Possessed a Healing Game, but It’s a Zombie Apocalypse - Chapter 23

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Episode 23

Several days had passed since sending Ash away.

In the meantime, the season had entered full summer.

Summer is commonly remembered for scorching sun and heat, but for farmers, summer is a bit different.

It’s the season of life when plants grow rapidly day by day, and also a time of boundaries where unexpected trials lie hidden.

Too much rain is a problem, and so is too little rain.

If there’s too much sunlight, crops get scorched, and insects or wild animals gnaw at the crops whenever they get a chance.

Moreover, it’s not just crops that grow well.

Weeds also grow wildly. It’s an endless war no matter how much you pull them out.

But all of this felt a little different to Nana.

Why?

Because she had zombies.

Gray morning slowly rolled in. Nana was fumbling with her blanket with a face still drowsy from sleep when she quietly opened her eyes.

“Oh, watering the farm…!”

The moment she confirmed the sun was high in the sky, she reflexively sprang up from bed like a spring.

But soon Nana, seeing the scenery beyond the window, stopped right there.

Under the blazing sunlight, the farm was running peacefully as always.

A zombie watering the plants.

A zombie carrying compost.

A zombie moving ripe crops to the warehouse.

Even zombies that patrol the farm at night and tend to the fields during the day.

They were moving without a single disruption.

Perfect workers who worked without shedding a drop of sweat, without a single complaint, without saying a word.

“Oh, right. I don’t have to do it.”

Nana muttered blankly and burst into an empty laugh.

Habit is truly a frightening thing.

She found herself both pathetic and amusing for her body reacting first and trying to run to the farm before stopping.

But farm work wasn’t everything.

Even if she could let go with her hands, her eyes and mind had to keep working.

The overall management of the farm was still Nana’s responsibility.

She quickly changed out of her pajamas and headed to the harvest storage.

The moment she opened the warehouse door—

Pop!

A function window appeared before her eyes.

“Good, what should I sell today?”

Recently, after completing the Eastern Forest Quest, the farm had been extensively patched.

Among them, the function Nana was most pleased with was ‘Harvest Sales’.

[Harvest Sales]

Originally, in the Masfarm System, to profit from crops you had to plant and harvest the exact crops from daily quests that appeared every day to receive rewards, or go directly to a general store to sell them.

But now?

Quests had stopped, general stores had disappeared, and the world had ended.

In the midst of all that, the creation of this function was truly a miracle.

Even though the two of them ate, roasted, and dried enough to fill their inventories to the brim, the harvest kept increasing.

It felt unfair to just turn the accumulated crops into compost, and there wasn’t much other use for them.

In such a situation, the activation of this function was literally a blessing.

Moreover, the sales proceeds were paid not in the Kingdom’s currency, but in universal currency gold coins.

And shiny new gold coins at that!

“Hehe. Gold is truth…”

Nana let out an admiring sigh and tapped the gold coin icon on the window with her finger.

Even if war breaks out, even if the world collapses, gold and rice survive.

Even in a ruined world, gold coins were the most stable asset.

Moreover, the sales profits were much more substantial than in the past.

That Bald Uncle said he would help in their own way – was this what he meant?

“Experience points are important, but money is important too. Even more so in a ruined world.”

Today too, Nana diligently checked the system window and smiled broadly.

“Now, shall I sell the corn I harvested yesterday?”

Crash-!!!

Before she could finish speaking, the sound of something falling struck Nana’s ears. But she just closed her eyes and smiled gently.

This damn farm… Can’t it be peaceful for even one day? Is that it?

It must be another meteor gacha. Ever since meeting that Bald Uncle, meteor gachas had been falling more frequently than usual.

Fortunately though, whether intentional or coincidental, most meteors fell on the outskirts of the farm that hadn’t even been cultivated yet.

Now accustomed to the situation, Nana didn’t get surprised and leisurely finished selling the corn before walking toward where the sound came from.

But this time, even Nana couldn’t help but be surprised. The place where the meteor fell wasn’t the expected outskirts, but right in the middle of Nana’s house.

Amidst the thickly spread dust, the shape of the meteor began to gradually reveal itself.

The meteor that fell this time had a different appearance than usual. It was smooth and round like an egg, without any bumpy parts anywhere.

It was the moment when Nana was about to approach it with her brow deeply furrowed.

Crack.

The center of the meteor split open and what was inside revealed itself. What walked out step by step, emitting a brilliant light, was.

“Moo-ooo-ooo-.”

