The Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with a Song - Chapter 151

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Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with Song – Episode 151
“Do you find this place to your liking?”
“To be honest, whether I like this place or not isn’t really that important.”
“Then you don’t like it?”
“No, no. I do like it.”
I waved my hands frantically. Jung Hwan-jae’s face had fallen so quickly at the thought that I disliked this place.
Truth be told, there was nothing to like or dislike about it.
I was simply overwhelmed.
This was the Valkyrie Network, and it was far too magnificent for someone like me to have preferences about.
If it weren’t for Jung Hwan-jae, it would have taken me quite a while to even know of its existence.
Without him, I never would have found this world, and there’s no way I could have entered a place like this on my own.
“Thank you, senior.”
“There’s no need to thank me. I would do anything for Ye-ah.”
“You shouldn’t say things like ‘I’d do anything’ so carelessly.”
At my playful remark, Jung Hwan-jae smiled slightly in agreement.
Seeing him smile put my mind at ease a little.
“I wish we could steal the data here and run away.”
[Liri: You can’t steal the data. This place is monitored not just by me, but by all Staff Members affiliated with Baldur.]
[Liri: The conversation between the two Awakeners right now can be heard by all Staff Members if they wish. They can watch too. Of course, transmitting this information to other Awakeners is strictly forbidden, so don’t worry.]
Liri’s window appeared immediately.
It was far clearer and larger than the message windows I normally saw.
This place seemed to be where the Staff Members’ power was amplified even further.
I shouldn’t even joke about stealing anything.
But they’re all watching us right now?
I blinked slowly. It took only a few seconds after that for my face to burn with embarrassment.
“Wait, so we’ve been on a date this whole time with potentially tens of thousands of Staff Members watching us?”
“Huh?”
Jung Hwan-jae had momentarily forgotten that he couldn’t read Liri’s messages.
When I stammered out the contents of what Liri had told me, his expression became serious.
He clearly hadn’t known about this either.
But unlike me, who was too embarrassed to do anything easily right now, Jung Hwan-jae seemed to accept the entire situation with a calm expression instead.
It was almost as if he were saying, “Let them watch. I’m confident right now.”
“You’re… quite bold about this?”
I opened my mouth out of slight bewilderment, but as soon as the words came out, they sounded like I was asking why he was fine when I was so flustered.
But normally, Jung Hwan-jae was someone who would blush and feel embarrassed at every word I said.
“I don’t think there’s anything to be ashamed of.”
“Well, of course not.”
We didn’t come to a place we shouldn’t have entered, and as Ranking 1st, we came here together to a place where access is granted.
Strictly speaking, there’s no one watching, and we’re not people who shouldn’t be dating.
I admit there’s no reason to be embarrassed.
Even if my mind understands it, my heart reacts differently.
“…But at least a date in front of everyone seems sufficient.”
“Are you embarrassed?”
“Yes. When you say everyone’s watching right now, it feels like I’m broadcasting a live drama, and it’s making me feel strange.”
Jung Hwan-jae laughed softly.
He pulled me closer as if to say he felt no embarrassment whatsoever, but would gladly follow my wishes.
“Do you think I could come here alone someday and not get lost?”
“Generally, to enter here, you would receive guidance from an Assigned Staff Member. At that time, Liri will show you the way.”
In other words, the geography of this place was typically handled by the Assigned Staff Members, and they would accompany me until I became familiar with it.
It would have been fine if he’d simply suggested I explore this place with Liri from the start.
But he deliberately took on the role of first guide himself.
I’m not foolish.
His kindness touches my heart.
“Yes, next time I come, I’ll make sure to explore thoroughly so I can lead the way. Who knows? Maybe I’ll discover some function here that neither of us could have imagined.”
Jung Hwan-jae must have wandered this place for years, so if he hadn’t found something, it probably doesn’t exist.
When I put on a confident air and acted as if there was nothing to worry about, he simply nodded while smiling.
“Yes, when you discover something like that, you must show me first.”
“Yes, I’ll show you and do my best to make sure you can use it too.”
“No, there’s no need for me to be able to use it.”
He continued in a composed tone.
Perhaps it was because the Valkyrie Network was already strong enough without new powers.
Still, it would be nice if he could have something like that. With that function, he could become several times stronger.
“For me, it’s enough to see Ye-ah growing stronger through such things, being recognized by others, and being loved.”
“What? That’s some kind of agape mindset.”
“Of course, if Ye-ah were to fall in love with someone because of that, I would need to learn about it first.”
This time too, he said something confusing.
He certainly knows how to confuse a person’s heart.
“Let’s go out now. Not much time will have passed outside, but we should still take some time to explore the United States a bit more, shouldn’t we?”
But Jung Hwan-jae didn’t give me a chance to ask for clarification or even to understand what he meant.
It seemed like he was deliberately acting flustered in this way.
I followed him outside somewhat bewildered and glanced up at him.
The tips of his ears, visible as he walked a step ahead of me, appeared flushed.
“No matter how I look at it, he seems like someone who gets embarrassed easily….”
“Ye-ah, I didn’t quite catch what you just said.”
“I didn’t say anything.”

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“You seemed to clear the Dungeon quite well.”
Jung Hwan-jae, who had laughed and chatted about this and that the entire way here with me, immediately shifted into a businesslike expression the moment he saw Dante.
It was Dante who had been thrown alive into the teleport, yet anyone watching might have thought he was the one who’d done the throwing.
“It was nice to have various conversations with the others. After all, no one but those who enter can hear what happens inside the Dungeon.”
Dante spoke casually, as though the Dungeon was indeed the best place for confidential discussions.
I couldn’t know what had passed between them, but it seemed he had at least made some impression on the Guild members who had entered out of admiration for him.
“Generally, most rankers either form personal teams or operate as soloists. Until now, I thought joining others was purely a matter of increasing survival odds.”
“I didn’t ask.”
“Just hear me out.”
Jung Hwan-jae sat across from him with an expression that said ‘I really don’t want to listen, but go ahead anyway.’
“But having someone by your side… it gives a sense of reassurance I hadn’t expected. Even if I personally defeated most of the monsters.”
“I thought you’d trampled on quite a bit of good fortune coming your way.”
“All the more reason to be grateful I haven’t trampled on the fortune still to come.”
As Jung Hwan-jae and I exchanged words back and forth, Dante looked between us with a dissatisfied expression.
“You two sometimes look like a married couple running a con.”
“We haven’t conned anyone.”
“So you’re admitting to the married part?”
“Oops.”
As I turned my head away with feigned innocence, Dante shook his head.
“You’re gossiping quite boldly.”
“It’s not gossip—it’s right to your face.”
There was a time when I felt overwhelmed in his presence without meaning to.
Now I could pull off such shameless remarks without hesitation, and I felt proud of myself for it.
Ye-ah, you’ve really grown up.
“So are you planning to form a team now? If so, we at Hanttae should prepare accordingly.”
“That’s something for later. Tonight, I’m thinking of having a conversation with Rosalind Brown.”
Dante disappeared with a satisfied expression, as though he’d gained some profound insight into human relationships.
“Somehow I feel proud.”
“I feel the same.”
That evening, we both felt quite content.
However, the next day, Dante appeared alongside Rosalind Brown looking like someone who’d been beaten to a pulp on a rainy day.

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