My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 61

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 61

 

Episode 61. The Witch in the Sleeping Forest (Complete)

 

Whoooosh-

 

The surrounding scenery crumbles to dust and disappears.

 

A space covered in darkness without distinction of up, down, left, or right.

 

Only Jini and I remain within it.

 

She didn’t turn to look at me.

 

She only stared down at the spot where Revil had been before turning to dust.

 

“…Originally, I would have unknowingly put that potato into the stew.”

 

After that, everyone in the guild would eat the stew containing the poisoned potato.

 

Eventually, everyone would die from the terrible poison.

 

Jini would have died as well.

 

But then.

 

“The spirits around me saved my dying life.”

 

Various spirits had stayed by her side since she originally had talent as a spirit mage.

 

She had tried talking to them and touching them earnestly, but she couldn’t see spirits yet.

 

Then one day, the child they had been watching was dying from poison.

 

The pure spirits saved Jini even at the cost of sacrificing themselves.

 

As a result, Jini awakened her spirit eyes to see spirits and became the only survivor among those poisoned.

 

“When I woke up, everyone was dead.”

 

Everyone around her had died.

 

Jini’s mind collapsed from this fact, and she couldn’t make rational judgments.

 

That’s why she didn’t know.

 

She didn’t know that Revil, the true culprit, had pretended to be dead in surprise when he saw Jini wake up.

 

“Only the thought that I had to bury the dead according to the guild’s rules remained in my head.”

 

The Fairy Guild’s rule.

 

Always bury the dead in a sunny place and remember them forever.

 

So Jini dug the ground with her bare hands until her nails came off to follow that rule.

 

Digging, digging, and digging more.

 

She buried the dead in the ground.

 

“Then, a knight who happened to be passing by discovered me.”

 

Everyone was dead, and only she had survived.

 

The knight judged that Jini was the culprit and drew his sword toward her.

 

Still in shock, Jini couldn’t even make any excuses and stepped backward in fear of the blade reflecting moonlight.

 

In doing so, she knocked over the pot, spilling the hot contents onto Revil’s face.

 

“Thanks to Revil screaming then, I was able to escape the knight’s pursuit, and afterward I became a witch and ended up on the wanted list.”

 

“…”

 

“This is my story. The story of my past that I experienced.”

 

Having said that much, Jini collapsed onto the floor with a thud.

 

Though she had changed from a nine-year-old girl to a nineteen-year-old girl, her trembling back was still small.

 

I extended my hand to Jini.

 

“Let’s go back, Jini. It’s time to wake up from this nightmare.”

 

“…I don’t want to.”

 

“Why? Do you like this kind of dream?”

 

“Of course not! I’m… I’m a sinner. I can’t go.”

 

Jini shouted with a voice full of resentment.

 

I quietly sat beside her and spoke.

 

“The culprit of all the incidents was Revil, not you. Do you still think you’re a sinner?”

 

“…”

 

Jini hung her head low at my words.

 

From her reaction, it seemed she already knew.

 

Even so, the reason Jini had this dream probably wasn’t the result of guilt.

 

“You looked really happy in the dream.”

 

The reason for having this dream was simply.

 

Because she couldn’t give up the happy memories despite the painful ending.

 

It was nothing more than a form of self-torture.

 

By continuing to have the same dream, she must have been feeling not guilt but tremendous survivor’s guilt.

 

Shaking my head vigorously, I looked up at the space covered in darkness and said.

 

“It’s not comparable to yours, but I also experienced a major incident when I was nine.”

 

“…”

 

“I was separated from my family and had to live alone in a strange place, always being cautious.”

 

“…Family?”

 

“Yes, family. Of course, they weren’t blood-related family.”

 

I also sometimes have memories from that time appear in my dreams.

 

The memory of the orphanage being forcibly demolished was too terrible to like.

 

But the happy memories were so vivid that they were sickeningly sweet dreams.

 

So until I became an adult, I hated those dreams but also wanted to have them again.

 

‘Dreams’ were surprisingly good refuges.

 

“…Until you became an adult?”

 

“Yes. Until I became an adult.”

 

But after becoming an adult, I didn’t want to have them.

 

I didn’t have them.

 

Because I found a happier refuge called the Construction Worker Family, including Hyung.

 

Though my body was tired, the time spent with them was enjoyable.

