The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 23

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 23

Whoooosh!
Park Dae Gang heard the sound of wind rushing toward him.
And that was the last sound he heard before losing consciousness.
Boom!
Lee Yu Eul’s fist connected squarely with Park Dae Gang’s face, and his massive frame crumpled onto the ring.
Soon after, the protective barrier vanished and an announcement echoed through the Training Facility.

[ Lee Yu Eul, Victory! ]

“Whoa! Insane!”
“Crazy! What was that just now?!”
The spectators erupted in delighted screams.
After exchanging relentless blows back and forth, the C-rank Lee Yu Eul had suddenly displayed incredible speed and ultimately brought down the B-rank Park Dae Gang!
It was an unprecedented upset!
“You fought well!”
“Amazing, Lee Yu Eul!”
Unlike the crowd unable to contain their excitement, Lee Yu Eul remained motionless on the ring, her eyes fixed unblinking on the system window floating before her.

[ Calculating current physical capabilities and accumulated potential. ]
[ Skill restrictions are removed. ]
[ Skill ‘Momentum (B)’ is activated. ]

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“Done.”
My status window had changed.

Lee Yu Eul B
1. Preemptive Strike ( A ) – Deactivated
2. Momentum ( B )
3. [Empty]
Status Abnormalities – None
Engraved Reclamations – None
Equipped Items – Worn Sword ( D )

As the restrictions on the ‘Momentum’ skill that had been deactivated were lifted, my Awakener rank rose to B as well.
I thought it would already be a tremendous achievement if the activation possibility simply increased like Lee Yu Chan’s did.
But she surpassed my expectations and broke through the deactivation in one go.
“Lee Yu Eul, seriously.”
She’s a machine, a machine.
Even when the car accident happened, Lee Yu Eul shielded Lee Yu Chan with her own body.
That’s how strong her protective instinct toward her younger brother is.
There was definitely something between twins that no outsider could ever dare to cross.
As I was shaking my head at that thought, Lee Yu Eul descended from the ring.
“Are you doing okay?”
“Now I can live.”
She checked Lee Yu Chan’s condition first, then suddenly began walking toward me.
What? Why is she coming to me?
I thought she’d stay glued to Lee Yu Chan?
“What, do you have something to say to me….”
Whoosh!
Lee Yu Eul suddenly pulled me into an embrace.
She did this the first time we met too. Is this a habit of hers?
“Unnie.”
“What.”
“You were right.”
I couldn’t see her face, but there was a tremor of tears in Lee Yu Eul’s voice.
“Of course I was right.”
“Yeah, you’re right about everything.”
Rubbing her face against my shoulder despite her large frame, she whined before speaking with determination.
“I won’t hold back anymore. I’m going to destroy everything.”
That last part bothered me a little.
But it was tremendous progress nonetheless.
Lee Yu Chan was both the source of Lee Yu Eul’s power and, in another sense, her shackle.
“Yeah, yeah.”
I awkwardly patted Lee Yu Eul’s back.
“Unnie, I like you so much.”
As Lee Yu Eul murmured softly, a cheerful notification chimed.
Ding!

《 ♥ 20 》

…Her affection increased by 10 in a single moment?
Nestled in Lee Yu Eul’s embrace, I racked my brain trying to recall if I’d ever done anything particularly good.
“No matter how hard I think about it, I can’t remember anything.”
I’d only said a few words—it was Lee Yu Eul who shattered her own limits.
It was Lee Yu Eul who stood her ground and fought against Park Dae Gang, who outranked her, was physically larger, and was older.
It was Lee Yu Eul who endured the pain coursing through her body without surrendering.
So why?
“Well, good things are good things, I suppose.”
“Huh? What did you say?”
“Nothing. Hey, can you let go of me now?”
“Hmph, okay.”
Lee Yu Eul reluctantly released me from her embrace.
Now it was time to settle things properly.
I approached the stunned Titan Guild members and spoke.
“We won.”
“You bastard! Did you use a skill? What was that at the end?! Why did you suddenly get faster?!”
Park Dae Gang, who had just regained consciousness and was holding an ice pack to his face, erupted indignantly and shouted at Lee Yu Eul.
“Ah, that was….”
“Looks like you don’t have any hidden cards up your sleeve either?”
I cut off Lee Yu Eul’s response and answered in her stead.
If I left her alone, she’d honestly spill everything.
That the system had increased her agility by 80 mid-match, and that she’d undergone re-awakening after the match.
That couldn’t happen.
“Didn’t your parents teach you not to show everything you have all at once?”
Compared to what the Titan Guild had done to the kids, it was nothing, but I deliberately invoked their parents to redirect their attention toward me.
I had to dispel any suspicion of re-awakening by any means necessary.
Kang Han’s skill re-awakening had already been exposed, and he was forcibly summoned to the Association Chairman.
I couldn’t let the same thing happen to Lee Yu Eul.
She would unlock skill restrictions multiple times in the future and eventually undergo complete re-awakening.
If people started digging into the cause and method, it would become extremely problematic.
Especially for me.
“Anyway, you’re accepting that the Justice Guild won, right?”
If you don’t, I’ll flip the whole thing over.
Because Park Dae Gang had shouted, the remaining hunters’ gazes were fixed on us.
If the Titan Guild refused to concede in this situation, their honor would be dragged through the mud just the same.
“Ugh… I concede.”
“Well then, thank you for your hard work.”
I was striding quickly away from the scene, supporting Lee Yu Chan—who had recovered enough to walk—on my left arm, and Lee Yu Eul—whose expression screamed ‘is this really okay?’—on my right arm.
“Yeo Joo.”
Damn.
Kang Han stood near the entrance, Jang Su Ho at his side.
He’d probably seen everything. Definitely seen everything.
It was a mistake, but I’d promised to stay quiet and then went ahead with this whole spectacle anyway.
I had no excuse even if I got criticized.
But then something completely unexpected came from Kang Han’s mouth.
“You worked hard.”
That wasn’t the end of it.
Ding—

《 ♥ 8 》

…Why is this guy like this again?

