The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 82

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 82

I belatedly noticed that the Training Facility’s appearance had changed while I stood frozen in place.
“A kitchen appeared?”
“Yes! It seems there’s no separate dining area inside the building, so I made one simply. Oh, I’m so sorry for doing this without asking you first… I thought it would be nice to use the conference table as a dining table too… Since it’s a Subspace, I can just remove it right away!”
“No, there’s no need for that.”
I quickly raised both hands to stop Sung Yo Na.
Truth be told, I’ve been sick of buying meals every day for a long time.
But since she’d created a kitchen for free, I could only be grateful.
I smiled once at Sung Yo Na, whose face still showed tension, and then examined the newly created kitchen.
“Wow, it’s really spacious and nice. So appliances like this can be materialized too.”
The kitchen was neat and tidy, yet somehow warm—it had everything anyone who cooks would have dreamed of at least once.
Even an oven and a large refrigerator.
“Hehe, if it’s something I know well, I can create it. Though I can’t take it outside the Subspace.”
“I really envy that ability.”
Here I am, a water purifier filter who needs to perform embarrassing favors just to get a nosebleed’s worth of darkness purification.
Sung Yo Na has it, and so does Jang Su Ho.
Now I’m starting to wonder if I’m really A-rank.
‘Wait, what’s Sung Yo Na’s affection level at?’
Anyway, since I won’t be entering any Dungeons for a while, there’s no risk of me going berserk.
The moment that curiosity crossed my mind, a small speech bubble popped up above Sung Yo Na’s head.

《 ♥ 15 》

Hoo, what an excellent start.
Compared to a certain guild master who once fell into negative favorability, this was quite generous.
As I was reminiscing about the past, a bowl of fried rice was quietly pushed toward me.
“Would you like to have breakfast, if you don’t mind?”
“It smells wonderful. I’ll eat gratefully. But you don’t need to go to such trouble, Sung Yo Na.”
I meant she didn’t need to exert herself with such laborious tasks.
Yet somehow, Sung Yo Na’s expression clouded over again at my words.
“When I was on the run, I just ate whatever was available every day. That’s why I really wanted to prepare proper meals like this… If I could at least take care of breakfast for the guild members going forward… would that be alright?”
“There’s nothing wrong with that…”
No, we’re grateful for it.
Sung Yo Na’s eyes gazing at me were bright and glistening.
“…Do as you wish, Sung Yo Na.”
Before I knew it, those words were coming out of my mouth.
Tch, I’m weak to such pitiful expressions.
“Pfft.”
At the sound of someone stifling a laugh, I turned to find Jang Su Ho had appeared nearby.
His face was beaming with such a wide smile that his cheekbones were lifted.
What, why.
I glared at Jang Su Ho once, then put a spoonful of the fried rice Sung Yo Na offered into my mouth.
“What is this? Why is it so delicious?”
“Cooking is my hobby. Does it suit your taste?”
“Wow, this is the first time I’ve ever eaten fried rice this delicious.”
It wasn’t an exaggeration—it was genuinely delicious.
“I’m relieved…”
Sung Yo Na laughed genuinely at my reaction, her face full of joy.
After that, she scooped a bowl of fried rice for Jang Su Ho as well, then took her own portion and sat nearby.
Despite her small frame, she took large spoonfuls and ate with relish.
Yet somehow, Sung Yo Na’s nose had turned red.
Sniff.
Having lived on the run every day, eating a comfortable meal with others like this must have stirred up a flood of emotions.
Fortunately, Jang Su Ho was too absorbed in eating the fried rice to notice.
I also quietly lowered my gaze and pretended not to see.
I had never imagined eating a meal like this in the Justice Guild Building.
‘Well, it’s not so bad after all.’

