I Reincarnated Into a Healing Game… and It’s a Zombie Apocalypse?! - Chapter 84

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Episode 84

Once her resolve was set, her body moved without hesitation.

Packing her belongings took only an instant. All she had to take were a few sets of clothes and some hard chunks of bread.

She felt bad about leaving without even saying goodbye to Grandma Rosha, but it was actually for the best.

She would have surely weakened in her resolve.

Nana stepped out onto the snow-covered street without hesitation. Her steps were lighter than expected.

Just then.

“Sister, where are you going?”

A voice came from behind her. It was Ateruna.

Ah, when I rushed out of the restaurant earlier, I left without properly saying anything.

A slight feeling of guilt raised its head.

“I’m going back to where I used to live.”

“Where you used to live—you don’t mean the kingdom, do you?”

“Yes. Something urgent suddenly came up. Well then.”

Nana turned around as if fleeing. But urgent hands grabbed her arm.

“Don’t go. You can’t leave like this! If it’s because of that woman Murica Vilona, don’t worry about it…”

“It’s not because of that.”

A sharp voice came out that surprised even herself. But she couldn’t take it back now.

“Something really came up. I have to go right now.”

“How are you planning to get there? There are still zombies swarming outside—how can you go alone!”

“That’s not for you to worry about, Ateruna. I’ll take care of my own body.”

At the cold rebuke, Ateruna bit her lip and hung her head.

Her appearance, as if she might burst into tears at any moment, made one corner of Nana’s heart ache, but she couldn’t hesitate any longer.

Just as she was about to take another step forward.

“…Don’t go, butler.”

“What?”

“Don’t go. Stay here.”

When Nana turned her head, what was there wasn’t a person but a cat with its tail curled, front paws neatly together, looking up at Nana with pitiful eyes.

“…Tan-bbang?”

When Tan-bbang responded with a meow, Nana’s heart completely crumbled.

Actually, Ateruna hadn’t wanted to reveal the truth like this.

She had wanted to casually mention it with a smile when they had become closer and more comfortable with each other. But seeing Nana’s retreating figure, she couldn’t delay any longer.

Nana carefully lifted Tan-bbang with trembling hands. As the small, warm body settled in her arms, she felt like she couldn’t breathe.

“…So you were Tan-bbang.”

Her voice trembled and her lips parted.

“I was so worried about leaving you in the kingdom. I wondered if you were eating properly, if anyone was bothering you… I’m so glad you’re safe.”

Tears flowed down her cheeks.

Tan-bbang burrowed into Nana’s embrace and meowed softly once more, as if saying ‘So don’t go.’

“But I’m sorry, Tan-bbang.”

She carefully set Tan-bbang down on the snow. The body that settled quietly on the cold snow looked strangely small and lonely.

“If I stay here, I’ll be too miserable. It hurts to leave you behind, but staying here hurts even more.”

‘So I’m really sorry.’

Nana bowed her head and turned around as if fleeing.

She ran off, wildly kicking through the snow beneath her feet.

Behind her, Tan-bbang’s cries echoed pitifully.

* * *

The village streets where a blizzard was raging.

The cold that seemed to freeze his entire body made his lungs sting and feel like they would tear, but he couldn’t stop. Ishanka ran frantically through the falling snow.

Bang!

The door to Rosha’s cabin opened roughly.

“Adrien!”

“What’s the matter, Ishanka.”

Rosha, who had been preparing herbs, looked up in surprise. Without even catching his breath, desperate cries burst from Ishanka’s mouth.

“Adrien, no—have you perhaps seen Nana?”

“Well. It seems she came by while I was briefly away. But…”

Before Rosha could finish speaking, Ishanka turned around and rushed out into the snowfall.

He couldn’t even feel the cold air piercing his lungs. Like a madman, he searched through the snow-white village.

Not in the town square, not at the kiln—there was no trace of her.

Just as impatience was dragging at his ankles, a familiar ball of fur crouched on the pure white snowfield caught his eye.

It was Tan-bbang.

“Ateruna, have you perhaps seen Adrien…”

As soon as Ishanka opened his mouth, the cat leaped up, instantly took human form, and grabbed Ishanka by the collar with fierce hands.

“You bastard! What are you going to do about this!”

Ateruna’s face was already covered in tears.

“Are you really going to marry Murica Vilona like the rumors say!”

“You know better than anyone that’s not going to happen!”

“Then! Then why didn’t you say anything! Why did you just stand there doing nothing!”

Ateruna’s voice tore like a scream.

