The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 66

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 66

“Hehehehe.”
This is hilarious.
I’d been sprawled out on the Training Facility sofa for hours now, staring at my phone screen.
“Money-obsessed noona, what are you looking at so intently?”
“Oh, Chung Soo. Hey, check this out. The comments are seriously funny.”

News Comments ▼
– Justice Guild is finished…?
– They’re not finished now. How is a Guild with three S-rankers, two A-rankers, and two C-rankers finished?
– Han Ji Sung wasn’t even knocked down yesterday?
– Look at Kang Han. Can a fake S-ranker one-shot an A-ranker?
– Truly an elite force
– I’m a 50-year-old man and I became a Justice Guild fan again yesterday.
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“She’s actually quite the attention seeker.”
Jang Su Ho, who had been sitting beside me reading comments for hours now, clicked his tongue disapprovingly.
“Hey! Tsk!”
Quite the attention seeker?
I’m a total attention seeker!
“Oh? There’s a comment about you too, noona.”
Lee Yu Eul, who had somehow taken my phone and was scrolling through the comments, pointed at something.
“Huh? About me?”
“Yeah, here.”
Who’s insulting me now?
Following Lee Yu Eul’s finger, I could see my name was indeed being mentioned.

News Comments ▼
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– Isn’t that the healer from back then? The one who joined Justice Guild with all that money?
– You’ve got a good eye
– The way she controlled Jang Su Ho yesterday was insane
– Do normal healers have abilities like that?
– That woman joined Justice Guild on her own two feet while everyone was cursing her out, so she’s definitely not your average healer
– I’m a healer too, but she’s on a different level
– And her name is Yeo Joo, of all things

“Why are you talking about me? That’s pointless.”
“Pointless? You’re in Justice Guild too, noona.”
Lee Yu Chan made that sharp observation.
“Oh, is that so?”
Now that he mentioned it, I suppose that was true.
“Hehe.”
“There she goes laughing like that again.”
“Creepy.”
These guys.
Just as I was thinking I needed to assert my authority as guild leader by cutting lunch expenses—
“Hey, Maestro just released an official statement.”
Jang Su Ho said that and quickly turned up the TV volume.

[ “Breaking news. Maestro, who has been at the center of controversy, has just released an official statement. Maestro, which has maintained a principle of non-response… ah, my apologies. I need to correct that. This statement has been released under the name of Master, the Guild Master of Maestro Guild.” ]

What’s gotten into him?
I set my phone aside and pushed myself up from the bed.
The news channel was no longer showing the anchor, but instead broadcasting the full text of a statement.
The statement, stamped with Maestro’s gear seal, read as follows.
A search of the Gate prediction system records revealed no errors.
The Gangnam Station Guerrilla Gate was predicted to be A-rank from the beginning.
And at the very bottom, the name “Master” was written in bold.
“Wow. Wasn’t Master supposed to be in hiding?”
“The internet’s going crazy right now. They’re saying Master came out of the cave.”
“But doesn’t this put the Association in a really difficult position?”
“Everyone already knew the Association was lying anyway.”
I continued reading the statement while listening to their chatter.
And I checked Master’s name written below it once more.
‘I’ve struck gold.’
From the start, it was I who orchestrated the confrontation between the Association and Maestro.
But I never expected Jung Je Hwa to stake his own name like this.
It was an unexpected windfall.
“Hehehehe.”
The statement, clearly written by Jung Je Hwa himself, was refreshingly straightforward.
It pinpointed the core of the controversy so precisely that no reader could possibly be confused.
And that same finger simultaneously pointed to the Association’s lies.
“Perfect, just perfect.”
Combined with people’s trust in the prediction system and the reputation of Master, the undisputed greatest creator, the effect was devastating.
“Wow, people are really tearing the Association apart.”
“Everyone’s asking why the Association Director lied.”
I’d succeeded.
In planting definitive distrust toward the Association, especially the Association Director.
Jo Gye Young, whose image was already poor, began to sway like a reed in the wind at the mere mention of the three letters “Master.”
“Kids, I’m heading out for a bit—”
I was gathering my things, planning to go to Jamsil, when it happened.
Thud!
The sound of something heavy falling.
It came from Han Ji Sung’s workshop.

