novelraw Chapter 104 : Chapter 104
Chapter 104 : Chapter 104
Chapter 104: Healing (2)
‘I saved one more person.’
Looking down at the patient exhaling comfortably again, Do Haru smiled bitterly.
It was clearly a joyful thing.
Because she knew well how miraculous it was to be able to save people with her own hands.
But she couldn't be purely happy.
‘……Are the guys okay?’
Because her own friends weren't here.
The fact that while saving citizens, she couldn't save her most precious friends.
That fact was ceaselessly pricking one side of Do Haru's heart.
Do Haru recalled today's events.
She was playing happily with her friends while enjoying rides peacefully.
With such a joyful feeling that she wished every day was like this.
But suddenly a monster appeared, and villains revealed themselves.
The hero who was with them, Spike Blue, was attacked and lost an arm, and the situation turned despairing in an instant.
Fortunately, they were able to escape, but Spike Blue remained there.
And not long after, Ryu Jinwoo left for the battlefield. To help Spike Blue.
It didn't stop there.
After reaching this place, the temporary safety zone, even Seol Hayun headed to the battlefield again.
When Do Haru said she would go together, Seol Hayun said firmly.
— Take care of the citizens. Jinwoo and I will return no matter what, so don't worry.
Saying each has areas they can do well in.
Then she immediately rode the firebird and left.
Without giving a chance to stop her.
‘That's a line people say before dying in movies. Idiot.’
Those words meant to reassure Do Haru made her even more anxious.
No news since then.
Her phone was dead too.
As rescue operations continued, injured people were carried out one after another, but her friends were nowhere to be seen.
She was anxious.
Has time ever flowed this slowly?
Happy times surely passed in an instant.
Now it was slow as a snail crawling.
"Thank you for saving my brother……!"
The patient's younger sister held her hand and hugged Do Haru.
It is a joyful thing that a precious person is safe.
And it was then.
A man entered Do Haru's vision.
‘Spike Blue?’
The hero her friends headed to help.
Do Haru approached Spike Blue straight away on that path.
The severed arm had regenerated before she knew it.
If Spike Blue was safe, then are the guys safe too?
"Are you okay?"
Do Haru spoke to him.
Even while talking to Spike Blue, her gaze scanned the surroundings.
"Did you happen to see my friends? Jinwoo and Hayun. The kids who were with us earlier."
Do Haru waited calmly for an answer.
But Spike Blue started avoiding her eyes instead of answering.
Stiff expression and shaking eyes.
Watching that appearance, Do Haru's chest tightened.
‘What?’
Ominousness brushed by.
Why isn't he answering?
"Did you see them, or not……?"
Do Haru asked again.
Unable to hide her anxious feelings.
"I saw them."
Spike Blue answered quietly.
He saw them?
Then why is the answer so slow.
"Then where are they? If you saw them."
Do Haru taking a step closer to him.
Without realizing it herself, strength went into her fingertips excessively.
"That is, I'm sorry."
Spike Blue said, furrowing his brow.
"I don't know well either. Ryu Jinwoo lured the monster and ran away, and Seol Hayun followed him. So as for what happened now, even I……."
There was no confidence at all in his voice trailing off at the end.
"I'm sorry."
Spike Blue apologized once again.
It was the apology she wanted to hear the least.
Gradually, Do Haru's vision began to blur slowly.
All sounds seemed to become distant.
"Uh uh, are you okay? No, I didn't mean something definitely happened, I meant I don't know! It seems I said it strangely for no reason. It's really because I don't know. At all."
Spike Blue, flustered by the tears, started talking in a cheerful tone.
But it didn't really help.
As Do Haru's tears continued, Spike Blue looked around as if flustered.
Then, Spike Blue's gaze stopped at the unicorn.
"Wait, unicorn's tear."
He suddenly muttered.
Do Haru's gaze lifted upward.
Spike Blue's eyes were sparkling.
"The one used to heal that patient earlier. Can you give it to me too?"
"Yes?"
