The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 51

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

 

Chapter 51

 

A few hours ago.

 

The VVIP single-patient ward at Seong Hunter Hospital, shrouded only in silence.

 

This place felt like a space where time had been preserved.

 

Only the regular sounds of machines proved the survival of one man. Lying on the bed was Seondonguk, the S-rank hunter who was once called Korea’s shield.

 

During a gate raid, he had pushed his mana to its limits to protect his comrades, and mana poisoning had consumed even his brain’s central nervous system. It was the brutal price of forcing through the gate raid.

 

For three years now, he had been trapped in the prison of his body, unable to wake up.

 

Neither the holy water of the saint nor the healing of any healer could wash away the mana residue that had paralyzed his brain.

 

All those who attempted to treat him simply gave the same parrot-like response about side effects from mana poisoning and gave up on his treatment.

 

Click.

 

The sound of a door opening could be heard between the machine sounds.

 

The one who entered was Seo Eunhae.

 

She approached the bed with heavy steps.

 

Though she had stood upright before the world even after losing one arm, the moment she grasped Donguk’s withered hand, she collapsed helplessly.

 

“Son… Mother is here.”

 

Seo Eunhae carefully stroked Donguk’s face with her slender fingers.

 

The protruding bones beneath skin that was nothing but leather tore at her heart.

 

She should have stopped him when he said he wanted to become a hunter.

 

Feeling as if this terrible pain her son was experiencing was her fault, Seo Eunhae blamed herself every single day.

 

Then, the hospital room door opened and Professor Seonghira entered.

 

In her arms was a bouquet of bright yellow chrysanthemums.

 

Seo Eunhae stopped massaging her son’s arm and looked at Professor Seong.

 

“Oh, did I interrupt?”

 

“No, that child must have sent flowers again.”

 

Professor Seong looked down at the yellow flowers in her arms.

 

“Yes, they said they were too busy to come in person this time and asked me to place them instead.”

 

She walked to the window, removed the wilted flowers from the vase, and inserted the fresh ones. As the afternoon sunlight streaming through the window touched the petals, a soft yellow glow bloomed freshly.

 

Eunhae watched the scene blankly while holding Donguk’s hand.

 

But it was a strange thing. The moment the flower fragrance brushed her nose, she felt as if her stuffy chest had been cleared and refreshed.

 

Was it her imagination? It was when she took a deep breath.

 

Bzzt.

 

A very faint noise occurred in the monitor recording Donguk’s brain waves.

 

“…!”

 

Eunhae felt Donguk’s fingertips, which she was holding, twitch convulsively for just an instant.

 

Thinking it might be her imagination, she held her breath and watched.

 

“Hee, Hira, just now Donguk…”

 

At Eunhae’s words, Professor Seong rushed to the monitor in shock. The graph that had drawn only a flat line like death for years was moving ever so slightly.

 

“This can’t be.”

 

A miracle.

 

It was truly a miracle.

 

* * *

 

As soon as I confirmed Senior’s back as he boarded the private jet on the TV screen, the taut string of tension snapped.

 

“…Thank goodness.”

 

Along with relief, the fatigue I had been enduring rushed in like a tidal wave. As I slumped onto the sofa, the status window before my eyes displayed a new message.

 

^[‘Rookie Store Owner’ class level up reward: Class privilege ‘Safe House’ has been activated!]^

 

^[Privilege Details: Troublemaker Rejection (Passive)

 

No one can use force within the shop, and anyone with hostile intentions toward the store owner will be immediately forcibly expelled by the system]^

 

“Safe House… That’s really good.”

 

I muttered with a dazed mind.

 

Now this small store had become a sanctuary that no one could carelessly invade. I thought it was a really good privilege, but I didn’t even have the energy left to be happy.

 

My vision became blurry and my head drooped.

 

Unable to resist the overwhelming drowsiness, I fell asleep just like that.

 

* * *

 

Mimi, who had been staring at Yebichnna collapsing, clicked her tongue.

 

“A mere human who doesn’t even know to take care of their own body.”

 

Mimi grabbed the blanket that was on the drawer with her mouth and jumped down to the floor. Then with her small body, she dragged the blanket up onto the sofa with great effort and carefully covered Yebichnna’s body.

 

Though the blanket was placed messily, Mimi’s eyes looking at the sleeping Yebichnna held affection instead of her usual prickliness.

