The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 89

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 89

Baek Ho was stubborn.
No matter how much I tried to persuade him, he merely sniffed with his tiny nose and refused to budge.
The more I spoke, the closer he pressed his face to mine, blinking those round eyes.
“You’re quite the charmer, aren’t you?”
Blink, blink.
“Ugh, fine. I get it, I get it.”
“Yelp!”
Now he broke into a wide grin.
In a way, it wasn’t such a bad arrangement.
I didn’t have any combat-oriented skills to protect myself anyway.
Baek Ho would become a reliable bodyguard for me.
“Though I’m not sure what this tiny thing could possibly protect.”
Watching the creature, still ungrown and barely the size of a cat, I let out a laugh tinged with a sigh.
“Alright, let’s go together then.”
As I said this and stroked Baek Ho’s head, something happened.

[ You must give a name to the Familiar. ]

“A name?”
It seemed that naming was part of the binding ritual.
I fell into thought for a moment.
What would be fitting?
I recalled the names of the two Familiars already established at the Justice Guild.
Baek Young, Maeng Yi.
Completely different naming styles, yet they made sense when I looked at them.
Baek Young Ee looked like Baek Young Ee, and Maeng Yi looked like Maeng Yi.
“Based on appearance, then.”
I gazed at Baek Ho before me.
White fur with black markings, and those blue eyes gleamed even more brilliantly as they caught the pale light of dawn breaking through.
“Baek Ho.”

[ The Familiar’s name has been set to ‘Baek Ho’. ]

At first glance, he was unmistakably Baek Ho, so what other name could he possibly need?
Adding my surname ‘Na’ to his name created the perfect designation.
“Kyao!”
Baek Ho barked with delight, his mouth open in a wide grin.
Two things happened simultaneously.
First, my name was inscribed upon Baek Ho’s status window.

Na Baek Ho (Baek Ho)
Combat Type
Engraved Target – Yeo Joo
Evolution Stage – Stage 1
Abilities – □□□, □□□□….

The second was.

[ A new skill ‘Nurturing Sprouts’ has been created. ]

My own status window had changed as well.

Yeo Joo A
1. Perception Manifests Reality ( EX ) – Active
2. Squeeze Even Dried Squid and Water Flows ( A )
3. Fortify Body and Spirit ( A )
▼ Expand
4. Nurturing Sprouts ( S )
▼ Expand
Engraved Familiar – Baek Ho
Equipped Items – None

“Nurturing Sprouts?”
I noticed differences from my previous status window.
I quickly pressed the ‘▼ Expand’ button.

[ ▷ You can accelerate growth based on your familiar’s affection toward you. ]

A favorability rating for Baek Ho?
Nothing surprises me anymore.
I, Yeo Joo, have now become destined to earn the affection of even a mystical beast.
“Sigh, what a life.”
Protecting lottery winnings is truly difficult.
But complaining won’t change my new skill anyway.
I decided to check Baek Ho’s favorability rating first.

[ ♥ 50 ]

“Fifty…?”
A full fifty points.
If the maximum is one hundred, that means half is already filled.
“Hey, what did I even do for your favorability to jump to fifty already?”
Bewildered, I asked Baek Ho, but the creature seemed pleased, settling beneath my knees and purring contentedly while pressing its head against me.
“So even the mystical beasts are turning out to be soft-hearted these days.”
Soft here, soft there.
At this rate, it’s not the Justice Guild anymore—it’s the Softness Guild.
How is anyone supposed to survive in this harsh world like this?
I let out a deep sigh, then on a whim, decided to check Gung Gi’s favorability rating.

[ ♥ 0 ]

Well, there it is.
Firm and resolute.
Gung Gi seemed to sense something, glancing briefly at me and Baek Ho before burying itself back into the cushion.
Twins, they say—one has no walls, the other is an impenetrable fortress.
Just then, I heard the clattering sound of doors opening and closing from outside.
The Justice Guild’s morning had begun.
“That one won’t work out. As for you, Baek Ho….”
At the sound of its name, Baek Ho’s round ears perked up attentively.
While the gesture was admittedly cute, the creature still looked exactly as it had emerged from the dungeon—utterly disheveled.
I couldn’t possibly introduce it in this state.
“Let’s get you cleaned up.”
“Awoong.”
No good.
Cuteness won’t work on me.
I scooped Baek Ho up and tucked it under my arm, heading toward the restroom.

