The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 365

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 2, Episode 186

The potion bottle I’d grabbed in startled reflex felt impossibly lighter than any standard stamina or mana potion.
Yet when I shook my hand gently, the translucent purification potion inside sloshed in response.
“How did you finish this so quickly…?”
I’d hoped my abilities would be perfected before they were fully exposed.
But that was merely wishful thinking.
Potions couldn’t possibly be crafted this easily!
And yet Seo Yu Baek had done it.
“Director, is this even real?”
Unlike me, who couldn’t hide my shock, Seo Yu Baek remained composed.
“I wasn’t creating something from nothing. To use an analogy, it was merely diluting a concentrate—there was no reason it should have taken long from the start.”
“Even so, this is incredible. Director, you’re a genius.”
“Stop flattering me. What you said about the trauma treatment potion earlier—it’s the same thing. You did all the groundwork, and I merely followed through.”
As Seo Yu Baek spoke, he withdrew another potion from the Subspace.
This one gleamed with noticeably more radiance than the one he’d shown moments before.

[ Darkness Purification Potion – Tier 2 (?)
: Upon consumption, reduces darkness addiction rate by 40%. ]

“There’s another tier?”
“I considered making it in multiple stages like the trauma healing potion, but decided it wasn’t necessary, so I made two versions instead. Twenty percent and forty percent.”
“Wow… At forty percent, it’s quite difficult to reduce even with direct skill usage.”
This is insanely good, isn’t it?
“Purification Potion—how much have you made?”
“This is all I’ve completed so far.”
Five bottles of the twenty percent potion and two bottles of the forty percent potion lined the table.
Far more than I expected.
Without thinking, I clenched my fists.
But Seo Yu Baek went even further.
“Going forward, I’ll continue researching ways to increase production. This amount falls far short of what we’ll need.”
“This much came from the blood sample you drew last time?”
“…Yes. The potion Chung Soo created with his skill couldn’t be diluted.”
That made sense.
I nodded and rolled up my sleeve.
“Then since we’ve used it all, let’s draw more blood.”
Even if I can’t provide research funding, I can supply raw materials as much as needed!
Unlike me, who was delighted seeing the completed potions, Seo Yu Baek’s expression remained complicated.
I wasn’t bothered by it at all.
Thinking about how to improve Seo Yu Baek’s mood even slightly, I remembered something I always carried in my Subspace.
“Look at this, teacher. Chung Soo even made me a tonic! Since I’ve been drinking it, I haven’t felt dizzy at all lately!”
“That’s a relief, at least.”
Seo Yu Baek seemed to appreciate my effort, offering a faint smile.
But it vanished quickly once he began preparing the blood draw equipment.
“…I drew quite a bit more today. You’re not feeling dizzy?”
After drawing roughly twice the amount from last time in silence, Seo Yu Baek asked me.
“Not at all!”
It wasn’t just polite talk—I genuinely felt fine.
Im Chung Soo’s tonic was clearly effective.
Quite the remarkable thing, indeed.
“Wait a moment until the bleeding stops, Yeo Joo.”
I looked down at Seo Yu Baek’s pale, slender fingers pressing against my puncture wound.
“Thank you for making the Purification Potion, teacher. Honestly, I was a bit scared about my ability being revealed, but thanks to you, I think I can find the courage.”
“…Don’t find courage, Yeo Joo.”
Seo Yu Baek’s eyes, meeting mine at close range, looked particularly sorrowful.
“You’re already doing more than enough. Don’t push yourself further.”
Seo Yu Baek knows so much about me.
So I can imagine how I must appear in his eyes.
“Teacher, I really, truly want to live a long time.”
But having been thrust into this damned world, there’s no helping it.
“But I’m not particularly interested in living a long life alone. I want to live together with you, our guild members, and as many other people as possible. To make that happen, I need to step up, even if it’s difficult.”
I have no interest in wasting time crying and raging over things that have already happened and cannot be changed.
“And since everyone like you and Chung Soo are helping me this way, it’s fine.”
“…Yeo Joo.”
Seo Yu Baek called my name with a low groan and sighed.
“How can you be this kind-hearted?”
Then he spoke in a voice even sterner than when he usually nagged me about my health.
“Promise me something.”
“What?”
“Use this potion only for people facing death from a rampage.”
After checking that the bleeding had stopped by lifting the medical cotton he’d been pressing down, Seo Yu Baek continued in his characteristic calm tone.
“Hunters must not come to view your skill and this potion as a cure-all for rampages. Let them still experience rampages, but know they can seek help in truly dangerous moments. Understood?”
“…Yes, of course. I don’t want to spend my life just donating blood every day either.”
At my half-joking sincerity, Seo Yu Baek finally laughed with some relief.
But the softened atmosphere didn’t last long.

