The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 43

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

 

Chapter 43

 

I lit the incense stick in the massage room.

 

As the subtle acacia scent floated through the air, I smiled pleasantly and sat at the head of the massage bed.

 

“Come on, unni. Relax your body.”

 

I poured some of my newly made ‘perfect’ grade massage oil onto my palm and warmed it up.

 

As I placed my hands on Nara unni’s shoulders as she lay on the massage bed, she murmured with a sigh.

 

“Ugh, Yebichnna, I’ve really been waiting just for this moment… How long has it been since I got a massage from you.”

 

“You were the one who was busy, unni.”

 

I slowly applied pressure along her jawline, down her neck, and to her tense shoulder muscles.

 

As I stimulated unni’s lymph nodes with appropriate pressure from my fingers, a status window appeared in my vision.

 

^[Massage Progress: 12%]^

 

‘So there’s a set progress rate too.’

 

I continued the massage while watching the gradually increasing progress.

 

“Yebichnna… I really feel like I could die here with no regrets. No, I just want to die.”

 

As unni kept exclaiming in admiration, Jinwoon, who was leaning against the doorway, shot back sharply.

 

“If the guild leader dies, who will handle the guild work?”

 

Jinwoon grumbled, but unni was already in a state of bliss.

 

When the massage progress hit 100%, unni suddenly sat up from the bed and rushed to Jinwoon.

 

“Look at this! Look at this!”

 

It was a completely different reaction from what I had expected – that she would refuse to get up from the bed, asking for just a little more.

 

Unni’s eyes sparkled as she showed her status window to Jinwoon.

 

“Muscle tension reduction, injury risk reduction, and external wound recovery speed accelerated by 300%!!! Does this make sense? I only got massaged for like 10 minutes?”

 

“…”

 

“My mana circuits feel completely cleansed too. I think I can see better too!”

 

Jinwoon’s eyes widened as if he was wearing magnifying glasses.

 

After quickly scanning unni’s status window, he swallowed hard and looked at me.

 

“Yebichnna, is it possible to contract this in large quantities too? If we could apply this buff to our guild members, the power increase would be enormous.”

 

Cutting off Jinwoon’s words, Nara unni asked me a question.

 

“This only works if you personally give the massage, right? Then we can’t contract it in large quantities.”

 

“Ah.”

 

A brief look of disappointment crossed Jinwoon’s face.

 

Just then, a status window appeared before my eyes. It was a message from Mimi.

 

^[After class level up, skill proxy usage possible when selling items]^

 

It was good news. It meant many hunters could experience this effect even without me personally giving massages.

 

“It’s not possible right now, but it will be after I level up my class.”

 

“Level up?”

 

Unni’s eyes sparkled.

 

“Yeah, for that I think I need to test the massage oil on one more person.”

 

I turned my gaze to Jinwoon.

 

“Would it be okay if I gave you a massage?”

 

Then Jinwoon recoiled in disgust and stepped back.

 

“Ah, he won’t work.”

 

Nara unni giggled and answered instead.

 

“He has something like mysophobia, so he can’t stand other people touching his body.”

 

I tilted my head inwardly.

 

‘Just a moment ago I saw Nara unni hanging on Jinwoon’s shoulders and running around?’

 

When I looked at her with puzzled eyes, unni added.

 

“Ah, I’m an exception! Anyway, he won’t work.”

 

Jinwoon let out a deep sigh and pressed his temple.

 

“Please put on some clothes, guild leader.”

 

With Jinwoon’s refusal, I was flustered.

 

There are only five hunters who know my true identity, three of whom are abroad, and these are the only ones in front of me.

 

‘Then who should I ask for the remaining test?’

 

Just as my mind was going blank.

 

Ding-.

 

The store door opened and a familiar voice was heard.

 

“Give me that massage too.”

 

A low, languid voice. Standing in the doorway was unexpectedly Hunter Ohyeongtaek.

 

At his appearance, Nara unni screamed out a question. Since Yebichnna’s existence was a secret.

 

“How, how did you know to come here!”

 

Ohyeongtaek tapped his nose and grinned.

