The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 63

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

Chapter 63

Right after WHP and Alice’s thorough investigation came to an end, Gangjinseong’s private office was submerged in a heavy atmosphere.

Ean placed the investigation report he had just reviewed on the table, revealing his complicated feelings.

The fact that WHP had withdrawn without much resistance felt like an ominous sign instead.

“Those WHP bastards are withdrawing way too quietly than expected? Normally they would have struggled desperately to find even the smallest fault. They definitely have some other scheme, right?”

At Ean’s worried words, Jinseong gazed out the window and answered briefly.

“Obviously.”

Jinseong’s eyes held a coldness as if he had already read his opponent’s hand.

Ean knew better than anyone what Jinseong was worried about.

Alice who had suddenly appeared, and WHP’s Jang Dohun who had easily withdrawn. And Yebichnna’s existence at the center of it all.

Where Alice and Jang Dohun’s attention would turn next was as clear as day.

“I’m really anxious about leaving Yebichnna alone at the store. If those people start digging persistently, finding her is just a matter of time, isn’t it? Is it really okay to leave her there?”

At Ean’s concern, Jinseong turned his head to look at him.

“The store has a passive skill called ‘Safe House.’ Inside it, no violence can be used, and any existence that Yebichnna doesn’t permit or that holds hostility toward her gets forcibly expelled. Cognitive distortion is also possible, so unless someone knows the store’s true identity, they can’t even recognize the entrance.”

Ean’s eyes widened at Jinseong’s explanation.

Though he was quite experienced in the hunter industry, he had never heard of a passive skill that could turn an entire specific space into a perfect fortress.

“My goodness, there’s such a passive skill? No… I thought I was tired of being surprised by now, but Yebichnna really is someone who destroys common sense the more you know about her. Just how much more is she planning to surprise us?”

Ean clicked his tongue.

However, the fact that their opponents were WHP branch manager Jang Dohun who controlled the entire world, and the saint Alice who was said to see through people’s souls, still bothered him.

When it came to persistence, both were people who would be hurt to be called second in the world, so Ean’s mind couldn’t easily be at peace.

Then, Jinseong took out a scroll with an old paper texture from his chest and showed it to Ean.

“Isn’t that a forced summoning scroll?”

Ean’s eyes became as wide as lanterns as he recognized the scroll.

“Wow, it’s even an automatic summoning scroll.”

Forced summoning scrolls were ultra-expensive items that traded for astronomical amounts even at auction houses, and currently only two enchanters in the entire world could craft them.

Especially high-output scrolls capable of instantly summoning S-rank hunters were rare items among rare items that were worth whatever price was asked.

“Crazy… Shinnara gave this? She really seems to be planning to serve Yebichnna as her master. With that enchanter’s personality, there’s no way she would just give away something this precious.”

Only then did Ean let out a long sigh of relief.

If there was a device that allowed S-rank hunter Gangjinseong to immediately enter the field, they could buy time no matter what threat came.

Unless a bunch of S-rank hunters swarmed together, there was no way Jinseong would be defeated.

“With that, I’m relieved too.”

Ean got up from his seat, saying he should go back to work.

His departing footsteps looked unusually light.

The biggest reason was probably clearing Jinseong of his false accusations.

Jinseong also lay down on the bed in a comfortable position for the first time in a while and closed his eyes.

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Before heading to the small building in Mapo-gu that her magic power had pointed to yesterday, Alice had one thing she wanted to confirm.

She immediately headed to Seong Hospital where Seondonguk was hospitalized.

When she opened the door to Seondonguk’s hospital room, Seo Eunhae and Shinnara were already keeping watch there.

Alice entered with her characteristic gentle smile.

“Director, it’s been so long. Has it been three years? You’re still as elegant as ever.”

“Alice? What brings you here?”

At Seo Eunhae’s calm voice, Alice smiled brightly and turned her gaze to Shinnara as well.

“It’s nice to see you too, Enchanter. Oh, should I call you Healer now? Congratulations on your second awakening. You really created an amazing miracle, didn’t you?”

Though it seemed like a polite greeting on the surface, Sohee seemed to notice the subtle provocation in Alice’s eyes and answered with a sullen expression.

“Oh, yes. Thank you for the compliment.”

Then, the hospital room door opened and Seondonguk entered in a wheelchair pushed by Professor Seong.

He looked a bit gaunt as if returning from rehabilitation exercise, but his eyes were clear.

As soon as Seondonguk spotted Alice standing in the hospital room, his eyes widened.

“Cheonsongi? How are you here…?”

Seondonguk’s voice trembled faintly as he called Alice’s Korean name.

Alice approached Seondonguk with her eyes beautifully curved and lightly embraced his shoulders.

“Oppa, I thought I’d never see you again. Thank you so much for waking up like this.”

Looking up at Alice who was giving him an affectionate greeting, Seondonguk’s kind eyes sparkled.

“Songi, when did you grow up so much? I barely recognize you.”

“Hey, my height is exactly the same as back then? Maybe I got prettier though. It’s because oppa was lying down for too long.”

In fact, while Alice was having a friendly conversation with Seondonguk, she secretly concentrated minute magic power in her palm.

And in the brief moment she hugged Seondonguk, she cast a scan while sweeping through his entire body.

‘As expected…’

Alice’s eyes sank deeply. Inside Seondonguk’s body, that hunter’s magic power remained very thick.

It seemed Shinnara and Professor Seong had tried to cover the traces by overlaying their own magic power, but it wasn’t enough to fool Alice’s precise senses.

“Now that I’ve seen oppa is healthy, I’ll be going. We’ll have a celebration party after oppa gets even healthier.”

“Alright, thank you for coming, Songi.”

“Oh, right. You know that it’s our sister’s death anniversary in a few days, right? I’d really like oppa to come too.”

At those words, Seondonguk’s expression stiffened momentarily. But he soon answered in a composed voice.

“Yes, I’ll try to hurry with rehabilitation.”

Alice smiled brightly and lightly kissed Seondonguk’s forehead.

Magic power called the ‘Saint’s Blessing’ seeped into his body, but only Alice would know whether it was a true blessing or a seed of surveillance.

As soon as Alice left the hospital room, Sohee burst out with the dissatisfaction she had been holding back.

“Geez, what nerve she has! The girl who went off to France without looking back right after oppa’s accident, what’s so good about her that he’s grinning and welcoming her? Don’t you think so, Director?”

Director Seo Eunhae silently looked out the window and shook her head.

It was a silence she forced herself to maintain because she knew Seondonguk’s kind nature better than anyone.

“It’s all in the past, Sohee. What’s the point of getting angry? You’ll just get a sore throat.”

When Seondonguk gently chided her, Sohee pounded her chest and raised her voice.

Blue veins bulged on her neck.

“Does that make it like it never happened? No, that woman is really ridiculous. Does it make sense to suddenly tell someone who almost died to come to her sister’s grave? I’m also so angry about how she spoke as if oppa had killed her sister or something!”

At Sohee’s agitated voice, Seondonguk slowly closed and opened his eyes.

Fragments of the past flashed through his mind.

“It’s not wrong though…”

“What’s not wrong! Oppa is the victim!”

Sohee angrily cut off Seondonguk’s words.

Seondonguk just smiled gently while watching Sohee throw a fit, and Seo Eunhae couldn’t erase her bitter expression as she looked at her son’s gaunt face.

The unresolved shadows of the past were settling heavily in the hospital room.

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