An F-Rank Veterinarian Physically Heals an S-Rank Magical Beast - Chapter 2

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Chapter 2
​”Grrrrr···.”
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The cramped waiting room of the Arcana Animal Hospital filled with the savage growls of a beast. Behind Kang Jin-hyuk stood the Blood Manticore, its eyes fixed on Choi Tae-soo, the Vice-Guild Master, as it licked its chops with predatory anticipation.
Its gaze held the unmistakable hunger of something wondering: “I wonder what this human tastes like?”
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​”H-hiii···!”
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The bodyguards in black suits standing behind Choi Tae-soo retreated with expressions of utter dread. Though they were B-rank and A-rank hunters in their own right, they faced an S-rank monster that had nearly annihilated the first raid team just last night. And it wasn’t merely the Manticore—from the shadows emerged a Shadow Wolf with luminous blue eyes and an Iron Bear, both stepping forward with lethal grace.
This was no ordinary animal hospital. It was a lair of monsters, a veritable demon’s castle.
Choi Tae-soo’s face flushed crimson with humiliation. The Vice-Guild Master of the almighty Zeus Guild, being threatened and driven out by beasts in this shabby little clinic.
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​”Kang Jin-hyuk···! Did you truly believe you could insult the Zeus Guild and walk away unscathed?”
​”You insulted us first. Causing a disturbance at a business establishment constitutes obstruction of business operations.”
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Kang Jin-hyuk spoke with utter indifference, casually cleaning his ear with a finger.
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​”Besides, your dragon doesn’t have much time. You’d be better off preparing an enema rather than wasting time bickering with me here.”
​”What? An enema···?”
​”Leave. You’re starting to stink.”
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As Kang Jin-hyuk flicked his finger, the Manticore raised its foreleg and brought it down with a thunderous CRASH! The entire shopping complex trembled as if struck by an earthquake.
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​”Damn it!”
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Choi Tae-soo bit his lip and turned away. No matter how much force he brought to bear, there was no chance of victory as long as those monsters stood their ground. More critically, with each passing moment, Balakas’s life force was fading.
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​”You’ll regret this. Mark my words···!”
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As Choi Tae-soo hurled his curses and vanished, peace returned to the hospital.
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​”Well done. Here’s a treat for you.”
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Kang Jin-hyuk tossed a strip of jerky to the Manticore. The sight of an S-rank monster wagging its tail while accepting the snack was almost comical. He finished his lukewarm cup noodles and poured himself another cup of coffee.
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​”Now then, shall we prepare for round two?”
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He understood well enough. The Vice-Guild Master’s retreat was far from the end—it was merely the beginning of the true negotiation.
Exactly thirty minutes later, a procession of luxury sedans pulled up before the hospital once more. This time, it wasn’t merely one or two vehicles. From the alley’s entrance to its end, black sedans formed an unbroken chain. A man emerged from one of the cars—tall, broad-shouldered, a middle-aged gentleman in a flowing long coat. He was Lee Shin-woo, ranked first among all hunters in South Korea and the master of the Zeus Guild. The “Dragon Emperor.”
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His mere presence altered the weight of the air itself. The stray cats lingering nearby scattered in alarm, and the magical beasts within the hospital instinctively tensed, their fur bristling on end.
Lee Shin-woo dismissed his bodyguards with a gesture. Then, alone, he pushed open the weathered hospital door and stepped inside.
A bell chimed softly.
Kang Jin-hyuk sat at the counter with his chin propped against his palm—utterly unsurprised, as though he’d been expecting this visitor all along.
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“Welcome. Are you here for a consultation?”
“…”
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Lee Shin-woo regarded him in silence. Those sharp, piercing eyes. The overwhelming aura of a tyrant forged through countless battlefields. For an ordinary person, merely meeting that gaze would induce breathlessness—such was the crushing pressure he emanated.
But Kang Jin-hyuk didn’t flinch. Instead, he held the stare unflinchingly, meeting it head-on.
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‘Interesting.’
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A flicker of intrigue crossed Lee Shin-woo’s eyes. Few S-rank hunters could withstand his aura so directly and remain composed. So the rumors about this F-rank veterinarian weren’t mere boasting after all.
Lee Shin-woo spoke.
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“I hear one of my subordinates was discourteous to you.”
“Well, nothing serious—except I made him clean the floor again.”
“I apologize. His training was inadequate.”
