The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 18

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 18

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Money came into the Justice Guild
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For those who haven’t seen the article yet, I grabbed it myself

[ Live News
202X. 3. XX
Reporter Lee Ji Han = When the Justice Guild announced the recruitment of a new guild member, the recruitment market fell into shock. The one who caused the shock was the recently trending S-rank Healer Hunter Yeo Joo.
Yeo Joo, a healer who appeared in Korea for the first time in three years, attracted significant attention from the start. The Four Major Guilds expressed active recruitment intentions, but after that, there was no notable news, and public curiosity only grew. And today, through an interview with our publication, Yeo Joo Hunter’s whereabouts were confirmed for the first time.
During the phone interview, Yeo Joo Hunter answered questions calmly while expressing strong confidence in the Justice Guild….
…It is reported that Yeo Joo Hunter invested hundreds of billions of won into the Justice Guild simultaneously with joining the guild. ]

Where did that guy go who said his hands would shake if Yeo Joo signed with the Justice Guild last time lol

Comments
Comment 1: Shock and horror, seriously
Comment 2: Why on earth?
Comment 3: Damn, so an S-rank healer is rich enough to have hundreds of billions?
└ What’s her identity?
└ Maybe she’s a conglomerate heiress or something
Comment 4: I was sure Maestro would recruit her… I heard their employees work while drinking potions. Voluntarily.
└ Those guys are really crazy about production…
Comment 5: Just because they recruited her doesn’t mean it’s over, right? I think Maestro will keep wanting her
└ Right, guild transfers happen all the time
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Comment 63: I’m the one who said my hands would shake lol, but why doesn’t anyone think that woman must have had a reason serious enough to join the Justice Guild? lol
└ Chills
└ Right, if she were fine, she would’ve gone to a major guild. They’d be bidding for her
└ A defective healer lmaooo

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“These bastards are sharper than I expected.”
I scrolled through the posts about me on the Hunter Community, smacking my lips thoughtfully.
“A-rank healer, right?”
I was A-rank, but I hadn’t yet demonstrated A-rank power.
I couldn’t do anything about my skills being stuck at the “Beginner I” stage, but the frustration that came with it was equally unavoidable.
Several days had passed since returning from Jamsil.
The twins went to school, and Kang Han and Jang Su Ho left early in the morning, saying they had training.
They definitely didn’t seem like they went to the Awakeners Association.
Given the state of the training facility at the guild, I figured they probably went to some private hunter training center instead.
In the end, only Han Ji Sung and I remained in the office today.
To be precise, Han Ji Sung was working while I lay on the sofa browsing the Hunter Community.
Ding—
A cheerful notification sound chimed from Han Ji Sung’s phone.
And moments later, I heard him gasp and swallow a sharp breath from behind.
“What’s wrong?”
Han Ji Sung showed me his phone screen with slightly trembling hands.
“Even if you show me like that, it’s too far away for me to see.”
“Money—money just came into the guild account.”
“Oh, did you get a tax refund or something?”
“No, that’s not it… There’s about 300 million won… W-what is this money?”
300 million won.
“Oh! That must be from selling the mana stones. Now that I think about it, it’s about time the money came in.”
What was I supposed to say?
I tried to lie back down to browse the community again, but Han Ji Sung’s shock hadn’t worn off yet.
“It’s too much, way too much. There’s no way frost mana stones sold for this much…”
“Normally, you’d be right.”
I finally sat up completely and took a sip of the coffee on the table.
“But I sold them through auction. Frost-type mana stones are selling really well this season.”
“Selling well this season… Oh, summer’s coming soon.”
True to form, Han Ji Sung, the Justice Guild’s strategist, had grasped the point immediately.
He understood right away.
Now that it was spring, frost mana stones were in high demand for crafting air conditioning units that would sell heavily in summer.
“Besides, frost mana stones don’t circulate well in the market anyway.”
Compared to other types, they didn’t fetch much money, and since glacier-type dungeons were difficult to mine, not many guilds ventured into them.
“Still, it’s more lucrative than expected. Oh, looks like Maestro bought it all up.”
Checking the Mana Stone Exchange app, I could see the receipt showing that the Maestro Guild had purchased all the frost mana stones I’d put up for auction.
And they’d done it by bidding above market price before the auction even opened.
Truly, a crafting guild with deep pockets.
Despite being the owner of such a Maestro Guild, a fleeting image of Jung Je Hwa—holed up in some basement corner with the most dejected expression—crossed my mind.
“You certainly have everything planned out, Yeo Joo.”
“Of course. Just trust me and follow along.”
Han Ji Sung, who had regained his composure in the meantime, asked me a question.
“Then, how much of the investment capital are you planning to recover from all this?”
“Recover?”
What was he suddenly talking about?
“I’m not recovering anything.”
“Pardon?”
“The guild has money bleeding out from multiple places right now. Why would I recover funds? I need to reinvest.”
I shrugged as I watched Han Ji Sung’s blue eyes tremble as if an earthquake had struck.
“First, let’s put out the most urgent fire.”

