Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 94

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14. I Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? (3)

Yuhan Seong didn’t argue with my words.

Instead, he spoke very quietly.

“Still.”

“Still what.”

I asked.

My voice was calm.

Yuhan Seong lowered his gaze briefly, then raised it again.

“Still, to you.”

He spoke as if choosing his words carefully.

“To you, it doesn’t seem like you’re the most precious thing.”

“You don’t know what you’re talking about. I cherish myself so much!”

“I think you’re the one who doesn’t know what you’re talking about.”

I laughed.

Yuhan Seong continued his silence.

It was a comfortable silence.

Whether the potion was completely mixed, whether the surface rippled evenly, where bubbles formed.

Watching such things for a while, it felt like my heart was being soaked in peacefulness.

“You know, Han Seong. I really don’t want anything grand.”

I muttered as if speaking to myself.

“I just… want to survive.”

I paused the stirring rod for a moment.

“And while I’m at it, it’d be nice if the world didn’t end either.”

I stirred again.

“That’s about it.”

It was an honest statement, but Yuhan Seong looked quite complicated.

“You say it so easily.”

He said.

I raised my head.

“Because it’s an easy thing to say.”

I grinned.

“If I say it in a complicated way, my head hurts.”

Yuhan Seong watched my smile, then finally nodded.

“I understand.”

He said.

“Then I won’t interfere with your return to daily life any more today.”

“Thanks. At this point!”

When I spoke playfully, Yuhan Seong narrowed his eyes.

“Forgive me for the coffee I gave you.”

Then he pulled out a small paper bag from his pocket.

“The infirmary gave me this.”

I took the bag.

Inside were a small patch and finger bandages.

I opened the bag to check, then closed it again.

“You’re not injured though.”

I said.

“It’s for you.”

Yuhan Seong said somewhat lightly.

“You’re always taking care of others and roughly brushing off your own things, right? You’ll admit it eventually, won’t you?”

I laughed.

“Roughly brushing things off is more comfortable.”

Yuhan Seong looked at my hand. There was a small scratch on the back of my hand.

It happened when I hurriedly pulled out the ingredient container earlier.

“See.”

He said quietly.

“This happens all the time when making potions.”

I deliberately smiled.

“It’s a badge of honor.”

Yuhan Seong’s expression changed subtly again.

Then he directly applied medicine to the back of my hand while asking.

“What are you making today?”

I lifted the rod and swirled the liquid.

“Concentration potion.”

I explained.

“The effect is weak. But it’s stable instead.”

Yuhan Seong narrowed his eyes and said.

“Why do you need something like that?”

“You guys need it.”

I said nonchalantly.

“When training, if you get distracted, your reactions get slower.”

I looked at him once.

“Especially you.”

Yuhan Seong laughed.

“Me?”

“Yeah. You think too much.”

Yuhan Seong fell silent.

“Even in moments when calculation isn’t needed, you keep running it.”

I know it’s post-apocalyptic aftereffects.

He paused briefly after hearing those words.

Then he spoke very quietly.

“You know me well.”

I smiled.

“I have good observation skills, right?”

I said lightly.

“If I’m going to survive in dungeons, I need to do at least this much, right?”

At that moment, it became noisy outside the door.

Several footsteps passed through the hallway simultaneously.

I could hear someone laughing too.

It sounded like I-seo’s voice, or maybe Yu Hee’s voice.

I listened for a moment.

Then I stirred the liquid again.

Yuhan Seong looked toward the door and said.

“The kids seem to be looking for you.”

I shrugged.

“If they’re looking, they’ll come.”

I muttered as if speaking to myself.

“I’m not running away.”

Yuhan Seong heard my words and smiled very softly.

That smile remained strangely warm.

Let’s speed up the potion completion even a little bit.

Once the potion is complete, I can return to my own pace.

The door opened again.

This time the sound was clear from the start.

Yu Hee poked her head in first.

Then she immediately saw Yuhan Seong next to me and her eyes widened.

“What’s this.”

Yu Hee said.

“Why are you two sitting here so quietly?”

I smiled.

“I was working.”

I held up the stirring rod.

“He’s surveillance.”

Yuhan Seong immediately said.