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After feeding the twins and Im Chung Soo breakfast and sending them off to school, the other guild members scattered to their respective tasks.
Back in the now-quiet Training Facility, I sipped my post-meal coffee and asked a question.
“By the way, you said you couldn’t use spatial movement skills, right?”
During breakfast, I—three years her senior—had decided to drop the formal speech.
Similarly, Sung Yo Na had decided to speak casually with her younger siblings.
“Ah, yes… that’s right.”
“Then what about Jeju Island?”
“Jeju Island… ma’am?”
Sung Yo Na tilted her head in confusion.
I gave her a brief explanation of what had happened in Sinchon University District.
All of this was possible because Fantasia Guild had temporarily terminated the contract to spare the group.
Now we were no longer bound by confidentiality clauses.
“I was spotted in Jeju Island?”
But Sung Yo Na seemed even more surprised as she asked back.
“I was hiding in the Justice Guild Building the entire yesterday….”
“Then it must have been someone else.”
Well, Sung Yo Na’s disguised face was common enough in appearance anyway.
So it was purely a matter of luck.
I took a sip of coffee deliberately to hide my expression as I thought.
Bringing Sung Yo Na into the Justice Guild was more than just recruiting an awakener.
It could be called a kind of experiment.
Sung Yo Na was supposed to die yesterday, after all.
The Sung Yo Na now sitting before me, gently blowing on her warm coffee, would not have existed in this world.
This was different in nature from bringing Im Chung Soo, who would have been recruited into Maestro had he grown up normally—it was a kind of experiment.
Whether I could truly change a predetermined ‘end’ like death itself.
‘It’s worth trying.’
If I kept saving people destined for short lives like Sung Yo Na one by one, preventing this world’s apocalypse wouldn’t seem like such an impossible future.
I took a long sip of the iced Americano that Sung Yo Na had ground the beans for herself.
“Um, if it’s alright with you, could I do some security work on the guild building?”
“Hm, security work?”
“Yes. I noticed yesterday that the guild building’s locks are just ordinary padlocks. And they weren’t even locked….”
Sung Yo Na’s face flushed as she explained how she’d been able to break in.
“Well, our guild doesn’t really have anything worth stealing anyway. Ah, but I suppose things need to change now.”
Sung Yo Na was hiding in the Justice Guild, after all.
Besides, now that I thought about it, the potions Chung Soo creates are worth a considerable sum.
“As you know, ordinary locks are useless against hunters anyway.”
“That’s true.”
Just Lee Yu Chan and Lee Yu Eul alone have broken more than a few door handles.
“Could I work on the guild entrance a bit?”
“Sure, do as you like.”
I waved my hand dismissively as I answered.
People who cook well tend to brew good coffee too.
I should ask her to teach me tomorrow.

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“I think it would be best to create a Subspace between the entrance and the inner gate,” Sung Yo Na said after surveying the first floor.
She had come upstairs and was looking around the interior.
“Is a Subspace really used like that?”
“Usually it’s mainly used for expansion like a Training Facility, but… the applications are quite versatile.”
“I see.”
I gave that answer, but I couldn’t quite imagine how she intended to secure the entrance.
Sung Yo Na, reading my reaction, explained further.
“The entrance can be opened by anyone as it is now, but if we create a Subspace over there and expand it…”
Sung Yo Na’s fingertip pointed to the small corridor between the entrance and the inner gate.
“Guild members who are pre-registered can naturally open the inner gate and enter, but for those who aren’t, we can set it so the door won’t open.”
“Like a security checkpoint? Where people have to stand and wait?”
“Yes, exactly!”
Sung Yo Na clapped her hands together and nodded enthusiastically.
“Sister, would you like to try entering from outside? I’ll show you how it works temporarily.”
When I stepped outside, the midday summer sunlight was so intense it was almost painful.
As I waited there for a moment, I heard her voice from inside.
“Sister, come in!”
Hmm.
There didn’t seem to be any visible change from the outside.
Not that I doubted Sung Yo Na’s abilities, but I still couldn’t quite visualize it.
With that skepticism, I opened the entrance door and stepped through.
Just like entering a Gate, the surroundings suddenly shifted, and a white, empty space appeared.
And far ahead, I could see an incredibly sturdy-looking Iron Gate, with what appeared to be a CCTV camera mounted above it, watching me.
“This is…”
This is seriously no joke.

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