The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 94

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

Chapter 94

The fatigue that washed over me after the disastrously ended designation ceremony was overwhelming.

I wanted to lie down and rest immediately, but because of Nara unni standing with her hands on her hips, glaring at me fiercely, I had no choice but to force myself to sit at the table.

Today was Nara unni’s turn to guard me, and she was someone who paid obsessive attention to my meals.

The table was loaded with food that unni had ordered for delivery, so much that the table legs seemed ready to buckle.

The colorful, stimulating-smelling dishes looked to me now like nothing more than fancy colored models.

It was probably because of the broadcast coming from the TV mounted on the wall.

[…Evidence has been discovered that the Doubleroom Guild Leader conspired with former Chairman Maeng Seokwoo to orchestrate this Seoul bombing incident. She has currently been sent to trial on charges of attempting to seize power by monopolizing Predator Gate raid items…]

“They’re really framing an innocent person.”

Nara unni clicked her tongue while gnawing on a chicken leg.

I nodded silently.

“That woman, annoying as she is, is the type whose brain works brilliantly. Surprising that she’d get caught up so sloppily like this.”

Unni spoke casually while chewing her food, as if talking about someone else’s business.

Meanwhile, I had been just picking at rice grains with my chopsticks. I didn’t feel like any food would go down my throat.

Nara unni, who had been watching this with displeasure, narrowed her eyes.

“Doesn’t taste good? This is from the most expensive place in this neighborhood.”

“…No, I just don’t have an appetite.”

“Well, there’s no way you’d have an appetite after going through that situation.”

Unni let out a deep sigh and looked at me pitifully while resting her chin on her hand.

Just then the news screen changed, showing a close-up of me from the designation ceremony.

Along with the cringeworthy subtitle ‘Beacon of Hope, Hunter Yebichnna No. 3’.

[Although the designation ceremony was interrupted due to an unfortunate incident that occurred during it, Hunter Yebichnna’s statement that she has items to raid the Predator Gate…]

I swallowed a sigh and quietly turned my gaze away.

The boxes sitting forlornly by the door.

Those boxes, which were definitely sent by Jang Dohun, were filled with the throwing orbs that had disappeared from Sohee’s workshop.

“Oh my, our little sister’s face is rotting away, rotting away.”

Unni got up from her seat and took out the mist she always carried preciously, spraying it all over my face.

“This is my most precious mist, but I’m specially spraying it on Yebichnna! Brighten up a bit!”

Unni laughed playfully, but I didn’t even have the strength to lift the corners of my mouth.

“…How did things end up like this, unni?”

“It’s because you’re too talented, what else.”

Nara unni walked to the sofa and flopped down as if throwing her body onto it.

“Even before awakening, you were predicting gates, after awakening you were treating mana addiction, and now you’re even creating sure-win items for gate raids?”

Unni gave me a thumbs up.

It was an optimistic attitude that didn’t consider my depression at all, but I didn’t feel bad about it.

Because this was Nara unni’s unique way of comforting, which I’d known since childhood.

I was thinking that I wished I could emulate even half of unni’s composure when I was about to put down my chopsticks, but a cold voice flew over.

“Don’t even think about putting down your utensils until you finish all your food.”

I flinched and awkwardly picked up my chopsticks again.

After confirming this, Nara unni yawned and stretched.

“This is the problem with your store. Maybe because the passive is ‘Relax’, I came here to guard you but I keep getting sleepy. I can endure this much, but what if other S-ranks come and fall asleep? Hmm.”

Seeing unni’s eyes getting drowsy, I checked the clock.

It was almost time for Senior Jinseong to come for the shift change.

“Unni, it’s almost time for senior to come, so go home and get some sleep. You haven’t been able to rest properly because of me lately. Your guild work must be piling up too.”

“No way. You’re now a heritage and hero recognized by the world! I must protect you even if it costs me my life!”

Just as unni was giggling and laughing, the store door opened with the sound of jingling bells.

It was Senior Jinseong.

“Aren’t you here too early?”

Nara unni shot him a sharp look.

Senior Jinseong answered indifferently while taking off his jacket.

“You must be tired, so please go in.”

“Hmph, the tired one isn’t me but Hunter Kang.”

