You Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deeds¿ - Chapter 98

Anyway, as a result of a series of events, I ended up spending about two days in a single-person hospital room, enjoying a rather leisurely recuperation.
I ate, slept, and spent the whole day devouring the newspaper and books Han Jae-young had brought me. There was nothing else to do.
It was the first time since I was born as Jeong Da-on that I spent an entire day just eating and sleeping. It felt a bit different.

Of course, it was a bit noisy because Lee Pyeong-hwa was either watching over me or keeping an eye on meâit's hard to say which.
âWas I the type to enjoy group living with my peers, even in the military?â
If it were me, I wouldâve enjoyed sightseeing since I made it all the way to New York, but itâs a strange personality.

âBy the way, I think they'll recognize us as having completed basic military training. I heard that yesterday when I was at the embassy being investigated.â
âThatâs good news.â
I was relieved to hear this. If they had told me to start the training all over again because I went missing during it, I wouldâve been really irritated, but it seems they decided to count it as completed.

After all, if a soldier is mishandled during service, the responsibility lies with the government.
âIf only every organization were as rational as that.â
âAnd... they also talked about Seung-hee.â

Lee Pyeong-hwaâs face grew dark as he said this.
Of course, the South Korean side wanted to gather statements to investigate the incident.
Since I couldnât leave the hospital, I wasnât involved, but in truth, Han Jae-young and Lee Pyeong-hwa alone had sufficient testimony.

Lee Pyeong-hwa had conducted an investigation related to life in the unit, and it seemed that the thought of Seung-hee had resurfaced because of that.
âWhat did they say?â
âThey said that Seung-hee had an overdose due to illegal drugs, causing her magic to run wild. Theyâre going to investigate our whole training unit.â

âOf course, they would. Theyâll need to figure out who brought the drugs in and distributed them.â
â...You really think the culprit is in our unit?â
âIâm surprised that you think itâs possible for the drugs to be brought in from outside.â
The person who handed the drugs to Seung-hee must have been within our unit.

The problem is, time has passed, so the traces could have been erased, and Seung-hee wasnât very close to anyone, so there might not be any witnesses.
âEven if the government canât find them, I will.â
â...You really have a lot of confidence.â

After shaking his head, Lee Pyeong-hwa paused for a moment as if hesitating, and then continued.
âYou know this, but Seung-hee wasnât close with anyone in our class... and she wasnât the type of person whoâd easily let anyone approach her. If someone really gave her those drugs, the person who could have done it... would be either me or...â
âYouâve already proven to me that you werenât the one, back in the dungeon.â

â...It mustâve been Choi Ji-soo then.â
I was a little surprised, looking up from the newspaper, and stared at Lee Pyeong-hwa.
Lee Pyeong-hwa furrowed his brow.

âWhatâs with the surprise?â
âI didnât expect you to bring up that name yourself.â
As I mentioned in the dungeon, I had already placed Choi Ji-soo as the most likely suspect long ago.

As Lee Pyeong-hwa said, Seung-hee was treated as an unimportant soldier in our class, and she wasnât the type to mingle easily with her peers.
While Lee Pyeong-hwa took care of Seung-hee out of responsibility, there was a strange person who was always with her. That person was Choi Ji-soo.
Seung-hee had a bit of a prickly personality, so I didnât think she would have taken illegal drugs easily if someone had handed them to her.

But I didnât expect Lee Pyeong-hwa to mention Choi Ji-soo as the suspect.

Even when the dungeon monsters had emotionally manipulated us, Lee Pyeong-hwa had defended Choi Ji-soo.
âSheâs not the kind of person who would do that, right?â

âIâve just realized that Iâm not in a position to judge others so casually.â
As Lee Pyeong-hwa poured juice into an empty cup heâd placed on the hospital table, he said this.
âTo be honest, I thought you were a bit annoying when I first met you. You came up to me trying to be friendly, but you looked at me like I was some bug stuck in honey.â

That was a comment that could easily be misunderstood. I didnât think I had looked at him like that, but... maybe I had.
âSo, Iâve been reflecting. You only really understand people once youâve spent some time with them.â
âI donât know what you mean. If youâre referring to the dimensional mishap, Han Jae-youngââ

âHan Jae-young told me. He said that during the dimensional mishap, he was originally going to interrogate me first, but thanks to you taking the lead, he saved a lot of trouble. He said you were thinking of me, didnât he?â
âNo, thatâs not...â
âSo... I just wanted to apologize for what I said last time about being disappointed after seeing the news. I donât think that way anymore.â

â...â
Lee Pyeong-hwaâs ears were turning a deep red as he spoke.
...What in the world did Han Jae-young say?

