You Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deeds¿

Chapter 84

"Yikes!"

The startled child, trying to flee, was soon lifted by the back of the neck, gripped tightly by Yoo Han-ul.

Kicking its thin legs desperately in the air, the child slapped at Yoo Han-ul with its arms, but there was no way that would work.

Yoo Han-ul frowned, his face filled with difficulty.

"I'm not trying to hurt you... but I wonder if you can even understand that."

Yoo Han-ul tried to handle the child as carefully as possible, but the child’s resistance was so fierce that if he let go for even a second, it seemed like the child would run away immediately.

Lee Pyeong-hwa asked, her tone a bit flustered.

"Isn't this the first time we've found a human... in the dungeon? Should we call this an alien?"

Yoo Han-ul shook his head.

"No, it's more likely this is a human from Earth living inside the dungeon."

"How do you know?"

"There's a label on the clothes they're wearing."

Now that I looked closer, I noticed the clothes were so worn that I hadn't realized before, but it was clearly mass-produced clothing with a distinctive label on it.

Han Jae-young frowned.

"You said this was an uncaptured dungeon. This doesn’t make sense."

"When I got to New York, I heard that homeless people sometimes disappear into dungeons, saying that life inside the dungeon is better than the streets."

It wasn't an impossible scenario.

If they were completely cut off from the country’s administration, couldn’t access the system, or had no abilities to awaken, then they might enter a dungeon but be unable to capture it.

In terms of the system, it would still be considered an unidentified dimension.

Han Jae-young clicked his tongue.

"The survival rate would be incredibly low, and they still choose to do that?"

"Well, they’re alive here, aren’t they?"

"So, do they speak English? Let's see... there's a translator around here somewhere."

"Is that so?"

"Yeah, it’s a trial version our guild made. It supports twelve languages, so let’s hope one of them works."

Han Jae-young took out a small translator and, after checking it, attached it to the child’s ear, which was still dangling in Yoo Han-ul’s hand.

Then, he spoke to the child.

"Can you understand me?"

As soon as Han Jae-young spoke, the child widened its eyes as if seeing a ghost and stared at him, then nodded.

It seemed the child stopped resisting, likely because it understood, and Yoo Han-ul carefully lowered the child to the ground.

Han Jae-young knelt down to match the child’s eye level.

Honestly, Han Jae-young was well-suited for this.

Though I personally didn’t like him, he looked innocent enough to be believed, considering he was half-fairy.

The rest of us hadn’t worn the translator, so we could only hear Han Jae-young’s words.

"Scared, huh? Sorry about that. That guy isn't a bad person, either. So, where do you live? Have you been living here all this time? Aren’t you hungry?"

At first, the child only shook its head or nodded, but as the questions continued, it gradually began to speak.

"It’s Chinese," Lee Pyeong-hwa said.

"It’s not Mandarin, it seems to be Cantonese."

"How can you tell?"

"My second foreign language was Chinese. I can’t understand it, but I can tell it’s Cantonese."

I should have learned Chinese too.

So, this child must be from China, Earth.

After chatting a little longer, Han Jae-young gave the child a healing potion, then stood up straight.

"As Yoo Han-ul said, it looks like the homeless mother brought the child into the dungeon. It seems they’ve been here for a few weeks, living near here in a tent. The child said they came out to play while the mother was drunk."

The mother, unable to bear her living hardships, had grabbed her child’s hand and run into the dungeon.

It was almost like a suicide, but after entering, there was no way to leave, making it a desperate choice.

Yoo Han-ul looked at the child with a somber expression.

"...We’ll have to go and protect the mother as well. They've been lucky so far, but there's no guarantee they won’t face monsters."

I sighed inwardly at that conclusion.

Once I saw that the child was hiding behind the house, I had a feeling this was where things were headed.

"Let’s go ahead with that. I hope she’s not unconscious."

"Got it."

It seemed that both Han Jae-young and Lee Pyeong-hwa agreed with Yoo Han-ul’s words.

They were good people.

