The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 406

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 3, Episode 10

I arrived at the Awakened Healer Hospital, but my destination wasn’t Seo Yu Baek’s office.
Of course, I planned to stop by briefly once my business here was finished for the day, but he wasn’t the type to lounge around chatting with me daily, and I had no intention of being a nuisance.
Instead, I knocked on the hospital room door.
Knock, knock—
After waiting a moment following my knock, Yoo Jin Rok, whose complexion looked considerably better than yesterday, smiled warmly upon seeing me.
“Yeo Joo, you came?”
“How is Ga Young doing?”
I hadn’t received word that Yu Ga Young had awakened in the past day, but I asked just in case.
“Same as before. Come in and let’s talk.”
Yoo Jin Rok stepped aside from the doorway as he spoke.
True to form, Yu Ga Young’s complexion had also improved noticeably overnight.
If not for the hospital gown and the IV line connected to provide nutrients, I would have thought she was simply taking a comfortable nap in a sunny spot.
It seemed like if I gently shook her shoulder right now and said, “Ga Young, wake up and have lunch,” she would stretch like a child and sit up.
After watching Yu Ga Young for a moment, I lightly shook the paper bag I’d brought and spoke.
“I brought sandwiches from the Guild Cafeteria. Have some whenever you’re hungry, Teacher.”
“Thank you. Wow, this is what our Ga Young loves.”
Yoo Jin Rok was right.
It was a caya jam sandwich—something the cafeteria cooks had made a time or two for the young Yu Ga Young, who would come straight to the Guild after school and practically live there all day, and which had since become a regular menu item.
Though there had been no word, I’d brought it as a gift in case Yu Ga Young had opened her eyes in the meantime.
‘I should bring these more often.’
Though today was a failure, there might come a day when she sees this and smiles brightly in welcome.
As if sensing my feelings, Yoo Jin Rok smiled bittersweetly, then shrugged his shoulders.
“Perfect timing. I was getting hungry. I’ll eat well.”
He also complained that hospitals serve breakfast far too early.
While Yoo Jin Rok found some comfort in the snack, his body having rested even if his heart had suffered greatly from his daughter collapsing again after recovering, I took a seat beside Yu Ga Young’s hospital bed.
Then, almost unconsciously, I activated the “As Much as You Know, So Much You See” skill.
It was a habit I’d developed from checking on Yu Ga Young every time we met, uncertain of when her awakening might occur.
But then.

[ Yu Ga Young ??
Unawakened (Awakening in Progress)
Abnormal Status – Darkness Addiction 15%, Darkness Vulnerability, Runaway Syndrome ]

Clang—
Startled, my hips jolted upward, causing the chair to shake along with me.
‘…Awakening in progress?’
There was no mention of that yesterday.
I’d only ever encountered Awakened individuals and non-Awakened people—never someone in the midst of Awakening.
I regarded Yu Ga Young with fresh eyes and realized something.
I had no idea how much time the Awakening process typically took.
And whether Yu Ga Young’s current condition was even caused by Awakening at all.
If it were simply an illness, I could have helped her.
The seizures that hadn’t improved even after using my Dark Purification skill yesterday—if they were symptoms stemming from Awakening, that would make sense.
I reached out and carefully grasped the tips of Yu Ga Young’s fingers.

“Right, since you’re going to Awaken anyway, let’s make sure you become a strong and sturdy combat-type.”
“I think that would be good too. They say you need good physical stamina to become a doctor.”

Yu Ga Young had always wanted to become a doctor rather than a Healer.
I hoped the abilities she’d gain after Awakening wouldn’t interfere with that dream.
Seizures, sleep that wouldn’t break.
The moment the hypothesis that these symptoms might somehow be connected to Awakening took root in my mind, a certain premonition surfaced.
It was merely a premonition—I had no concrete evidence to be certain.
‘They say bad premonitions are what kill people.’
I could only hope that the old saying about bad premonitions always coming true would be wrong this time.
Because a character in 【The Chronicles of King Sejong】 had displayed similar symptoms periodically.
And if Yu Ga Young truly ended up with abilities similar to that character’s….
I silently swallowed a sigh and squeezed Yu Ga Young’s small hand tightly.

