Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 117

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15. A Story Jin Hali Doesn’t Know (9)

The Eerie Shadow, now called Lion, flew up with its small body fluttering.

And it quietly landed right next to Erich, on the pillow Hali was resting on.

[To think there were beings worse than ghosts by my lord’s side. I cannot stand by and watch.]

Erich only glimmered briefly and didn’t even pretend to listen.

Still, Lion continued speaking without concern.

Boldly, as if knowing the other party had no choice but to respond.

[I’d like to take you to the Underworld right away, but… since my lord has wishes, I’ll do my best to help with those.]

[…What are you planning to do.]

‘What a world of difference from when speaking to my lord.’

When speaking to beings other than Jin Hali, Erich’s voice itself was different.

Truly befitting a demonic sword.

An overwhelming presence and immense magical power that seemed capable of cutting something with sound alone could be felt. While his voice tone became so gentle toward his contractor that it seemed almost like a split personality.

Of course, if Hali had heard this, she would have been shocked.

‘Do beings from the Other World usually act this intimately?’

Baridegi Dungeon was quite an old dungeon.

It was a dungeon that appeared not long after Narin Academy was established.

During those long years, the three bosses hadn’t just been trapped inside.

Following their ability characteristics, they constantly communicated with the dead and fiercely fought to prevent this world’s souls from being stolen by beings from the Other World.

‘It was precarious, but.’

Since they had already been invaded by beings from the Other World and became a dungeon due to that influence, gaining an advantage over them was a distant prospect.

Similar things were probably happening in other regions of this world too.

Unless there were multiple bosses like them, all native-born with powerful egos, it was about time for the beings from the Other World to gain the upper hand.

‘Did they say destruction is starting again in the mortal world now? I don’t know for sure, but this destruction likely couldn’t be stopped even by clearing dungeons.’

Native dungeons were aberrations that had mutated under the influence of beings from the Other World, while also serving as guardians protecting this world from the Other World.

If those beings welcomed masters from the Other World or the dungeon bosses died, this entire world would become prey for the Other World.

In other words, destruction had already been in progress for quite some time.

‘Though there seems to be another world besides the Other World that invaded this one.’

In the case of that other world, it would most likely be this world’s past or future.

Eerie Shadow thought that twin world from a different time period might be the only answer to preventing destruction.

Only beings from this world could detect that world, so the beings from the Other World didn’t know about it, and if something came over from that world, it would appear like beings from the Other World.

Anyway, since it was a strictly separate world, there would be unique characteristics of souls that crossed dimensions, and those would appear similar to what beings from the Other World possessed.

‘The problem is how to summon them…’

Since that was truly something only a god could do, it was quite difficult.

Still, Lion intended to find a way.

Ideally, it would be good to persuade my lord to help, but if my lord refused to help, I’d have to accept it and move independently without interfering with my lord.

For the three of them as bosses close to the Underworld, it wouldn’t be entirely impossible.

‘However… I can’t bring up the topic, can I?’

With that demonic sword stuck right next to my lord, honestly.

When Lion glanced at Erich, the earring that had been quietly waiting for Lion’s answer began to hum.

[How boring.]

[It seems wicked things only know how to talk to themselves.]

[If you have nothing to say, you won’t even be able to hear that soliloquy.]

Lion looked at Erich with strange eyes.

It couldn’t understand this wicked thing’s true intentions at all.

But it could tell in just one day that he wasn’t the type to answer even if asked directly.

So Lion leisurely opened its mouth.

Having made the wicked thing who occupied my lord’s side first feel frustrated to this extent was at least some small revenge.

[It seems I’ll need a human identity.]

[…?]

The earring stopped glimmering.

As if startled.

[What are you going to do?]

[Heh. I need to create an identity that allows me to stay by my lord’s side as a new family member.]

[For what purpose? Why bother?]

What he was thinking was obvious.

Since my lord, who lacked combat power anyway, would surely use them for revenge, why go through such troublesome work?

[Being a wicked thing, you know one thing but not two.]

