The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 59

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

 

Chapter 59

 

Alice paid no mind to Jinseong’s cold reception and stepped away from the wall, approaching him.

 

In the brief silence, Jinseong’s gaze was asking the question ‘why are you here?’

 

Alice seemed to enjoy that silent pressure, shrugging her shoulders as she added:

 

“Next week is the anniversary, isn’t it?”

 

At those words, Jinseong’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

 

“I know.”

 

“You’ll go with me, right? We’ve gone every year.”

 

Her appearance as she smiled brightly and crinkled the corners of her eyes was exactly like a fresh and lively girl.

 

But Jinseong wasn’t swayed by that smile in the slightest. Instead, he curtly dismissed her with a cold voice.

 

“Go. It’s late.”

 

Jinseong jerked his chin toward the exit, issuing an order to leave.

 

Normally Alice would have persistently linked arms and clung to him, but today for some reason she obediently turned around.

 

“Okay, I’ll go for today.”

 

Alice, who had been walking briskly, suddenly turned around as if remembering something and looked at Jinseong again.

 

A strange interest and mischief appeared in her eyes.

 

“Oh, right. Seondonguk oppa woke up, didn’t he? That was done by a Hunter named ‘Yebichnna’, right? The Enchanter Shinnara was just a smokescreen.”

 

It was a sharp question.

 

But instead of answering, Jinseong pressed the elevator button.

 

Alice’s delighted laughter seeped through the gap of the closing doors.

 

Left alone, Alice hummed a tune as she stepped outside the building.

 

‘Now where should I look for this Hunter named Yebichnna?’

 

A moment later, Alice’s steps suddenly stopped as she was leisurely crossing the plaza while whistling.

 

Fans and reporters began swarming toward her like a swarm of bees. Even though she had thoroughly covered her face with a hat and mask, people surrounded her as if drawn by a magnet.

 

“Alice! It’s really Alice!”

 

“Seongnyeo-nim, please give me just one autograph!”

 

“Please look this way! I rushed out of my house as soon as I saw the article!”

 

“You’re prettier than in the article photos! I’m a total fan!”

 

Alice was momentarily flustered by the rushing crowd and widened her eyes, but soon grasped the situation and let out a chuckle.

 

‘Aha, so you’re going to tie down my feet like this? How cunning, Jinseong oppa.’

 

The culprit was obvious without even looking.

 

Jinseong had leaked Alice’s entry into Korea and her current location to the media.

 

Alice’s unofficial visit, which was meant to quietly search for Yebichnna’s whereabouts, had instantly transformed into a national event.

 

‘This level of interference is just cute.’

 

Alice took off her hat and approached the reporters.

 

“Hello, I’m Alice. Korea is still beautiful.”

 

Alice smiled like an angel and greeted each camera individually.

 

‘If you thought this would stop me from finding her, you’re mistaken, oppa.’

 

After finishing the impromptu fan meeting and barely escaping, Alice didn’t head to a hotel.

 

She stood at the edge of the rooftop railing of the tallest building in Seoul.

 

Her white skirt fluttering in the night breeze and her wavy golden hair catching the moonlight created the appearance of an angel who had just descended.

 

She slowly extended her hand into the void.

 

Seoul’s cool wind brushed past her slender, white skin.

 

Alice soon closed both eyes and manifested her skill.

 

It was her second awakening skill that she hadn’t officially revealed.

 

Pure white mana burst from Alice’s body and shot up high into the sky like fireworks.

 

It split into tens of thousands of strands in the air and poured down as a massive net covering all of Seoul.

 

The thin mana threads touched the heads of millions of Seoul citizens, but none of them felt anything strange.

 

Forcibly collecting information from minds without touching the target’s senses – that was Alice’s second acquired skill.

 

Furthermore, when the number of targets was small, even mental manipulation was possible.

 

Alice, who had been reading the extensive flow of mana with her eyes closed, suddenly opened them.

