So Cute and Adorable

Lynn stared wide-eyed, the cold sweat on his back already soaking his clothes.

Still, whatever else might happen, the fact that it had come for treatment meant his life was safe for the moment.

With his eye twitching violently, Lynn put on his mask and looked at that enormous crimson maw and its rows of sharp teeth covered in blood and flesh.

"Don't worry, I can definitely fix it. A toothache is only a minor problem!"

"Which tooth hurts?"

Lynn asked, his eyes wide.

"The back molar-"

The voice came from the baby's head.

Lynn peered into the gaping, bloody maw, but the tooth was too far inside. In the dim light, he couldn't see a thing.

Gritting his teeth, Lynn made a bold decision.

"Open your mouth wider, please. I'll examine you right now."

"Ah-"

The baby's head opened its mouth a little wider.

[Ding! You have triggered a quest: Treat the toothache. Quest rewards: special reward x1, ???'s favorability +50, Skeleton Coins +1,000. Quest failure penalty: none.]

Lynn: "!!!"

Of course there's none!

Because I'll be gone! What else could there be besides nothing?!

Lynn took a deep breath and steadied himself.

At a time like this, he really could only make a desperate last-ditch attempt.

Stay calm, stay calm!

Just treat it like an ordinary little kid!

You can do this!

Lynn carefully climbed onto the baby head's mouth and jumped onto its tongue. Fighting back the stench, he advanced toward the back molar.

The farther he went, the worse the stench became.

"There's no light! I can't see!" Lynn shouted.

A horrifying scene unfolded.

A tentacle slowly reached up toward the top of the baby's head. Then Lynn saw it wrap around one of the head's eyeballs and extend into the enormous mouth.

At once.

Its pale gaze illuminated the entire mouth.

Lynn was drenched in sweat.

"I can see now!" he shouted.

Not daring to waste time, he turned and looked toward its back molar.

He could dimly make out scraps of all kinds of "food" clinging to the surrounding teeth: severed hands, shattered heads, organs, and rotting flesh. It was an utterly horrifying sight.

Clearly, this monster had a very varied diet.

[Sanity Value -1]

[Sanity Value -1]

Lynn suppressed his terror and began searching carefully.

In the very next moment, his gaze landed on a spear embedded in the back molar.

[Holy Spear (damaged)]

[Quality: legendary]

[Description]: A spear that fell into the Dark World from an unknown world. It contains a sacred blessing and is highly effective against evil spirits, eldritch beings, and demons.

Something stirred in Lynn's mind.

It looked like he had found the cause of this monster's toothache.

But he had never imagined this.

It was actually a weapon from outside the Dark World, with the same kind of effect as the Witcher's handgun.

And it had a holy attribute. Could this spear be causing the monster intense pain?

Lynn looked uncertain.

He carefully approached to inspect it, then immediately saw a slimy severed hand still clinging to the front section of the spear.

Clearly.

The wielder of this spear.

Had been swallowed whole by the monster. The rest of their body had already been digested, but the weapon in their hand had become firmly lodged between the monster's teeth.

"Sir! I've found the cause of your toothache!" Lynn shouted.

That soft, horrifying voice rang out.

"Pull it out-can't pull it out-eat you-"

Lynn steadied himself.

Then his gaze immediately fell on the mass of severed limbs surrounding the back molar.

[Eye Demon Medical Walker's tentacle fragment x1]

[Evil Spirit Witch Doctor's arm x1]

[Infernal Mad Doctor's eyeball x1]

Lynn's heart pounded.

Clearly, he sure as hell wasn't the first doctor it had eaten.

It must have visited plenty of other doctors before coming here. Judging by the scene, this patient had one hell of a temper.

If it said it would eat you, it absolutely would!

But Lynn soon noticed something those doctors had in common: they were all monsters from the Dark World.

And this spear was clearly extremely effective against monsters.

There was obviously a reason they hadn't been able to pull it out.

But he was different.

He was human.

Holy power wouldn't suppress him.

Perhaps that would prove to be a major advantage.