[ Code Blue. Code Blue. Emergency Room, Code Blue. ]

A loud announcement blared from the ceiling speaker, and at the same moment, Seo Yu Baek’s phone vibrated loudly.
The instant I heard the words “Code Blue,” Seo Yu Baek was already on his feet and moving, answering the call.
“Yes, this is Seo Yu Baek.”
[ “Director, you need to come to the Emergency Room right away!” ]

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The staff of the Awakened Healer Hospital’s Emergency Room were accustomed to all manner of critical situations.
Yet the sight of bloodied patients streaming in one after another was enough to unsettle even them.
“Patients 1 through 4, straight into Rooms 1 through 4! Get resuscitation equipment ready in Room 4!”
“Yes, Doctor!”
“You there—are you affiliated with the Guild? What exactly happened?”
A man stood helplessly watching his colleagues surrounded by medical staff, and he answered.
“There was a rampage. Jung Manager—the patient in Room 3—he went berserk during the dungeon raid. We tried to stop him, and that’s when the others got hurt….”
“Did you use trauma treatment potions?”
“Yes! Thank goodness… but there wasn’t enough….”
The emergency room physician in charge patted the man’s shoulder after hearing the explanation, then headed straight for Room 1, where the patient’s condition looked most dire.
Just as his colleague had said, the trauma treatment potions had barely kept the patient clinging to life.
Beep, beep—!
Then the monitor connected to the patient began emitting a warning alarm.
The patient had lost too much blood; the heart had stopped.
“Code Blue! Get it up on the board!”
As the attending physician performed CPR and administered medications, the emergency room shifted into maximum efficiency mode.
This included pulling Lee Dan Woo and Moon Na Rin, who had been volunteering, back out of the way.
“You two Healers, please wait at the desk for now.”
“Is there nothing we can help with?”
“The volunteer agreement stipulates you don’t participate in emergency situations like this.”
“But….”
Moon Na Rin bit her lower lip in frustration as she watched the medical staff rushing between the isolation chambers.
Meanwhile, Healers scattered throughout the ward began arriving at the Emergency Room in succession.
Among them was Director Seo Yu Baek himself.
A nurse’s face brightened when she spotted Yeo Joo following behind the Director, who headed straight for Room 1 after seeing the medical staff who had called him were already inside.
“Ah! Healer Yeo Joo! Could you perhaps….”
“I’ll take Room 2.”
“Thank you so much!”
Having two S-rank Healers was at least a stroke of luck.
‘But the other two patients….’
They were in critical condition as well, merely relatively less severe.
Still, there was no choice.
Until treatment of the first two patients was complete, they could only hold the other two’s lifelines with medicine rather than Healing.
Then, Lee Dan Woo, who had been waiting behind the desk as instructed, suddenly strode into Room 2.
“Master! We can do this too!”
At that cry, Yeo Joo, who had just tossed a stamina-boosting elixir into her mouth, glanced back briefly.
“Your Guild won’t stay idle anyway.”
“We’ll say we acted on our own! So….”
“If those other two people end up worse because of this, we won’t be able to sleep!”
Moon Na Rin came running and joined in.
“We may be young, but we’re Healers too!”
“Fine then. Each of you take one patient.”
Yeo Joo brushed back her disheveled hair with a rough gesture, speaking without inflection.
“We’ll wrap this up quickly and move on, so don’t overexert yourselves—use only the skills you can handle.”

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