The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 213

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 2, Episode 34

The scanner now glowed with an ethereal green light.
Je Hwa stared at that verdant radiance for a moment before roughly sweeping his hair back.
‘What on earth was that?’
His hand dragged across his arm, wrapped in thin knitwear.
It was an attempt to dispel the lingering tingling sensation that still persisted.
Experiencing a rampage for the first time was terrifying.
From the moment the god’s wrath crashed down upon me, a searing pain ignited throughout my body, and coherent thought became impossible.
As if struck by a sudden traffic accident, reason and consciousness scattered, leaving only instinct to fill the void.
The events of moments ago felt distant, like a faded memory.
All that remained was the agonizing pain that had clenched my teeth and the soft warmth of Yeo Joo’s body holding me close.
“Hah.”
At the thought of her, heat surged through my body temperature, and Je Hwa squeezed his eyes shut.
The pain of each cell and nerve burning in flames was undeniably intense.
Yet another force seeped through, soothing that excruciating agony, and it was maddeningly sweet.
It was so captivating it could instantly dispel the sensation of the rampage.
I knew what it was.
It was her aura, which bore the master’s essence perfectly.
It was Yeo Joo’s ability to instantly suppress the divine heat of the rampage.
Opening his eyes, Je Hwa stared at the scanner hanging from his wrist.
Soon, the bracelet, torn away by rough hands, clattered carelessly onto the floor.
‘Should I destroy it?’
Je Hwa found himself harboring violent thoughts without realizing it.
The carefully crafted scanner suddenly felt dangerous, as if it were something that shouldn’t exist in this world.
‘Is it acceptable to create the scanner, to let people know their own darkness addiction rates?’
Yeo Joo’s intention to prevent Awakeners from suffering further rampages was noble.
Yet I feared the ripples this scanner would create.
That sensation from moments ago, the one Yeo Joo could bestow—experiencing it even once seemed to have left an imprint on my subconscious.
But if the scanner were distributed and others learned of its value…
“Hah.”
Another deep sigh escaped.
I picked the bracelet up from the floor again, but I remained seated, my head bowed, unable to lift it or return to Yeo Joo.

