Possessed a Healing Game, but It’s a Zombie Apocalypse - Chapter 27

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Episode 27

‘Ah, hold on. He’s a patient… A 1 million gold patient.’

“You just woke up, so you must be disoriented. Finish drinking this and rest a bit.”

Sam took the bottle Nana handed him and drank it without much thought. His dazed mind couldn’t properly register the color of the potion.

But his foggy consciousness snapped awake the moment he took a sip of the potion.

“Kheueok! Cough, cough!”

“Hey! Do you know how expensive that is? Don’t just spit it out!”

“You gave this to a human to drink? Food scraps would taste better than this!”

“You regained consciousness and your condition improved thanks to that potion, and this is how you talk? Huh?”

“What, what? You’ve been feeding me this stuff this whole time? This garbage that’s worse than dog food…”

“Then would you rather eat actual dog food? Drink it quietly while I’m being nice. Before I stick a funnel in your throat and force it down.”

“Wow, does Ash know you have this kind of personality? By the way, where did Uncle Brody go? Leaving this personality-disordered person to take care of me.”

Sam grumbled without malice. He probably said it without knowing anything about the current situation. But his words struck Nana like a dagger. Nana stood there unable to say anything for a moment, then spoke quietly.

“…He’s dead.”

“What?”

“I said he’s dead. After that incident, until I found you, I was the only survivor in the village.”

“…There are things you can joke about and things you can’t, Adrienne Rogueton.”

“Do I look like I’m joking right now?”

Teary eyes glared at Sam. Faced with her eyes holding back tears and her lips bitten white, Sam was left speechless and dazed.

After a long silence, it was Nana who left first. She spun around and disappeared out of the room.

“That can’t be. Then what about Mr. Lindberg…”

Sam muttered in his own daze.

“I don’t know what kind of story you have.”

Then, Ishanka, who had remained silent leaning against the wall during their argument, spoke up.

“At the very least, show gratitude to the one who cared for you and apologize for your rudeness. If it weren’t for her, you really would have died.”

Sam could only stare blankly at Ishanka’s retreating figure as he followed Nana out.

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After that, Nana and Sam were a bit awkward, but after 2-3 days passed, they returned to their usual selves.

Sam fidgeted and hesitated trying to find the right timing to express his gratitude and apology, but rather, Nana treated Sam as if nothing had happened, as if she had erased that incident from her mind.

And her nursing care continued as before.

“Medicine that’s good for your body is supposed to taste bad. Drink it quickly.”

“Have you ever tasted this yourself? It really tastes like garbage.”

Even so, Sam gulped down the liquid in the bottle Nana gave him. It was a terrible taste that made him grimace, but drinking it definitely made his body feel lighter.

Meanwhile, Nana was carefully watching Sam’s gauge.

【Sam’s current Life Gauge: ■■■■■■■■■□】

‘Just a little more and it’ll be full. Then the Quest will be complete and I can receive 1 million gold. I really worked hard. Dealing with this 1 million gold brat.’

But Nana had another concern. It was what to do about Sam’s future whereabouts.

Most of Sweet Little Village’s land had been purified when Nana declared it farmland, cleansing the contaminated earth, but it was still a dead village with no living people.

‘Still, the land contamination has been purified and the houses just need repairs to be livable, so I can take him to the general store that used to be his home or pick out a house in decent condition.’

She didn’t even consider the possibility of Sam staying at the farm. But from Nana’s perspective, that was inevitable. And for good reason.

“But why were you in the library basement? You also hated going near the library because of the stories about ghosts there.”

“‘You also’? This is why country bumpkins are… I didn’t want to go because that library was smaller and more shabby than the ones in the capital. It wasn’t because I was scared like you.”

He had the talent to annoy people with just one sentence, making even non-existent feelings get ruffled.

Even before becoming a zombie, Sam and Nana only had contact when meeting with Ash. In other words, they weren’t very close.

Would anyone want to keep someone they’re not close to and don’t get along with in their personal space? Nana’s answer was ‘no.’

