The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 429

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 3, Episode 33

“Ah, we’re out.”
The moment I stepped through the Gate, the distinctly different quality of the air drew an involuntary gasp from my lips.
I’d never thought Wakelas had poor conditions, but I had to admit—I preferred it here.
“We made it!”
“Jongno really is so much more beautiful.”
“Nothing beats the real thing, does it?”
It wasn’t just me—the guild members each expressed their joy at returning home in their own ways.
“Sob… I thought I’d never set foot on this land again.”
Jang Su Ho had prostrated himself before the King Sejong Statue, his face pressed to the ground as tears streamed down.
“Gyeongbokgung Palace is truly beautiful.”
“Isn’t it, brother? We should visit Gyeongbokgung sometime.”
Bang Wi Jin and Bang Ri Ri, who normally seemed distant despite being cousins, were now sharing a surprisingly warm conversation.
And as Oh Young In emerged last from the Gate, the Justice Guild now complete outside, a booming voice erupted from ahead.
“Thank you for your hard work, Justice Guild!”
“You’ve done so much!”
“Justice Guild, we’re grateful!”
Most of those bowing respectfully to us were Awakeners Association officials.
Despite the constant threat of a dungeon break, they had all remained in Jongno.
“Over here, please!”
“You’ve defeated an SS-rank monster for the first time in history—how do you feel?”
“The Apocalypse Cult predicted a sixth dungeon break—do you have any words for them?”
“What are your thoughts on it being predicted as an A-rank Gate?”
A figure was pushing through the swarm of reporters and cameras that had descended like a cloud, striding purposefully toward us.
Kang Han, whose eyesight far surpassed mine, recognized the person first and muttered.
“The Association President?”
Sure enough, parting through the crowd like the Red Sea, Association President Ji Jung Hwi had reached us.
I’d expected him to be beaming with joy at having prevented the sixth dungeon break, but his rigid expression conveyed something entirely different.
“President, we managed to—”
Thud!
The Association President’s large, thick hands gripped both my shoulders.
Then he examined me from head to toe.
As if checking whether my body bore any injuries.
“I’m perfectly fine, sir.”
“…Yes, it does seem that way.”
It was then that cold, piercing sparks ignited in the eyes of the Association Director, who had appeared composed until that moment.
Smack!
A sudden blow struck my back.
“Ow! Why?! Why are you hitting me!”
“You dare ask why!”
Smack!
I tried to protest and received another hit for my trouble.
“What kind of place do you think that is, for a Healer to meddle in!”
He seemed to be referring to the gamble I’d taken by grasping Bio-Mother’s hand and using that skill.
“But I had a certain degree of confidence!”
“Confidence? Where was this confidence!”
The more I answered, the higher Association President Ji Jung Hwi’s fury climbed.
“You should have stayed obediently behind the barrier!”
If you had, we wouldn’t have captured Bio-Mother!
The sixth-rank Dungeon Break would have occurred!
I was about to cry out in frustration, but the Association President’s wrath scattered toward Kang Han and Sa Ma Young even faster.
“What will happen if you two also get swayed by this reckless fool!”
The formal politeness he’d maintained up until now vanished entirely.
But these were the Guild Master of the Justice Guild and the former Guild Master of the Sama Guild—could he really do this?
What was surprising, however, was the reaction of the two men.
“We are ashamed.”
“We apologize.”
Rather than growing angry at the Association President’s utterly unreasonable reproach, they simply accepted it calmly and even offered an apology.
It was a flow I simply could not comprehend.
And more than anything, there were many watching eyes around us.
I slipped forward in front of Kang Han and Sa Ma Young and asked.
“Association Director, are you really angry at the Hunters who just came out after stopping the sixth-rank Dungeon Break?”
At my question, Association President Ji Jung Hwi seemed to regain his composure.
Realizing his mistake, he glanced at the many people observing this situation, then cleared his throat with a cough.
“…Members of the Justice Guild.”
Now he seemed to have recovered his role as Association President.
“On behalf of the people of South Korea, I wish to express my gratitude for your courage and dedication.”
As Ji Jung Hwi bowed his head and spoke, the Association staff standing behind him bowed respectfully once more.
“No, we merely did what was our duty.”
Kang Han answered humbly, but the pride spreading across the faces of the other guild members could not be contained.
He was the Association President of the Korean Awakener Association.
To receive a bow of gratitude from such a figure of power was no small matter.
Especially for the founding guild members who had endured countless hardships together since those early days in a small office in Jongno, emotions were swirling within them.
A quiet sob.
Han Ji Sung even quietly wiped away tears.
It was understandable.
The Justice Guild—once the object of national ridicule and mockery.
Everything that had happened flashed before my eyes like a lantern show, and my heart swelled with emotion.
“Well then, let’s head home and get some proper rest!”
At the word ‘home,’ the faces of the Justice Guild members brightened.
“First, let’s fill our bellies with delicious food at the dining hall… What are you doing right now?!”
As I was imagining a hot shower and a soft bed, I suddenly found myself in Kang Han’s arms.
Bewildered, I looked toward Sa Ma Young, silently pleading for him to stop this man.
But Sa Ma Young had already opened the driver’s seat of a car parked nearby—though I couldn’t recall when he’d brought it.
“Wait! Where are we going right now?!”
“We need to go to the Hospital.”
Kang Han answered in a calm voice.
“The Hospital? But I’m perfectly fine?!”
I’d used quite a few skills, but I had no injuries and nothing seriously hurt.
However, instead of answering my question, Kang Han carried me to Sa Ma Young’s car and spoke to Han Ji Sung.
“Ji Sung, I’m counting on you to wrap things up here.”
“Don’t worry about it.”
“See you at the Guild!”
“Take care!”
Even the Guild members didn’t try to stop us, waving their hands in farewell.
Had I been muted?
Why wasn’t anyone listening to me when I said I was fine?
“I don’t want to go to the Hospital!”

