Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 51

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8. Come to Our Team (1)

 

I smiled.

 

“I was just curious if you were okay.”

 

I-seo shook his head slightly.

 

“Still, thank you. If you hadn’t been there, I might have gotten too excited and said something strange.”

 

Then he paused for a moment.

 

“Hali, you really… did well.”

 

I flinched.

 

Those words struck somewhere deep inside me.

 

But I pretended otherwise and lowered my head.

 

“I really just did what I could.”

 

“That’s what makes it difficult.”

 

I-seo didn’t say anything more.

 

He just sat quietly beside me, catching his breath.

 

I also silently organized the potion caps, moving my fingertips.

 

A moment later, an announcement echoed through the barracks.

 

“Everyone prepare! Moving to the return vehicles!”

 

The students began getting up from their seats one by one.

 

I-seo also got up, organizing his blanket.

 

“Hali, let’s go together.”

 

“Okay.”

 

When we went outside, the sky had completely cleared.

 

As the dungeon’s influence lifted, the wind was refreshing and the sunlight was warm.

 

The students were moving in a line, and I matched my pace behind them.

 

Just before getting on the vehicle, Yuhan Seong stopped for a moment and looked at us.

 

His gaze swept over me for a long time.

 

He said nothing.

 

Still, that brief look felt strangely vivid.

 

I pretended not to notice and lowered my head.

 

My heart was beating fast for no reason.

 

I thought I hadn’t done anything special, but someone’s gaze seemed to be changing.

 

It was unfamiliar and awkward, yet quietly frightening at the same time.

 

The vehicle door closed.

 

The engine began to run.

 

The aftermath of the Azure Dragon Dungeon gradually grew distant.

 

I looked at the sky through the window.

 

The fact that the first Annihilation Dungeon was now over finally hit me.

 

And an inexplicable quiet trembling remained at my fingertips.

 

***

 

The final exam announcement came right after morning assembly.

 

The classroom instantly fell silent.

 

I also stared blankly at the notice before blinking.

 

Finally.

 

Was this the beginning of that episode where almost all the classmates die?

 

“This final dungeon requires mandatory participation from everyone.”

 

When the teacher spoke, sighs leaked out from here and there.

 

It meant even F-ranks had to enter.

 

It seemed like an internal judgment had been made that I wouldn’t die. They probably thought it was better to experience group combat than become a penalty burden.

 

I slowly read the notice again.

 

Dungeon difficulty may be adjusted according to circumstances.

 

It may be higher than usual.

 

The school takes no responsibility in case of fatal accidents.

 

‘Ah, this is dangerous.’

 

This dungeon was originally high difficulty, but this year it could be even worse.

 

‘And after experiencing the Azure Dragon Dungeon, the hunter world is probably starting to sense danger too.’

 

The destruction had begun again, and there was a clear threat that this destruction might be in Korea of all places.

 

It meant the current situation was no different from wartime.

 

‘They’re probably very wary of the final dungeon too. Though it’ll become dangerous enough to make that wariness meaningless.’

 

I got up from my seat and repeated the notice to myself.

 

My body felt a little cold.

 

Still, if I had to enter, I needed to prepare.

 

So I wouldn’t become a burden.

 

I put my hand into the bag under my desk.

 

I felt one of the recovery potions I made yesterday at my fingertips.

 

The expiration date was short, but it was quite useful in emergency situations.

 

“Hali.”

 

Hyun I-seo approached my side.

 

His eyes were gentler than usual.

 

“Yeah.”

 

“It’ll be okay.”

 

I don’t know what expression I was making at those words, but I tried my best to smile.

 

“Yeah. You’ll be okay too, right I-seo?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

Hyun I-seo doesn’t talk much.

 

But lately he’s been talking a little more.

 

Since Lunar Halo, that child’s gaze had become more cautious.

 

During lunch break, talk about team formation had already started circulating.

 

There were also rumors that each class had to select parties to enter the dungeon.

 

I quietly ate my sandwich while just listening.

 

“Hey, who’s going to take Jin Hali?”

 

“If she’s F-rank, no one will let her join.”

 

“But she was… strangely good at making potions.”

 

“That was probably just luck.”

 

I nodded at those words.

 

Right.

 

That’s how I should be in the rumors.

 

‘Before, potion rumors didn’t matter, but now I’ve been to a dungeon!’

 

I had to be a purely lucky F-rank healer.

