I Reincarnated Into a Healing Game… and It’s a Zombie Apocalypse?! - Chapter 89

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Chapter 89

“Miss?”

A stranger’s face appeared through the cautiously opened door crack.

“Hm?”

“His Majesty is looking for you. He said there’s something he wants to give you.”

“Isha? At this hour?”

“Yes. He said he wants to deliver it personally and asked you to please come out.”

Nana hesitated for a moment. Though her fever had subsided somewhat, her body still felt heavy and cold sweat beaded on her forehead.

“…I’m not feeling well right now. Can’t you just receive it for me?”

The maid lowered her eyes slightly and shook her head.

“His Majesty earnestly requested to give it to you personally.”

Was it something so important that it had to be delivered directly right now?

Though suspicious, it was difficult to easily dismiss words that invoked Ishanka’s name.

‘I’ll just receive it quickly and come back. While I’m at it, I’ll ask them to change the sheets too.’

Nana threw on a thin shawl and stepped into the corridor. The corridor was quiet as deep night and the lighting was dim.

“Where is Isha?”

“This way. Please follow me.”

The maid passed through the foyer and went out to the gardens. The thin shawl provided no help against the chilly night air.

‘I should have dressed more warmly…’

The maid walking along the garden path soon turned toward the rear gate instead of the main entrance.

“Hm? Do we need to go outside?”

“Yes.”

She gradually began to feel something was strange. But Nana kept her mouth shut and quickened her pace.

As soon as they passed through the rear gate, a carriage emerged from the darkness. Next to it, a single lantern flickered in the wind.

“Over there, Miss.”

The maid turned around and smiled.

Nana slowly walked toward the carriage.

‘Something’s wrong.’

Ishanka had been so worried about her catching a cold. Would such a person request a late-night outing without even checking her condition?

Normally she would have been suspicious by now. But her head was foggy and not working properly. Most of all, the fact that this was Ishanka’s Manor dulled her wariness.

An ominous feeling spread through her mind. She turned toward the maid.

“Excuse me, is this really…”

At that moment the carriage door burst open and a man wearing a black mask jumped out. Before she could even scream, the man grabbed Nana in an instant.

Belatedly, she saw the maid’s face beyond the rear gate had hardened.

“You…!”

Nana shouted, but the maid flinched and turned her head away.

Only then did Nana realize.

That she had been deceived, and was now in a dangerous situation.

Just as she opened her mouth to call for help, the man covered Nana’s mouth and nose with a cloth.

“Mmph-!”

The smell of medicine soaked in the cloth penetrated her nose with her breath. Her vision blurred.

Nana struggled desperately, but the man’s arms were solid as iron.

Unable to escape from his embrace, gradually losing consciousness, the last thing she encountered was the man’s smiling eyes showing through his mask.

His strangely twisted eyes seemed to be enjoying this situation as they smiled.

That was Nana’s last memory.

* * *

How long had she been unconscious?

Her mind was hazy as if drifting through thick fog.

In the midst of this, heavy footsteps echoed against the floor somewhere – thud, thud.

In rhythm with those sounds, Nana’s consciousness began to slowly surface.

When she struggled to lift her eyelids, her blurry vision gradually became clear.

She slowly rolled her eyes to survey her surroundings.

The smell of straw stinging her nose. Damp dirt floor.

Wooden walls where insects crawled and rotting beams.

A moldy ceiling stretched overhead, rusted nail marks tangled everywhere on the walls, and thick wooden bars were attached to a small window on one wall.

There seemed to be no way to escape.

“Where is this place?”

Nana muttered low in a cracked voice. Then a strange man’s voice responded as if he had been waiting.

“Oh, you’re finally awake.”

“Stop. Cut the nonsense.”

Another man coldly interrupted.

“Nonsense, how disappointing. I was just trying to answer the question of someone personally chosen by the King.”

The man looked down at Nana with a mocking laugh.

He slowly bent down and thrust his face forward.

“This place is, you see.”

His breath brushed against her face.

“Where you’re going to die.”

Then, as if those words amused him, he clutched his belly and giggled.

The vile laughter sounded like that of street thugs.

But that made it even more ominous.

Such people had bribed a maid from a manor that was practically a palace where a king resided and kidnapped her?

It didn’t make sense. Someone was definitely behind this.

