The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 73

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 73

The next day.
The Justice Guild was in disarray from the morning.
Ji Sung holding a feather duster, the twins wiping down window frames and glass panes, and Jang Su Ho entrusted with a large mop because of his strength.
Everyone had gathered in the Guild Office—not the Underground Training Facility as usual—to clean.
“There’s still a smudge there, a smudge.”
Jang Su Ho scrubbed harder at the spot Yeo Joo pointed to with his mop.
“But why are these guests suddenly coming?”
“Well, they’re very VIPs.”
“Ugh, my arms hurt. But couldn’t we just meet the guests downstairs? This place is cramped and kind of shabby.”
Ji Sung, who had been dusting the shelves while wearing a mask, answered Lee Yu Eul’s complaint.
“The Training Facility is guild confidential. We can’t expose it to outsiders.”
“Ah, I see.”
Jang Su Ho also nodded his head as he pushed the mop, his arm muscles tensing with effort.
Everyone would be shocked if they knew such a space existed beneath this shabby, cramped Justice Guild Building.
Or perhaps they’d become wary instead.
“Yawn.”
“Lee Yu Chan, why do you keep yawning like that? What were you doing last night instead of sleeping?”
Lee Yu Eul asked her brother with a suspicious gaze.
“It rained yesterday and there was thunder.”
“Huh? There was thunder yesterday? How did I not notice?”
Lee Yu Eul, who once asleep would remain oblivious even if carried away, asked in surprise.
“…You wouldn’t wake up even if lightning struck.”
Lee Yu Chan clicked his tongue at his sister and continued wiping the windows.
Only after sweeping and wiping for quite some time did the cleaning finish.
The Guild Office, now gleaming without a speck of old dust, was furnished with a new sofa and coffee table that Kang Han had purchased.
And at the promised time of 2 PM.
Thump, thump, thump.
Click, click.
Footsteps grew steadily closer through the open door.
And the moment the owners of those footsteps stepped into the Guild Office.
Jang Su Ho finally understood why Yeo Joo had told him to “stay calm and quiet.”
“Oh, so this is the famous Justice Guild Office?”
“W-what an honor to be invited to such a historically significant place!”
“…Have you considered fixing the elevator?”
Yoo Myung Hwa, Guild Master of Dongbaek Guild, Geum Eun Dong, Vice Guild Master of Maestro, and Sung Ro Sa, Guild Master of Fantasia.
All representatives of the Four Major Guilds except Sama Guild had gathered in the Justice Guild Office.
“Oh my, you must have had such a long journey!”
Yeo Joo greeted them with a radiant smile.

