Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 113

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15. A Story Jin Hali Doesn’t Know (5)

‘They moved quite quickly.’

Leaving behind that impression, Yuhan Seong examined the ground closely.

“There are scorch marks.”

“Right. I can also sense traces of a vanished dungeon.”

“Suspicious. In cases like this, either the dungeon wasn’t fully cleared, or in the worst case…”

“Let’s set aside the worst case for now.”

Gong Seo-yun sharply cut off his words.

The worst-case scenario would be an incompletely closed dungeon evolving under the influence of destruction and then devouring Jin Hali who was about to clear it.

In that case, even finding a corpse would be difficult.

While it was an extremely rare probability with almost no global precedent, it wasn’t entirely without precedent either.

“…Right.”

However, as Gong Seo-yun said, it wasn’t the stage to mention that yet.

At the same time, it was a moment when he noticed that Gong Seo-yun was just as on edge as they were.

Yuhan Seong spoke.

“It won’t be the worst case. If it were, these traces wouldn’t have remained either.”

“Huh? Really?”

“…How do you know?”

To their questions, Yuhan Seong answered clearly.

“When dungeons devour, they spit out clothing.”

Even though it happened with extremely rare probability, looking at the few precedents, records showed that those dungeons spat out all objects belonging to this world and absorbed only the target’s blood and flesh.

“There are several related books in the third section of Library Row E. That’s the content from there.”

“…”

“…”

Strangely, while Yuhan Seong explained looking at the two who had frozen up, they remained frozen.

Wasn’t it about how he knew such things?

Thinking that way, Yuhan Seong soon realized why they were acting like that.

And he froze up just the same.

With equally slightly reddened ears, he muttered as if chewing his words.

“This is ridiculous.”

Flinch.

Startle.

The two who had stopped as if touched by fire glared at Yuhan Seong—no, the culprit—with sharp eyes.

A moment later.

“A-anyway, at least Hali didn’t die, right? That’s half a relief for now.”

Gong Seo-yun let out a sigh of relief and shook his head as he spoke.

As if trying to shake off impure thoughts.

And Lee Hae-sol thought.

‘It seems like you weren’t worried from the start, Yuhan Seong.’

From his perspective, while Yuhan Seong was certain that Hali had been kidnapped, he seemed to have no doubt that she was safe.

If he had thought Hali might be in a situation where she could get hurt, he knew Yuhan Seong would have acted more recklessly than the two of them.

He didn’t know if Gong Seo-yun had noticed, but to Lee Hae-sol who had been accompanying them, it was all visible.

‘What basis does he have for being so certain?’

That Hali is currently safe.

Had he taken separate measures? Yes, that would be just like Yuhan Seong.

…If so, that was much more reassuring.

‘Not just that she didn’t die, but that she’s in a state where she suffered no harm at all.’

Lee Hae-sol decided to ignore his strangely complicated feelings and focus on Hali’s situation.

Lee Hae-sol closed his eyes once, opened them, and calmly placed his hand on the scorch marks.

If there was a dungeon beyond this, and Hali was in that dungeon, they needed to examine it stealthily.

For stealth, ice was better than fire, and darkness better than ice. However, he didn’t want to leave it to Yuhan Seong.

So naturally, he was the first to place his hand down.

A moment later.

Lee Hae-sol spoke to Yuhan Seong and Gong Seo-yun, who wore inscrutable expressions.

“It’s opening.”

“What?”

At the same time Yuhan Seong grabbed Gong Seo-yun’s nape and moved him to safety, and Lee Hae-sol fell in another direction, the entrance gaped open at a speed that Lee Hae-sol barely managed to avoid.

‘I couldn’t sense any presence at all!’

Gong Seo-yun inwardly screamed and then wore a deadly smile as he conjured a fireball in one hand.

Whatever came out, he planned to burn everything except Hali.

However, the fireball soon had to be extinguished.

“…It’s Hali.”

Though the entrance had clearly opened in the ground, Hali appeared from thin air as if all the space above that entrance was part of the dungeon’s domain, slowly descending downward.

Hali, who appeared with a gentle pale purple mist of light, had her eyes closed but seemed unharmed.

‘No, far from being harmed…’

If there were celestial maidens, wouldn’t they look like this?

Such a fantastical scene continued, enough to evoke that thought.

It was clearly just a school uniform that they all wore with only slight differences.

The deep purple durumagi embroidered with Narin Academy’s hibiscus emblem fluttered gracefully.

