Possessed a Healing Game, but It’s a Zombie Apocalypse - Chapter 24

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Episode 24

“It’s not that I don’t know. I have something I trust in too.”

A mischievous curve spread across Nana’s lips. Ishanka raised one eyebrow as if puzzled.

Hmm… I guess showing him would be the fastest way?

“Sleep as far away from me as possible on this bed.”

When Nana activated her ‘Command’ skill, Ishanka’s body moved smoothly.

Without realizing it, he slid away from Nana and settled at the edge of the bed.

He only blinked his eyes, showing a confused expression at the unfamiliar sensation.

“What did you just do to me?”

“It would take long to explain. Simply put, you have to follow my commands while you’re on my land. A kind of employer privilege, you could say?”

Nana hugged the blanket and curled up her body. Her voice became much lighter as she buried half her face in the warm blanket.

“It was my hidden secret weapon, but I specially revealed it today. Because Isha kept giving me those kinds of looks.”

“…That seems like the employer’s delusion of grandeur.”

“Well, someone like Isha probably wouldn’t care about someone like me anyway. Don’t worry, I don’t have bad sleeping habits.”

Nana’s voice gradually faded and soon turned into gentle breathing sounds.

Ishanka silently watched Nana for a while. She was completely defenseless right now.

Looking at her like this somehow made his heart tickle.

Does she really not know anything? Or does she know but pretend not to?

‘This employer really is…’

He tilted his head slightly and looked at her sleeping face again.

Her forehead revealed between disheveled bangs, her shoulders rising and falling evenly, and the body warmth subtly transmitted beyond that.

That warmth seemed to quietly draw him in, and his gaze wouldn’t easily fall away.

Then Ishanka slowly closed his eyes with his arm placed by his head. He seemed tired too.

And there was someone watching all of this from nearby.

‘They have a long way to go. A very long way.’

It was Tan-bbang, sighing at the unbearable hopelessness of his blood relative.

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The next day.

As the sun raised its head beyond the horizon, Nana and Ishanka headed into the village before the morning mist had even cleared.

Their destination was the carpentry workshop standing alone in the middle of the ruined village.

“This much timber should be enough. Since there’s also a materials warehouse here, there should be bricks too, so let’s gather those as well.”

Nana carefully examined the surroundings while putting the timber pile into her inventory with Ishanka.

She opened the dust-covered warehouse door and carefully selected bricks with chipped corners one by one.

To repair a collapsed house, you have to start by stacking small but solid things.

And even in the midst of this, Nana didn’t forget to declare the carpentry workshop as farmland.

After sending Ash away, she hadn’t stopped looking for traces of Sweet Little Village residents among the zombies.

So far, only three had been found. All were sent to heaven with Ishanka’s help.

They were people whose names she didn’t know but whose faces she recognized.

Village people she greeted every day.

They were her neighbors and friends.

‘I hope you’re born in a better place in your next life.’

Nana prayed that they would find peace, and if there was a next life, that they would be born in a better place.

She looked several times to see if there might be other village residents among the zombies besides these three, but no more were visible.

Then it would be one of two things. Either they were somewhere else, or they escaped alive.

She hoped for the latter while periodically visiting Sweet Little Village and making it her land piece by piece.

One might ask why she didn’t declare the entire village as farmland at once. But there was a good reason for this.

【You have exhausted all ‘Land Grabbing’ skills. Please use after cooldown.】

A cooldown on a regular farming skill, not even a high-attack skill. Moreover, considering the cooldown time was a full day, it was quite long for a regular skill.

“You didn’t say there was a cooldown. You Bald Uncle! You said you’d help! If you’re going to help, you should help generously!”

That’s why your hair left your scalp! It would have been harsh words that would make the Hooded Man cry and withdraw his abilities if he heard them, but fortunately Nana’s voice didn’t reach him.

Anyway, as a result of gradually expanding the land bit by bit over several days, most of the blackly contaminated land of Sweet Little Village had transformed into brown soil.

The two people, leaving the carpentry workshop behind, crossed the village square heading toward the farm.

The square was still eerie.

The wind was quiet and the collapsed buildings remained there, having swallowed their memories. Looking at that scenery, she made another resolution in her heart.

She would breathe life back into this place.

And someday, she would make the day come when laughter echoes again.

The grand goal of reviving the village was good, but there was a realistic problem that had to be solved first.

“I’m not sure if the two of us can repair the house. It collapsed so completely that it seems like we’ll have to rebuild it almost entirely.”

