The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 130

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 130

National Awakener Hospital.
That’s right. I found myself admitted here once again.
Of course, there was one difference from the last two times—this time, I arrived conscious and fully aware, without losing consciousness.
“No, I’m telling you, I don’t need to be hospitalized! The burns on my palm can just be treated with Chung Soo’s healing potion…”
“That’s merely an emergency measure, Yeo Joo.”
Kang Han, who had been drawing back the hospital room curtains, spun around sharply as he spoke.
“And potions do carry serious side effects, don’t they?”
“Side effects? Oh, you mean the pain? That’s just something you endure for a bit.”
“Weren’t you planning not to use that wound potion on your guild members? And yet it’s just a side effect you can endure for a bit?”
“…”
After so long, receiving Kang Han’s blunt truth left me speechless.
I cleared my throat awkwardly, averted my gaze, and reached for the tangerines Jang Su Ho had brought earlier.
“Ah, my mouth feels bored. I should eat a tangerine…”
“Your hand is injured, unnie.”
Lee Yu Eul swiftly took the tangerine away as she spoke.
“I’ll peel it for you.”
“Oh, sure. Thanks.”
For a moment, the only sounds in the hospital room were Kang Han’s sigh and the sound of Lee Yu Eul peeling the tangerine.
“Just peel it roughly—I’m not a child. Why are you removing every single white thread like that?”
“If we’re going to eat it anyway, it’s nicer to eat it looking presentable.”
I watched Lee Yu Eul, who was even using her fingernails to remove each segment meticulously, with a sense of exasperation.
Suddenly, she held out the tangerine with just a single segment remaining and asked me.
“Do you want to finish it off?”
“Pfft!”
“Hahahaha!”
Laughter erupted from all around.
I trembled with indignation and cried out.
“You, you! Lee Yu Eul! How did I raise you like this!”
“Hahaha! Oh, unnie, I’m sorry! I couldn’t help myself, hahahaha!”
Now Lee Yu Eul was laughing with her stomach in her hands, tears streaming down her face.
The other guild members were equally helpless with laughter.
Han Ji Sung’s shoulders were shaking as he covered his face, while Lee Yu Chan gripped the wall with his back turned, cackling away.
Jang Su Ho was at least trying to suppress his laughter by staring off into the distance, but his constantly twitching lips only made me more irritated.
I had still believed that Kang Han wouldn’t laugh along with these ruffians.
“Haha!”
She was laughing so hard that her teeth were fully visible—a rare sight indeed.
“Sigh, fine. Go ahead and laugh.”
I plucked the tangerine from Lee Yu Eul’s hands just before it burst, then chewed it thoroughly and swallowed.
Suddenly, a wave of indignation washed over me, and I cried out.
“How was I supposed to know that necklace would deflect attacks like that?!”
“Yeo Joo.”
Kang Han asked, his voice still tinged with amusement.
“Did the craftsperson who makes items for our guild give you that necklace?”
“Yeah, well. Now that I think about it, there’s another traitor in our midst?”
That wretched Jung Je Hwa.
That sinister Master.
How cunningly had they hidden it that even my EX-rank information skill couldn’t detect the “5x Reflection” effect?
No matter how skilled an S-rank craftsperson is, such an ability is utterly unfair.
“Please don’t resent them too much.”
Kang Han patted my shoulder reassuringly.
“I don’t know who they are, but it seems that craftsperson cares deeply for you.”
“If they really cared, they would’ve told me all the effects from the start.”
I continued to pout, my lips pursed.
But Kang Han shook his head.
“I think they did it because they know your character well.”
“What’s wrong with my character?”
“The way you never take care of yourself.”
That’s not fair.
“If they’d told you everything, they were probably worried you’d throw yourself into danger for someone else. I understand that concern.”
“That’s right.”
“Not knowing is much better.”
Even the other guild members nodded in agreement.
“Goodness, I have no one on my side. No one at all.”
I waved my hand dismissively.
Everyone was taking Jung Je Hwa’s side.
As I sat there pouting with my lips jutting out, Kang Han placed a perfectly peeled tangerine segment into my uninjured hand, just as Lee Yu Eul had done, and spoke.
“If the opportunity arises, I’d like to meet that craftsperson someday.”
“Hmm. I can ask.”
But I knew the answer would be a refusal.
There was no way that reclusive person would agree to meet someone new—especially not a hunter.
As I was eating the tangerine with these thoughts, it happened.
Knock, knock.
The hospital room door opened with the sound of knocking.
And in walked the person I’d been hoping wouldn’t be on duty today.
“You’re back again, Yeo Joo.”
“It’s been a while for us too, Director Seo Yu Baek.”
“I wish it had been even longer since we last met.”
“That’s harsh for a friend to say.”
My words came out casual, but sweat was trickling down my back.
This doctor is genuinely terrifying, I’m telling you.
Seo Yu Baek, who had been examining me from head to toe as I sat propped up against the hospital bed, turned to address the others.
“I need to conduct treatment, so everyone else should leave.”
“Wait, it’s really fine if we stay together….”
Don’t leave me alone!
“Please leave.”
At the doctor’s absolute command in the hospital, the guild members were herded out of the room like dried anchovies strung together.
“I mean, it’s not like I need to take my clothes off, so why does it have to be just the two of us….”
“Would you be fine with being scolded in front of all these people?”
That smile behind his glasses is genuinely frightening.
I desperately defended myself.
“I’m really being treated unfairly this time! I was so careful with my body throughout the entire dungeon conquest. But that necklace, or rather the Workshop owner——!”
“I watched the live broadcast, so I understand the situation.”
“Then why are you angry——”
“Because seeing a friend get hurt makes me angry, no matter the circumstances.”
With that response, Seo Yu Baek strode over and rolled up the hem of my hospital pants.
It was the spot where I’d suffered burns from the hands rising from the ground.
“The wound-healing potion certainly works well.”
“Right? It healed completely, didn’t it? Honestly, I was prepared for some scarring.”
“But it still hurt, didn’t it?”
Seo Yu Baek says the same thing as Kang Han.
I felt embarrassed and scratched my cheek as I spoke.
“Well, it was a bit much. But you know what they say—good medicine tastes bitter. I figured I should think of it that way.”
“That potion—was it made by Im Chung Soo, a hunter from the guild?”
“Yes. Why? Are you thinking of using it at the hospital?”
At Seo Yu Baek’s question, my heart skipped a beat.
If we could sign a supply contract with the Awakened Healer Hospital, this would be an incredible opportunity.
Im Chung Soo would have to work hard, but it’s a chance to earn an enormous amount of money regularly!
However, Seo Yu Baek shook his head.
“We can’t use a potion that causes such severe pain at the hospital.”
“Then why…?”
“If we could improve just that aspect, it would definitely be a revolutionary treatment method.”
“Ah!”
Right.
The Awakened Healer Hospital is where hunters injured in dungeons are brought.
Emergency patients who would be classified as critical cases in any ordinary hospital.
If we could treat them without depleting the already scarce strength of our healers, we’d be able to save far more hunters.
Now, and in the future as the apocalypse draws ever closer.
“That’s a really great idea! As soon as I’m discharged, I’ll contact Chung Soo and the teacher about it… Ow!”
My mind, which had been racing furiously with plans for the future, suddenly lit up with pain.
Seo Yu Baek had flicked my forehead with one of those long, pale fingers.
“Wait, can a doctor really use violence like that? And why did you hit me!”
“I’ll just heal it all anyway. Besides, Yeo Joo.”
“What!”
“Take care of yourself as much as you do others.”
Seo Yu Baek sat down on the edge of the bed and let out a small sigh.
“I was anxious the entire time watching the broadcast. Do you realize how defenseless you are in dungeons?”
“Me?”
At my bewildered response, Seo Yu Baek’s sigh deepened.
“Make time to carefully watch conquest broadcasts from other guilds. The Justice Guild has an obligation to protect its healers better.”
…More than this?
I tilted my head, recalling Lee Yu Eul and Kang Han from just moments ago, who had stripped a tangerine bare without leaving a single thread.
“Before we get new weapons for our offensive guild members, let’s properly equip your defensive gear first. From head to toe, if possible.”
Seo Yu Baek pointed to my head and feet with his fingers as he spoke.
“This is advice from a healer senior, not a doctor.”
“Hmm. I was already thinking about that.”
Conquering regular gates, which consumed stamina far more severely and were infinitely more dangerous than Guerrilla Gates, had made me acutely aware of it.
Just how much my pathetic physical strength and abilities—barely better than a defenseless body—could hold back the Justice Guild.
“Then that’s a relief. Let me take a look at that injured hand for a moment.”
After his lengthy lecture, Seo Yu Baek moved closer and spoke.
“Here it is. But it’s not that serious.”
“I’ll be the judge of that, as the doctor.”
Seo Yu Baek carefully unwrapped the bandage and examined my wound.
“I’ll treat it.”
With those words, a warm sensation spread from our clasped hands.