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Creak!
“What the—Im Chung Soo!”
I pushed through the door to find Im Chung Soo pinned beneath a massive, pitch-black cauldron, while Han Ji Sung was straining with all his might trying to lift it.
“Hyung, get out of the way.”
Jang Su Ho rushed in and hoisted the cauldron up effortlessly.
“Hey, Im Chung Soo. You alright?”
“M-my knee…”
Im Chung Soo, his face twisted in pain, gripped his left knee as he answered.
For someone as patient as him to be in this much agony, the injury had to be serious.
“Let me see it.”

[ Using skill ‘Body Heal’. ]

After fully healing him, my stamina plummeted to 70 in an instant.
If I’d left it alone, he would’ve needed a cast for at least several weeks.
This pathetic skill.
I really need to level it up soon.
“You idiot! That’s why I told you not to touch that heavy thing!”
“But I need to make potions! This is the only cauldron I brought from home!”
Im Chung Soo cried out indignantly.
“A cauldron? Isn’t that the one you used to use over firewood?”
“Well, with a mana furnace, I can work around it somehow…”
“Ugh, you’re hopeless.”
A mana furnace isn’t like a gas stove—it’s more like an induction device.
And he’d actually planned to make potions by placing that thick cauldron on top of it.
Aside from efficiency, the final product wouldn’t even turn out properly.
“And normally I move it by myself! I just tripped because a book got caught under my feet!”
True to Im Chung Soo’s words, a dozen or so books were scattered across the floor.
“I’m sorry, Chung Soo. I should’ve cleaned these up properly.”
“No, hyung, you don’t need to apologize…”
“Still, it’s a problem.”
I surveyed Han Ji Sung’s research lab carefully.
The lab that Sung Yo Na had set up for him was spacious.
But that was when he was using it alone.
With that cauldron, plus all the herbs and materials from dungeons that Im Chung Soo needed to store, the space was woefully inadequate for sharing.
“Why don’t you just use the Recovery Room instead?”
I asked, thinking of the room we’d prepared so guild members could recover their stamina quickly after training.
“I actually tried that early this morning, but it doesn’t work. The regeneration system running in the Recovery Room keeps reverting the materials back to their original state during processing.”
“Ah, I see.”
“So maybe I should just move my research lab to become the Recovery Room instead…”
“How am I supposed to conduct research with people constantly coming and going from training?”
He was already a sensitive fellow.
After organizing my thoughts, I held up two fingers.
“There are two problems. First, there’s no space. I’ll try to recruit a space-ability user as quickly as possible. Until then, you two will have to share. The second issue is the cauldron.”
Im Chung Soo was destined to become the Justice Guild’s cash cow.
But I couldn’t have him working with that crude cauldron over a mana furnace.
“I’ll take care of that.”
I was planning to go to Jamsil anyway.

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Im Chung Soo, who had lived in a mountain village, had been using cast-iron cauldrons all this time, but going forward, he needed proper equipment.
However, items were expensive.
And crafted items were even more expensive.
“I’m a bit short on cash.”
But there was always a way.
Me, Yeo Joo—not the kind of woman who bounces checks, that’s what I mean.
After making bold promises to the guild members, I arrived at the item shop on the fourth floor of the Maestro Guild.
“I’ve come to sell some items that monsters dropped for the Justice Guild.”
“Yes, ma’am. Room 15 is available right now.”
Like the mana stone shop, it seemed the staff member would come to you once you were inside a room.
I obediently entered room 15 as the employee directed.
One table and two chairs.
The cramped room contained nothing else.
Seated in the chair, I tapped one foot nervously as I pondered.
‘How can I squeeze out more money?’
Last time when I sold the frozen mana stones, I’d gotten lucky.
It had been right before summer arrived.
This time, there was no such favorable circumstance.
But to buy Im Chung Soo a proper cauldron, the standard selling price wouldn’t be enough.
Of course, I had my reasons for confidence.
No matter how much buzz the Justice Guild was generating lately, it was still just a small guild.
That’s probably why they gave me such a tiny room.
The staff member coming from the Maestro Guild was likely to be someone of relatively low rank.
‘I hope it’s a newbie.’
Just as my thoughts were deepening, it happened.
“What?”
There was some commotion outside the room.
I was half-rising from my chair, wondering if I should check, when the door to room 15 swung wide open.
“Oh, hello!”
What?
Why is he here?
“I-it’s an honor to meet you, Yeo Joo. I’m Geum Eun Dong, the Vice Guild Master of the Maestro Guild!”
The Vice Guild Master had suddenly appeared before me, when I’d been expecting an awkward new recruit.

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