I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 38

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Seonghyun left the association, leaving only that one sentence, as if he would only give them one chance.

“…”

The secretary stared blankly at the door Seonghyun had left through for a moment before heading straight to the vice president’s office.

“Vice President.”

“Did the conversation go well? I heard Hunter Kim came, so I thought he was here to see me, but he came to see you, Secretary.”

“Vice President, I have something to tell you…”

“Please, speak comfortably.”

The vice president stopped working and began to listen to the secretary. As he listened, his brow furrowed more and more.

“Is, is that true?”

“…Yes, it’s true. I’m sorry. I should have looked into it more thoroughly…”

“No. This is… the association’s fault.”

To be honest, the vice president never thought this would happen.

He thought that the people chosen by the association would naturally know about Seonghyun’s existence, what Seonghyun had brought to the association and the country, and the value of his abilities and their impact.

‘How can they be so foolish…’

The vice president was not a person who easily became angry.

Even if someone made a mistake, he would think that it could happen and offer advice, but he would not put emotions first when handling things. But this time, it was difficult to do so.

“So… what did Hunter Kim Seonghyun say at the end?”

“He said he would watch the association’s stance until tomorrow.”

It was an opportunity Seonghyun was giving the association.

It meant that he wanted them to handle the matter thoroughly enough that he wouldn’t have to step in.

“To think such a foolish and dirty bastard is a professor…”

The vice president suppressed the urge to go find the professor right away.

“What are you planning to do?”

“Expose the list and recordings that Hunter Kim Seonghyun found to the media as they are. No, we can’t just end it with exposure.”

The vice president was an honest and upright person, but he was not a kind person.

He had simply spent a lot of time fighting monsters, so his threshold for generosity was much higher than others, but he was not someone who would lightly overlook it when that line was crossed.

“Then we’ll release it to the media by tomorrow morning…”

“No. Release it right now. There’s no need to investigate further. Just the fact that he made those remarks is enough for Professor Lee Ik-hyun to be punished.”

“Understood.”

The secretary felt the same way.

Just because someone doesn’t show their emotions doesn’t mean they don’t feel them.

Since he had investigated and recommended the person who committed this act, he had no excuse even if Seonghyun held him responsible right away.

“I will not hold our secretary responsible for this matter. I’ll be waiting for that thorough handling of the matter.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“You know what the association’s priority is right now, right?”

The secretary simply bowed his head slightly as if he knew well and left the room, and the vice president let out a deep sigh and leaned back on the sofa.

“To think such a pathetic bastard doesn’t know his place…”

The vice president had not expected that there would still be such a person left.

The secretary must have felt the same way, so he didn’t hold him responsible.

“We need to set a proper example.”

He would make it so that no one could ignore Hunter Kim Seonghyun, or even just hunters themselves.

Professor Lee Ik-hyun was returning home with a sigh of relief.

“Hoo, what a hassle because of those bug-like bastards.”

Even though he was someone who had come from the association, handing over all the lists was quite a sigh-inducing task.

“Well, it’ll quiet down in a few days.”

It was always like that.

No matter what big deal happened, this comfortable place would quiet down in a few days, or a few weeks at most, and then they would be busy looking for something else to bite at.

“I should refrain from doing that for a while.”

He clicked his tongue with regret and entered a somewhat dark alleyway when he heard a voice from behind.

“What do you mean by refraining?”

“Wh, who…”

The professor was startled and instinctively took a step back as he looked behind him.

“What does he mean by refraining?”

“Wh, who are you!”

The stranger replaced his answer by slowly approaching.

The professor was also slowly stepping back in response to that step.

‘Wh, who is it? Who the hell is it?’

His head became confused, and his body stiffened accordingly, making it difficult to move.

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t figure out who it was.

If he had only touched one person, he would know, but he couldn’t possibly keep track of all the families of those many students.

Besides, the atmosphere he exuded was not that of an ordinary person.

He wasn’t holding anything in his hands, but he felt a murderous intent as if he would tear him apart right now.

“You know about this, right?”

The stranger came right up to him and took something out.

And as soon as he pressed something, his own voice began to be heard.

‘So, have you thought about it?’…

“H, how did you get this…!”

There was only one person who could have recorded this.

The man who came to the association earlier.

Come to think of it, his voice and build seemed quite similar to that man.

“Y, you wouldn’t be…”

“That’s right.”

The professor fell into thought for a moment.

Why would this man come to him so secretly with this in hand?

And the end of that thought was very simple.

‘It’s a relief, rather.’

“Ha, haha. You should have said so sooner… So, how much do you want?”

“What?”

“The reason why you came to me so secretly with evidence is obvious, isn’t it? Ten million won [approximately $7,500 USD]? Twenty million won [approximately $15,000 USD]? Or even more than that?”

The professor was looking at the man with a faint smile, as if he had met someone who understood him.

That gaze, which regarded him as being of the same kind, made the man even more unpleasant.

