The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 270

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 2, Episode 91

“There’s no difference? Don’t tell me you think fate operates on a first-come, first-served basis?”
Je Hwa scoffed bitterly.
“Well, thinking so carelessly about it explains why you sent Yeo Joo to Sa Ma Young.”
Despite Je Hwa’s heavily sarcastic mockery, Kang Han remained silent.
He simply continued staring at the screen.
Once the battle on the bridge concluded, the broadcasting station that had paused the stream was replaying key moments during the break time, much like sports channels do, showing several scenes again.
The heavy silence between the two men was broken by the loud voice of a caster.
[ “We’ve watched many Sa Ma Guild Gate conquests so far, but this is the first time I’ve seen Sa Ma Young, the guild master, like this!”
“Indeed. Well, it does seem like Sa Ma Young, the guild master, and Yeo Joo, the healer, the two of them…?”
“Ah! We must be careful about speculation regarding private matters! But from what I can see… haha!”
“They really do make a lovely pair!”
“Exactly! Though they belong to both the Gong Gil Yeon and Jung Dong Alliance, obstacles only fuel the flames more, don’t they!”
“The bloom of youth, truly!” ]
The voices of the commentators and casters joking and chattering among themselves echoed loudly through the break room.
Je Hwa brushed back his fallen bangs and pressed the volume button on the remote repeatedly to lower the sound, then glared at Kang Han again.
“Did Yeo Joo have to be paired with Sa Ma Young and hear such things?”
Though muted, the screen continued showing Sa Ma Young and Yeo Joo, and he let out an irritated sigh.
“If it were me, I never would have sent her. Money, anything—I would have found a way to enter together.”
“It was what Yeo Joo wanted.”
Kang Han stood up from his seat as he spoke.
All the way out of the break room and toward the dormitory building, his fists remained clenched so tightly his knuckles protruded, refusing to relax.
Even the biting cold wind of deep winter could not cool his fury.

“I didn’t really want to go either, but they gave me items and mana stones anyway. The guild’s been short on cash lately, so it worked out well.”

I couldn’t stop Yeo Joo from entering the Gate for the Justice Guild.
I couldn’t dare reveal my petty desire—that I disliked her entering the Gate with Sa Ma Young.
No, I knew her well.
Yeo Joo would have comforted me instead of changing her plans.
Kang Han suddenly stopped walking and looked up at the hazy streetlight.
White breath dispersed into the pitch-black night sky before vanishing instantly.
I had no right to stop her from doing what she wanted.
‘Who am I to say anything.’
Instead of the breath that scattered without a trace, only a lonely smile remained.

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Whoooosh—
The moment the battle with the crocodiles ended, rain suddenly poured down like madness.
It was so torrential that my skin stung from the raindrops.
“Is this the right place?”
“According to the map, there should be a Temple in this area.”
Woo Jun Kyung answered while looking around.
I surveyed the surroundings just as carefully, but all I could see was dense jungle.
I racked my brain through the book’s contents, but there was no detailed description of how to find the Temple.
Since the protagonist Kang Han hadn’t personally conquered this Gate, only the reward items from clearing it were treated as important.
Ah, I couldn’t stand it anymore.
“Let’s go in there for now!”
I shouted as I rushed into the Stone Building visible right ahead.
Behind me, the Sa Ma Guild members running after me made loud splashing sounds with each step.
The moment we took shelter inside the building, the rain became even more intense, unbelievably so.
“We’ll have to stay here until the rain stops.”
Besides, with visibility at zero, finding the Temple would be difficult anyway, so this worked out well.
Finding a building to shelter from the rain was an incredible stroke of luck.
“It seems we found the right place. It looks like an auxiliary building of the Temple.”
Bang Wi Jin said, surveying the interior of the building.
He was right.
Unless this was a place with special significance like a Temple, there was no way such a luxurious curtain and decorated building would exist in the middle of the jungle.
Even though the outside was dark from storm clouds, the interior was brilliantly bright without a single candle.
This was because gems that served as small light sources were densely embedded between the large bricks that formed the building.
Curious, I approached to examine them more closely when Sa Ma Young came over and draped his coat over my shoulders.
It was a new item he had taken out from his Subspace, not the one he had covered the corpse with earlier.
“Why are you giving this to me?”
I asked, looking at the coat that barely touched the ground due to the height difference.
“You must be cold right now.”
“What do you think the Justice Guild uniform is?”
I quickly removed the coat and draped it over Sa Ma Young’s shoulders with a soft chuckle.
“It’s waterproof as standard, and it automatically regulates body temperature too.”
Leaving Sa Ma Young with his bewildered expression behind, I ventured deeper into the building.
And with each step, an increasingly strange sensation washed over me.
“I feel like I’ve been here before.”
Then what caught my eye was a long golden curtain hanging across one wall.
The intricate and bizarre patterns were distinctive, like vines growing wild through the jungle.
As I traced my fingertips across it and casually lifted the curtain to peek beyond, that’s when it hit me.
“Here, that’s the place.”
Something felt familiar—during the Guerrilla Gate conquest when I’d hunted the Crocodile King, I’d taken shelter from the rain in much the same hurried manner.
What lay hidden beneath the curtain was the carving I’d seen back then.
As I carefully examined the relief carved into the wall—a man thrusting a spear into the belly of an enormous crocodile—I turned to Sa Ma Young, who had quietly followed behind me.
“Is there anything you’re afraid of, Sa Ma Young?”
“Afraid of?”
“Ghosts, dark spaces, insects—that sort of thing.”
Sa Ma Young nodded seriously and answered.
“Yes, there is. I’m afraid of Yeo Joo hating me.”
“You’re joking. Well, that’s reassuring either way.”
I smiled and grasped the protruding tail section of the crocodile, rotating it in the opposite direction.
It was the only part that differed from the carving I remembered from the Guerrilla Dungeon.
Creak— whoosh—
With a faint sound, a powerful gust of wind swept through the building’s interior.
At the same moment, startled voices of the Sama Guild hunters echoed from afar.
“What is this, all of a sudden?”
“A Temple has appeared!”
It seemed to be a mechanism that revealed the Temple only to those who knew the secret of this carving.
Sa Ma Young gently stroked my head and laughed.
“You’re the one, Yeo Joo.”
“Of course I am.”
It had been a while since the possession actually proved its worth.

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Seon Yu Island Gate Conquest Broadcast / Sama Guild & Justice Guild (Yeo Joo, Healer)

Live Comments ▼
– As expected from fox… Sa Fox…
– Those two keep dating, don’t they?
– Expected: A-rank Gate conquest, Watching: Yeo Joo and Sa Ma Young’s public date
– But now with Gate conquest on the side
– I’m a devoted Sa Ma Young supporter and this is the first time I’ve seen him smile like that;;
– The Sa Ma Guild forums are in chaos
– Shh, Sa Ma Young likes Yeo Joo
– Sa Ma Young’s inner circle already treats Yeo Joo as the future lady
– ??? : I’m asking you to save the temple ㅠㅠ Don’t date ㅠㅠ
A person came out from the Gate and gave us a Quest, but everyone forgot about it lol
– But they look good together, let them date a bit more
I support this marriage.
Nope lol I’m not getting married yet lol
Still going at it lol
“I’m scared that Yeo Joo hates me… seriously…”
– My head feels tightㅠㅠㅠㅠ
– Huh?
– Why is he touching it?
– The tail is moving?!
– What???
– There was no Temple but now there is
– Chills;;
The Temple looks so cool!!
– Expected: A-rank Gate conquest, Watching: Fantasy jungle adventure movie
– But something feels ominous?

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