[ You have received the healing skill ‘Emergency Treatment (S)’. ]
[ All injuries are immediately recovered. ]
[ You have received the healing skill ‘Oath of the White Coat (S)’. ]
[ All stamina is immediately recovered. ]

Indeed, the effect of an S-rank Healer was extraordinary.
Moreover, unlike me, who gasped for breath as my stamina depleted with each heal, Seo Yu Baek had just unleashed two S-rank skills in succession yet remained impeccably handsome and fresh.
“You seemed tired, so I restored your stamina as well.”
“Ah, yes. Thank you, Master.”
“I considered replenishing your mana too, but there’s no need for that, is there?”
“…What?”
My hand, still held by Seo Yu Baek, flinched involuntarily.
At my reaction, Seo Yu Baek offered a bitter smile and spoke.
“My suspicion was correct. You see, Yeo Joo, I possess a skill that allows me to see at a glance the injuries, locations, stamina, and mana of Awakeners.”
“I see.”
“Yet every time you visit the hospital, your mana is always completely full, isn’t it? It was strange. How could a Healer’s mana never deplete and always remain full like that?”
Seo Yu Baek’s pale eyes fixed directly on me.
“Your skill, Yeo Joo—it doesn’t consume mana but stamina as its activation condition, doesn’t it?”

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