TRHSOS 27

Chapter 27

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“Did my causing your heart to skip a beat?”

Even if I got caught by Una and knocked out in one hit, this was something I had to clear up.
Why? Because the moment I saw Haeryeong’s face dyed red like a warning light, I felt an insane urge to tease him.

At times like this, there’s one fact I’m reminded of again.
That the same blood as Park Siu’s flows in me.

“My heart did race.”

He admitted it that easily?
When I furrowed my brows, clearly not getting the reaction I wanted, Haeryeong covered his handsome face with his large hand and looked at me with flashing eyes.

“From anger.”

Haeryeong’s expression as he looked at me was vicious.
So his heart wasn’t racing because he was flustered, but because he was mad?
No wonder he hadn’t reacted no matter what I did.

It might have had the opposite effect on raising intimacy, but anyway, I succeeded in making his heart “skip a beat,” so that was fine.

“Alright, I’m letting go. That’s enough now, right?”

Having achieved my goal, I released Haeryeong and dusted off my hands.

“What’s this? That attitude of having no lingering attachment now that you’re done?”

As expected, Haeryeong was sharp.

I spread the Constellation’s Fan, covered my mouth with it, and smiled at him.

“I’ve cleared everything now. The Stage 2 skill-unlock quest.”

[The constellation ‘Ruler of Hot Springs’ realizes that they were used to clear a quest and lets out a hollow, incredulous laugh.]

I turned my back on Haeryeong and turned toward where Una was.

“Kkiiiieeek!”

Una was still swinging her gloves wildly, eyes rolled back.

Now that I’d gotten the skill, should I try getting Una back?
Just as I was about to solemnly raise the fan and swing it, I froze and looked back at Haeryeong.

“But how do you even use Primordial Wind?”

I’d obtained the skill, but there was no one to teach me how to use it.

[The constellation ‘Immortal Murderer’ laughs while pointing at me, saying, “You struck a pose without even knowing how to use it?”]

‘You’d better put that finger down before it gets broken.’

[The constellation ‘Immortal Murderer’ quietly lowers their finger.]

Noticing my displeasure, Sharenian obediently tucked in their tail.

“Kkiiiieeek!”

While I hesitated, Una charged straight at me.

I instinctively hunched my body and stumbled backward.

“I knew it.”

Haeryeong stepped up right behind me and overlaid his hand on the one gripping the fan.

“What’s imbued in the fan is the ‘power of a dragon.’ Feel that power and picture what you want.”

Picture a dragon? That couldn’t possibly be as easy as it sounded.

[Dragon’s energy envelops the Constellation’s Fan.]

It works?

“T-then what next?!”

With Una already right in front of my nose, I urgently asked Haeryeong.

Holding my hand, Haeryeong gently poured strength into the fan, then swung it with force.

“Just like that—drive it straight down.”

Along with Haeryeong’s laughter-tinged voice ringing by my ear, a violent gust rose and struck Una’s body head-on.

[The Constellation’s Fan generates ‘Primordial Wind.’]
[Due to the effect of the skill ‘Primordial Wind,’ ‘Blackened Sauna Tub, Una (SS)’ falls into memories.]

In an instant, something like camera film spilled out from Una, unfurling long through the air.

On it were images of Park Siu and Una.

“What is all this?”

“It’s a portion of the memories that sauna tub possesses.”

Even a sauna tub has a memory circuit?
It was just as shocking as the fact that the final boss was Una.

Then are these like Una’s memories?

Curious, I lightly tapped a portion of the film spread within reach.
At once, like a scene from a movie, a video began to play from within the film.

There, Park Siu, wrapped in a towel, came out into the living room, while Una was drying on the balcony.

“The product reviews were good—looks sturdy and nice. Loosens the body, perfect for a sauna.”

Park Siu, crouching down, said with a lingering gaze as he looked at Una drying.

“Alright. From today on, you’re my companion!”

“…….”

Grabbing a voiceless object, Park Siu put on an oddly serious expression.

“Since you’re my companion now, I should give you a name. What would be good?”

After pondering briefly, Park Siu’s face brightened as if he’d thought of something.

“Una! Right, since what I like most is the sauna, from today on I’ll call you Una! Ready? Companion!”

What is this? This secondhand-embarrassing one-man show?

I told him again and again to go easy on watching One X.

Against my will, I ended up learning my household mate’s private life.

I didn’t want to watch anymore, but the film flipped on its own, as if selecting the next scene.

“How do we stop this?”

“It disappears on its own when the time comes. Looking back on past memories is also a process of returning to the beginning.”

If I kept watching, I’d turn into a dried squid from embarrassment before the video shut off.

“Una! It’s raining! Let’s go inside!”

Even so, the video I didn’t want kept playing freely before my eyes.

In the footage, Park Siu ran into the living room through the rain, wrapping Una with his whole body.

