I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 74

“Hey. Can’t you read the room?”

The man grabbed Sung-hyun’s shoulder as he tried to pass.

“Read what room?”

“You’re just a nobody who couldn’t even get into a guild. Can’t you understand what I’m saying?”

Sung-hyun was about to answer but stopped himself.

The more time he wasted here, the worse the condition of the unconscious people would become, and some might even lose their lives.

Even though Sung-hyun had healing abilities, he couldn’t revive the dead.

That’s why he needed to get to the injured as soon as possible, but this man kept blocking his way.

‘Let’s just make something up.’

“Okay, I get it, so let me help those people first…”

“Hey. Are you even a doctor? What can you possibly do by going there?”

The man, who had been frowning, smirked at Sung-hyun’s words.

“I wouldn’t be going if I couldn’t do anything. Of course, I’m not a doctor.”

“I thought you just couldn’t read the room, but you don’t even know your place?”

“I’m not a doctor, but I have healing abilities.”

At the mention of healing abilities, the man seemed startled for a moment, widening his eyes as he looked at Sung-hyun.

But thinking it was a lie, he scoffed and said,

“You’re the guy from the news? Bullshit. Why would someone like that be here? And you seem to have taken down a lot of monsters. Does a healer even have that kind of ability?”

“It doesn’t matter whether you believe me or not.”

“And they don’t look like they’re about to die anyway…”

He really didn’t have time to deal with this.

Sung-hyun tried to head back to the injured, and as expected, the man grabbed his shoulder again, blocking his way.

“Just listen. The Association requested support from us, so everything here belongs to us. Got it?”

“That’s the problem?”

Sung-hyun let out a hollow laugh as if he couldn’t believe it.

Then, staring directly at the man, he said,

“Take it. If you want to take it.”

“…”

The crystals here were actually worthless to Sung-hyun.

It wasn’t like he had never moved for money, but even the support from the Association or the crystals he had collected by visiting every day were worth a considerable amount of money when sold.

But Sung-hyun’s words seemed to provoke something in the man.

“…Do we look like beggars to you?”

Sung-hyun was also getting annoyed at the man’s response.

He seemed to want the crystals, and Sung-hyun was offering them, but now he didn’t like that Sung-hyun was giving them away so easily, and he began to show hostility towards Sung-hyun with a deep frown.

“Take everything here, without exception, and get lost. Don’t bother me.”

Sung-hyun roughly shook off the man’s hand, which was still on his shoulder, and headed back to the injured.

“…That little bug…”

“Um, Guild Leader, what about the crystals…?”

At the guild member’s question, the man shouted back,

“Take them all!”

He had already achieved his purpose of talking to Sung-hyun, but he didn’t like Sung-hyun’s attitude at all.

It wasn’t just that he didn’t like it; it was an attitude that deliberately made people feel unpleasant.

The man immediately made a phone call.

‘Cocky bastard.’

It took a little while for the call to be answered, and then someone picked up.

“Hello.”

“Ah! Hyung [older brother/male friend]! It’s me!”

“Uh…”

“Hey, it’s Hee-won, Hyung!”

“Ah, ah! Yeah! Hee-won! What’s up?”

The fact that he had forgotten his voice was a little dissatisfying, but that wasn’t important right now, so Hee-won forced a smile and said,

“Actually, I came to the site today because of the Association’s support request due to the flood.”

“Oh, really? Hit the jackpot?!”

“Well, some crazy bastard had already taken care of everything.”

“Hmm? Haha, that’s too bad. So?”

“At first, I tried to approach him politely and have a little chat, but this guy who’s not even in a guild was so arrogant.”

The man on the phone was very similar to Hee-won in personality.

Perhaps that’s why he was furious at the mention of someone who wasn’t even in a guild, as if it were his own business.

“What? That kind of washed-up hunter? The world’s gone upside down?! What’s his name?!”

“Well, I don’t know his name, but you can find out if you investigate, right?”

“In, investigate? Well, yeah… but investigation costs money.”

“Of course. It takes manpower and time, doesn’t it? I’ll take care of that, of course…”

As the conversation was coming to an end, Hee-won smiled as if things were going well, looking in the direction Sung-hyun had gone.

Until he saw what had happened.

“…Huh?”

Hee-won couldn’t believe his eyes.

If what he was seeing was correct, then the people who should have been lying there were all standing up during that short phone call.

Not only that.

The way they were bowing to Sung-hyun made it seem like they had received some great favor.

‘What, what is this?’

But something was strange about the way everyone was standing.

It felt like he was missing something big.

“…Ah!”

It was that they all looked perfectly fine.

Even from this distance, they looked so healthy that it was hard to believe they were injured.

“I, is it real?”

He felt like his mind was going blank.

If that person was indeed the hunter with healing abilities, then he had just made an irreversible mistake.

“Oh, what should I do?”

If he left this place now, it seemed like the already difficult problem would only get bigger and come back to him.

“Guild Leader, the crystal collection is complete.”

“Oh, really? Bring them all to me first!”

Hee-won received all the collected crystals from the guild member and headed straight for Sung-hyun.

