Necromancer Survival

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     “I wanted to touch your butt while carrying you on my back though…”

     “……”

     “Just kidding.”

     I ignored the bastard, held onto the walking aid, and slowly moved my legs.
I don’t know what had happened for the muscles in my whole body to have become so wrecked, but rehabilitation was essential when even walking became difficult.

     Rehabilitation training is heavily influenced by the patient’s will.
Wanting to escape sexual harassment, I held onto the assistive devices, wrestled with them for an hour a day, and showed phenomenal recovery.
If this speed persists, the doctors predicted that I’d be able to be discharged from the hospital within the week.
So, Koo Hui-seo was a large help to me.

     ‘When I recover, I’ll make it so that his ‘thing’ can’t ever stand up again…’

     I wasn’t moving around with my dying will 3 just for the goal of complete recovery.
Koo Hui-seo’s sexual harassment crossed the line; I endured hellish rehabilitation with the determination to punish him myself.

     That was how my days passed, and, two weeks after first opening my eyes, something happened.

 

[The penalty for Vengeful Ghost Summon has been lifted.]

[Class skills are able to used again.]

[You are now able to call upon your servants.]

 

     Finally!

     The long-awaited system message finally appeared.

 

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     When I saw the system message, all the humiliation I received and the pain I had suffered during rehabilitation seemed to melt away like snow.
I even felt grateful to that despicable Koo Hui-seo.
Though, I tried to not let that thought show on my face… Anyway, I had been worried that I wouldn’t be able to meet Seo Dawon again, eternally, since this is the first time such restrictions had ever been placed.

“”

     “Seo Dawon!” That’s why my voice sounded a little choke up as I called out his name.

     I thought he would appear as soon as I called out his name, so I stood still, holding onto my pounding heart…More than 10 minutes passed by after calling his name, and not even his shadow had appeared.

     “Why…”

     Suddenly frightened, I manifested the [Status Window], but it contained nothing unusual.
So, once again, I called out his name to the empty air.
“Seo Dawon!”

     “……”

     “Hey… Why aren’t you showing up?”

     “……”

     “A-are you angry?”

     I was grasping at straws, but, in the back of my mind, I was also eagerly recalling his mischievous nature.

     Suddenly, I felt chilly hands covering my eyes and a strong power pull me into someone’s embrace.
Though surprised, I didn’t hide the delight in my voice as I called out, “Seo Dawon?”

     “Hnnn, I guess you really don’t need anyone except for Dawon-ie hyung?”

     “Garam-ah! Ah, no, it’s not like that…”

     However, once again, Seo Dawon didn’t appear.
Jung Garam had responded to my call with a sulky voice before releasing shortly afterwards.

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     Embarrassed, I cleared my throat with a cough.
After organizing my thoughts, I looked behind in a hurry.
Not only Jung Garam, but Kim Olim and Woo Ragi had gathered, staring at me.

     However, I still couldn’t see the Mage.

     As if she had perceived my palpable curiosity, Kim Olim answered my unasked question.
“Even if you don’t call for him, he’ll come soon.
You wouldn’t know this, but we’ve been watching over you.”

     “R-really?”

[Clack Clack!]

     At that moment, Lackey suddenly popped out and buried its head into my feet, fireworks bursting from its skull, as if it were crying.
In the end, I stopped looking for Seo Dawon and first lifted Lackey before drawing the skeleton into my embrace.

[Current Mood: Scared.
Don’t like being alone.
Scared.
Can’t you hear me? Master…]

     After checking the rattling skeleton’s [Current Mood], I felt a bit sad–this guy must have been so anxious while separated from me.
Patting Lackey while simultaneously hugging it, I looked at the gathered servants.
“You guys…how was your situation? You guys weren’t hurt by any chance, right?”

     “……”

     “Haah…”

     “It was a bit frustrating.
Choi Lee-kyung, nothing we could do would reach you.” Kim Olim answered while staring down at me with a professional, business-like expression.
However, her blank face was undermined by an unfamiliar, chilling gleam overflowing from her eyes that I had never seen before.

 

 

 

Also, Kim Sangyoon’s shared trauma RIP.

Footnotes

양반 = nobleman or, in the modern era, used to talk about rich young masters.  천인공노할 (cheon ingong nohal) = acts that incite anger in both the heavens and humanity.
A common idiom.  죽자 사자 = to die or to live/whether or not I die, etc.
It’s a phrase used to show determination.
So, dying will, I thought, was a good comparison.