"Unicorn's tear. If I recover, I'll re-enter immediately. I can search for the kids myself. Then the possibility of survival will be much higher, right?"
Spike Blue starting to talk about the newly conceived plan.
Cutting off his words, Do Haru opened her mouth abruptly.
"……Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Girlfriend?"
At the unexpected question, Spike Blue hesitated.
Even that was brief; he raised the corners of his mouth immediately.
"Of course I do. I'm quite popular with women, you know?"
"……."
As Spike Blue spoke shrugging his shoulders, Do Haru made an absurd expression.
"But why suddenly ask that?"
"Just because. Uni, come here."
As Do Haru beckoned, the unicorn walked over slowly.
"Try petting it."
"Huh? Ah, right."
Spike Blue laughed awkwardly and stroked the unicorn's neck carefully.
Instantly, a faint light spread between the white mane.
How much time passed like that?
The unicorn approached Spike Blue, sticking its head close.
"Ooh, it's soft. This is the first time feeling this texture."
Admiring like that while stroking the fur was only for a moment.
The unicorn narrowed its eyes with a smile.
NEIGH-!
It started smiling as if happy.
Soon, a teardrop rolled down from the corner of the guy's eye.
"Ooh! It's coming out!"
Spike Blue shouted with his eyes wide open.
"I just have to drink this, right?"
At Spike Blue's question, Do Haru nodded.
Do Haru looked at him with a subtle expression.
Because his words from just before that he is 'popular with women' came to mind.
Spike Blue drank the tear without hesitation, not noticing that gaze.
Instantly, green energy began to spring from his body.
Small wounds healed, and the muscles of the severed arm tightened tautly.
"Unbelievable, this is a miracle……."
Spike Blue jumped lightly while swinging his arm around.
The regenerated arm moved perfectly.
"With this ability, I think it will be helpful on the battlefield."
Spike Blue said.
"Could I possibly take more tears?"
He approached the unicorn again and reached out his hand.
The unicorn didn't particularly reject his touch, but it didn't smile or shed tears either.
"After Uni sheds tears for one person, it doesn't shed tears for that person again until it forgets."
"Ah, is that so. Well, even once is enough. It's fortunate that the unicorn liked me. I am indeed somewhat charming."
"……."
Do Haru didn't bother to say.
On what criteria Uni sheds tears.
Because he might get hurt if he found out.
"By any chance, is it okay for me to go together too?"
"No. It would be better for you to stay here."
At Do Haru's words, Spike Blue said firmly.
"That unicorn, its combat ability is still insufficient, right? Since it's a young individual too. Inside there is dangerous. I might not be able to protect you."
"But……."
Just as Do Haru tried to say something, Spike Blue's brows narrowed.
"I'm not saying you're unreliable. You will be helpful on the battlefield too. However."
Spike Blue turned his gaze.
Injured people were lying here and there, and rescue workers moved busily among them.
There were many people waiting for treatment.
"I think your ability will shine more here. Save people. Leave your friends to me."
Raising a thumb, Spike Blue grinned.
He checked his equipment again and fixed the polearm firmly on his shoulder.
The combat suit stuck closely to his body, ringing a metallic sound.
"……Shall I go!"
Spike Blue took a deep breath and took a step forward.
At that moment, a huge shadow squirmed beyond the outer wall of the Hero Land entrance.
BOOOOM-!
The wall broke, and dust and broken rock fragments flew in all directions.
A long and sleek figure crawled out from within.
A large snake, but what was attached to its head was a human face.
On half-melted skin, two eyes rolled willfully each on their own.
A thick snake tongue squirmed ceaselessly in the open human mouth.
A chimera fused with human and monster, its remnant had flowed out chasing the drone.
"Everyone back off!"
Spike Blue shouted.
Surrounding rescue workers stepped back quickly, and the unicorn stood in front of Do Haru, snorting warily.
Slowly, blue magic power rose from Spike Blue's fingertips.
The air vibrated, and dust particles on the ground floated ominously.
"Damn monster bastards!"