In a situation just like being stranded, with no clear conditions yet found, the priority was to go protect a homeless child and her mother.

‘The child I can understand, but do we really have to go looking for the mother?’

Isn’t she practically an abuser?

Quest, ‘You’ll be blessed if you do good deeds’ is in progress.Ignoring those in danger is considered anti-social behavior.

She just lowered her head and cupped her cheek.

The woman, frightened by Yoo Han-ul’s sword, tried to run, but Han Jae-young was quicker.

With a simple binding spell, the woman’s feet were quickly restrained, and she became docile.

"What’s your name? Did you come from New York?"

"...Li Wuri. I entered from New York."

"Why did you bring the child to such a place?"

"We don’t have any money. I couldn’t survive in New York!"

Listening to the story, it seemed that after her husband’s death, she had incurred massive debt from medical bills and became homeless.

"At least you should have sent the child to a facility!"

"I did! After going bankrupt, I sent her to the social security system. But she ran away. What was I supposed to do?"

"What kind of irresponsible mother are you?"

Lee Pyeong-hwa was extremely outraged.

I sighed.

‘I knew this would happen.’

The kind-hearted hero and fairy thought that if the child came into the dungeon with her mother, they should protect them both, but...

How likely was it that a mother who carelessly entered a dungeon with her child could be a good mother?

Maternal love is somewhat romanticized. Not all mothers love their children.

"Hm? What’s wrong?"

The child, who had remained silent while being slapped by her mother, suddenly grabbed Han Jae-young’s clothes and began speaking excitedly.

Han Jae-young’s expression darkened as he waited for the translator’s response.

And this time, I didn’t need him to translate.

"Yoo Han-ul Hunter, step back. The child is anxious because her mother is being threatened."

When they’re young, parents are the whole world. No matter how much they’re abused, they have no choice but to follow.

‘Useless.’

The child hurried over and took her mother’s hand, a hand trembling from alcohol addiction.

The atmosphere of the three people, who had tried to do good but were faced with such a sight, became solemn.

"...Don’t you think we’ve gone off track?"

Finally, I spoke up.

"Let’s find the dungeon’s clear conditions first. We’ll think about that mother and child afterward."

"Well... that’s true."

Yoo Han-ul nodded grimly.

Han Jae-young also sighed briefly and joined in the discussion.

"We’ve been here for three days, and Yoo Han-ul Hunter said it’s been two days. But the fact that we haven’t seen a single monster is definitely a problem. The detection magic has its limits."

"So... does that mean we’ll have to keep searching blindly for monsters?"

Lee Pyeong-hwa’s face turned pale.

"If that’s the case... isn’t this essentially a stranding?"

That was a sharp observation.

"If we can’t find the boss monster, what happens?"

"...There’s no answer."

The system has successfully detected the ‘Soul Core’.The system is searching for the exact location of the ‘Soul Core’.

Lee Pyeong-hwa doesn’t know, but Yoo Han-ul and I do. The boss monster is the ‘Soul Core.’

The problem is, we don’t know where the Soul Core is.

Though this isn’t a dimension stranding, the system can’t even provide proper information, so it’s impossible to predict how long we’ll have to search before we find the Soul Core.

Yoo Han-ul spoke cautiously.

"It’s possible it’s hiding using illusion magic."

"That possibility can’t be ruled out."

Both Yoo Han-ul and Han Jae-young agreed.

I also agreed.

‘It seems like it’s hidden really well.’

Wasn’t the last giant statue hidden by a massive illusion magic spell?

It’s highly likely that this dimension’s Soul Core is hidden by similar magic.

‘It’s probably not too far from Yoo Han-ul’s dungeon entry point. But where exactly...?’

"How can we find it... huh?"

Still wearing the translator, Han Jae-young listened to the child’s words and responded.

"Yeah, that’s right. We’re looking for a monster... what did you say?"

...No way.

Han Jae-young’s voice rose by a tone.

"Did you say you saw a plague dragon around here?"

Why is a Chinese relic showing up here?