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“Ugh, what is all this on a weekend morning?”
Lee Yu Eul came downstairs with a sleepy face and asked.
For an Awakener with already heightened senses, the clatter of removing the crude exercise equipment from the training grounds was impossible to ignore.
“Good timing. Can you move that treadmill outside for me?”
“The treadmill? Huh? Where did all the other equipment go?”
“We’re starting renovations on the training grounds today. We don’t need any of this anymore.”
“Really? That’s great, so great!”
“Hey, Lee Yu Eul. Come over here and help me with this. I can’t get the angle right going up the stairs alone.”
Jang Su Ho, who had arrived earlier and was moving dumbbells and such, spoke with a beaming smile.
Despite being only an A-rank in name, he was lifting and moving things effortlessly with a flourish.
The large treadmill seemed to require someone’s assistance.
“Got it! I just grab it here, right?”
Lee Yu Eul, whose drowsiness had vanished in an instant, rushed over eagerly.
After the Yu Eul duo hauled it up the narrow staircase with grunts of effort, a woman hesitantly descended into the basement.
“Are you the one who commissioned the training grounds remodeling?”
A woman with long, wavy hair reaching her waist and a modest face asked me in a small voice.
“Yes, that’s right. You’re Gua Ri?”
“Yes, yes. I’m Gua Ri.”
So this is what she looked like.
I observed Gua Ri through the mirror as I pretended to guide her deeper into the training grounds.
Finding a contractor for this remodeling was certainly about cost-effectiveness, but more importantly, my goal was to establish a connection with Gua Ri.
My mouth was already watering.
“The construction cost will be as you mentioned over the phone. How long will the project take?”
“Hmm, for something this size….”
Gua Ri looked around the training grounds and answered.
“I think I’ll need about a week.”
“A week?”
Given Gua Ri’s skill level that I’m aware of, this could be finished in a single day.
But I’m deliberately stretching it out to conceal my true abilities.
“W-well, if a week is too long… I think I could actually finish it in five days…”
Gua Ri spoke hesitantly, apparently misinterpreting my reaction.
This girl was far too soft.
To think she’d endured such ordeals with such a malleable disposition.
That’s precisely why I found myself worried about this twenty-year-old’s future.
“No, a week is fine. Just make sure you’re thorough with it.”
Well, if things go according to my plan, Gua Ri won’t have to walk that thorny path anyway.
“Yes! Of course! I’ll make sure the work is done right!”
Her two clenched fists were quite small.
I thanked her and turned to face Jang Su Ho and Lee Yu Eul, who had been standing there vacantly.
“Wake Lee Yu Chan up. We’re training outside today.”

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We arrived at Cheonggyecheon, right in front of us.
“We’re training here?”
“There’s nowhere else around here suitable for running.”
I wasn’t even exasperated anymore.
“What about the guild leader? Is Kang Han training here with us too?”
“No.”
Lee Yu Chan shook his head.
“Han and Su Ho are heading to the mountains.”
“Mountains?”
Lee Yu Chan’s calloused fingers pointed toward the towering peaks nearby.
“Places like Bukhansan and Bugaksan—they just sprint up off-trail and stuff like that.”
At those words, Jang Su Ho shuddered and spoke.
“Man, that’s rough for me too. My heart races every time Han brings up training.”
But why are you smiling?
While I regarded him with narrowed eyes, Jang Su Ho, having finished his warm-up, laughed cheerfully.
“Since Yeo Joo’s here today, let’s just do some light conditioning.”
Jang Su Ho spoke to the twins with an air of reliability.
“So just a warm-up run?”
“Nah, we should do more than just warm-up.”
“Ugh, I’m tired from staying up late yesterday.”
Lee Yu Chan grumbled, but obediently followed Jang Su Ho’s instructions.
I could catch a glimpse of how these three normally trained together.
“Let’s get started then.”
I loosened up my body with some jumping jacks in place.
After all, I had a plan—it was very much in character for Yeo Joo.
At least, until I found out what their idea of a “light jog” actually meant.
“Huff, huff, damn it, ugh. How much longer are we running!”
“Unnie, are you already tired?”
“We haven’t even done a quarter of what we planned yet.”
“Your stamina is pretty pathetic, noona.”
“You three are the weird ones!”
These monster-like hunter brats.
We’d been running for over fifteen minutes now, and not a single bead of sweat had appeared on any of their foreheads.
“Hold on, let me stop for a second.”
“Oh no, our heart rates are dropping.”
Jang Su Ho was saying something, but his words didn’t register with me—not when I genuinely felt my life slipping away.
“I’m taking that instead.”
I pointed to a Ddareung, Seoul’s public bike-sharing system.
“Ah, yeah. If you ride that, we can really get going then.”
…These insufferable kids.
I climbed onto the bike with what I thought was a clever workaround, but it didn’t last long.
“What kind of insane people do five laps around Cheonggyecheon.”
Eventually, I returned the bike and collapsed onto a bench by Cheonggyecheon.
“Let’s do one more lap to finish up, then we’ll head back.”
Nothing surprises me anymore.
Only now, as they were finally breathing a little harder, did they seem even remotely human.
Even a beagle would get tired running like that.
These guys are hellhounds, pure hellhounds.
“Yeah, yeah, go ahead.”
I didn’t even have the strength to wave my hand properly, so I just managed a weak reply.
I must have dozed off for a moment, because Lee Yu Eul shook my shoulder to wake me.
“Unnie, we’re all done.”
“Ugh, every muscle aches.”
Still, that brief rest had restored enough strength for me to at least walk.
“I’m starving to death.”
“Me too.”
“Don’t say ‘dying’—but yeah, I’m genuinely hungry.”
The two growing teenagers and Jang Su Ho, who had a naturally voracious appetite, all rubbed their stomachs with pitiful expressions.
If they were hungry, I had to feed them something.
I happened to spot Gwangjang Market and pointed toward it.
“Should we grab dinner there before heading back?”

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