“The butler… Sister Nana said she was sick of looking at someone like you and left for the kingdom!”

“…What?”

Ishanka’s eyes shook greatly.

For a moment, the world became quiet as if he had gone deaf.

“Because you couldn’t handle one little rumor, the butler ended up leaving! If you had just said something, nothing would have happened! What are you going to do now? Waaaaah—”

Ishanka couldn’t even move from that spot, as if his entire body was paralyzed. His mind flashed white.

But the confusion was momentary.

He didn’t wipe away his crying sister’s tears or offer warm comfort. Even that time was a luxury.

Roughly turning around to glare like a beast toward the kingdom where she had gone, Ishanka’s mind was filled with only one name.

Nana.

* * *

The forest where snow fell relentlessly.

White breath rode the wind and scratched at Nana’s face. Snow poured from all directions and everything ahead was hazy.

With all the scenery consumed by white light, it felt like the entire world was quietly disappearing.

“There’s more snow than I expected.”

With this much snow, I might get lost, right?

But that’s actually good. If the blizzard is this fierce, all traces of where I’ve been will disappear too. Even if someone follows me, they won’t know where I went.

Nana walked silently without stopping, even on the snowy path where her feet sank deep.

Cold air rushed all the way to her lungs and she even felt her whole body slowly freezing, but that coldness felt like comfort instead.

As her turbulent heart settled, she thought of Ateruna.

Tan-bbang, I’m sorry.

When she turned her back on that small, warm body, it felt like her heart was slowly tearing, but she couldn’t go back.

And Ishanka.

The moment his name crossed her mind, one side of her chest ached painfully.

That gentle smile, those kind eyes, that presence that seemed like it would always be by her side.

But all of that was just Nana’s own delusion. He already had someone to share his life with. She repeated this fact countless times in her head, but her heart couldn’t easily accept it.

That’s why she had to leave.

If she couldn’t sincerely congratulate him, if she couldn’t stay by his side pretending nothing was wrong, it was better to disappear.

Goodbye. I’ll never return to this place again.

On the snow-covered path, she quietly bid farewell to this land along with her white breath.

As she walked, burying her heavy emotions step by step in the snow, a familiar voice from beyond the blizzard caught Nana.

“Nana!”

It was Ishanka.

Since when had he been following her? Why?

Nana frantically looked around, trying to find a place to hide.

But trudging quickly through snow piled up to her shins was beyond Nana’s physical strength.

The snow was heavy, her legs kept sinking deep, and her breathing rose to her chin.

Meanwhile, Ishanka had already caught up right behind her.

“Stay away! Don’t come near me!”

Nana shouted.

But despite her desperate escape, Ishanka’s steps were fast and steady.

“Where are you going in this blizzard! It’s dangerous. Please come back this way.”

“Wherever I go is none of your business! Just leave me alone!”

“Nana, it’s dangerous…!”

Without looking around and just stepping forward blindly, Nana’s body tilted into the air. Just as she was about to fall off the cliff, Ishanka rushed like lightning to catch her and threw his body backward.

Thud—!

With a dull sound, both their bodies rolled in the snowy field. Ishanka held Nana tightly without any gaps, as if to prevent her from escaping.

“Got you.”

His low voice carried a persistent obsession that he wouldn’t let her go again.

Nana struggled to break free.

“Let go! Let me go!”

“I don’t want to.”

“I said let me go!”

“Just listen to me for a moment. I’ll explain everything from the beginning.”

“I told you to let me go!”

Smack!

As Nana’s hand struck Ishanka’s cheek hard, a sharp cracking sound echoed around them.

When Ishanka’s head turned and his grip loosened for a moment, Nana didn’t miss the opportunity and quickly pulled herself free.

Seeing his bright red swollen cheek, worry unconsciously welled up, but Nana bit the inside of her cheek and steeled her heart.

Good. Now he’ll give up out of anger if nothing else.

“I’m going back to where I used to live.”

“Your ability is gone and you want to go back through this dangerous weather? Are you in your right mind?”

“Yes. I’m not in my right mind.”

Nana gave a bitter smile.

“So leave the crazy person alone and go back to your life. Let’s each go our separate ways.”

As Nana turned around and tried to start walking again, Ishanka grabbed her arm.

Much more easily than before, his hand firmly caught hold of Nana.

“What do you mean? I’m your worker. Where the employer goes, naturally the worker also—”

“What farmowner and employer when my ability is gone?”

Nana spoke coldly.

“But if you’re still bothered by it, I’ll tell you. You’re fired. Is that enough now? You’re free. So now go back to your life.”

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