The Otherworld Was Way Too Brutal – After I Healed the Mutilated Girl, She Turned Into a Completely Obsessed Yandere Guard Dog - Chapter 9-10

Chapter 9

Guardian House.

The center of power in this world.

And the absolute strongest ones.

Getting targeted by them is pretty much the same as a death sentence in this town—no exaggeration.

Hiding a mother and daughter who are running from people like that?

That’s straight-up insane.

If it ever gets out, it’s not just me who’s screwed—Tsugumi and Ray and the others could get dragged into it too.

I looked at the trembling mother right in front of me and the little girl clinging tightly to her.

If I refuse them now, what happens to these two?

They’ve got nowhere to go. They’ll just wander the streets.

Eventually they’ll either die out in the open… or end up suffering something way worse.

I helped them.

They thanked me.

Yeah, logically, I should hide them here.

But.

I couldn’t take that risk.

I have to protect Tsugumi.

And because of that, what these two are carrying is just too heavy.

If I had the power—if I had enough strength to keep them safe—I would’ve hidden them without a second thought.

But I don’t have that kind of power.

I can only do what’s within my reach.

So.

For my sake—and for theirs too—it’s better not to carelessly take them in.

I slowly shook my head.

“Sorry.”

The mother’s face crumpled into pure despair.

“No way…”

Seeing that expression made my chest hurt so bad.

If I turn them away right here, how are these people supposed to keep living?

I don’t know.

But one thing’s for sure—it’s gonna be a path full of thorns from now on.

Yeah, my chest really ached.

“Is it really impossible…?”

“Sorry. I’ve got family I have to protect too.”

At my words, the mother lowered her eyes.

Guy was watching all of this quietly from a little distance away.

“I see… yeah, that makes sense… Family is… really important, isn’t it…”

With that, the mother stood up and took the girl’s hand.

“Mommy…”

“Anna, I’m sorry. I…”

The mother couldn’t finish the sentence. She just closed her mouth.

And like that, they walked straight out of the clinic.

“Was that really okay?”

Guy asked me.

I nodded.

“Yeah. That was the only way for us to stay happy.”

I said it like I was trying to convince myself.

When I got home, Tsugumi was there.

“What’s wrong?”

Tsugumi tilted her head the second she saw my face.

“What do you mean?”

“Your face looks weird.”

“Does it?”

“Yeah. Like… you’re hurting or something.”

I looked at Tsugumi.

She was giving me this look—like she could see right through me.

“Are you regretting something?”

“…No.”

“Liar. You’re totally regretting it.”

Guess I can’t hide anything from Tsugumi.

So I told her everything that just happened.

How I healed that mother and daughter who were being hunted by Guardian House.

How they asked me to hide them.

And how I ended up refusing their request.

Tsugumi listened quietly the whole time.

I just kept talking, keeping my voice flat.

“You wanted to hide them, didn’t you?”

“…………”

“But you didn’t… because you were thinking about me?”

“…………”

I couldn’t say anything back to Tsugumi’s words.

“Jin.”

“…Yeah?”

Tsugumi stared straight into my eyes.

Her gaze had never looked this serious before.

“Don’t push yourself.”

“Push myself?”

“Do whatever you actually want to do. Whatever Jin really feels like doing.”

My eyes went wide.

“Tsugumi…?”

“Right now you’re forcing yourself. You made a choice you didn’t want to make… just because you were thinking about me.”

Tsugumi reached out with her right hand and held mine.

“Just… don’t do anything you’ll regret. Think about it carefully.”

“…………I’m not regretting it.”

“Yep, total lie again. Whatever, it’s fine. If that’s really how you feel, then honestly I’m happier that way.”

After saying that, Tsugumi turned her face away and muttered,

“But still… think about it carefully. So you don’t end up regretting it.”

Tsugumi’s words made me really think.

Did I really do the right thing by abandoning that mother and daughter?

They thanked me.

They were so happy I helped them.

And I’m just gonna throw people like that away?

Really?

Then what the hell am I even helping people for?

I bolted out of the house.

There’s still time.

To protect that mother and daughter, I ran through the early-morning streets.

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Chapter 10

I’m sprinting through the early-morning streets.

Trying to find that mother and daughter.

My lungs feel like they’re on fire.

My legs are super heavy.

But I can’t stop.

How much time has passed since they left the healing clinic?

An hour? Two hours maybe?

They’ve got a little girl with them.

They can’t have gone that far.

They said they had nowhere to go.

