The Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with a Song - Chapter 127

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Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with Song – Episode 127
“Ye-ah, I’ve booked you at the closest and most expensive Hunter Hotel nearby. Normally it takes months to get a reservation, but I just forced my way through!”
“Is that really okay?”
“Nike makes exceptions. We’re talking about the Ranking 1st coming to Nike, after all.”
The mere fact that the Ranking 1st had chosen this hotel elevated its brand value immensely.
I’d apparently managed to get the room comped by asking Nike to provide it free of charge instead of billing me, since Nike was covering the cost anyway.
Wherever I went, the title “VIP” was attached before my name, which felt burdensome.
Rosalind Brown dragged me around relentlessly, as if she couldn’t grant me even a moment of personal time.
She tried to enter a restricted area beyond Nike Building personnel access, but Dante stopped her.
“Why? Ye-ah’s basically an insider at this point, isn’t she?”
“That doesn’t mean she should know Nike’s confidential information.”
“I have absolutely no desire to know such things anyway, so please show me somewhere else instead….”
Rosalind Brown wore a regretful expression but didn’t press the matter further.
If I saw that far, it seemed like she’d simply keep me confined at Nike, as if to say she couldn’t send me back to Hanttae after I’d learned such secrets.
I didn’t even have a chance to contact Jung Hwan-jae separately, let alone open the Rankers’ chat.
I couldn’t fathom how long she’d been waiting for me to come to the United States.
The reason I felt I was in the United States—no one was suggesting we grab food.
“By the way, what about Hunter Hwa-jon….”
“Ah, he’s touring the building with Hunter James. Rosalind specifically wanted to show only you around.”
Dante, wearing an expression that said ‘Once Rosalind makes up her mind, no one alive can stop her,’ sighed apologetically.
I couldn’t believe it.
She was the one who’d been so competitive and wary of me simply because I was a Healer who’d joined Hanttae.
But after fighting together once, she’d become extremely friendly, which made me suspect her exterior and interior might be different.
While Dante disappeared, saying he’d go to the Guild Master’s Office for a moment to get scolded by the other elders, I cautiously opened my mouth.
“Rosalind, am I making you uncomfortable? Last time, it seemed like you were somewhat reluctant because I was a Hanttae Hunter.”
“Oh, that?”
Rosalind let out a small laugh.
A red bird peeked out from between her collar, looking at me.
It was Pene, Rosalind’s assigned staff member.
Pene continued on Rosalind’s behalf.
“Rosalind’s emotions stem generally from frustrations occurring within Nike and communication errors with Dante.”
“The way you’re saying it makes me sound like a kid who got upset because Dante wasn’t interested in me. Speak properly.”
“Well, it’s that you felt Dante only sees your utility value and treats you accordingly. Overall, it’s because Rosalind’s position within Nike has become ambiguous.”
That was certainly true.
When siblings have higher ranks than you, comparisons naturally arise.
I’d often seen people rank Sung Mi-ju and Sung Ji-wook against each other, so I understood well what that feeling was like.
Moreover, Dante was an original Hunter awakened from Ragnarok and had steadfastly held his position before Jung Hwan-jae appeared.
I understood a hundred times over the pressure Rosalind must have felt—even the desire to escape to Hanttae.
Rosalind sighed.
“But that’s my problem, and I shouldn’t have acted so petty toward you. I got worried when Dante showed interest in you.”
“Are you worried?”
“At first, I thought your arrival might threaten my position, and I was afraid that if you deemed me useless, I’d be treated like a borrowed sack of grain left to rot.”
It was a complicated tangle of emotions.
I was genuinely irritating and posed a real threat, yet somehow I also sensed a kinship in her that made me worry for her too.
“I’m sorry.”
“No, it’s fine.”
In truth, Rosalind Brown hadn’t actively tormented me.
Those glances and attitudes were easily justified in the tense atmosphere of the Ranking Tournament.
She hadn’t resorted to petty tricks like Kim Kyung-hoon; in combat, she’d treated me with absolute fairness.
To lose in such a fair match and then accept defeat cleanly without harboring resentment afterward.