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“Ga Young!”
“Sister!”
Yu Ga Young and I embraced like separated family members reuniting after decades apart.
Just moments ago, I’d met with Seo Yu Baek for a brief examination, and as expected, the results showed nothing amiss.
But when I heard that Ga Young had awakened, I abandoned everything and rushed to her hospital room.
“How are you feeling? Are you alright?”
I grasped her shoulders the way the Association Director had done before the Gate, examining her small frame with concern.
“I feel perfectly fine! It’s just like I had a good long sleep and woke up!”
It wasn’t mere flattery—Yu Ga Young genuinely appeared to be in good condition.
Her bright, cheerful smile suggested she wasn’t at all discouraged by the fact that she’d been unconscious for so long.
“Sister, you look more exhausted than me after coming back from the Gate. You’re not injured, are you?”
It was the kind of remark I could have easily dismissed.
But something felt off.
Rather than simply commenting on my current appearance, her tone carried an almost certainty to it.
“Oh, did you watch the livestream? How long have you been awake?”
“I’ve only been awake for about an hour?”
“Then how did you know I wasn’t injured…?”
“Because I saw it in my dream!”
“…A dream?”
A dream, all of a sudden?
Yoo Jin Rok approached me, watching as I stood there with a giant question mark hovering above my head.
“Yeo Joo, I think we need to have Ga Young undergo an Awakening evaluation.”
“An Awakening evaluation?”
“I saw you and the aunts and uncles from Justice Guild fighting in my dream!”
“Wait… hold on.”
I released my hands from Yu Ga Young’s shoulders and took a deep breath to collect myself.
Then I pulled up her status window.

Yu Ga Young S
Dreaming Child (Happy Dream) (S)
[ Empty ]
[ Empty ]

What in the world is this?
Yu Ga Young had been unawakened until the moment she entered the Jongno Gate.
But S-rank?
I was so shocked that I just stood there with my mouth hanging open, and Yu Ga Young tugged at my hand insistently.
“Yeo Joo unnie, could you show me that?”
“That?”
“You know, the reward you got for defeating that tentacle monster.”
I flinched.
Her unexpected words made my shoulders jolt slightly.
‘I haven’t told anyone about this yet?’
How could Yu Ga Young possibly know about it?

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