A cow.

【Congratulations. You have obtained an Everyday Milk Cow. As an SSS-grade animal, you can get milk every day without the cow being pregnant.】

【The Everyday Milk Cow is automatically registered as a party member. As an SSS-grade animal, it has strong pride, but it will allow a farmowner of your caliber to milk it. Truly one chosen by the World Tree. Would you like to name the Everyday Milk Cow?】

As the message window said, the cow walked slowly toward Nana with a very haughty expression and gait. The cow’s face seemed to say ‘Can you really come up with a name that pleases me?’

Seeing the dignified appearance of her first SSS-grade animal, Nana shouted.

“This damn meteor gacha! Did you have to destroy our house to give me this!”

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Meanwhile, Ishanka, who had returned from hunting in the Eastern Forest, was dumbfounded by this unbelievable scene.

“You’re back?”

“What… exactly happened here?”

Nana smiled quietly with a look of having achieved enlightenment about everything.

“The crazy god… no, the God of Agriculture who helps me sent a gift.”

“…Does your god destroy houses as gifts?”

‘You must be dumbfounded. I’m dumbfounded too. The house that was fine until morning became ruins when I came back, so of course you’d be dumbfounded.’

Hehehe. When Nana was getting up from her seat with a hollow laugh, Ishanka grabbed both of Nana’s arms and turned her around.

“Are you okay?”

“Of course I’m not okay. The house collapsed like that…”

“Not that, I’m asking if you’re hurt anywhere. You were at the farm all day. Didn’t any building debris fly and hit you?”

Nana was a bit bewildered by Ishanka, who was genuinely worried and checking her all over.

“Oh, yes. I’m fine. Tan-bbang was also outside at the time, so he’s safe…”

“That cat can take care of itself, so it doesn’t matter.”

Then Tan-bbang, who was sitting next to Nana, hissed at Ishanka.

“I’m really fine. I happened to be at the harvest storage, and there’s also what I got…”

Nana gritted her teeth and cast her gaze toward the cow tied up nearby. Ishanka’s gaze naturally followed there too.

“That’s the gift?”

They made the house like this just to give that one cow?

After staring for a long while, he finally muttered quietly.

“I’m seriously starting to want to slaughter it.”

The cow, who had been wearing an expression filled with SSS-grade pride, flinched at Ishanka’s murderous gaze.

“But we have our most important problem.”

“Is there a problem more important than catching that cow?”

“You could say that. We have to sleep in the same room.”

It was the moment when all his thoughts about how to butcher that cow just moments ago flew out the window.

When they opened the wooden door, a small room appeared with the sound of old hinges.

“For a temporary residence we moved to in a hurry, it’s not bad.”

This was a spare room built in preparation for when the cows or horses in the livestock barn gave birth earlier than expected or struggled with prolonged labor. Though small, it had everything—kitchen, bedroom—so living here for a while wouldn’t be inconvenient.

Except for one thing.

“There are two beds, but that one’s unusable.”

As Ishanka said, there were two beds in the bedroom, but one looked like it would collapse completely if you just sat on it.

“Let’s fix the bed tomorrow, and I’ll sleep on the floor tonight. I just need something to lay down and a blanket.”

“But if you sleep on the hard floor, you’ll be more tired the next day.”

“I’m used to sleeping rough. Before arriving here, sleeping outside was routine for me.”

“Still, is there really a need to sleep on the floor when there’s a bed?”

“…Are you suggesting we sleep in the same bed?”

“The bed is wide, so it should be fine if we sleep apart.”

Watching Nana confidently pat the bed as she spoke, Ishanka held his head with one hand and sighed.

This employer really… Was she doing this on purpose or did she know nothing at all?

Before Nana could take any action, he quickly pushed her down onto the bed.

“Waah!”

What filled Nana’s vision as she was suddenly laid on the bed was Ishanka’s solid chest as he braced himself over her.

“Do you really not know what it means to sleep in the same bed with a man?”

When Nana lifted her head, she felt a different energy from Ishanka’s eyes than usual.

Half-lowered eyelids, a strangely hazy gaze.

A distance slightly closer than usual.

Ishanka himself couldn’t properly explain why he was acting this way.

He could have just not cared as usual and slept on the floor.

But the moment he saw that defenseless face, something hot surged up from within. He stared intensely into Nana’s transparent sky-blue eyes.

In those clear eyes, he couldn’t find any trace of impurity.

That made it more dangerous and unbearably infuriating.

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