The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 334

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 2, Episode 155

The night we returned to Yeouido with Kang Han.
I was sprawled across the Break Room of the Justice Guild, hugging Na Baek Ho and rolling around.
“[Yeo Joo, this is annoying. Let go.]”
“No way.”
“[Baek Ho is still a baby. It’s hot. This is hard.]”
“Aww, that’s right, our Baek Ho is still a baby. Just bear with it a little longer. Let your sister have some healing time.”
“[Baek Ho is getting old.]”
Do you know how many days it’s been since we last saw each other?
Na Baek Ho exhaled a sigh-like breath through his nose.
Since he didn’t know what happened in the Dream Dungeon, from his perspective, I must have looked like I was suddenly clinging to him after going to play at the Han River on the way out of the hospital.
“You know, Na Baek Ho, I still think rolling around like this with you and everyone from the Justice Guild is the best.”
I thought there would be a hollow ache when I woke from the dream.
Surprisingly, it was fine.
It was sad that I couldn’t see Mom and Dad again, but when I faced the familiar faces filling the Doksan Gate Branch, my joy was greater.
That meant these people had become that important to me.
“I want to keep living like this every single day from now on.”
Purrrr.
The large body of Na Baek Ho, whom I was leaning against, rumbled softly.
He said it was annoying, but he seemed to be in a good mood.
Such a dishonest tiger.
With a soft sound, Na Baek Ho shifted his body and brought his head to my forehead, speaking.
“[It will be. Always, together with us.]”
Always, together with us.
Every time I repeated those words, my mood grew better.
“Speaking of which, how about we take a bath tomorrow for the first time in a while?”
“[…Baek Ho, do I smell?]”
“You ate french fries today, didn’t you?”
I felt Na Baek Ho’s large body flinch slightly.
I knew because I’d heard that at lunch he’d grabbed Ryu Sang Eun’s entire box of french fries and run away with it.
Na Baek Ho, who was subtly slow to pick up on things, pondered for a moment before answering.
“[I’m still a baby. Can’t take a bath.]”
Yeah, your sister will let it slide.
As I hugged the struggling Na Baek Ho tighter and rubbed my face against his soft, fluffy fur, courage bloomed within me.
I can do this, Yeo Joo.
I can make sure something like that never happens again.
I’ll protect you.
Ding—
I was startled by the sudden System notification and was about to check its contents.
“What is this, is today April Fools’ or something?”
Chung Soo, who had stepped out of the Greenhouse for the first time in a while to breathe in the fresh air, tilted his head in confusion.
The boy, who these days never let go of his phone during breaks like any teenager his age, seemed like he might get completely sucked into that small screen.
“April Fools’? What do you mean?”
“No, there’s a breaking news alert… It says you can see your Status Window?”
“Ah.”
Now that I thought about it, I hadn’t even checked if the Administrator had kept all the terms of the deal.
Unlike me, who was indifferent since I already knew the update details, people seemed to be in an uproar.
Judging by the fact that even breaking news had been released.
Choi Su Won, the urban farmer who had been assisting Chung Soo and had become the main pillar of potion production lately, tilted his head and pulled out his phone.
“Could it be a false report?”
“Probably, right? A Status Window, of all things. So if I say ‘Status Window’, what should appear… Whoa!”
Chung Soo jumped up and shouted, causing the other guild members to startle and become alert to the outside.
“What is it! Why are you like that!”
“What’s going on!”
“Did someone attack!”
“No, everyone try shouting ‘Status Window’!”
Chung Soo pointed at the empty air, his fingers trembling.
“What? Status Window? Aaaah!”
“What is this? Why can I see my Status Window?”
Damn Administrator.
If you’re going to update, at least send out a full notification.
Though by now, they’re probably too busy dreaming.
If Shane, who said they’d manage things directly after Mollig was driven out, decides to slack off, I should be grateful.
“What! You’re telling me ‘Fists Weep’ is B-rank!”
I let Lee Tae Yoon’s shout in front of the beverage refrigerator serve as a lullaby as my eyes began to droop.
Ah, the tension is finally easing.
Just as I was about to drift off to sleep, Chung Soo shook me.
“Noona! You should check yours too! Tae Yoon hyung said there were some incorrectly registered skills!”
“I don’t have any. Stop bothering me.”
“This is not the time to sleep!”
“Ugh, seriously! My Status Window is so boring, why do you keep… Huh?”
There was a change in my Status Window.

