Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 80

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11. For the Half-Human (6)

That night, the first thing done in that house was not going to the hospital.

Mother took out her phone with trembling hands.

And pressed the emergency consultation number for the Awakened Management Center.

This wasn’t simple recovery, but had a high possibility of being ‘curse removal’.

Curse removal, unless resolved by an individual, was an area that had to be recorded and managed.

“Here… my son…”

Mother’s voice broke with tears.

“He was under a mermaid curse, but now… now he’s become human.”

The counselor initially responded calmly.

But as similar reports continued to be received, a subtle tremor mixed into that voice.

“When did the changes begin?”

“Any pain or mutation residue?”

“Can you confirm exactly what curse it was, if there are dungeon occurrence records?”

Mother answered while unable to let go of her hands.

A person had returned before her eyes, and she feared this miracle might disappear again.

The second case was completely different.

It was a form mixing human and bird.

An old apartment building in Busan.

Inside the narrow room was a cage-like structure.

The person inside had a human body, but from the elbows down was transformed like wings.

The fingers were elongated and split, and when the back bent, wings would spread.

He couldn’t wear clothes properly.

Going outside was difficult too.

So he always kept curtains drawn and didn’t turn on lights even during the day.

That day too, he was sitting by the window.

Not because he wanted to look outside, but to feel the wind.

If bird senses remained, feeling the flow of air strangely brought stability.

But suddenly his back grew hot.

Heat rushed between the feathers.

He flinched in surprise, but what came next was even more surprising.

Feathers began falling one by one.

Black feathers, gray feathers, glossy feathers fell to the floor and crumpled helplessly.

The framework forming the wings gradually folded and shrank.

His fingers merged back together.

He drew in a breath.

Like someone who hadn’t breathed properly for a long time, he felt his lungs expanding.

“…What?”

He froze upon hearing his own voice.

This wasn’t a bird’s cry.

It was human speech.

He raised his hand.

It was a hand.

A real hand.

He spread his palm and made a fist.

The sensation of skin stretching was clear.

It wasn’t feathers.

He sat down on the floor just like that.

He covered his face with both hands and gasped for breath.

Tears came, but even those tears felt like it had been so long.

Bird tears didn’t flow like this.

The last instinct remaining in him surfaced.

‘I need to contact someone.’

This kind of change wasn’t something he could hide alone.

Even if he wanted to hide it, his body was already evidence.

He found his phone and dialed the Awakened Management Center number.

His hands were shaking so much he dialed wrong twice.

It connected on the third try.

“Excuse me.”

He said.

“I, I was cursed.”

“Just now… it was lifted.”

The counselor’s voice was already tired.

But at the same time, it was strangely sharp.

Similar reports kept piling up.

“What kind of curse was it?”

“Do you have information about the dungeon where it occurred?”

“Do you know other people with the same symptoms?”

In the middle of answering, he suddenly realized something.

This wasn’t individual coincidence.

Being lifted simultaneously meant the source had been severed.

To sever the source, someone had to have cleared the dungeon.

Someone had to have killed that boss.

He said with a trembling voice.

“Then… that dungeon. Who cleared it?”

That question was repeated in dozens of calls that night.

Someone’s family asked, someone’s guardian asked, and those who had been cursed asked directly.

The Awakened Management Center immediately formed a response team.

When curse removal cases exploded at the same time, it was an important event on a worldview level.

Especially half-human half-monster states had higher danger levels than simple mutations.

If curses were lifted, they had to record what the source of those curses was and who removed it.

Internal meetings were held.

Field teams moved.

Records were searched.

Unofficial dungeon clear records were also tracked.

In that process, one common point began to emerge.

“There are traces of a recently disappeared dungeon!”

“What?”

“It’s a staged boss with a devouring structure.”

And right after that dungeon disappeared, the curses were lifted.

The Awakened Management Center finally reached a conclusion.

Someone had cleared that dungeon.

And that someone hadn’t reported it.

That night, one person in charge at the center said quietly.

