VIP Chapter 222: Iaar in Yamik Town (2)
“What… what do you mean, ‘no life for the first thirteen years’?”
How to put it…
Actually, for Iaar, this wasn’t something she couldn’t empathize with, because she also didn’t have… probably the first one or two years of her life.
After all, her earliest memory was wandering in the forest, and she was later picked up by the Hysterm Family. But… what did “no thirteen years of life” mean?
“Although I want to say I mean it literally, you probably can’t understand. But… she told me herself, and it wasn’t from my investigation.” Peflan said, exhaling a puff of smoke.
“In the Snow Abyss a few years ago, she saved the White Castle—otherwise, we might have all been wiped out there. Although many team members were seriously injured at the time, quite a few are no longer in the team now.”
“…”
Iaar watched Peflan say these words, but she couldn’t detect any tone of “considering Shuna a friend” from Peflan’s voice. It felt more like a good partner.
“However, I only found out later that she was a God-Attuned.”
“Hmm… God-Attuned… let Iaar check…”
“One who is gazed upon by gods. They can use the blessing of the special Goddess Reviers. However… she also possesses another trait of the God-Attuned, a particular obsession with Dungeons.”
“…I know.” Iaar lowered her head slightly. “Because she has been communicating with my Young Master, I am very clear that she has an unusual interest in Dungeons.”
“Yes. I wanted her to stay with the team, but I failed. She said that the only team she would stay with in the future was one that was decided on long ago—haha, I don’t know what she meant.”
“…”
Iaar’s mind couldn’t come up with an answer, but her beastly intuition told her that the team Shuna was referring to was the “Shining Star” established by Young Master Will, right?
The flames flickered before her, and Iaar looked at the flames, recalling a night when Will lit a candle of the same light and wrote a letter to “S” in the dead of night.
If… If S, no, Shuna… wasn’t a friendly person, just like Peflan, who had spent time with her, yet they didn’t form a friendship within the same team. Then how would she treat Young Master Will?
Iaar’s palm trembled, and then she clenched her fist tightly. As if… she was crushing someone who might harm Will to death in her palm, like an annoying bug.
“How to put it, I feel… people like me who treat Dungeon exploration as a job to make a living and her are on two completely parallel paths forever.” Peflan continued, pulling Iaar’s thoughts back. “She doesn’t even take a share of the commission money we worked hard to earn with our lives, insisting on only the commission fees to maintain her daily life…”
“Her obsession with Dungeon exploration, her curiosity to understand various knowledge about Dungeons, is somewhat frightening—that’s probably why I later joined the rescue team, and she returned to school.”
“Mm.”
Someone who was very obsessed with Dungeon exploration? Then why did she take the Young Master away? What did she want to do to the Young Master?!
Iaar was a little scared at this moment. She originally thought that someone who had been communicating with the Young Master for so many years would definitely not harm him. Now, it seemed she knew “nothing” about S and Shuna.
“She is a person who is guarded, so she won’t easily reveal her background. But… on the other hand, she is actually unguarded; if you ask her, she will answer without hesitation.”
“So, she told you her background?!”
“That’s right. Rather, I thought about not getting too close to someone like her only after listening to her talk about it indifferently…” Peflan’s tone became even more serious.
“Looking at you, you seem really eager to know. Do you really want to know?”
“Because… only by knowing who she really is, can Iaar possibly save the Young Master from her clutches!” Iaar said very righteously. “So, please tell me. It’s okay, Iaar has a high tolerance; I can accept anything, no matter what it is.”
“Alright. I’m telling you this because the matter we are investigating now is too similar to what she told me back then.” Iaar’s ears perked up, afraid of missing a single word.
“Please, go on…”
“She was born in a Dungeon.”
“…”
Iaar tilted her head. For a moment, she didn’t quite grasp the meaning of that sentence. “What does it mean… to be born in a Dungeon? Is Shuna a Dungeon monster? Then… what about her age?”
Iaar was stunned. She had already asked so many questions about this matter so quickly.
“I had the same reaction when I heard her say that with a smile.” Peflan’s cigarette was almost burned out. She threw the butt into the fire and continued—
“When she was born in the Dungeon, she was already thirteen years old.”
“She didn’t have the process and memory of being a ‘human’ to reach that age.”
“In other words, she is like…”
“A monster in the Dungeon. Monsters have no previous memories or experiences; when they are born, they have already grown into a certain appearance.”
“…”
In Iaar’s mind, the shadow of the black-haired woman had gradually merged with the monsters she encountered in the Dungeon. Shuna… Is Shuna a monster from the Dungeon? Is… Is it what the Young Master has always said to me—
“Hmm, Iaar, why are you telling me these things?”
“Of course, it’s to defend against the Dungeon monsters. To survive from their hands.”
“Is defending against the Witch’s flames enough? No, no, no, the monsters in the Dungeon are terrifying… The flames that can truly make your heart tremble, the flames that truly drag you into purgatory, are only found with Dungeon monsters.”
The Young Master in her hands… Wouldn’t that mean…
“Newbie, don’t be scared. Captain Peflan is starting her ghost stories again. How is that possible? Dungeon monsters can’t even leave the Dungeon.”
“Exactly, exactly, maybe that Shuna lied to you.” Although the team members around, especially the younger ones, were teasing her, trying to ease Iaar’s tension.
“Shhh, shhh, shhh, the captain is talking, don’t you guys make noise.” Peflan tapped the ground with her stick, silencing them.
“Of course, these are all things she told me—maybe she really just made up something strange to fool me, and she’s actually a young lady from a noble family trying out life.”
“Iaar feels… this experience is more likely to be true.”
“I used to just think it was strange that she calmly described herself as a Dungeon monster, but now… I think she’s telling the truth.” Peflan scratched her head.
“Because, in the Green Wilderness Trace, beside the Loot of that deceased Empress, I saw another deceased person.”
“Her identity couldn’t be found; she wasn’t an Adventurer, it was like she appeared out of nowhere.”
“It was almost exactly the same as this bizarre incident Shuna told me about at the time.”