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Lee Shin-woo bowed respectfully. The master of the mighty Zeus Guild, bowing to a mere veterinarian. It spoke volumes about how desperate the situation truly was.
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“I’ll get straight to the point. Save Balakas.”
“Have you consulted with other healers? There are plenty of renowned ones.”
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Kang Jin-hyuk’s question darkened Lee Shin-woo’s expression.
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“State-affiliated S-rank healers, archmages, even priests summoned from overseas—they’ve all come and gone. But none could identify the cause. They all said the same thing: either ‘mana overload’ or ‘natural aging.'”
“So you gave up and came here, grasping at straws?”
“Frankly, yes. I can only hope your cure of the manticore wasn’t mere chance.”
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Kang Jin-hyuk chuckled. He appreciated the honesty.
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“It wasn’t chance. It was skill.”
“You’re quite confident.”
“Not confidence—fact. And your dragon doesn’t have mana overload. You just fed it improperly.”
“Improperly? You’re saying there’s a dietary issue?”
“You’ve been feeding it only the highest-grade mana stones, haven’t you? Hundreds of kilograms per day.”
“Isn’t that natural? Dragons are a species that sustains itself on mana.”
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I clicked my tongue.
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​”Even humans develop high cholesterol if they eat only premium Korean beef three times a day. You think dragons are any different? Mana stones are just concentrated high-calorie lumps. When there’s insufficient exercise but you’re force-feeding pure calories, of course the organs fail, right? The mana circuits are completely clogged, so waste—uh, metabolic byproducts aren’t being expelled at all.​”
​”······!​”
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Lee Shin-woo’s eyes widened. It was a perspective he’d never once considered. While every expert suspected “mana circulation” or “curses,” this man was pointing to “dietary habits” and “constipation.”
An absurdly outlandish diagnosis. Yet strangely, it carried conviction. He recalled how Balakas had recently been reluctant to leave his nest, and how his belly had become distinctly bloated.
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​”Then… you’re saying treatment is possible?​”
​”It is. We just need to clear the blockage.​”
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My answer came with absolute certainty. Lee Shin-woo clenched his fists. Hope flickered into view.
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​”Good. Let’s go at once. If the treatment succeeds, I’ll grant you whatever you want. Money? Fame? Or perhaps an executive position at the guild?​”
​”I’ll earn money as I go. Executive positions sound like a hassle, so I’d rather not.​”
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I pulled out a contract I’d prepared in advance from my desk drawer. It was an A4 sheet with ink still wet.
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​”This will do.”
​”This is···.​”
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Lee Shin-woo scanned the contract. The contents were straightforward.
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[Medical Treatment Invoice]
1. Transfer of ownership of the Zeus Guild’s secondary headquarters property and building in Gangnam-gu Cheongdam-dong.
2. Permanent protection and non-aggression treaty by Zeus Guild regarding all medical activities of Arcana Medical Center.
3. No objections whatsoever to the director’s medical policies.
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Lee Shin-woo’s eyebrows twitched. The Cheongdam-dong headquarters in Gangnam. In market value, it was prime real estate worth over 500 billion won. Moreover, it was currently being used as Balakas’s Nest.
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​”You think that’s excessive? You’re asking for 500 billion won just to treat constipation?​”
​”Is a dragon’s life worth only 500 billion won? If Balakas dies, Zeus Guild stock won’t just halve—it’ll collapse entirely.​”
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I made a show of tapping a calculator.
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​”And I’m asking for the nest because I need to relocate the hospital. As you can see, this place is cramped—there’s nowhere for S-rank magical beasts to stretch out. After treating your dragon, he’ll need recovery care too. Wouldn’t a facility with better amenities be preferable?​”
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Audacious negotiation. Yet the logic was irrefutable. Lee Shin-woo fell silent for a moment, then burst into hearty laughter.
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​”Hahaha! Excellent. I like your style immensely. 500 billion? If it saves Balakas, I wouldn’t hesitate at 1 trillion.​”
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Lee Shin-woo withdrew a fountain pen from his pocket and signed the contract. Without hesitation, with a clean, decisive stroke.
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​”However, if you fail, you’ll pay a steep price for it. You know my temperament, don’t you?”
​”If there’s a medical accident, I’ll surrender my license. My Hunter certification too.”
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Kang Jin-hyuk gathered up the contract and rose from his seat. Then he picked up his medical bag.
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​”Let’s go. Time to treat the patient’s… well, impacted bowels.”