Just as Nana was becoming certain.

Creeeeak-

The sound of a door slowly opening echoed from behind her.

Even without seeing, it was certain someone was entering.

Nana gritted her teeth and tried to sit up.

To find out even one thing, she couldn’t miss this moment.

“Writhing on the floor like a maggot. Perfect for someone like you.”

Nana’s body froze at a voice she had heard somewhere before.

“Sit her up.”

When the order was given, one of the thugs approached and forcibly pulled Nana up. With her wrists tightly bound, she sat awkwardly in place.

Only then did she lift her head and face her opponent.

“…Murica Vilona?”

At her words, Murakka twisted her lips and approached, swinging her palm hard without any warning.

Smack-!

“How dare you call my name so carelessly? A lowly Kingdom person like you.”

Though the impact turned her head sharply, Nana gritted her teeth and turned back. Her mouth hurt as if it would burst, but Nana glared at her with firm eyes.

“Did you orchestrate this?”

Instead of answering, Murakka shrugged and smiled.

“Whatever the correct answer is doesn’t matter. What matters is that you’re here now.”

“What’s your purpose?”

Nana asked through gritted teeth.

Murakka smiled affectionately as if soothing a child.

“You’ll find out soon.”

“Isha won’t fail to notice I’m missing. He’s not someone who’ll just sit still either.”

At those words, Murakka snorted. Her eyes twisted sharply.

“Interesting fantasy. But he won’t be able to find you.”

A strange excitement spread in her eyes.

“Do you think it would be so difficult for the daughter of Vilona, one of the most prominent tribes in this country, to eliminate one person from the Kingdom who has no connections or roots here?”

“Do you seriously think that’s possible?”

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

Murakka slowly looked around and pointed at the warehouse that looked like ruins.

“Do you know where this place is?”

Nana closed her mouth and looked beyond the bars.

“You don’t know, do you? Of course not. I don’t know the exact name either. It’s so remote it’s not even on maps. There are no villages nearby. It’s an abandoned warehouse in the middle of a small, nameless forest. Who could possibly find their way here?”

She shrugged her shoulders and turned her gaze back to Nana.

Her tone was cheerful, but her eyes were cold.

“Even my Aibanu doesn’t know about this place. So how could he find you? It doesn’t make sense, does it?”

“…Isha will find me soon.”

Upon hearing those words, Murakka burst into uncontrollable laughter.

“Hahahaha! That’s really funny! How about we make a bet? You believe he’ll find you, and I believe you’ll just disappear like this.”

“You’re completely insane.”

“That’s right. I sometimes think so too.”

She nodded and slowly approached.

“I have to get whatever I want, no matter what. Money, honor, power. What I have must be the finest quality. My Aibanu belongs to that finest quality.”

“Isha isn’t an object.”

“Shut up. I’m talking right now.”

Her voice dropped low.

“When I heard that someone like you dared to become lovers with my man, I almost went completely crazy. Who are you to dare call Aibanu ‘Isha,’ to laugh with him, and even hold his hand?”

“You’re really not in your right mind. This is beyond repair… Ahhh!”

As Nana spoke mockingly, Murakka grabbed her hair without hesitation. Nana gasped at the sudden surge of pain.

Murakka spoke through gritted teeth without taking her eyes off her.

“That person was originally mine. But you dared to…”

Then she roughly released Nana’s hair as if throwing away trash.

“You should experience hell once too. Try to survive well in the hell I’ve created.”

* * *

It was impossible to gauge how much time had passed.

The sky beyond the bars had darkened and brightened about three times, so roughly three days must have passed.

Nana was barely catching her breath, her drooping body leaning against a pile of straw.

She was in terrible shape. Sweat had caused dirt and straw to stick all over her body, and her cold was getting worse instead of better.

Her body felt like it weighed a thousand pounds, and her mind was hazy like thick fog.

Would she really die like this?

“No. Don’t think like that.”

She muttered quietly and shook her head vigorously, but immediately her head throbbed and rang.

Seeing the sky beyond the bars gradually brightening, morning seemed to be approaching.

‘I hope Isha finds me quickly.’

If what Murakka said was true, this was an isolated forest not even on maps. Even if a search had begun, it would take a long time to reach this place.

Perhaps her traces would only be discovered after something terrible had already happened.

But even so, there was hope.

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