I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 72

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“Hmph…”

Yein’s eyes were indifferent, showing no particular emotion.

As if the ride they had just taken wasn’t thrilling enough.

“Okay. Let’s ride that one.”

Seonghyun pointed to the one Yein had pointed out initially.

She seemed satisfied, her eyes sparkling as she took the lead.

“The fastest in Korea! Hyper Roller! Please hold on tight when the safety bar comes down!”

They didn’t have to wait long to board the ride, and Yein raised her hand to grab and pull down the safety bar before it even fully descended.

“Then, we’re off!”

The ride jerked slightly and then started moving.

The slowly advancing vehicle soon climbed the entire slope and began to accelerate as if it were falling.

“Kyaaa!”

Seonghyun, Inhwan, and everyone else had plenty of experience dealing with magical beasts, so they didn’t find mere speed thrilling, but Yein did not.

She hadn’t remembered because it was so long ago, but memories of the amusement park she had visited with her parents were slowly resurfacing.

“How was it?”

“Fun! Let’s ride that one next.”

“Okay, let’s ride everything you want to ride.”

For at least two hours, they went around to all the rides outside the park and rode them all.

Even so, Yein didn’t seem tired, and she was giving Seonghyun a sparkling look as if she wanted to ride more.

‘…She’s sharp…’

The reason for this thought was simple.

Looking at Yein so far, whether it was suggesting they go to the amusement park this time or giving him those eyes that she wanted to ride more, there was a common thread.

She frequently directed those looks only at Seonghyun.

It was as if she knew who held the decision-making power.

Of course, Seonghyun wasn’t someone who could decide everything, but Inhwan, Sangyeon, Hayeon, and Seongwook were all indebted to Seonghyun, so it was true that the decision-making power was naturally given to Seonghyun the most.

“How is everyone else doing?”

“I don’t mind. It’s nice to come here after a long time.”

“Me too.”

Inhwan and Sangyeon nodded, and Hayeon and Seongwook did the same.

Since they had ridden all the rides outside the building, it was time to ride the ones inside.

“What’s that?”

Yein pointed to a small shop selling churros.

“Do you want to try it? They’re delicious.”

“…Okay.”

It was as if she was seeing churros for the first time, wrinkling her brow as if she didn’t like the brown stick-like shape.

“It’ll be good.”

Arriving in front of the store, just as he was about to order enough for everyone, the park’s broadcast began with a crackling sound.

“Attention, customers! A flood has occurred! Please evacuate immediately!”

At the word ‘flood,’ Seonghyun and his group stared blankly at the speaker from which the sound was coming.

“A flood…occurred?”

In Seonghyun’s memory, he had never heard of a flood occurring at an amusement park.

If a flood had occurred at an amusement park, where many people gather, he couldn’t have forgotten it.

“We need to figure out where the flood occurred first.”

Even though it was a weekday, there were still many people at the amusement park.

Many people came with their children.

“Yein, don’t leave my side. Pair up in twos and find out where the flood occurred. Contact me first and then deal with the magical beasts.”

“Then Sangyeon and I will move together.”

“I’ll move with Seongwook.”

Inhwan and Sangyeon, Hayeon and Seongwook paired up and headed straight outside the building.

Seonghyun grabbed Yein’s hand and followed the four who had gone out first.

“We’ll go this way!”

“I’ll go this way.”

Inhwan and Sangyeon headed south outside the building, and Hayeon and Seongwook headed north.

“I should go this way.”

The direction Seonghyun was heading was near the fastest ride they had ridden earlier.

‘It’s not easy to spot the magical beasts because there are so many rides intertwined.’

“Don’t be too scared.”

Seonghyun put strength into Yein’s hand that he was holding, and Yein also put strength into her hand as if she trusted him.

“You mustn’t stray from me, got it?”

“Yes! Don’t worry!”

Seonghyun immediately contacted Inhwan, Sangyeon, Hayeon, and Seongwook and headed towards the place where the sounds of the magical beasts were heard.

Today was not a special day.

But it wasn’t an ordinary day either.

It was the first time in a while that they came to the amusement park with their son and daughter, so at least it would be a special day for them.

“Dad, what’s that?”

“Ah, that’s…”

“Dad! Let’s ride that!”

“Haha, it’s going to be really scary, you know?”

“No, it’s not! It’s not scary!”

Even the sight of him clenching both fists and saying no was cute.

“Honey.”

The wife, who had gone to buy snacks for the children, also returned with her hands full.

“That’s the fastest ride in Korea.”

“Really? Is it that fast?”

“Of course. Of course.”

“Let’s go, let’s go quickly!”

The daughter looked a little scared at the word ‘fastest,’ and the son was very excited and kept pulling her arm.

“The fastest in Korea! Hyper Roller! Please hold on tight when the safety bar comes down!”

As he sat on the ride and looked at the descending safety bar, something unusual began to ripple right next to him.

“Huh…?”

The father watched the rippling.

What on earth was that?

Was he seeing things?

The rippling began to intensify and soon began to take shape.

In a form he had seen before.

“Th, that’s…!”

He had seen it on TV.

It was something that was created when a flood occurred, not a normal door [a portal through which magical beasts enter].