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Eul Chan set his bag down on a chair in the Guild Dining Hall and greeted everyone.
“Good morning! Wow, Korean food today!”
Ever since Sung Yo Na joined the Guild, mornings had become something to look forward to.
Before, I used to stop by a convenience store on the way to school and grab a rice ball to get by.
But eating a breakfast made with someone’s care and attention seemed to energize me for the entire day.
“I made plenty, so eat up, Eul Chan.”
“Yes, unnie! I’ll eat well!”
Eul Chan bowed gratefully and scooped a large spoonful of rice into his mouth.
“Mmm, even plain rice tastes amazing!”
That was when he began sampling the golden rolled egg and kimchi stew in turn.
“Hey, pay attention.”
Eul Chan poked Eul Chan in the ribs while bouncing his feet happily.
“Huh? Why?”
“Ugh, gross.”
Eul Chan grimaced at the unintended view of the contents of Eul Chan’s mouth, then quietly pointed to the opposite side of the table and whispered.
“Kang Han hyung is completely serious right now.”
I turned my gaze toward Kang Han, savoring the harmony of the rolled egg and kimchi stew dancing in my mouth.
“What’s up? He looks like a Jindo dog in distress.”
“Exactly.”
Kang Han hadn’t touched his breakfast at all.
With both elbows resting on the table and fingers interlaced, he simply stared at the closed dining hall door with an expression that was quite serious and somewhat melancholic.
‘What’s wrong with him?’
Did some massive Gate appear?
Or is training not going well again?
That was when I tilted my head in confusion.
Eul Chan approached from the side and asked in a hushed voice.
“You heard Yeo Joo noona coming in early this morning, right?”
“Oh, that was Yeo Joo unnie? Someone was walking around inside the building, but I wasn’t sure.”
“That’s why Kang Han hyung is like that.”
“Why did Yeo Joo unnie come in at dawn?”
“Ugh, because Yeo Joo noona drove out alone at ‘night’ and came back alone at dawn, that’s why!”
Eul Chan thumped his chest in frustration.
“Can you imagine what kind of trouble Yeo Joo noona might have gotten into without telling us?”
“Ah.”
I looked back at Kang Han once more, spoon in mouth.
“That’s definitely Jindo dog distress level.”
“He can’t interfere because he’s worried about hurting Yeo Joo noona’s pride. But he’s so concerned that he skipped dawn training and came down to wait here.”
“Kang Han oppa has it rough.”
To skip even the dawn training that never faltered even during typhoons—the situation was truly dire.
But setting that aside, breakfast was absolutely delicious.
It was just as Eul Chan lifted his spoon for the second time.
The dining hall door opened, and Yeo Joo appeared.
In that same moment, Kang Han’s shoulders, which had been rigid as a statue, trembled ever so slightly, and his green eyes swept rapidly up and down across her figure.
Yeo Joo was perfectly fine.
Not a scratch on her.
Yet everyone in the dining hall was astonished.
It was because of the small creature padding through the door that Yeo Joo had opened.
“A puppy…?”
No, doesn’t that look more like a tiger?
No, doesn’t that look like a tiger?

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Not that I was overwhelmingly anxious or uneasy, but rather—it felt like sending your child to kindergarten for the first time.
As I opened the door, Baek Ho strode confidently into the dining hall ahead of me.
Fortunately, the Guild members’ initial reaction wasn’t bad.
“This is insane!”
“So cute!”
The twins, as expected, were the most enthusiastic.
And Im Chung Soo, sitting beside them, jumped up from his seat without uttering a sound.
“A puppy? Or is it a cat?”
“Look, look—see that character on its forehead?
(王)
It’s a tiger, isn’t it?”
The twin Eul Chan couldn’t tear their eyes from Baek Ho as they speculated about his identity between themselves.
But Im Chung Soo, with an expression that seemed to say ‘finally, she’s done it,’ grabbed his head in disbelief and cried out.
“Noona, did you raid a zoo?!”
What does he take me for?
Just as I thought this wouldn’t do and was about to properly introduce Baek Ho, Kang Han—who had only widened his eyes and shown the most composed reaction so far—quietly rose from his seat.
Then he approached Baek Ho and me with heavy footsteps, placed a hand on my shoulder, and spoke in a low voice.
“Yeo Joo.”
“Yes?”
“Let’s return it to the zoo right now.”
“But…”
“I’ll go with you.”
“Let’s return it to the zoo right now.”
“No…”
I’ll go with you too.

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