The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 12

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 12

I returned to my home after a long time.
All members of the Justice Guild live together in the Jongno Building.
Though not in the hardcore style of sharing a single room—each person had their own space.
Now that I’d become a member of the Justice Guild, I had to move to the guild building.
“This feels strange somehow.”
Just days ago, I was certain I’d spend my entire life alone in this apartment.
And now I was moving to the Justice Guild.
“You never know what life will bring.”
Muttering to myself, I pulled two bags from my subspace.
These were the same bags I’d brought to the Justice Guild with the check.
I’d bought them in a rush, but they held far more than expected and seemed sturdy enough to be useful going forward.
The only drawback was that they weren’t travel luggage, so they lacked wheels.
“But I have my subspace, so it doesn’t matter.”
Subspace was an ability that functioned like a personal warehouse for Awakeners.
The moment you placed something inside, its weight, volume, and even the passage of time ceased to exist.
However, the capacity of a subspace varied depending on the Awakener’s rank.
S-rank could easily hold dozens of items, while F-rank, the lowest tier, would be full after storing just one or two lunch boxes.
“I’m A-rank, after all.”
I could easily manage the small miscellaneous items I’d need for the move to the Justice Guild.
“Besides, they said all the furniture and basic necessities are already there.”
With that in mind, I began gathering my belongings.
“There’s hardly anything to pack.”
I felt rather embarrassed.
After putting in a few clothes, toiletries, cosmetics, and some small furniture pieces not available at the Justice Guild dormitory, there was nothing left to pack.
The last thing my hand reached for was a photo frame sitting beside my bed.
“I should take Mom and Dad with me.”
It was a photo taken a week before the accident.
There I was at sixteen, smiling brightly between my parents.
If I didn’t keep my parents’ faces by my side every day, I’d forget them—seven years had already passed since I’d last seen them.
“I’ve already listed all the unnecessary furniture on Hobak Market.”
Fortunately, Hobak Market, the secondhand app I’d used before possessing this body, existed in this world too.
I planned to vacate this apartment as soon as the furniture sold.
Then the 20 million won deposit would come back to me.
My account, which had seen 25 billion won pass through it like a fleeting dream, could use the relief.
Still, I planned to invest what I had into the Justice Guild.
I’d only paid off the debt—I needed operating capital to keep things running.
“Thank goodness I had that fixed-term deposit.”
Tomorrow was the day I’d finally reclaim the 30 million won I’d been saving all this time.
Between the deposit and the savings, I had 50 million won total.
It was woefully insufficient to run a guild, but it was better than nothing.
“Well, shall we go?”
Leaving behind my home, now sparse with a few belongings missing, I locked the front door firmly behind me.

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“Oh, damn it. I forgot to fix the elevator!”
In this world overflowing with mana—that pure, clean energy—I had to burn calories climbing the stairs.
A critical oversight.
I reached my room on the third floor of the Justice Guild building and collapsed onto the bed.
“What is this? I can feel every spring.”
I should have brought my mattress from home.
But going back would be even more of a hassle.
Sprawled out flat on my back, I rolled only my eyes to survey the room.
The layout was simple.
A double bed sat across from the door, with a small restroom attached.
As for furniture, there was only the bed I was lying on, a desk, a chair, and a built-in wardrobe.
“I should probably buy a nightstand to put next to the bed, and hang blackout curtains too.”
I was mentally cataloging everything else I’d need.
Click.
The sound of the door lock opening came from the adjacent room in the hallway.
It seemed Jang Su Ho, who shared this floor with me, had returned to his room.
The fourth floor, the very top, held the office I’d visited before and Kang Han’s room.
The third floor was mine and Jang Su Ho’s, while the twins and Han Ji Sung used the second floor.
“So everyone’s in the basement right now?”
They’d said they’d converted the first floor and basement into a training facility.
The most important thing in a guild wasn’t the rooms or offices.
It was the training grounds where the hunters could hone their abilities.
“Still, for a guild worth its name, they must have done the training facility right.”
Holding onto that small but precious hope, I headed down to the basement.

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“What is this?”
The training grounds where I expected to find Justice Guild members gathered were completely empty.
But that wasn’t even the problem.
“Is this a gym?”
Hunter training systems are expensive.
So I’d mentally prepared myself to some extent, but not for this!
There wasn’t a single piece of Awakened-grade equipment—training system or otherwise.
Across two floors in what was a fairly spacious area, all that sat were a few basic weight training machines and a single treadmill.
“What kind of training are they supposed to do with this?”
No matter how desperately poor the Justice Guild was, I thought they’d at least have a proper training system!
Drowning in debt, a reputation in ruins, a training facility with no fundamentals, and on top of everything else, a broken elevator.
A complete disaster.
Then, with a sharp sound cutting through the air came a heavy, dull impact.
Whoosh—thunk!
I could have sworn the training grounds were empty.
But there was Lee Yu Chan in the corner.
‘Right, concealment is his specialty.’
It was a C-rank ability, but it meant he could hide his presence whenever he wanted.
“What is that, then?”
He uses a bow and arrows as weapons, yet the training facility was worse than an archery café.
A single target sat at barely ten meters away, and it wasn’t even a Hunter-grade one—just standard civilian equipment.
The fact that my information window skill doesn’t work on it makes it clear.
So the bow and arrows he’s using aren’t items either.
“How is he supposed to train properly like this?”
Lee Yu Chan’s low stats weren’t something to blame solely on his soft mentality.
Whoosh—thunk!
Even as I approached, Lee Yu Chan remained focused on his training, unbothered by my presence.
A deliberate, cold-shoulder treatment worthy of a golden child.
Still, watching each arrow sink deep into the center of the target, far beyond the arrowhead, was rather impressive.
I seized a brief moment between shots to toss out a comment.
“I’ll get you new training facilities.”
He paused.
Lee Yu Chan, who’d been nocking a fresh arrow, lowered his bow and turned to face me.
“The Justice Guild has nothing worth squeezing.”
“Yeah, I can see that.”
I have eyes, after all.
“Then why are you doing this?”
“Do I look like someone who’d scam you?”
“Yes.”
This bastard.
“To a Justice Guild that’s so dirt-poor it’s falling apart, like you said?”
“…I never put it quite that way.”
“You heard it yourself yesterday when I talked to the guild master. That I owe my life to Kang Young Won.”
“But even so, going this far?”
Lee Yu Chan spoke without bothering to hide his suspicion, his expression fresh and skeptical.
“I’m going to watch and see. I’m not naive like other people.”
“Suit yourself.”
I waved my hand dismissively and gave a half-hearted response.
“Ugh, time’s already gotten away from me.”
My appointment with Han Ji Sung was looming just around the corner.
I left the training grounds, dragging along the weight of Lee Yu Chan’s gaze boring into my back like arrowheads.
“I’m not naive~.”
For someone so young, his actions were endearing.
I chuckled to myself, recalling Lee Yu Chan’s affection rating from the last time I checked.

