The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 168

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 168

“Sung Yo Na is no longer affiliated with Fantasia Guild. She’s doing well now.”
“That’s… what do you mean? Yo Na is no longer part of Fantasia?”
Kim Min Jung’s eyes widened as if she’d heard something completely absurd.
“Let me introduce myself first. I’m Yeo Joo, a Healer from the Justice Guild.”
“Ah, yes. I’m Kim Min Jung from Fantasia. But what exactly happened…?”
Seo Yu Baek explained to Kim Min Jung, who continued to look bewildered.
“I’m Seo Yu Baek, director of the Korean Awakener Hospital. Kim Min Jung has been unconscious for the past two years and has only just awakened. Could you tell me what your last clear memory is?”
“T-two years…?”
Kim Min Jung seemed to have a fairly composed temperament.
She was startled by the explanation that two years had passed, but she quickly tried to answer Seo Yu Baek’s question.
“I entered a Dungeon and went berserk. And the last thing I remember is… being so angry I lost all reason, and I… attacked my guild members.”
I’d been worried just in case.
But Kim Min Jung remembered everything.
“The guild members I attacked… they all died… didn’t they?”
“Unfortunately, yes.”
“Ah…”
Kim Min Jung buried her face in her hands.
“It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have entered the Dungeon when I wasn’t feeling well… I thought that much would be fine…”
Kim Min Jung’s responsibility for pushing herself through a Gate despite her poor condition was certainly significant.
Especially since several people lost their lives as a result.
But the greatest responsibility lies with this world and its system.
They made it so individuals couldn’t properly read their own status windows and couldn’t know their exact addiction rates.
The people who died in that Dungeon, Kim Min Jung who went berserk, and Sung Yo Na who had to live as a fugitive for two years—they were all ultimately victims of this wretched system.
“By the way, what about Yo Na…?”
Kim Min Jung was just about to ask me a question.
The hospital room door swung wide open and two people entered.
One was Kang Han, and Sung Yo Na, her face streaked with tears, followed behind him.
“Min Jung unnie!”
“Yo Na!”
“Unnie! Are you okay now? Does it hurt?”
“I’m fine. What about you? Back then, I…”
Recalling that day two years ago, Kim Min Jung’s face twisted in anguish.
“No, I wasn’t hurt that badly. I used a skill to escape the Dungeon. Everything’s fine. Really, everything’s fine.”
It was a heartwarming scene.
Sung Yo Na and Kim Min Jung seemed closer than I’d realized—the two of them clung to each other as if they’d never let go.
But the peace didn’t last long.
“Sung Yo Na?”
A cold voice cut through the moment.
Sung Ro Sa stood in the doorway holding an enormous bouquet of flowers, his face rigid as stone as he glared at Sung Yo Na.
“Ro Sa!”
Kim Min Jung cried out with a brilliant smile.
At her cheerful voice, Sung Ro Sa slowly turned his gaze toward her.
“Kim Min Jung, are you alright now?”
“Yeah, I’m completely fine! What are you doing out there? Come in already! I’ve been lying in bed for two years, haven’t I?”
“Right. Just a moment.”
Sung Ro Sa gave her a brief reply, then suddenly extended one hand toward Sung Yo Na.
A brilliant flash erupted—!
A whip of pure light shot forth from Sung Ro Sa’s pale hand.
But the attack never reached Sung Yo Na.
A sharp crack split the air—!
Kang Han had swept his spear across, intercepting the strike mid-flight.
He tore the whip from around his spear with his bare hand and issued a warning to Sung Ro Sa.
“Sung Yo Na is a member of the Justice Guild. Any further attacks will be considered an assault on the Justice Guild itself.”
“The Justice Guild? So you’ve been hiding there all this time, Sung Yo Na?”
At Sung Ro Sa’s words, spoken through gritted teeth, Sung Yo Na’s shoulders flinched violently.
“What is this in a hospital!”
Seo Yu Baek’s sharp rebuke rang out against Sung Ro Sa.
“Sung Ro Sa! What are you doing to Yo Na!”
Kim Min Jung pulled Sung Yo Na even closer, shielding her as she cried out.
