The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 67

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

Chapter 67

I was alternating my gaze between the two items floating in the air, especially the [Short-term Part-time Employment Contract] gorgeously surrounded by gold leaf, and Senior with anxious eyes.

Suddenly my vision darkened as a heavy flow of mana approached right next to me.

It was Senior Jinseong.

He had somehow pulled his chair closer to me and was staring at me intently.

His gaze was so persistent and serious that I felt embarrassed.

“…Are you really thinking of hiring another part-timer?”

It was more of a confirmation than a question.

I couldn’t understand why Senior was being so wary of another part-timer who didn’t even exist yet.

‘Does he think his contract will end if I hire another part-timer?’

I tried to hide my flustered feelings and answered carefully.

“Well. There’s nothing particular happening right now… and your contract period still has time left. I’m not thinking of bringing in additional people yet. Why?”

At my counter-question, Senior Jinseong briefly lowered his gaze and rolled his eyes.

He moved his lips as if choosing an appropriate answer, then soon raised his head again as if resigned or as if he could no longer hide it, looking straight at me and said.

“Because I think I’d get jealous.”

“…What? Jealous?”

For a moment, I felt like my heart dropped to my toes and bounced back up.

No words came out except for the counter-question “What?”

Senior’s straightforward eyes boring straight into me looked so serious that I was flustered.

Just as I was worried that the sound of my wildly beating heart might reach Senior, Jinseong added fuel to the fire.

He looked into my eyes and said calmly.

“I’ll work harder so you won’t need to hire another part-timer.”

At the same time, my face heated up as if it would explode.

‘Does Senior even know what kind of bombshell statement he just made?’

To say something like a confession in such a calm voice as if talking about today’s weather!

Unlike my completely disheveled breathing, Senior looked so peaceful. Maybe that’s why it made my heart flutter even more.

After Senior Jinseong stirred up my heart and left, I sat there for a long time, blankly staring at the chair where he had been sitting.

Only the empty dishes he had cleanly cleared proved that the time just now wasn’t a dream.

The serious conversations I had with Senior kept bubbling up in my head.

Behind the fluttering emotions, realistic threats always lurked.

Just before leaving, Senior had warned me about Alice and recommended moving my residence.

‘Alice has found out about your store’s existence. Before long, Branch Chief Jang Dohun or other hunters will come looking for you here. So this place is too dangerous. How about moving your home to the Hunter Association after all?’

I had asked Senior then. Why Alice was so dangerous, whether someone called a saint was really such a frightening existence.

Then Senior made a disgusted face I had never seen before and said this.

‘She’s a greedy kid. When she wants something, she won’t be satisfied until she gets it by any means necessary. Even if it costs someone’s life.’

Those words echoed in my ears and I couldn’t just sit still.

I approached Mimi, who was just curling up in a corner to sleep.

“Mimi, would it really be safer to move the store like Senior Jinseong said? He said people like Branch Chief Jang Dohun will keep coming besides Alice, will it be okay in the future?”

Mimi yawned as if annoyed, then just swished her tail without even opening her eyes.

“If you stay inside the store, I can guarantee your safety. The safe house passive will protect you. That is, if you never step one foot outside this store for the rest of your life.”

“That’s…”

Mimi’s additional words made me think a lot.

I can’t live my whole life without taking a single step out of the store.

Sometimes I need to go to the market to buy item materials, and sometimes I’d want to go for walks to get some sunlight.

I had no intention of imprisoning myself in this store-prison out of fear of them.

Wasn’t there another way?

“Should I buy some armor and wear it all over my body…”

As I muttered seriously, Mimi opened one eye slightly and said mockingly.

“Armor? Don’t you have your disciple Shinnara? If you ask her to bring some armor, she’d be ready to empty out everything in her warehouse, so why aren’t you utilizing that?”

As Mimi said, if I told Sohee that I needed defensive items, she would sweep up every item in Korea.

Not only that, but Nara and Director Seo Eunhae, and even Senior Jinseong would step forward to bring every defensive item in the world.

“That’s true, but… no matter how excellent an enchanter Sohee is, the opponent is Alice, an S-rank among S-ranks. The gap is too big, so items alone would have limitations.”

At my worried words, Mimi nonchalantly stretched out her tail and pointed at something on the table.

“What are you going to use that for? Is there some law that says you can only make shields with items?”

What Mimi pointed to was the [Short-term Part-time Employment Contract] that had just come out of the random box.

I picked up that paper as if entranced.

Then a sparkling status window appeared transparently before my eyes.

[Short-term Employment Contract Terms]

1. This contract is valid for 7 days (168 hours). (Can be used with time deduction regardless of days)

2. The employee is immediately granted exclusive guard authority for the employer and can use all mediums (items) containing the employer’s unique skills with 200% efficiency amplification.

Special abilities exclusive to short-term part-timers are granted as follows. (Only applies during combat)

– Basic stats (Strength, Agility, Stamina, Intelligence, Luck) increased by 50% each

– Mana regeneration speed increased by 100%

– Immunity to all status ailments and debuff effects

– When employee’s life force drops below 1%, immediately nullifies all physical/magical damage and recovers 100% health (limited to once)

– Prevents additional mana poisoning during contract period

3. During the contract period, the employee cannot cause any harm to the employer.

4. When the employer feels threatened or directly calls, the employee is forcibly teleported in front of the employer within 0.1 seconds regardless of location and situation. (No cooldown)

As I carefully read through the employment contract conditions and buff effects one by one, I quietly swallowed.

It was similar to yet different from the contract I had made with Senior Jinseong before.

Perhaps because it was a one-week short-term contract, the ability values were more explosive than Senior’s buff effects.

“Not a shield made with items…”

I muttered with a trembling voice.

“A shield made with a person? A hunter… you’re telling me to use them as a shield to protect me?”

Instead of answering, Mimi closed her eyes again and curled up into a ball. It was as if saying ‘finally you understand.’

Alice’s obsession and the world’s greed are closing in on me.

The moment I step outside the safe fortress of the store, I might become exposed prey.

The answer the system, that is Mimi, provided for me was clear.

Hiring another powerful ‘shield’ different from Senior Jinseong, one that could completely protect me.

“Shield, a shield…”

I gripped the employment contract tightly.

Someone who could thoroughly protect me from S-rank hunter threats while being completely trustworthy.

Strangely, only one person’s face came to mind.

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