Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 75

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11. For the Half-Human (1)

 

“You make potions.”

 

Seo-yun said.

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Not healing ones.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Calming, stabilizing ones.”

 

I blinked for a moment.

 

Calming and stabilizing potions are rarely used even among healer-type potions.

 

Mental-type drugs are difficult to control, so there are many restrictions at school too.

 

And the fact that there was a target who needed them meant that target was in an uncontrolled state.

 

Gong Seo-yun said quietly.

 

“Sometimes… I can’t control it.”

 

I nodded immediately.

 

“That’s dangerous then.”

 

“Yeah. It’s dangerous.”

 

Gong Seo-yun clenched his palm.

 

That hand trembled very slightly.

 

He wasn’t a person without fear.

 

He was a person who acted despite having fear.

 

I found that more frightening.

 

But at the same time, such people usually keep their promises.

 

People who keep promises are easy to handle.

 

“Can I make it?”

 

I deliberately spoke definitively.

 

“I’m F-rank.”

 

Gong Seo-yun looked straight at me.

 

“Still, you’re strange. I think you can do it.”

 

I smiled.

 

“Is that an insult?”

 

“It’s a compliment.”

 

“That’s a strange compliment.”

 

Gong Seo-yun shook his head.

 

“I saw it in the final dungeon. Yesterday too. Your potions, not just the quantity but the quality is extraordinary.”

 

I shrugged.

 

“I put in some effort. I’m quite cowardly.”

 

“Being afraid that others might die is brave, I think.”

 

Those words made me pause for a moment.

 

I don’t really like the word ‘saved.’

 

That word makes it seem like I’ll have to save someone in the future too.

 

That’s a burden.

 

Burdens are dangerous.

 

So I smiled lightly again.

 

“You saved them by fighting well.”

 

Gong Seo-yun didn’t say more.

 

He seemed to already know I would slip away like this.

 

Instead, he turned the conversation elsewhere.

 

“Let’s write up a contract.”

 

I nodded immediately.

 

“That’s good.”

 

Even between friends.

 

Seeing my face brighten up, Gong Seo-yun made a briefly incredulous expression.

 

Still, he seemed to understand that I was someone who moved based on ‘transactions’ rather than ’emotions.’

 

“How much will you give me?”

 

I asked.

 

Gong Seo-yun took out a small envelope from his pocket.

 

Inside the envelope made with a contract was cash.

 

And there was also a small magic stone inside.

 

It was a processed magic stone.

 

The quality was good.

 

The moment I saw it, the calculation finished in my head.

 

This isn’t just part-time job money level.

 

This is money to buy secrets.

 

And money to buy secrets always includes danger fees.

 

I didn’t extend my hand.

 

Instead, I said.

 

“I have conditions.”

 

Gong Seo-yun nodded.

 

“Tell me.”

 

“In dungeons, you have to listen to what I say for the most part. And you know combat is impossible for me, right? You’ll have to protect me.”

 

Gong Seo-yun paused for a moment.

 

He had an expression like he didn’t immediately understand what I meant.

 

Gong Seo-yun said quietly.

 

“Don’t worry.”

 

I nodded.

 

“And when you take what I made.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Don’t blame me if problems arise.”

 

Gong Seo-yun pressed his lips once.

 

He lowered his head for a moment, then raised it again.

 

Those eyes were genuine.

 

“I have no intention of blaming you.”

 

He said.

 

“Even now, I don’t have the strength to blame anyone.”

 

Those words were so honest that I actually felt more at ease.

 

Honest people are easy to predict.

 

When they’re easy to predict, it’s safe.

 

I slowly nodded.

 

“Good.”

 

Then the cloth in the back of the warehouse moved once more.

 

This time it moved more noticeably.

 

A low breathing sound leaked out from under the cloth.

 

It sounded like human breathing, but also like animal breathing.

 

My fingertips went cold for a moment.

 

But I firmly suppressed that sensation.

 

I didn’t run away.

 

If I ran, Gong Seo-yun would make more dangerous choices.

 

Dangerous choices call dungeons.

 

I hate dungeons.

 

So I concluded that this choice was better.

 

“Materials.”

 

I said.

 

“Not this stuff, do you have more stable materials?”

 

Gong Seo-yun nodded.

 

“I know that mixing magic stone powder makes the effect a bit stronger.”

 

“And?”

 

“And…”

 

Gong Seo-yun hesitated.

 

He pulled out another small pouch from his pocket.

