I Reincarnated Into a Healing Game… and It’s a Zombie Apocalypse?! - Chapter 87

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Chapter 87

Ishanka stared at Nana without saying a word.

The sound of his own heartbeat beneath her palm felt as loud as thunder. His heart, which had always maintained composure, was now pounding uncontrollably and wildly beyond his control.

The woman before him was mustering courage despite her hesitation, putting everything on the line. Her gaze looking straight at him made his heart burn even more uncontrollably hot.

Though he tried to calm himself, the storm-like emotions raging in his chest showed no signs of subsiding.

A feeling too vast to define with words, and a heart that was already too late to hide.

Ishanka briefly lowered his gaze, then looked at Nana again as if making a decision.

His feelings for her now filled every gap in his heart like an absolute truth with nowhere left to run.

There was no need to hide it anymore, nor any reason to.

“I am in love.”

After his first confession burst forth, a moment of silence flowed. Ishanka opened his mouth again with conviction.

“I love you, Nana.”

His voice was low and serious, mixed with trembling.

In that moment, Nana felt the pulse beneath her palm pounding wildly.

Thump, thump, thump-

Each heartbeat was completely representing his sincerity.

Ishanka wasn’t simply confessing his love. He was now offering everything of himself to Nana.

Before such pure sincerity, Nana’s eyes shook violently. Somewhere in her chest ached sharply, and the complex emotions she had suppressed for so long surged up all at once.

“What about you?”

His voice seemed calm at first glance, but it was trembling precariously as if his desperation would burst forth.

“How do you feel, Nana.”

Ishanka’s gaze was directed toward Nana with overwhelming intensity.

His heartbeat crashed like waves, growing faster and more violent. Feeling that fierce pounding completely, Nana couldn’t take her eyes off him.

Her fingertips trembled slightly.

Her heart was whispering clearly.

That her feelings for him had deepened without her knowing.

Nana slowly faced him and opened her mouth.

“…I couldn’t bear it.”

Nana’s voice was trembling. As if the heart she had endured for so long was finally bursting through her defenses.

“You know? I liked you, but you had a fiancée. And you were going to marry that person soon…”

Her cheeks reddened as she continued speaking.

“So I tried to give up my feelings for you. I didn’t want to become someone so despicable as to covet another person’s man. But as time passed, my heart only grew deeper. There wasn’t a day I didn’t think of you, and that slowly broke me down. Every day was painful, so I wanted to run away.”

She closed her eyes and looked at him again. Only after confirming that she was reflected in his eyes did she seem to gather herself and part her lips.

“But if everything was all my misunderstanding, if it wasn’t the truth, then there’s only one thing I can tell you.”

With trembling resolve, she mustered her final courage.

“I love you, Ishanka.”

The moment her confession reached him, Ishanka’s eyes shook as if they would shatter.

Both their hearts were beating wildly.

His chest touching Nana’s hand pounded even more violently from the moment he heard her confession, and Nana’s heart was also sending fatal tremors in the afterglow of the words she had just spoken.

Their breaths touched.

Each other’s body heat spread as if burning the distance, and Ishanka’s face slowly approached.

Nana no longer avoided him either.

In the instant their eyelids quietly descended, their lips touched.

It was a careful beginning, but soon sincerity added depth. The long waiting and suppression, the emotions ready to burst, melted between their lips.

【You have completed a Special Quest. The two people’s hearts grow deeper.】

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They returned to Sahad after all the snowstorms had stopped. The moment they set foot at the Village Entrance, something rushed toward them like an arrow.

“Waaah-! Butler! I really thought you’d never come back!”

Ateruna’s eyes reddened as she trailed off, then transformed into Tan-bbang and collapsed into Nana’s arms.

“T-Tan-bbang…”

She gently held the cat beastkin who buried her face deeply and trembled in small shivers.

“I’m really sorry. You must have worried a lot.”

Nana carefully stroked the small back for a while, as if comforting her.

Ishanka, who was watching from the side, frowned slightly, but Nana didn’t see it.

Also, on the day they returned to Sahad, Nana quietly packed her belongings. She had decided to move to Ishanka’s Mansion.

Now that they had confirmed each other’s feelings, there was no reason to keep their distance anymore.

No, to be precise, Ishanka had pushed firmly. He said he didn’t want to live apart anymore. He wanted to be together.

Faced with his earnest and honest insistence, Nana had no choice but to nod.

Rosha, who was watching, clicked her tongue saying, ‘Oh my, they say a late fire burns fiercely, and it’s really true,’ but a faint smile lingered on her face.