While I was speechless with disbelief, Lee Pyeong-hwa stood up.
He seemed unable to stand the awkward atmosphere and was trying to escape.
âVisiting hours are almost over. Iâll come back tomorrow. You should sleep soon.â

With that, Lee Pyeong-hwa hastily ran out of the room.
Since it was a hospital, visiting hours were banned after 6 PM.
Thank goodness.

I wouldnât have to stay alone with Lee Pyeong-hwa in this awkward and suffocating atmosphere.
âUnbelievable.â
I couldnât remember when I had said something like that, but when I thought about it, I remembered sneaking out of the dormitory and getting scolded by Lee Pyeong-hwa.

And now he was apologizing for that.
âAm I a fool?â
I didnât even remember it.

I shook my head.
âNo matter how I think about it, the team composition for this dungeon run was a mistake.â
From now on, Iâll have to avoid these three.

Just as I thought I might finally get some rest now that Lee Pyeong-hwa had left, the moment I settled into the quiet room...
Bzzzzzz!
My phone vibrated.

Come to think of it, even though Lee Pyeong-hwa went back to the hotel, the loudest person was still here.
When I answered the phone, a face filled the screen.
âDaon-ah! Have you eaten?â

Of course, it was Jeong Da-jung.
We werenât meeting in person, but we were video calling.
She was going through the trouble of calling me in the morning to match the time difference between us.

âAre you calling me right after waking up? Isnât it 7 AM there?â
âI called before I went to work. So, howâs your body doing?â

âIâm fine. I donât have much to do right now other than eat and sleep.â

âThatâs a relief.â
Since returning to Earth, Jeong Da-jung had been calling me constantly, probably because I had gone missing during basic military training and then suddenly returned to the U.S. She must have been really shocked.
When Jeong Da-jung first saw me through the phone screen, she couldnât speak for a while.

She had dark circles under her eyes, almost turning a bluish hue, as if she hadnât been able to sleep from worry.
âDaon, are you okay? Iâm coming to New York right nowâ!â
âNo, donât come. Iâll be heading back to Korea as soon as I get discharged. Itâs a waste of money and time.â

âWhy are you speaking so coldly? Arenât you thinking about your sisterâs feelings?â
â...Itâs fine. Thereâs no injury. Iâll be going back to Korea right after, so itâs a waste of money and time. Donât you have to go to work?â
âJust because you explain it doesnât mean youâre not being cold! I donât even know whatâs different about it!â

Jeong Da-jungâs complaints continued for a while after that.
In summary, she had been incredibly worried when I went missing during military training, but she was upset because I was speaking too matter-of-factly. At least, that was what I understood... but I wasnât sure.
Honestly, it might be easier for me to come up with a new incantation than to completely understand Jeong Da-jungâs way of thinking.

Today, through the video, Jeong Da-jung sighed deeply.
âHow many days do you have to stay in the hospital? It feels like nothing good happens after awakening.â
âWell, at least I have a nice house and car now. Isnât that a good thing?â

The house even had a magical defense barrier worth tens of billions.
But Jeong Da-jung shook her head.
âIâd rather just move back to the old house. I just wish you wouldnât be in danger.â

Itâs amazing that this is truly Jeong Da-jungâs genuine feelings.
Living in a capitalist society, she must have suffered all kinds of hardships taking care of someone like me.
âMyaaang!

At that moment, Leoâs barking echoed from the speaker.
It seemed like he recognized my voice.
âIs Leo doing well?â

âAh, yeah. He still seems to hate me, but he doesnât leave me.â
âThatâs good.â
I had ordered Jeong Da-jung to take care of Leo.

Hearing the barking, it sounded like Leo was upset about when I would come back.
Judging by how well Leo was, it seemed Jeong Da-jung hadnât encountered any problems.
âSniff?

The wolf, which had been quietly lying by my feet, perked up its ears at Leoâs familiar voice and looked up at me.
I stroked the confused wolf and said,
âCome here.â

âSniff?
Leo had shrunk to the size of a kitten, but since the wolf was summoned with my magic, which had been unusually amplified after coming to this world, it maintained the size of a large dog.
Now, the wolf, even reduced in size, looked like just another large dog. It looked like a puppy with gray fur.

Thump!
I grabbed the wolfâs cheek and stared directly into its green eyes.
Leo had evolved enough to communicate with me, but the wolf hadnât yet.

So when giving the wolf a complex command, I needed to hold its head, make eye contact, and mentally deliver the command.
âThere are two C-class dungeons nearby. Can you find them?â
The wolf nodded obediently.

âBring back the monsterâs heart from the dungeon.â
I didnât move, so I wasnât lying.