I had no reason to hold ill will toward Rosalind Brown.
Besides, though she spoke lightly about it, revealing one’s own dark emotions and shortcomings wasn’t an easy thing to do.
“Actually, I still don’t understand Dante very well. Lately he’s been treating me somewhat like a younger sibling, but he’s an extremely rational person.”
Rosalind Brown shook her head, emphasizing the word “rational” as she spoke.
These days, with strange things happening, he seemed to care about her somewhat, but normally he treated her as little more than a useful healer.
Still, the image of him during the Ranking Tournament, saying he wished he’d fought against his own sister instead of me, remained vivid in her mind.
“….”
“Well, that’s something to settle within our family. I don’t expect Dante to suddenly regret anything or share some touching story about how it was hard to show his true feelings. That’s not going to happen.”
“Yes, since it’s a family matter, it would be awkward for me to intrude.”
“What I’m trying to say is that I was wrong to treat Ye-ah harshly back then, and your combat style was truly magnificent.”
Pene nodded in agreement with Rosalind Brown’s words.
“Roza has done nothing but talk about your battle ever since she fought you.”
“Me?”
Rosalind Brown was the only person who’d witnessed me directly dispelling a debuff up close.
It seemed that dramatic moment had been equally striking for her as it was for me.
“But someone who fights so brilliantly is doubting their own abilities.”
“Doubting is a strong word….”
My self-esteem and confidence had simply dipped a little.
I’d been frequently thinking that everything I did was falling apart.
Rosalind Brown shook her head vigorously.
“Everyone goes through trial and error, but if you can’t accept that, you’ll only stagnate further.”
“Stagnate?”
“Yes, so I’m going to show you what trial and error I’ve gone through. I’ll even drag out Dante’s shortcomings to prove that everyone experiences this.”
Rosalind Brown turned toward where the Guild Master’s Office would be, let out a knowing laugh, and extended her hand as if to escort me.
I grasped her hand somewhat awkwardly, and she began pulling me along eagerly.
“There are still more places to go?”
“Still plenty! Let’s grab some food at the Guild Cafeteria and talk for a bit.”
“Okay….”
Finally, food.
I thought so as I followed her down, only to find numerous chefs standing in a line to greet me.
A look of wonder, an expression of admiration.
Their gazes, far too burdensome for me to accept, scrutinized my every move.
Guided to the innermost seat, dishes from countless countries were presented before me.
The atmosphere was entirely different from the Guild Cafeteria I had imagined and experienced thus far.
“Isn’t this just a restaurant? The course cuisine being served is far too elaborate.”
“Well, this isn’t your typical cafeteria—everyone here is preparing everything specifically for you. Did you really think Nike wasn’t going to treat you as a distinguished guest?”
Nike was, in every sense, the world’s greatest Guild.
And though I hadn’t fully accepted it yet, I was also among the world’s finest Hunters.
Treating me carelessly would damage the Guild’s image all by itself.
Rosalind Brown spoke as she cut into her steak.
“We’ve already received massive complaints and a flood of critical articles about failing to properly protect Ye-ah during the teleportation. It’ll be hard to suppress.”
“I was surprised, but it wasn’t that serious….”
“When Dante came to Korea, Jung Hwan opened a Subspace Arena himself to bring him through, so it’s comparable.”
Though such apparent carelessness was said to be Nike’s intention, the fact that Jung Hwan-jae went that far made the comparison inevitable.
I opened the Ranker chat during a brief moment.
Joke (14)
Get in touch
Sung Mi-ju (29)
Get in touch
Joke (14)
Get in touch
The same message repeated endlessly.
Right, I’d only told Jung Hwan-jae.
Rosalind Brown noticed and logged into the chat with me.
Rosalind Brown (6)
Ye-ah’s eating meat right now :3
Joke (14)
Tell her to get in touch
Sung Mi-ju (29)
Tell her to get in touch
Right, right.
I shook my head and switched windows. Being overseas, I kept missing the group chat.
Yeom Ye-ah (1) has changed status to ‘Private Messages_Guild Members Only’.

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