“We need to find out. Who did it.”

“Mm. We should. It’s too early to think of it as simple good deeds.”

It was the appearance of an unknown strong person or strong people.

They had to confirm it.

Anyway, outside people were crying and laughing.

At home, families hugged each other and wept.

In an officetel, one person looked at their hands and breathed for a long time.

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The path to the Awakened Management Center was quieter than expected.

I heard that curse removal cases had poured in all night, but the outside of the building wasn’t much different from usual.

However, the security personnel standing near the entrance had increased, and all the interior lights were on.

“They seem quite tense.”

Gong Seo-yun said quietly.

“Understandably so.”

I nodded.

“Since curse removals happened simultaneously everywhere.”

We had organized our report as agreed beforehand.

Main clear: Gong Seo-yun.

Me: Support.

Potion support and auxiliary judgment.

Rather than wanting to hide anything, this was the most natural picture.

In this dungeon, it was Seo-yun who directly wielded the sword and destroyed the core.

I just took out what was needed beside him and provided auxiliary judgment.

When we revealed our identities at the reception desk, the staff’s attitude immediately changed.

Their hands stopped over the keyboard, and their gaze quickly swept over us.

“Is this about the unofficial dungeon clear report?”

“Yes.”

Gong Seo-yun answered.

The staff member nodded briefly and made an internal call.

With their face strangely flushed.

Shortly after, word came back that they would guide us to a meeting room.

When we opened the meeting room door, people were already sitting inside.

Center staff members.

And two awakened who appeared to be from the Field Response Team.

The atmosphere was strangely tense.

Their gazes fixed on us.

“Are you the reporters?”

The staff member sitting in the center asked.

“Yes.”

Gong Seo-yun said once again.

“Who is the main party that cleared the dungeon?”

I looked at Seo-yun once.

Seo-yun took a short breath and said.

“That would be me.”

The staff’s gazes immediately focused on him.

And the next question followed.

“What’s your awakening rank?”

“I’m an A-rank currently enrolled at the academy.”

“Oh.”

At that moment, the air noticeably relaxed.

The tension in the meeting room dropped a level.

“Fortunately, you’re not an unregistered awakened.”

Someone said quietly.

“You said you’re a student?”

Another staff member asked back.

“Yes.”

Gong Seo-yun answered calmly.

“I’m a first-year at Narin Academy.”

“Narin! As expected.”

Only then did murmuring arise among the staff.

The fact that two academy students had cleared an unofficial dungeon seemed to be properly recognized now.

“Then the support is.”

The central staff member’s gaze shifted to me.

“That’s me.”

I said.

“What was your role?”

“Potion support and judgment assistance.”

I said as prepared.

“I didn’t lead the combat.”

The staff member checked my name and flipped through the screen several times.

Their expression changed slightly.

“You’re registered as an F-rank Healer.”

“Yes.”

“Was there no direct combat for you inside the dungeon?”

“There wasn’t.”

I shook my head.

“I mainly just used potions from the rear.”

At those words, the staff nodded. They also exchanged strange glances.

“But wait a moment.”

One staff member said.

“According to the report, this curse removal was widespread.”

“Yes.”

“That wouldn’t be possible with just support potions.”

I thought for a moment.

And spoke only within the possible range.

“Due to the dungeon’s structure, it was the type where defeating the boss would cause a chain reaction release. I just prepared the necessary potions in preparation for that.”

It wasn’t a complete lie.

I just didn’t mention how far the scope of my preparations extended.

The meeting room fell quiet for a moment.

The staff exchanged glances with each other.

“To summarize.”

The central staff member spoke up.

“Two academy students entered an unofficial dungeon. The main clear was student Gong Seo-yun. Support was student Jin Hali. Is that everyone?”

“Yes.”

We answered simultaneously.

He nodded and said.

“We’ll file the report that way for now.”

At those words, the air in the meeting room heated up.

Admiring gazes focused on the fact that just the two of us had done it.

Centered on Gong Seo-yun, as I intended.

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