Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 149

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17. Chasing Shadows (11)

Among the direct members of the Yoo Clan—particularly those of a similar generation—Yu Hee’s position was unrivaled.
The reason was obvious.
She possessed overwhelming talent.
A total of twelve direct members had been deployed for this operation.
Among them, only two had ever defeated Yu Hee in their lifetime.
Even those two had beaten her only once or twice in early childhood; from the moment they entered their teens, Yu Hee overwhelmed them completely.
Yes, even back before she entered Narin, when she was merely B-rank.
And the clan’s elders knew nothing of this fact whatsoever.
That too had a simple explanation.
‘Because Yu Hee kept it hidden.’
Those twelve direct members had long since become subordinate not to the Clan Leader, but to Yu Hee.
Yu Hee seemed to believe they obeyed her because they’d been overpowered by force and compelled to follow, but perhaps not.
Because such an overwhelmingly dominant individual had existed since childhood, the direct members of her generation displayed the unusual trait of genuinely respecting Yu Hee.
Among them, the two who had been the strongest when younger—the two Yu Hee had allowed to defeat her once—had tacitly established themselves as her right arm and left arm respectively.
‘And now this of all things happens.’
Yu Seop, who had still been quarreling with Yu Bin over the title of the right arm just two days prior, clicked his tongue in irritation.
‘They’re replacing the successor now? That’s absurd.’
Who else could possibly become their master besides Yu Hee?
Even as B-rank, her abilities as an assassin were unmatched; what of now, as she approached S-rank?
Even discounting their blind personal loyalty, a successor of this caliber couldn’t be obtained no matter how much money was spent.
“The Clan Leader’s lost his mind. Obviously.”
“Watch your tongue.”
Yu Bin, his twin and rival, grumbled with obvious irritation.
Though Yu Seop offered words to calm him, he nonetheless agreed entirely.
“She’ll kill us. Isn’t this the same as saying we’re being discarded?”
“I don’t think so.”
Their temperaments were completely opposite—Yu Bin was always fiery while Yu Seop was always ice-cold.
Yet their fundamental agreement prevented them from clashing to extremes.
Yes, because they served the same master….
“The Clan Leader clearly underestimates her true strength.”
At Yu Seop’s grimly muttered words, Yu Bin seized the opening and exclaimed sharply.
“Exactly! Even if we just went all-out, why would she…! Ugh, I’m losing it. What do we do?”
“Nothing. We meet with her. And keep your voice down. Even inside the Academy, our teammates are around.”
The team members they’d brought were mostly veterans chosen from those of an older generation.
They’d selected primarily those without strong negative feelings toward Yu Hee, but they couldn’t compose the entire team that way.
The Clan Leader was watching.
So even though they were deep inside the Academy where there were few clan people, they had to guard their words.
The two glanced toward where their teammates were waiting, then looked forward again.
Dark purple hair shimmered mysteriously. With a pallid complexion and a delicate frame, she looked far too fragile to be called a Hunter at all.
F-rank Healer Jin Hali.
This time, their target was heading toward a secluded area.
It was an opportunity that had come only after waiting two full weeks.
“I really don’t like her. Potions or whatever—what makes her so special that she gets to sit beside Yu Hee? Don’t you think?”
That’s my seat.
Yu Seop easily inferred the words Yu Bin had left unsaid and nodded.
‘That’s my seat.’
He mentally countered the omitted words.
That lowborn F-rank was too weak to even deserve the title of Healer.
‘Though public opinion is quite different.’
Just recalling the comments in forums outside the Academy made Jin Hali seem like a heavyweight. A rising star, or perhaps the saint of those rising stars….
But the Yoo Clan’s direct members operated under a different standard of strength than ordinary Hunters. They valued power and power alone.
Of course, this referred to combat ability as measured by an assassin’s standards, which held the peculiarity that even those with somewhat lacking mana could be rated as strong if they excelled in weapon and body control.
Yu Hee had dominated them in exactly this manner.
Which meant Jin Hali held no value in their eyes.