When Nana moved her residence to Ishanka’s Manor, a small commotion arose in the quiet Sahad.

Rumors spread like wind, and the Kiln aunties showed more interest in today’s love story than yesterday’s salt prices.

“Hey, they’re just living together.”

“No way! I saw it myself. They come out together every morning.”

“Then is that Kingdom lady really going to become our queen?”

“Then what happens to Vilona?”

It was a story that naturally had to follow.

“They said they were engaged, but I guess they’re not going through with the marriage?”

“No, I heard that the King personally called off their marriage a long time ago.”

“Really? Then was Vilona the one spreading marriage rumors by herself? That arrogant and haughty woman?”

Words passed from mouth to mouth. The murmuring didn’t die down and everyone added their own interpretations.

But the two people at the center of the rumors made no explanations whatsoever.

Several days after Nana moved to Ishanka’s Manor.

It was a quiet night.

Inside the Manor was as quiet as if holding its breath. Flames rising from the fireplace flowed along the Wall, gently swaying the shadows of the two people.

“Have you gotten used to your sleeping quarters? If there’s anything uncomfortable, please tell me anytime.”

“Yeah, it’s so comfortable I want to stay holed up in my Room all day.”

“That would be a bit troublesome.”

“Why?”

When Nana tilted her head, Ishanka looked at her with eyes full of affection. It was such a sweet and deep gaze that the saying about honey dripping from one’s eyes seemed pale in comparison.

“Because if you’re not in front of me, I think I’d miss you so much I’d abandon all my work just to look for you.”

He smiled gently.

“I suppose this is how kings who fall for a woman and abandon state affairs feel. Now I understand their hearts.”

Nana’s cheeks instantly flushed red.

Wait, he’s saying such cheesy and embarrassing things like it’s nothing!

Nana rubbed her face unnecessarily and curled up slightly. Her blushing cheeks flickered in the firelight.

Ishanka carefully sat beside her. As they shared a blanket, the distance between them naturally narrowed.

“I’m relieved.”

“About what?”

“That having you by my side like this isn’t a dream.”

“…I’ve been feeling this for a while, but you’ve gotten pretty cheesy lately.”

Ishanka smiled and gently pulled her closer.

In an instant, Nana found herself in his embrace, and taking advantage of the moment, Ishanka lightly kissed her face.

Once, and then twice with soft pecks.

“Your skinship has increased too.”

“I’d prefer if you said I’ve become more honest in my expressions.”

He whispered playfully as he leaned toward Nana’s face.

Their gazes met and their breaths mingled.

As Nana slowly closed her eyes, Ishanka’s lips gently settled on hers.

He softly bit her lower lip before releasing it, then carefully traced that spot with his tongue tip.

Nana’s lips parted slightly, and through that gap, Ishanka’s breath seeped deeply inside.

His tongue slowly entered her mouth.

Their breaths intertwined, emotions overlapped, and time began to flow ever more slowly.

Nana instinctively gripped his chest.

His heart was beating so close to hers.

She couldn’t distinguish whether it was her own pulse or his.

Ishanka wrapped one arm around her back and slowly caressed her.

That warm touch spread along her spine, gently melting away the tension that had remained in Nana’s shoulders.

The deeper the kiss became, the more Nana’s body leaned into his. In this moment, no words were needed.

Their warmth and breath were already saying everything.

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The news that Ishanka and Nana had become lovers spread through the entire city like wildfire.

Crash—!

A sharp shattering sound cut through the silence.

The crystal glass that had slipped from someone’s hand shattered into pieces, and red wine spread darkly across the carpet like blood.

“That lowly kingdom bitch dares to….”

Murakka’s lips twisted.

Her trembling hands, shaking with rage, gripped the scattered glass shards as if to crush them. Blood seeping from her palm mixed with the wine and dripped steadily.

“A foreigner of unknown origin and bloodline, no less.”

A mere wench who used to lurk around market stalls eating cheap sugar-coated jam dares to stand beside him!

That man was supposed to be hers.

His reputation, his overwhelming power, even those arrogant and cold eyes.

All of it should have been trophies to adorn only her.

“But some random stone that rolled in from nowhere dares to steal what’s mine?!”

A chilling madness gleamed in Murakka’s eyes.

She irritably opened a drawer and pulled out paper. The quill pen scratched roughly across the paper as if it would tear it, then she folded it and sealed it with wax. After that, she handed the letter to a messenger she had brought from Bilona.

“Send this letter to Bilona. As quickly as possible.”

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