“Thank you so, so much. I thought I was going to die…”

“Mister! Thank you!”

“I don’t know how to repay this kindness…”

The people couldn’t forget the feeling they had just experienced.

The feeling of warmth spreading all over, and at the same time, the pain that had disappeared completely.

Even their minds, which had been exhausted by the thought of dying, felt refreshed as if they had never experienced such a thing.

“It’s okay. Does anyone still feel uncomfortable?”

“No, I feel perfectly fine, as if I only have the memory of being injured.”

“It doesn’t hurt at all!”

It was delayed because of the argument with the greedy man, but fortunately, it wasn’t too late, and no one had faced an irreversible situation.

“The flood is over, but it’s better for everyone to go back now, just in case.”

“Yes, I understand. Thank you again.”

“Thank you!”

The people, who had been bowing to Sung-hyun, began to return.

Looking at the back of the child holding his father’s hand, he felt a strange emotion.

“…That’s a relief.”

As he was looking at their backs, he felt a presence behind him.

“…”

He thought it was In-hwan, Sang-yeon, Ha-yeon, and Sung-wook, but it was the man he had just talked to.

“Is there anything else you want to say?”

“Ah, well, that’s…”

Looking at his hesitant appearance, it seemed he had properly witnessed Sung-hyun healing them.

“Well, please accept this. Haha.”

When he received the pouch the man handed him and checked it, it was full of crystals.

“Isn’t this… a bit too much?”

“Haha, well, there were more monsters than I thought.”

Looking at the few crystals of different colors mixed in, it was obvious that he had put in the crystals he had as well.

“I’m Kim Hee-won. I apologize for saying something a little too harsh earlier because I was a bit excited.”

He was one of the typical, disgusting types of people.

He had ignored him so much because he wasn’t in a guild.

And he didn’t like the way he spoke to the injured, even the civilians, not even hunters.

In fact, even if a hunter without healing abilities went and did something, it wouldn’t be as miraculous as a doctor’s care, but there were many things they could do.

They could stop the bleeding or take care of them until they regained consciousness, and so on.

“I don’t need this. Take it.”

“No, still… please consider it a token of my sincerity…”

“Why should I consider your sincerity?”

At Sung-hyun’s answer, Hee-won stared at Sung-hyun with a blank look.

He had unconsciously thought that someone with healing abilities would be gentle, or a bit of a pushover, to put it nicely, but he was completely wrong.

“Don’t do that…”

As he tried to force the pouch into Sung-hyun’s hand, Sung-hyun frowned and shook it off.

“Keep those rocks to yourself. I don’t think we have anything more to talk about.”

After saying that, Sung-hyun immediately turned around and headed towards his group.

“Hu, Hunter? Hunter!”

Hee-won’s urgent voice was heard from behind, but he didn’t turn around.

With a ‘ding’ sound, Hee-won’s phone rang, and Hee-won answered the phone with a troubled expression.

“Hello?”

“Ah, it’s me.”

“…Hyung? Why are you suddenly using honorifics…?”

“I don’t think we’re close enough to drop the formalities, are we? Haha.”

Hee-won bit his lower lip tightly, but there was nothing else he could do.

“Why, why are you doing this…”

“I hope you refrain from contacting me in the future.”

“Hyu, Hyung! Still…”

“…Hey, can’t you understand what I’m saying?”

“Yes?”

As shocking events unfolded one after another, Hee-won couldn’t come to his senses and just listened.

“You’re fucked.”

“…”

“Anyway, let’s not even pretend to know each other, let alone contact each other in the future. Do you understand? Mr. Kim Hee-won? Or, Hunter Kim?”

As if he wasn’t worth waiting for, the call was immediately cut off.

“Guild Leader? What…”

For Hee-won, this was not the end.

The phone started ringing again.

“Ye, hello…”

“Is this Guild Leader Kim Hee-won?”

“Yes, ye, it is.”

A very businesslike voice was heard from the other end of the line.

Even from the voice, it felt like someone working in public service.

“According to Article 17, Paragraph 3 of the Hunter Guild Regulations, the guild has been disbanded from this moment on due to a violation.”

“…Yes?”

“Here’s the evidence.”

“You’re just a bug who couldn’t even get into a guild… They don’t look like they’re about to die anyway…”

“Th, this is…”

It was his own voice, intonation, and tone that no one could deny.

“And I heard you didn’t solve any of the flood problems today? I heard you have crystals, so please come to the Association and return them. Hunter Kim.”

“No.”

He tried to say something, but the call had already been cut off.

“How did this happen…”

The guild members who had been listening to the call next to him looked at each other and the guild leader with bewildered expressions.

“The guild has been disbanded?”

“No, what’s going on suddenly…”

Those who were bewildered at first soon realized the situation and began to sigh.

“Haa… I knew this bastard Guild Leader would do this someday.”

“Tch, it’s okay. I knew it from the start when he was wasting money on useless guys.”

“Wh, what did you say?”

The guild members smiled at Hee-won as if they were glad, and then left without any regrets.

“A dream… is it…?”