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Deep in the heart of Gangnam-gu, at Zeus Guild Headquarters. In the most remote section lay a massive dome-shaped quarantine zone—Balakas’s Nest.
As Lee Shin-woo and Kang Jin-hyuk passed through the stringent security, the heat inside struck them like a wave. Air as scorching as flowing lava. In the center of a vast space—large enough to contain two football fields—a colossal dragon with crimson scales lay coiled.
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​”Kuooo…”
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A pained moan. Balakas couldn’t even open his eyes properly, breathing in ragged gasps. Around him, dozens of people in white coats and robes moved about frantically.
Korea’s finest medical professionals and mages.
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​”The Guild Master has arrived!”
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Someone called out, and the crowd parted. An elderly man in an ornate robe embroidered with gold thread stepped forward from the front. He was Kim Hyun-seok—a state-certified S-rank Healer and chairman of the Korean Healing Association.
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​”Guild Master, you’ve come. The situation is dire. Balakas’s mana levels are fluctuating at critical thresholds. At this rate… I fear he won’t make it through the day.”
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Kim Hyun-seok reported with a sorrowful expression. Lee Shin-woo nodded and pointed to Kang Jin-hyuk standing behind him.
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​”You’ve done well. From now on, this man will take over the procedure.”
​”Pardon? This man?”
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Kim Hyun-seok’s gaze turned toward Kang Jin-hyuk. A young man in jeans and a t-shirt, with a worn coat draped over them. In his hand was not a staff or holy relic, but a battered leather bag.
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​”Who… are you, exactly? I don’t recognize you. Are you perhaps a university professor?”
​”I’m Kang Jin-hyuk, director of Arcana Animal Hospital.”
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Kang Jin-hyuk offered his business card. Kim Hyun-seok took it and his expression turned bewildered.
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​”Animal… hospital? You mean a veterinarian?”
​”Yes. Dragons are animals too, after all.”
​”Ha! I’m speechless.”
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Kim Hyun-seok let out a hollow laugh. The healers and mages around him murmured in agreement.
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​”Guild Master, that’s taking the joke too far. Entrusting a divine dragon to a veterinarian who treats dogs and cats?! This is an insult to Balakas!​”
​”Exactly! Even our S-rank healers couldn’t find the cause. What could a mere veterinarian possibly know!​”
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The resistance was fierce. To them, the dragon was an object of worship, a mystical being. Yet to be treated as an ‘animal’—their pride was thoroughly wounded.
But I paid their ridicule no mind. I walked steadily forward and positioned myself at the head of Balakas’s massive form.
Up close, the condition was far more severe. His belly was distended as if ready to burst, and the muscles around his anus were so rigid that he seemed to lack the strength to even lift his tail.
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​”Move aside. The patient can’t breathe.​”
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I pushed Kim Hyun-seok aside as I spoke. His face flushed red as he shouted.
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​”Now listen here! Do you have any knowledge of mana circuits? Do you even understand how complex a dragon’s biological structure is?​”
​”Complex my foot.​”
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I scoffed.
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​”You all kept saying mana runaway, so why didn’t you use purification magic? Why only healing spells?​”
​”W-well… since Balakas’s vitality was depleted, we had to preserve his stamina first…​”
​”The problem isn’t stamina—his insides are completely blocked. Don’t you see the gas distending his belly?​”
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I tapped Balakas’s abdomen. Thunk, thunk. It sounded like a ripe watermelon… no, like a balloon filled with gas.
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​”Hear that sound? Bloat. It’s a common condition in cattle and horses. The gas is compressing his intestines, which has twisted his mana circuits. And then you kept pouring healing magic on top of it, which increased intestinal activity, causing more gas to accumulate while nothing gets expelled—it’s absolute torture.​”
​”B-bloat? Is the dragon a cow or a horse?!​”
​”All living creatures are the same. They eat, they excrete, they sleep. When those functions fail, they get sick.​”
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I opened my bag. From it, I retrieved an enormous syringe, a glass bottle containing an unidentifiable brown liquid, and… [Extra-Large Plunger (Custom-Made)].
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​”W-what is that?!​”
​”A p-plunger?​”
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Ignoring the shocked crowd behind me, I turned to Lee Shin-woo and spoke.
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​”Guild Master, I’m beginning treatment now. Things might get messy, so anyone with a weak stomach should leave. And…​”
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I raised the plunger with solemn determination. It was a professional-grade tool coated in adamantium, with optimal mana conductivity.
