You Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deeds¿ - Chapter 97

I actually thought that once I came out of the dungeon, Yoo Han-ul would ask me directly how I defeated the S-rank monster.

However, Yoo Han-ul didnât ask me anything. No, it wasnât just that he didnât askâit was more than that.
âHeâs even avoiding eye contact.â
I stared at Yoo Han-ul, but he never met my gaze. His head was clearly facing me, yet his eyes subtly slid away.

Ever since we came out of the dungeon, it had been like this. Yoo Han-ul was clearly avoiding me.
"Then Iâll contact the embassy. Hunter Han Jae-young can return home immediately, but... it seems heâll need to stay a bit longer?"
"Yes, it would look better if you return with Da-on and Lee Pyeong-hwa, so it canât be helped."

Even though it was an accident, Han Jae-young was the one responsible for that situation.
It wouldnât look good for him to return first, leaving me and Lee Pyeong-hwa behind.
Yoo Han-ul nodded.

"Understood. Iâll pass that along as well. Weâll meet later."
After saying that, Yoo Han-ul quickly left the room like the wind. The doctor also left, eyeing Han Jae-young suspiciously.
Han Jae-young stared at me with a dumbfounded expression.

"Seriously, youâre treating me like garbage. Unbalanced magic and body? Whatâs wrong with the magic circuits? The person who just awakened and cast incantation magic?"
Han Jae-young was understandably stunned. He was just pointing out something obvious, but to others, it looked like he was bullying a junior hunter.
"What does the doctor know about magic? Itâs just... itâs true that I need a bit more time. My level went up a bit."

Itâs well-known that when your level increases significantly, it requires an adjustment process. That was a good excuse for me.
At my words, Han Jae-young tilted his head.
"Well, since you faced an S-rank monster, your level must have gone up. But the main contributor was Yoo Han-ul, so you shouldnât have leveled up that much. Youâre telling me the doctor made such a firm statement over something like that? Did the embassy send some quack?"

"Maybe the doctor is just worried."
"Hmm."
Han Jae-young narrowed his eyes, but I kept my posture firm.
No matter the reason, as long as Yoo Han-ul didnât reveal the truth, there was no reason for me to be questioned further by Han Jae-young.

"Are you really okay?"
"Iâm fine."
...Honestly, if I were to be objective, it wasnât looking good.

Be careful with the balance between your body and magic.
It is highly recommended to prioritize increasing your physical stats.
 

The system kept flashing warning messages.
My body was barely holding up under the overwhelming magic. In a normal situation, using abilities incorrectly could make me burst like a water balloon.
However, I wasnât in a normal situation.

I already had a plan to resolve the issue.
"The doctor probably hasnât seen a potential S-rank before, so maybe heâs just overreacting."
Of course, I couldnât say that to Han Jae-young, so I just brushed it off again.

Theoretically, there was nothing wrong with what I said.
No matter how advanced medicine gets, the relationship between sudden powers like magic and the body is still uncharted territory.
Plus, high-potential S-rank hunters like me were even more of an unknown.

"Thatâs true. It seems there arenât many S-rank hunters in the U.S."
Since Han Jae-young was also an S-rank hunter, he had likely dealt with such situations before.
He seemed to accept it without much hesitation.

"Then, how much time will it take to adapt?"
"Probably about five days."
"Thatâs not bad. I also need some time for the Seol Mae matter, and I should contact the Hunter Association while Iâm here."

"Is this incident the reason?"
"Yeah, I need some information. Iâll share it with you once I find something."
Han Jae-young got up after saying that.

Just as I thought he was leaving cleanly, Han Jae-young added one more thing.
"By the way, why did you fight with Yoo Han-ul?"
"Fight?"

"Didnât you notice? At least with Yoo Han-ul, the atmosphere was really tense."
He looked absolutely thrilled.
Noticing that I still hadnât caught on, Han Jae-young explained further.

"Youâre always called âJeong Da-on Hunter,â but you used to call her âDa-onâ all the time. Did something happen? Did you mess up somehow?"
"...What detail is that?"
Do I really need to care about things like that?

Seeing my expression, Han Jae-young laughed out loud.
"Let me know who won later. Iâll support the winner."
"Sure."

After Han Jae-young teased me and left the room, I was left deep in thought for a while.
I acted like it was nothing in front of Han Jae-young, but...
âWhat the heck did he figure out?â

This was definitely an emergency.
Back in the dungeon, we agreed to talk once we were out, but now, after escaping, Yoo Han-ul wasnât questioning me at all. In fact, he was avoiding me.
The truth was, this wasnât the first time Yoo Han-ul had been suspicious of me.

He had suspected me a few times before.
I just managed to get by until now.
At first, the suspicions were shallow, so I easily brushed it off. The next time he was suspicious, he just declared that he trusted me without giving a reason.

