Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 123

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

The lion’s reaction was as expected.

It got angry on Hali’s behalf as if it were serving a long-time master.

[How dare those bastards….]

“L-Lion?”

[I’ll kill them all. I’ll crush their bones and slice their flesh…mumble mumble….]

Whether it was truly enraged, the eerie aura was strong enough to reach this room through the wall.

‘Oh ho.’

I had suspected it was no ordinary being from the moment Yuhan Seong casually assigned it to guard Hali.

‘It doesn’t seem ordinary at all.’

Well, there’s no way a being with such a vivid personality would be of ordinary rank.

I could feel in my bones that it was a powerhouse I could never defeat in battle.

Yu Hee slightly raised and lowered one corner of her mouth.

By the way, can’t Hali sense that powerful aura?

Even if she’s not sensitive to mana, in a situation where mana is being displayed so openly, low-rank awakeners or monsters would have no choice but to feel tense.

‘No, honestly speaking, they’d be overwhelmed.’

But Hali’s breathing wasn’t much different.

“Lion!”

She just raised her voice slightly as if trying to calm it down.

She really doesn’t seem to feel anything.

But to the lion, that fact didn’t seem particularly surprising, as it didn’t bother to point it out.

[Do you know where they live, my lady?]

“I do know.”

[Could you tell me?]

If other kids had been here instead of Yu Hee, they might have cheered for the lion at this moment.

But Yu Hee was different.

Well, revenge should naturally….

“No.”

[Pardon?]

“It’s obvious what you’re planning to do, so why would I tell you?”

Because I have to do it with my own hands.

“I’ll do it.”

That’s right!

The most honest smile of the day appeared on Yu Hee’s lips.

A very satisfied smile.

After a moment of silence, the lion exclaimed.

[We belong to you, my lady, so you may use us!]

…Wait, did it just say ‘we’?

Even while cursing about wicked things, it didn’t doubt that the demon sword would help Hali.

Erich the Demon Sword.

I was planning to look into it separately anyway, but I’ll need to investigate from multiple angles.

“Thank you. Both of you.”

Hali’s voice, yawning and suggesting they sleep now, sounded like a lullaby.

And Yu Hee was now certain that she wasn’t the only one who found that voice sweetly appealing.

‘Well, where would a demon sword have received such treatment before?’

Even if she were a demon sword, meeting such a contractor would make it uncomfortable to carelessly kill or use them as before.

Wouldn’t she want to watch over them while harming them as little as possible?

Perhaps tired, the sound of peaceful breathing could soon be heard.

But Yu Hee couldn’t fall asleep.

‘I should at least tell the others that Hali contracted with a demon sword.’

But it’s really strange.

Somehow I have the feeling that Yuhan Seong won’t be very surprised.

‘Well, more than that, I need to talk to Hali separately before telling the others.’

Carelessly sharing Hali’s personal matters could be morally questionable.

Actually, this part was more of a concern right now.

Even though Hali didn’t get angry at those three, just by showing a less cheerful expression, didn’t the three get nervous and make all sorts of promises?

I probably would have done the same in that situation… but what I heard was more in the private realm, so I was scared that this time Hali might actually get angry.

…Yes, I’m scared.

Yu Hee sighed deeply, finding this unfamiliar side of herself strange.

Then she propped her chin and stared blankly out the window, muttering.

“Ah- I don’t know.”

How many times in life had she felt such complicated emotions?

The emotional experiences she had were only interest, frustration, loss, or complete emptiness.

It was all or nothing.

As a direct descendant of an assassin clan, she especially couldn’t be ruled by emotions. Of course. The moment she was swayed by emotions, she would be the first to die.

‘Physically dead, and mentally broken too.’

A life with no complaints, but not exactly satisfying either.

Still, there was a familiar pattern, so when things got a bit confusing or complicated, it was more comfortable to quickly pull toward a simple conclusion.

But she couldn’t do that with Hali.

She didn’t want to.

She wished Hali would stay close by forever, just as she is now.

She never dreamed she’d have such childish desires at this age.

And she had become friends with the other friends called Yuhan Seong’s group while sharing such childish possessiveness.