The uniform worn under the durumagi outer garment was a deep purple that suited Jin Hali.

The clothing ties bound at her chest fluttered like a celestial maiden’s feathered robe, and the ornamental accessories attached there sparkled in the moonlight.

The earrings on the girl’s ears were glowing with an iridescent purple light as if speaking.

The tiger on the fan in her hand looked so lifelike for a moment that Gong Seo-yun almost rubbed his eyes.

‘Just now, it seemed to move.’

The tip of Hali’s shoe touched the ground with a soft tap.

At that moment, a voice like tinnitus could be heard from somewhere.

[…Master of folktales.]

One of the two people who had been staring at Hali in a daze like Gong Seo-yun turned pale and froze at that moment.

The two people who didn’t see Yuhan Seong’s expression simply watched quietly as the mist and light gradually settled and the entrance closed.

With a small thud, the dungeon closed.

Soon, Jin Hali’s eyes slowly opened.

Her purple eyes shone clearly with a deeper hue than any accessory she wore.

Yuhan Seong slowly calmed his surprised emotions and approached her.

Gong Seo-yun and Lee Hae-sol also belatedly came to their senses and approached almost at a run.

“Jin Hali.”

“Hali, are you okay?”

“Hali, are you hurt anywhere?”

“…Huh?”

Jin Hali tilted her head with her usual gentle face, then looked at them with surprised eyes.

“Why are you all here? Is something wrong?”

Seeing her face quickly colored with worry, the three were enveloped in an indescribable deep sense of relief.

No, could that simply be called just relief?

“You suddenly disappeared, so we were startled.”

Gong Seo-yun replied with reddened eyes.

“…Seo-yun, you went on a night dungeon.”

Hali, who had inferred his situation from Gong Seo-yun’s appearance, tilted her head.

“But I suddenly disappeared? How did you know that?”

“…”

At that obvious question, not only Gong Seo-yun but also Lee Hae-sol and Yuhan Seong had no choice but to remain silent.

Hali, who had a strange expression, looked at the three of them in turn, then tilted her head slightly and asked.

“You were checking on my presence?”

It wasn’t difficult for higher-ranked individuals to sense the presence of lower-ranked ones.

However.

“In the middle of the night…”

Even if Jin Hali had business moving around secretly at night, wouldn’t it be difficult to notice that immediately unless they were constantly sensing for her presence?

At the words that carried such meaning, the three of them shook their heads in surprise.

“It’s not what you’re thinking! We were just checking if you were safely in the dormitory…! Sorry…”

…Was Gong Seo-yun doing that too? Still, since he was only A-rank, it would have been better to conserve his mana.

Though they had expected it, Yuhan Seong and Lee Hae-sol whipped around to look at him when he confirmed it.

But this wasn’t the situation to ask him anything.

They were also on the verge of receiving an unnecessary misunderstanding from Hali.

“I found out because I assigned a guard to you. I told them to inform me if any problems arose with your safety. I’m sorry if it made you uncomfortable.”

At Yuhan Seong’s words, this time Gong Seo-yun and Lee Hae-sol turned to look at him, saying “A guard?”

“Ah! That child.”

Jin Hali seemed to understand, as if something clicked for her.

Lee Hae-sol looked at Gong Seo-yun and Yuhan Seong once each, then looked at Hali and said.

“I was also just occasionally checking if you were doing well, like Seo-yun. Still, I should have asked for your permission first. Sorry, Hali.”

Jin Hali listened to all of their words before smiling.

“I see. I understand. So you’ll continue doing this in the future?”

All three fell silent.

They wouldn’t have done this if it weren’t for the dangerous situations when she was left alone, but currently Hali was in a position where she couldn’t be completely at ease even within the Academy.

“…If you allow it, I’ll only do it three times a day.”

“Me too.”

At Lee Hae-sol and Gong Seo-yun’s sheepish words, Hali made a strange expression.

Yuhan Seong carefully added to their words.

“It would be uncomfortable, but I hope you could bear with it for a while. Since we just need to confirm you’re alive, how about we set specific times if that’s okay with you?”

For Jin Hali, who lacked the power to protect herself from awakened attackers, this was actually essential.

“If something happens by any chance, we’ll move if you’re not confirmed during those time slots.”

The three people were so focused on this that they failed to realize they had missed the timing to ask Hali in detail about what had happened to her.

Because Hali’s slightly relaxed expression was what mattered most.

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