Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 124

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16. Strange Omens (1)

While looking for a place to be alone, I ran into Yu Hee.

“Yu Hee!”

“…Hali?”

Narin has about three small libraries that house ancient books.

One each in the east, west, and south.

They’re all libraries built to protect ancient books that deteriorate if moved from their location.

What I found was the West Library.

Due to the characteristics of the ancient books it protects, it has many shadows and often has unstable mana like the Old School Building.

That’s why it’s rarely visited, and in fact, this is where the survivors of Class 8 would occasionally gather after many died in the Final Dungeon in the original story.

‘Though that’s something that won’t happen now.’

It would be a loss for the current Class 8 kids to come here.

They’ve miraculously gotten on a growth track, and this could interfere with that.

But it was fine for someone like me who has so little mana that I’m not affected, or for stable S-ranks or A-ranks close to S-rank.

So I had come here thinking of recommending it to Yuhan Seong as our backup training ground.

“What are you doing here alone?”

I never expected Yu Hee to be here alone.

And it felt like I had interrupted her personal time.

But it would be awkward to just pass by, so I approached her, plopped down beside her, and asked, planning to chat briefly before leaving.

After staring at me with surprised eyes for a moment, Yu Hee smiled brightly as usual and answered.

“Thinking about you?”

“What?”

I burst out laughing at her cheeky response, and Yu Hee let out a pretty laugh too.

“Okay. Then what kind of thoughts about me were you having?”

“Hmm.”

For some reason, I couldn’t immediately respond to her playful question.

Wait, was she really thinking about me?

And it seemed like she was having thoughts that made her feel awkward.

“Oh, it’s okay. You don’t have to say.”

“Huh? No, I was just thinking about how to put it into words.”

“Oh, I see. Take your time.”

We sat side by side against the wall, enjoying the quiet silence beneath them.

I caught a glimpse of Yu Hee’s fingers neatly arranged together.

They were pretty hands, well-maintained down to the polished fingertips.

‘You always manage to maintain yourself thoroughly even while training so hard, Yu Hee.’

It must be a habit learned from her family.

‘Come to think of it, it’s soon.’

The episode where Yu Hee’s family background would be fully revealed.

It wasn’t particularly a secret that the Yoo Clan was an assassin family, but how the family operated was shrouded in mystery.

The episode where that part would be revealed to Yuhan Seong and others was scheduled to happen soon.

Coincidentally, it’s around the same time as the Festival Dungeon, which is a bit worrying.

That episode will happen without any changes, right? It won’t be strangely altered again, will it?

‘It should be fine.’

Otherwise, we might all die at the hands of the Yoo Clan, not from the apocalypse.

Of course, I’m talking about the worst-case scenario that’s unlikely to happen.

Then Yu Hee, who had been silent for a moment, spoke up.

“I moved.”

“…Moved?”

“Yeah. To the room next to yours.”

“…?”

I was dazed for a moment, then asked in surprise.

“What, when?”

“The day before yesterday.”

“The day before yesterday means.”

“To be exact, the night before last.”

The night before last was the day I got Lion, wasn’t it?

Although I’ve dismissed the summon now, I could clearly feel Lion’s gaze directed this way.

[Shall I kill her, my lord?]

‘What are you talking about? She’s my friend.’

[…She’s being excessively secretive, which makes her seem like an untrustworthy human… but if you say so, my lord!]

“What’s Lion saying?”

“…You saw everything?”

I haven’t had time to tell Yu Hee and Hyun I-seo about Lion yet, but Yu Hee already knows.

Yu Hee nodded and spoke in a hesitant tone unlike her usual self.

“To be exact, I heard everything. I went to bed later than you.”

[See, I told you from the beginning. That one’s heart is pitch black.]

Erich grumbled.

[Damn, if I weren’t in this state, I would have noticed that level of presence immediately!]

[Really now, calling yourself a demon sword when you’re this useless.]

[That’s not something you should be saying.]

[The wicked one only has a mouth that works. If I could use all of my true power, I could have easily detected that much. My lord, really!]

‘Alright, alright, I get it.’