The moment he lifted the polearm and tried to rush in.
WHOOSH-!
Heavy reverberation was transmitted from the air.
Spike Blue's body running toward the enemy stopped. His gaze turned upward on its own.
Something was falling from the distant void.
It cast a shadow over the monster in an instant.
BOOOOM-!
Touching the ground in an instant, it caused a fierce explosion sound.
Vibration flowed out as if exploding along the ground.
Dust and debris flew up all at once, creating a thick dust fog.
"W-What!"
"Did a monster appear again?"
"Ugh, request support! Quickly!"
Chaos mixed with screams and shouts.
"This is……."
Amidst that, Spike Blue, sensing something strange, lowered his stance and narrowed his brows.
Slowly the dust cloud cleared, revealing a silhouette.
"Uh uh, who is this."
Following familiar baritone voice.
Spike Blue's eyes widened.
"Isn't it Jeong Cheongrok?"
The man who revealed himself pushing through the dust.
It was Zero's monster instructor, Kang Mooseong.
At his feet, the snake monster that was rampaging until just before was crushed flat.
Blood splattered around, leaving ominous stains on the floor.
"I-Instructor Kang Mooseong?"
Spike Blue muttered in surprise.
Kang Mooseong shook his shoulders indifferently.
One person on each of his arms, two people were hanging limply.
A black-haired boy and a silver-haired girl.
As the bloodied uniforms caught her eye, Do Haru swallowed her breath.
"Jinwoo…… Hayun?"
Her mouth opened on its own.
Tears welled up.
"No way."
The moment Do Haru muttered, Kang Mooseong said briefly.
"Don't cry. Both are alive and well."
A grin hung on his mouth.
Do Haru ran straight towards her friends.
Kang Mooseong's words not to cry seemed ineffective.
Because the tears didn't stop.
***
‘Mmm.’
Light was seen faintly.
Thoughts stopped for a moment, then continued soon.
‘……Ah, I fainted.’
The back of my head and back feel scratchy.
It seems I'm lying on the floor as is.
My memory cut off last watching Chief and Kang Mooseong fighting.
Although this time felt more like falling asleep than fainting.
Gradually, aching sensations began to be felt again.
Eyes not opening well is a bonus.
‘Still, I'm safe for now.’
Surviving is what matters.
A deep sigh flowed out.
But something was strange.
Something wet kept touching my face.
‘Oh, Mimic this bastard.’
The culprit was obvious.
Mimic must be licking my face again.
"Stop…… it……."
Muttering in my faint mind, I opened my eyes sharply.
However, what I saw in front of my eyes was an unexpected scene.
Naturally, I thought Mimic would be licking me with that bizarre tongue.
Instead, Do Haru's face was visible.
Do Haru was looking down at me, pouring out tears, snot, everything.
Like a wailing baby, a snot bubble like a soap bubble was formed on the tip of her nose.
Sniffling like a baby, a water drop hung on the tip of her nose.
"Oh, damn."
Seeing that scene, words popped out reflexively.
"Why curse! Why curse! How worried I was! Me! Sob."
"Sorry. Without realizing it."
"If you're sorry, it's fine! No, actually you don't have to be sorry! You can curse! Just being safe is enough!"
Do Haru was wailing like crazy.
Crying freaking sorrowfully.
To the extent I wondered if she had a tear-shedding spell.
It's fine, it's all good.
To have a friend who cries moved by the fact that I am alive.
How good is it.
It's really good. Good, but
There was one problem.
Snot is splattering.
And very fiercely at that.
Snot was mixing with tears, making the texture weirder.
If the ratio of tears was higher, it would be okay, but now the ratio of snot seems considerably high.
Could she be suffering from rhinitis?
Should I say this, or should I just let it pass.
Just as I was contemplating.
Once again Do Haru's face was seen.
Disheveled hair and sunken eyes, small wounds on her lips as if bitten several times.
All of them are traces of deep worry.
‘……Forget it.’
I patted her shoulder lightly.
Thinking it would be better if she blew her nose just once.