Unni slowly got up and came over to me, whispering as if tattling.

“Yebichnna, you know what? The lights at the training center never go out these days. Some three men are doing extreme endurance training like crazy or something. The training center staff are complaining they’re dying from it.”

Senior Jinseong’s shoulders flinched as he was hanging up his jacket.

Nara unni didn’t miss that moment and approached senior, standing straight and glaring at him.

Due to the huge difference in build, it looked like a dwarf standing before a giant, but unni’s eyes were filled with S-rank murderousness.

“The way you’re training now looks really~ nice.”

Unni trailed off while glancing at me, then whispered menacingly to Senior Jinseong again.

“Don’t you dare lay even a fingertip on our Yebichnna. Got it?”

Then she smiled brightly as if nothing had happened and waved at me.

“I’m leaving! Yebichnna, eat! Finish it all! If you leave any, I’ll call you until you eat it!”

After the storm that was Nara unni left, only Senior Jinseong and I remained in the store.

I asked, trying to break the awkward atmosphere.

“Senior, have you eaten? As you can see, there’s way too much food.”

“No, I haven’t eaten.”

Senior Jinseong sat across from me without complaint.

The back of his hands and knuckles holding the chopsticks were covered with small wounds and callus marks I hadn’t seen before.

My heart stung.

“…Don’t train to the point of getting hurt. It makes me feel bad because it seems like it’s all because of me.”

“No, it’s not enough.”

Senior was resolute.

“No matter how much I train, it’s not enough. Even worse guys will target you from now on, since S-ranks were manipulated by just one doll. I need to become stronger.”

I wanted to lighten the heavy burden placed on his shoulders. I carefully opened my mouth.

“Then… how about rewriting the employment contract? It says re-employment is possible.”

But senior shook his head firmly.

“I don’t think there will be any progress if I just rely on your items. I’ll try to work with my own strength until I can produce that level of ability without a contract.”

But his words trailed off slightly at the end.

I thought I knew the reason.

“It’s because of mana addiction, isn’t it? Your mana addiction will get worse in the meantime…”

Senior smiled faintly and tilted his head slightly to the side.

“Mm. What should I do.”

“About what?”

His eyes looking at me quietly were unusually deep and gentle today.

“I really don’t think I can do without you.”

At that moment, my heart dropped with a thud.

Heat rushed to my defenseless face.

Surely the ‘you’ senior was referring to meant my items and abilities, but his profound gaze and low voice kept causing other misunderstandings.

“Cough, cough!”

When I ended up choking and coughing, the startled senior quickly brought me water.

As I was patting my chest with my face bright red, one spiteful system window appeared in my vision.

^[Title Acquired: One Who Ate Their Sense with Rice!]^

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At the same time, in a private office lit by soft lighting.

Ean was deep in thought with his interlocked fingers resting on his chin.

Director Seo Eunhae. He had believed she would be completely on their and Yebichnna’s side.

But had he misjudged?

She said she would stop Jang Dohun’s arbitrary actions and take responsibility, but as a result, she ended up giving Jang Dohun wings.

‘What is she thinking.’

Seo Eunhae’s hand was involved in the series of processes to dismiss Chairman Maeng Seokwoo and place Jang Dohun in the Association president’s seat.

Jang Dohun becoming the Association president was tantamount to giving him powerful legal authority to officially control Yebichnna’s status.

‘Do I need to cut out Seo Eunhae too? This wasn’t part of the plan.’

Ean’s worries deepened.

It was a burdensome plan, but if necessary, it had to be done.

Just then, a knock broke the silence.

“Come in.”

Nairan, who opened the door and entered, had her usual playful expression wiped from her face.

She placed the document envelope she was holding onto Ean’s desk.

It was the result of analyzing the unidentified ‘mud clump’ collected from the Jijeong-sik scene, which had been commissioned to Shinnara.

“As expected, what I saw that day wasn’t a mistake.”

Nairan’s voice dropped low.

“That mud… it’s definitely those ‘K-Series’ bastards.”

Ean let out a low sigh and picked up the documents.

“In the end… they’ve created human weapons that surpass S-rank.”

Ean’s complexion darkened.

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