Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 70

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10. I Found a Strange F-Rank. (5)

 

Even after that day, the workplace didn’t change much.

 

The same smells, same sounds, and same motions repeated.

 

In the daily routine of gripping knives, cutting, separating, and cleaning, I gradually gained enough composure to control my pace.

 

It would be best to work without standing out too much here as well.

 

To look skilled but not unusual.

 

It was pace control that only Seo-yun knew about.

 

Seo-yun always came out at the same time and worked in the same area as me.

 

Unlike at school, he had fewer expressions, spoke less, and didn’t ask unnecessary questions.

 

Instead, he spoke up precisely when needed.

 

“This tissue is starting to harden.”

 

“Yeah, we need to process this side first.”

 

That was about the extent of our conversations.

 

Should I call it fortunate? Only work-related words passed between us.

 

After a few days, our movement patterns naturally overlapped.

 

Same table, same packaging area, same quitting time.

 

That day too, work was nearing its end.

 

I was pushing in the last packaging box and taking off my gloves.

 

Seo-yun hesitated for a moment before speaking to me.

 

“Do you have time today by any chance?”

 

I thought for a moment.

 

Even if I returned to the boarding house, there wasn’t anything particular to do.

 

“Of course I do. Why?”

 

When I answered with a grin, Gong Seo-yun moved his lips, smiled slightly, and said.

 

“Then could you take a look at this?”

 

He slightly opened his bag.

 

Inside was a small container.

 

I could feel a weak mana reaction from within.

 

‘It’s alive.’

 

It wasn’t a byproduct from a completely dead monster.

 

The preservation state was quite good too.

 

“This is…?”

 

“It’s for eating, but it’s not mine.”

 

Seo-yun didn’t avoid eye contact.

 

He didn’t make excessive excuses either.

 

I also didn’t ask further and accepted the container for now.

 

Inside was part of monster tissue, and what stood out was that the mana grain wasn’t consistent.

 

[It’s a grain that doesn’t completely belong to either humans or monsters]

 

Erich’s words made me certain.

 

As expected, this was definitely related to his sibling.

 

‘Half-human, half-monster.’

 

Instead of voicing those words, I just gave Seo-yun the answer he wanted.

 

“You can’t just feed it directly.”

 

“I know. But I wasn’t sure how to handle it.”

 

Seo-yun answered briefly.

 

“There’ll be a rejection reaction during digestion, so it needs to be controlled.”

 

“Is there a possible method?”

 

I calculated for a moment.

 

I recalled the knowledge I had, the materials I currently possessed, and emergency potion compositions.

 

“If I modify it a little?”

 

Seo-yun’s shoulders dropped very slightly.

 

Only then did I realize he had been holding his breath.

 

“But it can’t be done right away.”

 

“That’s fine. Ha, thank you so much.”

 

We didn’t go straight to the boarding house.

 

We rented a small cooking space nearby.

 

It was a place shared by several people who worked in byproduct processing.

 

I put my gloves back on and opened the container.

 

A smell spread.

 

It was familiar but never comfortable.

 

I carefully cut the tissue.

 

I moved the knife following the mana grain.

 

I mixed in small potions here and there.

 

“What’s this?”

 

“A buffer.”

 

“It’s not medicine?”

 

“It’s closer to food.”

 

It wasn’t completely a lie.

 

Originally, it was a failed potion.

 

By the time cooking was finished, it was already night.

 

Seo-yun accepted the container and was silent for a moment.

 

“Thank you.”

 

“Be careful when feeding it.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

He didn’t say more.

 

Instead, he held the container to his chest.

 

After that day, we worked together more often.

 

There was no official arrangement.

 

It was just natural.

 

A few days later, Seo-yun said.

 

“My sibling is under a curse.”

 

That one sentence was enough.

 

“The condition isn’t bad though.”

 

I nodded.

 

I didn’t ask anything more.

 

The vacation passed like that.

 

The time I thought was quiet was gradually changing form.

 

Then one day.

 

As we were coming out after finishing work, the air felt strange.

 

The flow of mana was irregular.

 

Seo-yun stopped at the same time.

 

We both looked in the same direction.

 

At the end of the alley, the air was wavering as if folding.

 

Very slightly, but definitely.

 

‘A dungeon.’

 

It wasn’t a formal generation method.

 

There was no warning or marking.

 

“No way.”

 

Seo Jeong-u said in a low voice.

 

I was already checking my bag.

 

The emergency potion was still there.

 

That was fortunate.

 

“We can’t avoid it.”

 

“I know.”

 

At that moment, other footsteps could be heard.

 

It was a familiar presence.