But this time, it didnât seem like it would be that easy to get past him.
âWhat memories has he recovered?â
I needed to figure that out to plan my next steps.

It would be fine if he kept avoiding me forever, but Yoo Han-ulâs personality meant that eventually, he would try to talk things out.
How I responded then would be crucial.
And there were several possibilities.

First Option:
Yoo Han-ul realizes that I was the Demon King, âDestroyer of Worlds.â
This would be the worst-case scenario.

From Yoo Han-ulâs perspective, whether itâs the enemy of humanity or the destroyer of worlds, itâs all the same.
In this case, Jeong Da-on would die at Yoo Han-ulâs hands.
I have no way to stop him at this point.

Second Option:
Yoo Han-ul realizes I was the âPrincessâ of my past life.
And this would be the best-case scenario.

In fact, the last dungeon, when Yoo Han-ul called me âPrincess,â hinted that this was something I should prepare for.
When I was still âPrincessâ and not yet the Demon King, I had met Yoo Han-ul, who was a knight at the time.
We had a fairly good relationship back then.

But as time passed, I became the Demon King who destroyed the world, and Yoo Han-ul became the hero who defeated me.
Letâs skip the long and tedious details.
In the dungeon, when Yoo Han-ul treated me so kindly, it seemed like he didnât remember that I was the âDestroyer of Worlds.â

It must have been when his past memories resurfaced that he forgot.
âAt least if he only remembers this, itâs a relief.â
Itâs amusing to think that someone I used to serve as a princess in my past life is now a part of my life.

The situation might sound like a strange genre novel, but isnât it kind of fun?
If he only remembers this much, Yoo Han-ul wouldnât try to kill me.
In that case, I could pretend to be surprised and act like, "Wow, what a coincidence!"

No, I could just pretend I donât remember my past life.

Third Option:
"I remember being a princess in my past life and also the âDestroyer of Worlds,â but Iâll just leave it alone... Hmm."

I said it, but this was a ridiculous assumption.
Such an assumption didnât even deserve to be considered.
Even if Yoo Han-ul were kind, he wouldnât ignore a massive threat to the world.

âAnyway, the biggest problem is that while I can drag this on for now... eventually, Yoo Han-ul is likely to regain all of his memories.â
The system was already faster than I had expected, subtly prompting Yoo Han-ulâs subconscious to recall his past life.
At this rate, even if I could get through it for now, it would only be a matter of time before Yoo Han-ul would turn against me.

So, what was the solution to this situation?
First Option:
Recover enough strength so that Yoo Han-ul wonât be able to kill me.

â...This seems pretty difficult.â
Yoo Han-ulâs pace in regaining his memories was too fast.
There were too many limitations on me to recover faster than him.

Second Option:
Before Yoo Han-ul regains all his memories, I defeat the âEnemy of Humanityâ myself.
If I eliminate the âEnemy of Humanity,â it would prove that Iâm not the threat.

Of course, this is still uncertain since I donât even know where Orbis is right now.
âThis is giving me a headache.â
Itâs already troublesome enough dealing with Orbis, and now I have to worry about my life being threatened by a hero.

Just as I frowned in frustration, the system came up with its third solution.
The system requests Jeong Da-onâs support for âYoo Han-ul.â
Will you join the quest, âSAVE THE WORLDâ?

 
The system taunted me by presenting the third option.
I glared at the text that appeared in my vision.

"Stop messing with me."
Well, that could be one way to handle it.
In fact, it was the perfect solution.

If I joined that quest, I would be guaranteed to be on the side of the heroes.
In other words, I could avoid Yoo Han-ulâs suspicion and gain the most powerful weapon to kill Orbis.
However...

Is this the right thing to do?
 
I remembered Yoo Han-ulâs face, looking up at the sky after killing me.
Killing the Demon King, the one who tried to destroy the world, and having a happy ending, the heroâs face should be full of satisfaction and happiness. But for some reason, that face was full of emptiness and agony.

The murder necessary for humanityâs survival.
That was the choice the hero had to make, and he wasnât at fault for it.
Yet, after the ending, the hero had to bear the burden of his actions.

And even now, reincarnated, Yoo Han-ul still carried that burden, and wasnât his enemy the very Orbis from his past life?
It didnât matter what Yoo Han-ul thought after completing his quest or how much regret he felt...
These questions lingered in my mind.

Why should only one person carry this burden?
It wasnât just sympathy.
It was a fundamental question I had about humanity.

If the decision for humanityâs survival was made by forcing someone to commit murder under the guise of a heroâs honor...
Was that really the justice humanity claimed to stand for?
"Then why the hell should I participate in this stupid game?"

That was definitely not the answer.
I swiped away the quest window in front of me and closed my eyes.
â...Iâll sleep on it and think it over tomorrow.â

For now, the most important thing was recovering my health quickly.
I soon fell into a deep sleep.