This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 67



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 067

58. Promise (10)

‘That’s… … .’

I made a mysterious expression as I checked the shape protruding from the ring.

“wave……?”

It wasn’t just any cat, it was a tiny kitten with pure white fur.

‘Not an NPC but a cat?’

As I was blinking my eyes, not knowing how to react to this situation, the cat that had jumped out of the moon rock stretched its body and started licking its front paw.

I stared blankly at it for a moment, then came to my senses and barely managed to squeeze out my voice.

“Help me… please… .”

He must have heard my voice, because he looked at me too.

Her blue eyes were shining like jewels.

“My pocket… hey!”

I was about to ask the cat to put the combat rations in my pocket to its mouth, but it ran off somewhere without even listening to me.

It was already difficult, but the screaming really made me feel like my spine was going to break.

‘What is that thing?’

I looked around in resignation, and saw that the cat was climbing the body of a snow giant that was stuck in a sling and couldn’t move.

What on earth are you trying to do?

Let’s watch a little more, the guy has already reached the snow giant’s forehead.

‘Are you after the jewels?’

Is he trying to bite the jewel with his teeth?

Those tiny teeth don’t seem like they’ll be able to make even a single bite.

As I thought so, I saw the guy resting his forehead on the jewel.

The moment I thought the guy was mourning the death of the snow giant.

The jewel embedded in the forehead fell out of the snow giant’s body and floated into the air.

“… … !”

Did you just take out the monster’s jewel?

You have that kind of ability?

‘Who is that guy?’

A phenomenon that even I, a former area conqueror, have never heard of or seen.

Is that guy also a legendary monster with supernatural powers like the Snow Giant?

But, for a monster, there were no jewels to be found on the body of that small kitten.

After that guy got away, the moonstone ring that had lost its shine and turned into a lump of stone was left shabbily on my finger… … .

Meanwhile, the cat jumped down with the snow giant’s jewel in its mouth.

As the cat gently landed on the ground, the snow giant’s body fell sideways with a loud noise, along with the icicles.

I frowned involuntarily at the dust blown up by the guy falling down, and when I opened my eyes, the cat with the jewel in its mouth was right in front of me.

Even though he didn’t feed me the combat rations I wanted, he must have come to my aid since he defeated the snow giant.

“Thank you… Ugh?!”

As I was about to thank the guy, something entered my mouth.

The guy forcefully shoved the snow giant’s jewel he had in his mouth into my mouth.

“What are you doing… … !”

As the jewel in the mouth turns into blue particles and disappears.

The pain was worse than a broken spine, and I lost consciousness.

* * *

When I came to, it was a familiar ceiling.

That means it was the very same hospital room where I was lying down after being shot by the Unicorn Zone player before.

“Heydam!”

The first thing I saw was Bones jumping up from his seat, holding a comb in his hand.

Next, Lucas, Plato, and Banggu Seok Yeobo came into view one by one.

Lucas asked me.

“Are you in your right mind?”

I felt a lump in my throat as I tried to answer his question, wondering how long I had been lying there.

“Some water… … .”

As soon as I said that, two people ran out of the hospital room.

One was Lucas, who ran out saying he would call a doctor, and the other was Plato, who followed him saying he would get water.

The lady in the corner poured water from the pitcher into a glass and handed it to me, saying incredulously.

“What does he think he’s been drinking all this time?”

I was dumbfounded by the sight of the woman in the corner cursing the officer openly even though she had Bones.

Bones had a look of indifference on his face, as if it was something so familiar.

What happened while I was passed out?

The water that Banggu Seok Yeo-bo handed me turned into blue particles and disappeared as soon as it touched my lips, and after a while, the dryness went away.

“Haydam, does anything hurt?”

“uh…….”

My whole body ached right before I lost consciousness, but now that I opened my eyes.

I didn’t feel any pain.

No, rather, I felt something much more powerful inside me than before.

“How long has it been since I was admitted here?”

“Today marks exactly one week.”

A week?

Even if I had been unconscious for a week, my injuries would never have gotten better in that time… … .

‘Did Banggu Seok Yeo-bo participate in the treatment?’

If Banggu Seok Yeo-bo was the one who cured me, then it would explain why Bones turned a blind eye to that guy’s insolence.

“Commander… no, father?”

“He is safe. Lucas has gone to fetch a doctor, so Your Majesty will soon learn that Haydam has awakened.”

I breathed a sigh of relief that everyone was safe.

It was only natural.

Now that the snow giant is dead, the blizzard will probably have stopped, so the rescue operation wouldn’t have been difficult.

‘I wonder what happened to Team 2’s leader… … .’

I was about to ask him about what had happened while I was unconscious, so I sat up and examined my hands.

Luna Moon’s ring was on my finger, emitting a dull glow as always.

What’s different is that instead of being loose like usual, it has shrunk to a size that fits my finger perfectly.

I stared at the ring for a moment and then asked Bones.

“When you were rescuing me… did you see anything like a cat?”

