Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 97

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14. I Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? (6)

“…What?”

“Everyone knows, so there’s no need to deny it now.”

He seemed to have some strange misunderstanding, but well.

The direction was a bit odd, but the words themselves were correct, so it was awkward to deny them.

Besides, there was something more important.

‘To receive a barrage of praise from Choi Ji-hyeong.’

Our homeroom teacher Choi Ji-hyeong was a mid-story party member who reluctantly joined Yuhan Seong’s party after countless Narin students had died.

So honestly, I hadn’t expected to see such diverse sides of him until the related episodes.

‘I was satisfied just experiencing that damn mouth that even got called a villain by Yuhan Seong.’

Your contempt was the best, Teacher.

But I was truly happy to see several sides of you today that Yuhan Seong couldn’t see.

My identity as an avid reader of the original work was cheering for the first time in a while.

“Jin Hali, since we’re talking about it, let me say this: it’s impossible for no one to die. So if you want to live with your sanity intact from now on, you’d better armor up that soft mental state of yours.”

He even called my name.

After hearing those words spoken in an even colder tone than usual, I ended up choking up with emotion.

The teacher hesitated.

Seeing him frown, I unconsciously wiped my teary eyes and said.

“Th, that is. I’m happy because you praised me.”

“Huh?”

“Sniff. I thought I was just, a huge burden.”

“….”

A rare look of bewilderment crossed the teacher’s face.

That lasted only a moment before he sighed meaningfully and said.

“What nonsense are you spouting? You’re in this situation because you’ve been doing more than your share.”

“What?”

“Think about it. When a party has only A-ranks and no S-ranks, until now it was undeniable that one S-rank had the advantage. Skill intensity might be matched with good buffs, but there were big gaps in mana, skill speed, and combat reaction speed.”

“Yes.”

“But if support is possible with your method, things change a bit. Depending on the dungeon’s nature, an A-rank party could become stronger than S-ranks.”

“I, see. I didn’t know it would be seen as that valuable.”

“That’s not all. The higher authorities suspect that you’re the factor behind Class 8’s strange grade improvements.”

My mouth fell open at words I never expected.

Right, Class 8’s current state was indeed a bit excessive.

‘No, not just a bit.’

Three S-ranks alone, and three more kids showing potential to become S-rank.

‘Gong Seo-yun, Yu Hee, and Isang Hee too.’

In Isang Hee’s case, she seemed to be gaining some unknown motivation while glaring at me, but setting that aside.

To think such tremendous levels were concentrated in one class, even by national standards.

Since Narin blocks contact with the outside world as much as possible during first-year first semester, we don’t really feel it, but there was probably a high chance we were drawing more attention outside than we thought.

‘But that’s what Yuhan Seong did.’

Soon there would be others in other classes that Yuhan Seong chose and trained, so the first-years would come to be called a demon cave.

The monster grade.

To have at least one S-rank per class.

It was unprecedented.

‘The S-ranks from other classes will all end up dying though.’

Still, this first-year class was scheduled to be talked about for ages as the miracle grade, even after the incident where most Academy students died.

And in that flow, Yuhan Seong had made a name for himself as a miraculous ability user who awakened those around him….

So now, that evaluation had somehow mistakenly come to me?

This was bad.

There were people I’d meet in the later parts because of that evaluation.

‘Why did it turn out this way?’

Honestly speaking, no matter how much I performed, it couldn’t compare to the divine status of S-ranks.

Even if changes came to me because of that, it would only be to the extent that those who directly harmed me like Isang Hee or Jung Mi-hyeong disappeared?

‘Or maybe just the disappearance of being treated like baggage for being an F-rank healer.’

From my position where it was better not to enter dungeons if possible, it was regrettable, but since the devaluing looks toward F-rank healers hadn’t disappeared either, I thought there probably wouldn’t be situations where I’d get hurt enough to reveal my bait ability in the future.

I also expected that my problems would receive relatively less attention because there were three S-ranks.

‘Yuhan Seong even revealed that he didn’t grow but was S-rank from admission!’

Isn’t this completely the birth of a hero?

While Yuhan Seong was initially disguised as D-rank to students, professors, and teachers, only the principal and vice-principal had information that he was already S-rank from admission.

Narin had accepted Yuhan Seong’s request for disguise because he wanted freedom of movement.

He had also promised to reveal being S-rank during first year anyway.

The picture Yuhan Seong drew then was growing together with his intended team members.

‘He did reveal his grade earlier than originally expected. But it hasn’t changed that those around Yuhan Seong grew to S-rank.’

But why was that evaluation coming to me?

Was an F-rank healer’s performance more shocking than the fact that Yuhan Seong was S-rank?

Then I suddenly realized.

‘Ah. The six who survived without dying! It’s because of those kids!’

The attention came to me because they not only survived but awakened.

Those kids didn’t even train separately with Yuhan Seong!

From what I heard, they all hit B-rank as a baseline, and some could even reach A-rank.

What others find difficult to achieve in a lifetime – rising one grade – these kids accomplished in half a year.

‘But that’s not thanks to me.’

This was a natural result of them surviving.

As revealed later, the annihilation dungeons were living dungeons that created [resonance] with those chosen as [worthy opponents of annihilation].

‘When annihilation dungeons become incredibly strong, the worthy opponents become slightly stronger. Unfairly so.’

As the first worthy opponents to clear an annihilation dungeon first, Class 8 would probably all be able to reach S-rank while the annihilation dungeons continued.

‘If they just survive.’

Of course, no one would know this now. At best it would be speculation?

There had never been ten annihilation dungeons before, and since the attackers were always composed only of high-grades from the start, this fact hadn’t been revealed.

So the growth of those six was definitely not thanks to me, I’m saying.

“That’s a ridiculous misunderstanding. I just did my best to ensure those kids’ potential didn’t disappear.”

After figuring out what happened, I answered glumly with complicated feelings.

‘Will I be able to help those six survive to the end?’

I would probably do everything I could.

The feeling that I couldn’t bear to watch the kids die was still my driving force.

It’s just that now my heart was heavier because I’d grown closer to those six than before.

‘Besides, this looks like it’s attributing those kids’ growth to my credit, which makes me uncomfortable.’

If those kids receive treatment because of their awakening, it should be entirely their credit for my peace of mind.

They survived without Yuhan Seong’s training after all.

‘The aggro got excessively focused on me, so it probably got interpreted as if I had something special.’

“I’d appreciate it if you could acknowledge that those kids worked hard regardless of me.”

Even though I understood the situation, I spoke sullenly since I didn’t like how things were flowing, and Teacher fell silent for a moment.

And after a brief pause.

“I think you should say that to Class 8, not to me.”

He said something strange.

“To Class 8? You mean to Class 8, to the kids? Me?”

“In this situation, the problem was your attitude.”

“My attitude?”

“You. Why didn’t you want anything in return?”

All sorts of things that had happened flashed through my mind.

And I also realized that, as he said, I had never demanded compensation.

But so what?

“In my entire career, this is the first time I’ve counseled more than half of a class in one semester, and it’s also the first time I’ve counseled this frequently and for this long.”

Teacher spoke irritably while pushing up his wire-rimmed glasses.

…Huh?

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