She wasn’t sure if those broken humans could be called friends, but she couldn’t deny that they had become close.

‘Since they’re definitely comrades, there shouldn’t be any problem.’

“Be careful not to waste time and energy on useless things.”

She recalled what the clan leader had said when she was summoned before entering the academy.

For about a month or two after enrollment, those words weighed on her mind like shackles, but now she felt like mocking them instead.

The things the clan leader calls useless now fill her surroundings.

The F-rank healer, whom the clan leader would have ordered killed or dissected without even bothering to call useless, had now become the most precious.

‘If this gets discovered, I’ll be cast out, but I’m not scared.’

Emotionally, it didn’t matter, and rationally, she had finished making an objective judgment about this group.

It seemed obvious that if they could just survive and overcome the approaching destruction, they would gain greater authority than the clan.

If the clan leader learned this, she would probably try to control Yu Hee even more.

‘That old woman is just greedy.’

So as before, it would be best to hide things about Hali as much as possible and avoid creating situations where she’d have to return to the clan….

But if it’s necessary to protect Hali.

Then what?

‘Want to try it once?’

Instead of remaining as heir, if she defeated the clan leader and devoured the clan, wouldn’t all these worries disappear?

“I need to become S-rank.”

Plop, Yu Hee muttered as she lay back down on the bed.

For the first time in a while, aggressive motivation was gushing forth.

***

Confessing to Hali about what happened that night required more courage than expected.

And it was also something that required good timing.

“Hali!”

“She just went to the shop. We missed each other.”

At Lee Hae-sol’s words, Yu Hee’s smiling face hardened.

It was damn difficult to find time when just the two of them were alone.

Yu Hee understood why people looked at their group so strangely.

‘It’s definitely weird for high-rankers to stick together all day like this.’

If they weren’t careful, some strange rumors might start spreading around Hali…?

But that was something to worry about after becoming an adult. For now, due to situations like the Annihilation Dungeon, there were reasons for camaraderie, so it would probably be interpreted as ‘strangely, they all get along well together.’

So rumors weren’t a concern, but the problem was that they had minimized the time Hali spent alone in the first place.

They were also restraining themselves because it seemed like Hali might get hurt if they invaded her personal time any more than this.

For Yu Hee to talk with Hali alone, she had no choice but to call her aside and talk somewhere private.

Then the other friends in Yuhan Seong’s group would naturally find out, and after talking, they would obviously pry with questions.

‘Those annoying things.’

Three guys who clearly seemed to have special feelings for Hali, and even Hyun I-seo, who didn’t have such feelings but was sensitively attentive to Hali like a cat that found its butler.

‘Should I just injure them all?’

That seemed like the easiest method.

But that would obviously upset Hali, so she couldn’t easily do it.

“Then I’ll go today.”

Since they decided to try not to leave Hali alone when possible when she returned from running the shop.

Having no choice but to openly say she wanted to be alone with her, Gong Seo-yun tilted his head and said.

“Yuhan Seong already went though?”

“…”

“You really seem out of it lately.”

Gong Seo-yun said with a giggle.

“Student council… Should I just quit?”

Festival preparations were more overwhelming than expected.

‘Why are we doing things that teachers should be doing?’

Ever since the day they checked the Festival Dungeon and returned, the teachers’ behavior had been very suspicious.

Anyway, whatever the reason, the student council ended up taking on everything that teachers should have originally done, so the entire school’s student council was in crisis mode.

Hyun I-seo glanced at Yu Hee, who was muttering ominously, and replied indifferently.

“Is that possible?”

“No.”

“Why?”

“If I quit now, I’ll be in a state that even Hali’s potions can’t fix.”

“Who’s going to kill you?”

“Yeah. Probably the seniors.”

And maybe the teachers too…

It wasn’t like the teachers were dumping their work on them and playing around – they seemed to have other things to do and looked just as frantic.

So Yu Hee ended up spending nearly two days unable to tell Hali until the class meeting.

Therefore.

“Yu Hee!”

“…Hali?”

Seeing Hali appear at a time like this, when she was finally resting alone after submitting the class meeting results, she couldn’t help but be stunned.

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