Unless she dealt in poison—but that wasn’t the case.
Judging by visible facts alone, while her body control seemed decent, she would ultimately just be a fragile F-rank; her only notable skill amounted to being good at treating and supporting others….
“It’s ridiculous enough that someone who can’t even clear a Dungeon alone calls herself a Hunter and shows up here, but she’s also dragging down Yu Hee by sticking to her side, isn’t she?”
“Would our sister accept such behavior?”
“No, but if she’s that weak, she’s no different from a rabbit. Even if our sister’s sharp as a blade, you know how gentle she is with young children and animals.”
“…That might be true.”
Yu Bin’s argument had merit.
Weakness sometimes became a weapon depending on the opponent. It was a method they themselves often used during assassinations.
‘But….’
As Yu Seop moved toward Jin Hali, who was heading for the Warehouse, he watched her intently.
Her gait was composed.
Not in the sense of proper etiquette—this girl wasn’t some well-bred young lady from a good family.
This was the minimum signal that she knew how to control her own body.
‘The Body Control in that Dungeon video wasn’t unremarkable either.’
Frankly, hadn’t her stamina been noteworthy?
The fact that she had the stamina to keep pace with other Hunters deserved acknowledgment. And she’d built that stamina with such a frail body, which meant she’d clearly undergone brutal training to achieve it.
‘If our sister recognized that, she might be showing interest out of appreciation.’
Yu Bin probably didn’t overlook that fact either, but even accounting for it, Yu Hee clinging to her side like a close aide was something he couldn’t tolerate.
This was a point where their thinking diverged slightly, but let’s move past it.
In any case, whatever they thought of her, today that woman would die.
All twelve direct members here held a grudge against Jin Hali.
Though their individual assessments of Jin Hali differed, they all agreed on one point: because Jin Hali attached herself to their sister, Yu Hee now faced this terrible situation.
If Yu Hee had only associated with the children of high-ranking families or promising high-grade Hunters, as the Clan Leader desired, he would never have made such a decision.
No, even if she’d merely socialized with decent people, those serving her would have found a way to prevent matters from reaching this point.
But an F-rank….
The gravest problem was that by associating with this F-rank, Yu Hee had begun openly displaying her feelings to the clan.
This wasn’t the time to fall out of the Clan Leader’s favor!
So they’d hastily occupied all the slots for successor challengers themselves, to prevent other upstarts from issuing impertinent challenges to their sister.
And after days of observation since arriving here.
“Even if it wasn’t what that F-rank wanted, it’s clear she had some influence on things.”
“Right?”
Yu Bin responded with a lethal smile to Yu Seop’s quiet words.
“So it’s okay to scare her a little, isn’t it?”
For days now, all the Class 8 students had become harder to sense. All twelve assassins had keenly detected this strange difference. The cause remained mysterious, but somehow the distance between the famous Yuhan Seong Party and the other Class 8 students seemed to have grown closer.
‘Except for Isang Hee.’
To the eyes of assassins, certain things stood out more clearly.
The actions Isang Hee had been orchestrating would have already been handled if the target wasn’t Jin Hali—they crossed lines they wouldn’t normally tolerate.
Yet since he was busy doing that, it seemed like the fool wasn’t noticing the changes in the other Class 8 students, which suggested it was all for nothing.
But even if it was fruitless, it would spell death for an F-rank.
Even if by some miracle they failed to kill Jin Hali, having another person who could ensure her death was valuable.
So they stationed a few people to monitor only whether Isang Hee approached or touched Yu Hee, then focused entirely on Jin Hali.
Someone from Class 8 was always hovering nearby, making it subtly difficult to find an opening.
‘It wasn’t like this before.’
Using festival preparations as cover, strict protection of Jin Hali had begun precisely when they’d snuck into Narin.
Killing anyone other than the target was something their sister found extremely distasteful, so they couldn’t touch them.
When the Yuhan Seong Party was nearby, they couldn’t approach easily either.

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