Doubt they even have money for an inn.

So probably some quiet back alley… or maybe an abandoned building.

A really bad feeling shoots up my spine.

Guardian House people are involved.

If they’ve sent pursuers, there might not be much time left.

“Damn it… where are you!”

Driven by pure panic, I turned into another dark alley.

That’s when it happened.

“――Stop! Please!”

A scream.

It was a woman’s voice.

I took off running toward the sound like I’d been shot out of a cannon.

It was a dead-end alley close to the slums.

In the shadow of a filthy building stood a knight decked out in pitch-black full armor.

At the knight’s feet were two small shadows huddled together, trying to shield each other.

“Found you, you filthy whore.”

It was a woman’s voice.

The female knight in black armor had roughly grabbed the woman by the hair and yanked her head up.

Lit by the early morning sun, that face belonged to the mother I’d just treated earlier.

Right beside her, little Anna was trembling and clinging on for dear life.

“Orders from my lord. Kill the brat along with her.”

“N-no… please, not Anna! Just spare this child… please…!”

“…My lord’s orders are absolute. I cannot disobey.”

The female knight drew her sword from her waist.

The dull silver gleam rose high, ready to cut down the mother and daughter.

Please make it in time.

Please.

I kicked the ground so hard I thought my legs might rip off.

My body moved before my brain even caught up.

“UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH!!”

Roaring like an animal, I threw myself between the female knight and the mother and daughter.

Thud.

A dull sound echoed.

A burning, searing pain ripped through my left shoulder.

“――Huh?”

The female knight’s dumbstruck voice rang out in the alley.

The sword she’d swung down hadn’t hit the mother—it was buried deep in my left shoulder.

“Jin…-san…?”

“…It’s fine. Just this much.”

I could feel the blade had reached bone.

Cold sweat was pouring off me.

My head was spinning.

But I gritted my teeth against the pain and forced the words out.

“…You dare defy Guardian House?”

The female knight said.

I couldn’t read any emotion in her voice.

It was cold—like she was deliberately hiding how she felt.

She yanked the sword free.

Fresh blood gushed from my left shoulder.

“But you’ll die soon anyway. With that much bleeding.”

She added calmly.

But I pressed healing magic to my own shoulder.

The flesh around my left shoulder bubbled and swelled like it was boiling, then slowly started knitting back together.

“Gah…!”

The pain hit hard.

I clenched my teeth and endured it.

“…………What?”

The female knight’s suspicious voice echoed.

By then my left shoulder was already completely healed.

“You… that ability…”

The female knight stood there stunned.

I flashed her a grin and said,

“This much… it’s nothing…”

Silence hung for a while.

The female knight seemed to be thinking hard about something.

The mother and daughter were huddled together, terrified and shrinking in on themselves.

The other knights she’d brought just watched us in silence.

It was the female knight who finally broke the quiet.

“How far can that ability of yours heal?”

“…Just wounds and fractures.”

“I see. Fractures too… Yeah, this woman’s bones were definitely broken earlier.”

She muttered thoughtfully.

Then she went on and made a proposal.

“You.”

“…What.”

“Do you want to save this mother and daughter?”

“Yeah.”

“Even though they mean nothing to you?”

“Yeah.”

“Why?”

“…They’re my patients. If they get hurt again, that’s a problem for me.”

“So that’s your reasoning.”

The female knight nodded.

“I just thought of one way for this mother and daughter to survive.”

“What exactly do you…”

“You. Become our lord’s personal physician. Do that, and we’ll let the mother and daughter go.”

That’s what the female knight said.

I thought about it.

Guardian House’s personal physician.

Normally that’d be a huge step up.

In this town, Guardian House holds the most power.

If I became their personal doctor, maybe I’d be set for life.

But these are the same people who were just about to trick and murder this mother and daughter.

I can’t trust them.

Still… if I accept the offer right now, I can save them.

“…And if I refuse?”

“We kill you all.”

She answered without even a second’s pause.

She’s dead serious.

She’ll definitely kill us if I say no.

So in the end, there’s only one path left for me.

“Got it. I’ll become the personal physician.”

“Good. Then follow me.”

The female knight said that and started walking.

I followed after her.

Behind me, the terrified mother and daughter were left standing there.

I don’t know what’s gonna happen to them from here.

But at least it looks like Guardian House won’t be after them anymore.

I probably don’t need to look after them any further.

This town might seem cold, but it’s got warmth too.

They’ll find somewhere to belong eventually. I’m sure of it.