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After a brief visit to check on a patient, I made my way to the Emergency Room.
As a place where the sick gathered, it wasn’t the most pleasant of locations, but it was nonetheless a greenhouse where budding Healers were flourishing abundantly.
Pressed against the corridor wall to avoid the bustling hospital staff, I was glancing around when a familiar-faced Nurse approached and asked me a question.
“Healer Yeo Joo, the Director is in Treatment Room 1.”
“Hello! But is Yoo Baek also in the Emergency Room right now?”
“Yes! Oh, weren’t you here to see the Director?”
The Nurse tilted her head in confusion at my question.
Why was she naturally connecting me with Seo Yu Baek?
That thought crossed my mind, but it was true that Seo Yu Baek and I were close anyway.
“I came to see the budding—I mean, the Healers doing volunteer work. Where are those two?”
“Healer Moon Na Rin is with the Director right now as well.”
I bowed politely to the Nurse, who kindly pointed toward Treatment Room 1, and moved in that direction.
So Seo Yu Baek and Moon Na Rin had both entered the treatment room together.
Wondering if there might be a serious patient, I cautiously approached the glass door.
Fortunately, the bed was empty.
But what I glimpsed through the slightly parted curtain was serious in an entirely different way.
It was Moon Na Rin, head bowed with tears streaming down her face, and Seo Yu Baek standing before her with arms crossed, his expression cold and harsh.
‘Oh no, that’s terrifying.’
If I were Moon Na Rin, I’d be crying too.
Seo Yu Baek’s expression without a smile was as sharp and chilling as a surgical scalpel, perhaps because of the white coat and glasses.
“I should come back later.”
Just as I was about to turn away, sensing that Moon Na Rin was being scolded—
Moon Na Rin’s indignant voice rang out.
“Why can’t I do this!”
“…Healer Moon Na Rin.”
“I like you too!”
…This conversation is strange.
Despite tilting my head at the unusual atmosphere, I let out an awkward laugh at the thought of ‘surely not’.
But as the conversation continued, my expression gradually stiffened.
“Is it because I’m young?”
“That’s part of it.”
“I don’t see what age has to do with it. I’m telling you I like you!”
If it had been anyone else, I would have assumed it was a matter of passion and quickly excused myself.
But this was a conversation between Moon Na Rin, a Healer of the Dongbaek Guild, and Seo Yu Baek.
Moon Na Rin was still just a young budding Healer.
Eventually, as I watched Moon Na Rin bury her face in her hands and cry out, Seo Yu Baek’s eyes wavered.
His icy expression cracked, and the corners of his eyes drooped downward.
As if to say how pitiful this situation was.
At that clearly readable shift in emotion, my mouth fell open without thinking, and when Seo Yu Baek turned his head toward the glass door, sensing my gaze, our eyes met.
He flinched in surprise, and at the sight of my shocked expression, he tilted his head briefly before all the color drained from his face.
With that, Seo Yu Baek strode toward me so quickly that the hem of his coat fluttered behind him, then yanked open the treatment room door and urgently grabbed my wrist.
“No.”
“No, what?”
“I said no.”
Seo Yu Baek bit his lip firmly, then pulled me into the treatment room with a sharp tug.
He then spoke in a low voice to Moon Na Rin, who was just lifting her head.
“Moon Na Rin, explain quickly.”

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“Kahahaha!”
Even as I wiped away the tears that had begun to trickle from laughing so hard, the laughter wouldn’t stop.
“Sorry, hehe! I misunderstood, and of all the timing, why did I have to hear that!”
Oh, my stomach.
I wasn’t the only one clutching my abdomen as if I’d just done an intense core workout.
“Master, seriously! Ahahaha! The idea that I like the director is ridiculous!”
“What do you mean ridiculous? Of course it’s impossible, but still, Yoo Baek is pretty handsome!”
“My ideal type is Guild Master Kang Han!”
As I listened to Moon Na Rin insist on her unwavering fandom, I finally managed to compose myself and catch my breath, but then I noticed Seo Yu Baek’s pouty expression.
That’s when it hit me.
While Moon Na Rin was clearing up my ridiculous misunderstanding, he hadn’t said a word.
He seemed upset.
“Teacher, I’m sorry. Are you angry?”
“How could you have such a misunderstanding?”
Seo Yu Baek didn’t hide his hurt feelings and pouted.
“How much of a jerk do you think I am?”
“Come on, a jerk? I was just too shocked to think straight! How about we go to the Cafe later and share some sweet desserts? To cheer you up?”
After I soothed him and saw Seo Yu Baek’s pouty expression soften a bit, I turned to Moon Na Rin and asked.
“So Moon Na Rin still wants to enter the Gate?”
“Yes!”
“But the Dongbaek Guild is completely against it, saying it’s dangerous and you’re still too young?”
“Yes!”
Moon Na Rin nodded enthusiastically, looking quite aggrieved.
“You know their concerns aren’t entirely unreasonable, right? It’s true that inside the Gate is incredibly dangerous.”
“I know! But I’m just as worried about the guild members! That’s why I want to go into the Gate with them and provide healing!”
It was certainly a valid argument.
I nodded thoughtfully for a moment, then asked.
“Then should I help you get in?”

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