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Only I and the three guild representatives remained in the office.
Having others around would only make the cramped space feel even smaller.
I placed the beverages I had prepared in advance before the three of them and spoke.
“It’s hot out there, so please drink this. This is a special tonic brewed by our S-rank producer, Im Chung Soo.”
Though calling it a tonic was generous—it was really just something Chung Soo had brought from the Rural Area, a mixture of pumpkin and other ingredients he drank instead of water.
But it should be good for the body, at least.
“It’s, it’s sweet and delicious. I’ll, I’ll gladly drink it!”
“If Yeo Joo is offering it, I’d drink poison without hesitation.”
Geum Eun Dong and Yoo Myung Hwa seemed to find it quite palatable, but Sung Ro Sa merely took one sip before quietly setting the glass down.
To be honest, I had deliberated quite a bit before deciding to invite these three.
Should I really sell Im Chung Soo’s tonic to them?
A potion with such incredible effects—granting +60 stamina with a 10-minute duration—would give wings to the Four Major Guilds, which were already teeming with high-rank hunters.
The high-risk, large-scale dungeons they primarily entered often took days to clear, and especially before boss fights, a 10-minute sustained effect was practically an invincibility item.
If I sold Im Chung Soo’s potion to them, the ranking point gap between us and them would widen considerably for a while.
‘But then again, the risk of dungeon breaches would decrease proportionally.’
Justice Guild was still weak.
Kang Han was the protagonist destined to prevent the apocalypse of this world, but he needed time to grow. In the meantime, I had to use them.
‘And besides, the tonic has its limitations.’
First, the effects were too potent.
Lower-rank hunters who generally avoided dangerous dungeons wouldn’t have much demand for it.
And naturally, something with such powerful effects came with a steep price.
It meant few guilds could afford the price I would set.
‘But I can’t sell it cheap either.’
Why would I take a loss?
I clapped my hands once and opened the conversation.
“Well, gentlemen, you must have been quite disappointed about failing to recruit a healer all this time, haven’t you?”
At my words, Yoo Myung Hwa let out a small laugh, Geum Eun Dong made a bitter expression, but Sung Ro Sa brushed back her fallen hair and shot back.
“You said you were selling medicine, but did you already take some yourself? You don’t seem to be in your right mind.”
That foul-mouthed old woman.
Right now she was putting on airs in front of people, but I knew better than anyone just how sharp Sung Ro Sa’s tongue could be.
“And if you have medicine to sell to other guilds, feed it to Han Ji Sung first.”
Is that an insult or a concern?
Han Ji Sung had once belonged to Fantasia.
But due to coughing up blood and collapsing every time we cleared a dungeon, I was eventually dismissed.
Knowing that past, I couldn’t simply overlook what he just said without concern.
“I’m taking good care of making sure my guild members stay in top condition, so please spare me the unnecessary worry.”
Why are you glaring at me?
You started this first.
“I’m warning you—if you speak carelessly about my guild members one more time, I might just decide not to offer Fantasia any special discounts. Consider yourself warned.”
“Ha!”
Sung Ro Sa let out a hollow laugh, his expression suggesting he was utterly flabbergasted, and stood up from his seat.
“There’s nothing more to see here. I was foolish to even visit a guild worse than some back-alley shop.”
“We don’t hold back departing guests. Safe travels!”
He’ll regret this.
As I smiled at that thought, Yoo Myung Hwa stepped in to mediate.
“Guild Master Sung Ro Sa, judging by how strongly you’re speaking, you must have prepared something remarkable. But wouldn’t it be better to at least see what we have before you leave?”
Despite his terrible personality, Sung Ro Sa is a sharp person.
Right now, he’s just pretending to be angry to pressure me.
But since I’m showing no signs of backing down, my friend Yoo Myung Hwa stepped in to hold him back.
They really do work well together in moments like this.
Sung Ro Sa, unable to resist, sat back down, and I shifted the atmosphere as I continued speaking.
“In any case, I’ve prepared something that might alleviate some of the difficulties you’re all facing due to your failure to recruit a healer, which is why I’ve gathered you here.”
“I’d really prefer it if you’d just come join our Dongbaek Guild instead.”
Yoo Myung Hwa spoke with her red lips stretched into a long smile.
“Ah, that’s a bit difficult for me. But once you see this, I don’t think you’ll miss me much.”
With those soothing words, I retrieved three bottles of potion from my subspace.
Standard potion bottles aren’t bad, but since presentation matters for taste, I set down some glass cups alongside them.
“I should mention upfront that the quantity is limited.”
So get in line quickly.
Surprisingly, Geum Eun Dong was the first to reach out.
Glug, glug, glug.
His hand pouring the tonic into the glass cup was urgent.
It seemed he’d already read the potion’s information using his item appraisal skill.
Then, as if trying to determine what ingredients were inside, he held the glass up to the sunlight, swirled it, and even smelled it.
Meanwhile, Dongbaek Guild Master Yoo Myung Hwa didn’t bother with a glass at all—she simply opened the cap and drank the potion straight from the bottle in one gulp.
It was a bit bitter; I should have prepared some candy.
But Yoo Myung Hwa didn’t frown.
After drinking the potion, she fell silent for a moment as if reading the information window that would have appeared before her eyes, then immediately spoke to me.
“Dongbaek Guild will place an order for 100 bottles.”

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