[You should be grateful a thousand times over that I don’t have a physical body.]

[Your language is harsh too.]

[You’re a reckless fellow.]

Lion pulled up the corners of its mouth.

It was a quiet smile.

[Wicked thing, do you really think my lord would use skills on non-ability users?]

When Lion, who had been maintaining courtesy, suddenly dropped the formalities, Erich let out a hollow laugh.

In terms of magical power alone, Erich was clearly above the current Lion.

[How dare such a weak thing!]

[Be quiet. The only reason I’m tolerating you is because of my intuition that you won’t harm my lord, not because I trust you. So stop the nonsense and just answer. Do you think my lord would use skills, or even potions, on non-ability users?]

Erich decided to listen to what the story was about for now.

As Lion said, he had no intention whatsoever of harming Hali.

Even if he didn’t know at first, he was certain of it now.

‘Though I don’t know how that fellow figured it out.’

Did he say it was intuition? Perhaps that might be one of his abilities.

If not, he wouldn’t be able to treat a demonic sword that was considered a heretic even in the Other World so easily.

[She wouldn’t use them.]

However, regardless of such impressions, it was true that Erich had nothing to say to Lion’s question.

[…Even if she did, she’d use something else.]

[I could tell just from watching for one day. That she would do so.]

[So.]

Erich asked reluctantly.

[What does that have to do with having a human identity? Is it even possible in the first place?]

[I wouldn’t say it if it weren’t possible, would I, wicked thing? Unlike you lot, we are those who possess souls of this place.]

[Souls?]

Erich scoffed.

[Magical beasts having souls. What an amusing thing to say.]

[We are not magical beasts.]

[If not magical beasts? Just because you were born here, are you going to claim you don’t belong to the dungeon? Do you think there’s anything that can escape the dungeon’s dominion? Your delusions have limits. Whatever you lot are thinking, all this soul nonsense will fail.]

Lion quietly listened to Erich’s words with only the corners of its mouth raised.

Now not even looking in that direction, sitting with one leg folded like a leisurely gentleman in a pavilion.

“Mm…”

[…That’s none of your business anyway.]

Lion waited for Hali to finish tossing and turning before speaking.

[What’s important is that we can take human form.]

[…]

…The soul talk seemed to have just been meant as provocation.

The fact that materialization was possible regardless of souls was already being proven by Lion’s current appearance.

A sinister yet leisurely expression appeared on Lion’s face.

It looked very triumphant.

[Damn it…]

Erich eventually let out a groan.

At this rate, Hali would really end up with a new family member.

And skipping right over him at that!

Wasn’t he the one who made a contract first?

This was absolutely unacceptable.

But he couldn’t pull off that kind of disguise.

It would be impossible even if his seal were broken.

Even if he hid being a demon sword, he couldn’t conceal being an ego sword and a being from another world.

Erich forgot about maintaining his dignity and hastily objected.

[Won’t the people around her figure out that you’re not human anyway?]

[I could probably pass as some kind of unusual awakener.]

[Do you think humans won’t be able to tell that you’re a dungeon boss?]

[It’s possible to keep them from knowing. We’re different from those wicked things, after all.]

The increasingly cheeky tone was even more irritating to hear.

[Tch, you’re just disguising yourself as a human anyway, so how much could you possibly help?]

What the two of them were targeting wasn’t just Hali’s trash family members. They were thinking of all humans who had the potential to threaten Hali.

Since no one knows what the future holds.

‘It’s peculiar that he at least doesn’t object to that purpose.’

Beings from other worlds don’t usually act like that, no matter what contracts they make with humans in this world.

The lion even whistled while provoking Erich, then seemed to think he’d figured things out enough and soon dropped his playful attitude to speak seriously.

[Protecting a human isn’t just about individual strength. Sometimes things like laws, conventions, and rumors can exert even greater power.]

Erich had no response.

Since demon swords were more likely to have become demon swords by being victimized by such things rather than protecting themselves with them, the lion didn’t bother going into detail.

‘If I provoke him further, it might cause harm to my lord.’

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