Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 11

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2. The Generous Healer (1)

Then I guess I’ll have to take the position of a disobedient F-rank.

But contrary to expectations, Yuhan Seong only let out a single sigh.

He looked at me quietly, then left me with one remark.

“Later.”

“Huh?”

“Later, if you open a potion shop, contact me.”

Is this… encouragement that I’ll be able to graduate? Or not?

He’s not the type to treat someone gently just because they’re a kid.

Hiding my suspicion, I deliberately smiled brightly and cheerfully.

“Why? Are you going to become a regular customer?”

“We’ll see.”

When I clicked my tongue and went “tch,” he nodded goodbye and brushed past me.

He’s really leaving like this?

I stared blankly at his retreating figure, then realized this was a useful flow I could use for future actions.

I immediately clenched my fist and giggled to myself as if I was excited from being acknowledged, then shouted to Yuhan Seong whose back was still visible.

“Just wait and see! I’ll make it so you have no choice but to become a regular!”

You meant it as something to consider after graduation, but actually that shop will be opening soon.

Yuhan Seong showed no reaction and walked away.

[What children.]

With Erich sighing heavily and muttering in the background, I returned to the old school building just like that.

It was the beginning of squeezing Erich dry—I mean, special training.

***

It was a coincidence.

That Yuhan Seong met Jin Hali and had an unexpected conversation.

Well, he had gone there intending to obtain the demon sword too.

Jin Hali seemed to have coincidentally formed a connection with the demon sword.

At times like this, it seemed like no matter how hard he tried, every item already had its destined owner.

Speaking of which, Jin Hali.

‘It’s not like there aren’t suspicious aspects about her.’

Strangely, he didn’t feel any wariness toward that child.

Yuhan Seong returned to the dormitory and rubbed his eyes, recalling the child who had grabbed his hand just moments ago and spoken endlessly in a trembling voice and manner.

He was tired.

He hadn’t even used magic, but whenever unexpected events occurred, it was always like this. He got exhausted from using mental energy to manage his expressions in a short time.

“Jin Hali.”

This was already the second time he was repeating that person’s name when no one else was listening.

At this point, he had no choice but to acknowledge it.

That he kept looking at Jin Hali because she made him reflect on his past self.

‘Though she’s not the same type of person as me.’

He had known this, but after holding her hand, it came across even more clearly.

That Jin Hali reminded him of his weak former self while simultaneously being a completely different person.

That might be why his eyes were drawn to her even more.

Would Jin Hali make different choices from himself, who had reached S-rank while losing everything precious, and ultimately returned to protect those precious things?

Recalling her unexpectedly resolute voice, he found himself curious about that choice without realizing it.

‘I’ve gone soft.’

It wasn’t that he had relaxed his vigilance regarding forming an S-rank party.

It was just that Jin Hali was peculiar.

‘She doesn’t seem like a Hunter.’

More precisely, she lacked the distinctive atmosphere of an Awakener.

Even if she couldn’t become a Hunter who conquers dungeons, once someone awakens, they can’t return to how they were before and change.

Their atmosphere becomes somewhat different.

It’s partly because something called magic power flows around their body.

But Jin Hali was remarkably faint in that aspect compared to others.

‘Is it because she’s F-rank?’

He had speculated that might be the case, but seeing her today, he thought it might just be that Jin Hali’s personality was peculiar.

‘Like how she has an unusually complete lack of wariness.’

That might be why he never saw that child at any point before his regression.

Since she has the perfect personality for dying quickly.

‘But this time, she seems to have made at least a different choice from before.’

He didn’t know what choice Jin Hali had made before that led to her early death. But he was certain this time was different.

‘Did she say she saw it in a dream?’

Magic that binds beings from other worlds through contracts using only incantations.

It can be cast regardless of the amount of magic power, but at this point in time, only he knows about it.

Jin Hali claimed she learned about it through a dream.

Yuhan Seong’s face hardened slightly.

“Does she have memories?”