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Hunter Supporters – [ Free Discussion Board ]
Justice Guild and Titan clashed today
Sky’s Song | Views: 995

My older sister is a hunter
Can’t verify with my own hunter license since it’s not mine
But today at the Association Training Grounds, Justice and Titan had a match
Justice won apparently
I only heard about it over the phone so I don’t know the details
But I got some photos

( Photo )

Is this Lee Yu Eul?
The one collapsed on the ground seems to be Titan’s Park Dae Gang.
I used to catch minor leagues back when I was stone-catching, you know?
But my heart is pounding right now.
I know this is a Hunter fan community where Justice Guild gets a lot of hate,
but that was so cool.
What do I do?
Admin, please create a Justice Guild bulletin board.

Comments
Comment 1: Are you insane? No matter how born-to-be-minor, taking down Justice Guild?
Comment 2: Congratulations to Justice Guild.
Comment 3: But Lee Yu Eul is C-rank, how did she beat Park Dae Gang?
└ That’s what I’m saying.
Comment 4: Young admin, please make a Justice Guild board so we don’t have to share space with people like this.
└ For real, go over there and play among yourselves.
└ “Yourselves”? That’s an overestimation. Seems like the poster is alone.
└ But honestly, it was kind of cool though;;.
Comment 5: Lee Yu Eul was originally an S-rank prospect, you know?
└ Twins were really popular back then ㅠㅠㅠ
└ I also buy their merchandise and the sneakers they advertised.
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Comment 34: Looking at the comment status, maybe a Justice Guild bulletin board and official Hunter Supporters will appear sooner than expected?

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Four full days passed before Lee Yu Chan and Lee Yu Eul recovered completely after the match at the Association Training Grounds.
And even that accelerated recovery was thanks to me using my skills on them in the meantime.
Everyone had left, and only Kang Han and I remained in the Conference Room.
The diligent guild master had finished his morning workout early, stopped by his room to shower, and his still-damp hair was truly a sight to behold.
But I noticed the front pocket of the hoodie Kang Han was wearing bulged noticeably.
As I wondered, ‘What is that?’ a small status window appeared from that spot.

Baek Young (□□)
Combat Type
Imprinted to – Kang Han
Evolution Stage – Stage 1
Abilities – □□, □□□, □□….

Even my skills couldn’t decipher what this was yet.
So you were there all along?
The moment I thought that, a small presence from within Kang Han’s pocket revealed itself.
Slither.
A tiny triangular head no larger than an adult man’s thumb, scales that sparkled like diamonds in pure white.
And two eyes as emerald green as precious gems.
“Hello?”
I greeted the ‘white baby snake-like creature’ warmly.
“You….”
Kang Han looked down at it in surprise.
It seemed remarkable that Baek Young, who was quite shy around strangers, had revealed itself in front of someone else.
“Your familiar is really adorable.”
In the 【Sejong Chronicles】, familiars were entities similar to companion animals.
Like Awakeners, they were divided into combat and non-combat types, and they were born from ‘eggs’ occasionally discovered in Dungeons.
However, not all eggs hatched, and no one knew what lay inside until the egg broke open.
“I had no idea the Guild Master had an imprinted familiar.”
I’d seen it in the 【Sejong Chronicles】 and confirmed it through the status window, but I played dumb and spoke casually.
“Its name is Baek Young.”
As Kang Han introduced it, small emerald eyes the same color as his stared intently at me.
A familiar was an Awakener’s companion.
It survived by receiving energy from the imprinted Hunter.
That’s why if the imprinted Awakener died, the familiar died too.
It was only natural, as there was no longer anyone to share power with.
Yet, sadly enough, when a familiar died, the Hunter did not.
But that didn’t mean the familiar was anything less than special to the imprinted Awaker.
“Wow.”
The snake-like familiar completely emerged from Kang Han’s pocket, slithered smoothly around my arm, and climbed upward.
It then settled firmly on the back of his neck, and peeked its face out from over his shoulder with a soft pop.
It was wary of me, yet couldn’t hide the sparkling curiosity gleaming in its large eyes.
“Ah, how cute.”
Pssst.
A small whistling sound escaped before the baby familiar hastily hid its face away.
It seemed to be quite shy.
But it didn’t take long before it peeked its face out again from the other side with another soft pop.
My heart ached at the sight.
Cute baby animals are indeed dangerous.
Just then, the Justice Guild’s phone rang.
Brrrring—
And not just any phone, but the main line of the Justice Guild’s representative, whose very existence I’d never even noticed before.
‘This doesn’t feel right.’
Kang Han picked up the phone sitting on Han Ji Sung’s vacant desk.
“Justice Guild speaking. …Yes. … I see. …Understood.”
Fortunately, seeing Kang Han’s composed demeanor, it didn’t seem to be anything serious.
“Who was it?”
I asked Kang Han after he hung up.
“Seoul Awakener High School.”
“Seoul Awakener High School? The one the twins attend?”
“Yes.”
A call from the school.
This couldn’t possibly be good news.
“What did they say?”
“…Apparently the twins are the perpetrators of a school violence incident. They’re asking us to come to the school immediately.”
Ah, right. This man had a temperament that invited trouble.
I followed behind Kang Han as he grabbed his coat to head to the school.
“I’m coming with you.”
There’s no way the twins are actually the perpetrators.
Who would dare lay a hand on our children.

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