For Lion to be able to use all of his true power, I need to contract with the other two bosses as well, but I’m busy making potions right now.

‘My heal skill has been feeling strange lately too.’

Like when I realized before that the mana required for healing was decreasing even though I hadn’t tried it yet, a certain sense of déjà vu was getting stronger.

A sense of déjà vu that changes would soon come to my heal skill.

Anyway, that aside.

‘I’ll go right after the festival preparations are finished, so calm down. You too, Erich.’

I calmed them both down first, then said.

“I, I see.”

“Sorry.”

While I was thinking about how to respond, Yu Hee carefully took my hand and apologized.

“…Hmm, it’s okay though.”

“Don’t forgive me too easily. It’s a habit, so I can’t make the kind of promise those three made.”

Looking at Yu Hee quietly, was I mistaken?

I caught sight of what looked like a slightly bitter expression.

“But I won’t deliberately eavesdrop anymore. I can promise that.”

“Then it’s really okay!”

When I smiled brightly and nodded as if it was settled, Yu Hee smiled helplessly.

“Thank you.”

“Not at all. But why were you here alone? Oh, don’t tell me you were here agonizing over telling me?”

When I asked with a playfully more surprised expression, Yu Hee grinned.

“Yeah. That’s part of it, and I’ve been mentally busy lately. I needed some mental rest.”

“Ah, that’s right. You did look busy. Are you feeling better?”

“Yeah. This place is nice. The breeze is cool too.”

“It really is.”

While we were enjoying the tranquil atmosphere like children, holding each other’s hand tightly.

Yu Hee asked.

“That earring is the demon sword?”

“Oh, right. Did you hear from Han Seong?”

“There’s no way he’d tell me something like that. …More importantly, it seems Yuhan Seong knew about it…?”

Yu Hee, who had been muttering ominously for a moment, looked at me and spoke kindly again.

“What about the demonic sword? You seemed to get along well with that lion yesterday.”

I felt slightly relieved that she showed no rejection toward the lion and Erich, which was unexpected.

Jin Hali’s past was something I could tell the kids about anytime they asked, so that didn’t matter. So rather than that, I was worried about how they’d accept the demonic sword.

‘She seems okay with it?’

It’s common knowledge that ego swords, including demonic swords, are dangerous.

While you’d need to investigate to know specifically what and how they’re dangerous, the perception that they’re dangerous was widely spread.

If it became known that I was not only a dungeon master but also a demonic sword contractor, people would normally think there was something wrong with me.

I didn’t think my friends would be like that, but you never know with people, right?

“Hmm. Erich is….”

Fortunately, Yu Hee seemed fine with it.

I pondered for a moment, then felt the movement of my earring sparkling and swaying slightly, and said with a small smile.

“He’s my benefactor. And also my teacher.”

“Benefactor and… teacher?”

“Yeah. There’s a lot I don’t know. Plus, he helps me with experiments. Thanks to him, I could conduct dangerous experiments safely. He’s helped me with many other things too.”

“I see. Hmm.”

“His way of speaking is blunt, but he’s actually a very caring friend.”

Yu Hee, who had been staring at me as I spoke with a smile, glanced at my earring and said.

“Very caring, you say? To you, the demonic sword?”

“Yeah!”

“It looks like it’s trembling right now. Am I mistaken?”

“Huh?”

When I touched the earring with my hand, just as she said, the trembling earring immediately stopped moving and became docile.

But I could clearly feel Erich making a fuss inside without making any sound.

Why is he acting like this without even speaking, so unlike him?

[…Tell her it’s a mistake!]

‘He’s fine. That’s a relief.’

[I’m not fine! Ugh.]

He seemed strangely embarrassed, or maybe just shy.

But if I said that, he’d probably get really angry, so I awkwardly smiled and said to Yu Hee.

“…You’re mistaken.”

“Aha?”

“He says he’s, um, not fine, no, he’s fine?”

Since he was yelling at me to say he was fine, I quickly changed my words, but honestly, anyone could see that Erich looked embarrassed.

I mouthed the words to Yu Hee.

He can be kind of cute like this sometimes, I said.

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