 

Her gaze turned toward a quiet street in Mapo-gu.

 

Alice’s red lips twisted to one side as laughter burst out.

 

“What? She wasn’t hidden as thoroughly as I thought?”

 

Having captured her target, Alice withdrew her skill.

 

Simultaneously, black spots bloomed like mold over her white nape and wrists.

 

It was the price for the wide-area search skill – traces of mana overload. However, Alice paid no mind and hid herself in the darkness.

 

* * *

 

The next morning, news of Alice’s entry dominated all media.

 

Jinseong came down to the headquarters lobby to respond to WHP’s official summons for investigation.

 

It was the day for investigating the deaths that occurred during the Maze Gate conquest process.

 

Jinseong had agreed to this in order to put an end to the persistent and meaningless confrontation.

 

But there he encountered Alice once again.

 

She was elegantly drinking tea as if she had been waiting for Jinseong.

 

“Oppa, are you going for the investigation? Perfect timing. WHP asked me to cooperate with the investigation too.”

 

Jinseong’s brow furrowed deeply.

 

Alice possessed not only healing abilities, but also the ability to perfectly read traces of minute mana remaining outside a target’s body.

 

WHP’s purpose in calling her was obvious.

 

They wanted her to confirm whether Jinseong’s lethal mana could be detected from the dead Hunters.

 

“If I were to testify that ‘Hunter Gangjinseong’s mana is deeply embedded in the corpses’… our oppa would be in quite a predicament, wouldn’t he?”

 

Alice approached Jinseong’s side with a brazen smile.

 

A single testimony carrying the authority of the Seongnyeo held absolute power even in international courts.

 

Depending on her decision, Jinseong could instantly fall from hero to murderer.

 

Even if he cleared his name with solid evidence and testimony, it was obvious that enormous time and effort would be consumed in the process.

 

Jinseong let out a short sigh and looked down at her with cold eyes as he asked:

 

“…What do you want?”

 

Then Alice returned to her clear and innocent face and whispered brightly:

 

“Let’s go on a date for just one day. I want to hang out with oppa after such a long time?”

 

At the audacious proposal mixing blackmail and aegyo, Jinseong’s jaw tightened.

 

* * *

 

It had been since after treating Seondonguk oppa.

 

I had been suffering from unexplained pain for several days. At first, I thought it was simply muscle pain from pouring out too much mana.

 

But as time passed, the center of my palm became burning hot, and now sharp tingling sensations like needle pricks were climbing up to my wrist.

 

“Ugh…”

 

I sat in the workshop chair and kept massaging my right hand.

 

I tried clenching and opening my fingers, and even soaking my hand in cold water, but the pain wouldn’t subside.

 

Rather, the more I massaged, the more I felt some unpleasant pulsing from inside my palm, giving me chills.

 

“What’s wrong with you?”

 

Mimi, who had returned from going out, jumped up onto the work table.

 

She had her usual languid expression, but upon confirming my pale complexion, her pupils immediately narrowed.

 

“My palm has been hurting so much for several days. It’s gotten worse since I treated Seondonguk oppa.”

 

I carefully extended my left hand to show her.

 

“Could it be because I poured out too much mana back then?”

 

To my eyes it just looked red and swollen, but apparently Mimi saw something different.

 

The moment Mimi faced my palm head-on, the air instantly froze.

 

“…!”

 

Mimi’s nose bridge wrinkled menacingly.

 

A low growling sound rumbled through Mimi’s throat.

 

“How dare… which bastard.”

 

My surprise at hearing Mimi’s rough language for the first time was brief.

 

Under the soft lighting of the workshop, Mimi’s shadow began to twist eerily.

 

The ordinary, small cat’s form was nowhere to be found.

 

Behind Yebichnna’s back, the shape of a massive beast with bristling fur—no, a gigantic tiger that seemed ready to devour mountains—filled the entire wall.

 

Overwhelmed by the crushing presence, Yebichnna gasped and blinked.

 

“Mimi…?”

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