The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 50

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 50

Im Chung Soo ended up sharing a room with Jang Su Ho.
Over the past few days, we’d put up temporary partitions and brought in beds and furniture, but it still felt sparse.
‘He’s at an age where he needs his own space.’
I spoke to Im Chung Soo as he set his duffel bag on his bed and gazed around the room with wide, round eyes.
“Once things settle down a bit, I’ll set up your own room. We can expand it using subspace.”
“Oh no, there’s really no need for that.”
I expected him to be at least a little disappointed.
But just like when he’d seen the Justice Guild Building, Im Chung Soo’s eyes sparkled with delight.
“Sharing with Su Ho is better than having my own room.”
“Huh? Why?”
“Just… I think it’d feel lonely on my own.”
Ah, that makes sense.
Im Chung Soo had spent his whole life living noisily with his Grandmother and Grandfather.
I nodded and glanced sideways at Jang Su Ho.
Sure enough, he stood there with his chest puffed out, wearing a triumphant expression.

“It would be lonely for a kid who suddenly moved to Seoul alone to have his own room, wouldn’t it?”

Just as I was about to call a subspace contractor, Jang Su Ho spoke up.
Yes, you’re right. You’re absolutely right.
As I nodded in agreement, he lifted his chin even higher.
He looked just like a large dog begging for praise.
I couldn’t understand why his behavior grew more dog-like with each passing day.
I clicked my tongue once, then pointed to the phone sitting on Im Chung Soo’s desk.
“That’s yours.”
“A phone? I don’t really need something like that.”
Even as he said this, Im Chung Soo’s hand instinctively reached for the smartphone.
“We need it. There will be times when we suddenly enter dungeons. Should we call the teacher’s office and ask them to broadcast it every time that happens?”
“…I’ll use it gratefully.”
“You should have from the start. Now look here.”
I took the phone from Im Chung Soo’s hand for a moment.
“Remember this well. I won’t teach you twice.”
I found a pre-saved number and pressed a few buttons.
Brrr brrr brrr—
After the dial tone rang a few times, the faces of my Grandmother and Grandfather from rural Chungcheong filled the screen.
“G-Grandma? Grandpa? Is that you?”
[Yes, it is. Can you see our faces clearly?]
“I can see you perfectly! When did you get a phone!”
[It just arrived by some kind of Awakener express delivery. Make sure you thank your older siblings properly, alright?]
“Ah, I will.”
Seeing my Grandmother and Grandfather through the video call seemed to brighten Im Chung Soo’s voice considerably.
I watched from a step back, then spoke quietly to Jang Su Ho.
“Chung Soo, take good care of him.”
“…What’s gotten into you, saying things like that?”
“He’s still just a kid.”
“He’s not a kid. He’s grown plenty. He’ll do fine on his own.”
Despite his words, I knew Jang Su Ho would look after Im Chung Soo carefully from his side.
After all, he was the one who properly played the role of older brother to the twins.
If there had only been the taciturn Kang Han and the kind-hearted but self-absorbed Han Ji Sung, the twins wouldn’t have grown up with such vibrant personalities.
Finally, I tapped Jang Su Ho’s shoulder once and turned to leave.
[The baby must be having such a hard time going to Seoul…]
As I heard my Grandmother’s voice worrying about her grandson through the closing door, my footsteps toward my room grew lighter with each step.
‘S-rank Potion Master recruitment complete.’
Just as I had set a pillar in the Justice Guild that was crumbling not long ago, now a perfectly ripe pumpkin had rolled in on the vine.