“Are you talking about a cat?”

Bones looked puzzled, as if he didn’t know why he was asking such a thing.

“First of all, I don’t know the details because I was hospitalized at the time of the rescue. But I didn’t hear about seeing a cat-shaped monster.”

When I asked if he had seen anything like a cat, he naturally assumed it was a monster story.

Well, in this day and age, it’s unlikely that an ordinary cat would live under a cliff like that.

The cat I saw looked like a perfect kitten, but judging by its strange abilities, it was probably closer to a monster.

“I guess he’s not in his right mind yet, since he’s talking about cats as soon as he wakes up.”

At Banggu Seok Yeo-bo’s muttering, Bones did not just ignore it this time and made a face.

“Heydam, is that guy really that arrogant?”

“But why is he here? Why are you all here again?”

“We were also admitted here.”

By the way, Bones was wearing a hospital gown.

Plato and Lucas, who ran out earlier, also seemed to be wearing hospital gowns… … .

Looking at the girl in the corner of the room, who is wearing a military uniform, it seems that she returned safely to the district with Meursault.

At that moment, Banggu Seok Yeo-bo came a step closer and spoke proudly.

“Thank me, Haydam.”

He seemed to be bragging about treating me, but I was actually grateful for the help he gave me, and he added:

“I was the one who found you.”

“You were the one who found me?”

“Yeah! Otherwise, how would I have found out about a cave in a cliff like that and gone looking for it?”

I thought they found me by drone because they knew where I fell and rescued me.

Did Banggu Seok Yeo-bo give you the exact location?

But that cave was something I had never seen before.

“How do you know about that cave?”

“Because it’s a cliff I know.”

A cliff you know?

I looked at her with a dumbfounded expression, but the girl in the corner of the room had an expression on her face as if that was all she did.

When I looked at Bones, he just shrugged his shoulders as if he didn’t know anything.

“That’s funny. We asked him how he knew, but all he said was that he knew the cliff.”

You little bastard… Have you ever fallen off a cliff while playing a game before?

“Then… what cured me?”

“therapy?”

Banggu Seok-yeo and Bones looked at each other for a moment and then opened their mouths one by one to speak.

“I didn’t get any treatment or anything.”

“I heard that when he was discovered, his clothes were slightly torn but he was otherwise fine.”

“So the whole area is in chaos right now.”

“Heydam said it was the miracle of the crevasse.”

What… what kind of miracle?

Miracle of the Crevasse?

It’s not even funny… … .

“But why the cat? Is it important?”

“that-”

“Heydam!”

Just as I was about to give a proper answer to Banggu Seok Yeo-bo’s words, the doctor Lucas brought along showed up and told the outsider to get out, so we couldn’t continue our conversation.

The commander appeared exactly ten minutes later.

“Heydam!”

He came to me and hugged me, expressing his emotions more than ever before.

It was a hug with very little strength, in case I was in pain.

The arms holding me were trembling slightly.

‘I feel a bit guilty… … .’

It was completely different from his usual calm demeanor, where he would tell me that I would recover if I got hurt, so I realized that he had been hiding his worries about me all this time.

The commander let me go and spoke without taking a breath.

“Never think of doing something so reckless again.”

“… … .”

When I remained silent without answering, the commander looked at me with a look of utter fear.

“Please… I beg you. If you were wrong there, how on earth would I die and face Luna Moon… .”

The commander’s voice was shaking slightly.

“Please, Haytham. Promise me you won’t do it again. You’re a regressor, not an immortal!”

The commander’s words were not wrong.

I’m a player, not an immortal.

There won’t be any problem if you answer yes here.

Now that I know that if I over-rely on my abilities and act too arrogantly, I could end up in trouble, it might be better to continue my strategy in a safe place, taking only proper lessons from my successor.

If it weren’t for the power of the ring, it would probably have been game over right there.

But even more so, that is why I had to answer like this here.

“That won’t do.”

“Heydam!”

“I already promised my mother.”

The commander, who was about to say something to me, paused for a moment when the word mother came out of my mouth.

“Promise… you say?”

“I swore on my mother’s grave when I returned. I would definitely protect my father in this life. So, if I couldn’t protect my father, there was no point in returning.”

The commander looked speechless at my words.

Who wouldn’t be speechless if their ten-year-old son regressed to save himself?

“Heydam… … .”

The commander barely opened his mouth to say something, but the doctor who had just opened the door to the sickroom came in and announced that visiting hours were over.

“You have only just regained consciousness, so your mental and physical stability is most important right now. I understand that you are worried, but you should just let him rest.”

After hearing the doctor’s explanation, the commander reluctantly said goodbye to me and left the sickroom.

After all the doctors and nurses who had left the message to ring the bell if there was a problem left.

I muttered quietly.

“Is that the answer you want?”

A light flashed across the moonstone of the ring as if it had hit the nail on the head, then disappeared.

“I gave you what you wanted, so now come out and explain.”

I raised my hand and whispered to the ring.

“What did you do to me?”