 

‘For a human body, you overdid it. You may not have entered a gate, but you’ve been pouring out mana continuously for days without sleep.’

 

Mimi curled up and sat beside Yebichnna. It was to share even a little warmth.

 

Then, the screen of the phone that had fallen powerlessly from Yebichnna’s hand lit up brightly.

 

Just before the ringtone broke the silence, Mimi’s eyes flashed sharply.

 

Tap!

 

Before the ringtone could even leak out, Mimi quickly pressed the ‘reject’ button with her soft paw.

 

The name ‘Professor Seong’ was displayed on the screen, but to Mimi, it was just an unwelcome guest disturbing sleeping Yebichnna’s rest.

 

Even after that, Yebichnna’s phone persistently kept lighting up, but each time Mimi hung up the call with ghostly reflexes before the bell could ring.

 

“Tsk, how persistent.”

 

Mimi swished her tail, placed her face on her front paws, and closed her eyes.

 

* * *

 

The hallway of Seong Hunter Hospital’s VVIP ward was locked in ice-cold silence.

 

Jinseong, who had come straight here after getting off the private jet, spotted Professor Seonghira and stopped walking.

 

Professor Seong looked much more anxious than usual.

 

“Oh, Jinseong. Your abdomen… seems to be fully healed.”

 

As soon as Professor Seong confirmed Jinseong’s condition, she lowered her voice and glanced toward the inside of the hospital room.

 

Jinseong read her anxiety and furrowed his brow.

 

“What’s wrong? How is Donguk hyung?”

 

“Well… the medical staff suspected the sudden vital changes were equipment malfunction and ended up calling that person. Enchanter Shinnara.”

 

Jinseong’s eyes grew coldly calm.

 

Shinnara. The nation’s top enchanter and the creator who had directly designed Donguk’s life support system.

 

Professor Seong continued with a troubled expression.

 

“I didn’t want to call her either. I was worried she might notice Yebichnna’s item. But the medical staff kept insisting it was equipment malfunction… So I hastily removed at least the flower vase.”

 

At that moment, an irritated voice was echoing from inside the hospital room.

 

“No, I’ve told you countless times that the probability of a machine I made malfunctioning is less than 0.001%! You call a busy person here and then doubt my abilities?!”

 

Shinnara, dressed flamboyantly as if she had gathered all the primary colors in the world, was re-examining the equipment.

 

Though grumbling, she ran a precision scanner to check for machine malfunctions. But the result was obvious.

 

“See, it’s perfectly fine. The machine has no problems. The mana supply is perfect too!”

 

At Shinnara’s declaration, Seo Eunhae’s face, who had been waiting nearby, brightened considerably. If it wasn’t equipment malfunction, it meant Donguk’s reaction was purely his own ‘will.’

 

Then, the tightly closed hospital room door opened and Jinseong entered.

 

Shinnara turned her head indifferently while packing up the equipment.

 

But when her eyes met Jinseong’s, she was startled. One of the ears on the rabbit hat she wore turned toward Jinseong.

 

Shinnara put down the scanner she was holding as if throwing it and strode toward Jinseong.

 

“Wait, what?”

 

Shinnara began circling around Jinseong, sniffing like a dog.

 

Jinseong frowned and stepped back, but she persistently thrust her nose toward his sleeves and torso area.

 

“This… what is this? Whose mana is this? Why can I sense this from you too, oppa?”

 

Shinnara’s eyes flashed with a crazed gleam.

 

With the keen senses unique to an Enchanter, she was reading the mana particles that lingered faintly on Jinseong’s skin.

 

These were traces of the oil and regeneration ampoule that Jinseong had used at the Gate.

 

“…At the Gate,”

 

“Don’t lie to me! This insanely precise arrangement, this perverted level of clean mana finishing…! I know this. It’s exactly the same as that Enchanter I appraised once before but couldn’t analyze because I hit a wall! Plus, I can subtly sense the same mana in this hospital room too!”

 

The air in the hospital room froze at Shinnara’s outburst. She approached as if ready to grab Jinseong by the collar, eyes wide with intensity.

 

“Tell me right now! Where are you hiding this person with the ‘Divine Touch’!”

 

Jinseong kept his mouth firmly shut.

 

Over Jinseong’s cold silence as he tried to keep the secret, the tracker’s persistent madness clashed sharply.

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