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The next day.
Han Ji Sung and Kang Han arrived at the Awakener Registration Center with Im Chung Soo in tow.
Yeo Joo had demanded a day off from the manager and was sprawled out in the Training Facility, refusing to budge.
The arrival of these three men immediately drew everyone’s attention.
“What? Did Justice Guild recruit another member?”
“And this one’s young?”
Curious gazes followed.
“So they pick guild members by appearance.”
“Kang Han, Han Ji Sung, and who’s that one? Looks like a squirrel.”
“Straight-up idol material.”
Admiration for the three men’s striking visuals soon echoed through the center.
“…Chung Soo, you don’t have to force yourself to smile.”
“But Yeo Joo noona told me to smile, didn’t she? I mean, didn’t you?”
Im Chung Soo, who had vowed to speak Seoul dialect now that he was a city person, was already discovering his limits on day one.
Moreover, the moment they arrived at the center, people started whispering about them, and his cheeks were beginning to ache from smiling.
“I’m so worried I’ll get some super low rank I could die, I mean, I’m dying. I don’t understand why she told me to smile at the center… I mean, smile.”
“…Yeo Joo always has a plan.”
Han Ji Sung, now resigned to understanding Yeo Joo’s methods, gently patted the back of the pitiful Im Chung Soo.
“I’m Kang Han, Guild Master of Justice Guild. I’ve come to request an Awakening Scan for Im Chung Soo here.”
“Ah… d-do you have a referral letter?”
“We don’t. We’ll just take a number and wait—”
“No, no! Please come right in!”
The staff member, sensing that if these three spent too long in the waiting room, not only the current waitlist but every hunter in the vicinity would flood down here, immediately opened the examination room door.
And despite the staff member’s efforts, about ten minutes later, the Awakener Registration Center erupted into chaos.
“An S-rank Potion Master?!”
It was because of a single shout from Jo Gye Young, the Association Director, as he came rushing down to the waiting room.
“Insane.”
“Did I just hear that right? A Potion Master?”
“S-rank, they said. Justice Guild just hit the jackpot.”
“Justice Guild is on fire these days.”
The waiting room transformed into a marketplace of chaos in an instant.
The startled center staff member came around the desk and spoke to the Association Director.
“Director, you’re here!”
“It’s definitely a real S-rank Potion Master, right?!”
Jo Gye Young’s face flushed with joy.
He had checked the automatically registered status window and rushed down from the Association Director’s office, yet he still couldn’t believe it.
He’d been dying from the pressure of Sa Ma Young’s gaze lately.
But if he could just connect this S-rank Potion Master to Sama Guild, he wouldn’t have to face that terrifying man for a while.
“Um, Director, but…”
The staff member tried to say something, but Jo Gye Young waved his hand, silencing them.
“Tell them to come out already! No, I’ll just go in myself….”
Click.
Just as the Examination Room door swung open, Jo Gye Young was about to approach with a bright business smile plastered across his face.
“Would you mind stepping aside.”
“W-why is Guild Master Kang Han here….”
Kang Han, every bit as difficult to handle as Sa Ma Young, looked down at the Association Director from his considerable height.
“Please move out of the way.”
Association Director Jo Gye Young found himself instinctively shuffling backward.
Behind Kang Han came the familiar face of Han Ji Sung and a young man with an innocent expression.
“Guild Master! Did you see? I’m S-rank!”
The child bouncing excitedly with flushed cheeks was unmistakably the newly discovered S-rank Potion Master, Im Chung Soo.
“But why Justice Guild, of all people….”
The Association Director wished he could simply faint.
He’d thought an unexpected treasure had rolled his way, only to discover it already had an owner—and that owner was Justice Guild of all guilds!
But he couldn’t back down here.
Association Director Jo Gye Young had already cast aside all awareness of the countless eyes in the Waiting Room and thrown his dignity far away.
“Im Chung Soo, I’m Jo Gye Young, Director of the Korean Awakeners Association. Rather than Justice Guild, I could introduce you to other excellent guilds….”
As he spoke and tried to approach Im Chung Soo, a wall suddenly materialized before him.
Rather, it was Kang Han’s massive, solid chest.
“Association Director.”
“W-what is it.”
“Are you unfamiliar with the Minor Awakener Transfer Prohibition Act.”
It was a law that had recently been enacted to protect young hunters with high ranks from becoming caught in guild disputes.
Until they reached adulthood, no guild other than their affiliated one could approach them or make transfer offers.
“That’s only under normal circumstances! An S-rank Potion Master could be an exception, couldn’t they!”
“There are no exceptions.”
Kang Han’s low voice struck clearly into the ears of the Association Director and the many aspiring hunters in the Waiting Room.
“Hunter Im Chung Soo is already affiliated with Justice Guild. Follow the law.”
Having warned the Association Director, Kang Han surveyed his surroundings.
He could already see several people in the Waiting Room holding up their phones, streaming privately.
It was all exactly as Yeo Joo had said.
‘Don’t stop them,’ she’d said.
He recalled her words from when she’d become one with the Training Facility sofa, lazily burrowing into her blanket.
‘Don’t forget—treasures aren’t protected by hiding them. They’re safest when you brag about them loudly.’
Kang Han stood with a natural posture that blocked the Association Director’s path.
“Chung Soo, let’s head to the guild.”
“Yeah!”
Im Chung Soo answered vigorously, clutching the printout of his status window to his chest like a treasure.
“But shouldn’t we do something about that Association Director guy?”
He looked like he might need someone to help him up.
Han Ji Sung could only offer a bitter smile in response to Im Chung Soo’s question.
And as Kang Han, who walked at the very front, took each step, a path opened through the crowd as if the sea itself were parting.
The people stepped aside for Kang Han without even realizing they were doing so.
“Guild Master, you’re so cool.”
At those softly whispered words, Kang Han extended his large hand.
And soon, Im Chung Soo felt a heavy yet affectionate touch tap twice on the crown of his head.
Knowing that Kang Han was typically taciturn and reserved with his expressions, Im Chung Soo chuckled.
‘I made the right choice joining the Justice Guild.’
Im Chung Soo eagerly followed behind Kang Han’s broad back, eager to return to the guild and show his status window to his grandmother and grandfather.

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The office of the Sama Guild’s guild master was dark, with a single button blocking all light from outside.
The only source of light in that complete darkness was a large screen displaying someone’s personal broadcast.
[ But is it really okay to just leave that Association Director guy like that? ]
The youthful voice of the newly promoted S-rank awakener Im Chung Soo flowed through the speakers.
“I missed out on an S-rank Potion Master.”
Sa Ma Young muttered, twisting one corner of his mouth upward.
“Things are getting interesting, very interesting indeed.”
The Justice Guild, which had been mired in the depths, was now struggling to climb back up to solid ground.
It was already at the point where its arms and one leg had been hoisted above the pit.
“What changed?”
Sa Ma Young’s long fingers found the answer, reaching for the documents lying on the table.
“Yeo Joo.”
Ever since this woman joined the Justice Guild, my plans have been thwarted time and again.
All the changes began with this pretty-faced woman.
Whoosh.
The flames Sa Ma Young conjured from his fingertips instantly consumed the paper filled with Yeo Joo’s personal information and recent movements.
“I should meet her in person.”
In the darkness, Sa Ma Young’s eyes flickered with a crimson glow.

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