Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 32

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6. Dragon’s Shadow (1)

 

Today I was in the mood to just quietly listen to classes, stop by the preparation room, and organize some potions.

 

But when I closed the classroom door and turned around, gazes instantly pierced toward me.

 

It wasn’t like they were staring blatantly.

 

However, dozens of eyes pretended to look away while subtly passing over me.

 

Normally there would have been mixed gazes like ‘Another F-rank.’ or ‘Why did she come here?’ but today was different.

 

They were strangely cautious gazes.

 

Without saying anything, it felt like people were swallowing their words.

 

The atmosphere was one of not knowing what to say.

 

I unnecessarily readjusted my bag strap.

 

“Jin Hali!”

 

I-seo waved his hand from his seat.

 

His usual sullen-looking face was actually reassuring.

 

As I went to sit down, Hee in the front seat glanced at me briefly, then lowered her head and said.

 

“Hi, Hali.”

 

“Hi, Hee. But is something wrong? The atmosphere has been strange since this morning.”

 

Plus Erich is giggling right now too.

 

While I was bickering with Erich in whispers, Hee murmured.

 

“They say you saved two people yesterday.”

 

“Me? When?”

 

When did I ever use any healing?

 

“I guess someone had leftover potions. But apparently two seniors who went into another dungeon had fatal injuries that were healed with those potions?”

 

Looking closely, I could see veins bulging on Hee’s forehead despite her serene, angelic smile.

 

“Third years have healers too, so I don’t know why they specifically went there to use potions.”

 

I checked where Hee was subtly gesturing and kept my mouth shut tight.

 

‘Isang Hee’s group.’

 

I noticed a brown-haired student glancing over with cold eyes while pretending not to look this way.

 

“Did I make some mistake?”

 

Why is she glaring like that?

 

Part of the reason I openly talked about knowing my place as an F-rank was because I didn’t want to draw aggro from Isang Hee.

 

Because I knew that if I showed I understood my position, she wouldn’t bother with me.

 

But apparently that wasn’t the case either.

 

“What, what mistake could you have made?”

 

Hee clenched her fists tightly while scolding in a whisper.

 

That was unbearably cute, so I also lowered my head to the same level and whispered.

 

“No, she was glaring at me.”

 

Hee looked at me blankly for some reason, then narrowed her eyes slyly with a flushed expression.

 

“You didn’t do anything wrong, so don’t worry, Hali.”

 

At her words while lightly flicking my forehead, I clutched my heart.

 

“What’s wrong? Does it hurt?”

 

Hyun I-seo asked indifferently as soon as he saw, so I shook my head and answered.

 

“Because Hee is too cute.”

 

“Oh, geez.”

 

“Not knowing how cute our Hee is, poor I-seo.”

 

“Get lost.”

 

Hyun I-seo said bluntly while displaying a game screen in the air as always.

 

We giggled. We had already forgotten about Isang Hee.

 

So we didn’t notice that Isang Hee was staring at me intently without blinking even once.

 

***

 

Yuhan Seong couldn’t hide his gaze as he entered the classroom.

 

Normally he wouldn’t have cared about the students’ noise.

 

But today he reacted differently.

 

The seat where Jin Hali was sitting.

 

The atmosphere around her.

 

The gazes that had definitely become heavier than before.

 

Han Seong could clearly feel that the F-rank healer who had been treated like worthless baggage had become the center of attention overnight.

 

Perhaps it was time to assess her value.

 

About the crafter healer who, though F-rank, might possibly possess S-rank crafting skills.

 

But he was hesitating for some reason.

 

He couldn’t tell why.

 

Suddenly Hali’s concerned gaze and her gently curved eyes came to mind.

 

‘There were far more survivors than expected.’

 

Erasing the useless thoughts that suddenly arose, he reflected.

 

Not only his party that went in together, but also many of the parties formed by volunteering students who entered afterward had survived.

 

It was a result that far exceeded his expectations.

 

The small light that Hali had thrown out had caught and saved people.

 

‘It was a dungeon where enough casualties would occur for people who didn’t know it was the starting point of the Final Dungeon to realize it.’

 

Now the shock had been reduced to the point where they couldn’t notice it.

 

He didn’t know if that was good news.

