Why Is Everyone in This Dating Sim Trying to Kill Me?!

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Translator: Vine

Chapter Title: Conclusion (4)

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"W-W-Why are you here!????"

Lee Yuri tried to spring up from her spot, but her arm got caught by Jin Yuha's head, pulling her back down.

*Thud.*

With that, Lee Yuri found herself once again using Jin Yuha's arm as a pillow.

Her pupils trembled as if in an earthquake.

'W-What kind of man!! In a place where a woman is sleeping! D-Doesn't he feel embarrassed!?'

Her inner Confucian girl bellowed, "Halt!"

Regardless, Jin Yuha squirmed, readjusting the position of his head on her arm.

Then, with a satisfied expression, as if he had found the optimal position, Jin Yuha nodded.

Lee Yuri's mouth fell open in utter disbelief.

Jin Yuha turned his head again, maintaining a stern expression with only his face peeking out from the sleeping bag.

"Where do you think you're going, patient? You haven't even fully recovered yet, and you're already trying to get up?"

"...W-Well, my body feels completely recovered? I-I think I even got healed..."

Internally, words like 'men and women shouldn't sit together past the age of seven,' 'this is too fast,' and 'get off me right now' swirled in her mind.

But she lacked the courage, so Lee Yuri just stammered, averting her eyes.

The last moments before she lost consciousness were hazy and she couldn't quite remember them.

But checking her current physical condition, the severe injuries she had sustained were no longer present.

"Even so, no. You need to rest. Even if you seem fine now, you probably aren't normal. Didn't you forcibly squeeze out skills that weren't even available back then, and keep using them?"

"..."

It was true.

Her mana had already been completely depleted from using *Shield's Roar*.

She had alternated between *Shield's Roar* and *Shield of Sacrifice* whenever her mana regenerated even a little.

She had been desperate, thinking that if she didn't, someone might get hurt.

*Sigh—*

Jin Yuha furrowed his brows and let out a deep sigh.

"Don't use any skills for a while, and training is forbidden. And your mana pathways must have been damaged too... I'll send you something good, so don't forget to take it."

"N-No! Th-There's no need to go that far...!"

"Quiet. Refusal is not an option."

Jin Yuha said in a firm voice, as if unwilling to compromise.

"You idiot. Who told you to go that far? And if you thought about it more, there must have been other ways."

"...B-But."

"If anything were to happen to my Gukbap-i, what am I supposed to do, the one who gave the order? What am I supposed to tell your family, your younger sibling, your friends?"

Jin Yuha looked at Lee Yuri with incredibly serious eyes and spoke.

'Why, why is he like this today!!!'

She appreciated him worrying about her, but having him stare at her from such close proximity made her feel indescribably pressured.

Especially her heart.

*Gulp.*

"This is already the third time."

"W-Well... Isn't it the s-second time...?"

Feeling mortified, Lee Yuri averted her eyes and protested in a small voice, but it seemed to be the wrong answer, only fueling Jin Yuha's anger further.

"The first time, you ran off alone in Carmela's Forest. The second time, the first class of 'Understanding Basic Monsters,' when the instructor transformed, you ran out. And now, this makes three!"

"...Hmm..."

Faced with the heavy facts, Lee Yuri clamped her mouth shut.

"Anyway, I told you so many times! But you never listen! Who on earth do you take after...?"

Jin Yuha's nagging continued, gradually becoming unbearable.

Lee Yuri just smiled.

'Hmm, this won't do.'

"...I-I'm rethinking it, I-I think I'm a little... my body? Is still? Hurting...?"

To escape Jin Yuha's nagging, she feigned illness.

At that, Jin Yuha's expression instantly turned serious, and he sprang up from the spot, tossing off his sleeping bag.

Jin Yuha, dressed far too lightly.

Lee Yuri's eyes widened like lanterns.

'H-H-H-Huhhhh...?!'

A stretched-out T-shirt and short shorts.

These were the pajamas Jin Yuha had brought when he first came to the deserted island, but to Lee Yuri, who had lived her entire life knowing nothing of men, it was an overwhelming stimulus.

'Put some clothes on! Cover yourself, you jerk!!!'

Lee Yuri's eyes spun wildly at Jin Yuha's revealing attire.

However, Jin Yuha came even closer and pressed his forehead against Lee Yuri's.

'H-Hey, hey!! HEYYYY!!!!'

Lee Yuri, with her eyes squeezed shut, screamed internally to the heavens.

But Jin Yuha, unaware of this, merely kept his forehead pressed against hers, even stroking Lee Yuri's cheek with his hand, and spoke in a serious voice.

"This is really, your forehead is burning!? Your face is hot too...! Did you catch a cold? Or perhaps something is wrong with your mana pathways...!"

Jin Yuha pulled his face away and stood up, as if deciding he couldn't wait.

"First, I'll give you some of the emergency medicine I brought. And I'll even make you some porridge. Eat that, then take the medicine."

Amidst her confusion, Jin Yuha's mention of 'porridge' clearly registered.

