The Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with a Song - Chapter 80

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Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with Song – Episode 080
“Gasp!”
[Liri: Did you sleep well?]
The moment I jolted upright, Liri’s serene morning greeting reached me.
My last memory was being struck by a skill on Jung Hwan-jae’s back before being forcibly put to sleep.
Now I found myself lying in a comfortable position on the bed in my usual dormitory room.
He must have simply let me sleep and quietly left this place. Though it wasn’t as if he had anywhere else to be anyway.
The time was early dawn, just before sunrise.
[Liri: Sleep more. If you wake up awkwardly in a situation like this, your sleep schedule will be disrupted, and you’ll struggle afterward.]
‘But I can’t fall back asleep right now… I think I’ll go wash up and think about it.’
I got up and headed to the bathroom. As I filled the bathtub with warm water, I sank into contemplation.
Just as I lull him to sleep with my song, it seems he too possesses a skill that puts others to sleep. Well, what skills wouldn’t the steadfast rank one hunter have?
He’s probably capable of doing anything except bringing the dead back to life.
While the water was filling, I retrieved my phone to check the current atmosphere.
[B-rank Dungeon ‘Library of the Tomb’ Temporarily Closed?]
It seemed they decided not to disclose the matter of the staff murderers, probably to prevent the remaining members from going into hiding.
The Library of the Tomb dungeon, which they primarily used, was a public dungeon that hunters could enter and clear whenever they wished.
Since it was a private library and not state-owned, it became complicated for it to be transferred to the Hunter Association, and there was apparently some adult-like backstory to it.
[Corporation H, the original owner of the private library in question, recognized the danger of the dungeon and is known to have transferred ownership of it to the domestic Guild ‘Hanttae’ for safety.]
But reading up to this point, I couldn’t simply brush past it indifferently.
I had slept for quite a while, but what exactly had happened while I was asleep?
After we rescued people from the dungeon and sent them to their respective places, what else had occurred?
“Liri, please help me!”
Whenever I spoke to Liri by raising my voice directly, she would become softer-hearted than usual.
This time was no exception.
While I was searching through all of this, she hadn’t said a word and merely observed the situation, but the moment I called out with my voice, she quickly sent a message.
[Liri: This is something the Guild Master should handle, and it’s not really something you need to worry about.]
[Liri: But if you’re curious, I should tell you.]
“Yes, I want to know!”
[Liri: I’ll organize the files and send them to you. I’m bathing now.]
“Okay!”
I quietly sank into the hot water to relieve my stress.
The moment my body entered the water, my fatigue melted away.
I wonder why I’ve come to prefer bathing in water much hotter than what others use. Perhaps it’s because I’m sensitive to the cold.
While I was passing time with meaningless web browsing on my phone, I recalled the documents Liri had sent.
(Summary of the Library of the Tomb clearing team’s movements and Hanttae’s situation after putting Yeom Ye-ah to bed in the dormitory)
Sung Mi-ju: First discoverer of the deceased, provided testimony and assistance with organizing the situation at the Hunter Association. Plans to spend one night within the Association. Additionally, will accompany interrogations of the staff murderer to provide support.
Sung Ji-wook: Transported the injured, including Dan Myeong-ah, to the hospital. As a healer, he is waiting at the Hunter-Exclusive Hospital to accurately convey information about their conditions.
Dante: Attended the Hunter Association to contact Nike and is currently dissuading Rosalind Brown from entering Korea. Additionally, reviewing whether similar cases have occurred in the United States. Rosalind wants to see Yeom Ye-ah and come to Korea, but has no other particular purpose.
After reading this far, I exhaled a sigh without realizing it.
Rosalind Brown seemed to have felt something subtle—camaraderie, perhaps even friendship—toward me after that sparring match.
Of course, I felt it too, but in this chaotic situation, I didn’t have the mental capacity to sit down and talk about it.
Rosalind Brown: After the failed domestic operation, she’s been focused on handling various Gates that have emerged across the United States. Currently, rumors are circulating within Nike that the Brown siblings are transferring to another Guild, causing something akin to internal strife.
Jung Hwan-jae: Immediately moved to the Hunter Association to confirm the list of those captured and rescued today, then proceeded to the corporation holding the Library of the Tomb to go through the process of bidding for the Dungeon.
“It’s remarkable how quickly people move when they set their minds to it.”
Sometimes when I see him thinking or typing, I want to ask what he’s contemplating, when exactly he reaches his conclusions.
But once he makes up his mind, he acts with such boldness and certainty, as if nothing else matters.
It’s something I could never do, and I couldn’t help but find his back incredibly attractive.
And after being carried by him, I realized how reassuring that back truly was.
‘…If the opportunity comes, I want to be carried again.’
So this time, instead of falling asleep while being carried, I wanted to have a conversation at eye level.
Not talking about my unremarkable life, but wanting to walk down the same sunset-painted road while learning how Jung Hwan-jae has lived, how he came to be.
Though I’m not sure if that’s too much to ask for.
I shook my head and finished reading the documents.
Corporation H: The director who had firmly refused when the Hunter Association initially tried to transfer the Dungeon died of a chronic illness a few months ago. The Dungeon is now presumed to be a white elephant. The Association had stopped requesting the transfer, leaving them in a bind, when the Hanttae Guild Master contacted them and immediately concluded the transfer contract.
In other words, there was a director who had originally planned to sink together with that Dungeon, but he died.
Now, handing it over to the Association would slightly wound their pride and they wouldn’t get fair value—so wasn’t Jung Hwan-jae’s appearance like that of a savior?
A bitter smile formed naturally.
The timing was absolutely perfect.
After skimming through everything, I washed up and stepped outside. My skin had turned a rosy red.
I must have been in the water for quite a while—the sun was already up outside the window.
Only after changing into fresh clothes did Liri contact me.
[Liri: Are you feeling better?]
“I’m not sure. If I sleep now, I might sleep until noon… Since things are already like this, I’m thinking maybe I should start the day early.”
After washing up, I understood.
The sacred blessing Liri had bestowed upon me yesterday was still warming my heart gently.
So I was in quite a good mood. Though I don’t know what kind of blessing he gave me.
[Liri: There will be a lot to do today. To be honest, I wish you could rest a bit more. By this afternoon, you’ll definitely regret not resting longer.]
If he’s saying this much, there must be a reason. I stopped being stubborn and changed back into my pajamas.
I slipped into bed and stared blankly at the ceiling.
Even though I hadn’t drawn the blackout curtains, the room darkened instantly. The Dormitory itself had some kind of skill cast on it for the comfort of its residents.
I thought I wouldn’t be able to sleep, but with the atmosphere set like this, drowsiness crept over me before I knew it.
Perhaps because of that, even when I heard someone’s footsteps, I couldn’t open my eyes. Or maybe my instincts told me there was no danger.
A hand gently reached out and adjusted my blanket over me.
Something enormous unfolded, as if to block out the faint light seeping through.
Just before sleep took me, I barely managed to open my eyes and saw what appeared to be a man—pure white from head to toe, with enormous wings.

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“Mi-ju, are you alright?”
“I’m not alright. Look at these dark circles under my eyes.”
Sung Mi-ju returned to the Hanttae Guild that afternoon, still bearing what appeared to be bloodstains of unknown origin.
She spoke with confident assurance about having extracted every detail regarding the Staff members’ killers, but truthfully, I felt a creeping sense of dread.
“Was there perhaps someone named Kim Kyung-hoon among them?”
“No, not Kim Kyung-hoon, but there was an unfamiliar name that came up.”
“Unfamiliar?”
“So Yi-yoon.”

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