 

What was certain was that in an S-rank irregular dungeon, F-rank Hali had become hope.

 

He looked back at his party members—though they all thought it was temporary for now.

 

His comrades who would soon become S-rank.

 

The people who would handle the final destruction together.

 

Perhaps rank couldn’t be considered an absolute standard.

 

A strange sense of freedom circled around his chest like a gentle breeze before disappearing.

 

‘No, that won’t do.’

 

Maybe he had become strange because the distance was too close.

 

If there was a problem with his judgment.

 

‘That can’t happen. Having Hali belong to this party.’

 

Because it would mean killing her.

 

Ah, but he had to save this world.

 

Not because of some great sense of justice, but because it had become the only goal that held him together through all the time loops.

 

Because it had long been his reason for living.

 

So, Jin Hali.

 

I am…

 

Even after reaching some conclusion, he couldn’t forget that feeling for a long time.

 

***

 

Since the Crescent Dungeon, Han Seong doesn’t approach me as often as before.

 

Our friendship itself remains the same, but he seemed busy and absorbed in work.

 

His party members also seemed to be rolling around busily, making it harder to see everyone than before.

 

For me, it didn’t matter as long as I could naturally deliver potions.

 

Today Yuhan Seong passed by my side without saying anything.

 

But he took one long look at my hand placing the potion notes on the desk as he passed.

 

His presence that briefly brushed by lingered strangely long.

 

I forced myself to turn my gaze elsewhere.

 

Today I really need to live like someone who had nothing happen to them.

 

Yesterday’s events are yesterday’s events.

 

Today I’m just an F-rank Healer.

 

When the bell rang, the classroom noise gradually came back to life.

 

The bell sounded like it was cutting through the awkward gazes the kids had been holding.

 

And in that gap, Lee Hae-sol entered the classroom.

 

His face was pale and his eyes were slightly red underneath.

 

It was an expression that still bore traces of yesterday.

 

Several students showed worried faces, but Lee Hae-sol quietly sat down while avoiding their gazes.

 

Then he briefly glanced toward me for just a moment.

 

I waved my hand slightly.

 

Meaning ‘are you okay?’

 

Lee Hae-sol didn’t answer and slowly lowered his head.

 

However, his fingertips were trembling slightly.

 

The moment I saw that, I realized.

 

This was as far as I could intervene.

 

If I went deeper, the flow would get tangled.

 

‘Even if the magic power remaining in his mind was removed by the barrier potion, he’ll have to gradually resolve the aftereffects himself.’

 

I took a breath and opened my notebook.

 

From today, it’s dealing with the Lunar Halo aftermath.

 

And preparing for the next dungeon.

 

I wrote the date on a small piece of paper while thinking.

 

‘Next is Blue Dragon, isn’t it.’

 

Strictly speaking, the first wave of Annihilation Dungeons was up to here.

 

It was truly exceptional for two S-rank dungeons to break out with a time gap.

 

I clenched my fist tightly.

 

***

 

When the first period started, the classroom became quiet.

 

But rather than a focused atmosphere, it felt like small fragments were continuously falling from somewhere.

 

I rolled my pen over the formula written in my notebook.

 

My head was fine, but my fingertips kept trembling slightly.

 

It wasn’t because of yesterday’s tension, but because of the current gazes.

 

The teacher seemed to know about the aftermath of the Crescent Dungeon and only conducted simple theory-based classes today.

 

“There must be many students in poor condition, so we’ll go easy today.”

 

The moment those words came out, several people immediately sighed.

 

I slightly turned my head to look at Lee Hae-sol.

 

His expression was firm, but there was a part that had hardened emptily.

 

Remembering how he endured yesterday’s pattern made my heart heavy.

 

‘It’s not just the curse that’s the problem for Lee Hae-sol.’

 

He probably had his childhood trauma triggered.

 

When class ended and break time came, the kids gradually started moving.

 

Today there was an atmosphere of really paying detailed attention to who was going where and who was looking at whom.

 

Yu Hee came close to my desk and whispered.

 

“Hali, you should be careful today.”

 

“Why?”

 

“Actually, there are some unnecessary rumors going around.”

 

Rumors. Just that word alone made my head ache slightly.

 

Apart from interest in potions at a level that wouldn’t stand out, I really didn’t want any of this.

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