant Wolves!”

 

C-rank monsters, Giant Wolves.

 

Literally giant wolf-type monsters.

 

The level of a single one isn’t that strong, but they become more dangerous the more there are.

 

There are even records of twenty Giant Wolves hunting an Orc Lord.

 

Hundreds of such monsters.

 

‘This won’t be easy.’

 

Not easy.

 

Of course.

 

‘If I wasn’t here.’

 

Being attacked by these monsters must be one of Jini’s nightmares.

 

To wake Jini up, I need to stop them.

 

Without a moment’s hesitation, I wrapped myself in mist and leaped toward the wolves.

 

“Kyaing!”

 

Thwack!

 

My knee drove into the jaw of the Giant Wolf in the lead.

 

I grabbed the leg of the Giant Wolf that floated up spraying blood, then threw it with all my might toward the other Giant Wolves.

 

“H-Hans!? Were you always this strong?”

 

“Ah. Yes, well. I’ve been training as a hobby.”

 

“Huh…”

 

I guess the original owner of this body wasn’t this strong.

 

I scratched my cheek under the Merchant Guild Master’s gaze and turned my attention away.

 

There were still many monsters.

 

I clenched my fist tightly and kicked off the ground, charging forward.

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