“Not surveillance, protection.”

Yu Hee giggled.

“Playing with words too, what a comfortable life.”

Yu Hee said while looking at my workbench.

“Yeah!”

I nodded.

“Ta-da, concentration potion!”

Yu Hee’s eyes sparkled.

“If you give me that, will training be less hard today?”

I grinned.

“The hardship stays the same, but your frustrating thoughts should decrease a bit?”

Yu Hee immediately said.

“Then I need it! Hehe.”

At those words, Hyun I-seo quietly entered from behind.

I-seo silently scanned my hands and the potion’s color once.

Then he said very briefly.

“Safe?”

“Safe.”

I answered.

“I’ll be extra careful making the ones I give to you guys.”

I-seo nodded.

That brief reaction felt more like trust.

Seeing that made me feel a little satisfied inside.

I felt like I wasn’t getting unnecessarily close, but was connected as much as needed.

And that’s when it happened.

Another set of footsteps was heard from the end of the hallway.

It was Lee Hae-sol’s footsteps.

Lee Hae-sol stopped in front of the door, breathing a little heavily.

And as soon as he saw my face, words came out first.

“Hali.”

Lee Hae-sol said.

“Tonight, do you have time?”

I blinked.

“Why?”

Lee Hae-sol hesitated for a moment.

Then he said honestly.

“Just.”

He chose his words and continued.

“Let’s eat together.”

The end of those words was very careful.

Like someone being cautious in advance, afraid I might refuse.

I smiled inwardly.

‘There’s no need to be so careful about asking to eat together.’

But outwardly I just nodded.

“Sure.”

I said.

“But after I clean up the manufacturing room.”

Yu Hee immediately raised her hand.

“Me too.”

Hyun I-seo said briefly.

“Me too.”

Yuhan Seong added nonchalantly.

“Me too.”

I looked at the three of them in turn.

Then I laughed.

“Why are you all following along?”

Yu Hee shrugged.

“Food tastes better when eaten as a group.”

I nodded.

“True.”

I put down the stirring rod and closed the bottle.

The potion’s color swirled in a very pale silver.

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The dormitory hallway becomes clearer with sound when night falls.

The subtle noises that were buried under students’ footsteps and laughter during the day all emerge at night.

The sound of the ventilation fan running, doors closing in the distance, even signs of someone entering the shower room.

Among those sounds, I swiped my card key and entered my room.

When I closed the door, the outside noise was muffled by one layer.

There was a distinctive smell of dormitory rooms.

It was a scent mixed with disinfectant and detergent, and the dry smell from old bedding.

I put my bag down next to the desk and sat on the bed.

Today felt strangely long.

Not because my body was tired, but because my mind kept spinning.

The Jung Mi-hyeong matter was over, but I still didn’t feel like it was really finished.

Even when I heard about the expulsion decision, even when I left the faculty office, it didn’t feel real.

‘It should be quiet now.’

Even while thinking that, a corner of my heart felt strangely ticklish.

On the desk across from the bed were the items I had organized during the day.

Five of the things I currently had from what I brought from the Jester’s Dungeon.

I moved my gaze to each one.

Snake’s Contract Scale.

Mirror’s Separation Eye.

Unidentified Mixed Potion Bottle.

Balance Collapse Hourglass.

The mask of self-confidence.

Each and every one of them looked far from ordinary.

And each and every one of them was also something I hadn’t fully grasped yet.

I reached out and picked up the mask.

It felt neither cold nor warm to the touch.

It fit perfectly in my hand, as if it had been mine for a long time.

Today, thanks to this mask, I didn’t run away.

I didn’t avoid it either.

That fact still felt a little unfamiliar.

Then came the sound of knocking.

The sound of knocking on the dormitory door was dull and cautious.

I set the mask down for a moment and looked toward the door.

“Hali.”

It was Yuhan Seong’s voice.

I got up from my seat and opened the door.

The hallway light streamed into the room, revealing his face.

“Is this a good time?”

“Yeah.”

He glanced into the room but remained standing at the door without entering.

I couldn’t tell if it was because of dormitory regulations or just habit.

I opened the door a little wider.

“You can come in.”

Yuhan Seong nodded and stepped inside.

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