“Uh, uh?”

The employees who were guiding the ride also seemed to have noticed it, stopping their waving hands and staring at it.

“Fl, flood! It’s a flood!”

One of the employees shouted, and the guiding employees immediately began to flee from their positions.

“D, Dad? What’s wrong?”

“Honey, what is this…?”

“H, hey!”

The father tried to lift the safety bar that had come down on him, but it was impossible.

“Hey! You have to, you have to release this!!”

But the employees had already left their positions, and the only one who heard the father’s voice was the flooded magical beast.

Other people nearby had noticed the rippling and had already left.

“Krrk…”

A magical beast with impressive protruding fangs.

Just by looking at its appearance, it didn’t seem much different from those called orcs.

“Kyaaak!”

“Krrrk!!”

The magical beast, hearing the scream, immediately looked at the source of the scream.

Those who were tied to an unidentified ride and unable to move.

“Krrk.”

There would be no fun in hunting, but prey that could not resist was always more attractive than anything else.

Some of the flooded magical beasts headed straight for the families tied to the ride.

“D, don’t, don’t come!”

All that was free in this situation was the mouth shouting at the magical beast and the two hands sticking out above the safety bar.

What could ordinary people who were not hunters do?

The father wrapped his arms around his son and daughter sitting next to him with one hand and continued to lift the safety bar with the other.

‘Please, please!’

Usually, wishes come true if you pray earnestly, but that didn’t work with machines.

“Krrreuk!”

The magical beast, which had arrived in front of the family in an instant, raised the sword in its hand without hesitation.

Towards the man who had made the loudest noise, the one who seemed the strongest among them.

“N, no!”

The man closed his eyes tightly.

Just the fact that he could predict what would happen in the future was a great pain.

Swish.

The sound of something scattering in the air.

However, the sound of something scattering as if it were bursting out was ominous enough to realize that it was not a positive thing just by hearing the sound.

“Keuh…”

The man slowly opened his eyes.

He brought his hand to the hot sensation he felt from his shoulder to near his abdomen.

“…Blood…”

“D, Dad!”

“Honey!”

He thought it was all over.

The only hope he could rely on was the mercy of the magical beast that had cut through his body.

The hand he dropped weakly caught on the safety bar, and the safety bar made a clunking sound and collapsed on one side.

The magical beast’s sword had also cut off one side of the safety bar.

“R, run…run away…”

The man pushed the safety bar away with his foot with all his might.

He barely created enough space to get his body out, and the man squeezed out the remaining strength and threw himself towards the magical beast who was raising his sword again.

“R, run away! Quickly!”

He thought he had grabbed the magical beast with all his might, but all he felt was leaning his body against the magical beast.

Of course, he couldn’t hold out for long, so the man shouted once again.

“Run away quickly!”

His wife seemed to have come to her senses at that sound and hurriedly began to pull her son and daughter out of the ride.

“Krrreuk!”

The magical beast, judging that the opponent had the will to resist, grabbed the head of the man who had inflicted a large wound with one hand and threw it to the floor, and tried to swing the sword in his hand at the woman and the young humans.

“Kiek!”

“…?”

The magical beast that had been trying to kill them until just now suddenly collapsed to the floor.

Leaving behind a scream.

The magical beast seemed to have completely lost consciousness.

Moreover, judging from the fact that it was breathing heavily, it didn’t seem like the kind of fainting that meant it was asleep.

“Honey!”

The wife immediately went to her husband who had been thrown to the floor.

A faintly audible breathing sound.

She wondered if she could have a little hope, but even that faint breathing sound was gradually weakening.

“Honey, honey!”

The husband’s appearance, barely managing to smile, was unfamiliar, and the son and daughter sat next to him and began to sob without saying a word.

“Qu, quick…run…”

Now it was too much to even keep his eyes open.

The man slowly closed his eyes and repeated breathing in and out.

Until just now, only the place where the blood was flowing felt hot, but now his whole body felt hot, no, warm.

As if his body wanted to be comfortable.

“…Yo?”

“….Da.”

The sound of someone else was heard, but he couldn’t hear the contents because of his fading mind.

He just hoped that the owner of this voice was a hunter.

He just hoped that they were the ones who had appeared to deal with these magical beasts.

“Who…are you?”

“Well…I’m a hunter.”

The wife was wary of Seonghyun, who had suddenly appeared, but at the same time, she had hope.

Since he was a hunter, wouldn’t he save them from these magical beasts?

Even if that was difficult, she had the expectation that he would somehow save at least her son and daughter.

“Your husband is…”

“…”

She didn’t want to admit it, and it was hard to accept, but she knew her husband’s condition better than anyone else.

The amount of blood already scattered on the floor was enough for even someone with no medical knowledge to know the result.

However, the man still checked her husband’s condition.

As if there was a way.

“He’s just unconscious.”

Soon, the man reached out his hand to her husband’s wound.

“Wh, what are you…”

The wife, who had reached out her hand to stop him from his incomprehensible actions, withdrew her hand again when she felt a faint but infinitely warm feeling from the man’s hand.

Then, an unbelievable sight unfolded.