And her survival instinct kicked in.

*Grab!*

She grabbed Jin Yuha's arm.

"D-Don't go!"

"Huh?"

"N-No, I naturally have a high body temperature! Yes, yes! That's why! So don't go and just stay with me!"

"But—"

"...This is a once-in-a-lifetime request, Jin Yuha."

Lee Yuri said to Jin Yuha, her eyes wide open.

At that, Jin Yuha let out a deep sigh as if he had no choice.

"Hmph... Alright. But if you get hungry, you absolutely have to tell me, okay?"

"Yes, yes!! Of course!!!"

Lee Yuri nodded desperately.

* * *

"...So, what exactly is this situation? Could you, perhaps, explain it?"

Shin Sehee asked with a smile.

Yet, contrary to her smiling face, her voice dripped with an inexplicable chill.

Lee Yuri and Jin Yuha lay side-by-side on a crudely made cot.

Jin Yuha was using Lee Yuri's arm as a pillow.

And he was even half-dressed.

Four women stood in a circle, looking down at them with icy stares.

Lee Yuri's eyes darted around, and cold sweat beaded on her brow.

Shin Sehee, Kang Dohee, Lee Minyoung...

And a blonde girl? Who are you, too?

Lee Yuri's pupils trembled again.

She turned her gaze towards Jin Yuha, looking for a breakthrough.

*Zzz... Zzz...*

He was sound asleep, as if completely oblivious to the current situation.

'...No, why is he sleeping again!!??'

Everyone was looking at her as if she were trash.

'I didn't do anything, he was the one who started it!'

She felt so wronged. Truly.

"Nureong-i nursed you for five days and nights without a wink of sleep. Yes, now that you're awake, the tension might have eased, allowing him to fall asleep. However, the current situation seems to require an explanation."

'No, he was already sleeping next to me when I woke up!'

"...Seriously. To use your status as a patient... to fulfill your selfish desires. Lee Yuri, I'm truly disappointed. I thought you weren't that kind of person... You truly were a frightening individual, weren't you?"

'No!'

"C-Chief...! Jin Yuha and... something like that..."

'I said no!?'

"...C-Cute!!!"

The blonde-haired girl, whom she had never seen before, seemed a bit off in the head.

Lee Yuri tried to say something, but it was a bizarre situation where no excuse seemed likely to resolve anything.

She tried to pull out the arm Jin Yuha was using as a pillow, but—

"Mmmh—"

*Tight!*

Jin Yuha made a little snort and pulled Lee Yuri's arm even tighter.

At that, the already cold gazes of the party members grew even colder, like a biting north wind.

"""..."""

"Kyaa! Cute!!!"

Let's momentarily ignore the blonde girl's inexplicable interjection...

'Damn it, why is his arm so strong?!'

Unable to move or escape, she was truly at her wit's end.

"Hah, after so much time passed without news, I came in to find such a shameless act... Tsk, we'll discuss this separately later."

Shin Sehee, unaware of Lee Yuri's feelings, continued speaking in a cynical voice.

"Tsk, first, since you seem to be awake, I'll give you a situation briefing."

"Oh, okay..."

"Tsk, you were asleep for five days."

"Five, five days? Then, the midterm evaluation!?"

"Tsk, it's a temporary halt for now. After what happened, it's hardly the situation for tests or anything else."

"Ah..."

"Tsk, even so, the Hunter Law requires a record of the midterm evaluation... so, the results will likely be tallied based on the calculations up until the appearance of the demon."

"...Oh, then?"

"Tsk, you and Kang Dohee, as one party, will take first place."

"Tsk, Nureong-i asked, so I agreed, but seeing this situation, I'm not keen on it anymore."

In truth, this midterm evaluation was very important to Lee Yuri.

Because it was an exam with a scholarship on the line for the expensive Velvet Hunter Academy!

Shin Sehee had already forfeited her own coins, leaving her with zero. In the current situation, Kang Dohee was overwhelmingly in first place.

If she combined her coins with Kang Dohee's...

Lee Yuri looked down at Jin Yuha.

"...Then, him?"

"Tsk, Jin Yuha and Ms. Sophia, our new healer, originally formed a party. I'm joining them. We're in second place."

"Ah..."

So that blonde girl was the healer.

And to be in second place even after bringing Shin Sehee, who had zero coins, into the party.

It seemed Jin Yuha must have collected quite a lot of coins during that time.

Lee Yuri nodded in understanding, then tilted her head in confusion.

"Huh? But... if it's just me and Kang Dohee in a party, won't there be an empty spot in our party?"

"Tsk, that one spot is..."

"C-Chief! That's me!"

Interrupting Shin Sehee, Lee Minyoung raised her hand brightly.

"...Lee Minyoung?"

"Yes! I've joined as an intern for the Utopia Party, assisting Operator Shin Sehee from now on! P-Please take good care of me!"

Huh...?

She's in the Utopia Party?

Lee Yuri wore a confused expression.

'What on earth happened!???'