It was the housing problem.

“Don’t worry about that. I know how to build houses.”

“Eh? Really?”

“Yes. Due to circumstances, there was a time when I had to wander around living here and there. Repairing collapsed houses or building new ones happened often.”

“Building houses isn’t easy work.”

Nana said with an admiring voice. Ishanka shrugged his shoulders slightly.

“I learned it naturally from a young age. Back then, building houses was part of daily life.”

A wind-like memory lingered in his eyes as it passed by.

The North. Land too rough and barren for humans to live on.

There wasn’t enough grass to feed the sheep and horses, and even that was often swept away by blizzards.

Water froze frequently and the ground was hard. Firewood was more precious than gold, and the wind always howled like the cry of beasts.

Even in such a place, people lived. No, they had to endure.

The minority ethnic groups packed up their tents every season and left for new pastures.

If there was nowhere to live, they fixed up abandoned villages to live in, and when houses collapsed, they rebuilt them.

Young Ishanka grew up following his parents, who were tribal chiefs, setting up pillars and pulling ropes.

It was hard, but those moments when everyone moved together were strangely warm.

Perhaps that’s why. He had been thinking since he was very young.

Someday, he hoped there would be land where the minority ethnic groups could live without wandering.

Fertile, sturdy land that no one would take away.

“…Isha? Ishanka?”

His distant gaze returned to reality. Nana was looking at him with concern.

“You suddenly went quiet. Are you okay?”

“Yes, I’m sorry. I was just thinking of old times for a moment.”

“That can happen.”

Nana said with a bright smile.

“Then Isha is almost a house-building master?”

“If you want, I can even build you a mansion. It would just take a little time.”

He said it jokingly, but there was confidence in his words. He had memories of the entire tribe gathering to rebuild a completely collapsed mansion.

“Haha, that’s okay. I just need a warm and cozy house.”

Nana laughed cheerfully, then suddenly tilted her head.

“But we’ve never stopped by the library, have we?”

“Is there a library here?”

“There is. It’s small and in a remote location though.”

Nana roughly estimated the number of ‘Land Grabbing’ skills she had used today. The places she used it today were just the carpentry workshop and a few silos and vacant lots she stopped by while passing. There was enough left before the cooldown.

“The location is also close from here. Let’s stop by there too.”

When the employer says they’ll go, what could a worker say to oppose it? Besides, it wasn’t like she was saying she’d do something dangerous, and there was no reason to oppose expanding the land.

Just as Nana said, there was a library less than 5 minutes away. The village library in this remote location already gave off a gloomy atmosphere.

On top of that, having been attacked by zombies and collapsed in places, it looked like ghosts could appear at any moment.

‘I really didn’t want to come here. But when I rebuild the village later, I’ll need to come here to find village blueprints and information.’

Nana looked at the library with reluctant eyes. Then, as usual, a message window appeared before her eyes.

【Would you like to declare Sweet Little Village’s library as farmland?】

She moved her hand to 【Yes】 as usual.

【Sweet Little Village’s library has been declared as farmland. All land within a 200m radius can be used as farmland.】

It was the same message window as always. But Nana’s eyes filled with bewilderment as she read the message that appeared next.

【Life signs are detected inside the library. The life form will automatically be incorporated into Adrienne Rogueton’s farmland. Would you like to go inside?</p】

If you do not enter, the library will be sealed as is and entry inside will be impossible. You can only make this choice now.>

What? I’ve never seen this kind of choice option while playing the game until now.

Actually, it was a message that didn’t require much thought. She had declared it as farmland because she had business at the library, and she needed to go inside to get the village blueprints.

But usually in games, when this kind of message appears, it’s a universal rule that a big event occurs. Somehow the back of her neck felt cold.

This place had strange rumors about it too… The library, which already looked like ghosts would appear, had become even more ominous after the zombie attack and clearly gave off an atmosphere of ‘If you enter here, we can’t guarantee your life.’

In horror games, entering places like this was a death flag. Nana’s head was starting to throb when—

“Is there some kind of problem?”

“Oh, no… there’s a life form… inside…”

Though it was rambling words, Ishanka understood immediately.

“I’ll go in and check it out.”

“Wait, hold on! I’m coming with you!”

The rule of horror movies is that people who are alone get picked off first! Among the two of us, I’m the one most likely to get picked off first!

Following him as he entered the library without hesitation, Nana also reluctantly entered the library.

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