Possessed a Healing Game, but It’s a Zombie Apocalypse - Chapter 5

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Episode 5

Ateruna, a small girl with brown skin and cream-colored hair, roughly swatted away Ishanka’s hand that was still gripping the back of her neck.

“Don’t you know that mistreating cats brings curses?”

“You’re not a cat.”

“Not a cat? I’m a cat beastkin, so I am a cat. Or are you trying to say I’m just a beast, not even a beastkin?”

“Don’t be sarcastic. I never thought that.”

“Of course the noble brother wouldn’t think that! You’re a precious incarnation who received the blessing of Aibanu, the god of war, from birth!”

Ishanka Aibanu Nanuk.

One day before he was born, the great shaman most revered by all foreign tribes pointed his staff at the Nanuk chieftain during the annual gathering of chieftains.

“Aibanu, the god of war, will descend to earth through Nanuk blood.”

The one born after that was Ishanka. Aibanu, the god most respected and revered by the foreign tribes. It was natural that all the expectations and attention of the foreign tribes would focus on him.

“You must have heard the elders’ reminiscences dozens of times until your ears are calloused. Oh, Aibanu has come to Nanuk. This is the tribe’s glory!”

“It’s just the grumbling of old men.”

“When brother says things like that, it only looks like humility. You might as well brag openly. You have the right to, as the incarnation of Aibanu who took the lead in driving out the undead that suddenly appeared to devour humans, united the scattered foreign tribes, devoured the southern kingdoms, and even established a nation.”

“The one who only had a sharp tongue has now become twisted inside too.”

“I was always like this. Brother just saw me as too kind. Anyway, why did you come here? Is being king of a nation such a leisurely position that you can wander around alone?”

“My sister, who doesn’t listen and does whatever she wants and has now become twisted inside, suddenly disappeared, so I was worried.”

Ishanka calmly countered Ateruna’s sarcastic words with a composed face.

“And don’t worry about my absence. I left Ezion in charge.”

“What? Second brother? What if the other chieftains fill second brother’s head with nonsense while you’re away?”

“He’s not someone who would be swayed by others filling his head with nonsense. You know that best yourself.”

That’s true. Brother Ezion worships and respects brother Ishanka like a god. The loyal second brother wouldn’t even think of betraying the first brother.

Ateruna made a disgusted expression and waved one hand dismissively at Ishanka.

“Anyway, now you know I’m safe, right? Go back now.”

“Yes. I’m thinking of going back. With you.”

“I’m not going. That was my intention from the start, and I’m an adult who’s had her coming-of-age ceremony. I decide where to stay.”

“So this is why you’re doing such ridiculous behavior? Even pretending to be a cat?”

“Yes. Because it’s much better than being in brother’s country.”

“Did something really happen?”

Ateruna flinched at Ishanka’s direct question and avoided his gaze. He didn’t rush her for an answer. He was just waiting for her to speak on her own.

After a long silence, it was Ateruna who raised the white flag first.

“…The Vilona Chieftain’s Daughter started the trouble first.”

She frowned as she recalled that time. Even thinking about it again made her feel disgusted.

“The Nanuk Tribe must be very open-minded. They even accept such a dirty beastkin as a daughter.”

Unlike the Nanuk Tribe where various races mingled without discrimination, the Bilona Tribe was exclusive toward non-human races and believed in pure-bloodism and human supremacy, thinking only the Bilona Tribe was superior.

In terms of disposition, the Bilona Tribe, which was most incompatible with the Nanuk Tribe, joined Nanuk purely because of Ishanka, the incarnation of Aibanu.

“A human giving birth to a beastkin. That’s truly unimaginable within Bilona. At this point, I’m curious about the legitimate wife’s conduct too. Are you really the Nanuk chieftain’s daughter?”

Even fights have rules. No matter how fierce a fight where you bite like dogs, you don’t touch family. The Vilona Chieftain’s Daughter had crossed the line by far. There was no reason for Ateruna to hold back.

“So I clawed up everything except that woman’s face and ran out right away. But the Vilona Chieftain’s Daughter is brother’s marriage partner, right? If being in the same space would be awkward for both, one side should leave.”

“Right. As you say, one side should leave. So the Vilona Chieftain’s Daughter should leave.”

“What? But the Bilona Tribe is the second most powerful tribe after Nanuk. If that daughter marries brother, it would help the Nanuk Tribe…”

“Nanuk doesn’t need power gained by joining hands with those who insult family.”