 

So dreams could no longer serve as a refuge.

 

“You haven’t found a refuge yet, have you?”

 

“…”

 

“Then let’s go out and look for a refuge. It’s surprisingly easy, you know?”

 

Jini turned her head blankly to look at me.

 

“It might be difficult at first, but surprisingly, all sorts of things can become refuges.”

 

Conversations chatting with someone.

 

The breakfast you ate today.

 

A hobby you enjoy.

 

Scenery you look around at while enjoying leisure.

 

Such trivial things can become refuges.

 

“If it’s difficult to find, I’ll be your refuge until you find one yourself.”

 

So, come on.

 

“Let’s wake up.”

 

From this terrible nightmare.

 

Looking at the extended hand, Jini’s eyes trembled violently.

 

Really, would it be okay for me to wake up from this nightmare?

 

Wouldn’t the terrible reality torment me again?

 

Me, who should have died then.

 

Me, the sinner who survived alone.

 

Would it really be okay for me to find a new refuge?

 

I don’t really know.

 

I’m just scared.

 

But.

 

“…Yes.”

 

She decided to grasp the extended hand.

 

If someone has already walked the same path once.

 

Even if she gets lost and struggles, they would be able to guide her back on track.

 

If he were there, she would be able to completely escape from this terrible nightmare.

 

I smiled brightly as I watched Jini courageously reach out her hand despite her fear.

 

Standing up from my spot, I stretched long and turned my gaze behind me.

 

“Now then, you there.”

 

I called out toward the dark void.

 

From earlier, you see.

 

You’ve been continuously watching us.

 

“I’m talking to you.”

 

I said while staring precisely at the void.

 

Even if you try to hide, it’s useless.

 

Because.

 

“Stop watching and show yourself.”

 

You’ve already been caught.

 

If you were going to hide your presence, you should have hidden your demonic energy too.

 

With a smirk, I looked at the void and spoke.

 

[Compatibility Rate 3.8%]

 

[Compatibility Rate 3.9%]

 

[Compatibility Rate 4.0%]

 

[Compatibility Rate 4.1%]

 

[Compatibility Rate 4.2%]

 

The compatibility rate fluctuates.

 

The darkness fluctuates.

 

My heart begins pounding as if it might burst.

 

Pressure so intense it’s hard to keep my eyes open.

 

Intimidation so overwhelming it’s difficult to breathe.

 

The mana forming the space sways like rough waves.

 

Within it, the darkness split in half.

 

What emerged from beyond the split darkness was a giant pair of eyes.

 

Red pupils glowing in the darkness gaze at Jini and me.

 

The size of those eyes is so overwhelming that just meeting them feels like my shoulders are being crushed.

 

My instincts scream to immediately kneel before that monster.

 

I gritted my teeth and forced strength into my trembling legs.

 

“Who are you to keep watching other people’s dreams without permission?”

 

-….

 

“Ah, perhaps you think permission isn’t necessary?”

 

Chuckling, I pointed my finger at the owner of the eyes.

 

“Let’s go outside and talk, Dark Spirit King.”

 

The culprit who suddenly made Jini have such terrible nightmares.

 

A being that even Omen, a high-ranking spirit of darkness, couldn’t detect.

 

The ruler of the forest called Darkness, and the pinnacle of dark spirits.

 

The owner of the red eyes, the Dark Spirit King, smiled at me while narrowing his eyes.

 

-I shall be waiting.

 

After that, with the cracking voice echoing in my head as the last thing I heard.

 

“Phew….”

 

I awakened from the long sleep.

 

Getting up from my spot, I scratched my disheveled hair and looked at the bed.

 

There, Jini, who had woken up before me, was staring blankly into space.

 

“Did you sleep well, Jini?”

 

“…Yes. I think I slept very well.”

 

“Do you remember your dream?”

 

“…Yes.”

 

Jini, who murmured in a voice as small as an ant crawling, spread her arms and hugged me tightly.

 

“…Thank you. For waking me from the nightmare.”

 

I chuckled at Jini’s sincere voice and patted her back.

 

“I was… afraid of Master Revil. He was always mean to me whenever he saw me, and in the end, he pinned all the blame on me.”

 

“Then why do you need to add the honorific ‘Master’?”

 

“This is… a habit I can’t help. If I didn’t do this, I’d get whipped for an hour.”

 

Wow.