 

It was Yuhan Seong. And.

 

“Yu Hee?”

 

“Hi there, Hali. What are you doing here?”

 

“Part-time work. What about you guys?”

 

When I asked curiously, Yu Hee, who had widened her eyes at the word part-time work, said.

 

“Searching? Or maybe observation. Anyway, Yuhan Seong said he’d need my help after the new semester starts, so we’re going around like it’s an outing.”

 

“I see.”

 

“Thanks to that, I get to see Hali. How have you been?”

 

“I’ve been getting by just working hard at my part-time job. By the way, you’ve all been going around together.”

 

“He only drags us to dangerous places, so we were actually about to disband by force. I should go to Hali.”

 

She approached with a chuckle and whispered in my ear, making me laugh naturally.

 

A little distance away, Hyun I-seo and Lee Hae-sol had haggard faces.

 

It seemed like this was the part where Yuhan Seong was working the S-rank prospects hard during vacation.

 

Thinking that each of them had been dragged out during their vacation schedules was a bit amusing.

 

Anyway, it seemed everyone had sensed the mana anomaly.

 

Yu Hee was also pushing me slightly away from the dungeon entrance, and everyone was approaching this way.

 

“Hali.”

 

Yuhan Seong called me first.

 

Before he could say something like telling me to stay outside, I spoke briefly.

 

“It seems like an irregular dungeon. If you’re going to handle it, can I come along?”

 

Dungeons outside the school would actually be more stable right now.

 

Since it’s a dungeon relatively far from the source of destruction.

 

Under the premise of safety, it would be good to gain as much experience as possible.

 

“It might be dangerous.”

 

“I won’t get in the way.”

 

“That’s not what I mean…”

 

“Really! I always carry emergency potions with me.”

 

That’s when those words ended.

 

Before Yuhan Seong could continue speaking, the air tore open.

 

A sharp cry burst out from inside.

 

A moment later.

 

I opened my mouth in bewilderment.

 

“A magpie?”

 

It was different from the magpies we knew.

 

A monster with excessively condensed mana.

 

‘This dungeon is a type I don’t know.’

 

The early part of the original work was centered around the Academy, after all.

 

Still, it wasn’t a big worry.

 

A pleasant tension circulated.

 

I steadied my breathing and gripped my bag.

 

This time, there was no prepared answer.

 

But there were prepared tools.

 

“Let’s clear it for now.”

 

Lee Hae-sol, who seemed colder than usual, muttered that and naturally stood in front of me.

 

***

 

The air completely folded, distorting the surrounding scenery.

 

The walls and floor of the alley overlapped like thin paper, and black mist spread over them.

 

There wasn’t enough noise to make our ears ring, but instead, suffocating pressure rushed in.

 

I immediately stepped back.

 

This was no longer an ordinary irregular dungeon.

 

The generation process was too rough, and the mana flow was excessively unstable.

 

“If we go in, it might close immediately.”

 

At my words, Yuhan Seong nodded briefly.

 

He seemed to be sensing it too.

 

“What if we don’t go in?”

 

Yu Hee asked.

 

“If it explodes inside, this area will be in danger.”

 

At those words, no one asked further questions.

 

Everyone already had understanding faces.

 

The mist grew thicker.

 

The sound of flapping wings came from within.

 

Along with the sound of feathers brushing, a metallic scraping tone mixed in.

 

‘Magpie Monster.’

 

I organized my thoughts internally.

 

I had only seen magpie-type monsters in information.

 

They mainly appear alone in small to medium dungeons and tend not to form groups.

 

But with the mana density of this dungeon, the story was different.

 

“If we go in, there’s a high chance we’ll be immediately surrounded.”

 

“But we still have to go in.”

 

Hyun I-seo said.

 

Lee Hae-sol was already positioning himself.

 

It was a stance with close combat in mind.

 

Seo Jeong-u grasped the situation a beat late.

 

But there was no sign of wanting to run away.

 

“Tell me if you’re scared.”

 

He said calmly, unlike at school.

 

I shook my head.

 

“I won’t be a burden to anyone.”

 

This dungeon was unpredictable.

 

No one knew who might be needed when.

 

And my role was potions.

 

‘No, it should be healing though.’

 

The healing skill I had been keeping dormant and treating as nonexistent came to mind, but that was all.

 

It was just an unhelpful thought.

 

At that moment, the space completely opened.

 

Along with the feeling of the ground beneath my feet giving way, my vision flipped.

 

I momentarily lost my balance, but soon the floor supported my feet.

 

The place I landed was a vast forest.

 

A forest where the grain of the trees was twisted and the leaves had a blackish tint.

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