“And what kind of food is this? Are you sure this is meant for human consumption?”

“It’s a spe.cial meal I made es.pe.cial.ly so it wouldn’t burden your stomach. So shut up and just eat it.”

“Sigh. If this were the capital, I could eat something more delicious. I should have gone up to the capital earlier.”

Sam grumbled as he spooned up the thin porridge. Not stopping his complaints while eating was a bonus.

“I ate it all considering your effort, but it was a bit bland. I think it would be better to add more sugar next time.”

Despite just sitting there being fed, he even gave taste evaluations. Nana’s true nature screamed to punch that pretty face, but her reason barely held her back, reminding her that he was still a patient.

“But you really haven’t seen Uncle Brody?”

“I haven’t seen him. As I said before, when I came outside, there was no one alive in the village. That’s why I thought I was the only survivor. What about you, how did you survive?”

“…While running away, I fell off a cliff, and when I came to, I was in that basement. The only way out was a wooden door that was locked.”

“Then quite a long time has passed since that incident, so how are you still alive?”

“That basement was full of emergency food supplies. I survived by eating them little by little, sparingly. Waiting for Uncle Brody to come get me.”

Nana wanted to probe further into Sam’s strangely inconsistent story, but Sam immediately lay down on the bed as if he had nothing more to say, so she couldn’t continue the conversation.

Actually, Sam’s behavior was immature and inconsiderate, but Nana decided not to bring up the topic further and withdrew.

Everyone has secrets they don’t want to talk about.

If Sam’s Life Gauge filled just one more bar, the Quest would be complete. Nana hummed while imagining what she would do with the 1 million gold she’d receive as a reward.

But the Quest she thought would end soon hit an unexpected problem.

“I won’t drink it.”

The patient was refusing his medicine.

“You’ve been drinking it faithfully until now, why are you suddenly acting like this?”

“No matter how I think about it, if I drink more of this, my sense of taste will die.”

What kind of novel nonsense is this?

“My sense of taste is delicate and sensitive, unlike yours. If I keep eating the weird potions you made, my delicate taste and nerves will die.”

Did being locked in that basement for so long make him lose his mind too?

Sam’s creative nonsense made her want to actually stick a funnel in his throat and pour the potion down, but they would part ways soon. There weren’t many days left together, and for old times’ sake, let’s end things nicely.

Nana mentally wrote the character for patience and decided to treat Sam more kindly.

“Alright. There are times when you don’t want to take medicine. I’ll leave it here, so drink it before lunch.”

He’s not a little kid, he’ll give in to his stubbornness soon.

So Nana didn’t take this matter seriously.

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It was when Nana went to Sweet Little Village to look for a house for Sam to live in.

【Sam’s Life Gauge has decreased.</p】

Sam’s current Life Gauge: ■■■■■■■■□□>

What?! What does this mean, System! The gauge that was fine until yesterday, why did it drop?!

But no matter how much Nana rubbed her eyes and looked, Sam’s Life Gauge had really dropped. Even if it was just by one.

【Even if the patient’s condition has improved, you must not neglect nursing care.</p】

If the patient does not receive care for a certain period, the patient’s Life Gauge will gradually decline.>

Nana felt wronged. If it dropped because I really neglected him, I wouldn’t feel so wronged. I’ve been taking care of Sam with utmost devotion! Even putting up with the sounds coming from that annoying mouth!

【Since Sam’s current condition is very good, even if his Life Gauge is reduced by half, he won’t fall into unconsciousness. However, if it drops below 3, Sam could be in danger.】

First, she needed to find out what was going on. Nana turned around from her path to Sweet Little Village and headed back to the farm.

Bang!

“Sam! What happened to you…”

Nana, who had rushed over and opened the door, couldn’t finish what she was saying. Because she witnessed Sam dumping the potion she had prepared out the window.

Sam also seemed not to have expected Nana to return, as he froze in the exact position he was in while dumping the potion.

“…What the hell are you doing right now?”

Sam’s answer was a sight to behold.

“I was watering the flowers.”

“Bullshit. You crazy bastard.”

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