《 ♥ 5 》

“He must have been really pleased about getting new training equipment.”
As they say, the best way to win over kids is with gifts.

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The Sama Guild occupied an entire 48-story building standing prominently in the heart of Gangnam.
A visitor had come to the office of the Guild Master, located on the highest floor.
“Please, have a seat and wait a moment.”
Sa Ma Young gestured to the Bank Manager of Sa Ma Bank while observing a hologram screen with an S-rank security system installed.
But the Bank Manager, well aware that this was not a suggestion but a command, quickly sat on the black sofa and waited in complete silence.
Only after a considerable time had passed did Sa Ma Young finally grant the Bank Manager his attention.
The black sofa, made from the hide of an A-rank monster he had personally hunted, suited him as naturally as his own skin.
“You said you had something to report.”
“Ah, yes. It’s about the Justice Guild acquisition you instructed us to handle previously.”
“Go ahead.”
“The thing is… it didn’t go according to plan.”
With a bored expression, Sa Ma Young’s fingers, which had been tracing the armrest of the sofa, came to an abrupt halt.
“You’re telling me the acquisition failed?”
“Y-yes. I am truly sorry, Guild Master.”
“Why?”
The Bank Manager felt the surrounding temperature rise by roughly five degrees and swallowed hard before answering.
“You see, we sent our best debt collector from the bank, but…”
“No excuses. Why?”
“It turned out the Justice Guild had an investor.”
“That pathetic organization had an investor.”
“Yes, they paid off all 25 billion won of debt in one go.”
As the Bank Manager spoke, Sa Ma Young’s lips curved into a smile.
“You’ve identified who this insane investor is, haven’t you?”
“Yes, if you look here…”
The Bank Manager respectfully handed over the documents he had prepared to Sa Ma Young.
“A 23-year-old woman. But there’s something unusual—she’s an A-rank Healer…”
“An A-rank Healer?”
This time, his decadent face, now expressionless like a mask, turned toward the Bank Manager.
“As far as I know, there are only three A-rank Healers in this country—one at Dongbaek, one at the Awakener Association, and one who was hospitalized at the Awakened Hospital. Is there another Healer I don’t know about?”
“Yes, she’s the Healer who was hospitalized at the Awakened Hospital back then.”
The A-rank Healer whom all Four Major Guilds, including Sa Ma Young, had rushed to recruit.
Sa Ma Young recalled the empty hospital room and spoke.
“That woman went to the Justice Guild, and she brought 25 billion won with her.”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
A crimson gleam began to emerge in Sa Ma Young’s distinctly dark eyes.
It was a sign of genuine anger.
Under the now oppressive heat, as if beneath the blazing midday sun of midsummer, a bead of sweat finally rolled down the Bank Manager’s forehead.
“How amusing.”
Sa Ma Young gazed out at the towering high-rises beyond the window and waved his hand dismissively.

[Abnormal Status ‘Desire’ has been activated.]
[All Awakener abilities increased by 30%…]

Sa Ma Young dismissed the system window with his usual irritation, clenching his teeth hard.
“How amusing.”
To defeat Sa Ma Jung, my half-brother and rival for the position of successor to the Sama Group, I needed to seize the Justice Guild.
A family aspiration passed down since my grandfather Sa Ma Jung was driven out by Kang Myung Heon, the founder of the Justice Guild, and established the Sama Guild.
I was certain that accomplishing this alone would allow me to eliminate the troublesome Sa Ma Jung.
“Bank Manager.”
Sa Ma Young spoke, bracing his hand against the back of the sofa.
“Find out everything about this woman named Yeo Joo.”
“Y-yes, sir. Leave it to me.”
The Bank Manager nodded frantically as he watched gray smoke rise with a sizzling sound from the black leather where Sa Ma Young’s hand touched.

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The next day.
After sleeping in deeply for the first time in a while, I met with Han Ji Sung in the office.
“It might look a bit complicated at first glance, so please ask if there’s anything you don’t understand.”
Han Ji Sung, who had been managing the Justice Guild’s meager finances all this time, handed me the ledger and spoke.
“I even worked a brief part-time job as an accountant at a small factory once, so I don’t think it will be difficult to understand…”
I was at a loss for words.
The ledger, organized neatly as expected of Han Ji Sung, wasn’t difficult to read.
No, there was nothing to see in the first place.
Turning to the last page of the ledger with a sense of despair, I looked up at Han Ji Sung and spoke.
“It’s completely broke, isn’t it?”

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