His own voice reaching his ears was somewhat unstable.

“If so, to whom, how much, and how far are they given?”

Why Jin Hali of all people, and not his close colleagues from before?

This would later be revealed as a phenomenon that occurs to those the gods of other worlds are wary of, but he didn’t know that fact yet.

Because he didn’t know, he had no choice but to keep watch over Jin Hali.

Rather, it strangely put his mind at ease.

Because he now had a reason to watch over her.

“…Ha.”

Getting soft over just a few acts of concern.

Was it because he had run alone toward a hopeless goal for too long? He no longer had the energy to deny it.

He was starved for human connection.

For someone he could communicate with.

No, perhaps he simply needed warmth.

‘Even after reaching this point, I still haven’t changed.’

Still weak, still overthinking.

Yuhan Seong smiled faintly and quietly closed his eyes.

He needed to rest his eyes briefly, then get up and do what needed to be done.

This time, without fail.

Holding words that couldn’t become speech, he fell asleep just like that.

***

Erich the Demon Sword is like a white elephant to the protagonist.

Since becoming S-rank, he’s never been short on magic power.

Even now while disguising himself as D-rank, if he’s lacking, drinking a magic potion once is sufficient, so there was no need to pay the price of stamina and even lifespan to obtain magic power.

‘He knew it wasn’t something he could give to the freshman representative, so he just kept it for himself, but throughout the original work, this demon sword caused him quite a bit of stress.’

When stamina drops, combat endurance gets cut off completely, so it would have been dangerous to use during battle too.

‘No matter how good the quality of the supplied magic power is.’

Equipment that couldn’t be called useless, but had few uses—like a white elephant.

The demon sword that was supposed to be sleeping chattered away even in its sealed state, being bothersome.

Then, when faced with a life-threatening crisis, Yuhan Seong fell for the demon sword’s temptation, sacrificing all his stamina to obtain magic power and escape.

And so, Erich would be able to unseal only half of his power.

“Seal?”

[That’s right, brat. I am sealed. If you break it, even someone as pathetic and F-rank as you might be able to reach a supreme existence.]

“Does that hurt? Are you in pain right now?”

When I asked with a tearful expression like the naive child I was, Erich fell silent.

Then he answered coldly.

[What do you take me for to say such things? Do you think such a trivial seal could cause me pain? Brat, how insolent!]

“So it doesn’t hurt. Phew, that’s a relief.”

[What’s a relief…! Damn it, did you even understand what I just said?]

“Mm-hmm. I understood.”

[Then!]

“It’s just, I don’t see why I should. You said it doesn’t hurt either.”

[What?]

I spoke in a slightly sullen manner, acting like someone who would get hurt feelings and stop talking if pushed just a little.

“I just want to get good at making potions. That’s enough for me. I don’t want to reach some supreme existence.”

[I don’t know what you’re trying to gain with such lies, but—]

“It’s true though. An F-rank can’t become such a great existence anyway, so I’d probably get suspicious looks right away. And even if I could, I don’t have anything I want to do with that power.”

[…Potions! You could make heavenly potions!]

“Uh… That is a little tempting, but you don’t know this about me. I’m not good with my hands, so no matter how much mana I have, I won’t be able to make such good items.”

After that, I rambled on and on about why I didn’t need to unseal him.

All day long.

No, for an entire week while I was becoming a shut-in practicing crafting.

[Grr! This, this dense little brat!]

Finally, Erich exploded.

And he got angry while making strange sounds.

[Even being treated like this, don’t you feel like killing them all! A little thing like you should just snap!]

“Huh?”

[Snap! …Get your! Act together! Argh!]

Watching Erich tear at his hair was the small pleasure of this week.

After gently stroking the earring with gratitude, I told Erich, who said he’d open an F-rank Dungeon for me so I could just go die there face-first, this:

“It’s okay to treat me badly. That’s only natural. I don’t get angry or anything.”

Thanks to that, I really did end up only entering the final dungeon.

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