The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 27

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

Chapter 27

‘Critical?’

Seeing the status window that suddenly appeared, I froze like a broken robot.

I had entered the Gate after hearing that Senior was consumed by a monster but his life wasn’t in danger thanks to Seongnyeo’s healing.

Why did a message saying it was critical suddenly appear?

My confusion was brief, and I quickly regained my composure.

I was the only one who could save Senior.

Finding Senior’s memory in this vast flower field seemed overwhelming, but I had to manage it somehow.

‘Let me think of a method.’

I didn’t have time to look at each of these many flowers one by one to confirm whether they were Senior’s memories or not. I didn’t have the confidence for that either.

After much thought, a method came to mind.

The oil bottle I had in my arms would become the solution.

This oil wasn’t just a simple compass that found exits, but an item that showed and guided you to ‘what you wanted.’

I opened the oil bottle’s cap without hesitation.

Then I thought about it. Please find Senior’s memory.

Whoosh-!

The oil emitted a blue light and shot forward like an arrow. I ran frantically following that light.

The light led to the very center of the flower field, and after running for a while, I stopped in front of a small iris.

‘This is Senior’s…’

I bent my knees and carefully reached my hand toward that small flower.

The moment I touched the transparent flower bud where someone’s face kept flashing by.

“Ugh!”

A bright light that seemed to flicker before my eyes struck me.

When I opened my eyes again, I was in a completely different space.

‘Where is this?’

As I looked around, I felt a strange sense of déjà vu. As if I had been somewhere like this before…

‘Ah.’

I knew.

It was that Gate from 18 years ago. The Gate I was first sucked into and where I lost my parents.

There was a separate reason why I didn’t immediately recognize the space I had seen thousands of times in nightmares.

It was because even though it was the same Gate, this space was a place I had never been to.

‘This must be Senior’s memory.’

Had Senior also entered this Gate before?

I looked down at my hands. They weren’t my hands.

They were a child’s hands with thick joints.

Boom-!

At the tremendous explosion sound, I reflexively turned my head and saw my face reflected in a car window.

There was Jinseong Senior’s face.

Only then did I realize. I had entered Senior’s body and was experiencing his dream.

My body moved regardless of my will.

I ran frantically to avoid the rising flames. While running in the direction people were fleeing from monsters, someone called Senior’s name.

“Jinseong! This way!”

The voice calling him was low but urgent. My head turned toward the back.

And at that moment.

A giant monster’s foot brutally crushed the owner of that voice.

My body stiffened.

Rough breathing rose, and Senior, no, I ran toward that direction.

“No!”

A voice came from somewhere again. This time it was a slightly younger man’s voice.

But I didn’t turn my head and ran toward the giant monster.

Every step I took, I could see the concrete under my feet turning to dust and scattering.

He had activated his skill. Senior didn’t stop at turning the ground to dust but began turning everything around him to dust.

My heart beat frantically fast, and the amount and speed of information my brain processed became tremendously fast.

I had never experienced it, but I could tell by feeling.

Senior’s mana was on the verge of going berserk.

As he unleashed his skill with the sole will to turn the monster that had trampled someone into powder, he was sent flying far away by someone who threw their body at him from the side.

The man grabbed Jinseong’s body and shook him, telling him to come to his senses.

For a moment, I doubted my eyes. The man who was striking and shaking Senior’s face was turning to powder.

“Gangjinseong! Snap out of it!”

My eyeballs rolled upward and my vision was covered in darkness.

“Ah.”

When I opened my eyes again, I was back in the iris flower field.

The memory was so vivid that my hands trembled involuntarily. Tears flowed as if I had lost my own comrade.

Grief made my chest feel heavy.

^[New Skill Acquired!]^

^[You have obtained an ordinary ‘Memory Tea Bag’

Effect: You can peek into the taster’s hidden memories or forcibly wake a taster trapped in memories]^

I forced my trembling legs to move and stood up from my spot. My vision was blurry due to the hazy sight, but even so, I ran with all my might toward the exit, clutching the tea bag in my hand.

If he continued to have such dreams.

‘That would be worse than hell.’

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“Yebin!”

As I exited, Ean greeted me with blinding bright light that stung my eyes.

He seemed to have not left his spot from when I entered until now.

Even though he should be worried about Senior who was in critical condition, he apparently waited for me until the end.

“What about Senior?”

“His condition is bad. By any chance…”

He stopped mid-sentence and looked at me.

Knowing what the deep worry settled on his face meant, I immediately gave him an answer.

“I found it.”

“As expected!”

I ran straight to Senior’s hospital room with Ean, who was delighted.

Senior was soaked in sweat all over his body, constantly letting out painful groans.

I felt sorry for him, who must have been repeating that terrible memory since I entered the Gate.

“Seongnyeo, could you please step aside?”

“Why? Are you talking as if that girl is a better healer than me?”

“Please. Step aside.”

“Wow, this is the first time I’ve been treated like this.”

I looked at Seongnyeo while panting. Seongnyeo’s face, which had only shown kind smiles until now, was distorted with displeasure.

It was an expression I was seeing for the first time. Was this Seongnyeo’s true nature?

In the murderous atmosphere that seemed like she would use an attack skill on me at any moment, I hesitated and stepped back.

Then Ean blocked my path and stepped forward.

“She’s a Hunter registered with the Korean Hunter Association.”

“Aha. Don’t make this a big deal?”

“I trust you’ll make a wise decision.”

“What do you take me for? I had no intention of messing with that woman in the first place.”

Seongnyeo quickly returned to her usual cheerful expression. She looked straight at me and said.

“I’m just… a little curious. Like why you’re pretending to be a man?”

Seongnyeo walked right past us and went outside.

People seemed to flock to her as she revealed herself.

I nodded while making eye contact with Ean.

“I need hot water to steep the tea bag.”

Though it was my first time obtaining this item and skill, I moved naturally as if I had used it many times before.

I steeped the tea bag in water and dropped a single drop of lavender essential oil with calming effects into it.

^[Ordinary ‘Memory Tea’ completed!]^

Once the tea had steeped to a sufficient color, I carefully poured the cooled tea into Senior’s mouth after blowing on it.

Anxious breathing filled the hospital room.

The spoon carrying tea to his mouth trembled violently.

“Please.”

I hoped Senior would safely wake from that terrible nightmare, that he wouldn’t repeat that pain.

How long did I wait with such desperate hope?

After feeding him the tea for the fifth time, Senior coughed dryly.

Cough cough! His body reacted violently as he sat up straight.

“Senior!”

“Hyung!”

Senior, who had been coughing continuously while covering his mouth with his hand, looked at us.

Seeing Senior’s bloodshot eyes, relief washed over me.

“Are you okay?”

“My head…”

“I’ll go get Professor Seong!”

When Senior complained of a headache, Ean quickly rushed out of the hospital room.

Only Senior and I remained in the hospital room.

He roughly swept back his sweat-soaked bangs. His firm chest muscles, visible above his clothes, rose and fell constantly.

“Did you wake me up?”

He asked in a completely hoarse voice.

“Yes.”

“…Did you see my memories?”

Senior’s eyes had a sharp edge to them as he said this.

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