 

That bastard really only produces curses no matter how much you dig into him.

 

Isn’t there a way to revive the dead?

 

I’m really pissed that he died so easily.

 

“Because of the ingrained fear, I couldn’t resist. That was the same in reality and in dreams.”

 

But then.

 

A person who could somewhat remove the ingrained fear appeared in the dream.

 

He completely twisted the development of the nightmare she had repeated thousands of times, and thanks to that, moments that should have been painful for Jini became not painful.

 

Thanks to this, Jini unconsciously realized something was strange and was able to regain her sense of self in the dream.

 

“Is Master Revil… dead?”

 

“Yes. That bastard is already dead.”

 

“…Thank you. Really, truly.”

 

Jini, who released her embrace, shows me the brightest smile in the world.

 

Her expression, smiling with tears hanging at the corners of her eyes, was precious beyond anything else.

 

She, who gave me a bright smile, got up from the bed and reached her hand toward the void.

 

“Omen. I’m awake. Where are you?”

 

A faint ring of mana flowing from Jini’s fingertips.

 

I gaped and stared at the ring of mana.

 

“What’s that?”

 

“Oh, this? This is proof of being contracted with a spirit. You can only be considered contracted with a spirit if you have this connection.”

 

I see.

 

Nodding, I turned around and looked at the closed door.

 

I should tell Elpinire that I successfully woke Jini up too.

 

As I turned the handle of the closed door, I couldn’t say anything.

 

It was natural.

 

There, a disheveled Elpinire was sleeping soundly with a tired face.

 

‘What kind of situation is this now.’

 

Carefully walking out of the room, I looked outside the cabin.

 

There, as if a typhoon had swept through, trees were pulled up with their roots exposed.

 

“Who is it.”

 

A cool sensation felt on the back of my neck.

 

I raised both hands above my head.

 

“It’s me, Elpinire.”

 

“Ah, it was Master.”

 

Elpinire withdrew the hand she had placed on my neck.

 

She sighed deeply with a tired complexion.

 

“Seeing that you’ve returned, you succeeded?”

 

“As you can see.”

 

I pointed with my finger toward Jini’s room.

 

Following my finger with her gaze, Elpinire saw Jini standing there fidgeting and let out a sigh of relief.

 

“It’s fortunate that you succeeded….”

 

“So, what exactly happened?”

 

At my question, Elpinire shook her head with a disgusted expression.

 

“I don’t know either. Suddenly strange things started popping out from the darkness.”

 

“Strange things?”

 

“Yeah. Some weird bat-like creatures I can’t identify keep jumping out.”

 

Frowning as if in pain, she clenched her fist and burst outside.

 

Following that, she threw her fist toward the empty air with all her might.

 

I watched her and tilted my head in confusion.

 

“What did you just do?”

 

“What do you mean. I knocked away a flying bat.”

 

“…A bat?”

 

But there’s nothing there?

 

I can’t see anything with my eyes.

 

But Elpinire continued throwing punches at the air as if there really were bats.

 

Every time she threw a punch, the surrounding trees and plants suffered great damage and fell over.

 

“…”

 

Something’s strange.

 

Elpinire would never do anything that could harm trees or plants.

 

Yet right now, she was throwing punches to eliminate invisible bats without caring about such things at all.

 

“…It’s an illusion.”

 

“An illusion?”

 

Jini, who walked out of the room, looked at Elpinire and smiled bitterly.

 

At my questioning voice, she nodded and clenched her fists so tightly they turned white.

 

“The Dark Spirit King, Darkness, has cast a terrible hallucination on Lady Elpinire.”

 

She sees things that don’t exist.

 

She hears sounds that don’t exist.

 

Caught in the Dark Spirit King’s hallucination, Elpinire had been fighting invisible enemies while we slept.

 

At Jini’s words, I looked toward the darkness outside the cabin.

 

“Now I finally understand why this tower is called the Tower of Illusion.”

 

Darkness, illusions, hallucinations.

 

A great being that controls all of those things.

 

[Safely rescue Jini from the nightmare]

 

[Achieved]

 

[Moving to the next floor]

 

[7th Floor]

 

[Stop the Dark Spirit King Darkness’s first invasion]

 

[Not achieved]

 

The Dark Spirit King, Darkness.

 

He is now.

 

Finally beginning to reveal himself in reality as well.

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