Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 122

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15. A Story Jin Hali Doesn’t Know (14)

Actually, I couldn’t understand why Hali was telling those inhuman beings about her past. Even if they asked about the past, there was no reason she had to answer those things.

Yet Hali was quietly unfolding her past in a drowsy voice.

As if they had truly become her real companions.

…Knowing Hali, she might really think of them that way.

“It’s an illegal loan where they lend money on the condition that if you become an awakener, you become that organization’s slave for the next 10 years. The country manages it, but they can’t catch companies with enemies overseas. It seems she borrowed money from quite a large-scale place.”

Would she have spoken so freely if we had asked?

While I was thinking that, Yu Hee’s face gradually hardened at the content of what Hali was saying.

“With the money borrowed like that, she settled the trouble her older brother caused and paid off all the household debts, but she mismanaged the remaining money, so her mother and brother’s situation probably isn’t very good right now? That’s also why she stayed at the boarding house during vacation.”

Yu Hee also knew why Class 8 was called the problem child class.

Of course, Yu Hee was almost like she had chosen to belong to this class herself because of the peculiarity of being from an assassin family.

But the others weren’t like that.

It was an unspoken rule not to talk about one’s past stories and not to ask each other about them, so she had guessed that everyone probably had rough pasts.

There were parts that suggested Hali had also lived a difficult life.

Things like how she passed off being despised too easily, how her meal portions were less than half of other people’s, etc.

‘And how she gets more tense when seeing people in black suits than when seeing monsters.’

Though she doesn’t seem to be conscious of this part herself.

Actually, this part was because the situation was tense and it was a more important moment if she didn’t want to go against Jin Hali’s original goal, but Yu Hee couldn’t know that.

She just knew how cruel those illegal loan-related figures could be.

Due to her family’s nature, she inevitably knew much more about such underworld information than Hali did.

“Well, if I graduate safely, I don’t need to pay it back. The state settles debts for awakeners belonging to the country, whether illegal or legal. Quite a few illegal loan institutions were probably caught in this process too? So usually they mark underage awakeners in advance, lend them money, then take them to their guilds or organizations almost immediately… But after lending to me, they found out I was an F-rank healer, so the handling was probably ambiguous.”

So unlike the inhuman beings, she thought Hali was conveying what she had experienced while minimizing it as much as possible.

“Yeah, that’s right.”

This seemed to be an answer to something asked not by Lion but by that demonic sword called ‘Erich’.

So that demonic sword is also participating in that conversation.

‘A bit unusual.’

The words that came out differed depending on the listener’s attitude, and listening to what Hali said, I could understand several things.

First, it seemed the one who asked Hali questions about the past was not Lion but that demonic sword.

And surprisingly, Hali definitely seemed to regard the demonic sword as a friend or companion. Her tone was so affectionate that I could feel she wasn’t tense at least.

Meaning it wasn’t a target to be tense about.

‘Come to think of it, it’s strange. Hali is dull when it comes to goodwill directed at her, but she’s basically quick-witted and sharp.’

She would have guessed and been careful about things like the danger of demonic swords even without being told related information.

But she wasn’t just contracting with the demonic sword, she was showing such trust, which struck me as amazing belatedly.

‘The demonic sword might be dominating her mind… But Hyun I-seo said he doesn’t feel any curse.’

The fact that Hyun I-seo had curse-related abilities among his skills was already somewhat shared among Yuhan Seong’s group.

So when I asked him if Hali’s overly altruistic personality might be due to a curse, Hyun I-seo shook his head.

“That’s just her personality.”

Saying it might be even more terrible in a way.

“If it were a curse, at least I could dispel it, but that’s hopeless.”

Hyun I-seo, who answered with a blank face, had eyes that seemed very concerned despite his indifferent tone.

Incidentally, through those words, Yuhan Seong and others noticed that Hyun I-seo was a curse ability user who could also dispel curses.

Yu Hee suddenly thought that if the demonic sword had a personality, perhaps the demonic sword might be being swayed by Hali’s personality.

It was a ridiculous thought. So she thought it couldn’t be and moved on.

“And since it was for impure reasons, I practiced making potions with the resolve that I should try my best conscientiously.”

Yu Hee unknowingly ended up with a slightly relaxed expression.

Hali’s words were no different from what Hali had said to her initially.

Even then, I thought this child was sincere and found it amazing, but having it confirmed again like this felt strange.

It seemed both deflating and too restless to call it good.

“I thought it would be meaningless, but it seems to have become something meaningful, so even now it feels like a dream.”

[Come to think of it, what you first wished for was to become the best potion maker.]

“That’s right.”

Lion, who had been just listening to Hali’s words for a while, spoke.

Affirming its response, Hali spoke in a slightly brighter voice as if telling an interesting story.

“If I hadn’t enrolled, I probably would have been dragged to that organization within a week and died. Even when they found out I was F-rank, they treated me so roughly. I almost died from the beating then, but after that, I came to my senses.”

Why is she speaking with a cheerful expression about that part?

She’s really strange.

“…Even if I died, I didn’t want to die that way.”

Yu Hee sat up with only her upper body so her presence wouldn’t be felt, then buried her face on her knees and sighed silently.

“I’m glad I came here.”

Her voice is like cotton candy.

There are many people with sweet voices. But I had never heard a voice that seemed to make you feel cozy just by listening to it, like Hali’s.

Usually I just thought I liked her voice, but now I think I understand why I felt that way.

Yu Hee really liked Jin Hali.

For her of all people to wish that someone would be friends with her for a long time was actually a miraculous thing.

Hali wouldn’t know, but…

Her excessively gentle friend with unnecessarily strong sense of responsibility unfolded her bitter past for a while in such a sweet tone.

I could feel she had completely escaped from that past.

‘It must have been hard to endure when things were happening.’

But how can she be so calm now?

Leaving the past that had passed as just the past and moving forward was not something easily seen.

So many people live tied to their heavy pasts.

…Including Yu Hee herself.

“After Father passed away, it was a mess in a word. I thought it might get better after awakening, but an even worse hell was waiting. Anyway, this is about all I remember?”

The sound of talking that had continued for a while stopped briefly.

A slightly sharp light returned to Yu Hee’s eyes, who had been listening in a more peaceful mood than expected, influenced by Hali’s composure.

“…Erich, I did have some problems with my memory, but still, not many ordinary people remember being born either, so don’t be so disappointed.”

He’s disappointed?

Hmm. He must have asked if she had memories of being born. Or maybe the earliest memory among those she remembers.

Why did that thing ask Hali such a question?

“Lion too. Your expression is scary. What’s wrong?”

That ‘Lion’ also seems strangely obsessed with Hali.

A monster’s obsession.

No matter how much it’s a being that doesn’t feel the evil energy of dungeons, it’s unsettling.

“Really? That’s a relief. But won’t you tell me why you asked such a thing, Erich?”

Yu Hee finally hesitated for a moment.

Because it seemed like I had heard something I really shouldn’t have heard.

Would it be okay to tell Hali that I heard about her past?

The usual Yu Hee wouldn’t have even worried about such things.

But she wanted to be different when it came to Hali.

Because she wanted to be a somewhat better person to that child.

“It’s a promise.”

…The demonic sword seems to converse with Hali in quite an intimate tone.

More than that, if conversation is possible, it’s definitely confirmed to be an ego sword.

For now, putting aside her worries and organizing information from what she could hear, Yu Hee had a thoughtful expression.

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