What a romantic guy.
A true master of youth dramas.
He should’ve been made a film director instead of a hunter.

[‘Blackened Sauna Tub, Una (SS)’ has recovered its memories and returns to its original form.]

The film decorating the air finally vanished, and the replay of Una’s memories stopped.

After the storm swept through, what remained was Park Siu’s soul-level best friend, Una, lying neatly in place.

As expected, the power of a sacred relic was on a different level.
To blow away an SS-rank boss in one go.

Though the SS-rank nostalgia assault was kind of a problem.

[Dungeon Break <Rank: SS> has been cleared. A portal leading outside the dungeon opens.]
[As a reward for clearing Dungeon Break <Rank: SS>, you obtain ‘Sauna Robe.’]

‘I cheated death multiple times and the reward is just a sauna robe?’

[The constellation ‘Ruler of Hot Springs’ bursts out laughing.]

“Why are you laughing?”

When I demanded an answer from Haeryeong, he tried to hide his smile, but his voice trembled slightly, unable to hold it in.

“Think of it as a congratulatory smile. What outfit could be better for a hot spring owner than a sauna robe?”

That was definitely mockery.

“At least hide that grin creeping up your lips before saying something like that.”

At my rebuke, Haeryeong reluctantly covered his mouth with his hand.

Without much expectation, I examined the sauna robe. The moment I obtained it, it was already draped over me.

[Sauna Robe (SS)]
[An SS-rank robe imbued with the energy of a dungeon bathhouse. While worn, HP recovers at fixed intervals.]
[While worn, HP recovers by 100 every 10 seconds.]

Just wearing it recovers HP?
This is basically a wearable HP potion.

At first I was disappointed because it was a sauna robe, but looking more closely, it seemed quite useful.
At least, if I wore this, I wouldn’t have to worry about dying from running out of HP.

Of course, the fact that my HP doesn’t even reach 100 is a well-known secret.

“Haeryeong, let’s go back now. It’s all over, so we should wake the people who are sleep—”

Before I could finish, I turned around, only to find that Haeryeong had already disappeared.

‘He clocks out right on time.’

[The constellation ‘Ruler of Hot Springs’ insists, “Leaving work on time is the truth of the universe.”]

Seriously, this constellation really knows their stuff. From the way they talk, they sound less like a constellation and more like a burned-out office worker.

I stepped into the protective barrier to wake everyone.

The first thing I saw was Park Siu’s face, beaten into a bloody mess by Una.

‘He’s alive… right?’

[The constellation ‘Immortal Murderer’ says they have a good item and tosses me the ‘Medicine Jar Glasses.’]

Before I knew it, a pair of round, gold-rimmed glasses decorated with an elder’s sacred rope was in my hand.

‘Why do you have the elder’s item?’

[The constellation ‘Immortal Murderer’ says, “Knowing too much gets you hurt.”]

Feels like you’re the one who’s going to get hurt.

I recalled the elder striking Sharenian on the head with a fan.

[The constellation ‘Immortal Murderer’ explains, “Anyway, if you wear those glasses, you can see the target’s HP status.”]

Just wearing them lets you see someone’s condition? There’s no way things are that easy.

Half-doubting, I put on the elder’s glasses and turned toward Park Siu.

[HP: 999/201301, Mana: 9999/940730 <Status: Critical>]

He really got beaten to literally just shy of death by Una.
What was he thinking—one more hit and he’d have been done for. So reckless.

And those numbers—999 and 9999—of all things. Creepy.

Shivering to shake off the bad feeling, I took out a medicine I’d prepared in advance from my bag.

At this rate, maybe I should really lay out a fortune-telling mat like Unsu says.

The medicine I took out was the prepared elixir, ‘Fresh Flesh Sprouting.’

I propped Park Siu’s head on my knee and poured the medicine into his mouth.

As soon as he took it, I could see through the glasses that Park Siu’s HP rapidly filled up.

Mana would recover on its own, right?
For now, let’s be satisfied with keeping him alive.

After catching my breath, I quickly looked around, thinking of the others.

In the distance, I saw Jiho and Hyun Jeongwoo collapsed.

Jiho hadn’t been attacked, so he should be fine—but Hyun Jeongwoo had been attacked by the duck, right?

As I absentmindedly turned my head toward Hyun Jeongwoo to give him medicine, I doubted my eyes. The information displayed for him in the glasses was strange no matter how I looked at it.

[HP: ??????, Mana: ??????? <Status: ????>]

Unlike Park Siu, Hyun Jeongwoo’s entire status window was filled with question marks.

Did the glasses break already?

The moment I lifted the glasses to check for an error, Hyun Jeongwoo—his forehead tagged with a talisman—suddenly sprang to his feet.

His light brown eyes, which had always seemed gentle, pierced straight through me.

“Found you, hot spring owner.”