“I don’t know what happened over these two years, but she’s your sister! Come to your senses!”
“Sister?”
Sung Ro Sa’s mouth twisted into a bitter smile.
“My sister died inside that dungeon. Now she’s just a wanted murderer.”
“I didn’t do it!”
Sung Yo Na broke free from Kim Min Jung’s embrace and confronted her brother.
“I regret not running away that day, but I’ve never killed anyone. The older sister and brothers who went into the dungeon with me—I didn’t kill them.”
“You’re lying.”
At Sung Ro Sa’s cold words, despair flickered across Sung Yo Na’s face.
It seemed she’d harbored some last hope, thinking ‘but she’s still my sister.’
“I was going to let you siblings work this out, but I can’t ignore this. Listen here, Fantasia Guild Master.”
“Who are you?”
“I’m Yeo Joo from the Justice Guild. I’m Yo Na’s guardian right now.”
At the word ‘guardian,’ Sung Ro Sa’s eyes grew sharper.
“You don’t believe what Yo Na is saying, do you? Be honest. You’ve already figured it out—it was Kim Min Jung who killed your guild members in that dungeon.”
“….”
Of course it was.
Even to a stranger’s eye, Sung Ro Sa and Kim Min Jung appeared to share a special bond.
There was no way Sung Ro Sa wouldn’t know what form his friend’s rampage would take.
“Kim Min Jung, I apologize, but would you tell me directly? What happened inside the Dungeon that day?”
At my request, Kim Min Jung bit her lip for a moment.
But then she spoke to Sung Yo Na.
“I’m sorry, Yo Na. I understand the situation now, more or less. You’ve suffered so much because of me.”
“Min Jung unnie….”
“Ro Sa, it was my doing. I killed them—our Guild members.”
With each word Kim Min Jung spoke, her anguish poured through.
But she didn’t stop her confession.
“The rampage was worse than usual. My body and mind weren’t under my control. So I thought, ‘This will be my last rampage.'”
“Kim Min Jung, stop.”
“No, listen carefully. I don’t understand why you let Yo Na take the blame, but I’m truly disappointed in you.”
“….”
“Issue a proper statement in Fantasia’s name. It wasn’t Yo Na who hurt people inside that Dungeon—it was me, Kim Min Jung. I’ll take responsibility for the accusations, the murderer slurs, and even the price for taking lives while in a rampage state. And until then, I don’t want to see your face.”
Sung Ro Sa stood rigid, saying nothing for a long time.
Then, with a soft sound, he set down the bouquet he’d brought on the bedside table and turned away.
“I’ll come again.”
Those words alone remained.
In the Hospital Room, now quiet after the storm had passed, Kim Min Jung embraced Sung Yo Na again.
“You’ve been through so much. And Ro Sa—you know how he is. Despite his appearance, he’s probably regretting this deeply inside.”
“It’s okay. Honestly, I didn’t expect you to believe me right away.”
“Still….”
“And now I’m not alone anymore.”
Sung Yo Na looked at me and Kang Han as she spoke.
“Now I can say I’m Sung Yo Na, a Hunter of the Justice Guild, in front of everyone.”
She was saying she would finally escape the prison she’d created for herself and step back into the world.
I gently stroked Sung Yo Na’s hair.
“Congratulations, Sung Yo Na.”
“Hehe.”
Sung Yo Na’s brightly smiling face looked clearer and more radiant than any moment I’d seen before.

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Kim Min Jung and Sung Yo Na had accumulated quite a few stories between them.
“We’ll need to keep her under observation for a few more days, but Hunter Kim Min Jung should be fine.”
“Of course. Someone treated me, after all.”
“That’s right. It was Yeo Joo, as expected.”
My shoulders puffed up at Seo Yu Baek’s praise.
Being acknowledged by an S-rank Healer—that was me.
“I should head back now, teacher. Let’s go home, Guild Master.”
I grabbed Kang Han’s arm and pulled him along as I spoke.
I wanted to hurry home and embrace Baek Ho, rolling around with him.
But Kang Han stood rooted to the spot like a dead tree, refusing to budge.
“Guild Master?”
“Why are you wearing a hospital gown, Yeo Joo?”
Damn it.
I’d forgotten that this man had surprisingly sharp instincts.

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