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“From now on, I won’t even glance at anything with the word ‘god’ in it.”
I ground my teeth while plucking herb leaves one by one from the pile on the table.
I’d gotten a good sleep at Je Hwa’s Secret Workshop, but the mental exhaustion refused to lift.
“What’s wrong?”
Im Chung Soo, sitting beside me and trimming herbs in the same manner, asked.
“Nothing, really. But how much longer do we have to trim these?”
“We need to finish all of this, and then do everything over there too.”
“If you’re going to make me do this, at least pay me a daily wage.”
As I grumbled, Choi Su Won, sitting across from me and plucking herbs as well, quietly pulled the pile of herbs in front of me toward himself and spoke.
“Yeo Joo, I’ll take care of this for you…”
“Nope, stop right there! We need every hand we can get. There’s still a mountain of work left! Besides, you don’t have anything else to do anyway, so it doesn’t matter.”
This cold-hearted bastard, Im Chung Soo.
The herbs Choi Su Won had taken were pushed right back in front of me.
Wait, doesn’t the amount look bigger than before?!
“Hey, Im Chung Soo. I have plenty to do, you know? Do you have any idea how much I suffered today!”
“What suffering are you talking about?”
“Huh? Oh, well, that thing over there… Anyway, there’s definitely something like that!”
I couldn’t exactly tell him I went to Jamsil to invent a scanner and ended up saving a rampaging S-rank Hunter!
“What kind of ‘something’? Did you go do something weird again?!”
“The way you talk, anyone listening would think I’m always causing trouble.”
“Because you are. Just when things calm down, you bring back a Dungeon contract. Just when things get peaceful, you stir up a mess. If that’s how it is, don’t say you want to rest.”
“…Hmph.”
Annoyed that he was making nothing but valid points, I pushed some of the herbs in front of me toward Im Chung Soo.
Seeing what I was doing, Im Chung Soo’s eyes went wide for a moment before he seemed to think “better me than her” and resumed trimming the herbs.
“Su Won, are you having any trouble adjusting to the Guild?”
“Not at all. The work is fun, the Dormitory is really comfortable and nice. I’ve even gained 2 kilograms.”
Choi Su Won laughed as he showed me his pale, paper-white forearm toward me.
“He’s not being harsh to you the way he is to me, right?”
“Why would I be harsh to Su Won? It’s not like he’s always getting hurt like someone else.”
Im Chung Soo, who had just scolded me with a barrage of complaints after discovering the scratches Je Hwa had left on my arm, scoffed dismissively at me.
He was sulking because I hadn’t told him where, who, or why I got hurt.
“Im Chung Soo.”
“What?”
“Don’t try to know everything about your sister. Something bad will happen.”
“…What are you saying? Just stop getting hurt all the time.”
Even though he was worried about me, I smiled at how touching it was, and Im Chung Soo swept the herb he’d been plucking across my face.
“Pffft! Hey! Don’t wipe my face with that!”
“…”
Chung Soo was pouting instead of engaging me in further conversation.
But that didn’t mean I could tell him what had happened to me today.
It wasn’t the right time yet.
I was contemplating whether I should steer the conversation toward tonight’s menu at the Guild Dining Hall.
“Excuse me.”
“Director!”
“It’s been a while, Yeo Joo.”
Seo Yu Baek, who had come to see Chung Soo’s Secret Workshop and Greenhouse, greeted us with an enthusiastic wave.
“Wow! This is truly an impressive space, Chung Soo.”
At Seo Yu Baek’s words, Chung Soo’s face flushed red.
He’s so susceptible to praise, that guy.
I was laughing to myself at the thought of teasing him about this later when Seo Yu Baek strode toward me.
“Yeo Joo, look here for a moment.”
Seo Yu Baek extended his index finger and moved it back and forth in front of my eyes as he spoke.
Following the doctor’s instructions, I rolled my eyes left and right while watching his finger, and then he turned on his phone’s flashlight and brought it close to my eyes.
“Ugh, that’s too bright, Director.”
“Given what happened last time, I need to check your vision. As your attending physician, I’m relieved to see it’s returned to normal.”
“Ah, I thought—”
He was referring to the abnormal status I’d suffered in the Desert Dungeon, where I’d been judged as having drug abuse and lost my vision.
Since the system left no lingering effects, there shouldn’t be any aftereffects, but you never know.
After checking my vision and sharing the snacks he’d brought with considerable effort, the conversation naturally drifted toward the wound-healing potion that Chung Soo and Seo Yu Baek were developing together.
“The results from the first clinical trial we completed recently have been excellent.”
Seo Yu Baek spoke with a satisfied expression.
“Since the mechanism enhances cellular recovery, we couldn’t completely eliminate the accompanying pain, but it should still be very useful in trauma centers.”
“Ah, that. It really does hurt.”
I spoke from experience as someone who had poured wound-healing potion on burns.
“Still, thanks to the wound-healing potion, one hunter’s life was saved.”
“…It sounds like someone was seriously injured.”
Chung Soo, who had been quietly trimming herbs until now, showed a reaction.
“Yes, an accident occurred during a Gate conquest, and a hunter with severe lacerations to the abdomen was brought in. As a C-rank support class, their natural healing speed wasn’t fast, and on top of that, they were already hemorrhaging severely, their heart had stopped once, and they’d lost significant internal organs—it was an extremely critical situation. With injuries of that severity, even if another healer and I used our skills simultaneously, I couldn’t have guaranteed the outcome. But thanks to medical anesthesia and the use of the potion for rapid treatment, I saw them being discharged today.”
“Wow…”
Someone in a condition that even an S-rank healer couldn’t guarantee had survived thanks to Chung Soo’s wound-healing potion.
A chill ran down my spine.
Looking at Chung Soo with a sense of pride, I noticed his ears were already flushed red.
“Well… it’s still difficult to use outside hospitals before we eliminate the pain. We still have a long way to go.”
Acting reluctant when you’re dying to be happy about it.
“So, about the potion for the second clinical trial…”
Seo Yu Baek, Chung Soo, and Choi Su Won ventured into a world of herbs and medicine that I couldn’t quite follow.
It was time for me to step aside.
“Yeo Joo, are you leaving?”
“Yes, I have an appointment tomorrow with the Director’s friend. I need to prepare.”
“Your friend… Ah! Are you talking about Do Kyung?”
“Yes, the Cheongmun Guild Master.”
Tomorrow was the day I’d been eagerly anticipating—the Underwater Dungeon tour.

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