The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 31

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

 

Chapter 31

 

To Nara’s eyes, that action appeared in slow motion. The long slash being drawn, the ogre falling to the ground, and the sticky liquid splattering out—all of that scene.

 

“…!”

 

Nara, who had prepared to cover her nose, ended up dropping her hand with a thud.

 

“The, the smell is….”

 

Swoosh-!

 

Jinwoon deliberately swung his spear even more vigorously to add certainty. The amount of liquid scattered through the air was considerable.

 

But even so.

 

“Refreshing….”

 

Jinwoon, having cleanly taken down the last ogre, stood silently in place and slowly drew in a breath.

 

Normally, he wouldn’t have been able to stand so peacefully while dry heaving.

 

But now it was different. Far from dry heaving, the refreshing scent of herbs pleasantly lingered around, even clearing his head.

 

“Jinwoon….”

 

Nara and Jinwoon made eye contact with each other. Then they nodded at each other.

 

This is incredible.

 

Yebichnna’s item is innovation—no, a miracle.

 

Nara let out a hollow laugh.

 

“This cleanly? Not even a bit? No smell at all?”

 

The corners of Nara’s mouth began to dance. Her sniffing nose expanded and contracted repeatedly.

 

Among existing gates, there are quite a few monsters with terrible smells. So hunters have suffered all kinds of hardships to eliminate monster odors.

 

Applying toothpaste under the nose, or stuffing pungent grass that grows naturally inside gates into their nostrils to paralyze their sense of smell. Despite all those countless efforts, they haven’t been free from smells until now.

 

However, this oil was different.

 

The Ogre’s Nest, which should have been disgusting, gave off a fresh and verdant feeling as if entering a botanical garden.

 

If this oil were released to the market, it would sell like hotcakes, especially among female hunters.

 

There would be no need to fill Shilla Guild’s finances with Hunter Ohyeongtaek’s merchandise or photo books.

 

Nara carefully held the oil to her chest. Then she thought of her pretty junior’s face.

 

“Our Yebichnna… simply radiant….”

 

What on earth did you do to this oil, you little blessing….

 

Jinwoon also smiled rarely.

 

“Guild Leader.”

 

“Yes, Jinwoon.”

 

“I think you’ll need to give me a big incentive.”

 

“What incentive? Just become the guild leader yourself.”

 

Nara patted Jinwoon’s shoulder, who had made a great contribution to securing an exclusive contract with Yebichnna.

 

“Well done, Kim Jinwoon. I love you, Vice Guild Leader!”

 

When Nara said this with a bright smile, Jinwoon slightly averted his gaze with a reddened face.

 

* * *

 

^[Name: Yebichnna]^

 

^[Hidden Class: Healing Therapy Shop Novice Owner]^

 

^[Skill: Absolute Sense (EX Grade)]^

 

^[Vision: 1

 

Hearing: 0

 

Smell: 0

 

Taste: 0

 

Touch: 2

 

??: ?]^

 

I opened my status window while standing in front of the workshop table.

 

Now that I knew why Mimi had given me a quest, I couldn’t just sit still.

 

It was still puzzling why she chose me among all the people on Earth, but since I was chosen anyway, I wanted to do well.

 

If it was to contribute to destroying gates, humanity’s long-cherished wish, shouldn’t I become stronger as quickly as possible?

 

I tightened my apron strings firmly with the heart of an independence activist.

 

“Vision only has ‘Deep Insight’ unlocked.”

 

^[Vision Lv.1: Light’s Guide]^

 

“Touch is only level 2, so I can only use up to ‘Vitality Regeneration’.”

 

^[Touch Lv.1: Muscle Relaxation]

 

[Touch Lv.2: Vitality Regeneration]

 

[Touch Lv.3: Nerve Calming]^

 

I puffed out both cheeks while examining my current state. Looking at it this way, my growth rate felt too slow.

 

They say gaining stat points is that difficult. Actually experiencing it felt like a sloth walking.

 

“No, wait? It hasn’t even been 10 days since I awakened and I’ve already allocated 3 stat points….”

 

That’s faster than others.

 

I muttered gloomily.

 

I wanted to become strong as quickly as possible and defeat the gates, but only my heart was racing ahead.

 

Reality was just a cowardly store owner who hired part-timers to handle gate conquests.

 

“Sigh, if I diligently clear quests, something will work out.”