 

That was the safest, and it would keep me from being forced into dungeon situations.

 

‘I can’t cling to my friends asking them to protect me forever, right?’

 

Then someone sat down next to me.

 

Looking up, it was Seo Yoon.

 

“Hali.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Would you like to join our team?”

 

She’s talking about the final dungeon.

 

Seo-yun’s face was always playful, but today he was surprisingly serious.

 

I bit into a piece of bread and shook my head as if troubled.

 

“I… if you take me along, it’ll be difficult. I’m weak.”

 

“I know. That’s why I’m worried about you.”

 

I swallowed the bread and lowered my head.

 

“Thanks. But I’m really weak.”

 

“Hali, we all know you’re weak, but…”

 

Just as Seo-yun was playfully continuing his words, trying to lighten the mood, someone interrupted from beside him.

 

“Come to our team.”

 

This time it was Yu Hee.

 

She spoke matter-of-factly with an angelic face.

 

‘More importantly, hasn’t Yuhan Seong’s team been formed yet?’

 

Yu Hee and Gong Seo-yun should have been on the same team.

 

Huh.

 

This is a bit concerning, isn’t it?

 

Besides, why are they all so eager to take me along?

 

“I really think it’s best if I just follow from behind.”

 

“That’s why we’re calling you.”

 

Yu Hee smiled.

 

I didn’t know what she meant, but her smile was still pretty.

 

I quickly waved my hands dismissively.

 

“I… let me think about it.”

 

Both students nodded and stepped back.

 

But the problem came after that.

 

Even students from other classes started coming to call for me.

 

They couldn’t be on the same team, so they were asking to buy potions.

 

Still, this was too strange.

 

These were students who used to feel uncomfortable when I even talked to them, but today they were openly inviting me.

 

Even though I hadn’t revealed my special potions, it was already this much.

 

‘Could it be that everyone is so broke that they need even low-grade potions?’

 

Or has it really become a situation where taking me along would be advantageous?

 

I quietly steadied my breathing and recalled the curriculum.

 

The final dungeon was originally difficult, but now it would be even more dangerous.

 

Several variables were overlapping.

 

All in directions I didn’t know.

 

Suddenly, I heard someone behind me.

 

When I turned around, Yuhan Seong was standing there.

 

“Jin Hali.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Come to our team.”

 

It was a concise and firm tone.

 

I reflexively flinched.

 

“Why.”

 

When I asked, Yuhan Seong thought for a moment and then said briefly.

 

“Because I need you.”

 

I didn’t know what kind of need it was, but it was even harder to refuse.

 

I slowly nodded my head.

 

“Sure, I guess.”

 

I’d have to apologize to Seo-yun.

 

After deciding to go with Yuhan Seong and returning to the classroom, everyone’s gazes had subtly changed.

 

I was the first to look away.

 

Nothing good comes from this kind of attention.

 

When weak people get noticed, it usually means something bad.

 

Then I-seo quietly approached.

 

“Hali.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Are you okay?”

 

His tone was so serious that I smiled softly.

 

“Yeah.”

 

I returned to my seat and opened my bag.

 

I checked the potions I had organized again.

 

Detoxification.

 

Recovery.

 

Stamina.

 

Weak barrier.

 

There was also the concentration enhancement potion I had newly made yesterday.

 

This was my maximum capacity inside the final dungeon.

 

If I quietly took them out from behind without anyone knowing, someone might survive.

 

That would be enough.

 

When break time came, the atmosphere around became a bit more bustling.

 

This was because team formation charts had been posted as announcements in each class.

 

I could also see the names of our finalized team members.

 

Yuhan Seong.

 

Lee Hae-sol.

 

Hyun I-seo.

 

Yu Hee.

 

Gong Seo-yun.

 

And me as well.

 

With this composition, it was almost the top fighting power of the class.

 

While I was relieved by the team composition that followed the original story, my heart grew heavy.

 

‘Ah, why am I in the attack squad!’

 

There was no reason for me to be included in such a strong team in the first place.

 

“Hali.”

 

I-seo shouldered his bag and approached my side.

 

“Let’s go together.”

 

“Okay.”

 

As we stepped into the hallway, several students quickly averted their gazes.

 

I heard some whispering sounds brush past my ears, but I pretended not to hear.

 

I had felt something strange since the team formation.

 

The temperature of the kids being conscious of me for no reason.

 

That felt unfamiliar.

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