Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 92

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14. I Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? (1)

Turning back time, to the moment when the Azure Dragon Dungeon was cleared.

“What? The Azure Dragon Dungeon was cleared?”

Deputy Center Director Park Min-su slammed down the coffee cup he was holding onto his desk.

“Yes, Deputy Center Director. The Class 8 first-year students…”

“First-years? Are you telling me that first-years prevented annihilation?”

He scoffed. It was absurd. No matter how talented kids were these days, it was impossible for first-years to clear not just any S-rank dungeon, but the origin of annihilation itself.

“Did you report this to the Center Director?”

“Not yet. He told us to report to you first…”

“Good job. Let’s see the footage first.”

Park Min-su leaned back in his chair leisurely. After all, watching students’ dungeon clear videos was routine. These kids nowadays are pretty good.

The staff member handed him a tablet. The screen already showed an edited highlight video.

“Is this the edited version? What about the full footage?”

“The file size is too large, so it’s still uploading. This is just the key scenes compiled…”

“Alright, fine. Let me see…”

Park Min-su pressed the play button.

And within 5 seconds, his expression hardened.

“…What?”

On screen, Yuhan Seong was shattering the Blue Dragon’s scales with a massive ice spear. In the following scene, Lee Hae-sol’s flames exploded.

“This is… S-rank?”

“Yes. Both Hyun I-seo and Lee Hae-sol appear to have awakened to S-rank within the dungeon.”

“And this kid Yuhan Seong?”

“He was already S-rank. From the first-year entrance assessment…”

“Wait a minute.”

Park Min-su raised his hand to interrupt. His gaze fixed on one corner of the screen. A small girl was scattering light as she healed fallen students.

“That healer is?”

“Her name is Jin Hali. She’s registered as an F-rank healer, but…”

“F-rank?”

Park Min-su’s voice rose. He leaned forward and replayed the screen.

Right, he couldn’t clearly see her healing.

But Class 8’s mobility was excellent, at the level of having an S-rank healer, and that F-rank healer was at the center of it all.

“F-rank, you say?”

“According to the records…”

“Records my ass! What you see with your eyes is the truth!”

He shot up from his seat. The hand holding the tablet trembled slightly. It wasn’t from anger. It was from excitement.

Three S-ranks plus a suspicious healer.

This couldn’t be missed.

“Contact them immediately. Push for exclusive contracts with our center for Yuhan Seong, Lee Hae-sol, and Hyun I-seo.”

“Wh-what about the healer?”

The deputy center director hesitated.

He couldn’t be certain of that healer’s abilities.

But at the same time, he couldn’t ignore the thought that she was definitely not F-rank.

“Leave it to the Center Director’s judgment!”

“Yes, understood.”

“Oh, and about that healer.”

Park Min-su pointed at Jin Hali on the screen with his finger.

“Schedule a re-assessment. F-rank doesn’t make sense. It’s definitely a measurement error.”

“Understood. Then I’ll write up the report…”

“I’ll write the report myself, so just organize the materials.”

After the staff member left, Park Min-su replayed the video. A smile spread across his lips.

‘This time I’ll get one over on that old Center Director.’

As the deputy center director expected, the Center Director ordered him to find out about the healer’s background.

However, he never made the decision to recruit her.

If he had known that Eden Guild had made the opposite decision, he probably wouldn’t have made such a choice.

***

“Is this for real?”

In Eden Guild’s strategy room, real-time footage of the Azure Dragon Dungeon was displayed. Guild Master Kang Tae-san stood with his arms crossed, staring intently at the screen.

“Class 8 first-years, you said? Those kids are just first-years?”

“Yes, that’s correct. But…”

The deputy guild master trailed off. On screen, Lee Hae-sol was wielding an ice spear, smashing the Blue Dragon’s scales.

It was the movement of a freshly awakened, green S-rank awakener.

“Yuhan Seong, Lee Hae-sol, and Hyun I-seo. Three of them. This year’s a good harvest.”

“That’s right. But Guild Master, look at that… that healer over there.”

“She wasn’t using heal, so how is she a healer? What are you talking about?”

Kang Tae-san’s gaze shifted to one side of the screen.

“Her name is Jin Hali.”

The presence of the small-framed girl couldn’t be ignored.

“That’s… F-rank?”

Yuhan Seong, who had collapsed from mana depletion, returned to battle. In perfect condition, no less.

Not with healing, but with potions.

“Am I seeing this correctly?”

To maintain everyone’s condition to that degree with potions.

Kang Tae-san leaned forward. Jin Hali on screen was moving without rest, covering the entire battlefield.

However.

“She’s not using heal. The reason is probably proficiency.”

“Yes, she couldn’t use an untried skill in such chaos.”

“It seems like heal wasn’t even needed. Huh.”

After watching a bit more, Kang Tae-san asked.

“What’s the possibility of a re-assessment error?”

“We thought so too, but… she’s currently registered as F-rank in the Awakener Center records.”

“Hmm.”

Kang Tae-san’s eyes deepened.

On screen, the Blue Dragon was falling to its final blow. First-year students, with less than half their numbers, had prevented annihilation. Though this couldn’t be the end.

“Very interesting.”

He slowly smiled.

“Bring me the official report as soon as it’s out. And…”

“Yes, Guild Master.”

“Keep an eye on those kids, especially the healer Jin Hali.”

“Do you intend to scout them?”

“That would probably be difficult.”

“Pardon?”

“You don’t seem to know much about Annihilation Dungeons. For now, we should prepare to cooperate with those kids. That’s the priority.”

Because those kids would probably have to end the dungeon.

Eventually, Kang Tae-san turned off the screen and said.

“Think of it as an investment. After graduation would be a different story.”

“Who catches your eye the most?”

“What are you asking?”

Kang Tae-san grinned as he pointed at Jin Hali, who moved like an S-rank healer despite not using healing magic.

***

At that time, news about the Azure Dragon Dungeon spread to various organizations nationwide.

Naturally, the Class 8 students became the center of attention without their knowledge.

Without Narin Academy’s protection, all of Class 8 would have surely suffered far more than they already had.

However, even that protection couldn’t stop certain hands from gradually reaching into the academy as the festival approached.

The Awakener Management Center seemed to be the beginning.

‘Eden Guild is probably preparing right now too.’

Recalling the guild that had been Yuhan Seong’s good partner in the original work, I looked at the center staff member.

Then I bowed my head in greeting.

“Hello, I’m Jin Hali.”

The man blinked once.

Then, with a somewhat overbearing attitude, he got straight to the point.

“There’s a record that you provided potions to several students during the final dungeon.”

I smiled.

“That’s according to the records.”

The man paused for a moment.

I could feel the vice principal sitting beside me checking my condition.

I thought to myself.

‘I can’t keep avoiding this forever.’

But for now, it’s not the Awakener Management Center.

‘Well, the Awakener Management Center will betray Yuhan Seong later anyway.’

I decided to end the conversation early.

It would be troublesome if it dragged on.

***

The Awakened Management Center staff member looked down at his name tag once, then looked back at me.

I didn’t meet his gaze directly, keeping my chin slightly lowered.

“I’ll just confirm a few things about the situation during the final dungeon.”

He said.

I nodded.

“Yes.”

The vice principal sat beside me without saying anything.

It was an attitude of non-interference.

This meant this meeting was in the domain of an external agency, not the school.

“It’s recorded that you used a considerable amount of potions during the final dungeon, far beyond the expected range. And they were unauthorized potions at that.”

The center staff said while flipping through documents.

“It’s quite an exceptional usage amount for a student. It seems you don’t consider addiction.”

I pretended to think for a moment before opening my mouth.

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