There wasn’t a hint of hesitation in Ishanka’s voice.

“We’re not strong because we have numbers. It’s because we don’t back down when protecting each other. But if I can’t even protect my own blood while claiming to protect the tribe? That’s hypocrisy.”

Ateruna’s nose tingled as she met his unwavering light purple eyes.

Yes, brother was always this kind of person. Someone who wouldn’t change his beliefs for all the money in the world.

People whisper about him. That he’s too stubborn. That he can’t gain real benefits because he lacks flexibility. That you need to know how to compromise appropriately to become a true king.

But Ateruna knew.

She knew that his inflexible nature was why the foreign tribes trusted him absolutely.

Noble pride that never breaks before any temptation or threat. That was the power that made Ishanka not just simply the incarnation of Aibanu, but completed him as a true king.

“I understand brother’s thoughts well. But I like it here. So I won’t leave. So brother should just give up and go back.”

Ateruna, who usually acted wild and reckless, conveyed her opinion with serious eyes for the first time. As if the sky supported her, moonlight brightly illuminated Ateruna.

When did this child grow up so much? She always seemed like a little kid. Ishanka smiled quietly.

“If that’s truly your opinion, I won’t force you. As you say, you’re an adult who’s had her coming-of-age ceremony, so it would be ridiculous for me to force you further. But I can’t leave right away.”

“Why?”

“I became a worker here.”

“What?!”

Looking at Ateruna whose eyes widened as if they might pop out, Ishanka recalled the earlier situation.

When he discovered Tan-bbang, that is, Ateruna transformed into a cat, Ishanka reached out to protect her from someone casting sinister magic.

Then a new message window appeared before his eyes.

【The farm owner is trying to expel you. Those who are not farm workers can be expelled from the farm according to the farm owner’s opinion and cannot set foot on the farm without the farm owner’s permission. Would you like to become a farm worker?】

Ishanka, who had been blinded by hatred for dark magic until just moments ago, quickly regained his reason. Expulsion now that he’d finally found his sister? He had painstakingly gathered clues to find where his little sister was.

He didn’t know what kind of trick this was, but if he was expelled from this place called a farm, there would be a high possibility he couldn’t enter here again.

Ateruna would have recognized Ishanka long ago. If Ateruna hid inside this farm to avoid him and didn’t come out, not only would bringing his sister back become impossible, but even the possibility of conversation would disappear.

So sinister magic or whatever, Ishanka didn’t have the luxury to worry about such things right now. He quickly reached for the word “accept” in the message window.

【Congratulations. You have become a probationary farm worker. The probationary period is 3 months, during which you cannot quit being a worker and the farm owner also cannot drive you out. Have a pleasant worker life!】

According to that strange text panel, he had no choice but to work as a worker here for a while, but conversely, that woman also couldn’t carelessly drive him out for a while.

Working as a laborer was nothing compared to finding his sister.

“Uh, uhahahahahaha. The incarnation of Aibanu who could become the continent’s hegemon is a farm worker.”

Looking at Ateruna rolling on the ground laughing, Ishanka remained calm without showing any sign of displeasure.

“Be quiet. You’ll wake your master.”

“Not master, okay? My maid, okay?”

At the mention that Nana might wake up, Ateruna tried to quickly calm down, but she couldn’t help the laughter that leaked out. Ishanka, who had been watching his sister, asked.

“But how is the land here not dead and black, and why is there not a single dark cloud in the sky? Is that person perhaps a mage?”

“I don’t think so? I’ve never seen my maid use magic while being here.”

Ishanka’s eyes narrowed as he looked at Ateruna. Ateruna must have been here for quite a while. Then she would have become quite close to that woman, so she might lie to protect the woman.

Everyone in the family knew that he terribly hated anything related to magic, whatever kind of magic it was.

But Ateruna was so bad at lying that it showed immediately when she lied. The Ateruna before his eyes now was just calm without her complexion changing at all. There was a high probability that Ateruna’s words weren’t lies.

But while the entire continent had become a land of death where not even a single plant could grow due to the disaster, only this place was fertile. No matter how he thought about it, it couldn’t be explained without something supernatural like magic.

‘She must be secretly doing something when Ateruna isn’t around. Looking at it this way, she’s really thoroughly cunning.’

Although he ended up staying at the farm unexpectedly because of his single thought to find his sister, he had no intention of just being used by that trivial magic. While working as a laborer, he would find out that woman’s true identity.

The eventful day at the farm was passing by.

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