Necromancer Survival

for one second…”

     As I regained my bearings, the two of them started talking.

     Though the words were spiteful–and I was embarrassed–I couldn’t get angry.
I was too thankful to them for catching me (and Kim Sangyoon, who still couldn’t see the others, was still at my feet).

     “Argh!”  After staring blankly for a while, Kim Sangyoon suddenly pushed my body away with a strange shout.

     Unable to react to the unexpected behavior, I fell backwards from the force of his push.
Kim Sangyoon didn’t seem to expect this chain of events either, as he seemed surprised when I fell on my back.
“I-I’m sorry! Sorry!” he pleaded–complexion pale white.

[Clack!]

     “Ack!”

     Unfortunately, Lackey had spotted his push.
The loyal servant became furious at his actions and bit the back of Kim Sangyoon’s calf.

     In addition, when it rushed in to bite the Warrior, Lackey was not in its child-like state, but in its bigger form.
I was worried that its powerful jaws would chomp through the leg entirely.
Fortunately, I grabbed Lackey’s jaw as soon as it began grinding; the skeleton, appeased, released some of its power.

     I held the excitable Lackey in my arms, covered its eyes, and firmly commanded, “No!” Only then did it snuggle into my arms with a purring sound.

     After checking over the skeleton, I decided to check on Kim Sangyoon, laying a single step away.
Nothing seemed to be bleeding or broken to the naked eye…

     “Are you alright?” I asked.

     “Yes, yeah…I’m okay….I-I’m sorry.
Lee-kyung-nim, you just surprised me…”

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     “It’s fine.
But, seriously, is your leg okay?”

     At my question, Kim Sangyoon rolled up the hem of his trousers and showed me the bitten leg.
Despite how confidently he displayed his leg, the situation didn’t seem good…The bite marks were so clear; left like this, the leg would clearly bruise.

      I scrambled to take a [Low-grade] potion out of my inventory.
Since it was my servant’s fault, I wanted to quickly fix this accident.

      However, Seo Dawon interrupted me before I could retrieve the potion.
“Let’s go to the hospital with Kim Sangyoon.”

     I looked back at the Mage–face slack in confusion.
Seo Dawon shrugged, “Hey, he’s a famous streamer.
Maybe fame will prevail in Ahn hospital?”

     At first, I couldn’t understand his meaning, but then I realized it was an extension of our earlier conversation.

      I slapped a fist onto my palm.
1

     Ah! The VIP room!

     “Um, Sanyoon-ssi….”

     “Yes?”

     “By any chance…could you make a reservation at the VIP rooms in Ahn Hospital?” I asked.

     Kim Sangyoon looked puzzled, but when I said I had to find Koo Hui-seo, he seemed to have gained a determined grit to his expression.
“I think I can do that.” He, almost burdensomely, said intensely.

     With that, he took his cell phone out and began to call up some contacts.
“Hey, it’s me.
You’ve been doing well? It’s nothing too much…but didn’t you say that you knew a doctor from Ahn Hospital?”

     “…….”

     “Do you know that guy’s number? Huh? Ah…I guess that rumor’s spread…I think that’ll happen soon.”

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“…….”

     “Ah, it’s nothing…I just want to make a reservation and receive some quality care in the VIP ward there…I’m someone that sells his face; I can’t just stay in some general ward~.
Uh, uh.
That’s right.” 2

     “……..”

     “Got it.
Thanks.”

     After about three more identical calls, Kim Sangyoon’s phone rang.

      It was the VIP reservation department at Ahn Hospital that I had called earlier.
Kim Sangyoon put his phone on speakerphone to allow me, standing next to him, to also hear the conversation.

     [Hello, Kim Sangyoon-nim.
My name is Lee Byung-chul, the VIP manager at the hospital.
I’m contacting you because I’ve heard you like to reserve a room?]

     All too easily, he was admitted the very next day.

   When I had contacted them, they had said that all the rooms had been taken) that all the rooms were taken… After listening to the manager’s smooth tongue promising a room tomorrow morning, I was struck by how different our realities were.

     Damn it…

 

 

TL: The power of popularity…(Also Lackey still best boi)

Thanks for the kofi once again Areli! Here’s my bonus chap to you!

Footnotes

A common hand gesture that means ‘I see!’ “Those who make a living by selling their face” = a common moniker for celebrities