“I can’t give it to you through an account, so if you just set a date, I’ll give you the money that’s been laundered cleanly…”

The professor couldn’t continue the words that followed.

A heavy fist flew in, and instead of the last words, he could only utter a groan.

“Keuk! Why, why are you doing this!”

“You trash-like bastard.”

“Wh, who the hell are you…!”

The professor barely got up from his seat and stretched out his arms forward, trying to calm the man down somehow.

“I might not know your face. But I thought you’d know since the association supported you.”

“Who…”

The professor rummaged through his memories.

Then he remembered the picture that the association had shown him when they connected him with this tutoring.

‘Th, this man is Kim Seonghyun!’

“O, misunderstanding! It’s a misunderstanding!”

“Misunderstanding? The things I heard?”

The professor couldn’t think of any excuses no matter how hard he tried.

“T, the student Hyein also didn’t refuse…”

The professor couldn’t finish his words this time either.

The fist that flew in, a little stronger than before, seemed to be maintaining just the right amount.

Just enough not to faint.

“Pl, please! Please with words…!”

Seonghyun couldn’t hold back the rising anger.

He wanted to pull out his tongue to atone for what he had said so far, and cut off the wrist that had reached out with dirty hands, but he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

Seonghyun took a deep breath and spoke calmly in a relatively calm voice.

“You… you won’t be able to work as a professor anymore.”

“Wh, why…”

But the answer that followed kept stimulating Seonghyun.

“Why? Why do you ask? Does that answer come out even when you think about what you’ve done?”

“E, everything was done with consent!”

The professor shrank back again at the sight of Seonghyun’s clenched fist, but this time Seonghyun didn’t throw a punch.

“…My fist is too good for a bastard like you.”

“Th, thank…”

Seonghyun, who was about to turn around and leave, couldn’t help but throw a punch at the professor’s words of thanks.

“I won’t be the only one coming to you.”

“Wh, what…?”

Seonghyun left the scene like that.

With the stigma used on the professor.

“Kuaaak! Keuheok!”

The sound of writhing in pain was constantly heard through the alleyway, and soon people began to gather.

“How will the association react tomorrow…”

Since there hasn’t been any contact yet, I was a little worried that they might come out saying they didn’t know.

As he returned home with a slightly heavy heart, he checked his phone and found a rather unexpected article.

[The Ugly Truth of Professor Lee Ik-hyun]

[Professor Lee Ik-hyun, who has been wearing a mask until now, has targeted a total of 38 students…]

“Is it the association?”

They were clearly expressing their position before a day had even passed.

As soon as he checked the article, he received a call from the association.

“Hello.”

“…Hunter Kim. This is the vice president.”

“Ah, hello.”

A small sigh was heard over the receiver, and after a moment of silence, he continued.

“I have nothing to say about what has happened today, or rather, until now. I’m really sorry.”

“…To be honest, I don’t think I can say it’s okay.”

How many people would be able to say it’s okay when their sibling has been treated like that?

And Seonghyun thought he wasn’t qualified to answer that he was okay.

“Of course. Regarding what has happened so far… I would like to apologize to your sister in person.”

“That’s not a question I can answer either.”

“…I understand. We will take responsibility and resolve that issue.”

“I understand.”

Seonghyun hung up without saying thank you.

Before he hung up, he heard a sigh of relief over the receiver.

In fact, this incident was not a bad thing for the association at all.

If they maintained their relationship with Seonghyun without any problems and publicly revealed the work Seonghyun had brought them today, the perception of the association would definitely skyrocket.

In other words, Seonghyun had given the association an opportunity and help at the same time.

The vice president couldn’t possibly not know this fact.

“…Is this good enough?”

It wouldn’t completely erase the scars that his sister had received, but at least it would be like treating them in time.

It wasn’t just the association and the professor who had hurt Hyein.

Seonghyun, who had unknowingly had the naive thought that giving her a good environment was all that mattered, was also one of the people who had hurt her.

The next day, the professor industry was completely turned upside down.

It wasn’t just things that were done secretly.

It was done in a very systematic and organized way, so the facts that could not be known at all by simply investigating were revealed to the world.

In the community that only those professors used, the things they had done so far were proudly written like a diary, and the things they had been caught and resolved with money were also written.

And a few days later, Professor Lee Ik-hyun could be seen on TV screens.

As Seonghyun said, he had met quite a few other people, and his face was so damaged that it was hard to recognize him.

‘I, do you know who I am!’

In fact, the professor was a fairly well-known figure in the same industry.

But that only held the professor back.

All of the students he was in charge of were from prestigious families, so he had to be judged thoroughly without any loopholes.

After this day, the association assigned a professor to Seonghyun’s sister again.

This time, the secretary personally investigated everything from A to Z, from his school days to the present, and assigned a flawless person.

“I’m home!”

“Should we eat?”

“Yeah. I’m hungry.”

Fortunately, Hyein regained her former self after this day.