 

“I followed noona’s scent, you know? You know my nose, right? You moved so secretively that I had a hard time finding you, noona.”

 

He strode into the store and made eye contact with me. At that penetrating gaze, my heart sank.

 

My palms sweated with worry that he had discovered I was Yebichnna. However, Ohyeongtaek’s eyes looking at me already seemed to see through everything.

 

“Why are you so nervous, Yebichnna noona. I came knowing everything, so don’t worry too much.”

 

As expected.

 

I bit my lip and could only stare at Ohyeongtaek.

 

He approached me standing next to the massage bed and suddenly thrust his face close to mine.

 

The intimidating aura typical of an S-rank hunter washed over me, but his eyes looking at me were full of mischief.

 

“Noona, you’re really pretty. There was a reason you disguised yourself with items.”

 

It was already confusing that Ohyeongtaek had suddenly barged in, but to think he even knew I was Yebichnna. The confusion intensified.

 

As I stammered without being able to continue speaking, Ohyeongtaek suddenly started taking off his shirt.

 

As his firmly built muscles were revealed, Nara unni shrieked and smacked Ohyeongtaek’s back.

 

“Hey, you crazy bastard! Why are you suddenly taking off your clothes!”

 

Ohyeongtaek paid no attention and flopped down on the massage bed.

 

“This pretty noona’s identity is a secret, right? You said earlier you needed one more hunter to receive a massage. Then I’m perfect.”

 

Ohyeongtaek looked up at me with a refreshing smile, showing his teeth.

 

Even from the angle looking up from below, his features had no shame whatsoever.

 

“I’m more tight-lipped than I look.”

 

Nara unni sighed and sent me an apologetic look.

 

“Sorry, Yebichnna. This is my mistake. I’ll make sure to keep his mouth shut.”

 

“You heard that, right?”

 

Looking at Ohyeongtaek grinning broadly, I also let out a small sigh.

 

Rather than trying to contain water that’s already been spilled, it’s faster to find a towel to wipe it up.

 

I had no choice but to take out the massage oil and sit on a simple chair.

 

As Ohyeongtaek’s burdensome gaze touched every single action of pouring oil and rubbing it on my hands, I placed a towel over his eyes.

 

‘This is unbearably uncomfortable.’

 

However, there was something I had overlooked. His mouth could still move.

 

“Ah! I can’t see noona’s pretty face.”

 

“Because I covered your eyes.”

 

As the massage began, Ohyeongtaek’s protruding lips relaxed pleasantly.

 

Working out the firm, large male muscles in detail was taxing on my fingers, but still I continued the massage with all my heart.

 

Even if he was a mischievous customer who troubled people, whoever it was, seeing someone smile in front of me was my happiness.

 

After a while when the massage ended, Ohyeongtaek pulled away the towel and sat up abruptly.

 

He roughly swept back his disheveled red hair, then stared at me intently with a completely different atmosphere than before.

 

I was flustered. I wondered if there was a problem after receiving my massage, or if something was hurting somewhere.

 

I clasped my hands together and waited for Ohyeongtaek’s words.

 

“This is crazy. You look even prettier after the massage. Did you use some kind of hallucination skill? No, seriously. What the hell is this skill buff? Wow, there was a reason why Nara noona was so protective of you…”

 

The voice that followed was low and subdued.

 

“Noona, you’re Jinseong hyung’s exclusive healer?”

 

Unable to understand the intent behind the question, I couldn’t answer.

 

But he didn’t seem to want my answer anyway, just staring at me while slightly biting his lower lip.

 

I felt a strange heat in the way he looked at me.

 

How should I put it—it was like the gaze of a child who had his precious toy stolen by someone else, or a predator eyeing its prey.

 

The man who had been giving me sweet eye-smiles while calling me pretty noona was nowhere to be found.

 

He was just looking into my eyes, but I found myself unconsciously swallowing dry saliva.

 

‘I feel like I’m going to be devoured.’

 

Ohyeongtaek curved his loosely relaxed eyes slightly as he smiled.

 

“Noona, how about me instead of hyung?”

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