The Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with a Song - Chapter 137

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Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with Song – Episode 137
The moment I activated Pierce, communication connected instantly, making all my previous worries seem utterly pointless.
What I appreciated most was the guidance message that appeared first.
-This communication device has no call rejection function.
-If the recipient is alive, communication will connect immediately regardless of circumstances.
This meant Jung Hwan-jae had absolutely no way to avoid this call.
I’d been carrying this thing around like a limb all this time without ever thinking to use it.
Whoever designed it would probably weep if they found out.
―Ye-ah, the thing is…
“That’s not it. Come out.”
―The reason I didn’t mention it…
“I understand. Just come out.”
Noticing my voice had taken on an unprecedented firmness, Jung Hwan-jae, who had been trying to persuade me, grew increasingly subdued.
I rarely spoke to him this forcefully under normal circumstances.
Just hearing his voice alone reassured me somewhat—nothing seemed immediately wrong.
It didn’t appear that anything catastrophic was happening right now.
My heart settled.
―I’m sorry for deceiving you.
“No, it’s not deception. The Guild Master doesn’t need to report everything to every guild member.”
I realized midway through making this call that he didn’t need to tell me everything.
He was the Guild Master, and I was a guild member.
Besides, I hadn’t been with the guild for that long. I had no right to feel hurt or indignant about him keeping secrets from me.
[Liri: Don’t push yourself like that.]
Liri, who had maintained her avatar form for quite some time, seemed to have grown tired and reverted to her original state.
But she continued to stare at me just the same.
Maintaining a physical form appeared to be incredibly taxing.
‘I’m not pushing myself. I’m not trying to say I’m overstepping by questioning whether I have the right or not.’
He had no obligation to tell me where he was going or report to me.
But he also had no right to stop me from worrying about him.
[Liri: That’s true.]
[Liri: But it bothers me that he’s making you worry like this.]
‘I’m sure he worries about me far more than I worry about him.’
[Liri: That’s also true, but I raised you so carefully that you wouldn’t worry about anything…]
‘From what I remember, ever since I awakened, I’ve done nothing but worry every single day.’
Liri fell silent, apparently running out of things to say.
I imagined a grumbling snowman behind me and let out a soft laugh. I refocused on the call.
Worrying and pushing like this was my right. Though I was a guild member, my position was Jung Hwan-jae’s exclusive healer.
“My healer is away right now, so why do you keep going off somewhere? Don’t you know a healer is essential the more dangerous the place gets?”
―That’s…
“Or did you go on purpose when I was away? Because I’m in the way?”
―That’s not it. You’re misunderstanding me.
He’d been dodging the issue until I raised my voice like this, and only then did he back down.
He could brush off anything else, but he couldn’t bring himself to agree that I was a burden.
Moments like this really showed how innocent he was.
“Come out now. I already know where you’ve gone. At the very least, come with me.”
―This is a dangerous place.
“Yes, it must be dangerous. That’s why you didn’t bring me or anyone else along, right?”
I understood his psychology—why he’d accepted this danger despite knowing how reckless it was.
He cared for his guild members even more than I did.
Jung Hwan-jae fell silent for a while. I wondered if he was searching for an excuse or some way to explain himself to me.
―I don’t want Ye-ah to enter this place.
His voice had turned pleading.
He was someone who knew all too well that my resolve weakened whenever I heard him speak like that.
But I couldn’t back down now either.
When I thought about it, Jung Hwan-jae had always been the one to give in across every situation.
“But someone has to go in, don’t they? What’s happened?”
This was a special device created by a Hunter.
There was no risk of eavesdropping, and where Jung Hwan-jae was located was a lifeless land, so there was no worry of anyone listening in.
A long sigh followed before his words came through.
―Kim Kyung-hoon might be here, so I came to search for him.
The puzzle pieces fell into place.
Hadn’t reports come from the United States that the headquarters of those who’d killed Staff members was located within Ragnarok?
Though I couldn’t understand the principle or reason, those who’d committed such acts tended to be drawn to that location.
“Are there other people there too?”
By “other people,” I was asking whether the other Staff killers had also entered Ragnarok.
Jung Hwan-jae understood my meaning despite my imprecise phrasing and answered without hesitation.
―No. Unlike other countries, this place has magical energy flowing through it so intensely that even ordinary Hunters have difficulty entering. Among the Koreans involved in the Staff killings, only Kim Kyung-hoon can withstand this magical energy.
It was as if he were demonstrating what happens when someone powerful harbors dark intentions.
Just thinking about what calamity Kim Kyung-hoon might bring by absorbing the magical energy within Ragnarok made my head spin.
“If that’s really true, then you need to get out of there even more.”
―But.
“You won’t be able to stop him alone.”
I already knew the fate of those who’d become Dungeons.
If Kim Kyung-hoon became a Dungeon, it would be impossible for Jung Hwan-jae to clear it solo, even at his absolute best condition.
He seemed intent on stopping Kim Kyung-hoon before he became a Dungeon, but finding him in such a vast place would be difficult.
When I explained this, Jung Hwan-jae answered as if he’d already considered it.
―I have a tracking item.
“I don’t think that person would overlook that. He definitely has countermeasures. You know that.”
―Even so, really.
“Come out. I’m not discussing this anymore.”
Jung Hwan-jae fell silent, sensing the subtle frost creeping into my voice.
Kim Kyung-hoon, who accepts Ragnarok’s mana, isn’t afraid—yet he still minds when I warn him like this.
He’s quite the amusing person.
I couldn’t know for certain whether extracting him from there right now was the best choice for all humanity.
But if Jung Hwan-jae wasn’t included in the world he’s trying to save, I had no confidence I could bear that rage.
Because then my anger might truly spiral out of control.
“What will you do? Will you come out? Or will you refuse?”
―I… I’ll come out.
The outcome was predictable—my victory.
“Once you’re out, call me again. Check the messages, and when you sense the mana, reply a bit too. Are you trying to make me obsess over you?”
―Ye-ah, you’re allowed to obsess over me.
“That’s not what I meant, but… I’ll keep that in mind.”
The conversation ended somewhat oddly, but I’d successfully extracted Jung Hwan-jae before anything truly catastrophic could happen.
I ended the call and threw myself back onto the bed.
[Liri: Do you think you can sleep peacefully now?]
[Liri: Hunter Jung Hwan-jae is way more effective than all my attempts to put you to sleep combined.]
I looked at the message that somehow seemed subtly disappointed and laughed awkwardly.
I owed Liri and her avatar an apology, but I couldn’t deny it.
Before this, I couldn’t begin to count how much I’d worried about what might happen to Jung Hwan-jae.
Jung Hwan (1)
I’m out
Sorry for
worrying you
ㅠㅠ
The crying emoticon itself arrived somewhat late.
He even went so far as to photograph the scenery after emerging and send the picture separately, as if to prove he’d truly made it out.
Jung Hwan (1)
But I still
don’t want Ye-ah going in
I exhaled, staring at the screen.
Just as there were things I couldn’t compromise on, he too had things he wouldn’t yield.
My safety was probably one of them.
I had no intention of dismissing his concern for me.
I know my own life is precious, and Jung Hwan-jae’s is equally so.
As I pondered, a sudden thought came to me, and I typed my response.
Yeom Ye-ah (1)
Then let’s drag it outside instead

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