 

I patted my cheeks with my palms and dove into making oil.

 

“100 ‘Perfect’ grade oils….”

 

From experience, making perfect grade items wasn’t easy.

 

I often got ‘High Quality’ grade, and sometimes even ‘Ordinary’ grade appeared, though with low probability.

 

‘What are the conditions for making top-grade items?’

 

I pondered while placing various materials I had on the table.

 

‘What was it like when I made the oil for Senior?’

 

The oil I gave to Senior was the only one that achieved perfect grade. I retraced that moment—what I was thinking and what feelings I had while making it.

 

As I gained experience, I realized that the items I made seemed to respond to my ’emotions’.

 

When I made oil absentmindedly like a machine, low grades often appeared, and the more I thought of someone while making oil, the higher grade items seemed to appear.

 

When I made that oil for Senior, probably….

 

‘I was thinking that I wanted to help Senior clear gates more comfortably.’

 

Is ‘the desire to help someone’ the condition?

 

“When I asked Mimi why she chose me, she definitely said it was because of volunteer work and self-sacrificing mindset.”

 

This is it.

 

I dove into item making with confidence.

 

“Should I start by making massage oil or cream?”

 

While looking around at materials and pondering what combination to use for items, I soon discovered a problem.

 

It seemed like I wouldn’t have enough materials to make 100 items.

 

And I had no money on hand.

 

I immediately opened my status window to check my coins.

 

The 100 coins were safely stored there.

 

I could receive money in cash or bank account through exchange, but a good idea occurred to me.

 

Wouldn’t I be able to make better items if I got materials from the hunter market that sells items obtainable from within gates rather than from the general market?

 

Since my skill doesn’t have any conditions limiting materials.

 

But there’s a problem.

 

‘To use the Hunter Market, you absolutely need a hunter registration card…’

 

I wonder if I can use it with the hunter license under the name ‘Yebichnna’ that I have.

 

“Ean did say that I was registered with the Hunter Association.”

 

I decided to ask Ean about it later and first dove into practicing making perfect 100% grade items with the prepared materials.

 

I turned on the TV to a news channel where Senior was appearing and set up my phone screen with Nara Unni’s photo clearly visible.

 

Because these two people are the ones I want to help the most.

 

Whenever I felt tired or wanted to take a break, I looked at their faces and forced myself to keep moving my hands.

 

* * *

 

The Shilla Guild Lounge was bustling with noise.

 

Ohyeongtaek, who had stopped by the lounge thinking he’d have some casual conversation, became curious about the atmosphere that was different from usual.

 

“Female Hunters, what are you talking about so excitedly?”

 

Ohyeongtaek approached the female hunters who were huddled together bursting into laughter and sneakily poked his face in.

 

“Oh! Ohyeongtaek!”

 

“Oppa, hello.”

 

The hunters who had been busy talking to each other turned their gazes to Ohyeongtaek as if they had made a promise upon his appearance.

 

Stars sparkled uniformly in the eyes of the hunters looking at Ohyeongtaek.

 

“What’s going on? I’d be hurt if I’m the only one who doesn’t know.”

 

“Ah, ah. Haven’t you heard about the item that the New Product Development Team made this time?”

 

“New product? I don’t know about it.”

 

“This thing. They say if you apply it under your nose, you won’t smell the Ogre blood.”

 

“Eh? It blocks that garbage smell?”

 

“Try it once. The scent is amazing. It’s lavender, but I’ve never smelled this kind before.”

 

“I’ll apply it for you!”

 

One hunter quickly grabbed the roll-on oil from the table and reached her hand toward Ohyeongtaek’s face.

 

Ohyeongtaek closed his eyes and lowered his head for her. He pretended not to notice that the hunter’s hand applying oil to his philtrum was trembling.

 

“The scent is nice, right! You’ve always had trouble going into Gates because you’re sensitive to smells anyway.”

 

“Mm, right?”

 

Ohyeongtaek stared intently as he accepted the oil.

 

As the Hunter said, it was an unusual lavender scent. It smelled like lavender, but it was deeper and cooler while the floral fragrance rose richly.

 

However, Ohyeongtaek had smelled this distinctive scent before.

 

‘Yebichnna… that was it.’

 

Ohyeongtaek put the oil in his pocket and waved his hands dismissively.

 

“Thank you, ladies.”

 

The place his steps headed toward was not the New Product Development department, but someone’s workshop.

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