 

Inside the pouch were feathers with faint traces of mana remaining.

 

They were different from magpie feathers.

 

Longer and rougher.

 

The color wasn’t completely black either, mixed with grayish tones.

 

I looked at those feathers and muttered to myself.

 

‘Why is this here.’

 

Gong Seo-yun said.

 

“This sometimes comes out from the disposal facility. It’s stuff that gets thrown away.”

 

I didn’t pick up the feathers.

 

Instead, I only examined them with my eyes.

 

The mana residue was too clear.

 

If I handle something like this wrong, I’ll get involved.

 

“Let’s put this away.”

 

I cut him off immediately.

 

Gong Seo-yun nodded.

 

“Got it.”

 

Seeing him accept my words right away, I became more certain.

 

This person is someone who can be controlled.

 

Then I can survive this situation.

 

I said.

 

“Today I’ll just work out the recipe. Bring more materials tomorrow.”

 

Gong Seo-yun let out a long breath.

 

That breath became a little lighter.

 

He nodded vigorously.

 

“Tomorrow, here?”

 

“Not here.”

 

I said immediately.

 

“Come near my boarding house. Somewhere with lots of people.”

 

Gong Seo-yun thought for a moment before answering.

 

“Okay.”

 

We closed the warehouse door and came out.

 

The air in the alley felt colder.

 

Something like cold moisture still remained on my palms.

 

I couldn’t tell if I was sweating from fear or if it was because of the winter air.

 

On the way back to the boarding house, I thought to myself.

 

‘The fact that Gong Seo-yun found me means rumors about me have already spread in a strange direction.’

 

And based on those rumors, I had a premonition that I would touch upon some secret of his.

 

Strange rumors prevent people from getting close, but occasionally there could be unusual approaches like this.

 

‘Still, this time it’s not bad.’

 

I can make money too.

 

I wrapped my scarf tighter with a satisfied expression.

 

***

 

The boarding house was located inside a residential area a little away from school.

 

Since it’s a place where many students stay, it doesn’t become completely empty even during winter break.

 

When you open the door and enter, there’s always the same smell.

 

The smell of slightly old wood and detergent, and the unique air of a space where several people live together.

 

I didn’t dislike that smell.

 

At least it wasn’t the smell of dungeons.

 

I took off my shoes and headed to my room.

 

The hallway was quiet.

 

Light leaked through the gaps under a few room doors, but most had already gone home or were asleep.

 

I stopped for a moment in front of my room.

 

My hand taking out the key was a bit slow.

 

Because thoughts that weren’t finished organizing kept circling in my head.

 

Gong Seo-yun.

 

And the breathing sounds that came from inside the warehouse.

 

Things he didn’t say, but I could know without having to hear them.

 

‘Gong Seo-yun had a younger sibling. Half-human, half-monster.’

 

That sibling would surely be maintaining human form.

 

But to call them completely human, they might already be in a state that had gone too far.

 

I opened the door and entered the room.

 

The room wasn’t large.

 

One bed, one desk, a small sink and storage cabinet.

 

Still, it had everything necessary.

 

I hung up my coat and put down my bag.

 

Then I sat on the bed as I was.

 

A long sigh came out.

 

‘I feel like I got involved for no reason.’

 

That thought came first.

 

But immediately after, another thought followed.

 

‘Still, it would have been more dangerous if I hadn’t gotten involved.’

 

In the future, not now.

 

Gong Seo-yun was already enduring alone.

 

There was a high possibility that enduring that alone, he would eventually cross the line.

 

That line usually connects to dungeons.

 

Illegal dungeons, unauthorized dungeons, or artificially distorted spaces.

 

Such places always end in accidents.

 

I shook my head.

 

There’s no need to speculate now.

 

I have only one thing to do.

 

Make a stabilizing potion.

 

And very carefully at that.

 

I went to the desk and took out a notebook.

 

It was a notebook where I organized potion recipes.

 

The cover looked ordinary, but inside were records I had written down through direct experimentation, packed densely.

 

I turned to a new page.

 

‘Mental stabilization.’

 

I wrote that with a pencil and paused for a moment.

 

Mental-type potions are always tricky.

 

If the effect is too weak, it’s meaningless, and if it’s too strong, side effects occur.

 

This is especially true when the target straddles the boundary between human and monster.

 

I recalled the materials that Gong Seo-yun had brought.

 

Magic stone powder is a stable choice.

 

The problem was the ratio.

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