Yeo Joo S
1. The More You Know ( EX ) – Selective Activation Mode
▼ Expand
2. Body and Mind Fortified ( S ) (NEW!)
▼ Expand
3. Nurturing Sprouts ( S )
▼ Expand
4. Even Dried Squid Yields Water When Squeezed ( A )
5. Song of Life ( C ) (NEW!)
Engraved Familiar – Baek Ho

Why am I S-rank?
There were only two places marked with ‘NEW!’
Among them, the ‘Song of Life’ skill I’d extracted from Shane was naturally an expected change, so I’d let that slide.
The problem was the ‘Body and Mind Fortified’ skill.
It had been A-rank originally, but now it was S-rank.

[ 2. Body and Mind Fortified ( S )
▷ Physical Restoration : I expend my own stamina to heal the target.
Current Stage – Advanced I
▷ Darkness Addiction Cure ( EX ) : Reduces the target’s darkness addiction level.
The efficiency of addiction cure is proportional to the target’s affection toward Yeo Joo.
It can be used even in non-contact conditions. ]

“Ah!”
I remembered hearing a chiming notification just before Chung Soo could speak to me.
I checked the notification window.

[ Yeo Joo’s synchronization rate with this world has increased dramatically. ]
[ The ‘Physical Restoration’ ability rises one stage. ]
[ Current Stage – Advanced I ]
[ A new ability for ‘Darkness Addiction Cure’ has been unlocked. ]

Every time my synchronization rate increased, my Heal skill grew stronger.
But this notification about Darkness Addiction was the first of its kind.
‘It works even without physical contact?’
I’d suffered so much because the skill only activated when our bodies touched.
I’d earned plenty of suspicion by clinging to people who looked perfectly fine on the surface, saying things like “You look tired today.”
Now I wouldn’t have to endure such humiliation anymore.
“What’s wrong? Did you register something incorrectly too, noona?”
As I stared at my status window for a long time, Chung Soo asked again.
What should I do about this?
I hesitated for a moment.
Becoming S-rank was good, but should I reveal it now?
Until now, Seo Yu Baek was the only S-rank Healer.
Naturally, I’d attract attention.
The Justice Guild’s reputation would rise too.
After finishing my thoughts, I shook my head.
“No, it’s just that Baek Ho’s name appeared in my status window.”
Na Baek Ho, who had been sprawled lazily across the sofa regardless of the humans’ fuss, perked up his ears and looked at me when his name was mentioned.
Sorry for using you as an excuse, Na Baek Ho.
But shouldn’t the emergence of an S-rank Healer be used more strategically?
“Oh wow. So the Familiar gets registered too.”
“Yeah. You don’t have anything strange either, right?”
“No. I was kind of hoping for something, but there’s nothing else.”
“Then don’t wake me up anymore.”
I rested my head on Baek Ho’s belly again and waved my hand dismissively.
“Noona, you’re going to lose sleep at night like this.”
Don’t ignore my fatigue, Chung Soo.
My eyes were already growing heavy, so I closed them completely and thought.
I’d been cursing the System this whole time.
But seeing how it raises my stats every time my affection for this world grows, maybe it’s not entirely a bad entity after all.

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Anyway, returning to the present like that, I looked at Lee Yu Chan and activated my skill.

[ Skill ‘Dark Purification’ activated. ]
[ Target’s dark addiction rate: 68% ]
[ Purification efficiency increased due to target’s special constitution 【Nuna】. ]
[ Purification efficiency increased due to high affinity. ]
[ Dark Purification successful! ]
[ Current target’s dark addiction rate: 28% ]

‘It worked!’
How strange.
Not even Bluetooth, yet I could use a skill from this distance.
“Huh?”
Lee Yu Chan pushed himself up smoothly, tilting his head in confusion.
“Why doesn’t it hurt all of a sudden?”
Then he stood and tried jumping a couple of times before annoyingly lifting one corner of his mouth in a smirk.
“My youthful vigor is unstoppable—even a cold can’t beat me!”
Right, and as energetic as you’ve become, I’ve grown just as exhausted.
Still, seeing that listless boy grinning brightly lifted my spirits.
I rose from the sofa and moved toward the exit of the Break Room.
“Noona, I’m fine now! I need to enter the Dungeon!”
“Be quiet, I’m busy.”
“Where are you going!”
“To see Ji Sung oppa.”
As I headed toward Han Ji Sung’s Research Lab, a status window materialized before my eyes.

Yeo Joo S
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5. Song of Life ( C )

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