Lynn composed himself, approached the foul-smelling back molar, flexed his hands, and gripped the spear firmly.

Hum-

The spear emitted an extremely faint glow, which quickly faded.

No backlash!

Just as I thought.

Lynn steadied himself.

"I'm going to start pulling!" Lynn shouted.

Then he immediately mustered every ounce of strength he had. Gripping the spear with both hands and bracing one foot against the back molar, he hauled outward.

He used all his strength, because his life now depended on whether he could pull this thorn out!

If it comes out, everything will be fine!

If it doesn't, I'll end up in a mixed stew with all my colleagues around me!

Crack, crack-crack, crack-

"It's-coming loose!"

The eyeball lighting the way for Lynn also took on an excited look.

Seeing that success was within reach.

Lynn pulled even harder on the spear, hauling outward with a (〃＞皿＜) expression. But he was still too weak. Beyond loosening it slightly, dragging it any farther out became increasingly difficult.

"Give me a hand! Give me a hand here!"

Gritting his teeth, Lynn shouted at the tentacles watching excitedly from outside the mouth.

After a brief pause.

The tentacles immediately swarmed in and wrapped around Lynn's waist, one coiling around another, before they began pulling hard.

But aside from squeezing Lynn so tightly he nearly suffered a brain hemorrhage, they made painfully slow progress with the spear.

Lynn grew anxious.

"Stop for a second! Listen to my count. I'll count to three, and we'll all pull together. Got it?"

"Got-it-"

Lynn took a deep breath.

He tightened his grip on the spear, his expression turning serious.

"One!"

"Two!"

"Three!"

"Pull!"

Lynn roared.

Instantly, Lynn and all the tentacles strained together with (〃＞皿＜) expressions.

"One, two, three! Pull!"

"Heave-ho!"

"One, two, three! Pull!"

Squelch-

With tremendous momentum, the spear finally came free under the combined pulling of Lynn and the tentacles. It flew out of the mouth and landed heavily on the ground.

"We did it!" Lynn stared blankly at the spear.

Does that mean I finally don't have to die?

[???'s favorability toward you +20]

"But-it still-hurts-"

The enormous head, its mouth still open, lowered an eyeball. Its gaze bathed Lynn as though he were caught in a searchlight.

Lynn peered inside, his gaze settling on the large hole left in the tooth after the spear had been removed.

And at that very moment.

Blood was spurting from the hole like a fountain.

"Give me a moment!"

Without another word, Lynn smiled faintly and sprinted back into the shop. He rummaged through cabinets and drawers, taking out a large supply of anesthetics and blood-clotting medicine.

Now that the foreign object had been removed, the rest would be much easier.

And if he ignored the monster's horrifying appearance, it really wasn't much different from any of his other customers.

He sprinted back.

"Bleeding like this is a normal reaction, but you'll need further treatment to recover completely!"

"Keep your mouth open. Don't move."

Now that he had found the cause and pulled out the culprit behind the toothache, the rest would be much easier.

After all, this was his area of expertise.

With a serious expression, Lynn quickly climbed into its mouth again and reached the bleeding back molar.

He was much more practiced this time.

Although the hole was only the size of a fist, it clearly extended deep into the root. He hadn't looked closely earlier, but now he could see that holy power had invaded the inside of the tooth. It even carried a faint glow.

It was obvious.

The leaking holy power was constantly inflicting pain on the monster.

But the bleeding was far too severe.

Getting the blood-clotting medicine and painkillers into the root would be extremely difficult.

Lynn thought for a moment.

His gaze immediately fell on the eyeball that had followed him in to check on things, and the blood-red tentacle beside it.

So smooth, so cute and adorable.

Splat-

Lynn grabbed the tentacle.

"Sir, do you still need this tentacle? I need to use it to relieve your pain!"

Lynn shouted.

"Huh-"

Squelch-

With a single stroke of his knife, Lynn chopped off that cute, adorable tentacle.

Monstrous baby's head: "(ΩДΩ)!!"