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​”You healers over there. If healing is all you know how to do, go fetch some water. You’re going to need a lot of it.​”
“Water? What do you need water for?”
“An enema, of course. This beast must have about ten tons of backed-up waste in its gut. We’d need to haul water from the Han River just to flush it all out.”
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“An… an enema…?”
“You’ve lost your mind! An enema for a dragon?!”
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Kim Hyun-seok was on the verge of foaming at the mouth and collapsing. But I was already pulling on my gloves.
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[Skill: ‘Divine Hand (S)’ Activated]
[Target: Fire Dragon Balakas]
[Procedure: Premium Impaction Removal and Intestinal Massage]
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Golden mana surged from my hands. I walked toward Balakas’s rear end—or rather, the area around his tail.
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“Now, Balakas. I know this is embarrassing, but bear with me. One go and you’ll feel amazing.”
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I infused mana into the plunger.
Whooooom—!
The plunger vibrated, emanating a blue glow.
This was the prelude to an unprecedented chapter in hunter history: [The S-Rank Dragon Enema Operation].
Meanwhile, in Balakas’s consciousness.
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‘It hurts… my belly hurts so much…’
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Balakas wandered through endless agony. The pride of a great fire dragon? That had vanished long ago. His intestines twisted with cramping pain. Even if he wanted to breathe fire, his mouth wouldn’t open.
Those humans kept coming, shooting light at him, and it only made things worse. Please, just stop. Leave me alone. Just kill me.
Then, a strange voice echoed from the darkness.
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—”Now, relax. I’ll clear you out real good.”
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It was warm. Different from the energy of the humans before. While their auras carried worship, fear, or greed, this voice’s owner radiated pure ‘compassion’ and ‘healing’ intent.
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—”That’s it, good boy. Loosen up those sphincter muscles.”
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What? Sphincter muscles? How dare anyone speak of a great dragon’s sphincter. Balakas wanted to rage, but strangely, his body grew languid. Warmth seeped into his rear, and the stone-hard blockage began to shift, bit by bit.
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—”One, two, three! Release!”
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Pop—!
In the real world, a tremendous explosive sound erupted as Balakas’s tail shot upward.
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​”Aaahhh!”​
​”Blood! We’re bleeding!”​
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Kim Hyun-seok and the healers shrieked, scattering in all directions. But I didn’t run. I deployed a mana barrier and tightened my grip on the plunger in my hand.
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​”Here it comes! Clear the way!”​
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With my shout, an enormous volume of gas and… [something] began erupting from Balakas’s rectum.
It wasn’t mere excrement. Condensed mana residue. Fragments of undigested mana stones. Everything exploded outward in a torrent.
Boom—!
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​”Ahhhhh···!”​
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Balakas lifted his head and released his first relieved cry. That sound was a roar of euphoria—like ten years of constipation finally breaking free.
The entire dome was engulfed in yellowish gas. The S-rank healers covered their noses and retched. Even Lee Shin-woo grimaced and staggered backward.
But only one person. Only Kang Jin-hyuk was smiling brilliantly through that stench.
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​”See? I told you it was backed-up bowels.”​
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I wiped the sweat from my brow and pocketed the plunger. System Messages were exploding across my vision like fireworks.
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[Procedure Successful!]
[Balakas’s ‘intestinal obstruction’ has been completely cured.]
[The blocked mana circuits are now open at 300% efficiency.]
[Balakas recognizes you as his ‘lifesaver’.]
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And then, as the gas cleared, I saw the massive crimson dragon rising to his feet. His previously clouded eyes now blazed with brilliant golden light.
The dragon turned his head to look at me. Then slowly, he lowered that enormous head until it reached my chest. It wasn’t submission or surrender. It was a gesture of genuine gratitude and respect.
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[Grrrrr···(Mother?)]
​”···Not mother. Doctor.”​
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I chuckled softly while stroking the dragon’s snout. Looking around, I saw Kim Hyun-seok and the other healers standing with their jaws hanging open.
I shrugged at them.
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​”See? Sometimes a laxative works better than fancy magic.”​
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It was now proven. Why I was irreplaceable. The owner of the Zeus Guild headquarters in the heart of Gangnam had changed. And the day wasn’t far off when top-ranked hunters worldwide would be lining up to have me cure their monsters’ constipation and cavities.

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