I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 124

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The Headmaster, having granted Professor Seong’s vacation, briefly left the Academy for his own agenda.

“Well, Professor Seong might not welcome it…”

The reason for the Headmaster’s direct involvement was simple.

To win over Professor Seong?

Of course not.

‘Having spoken so directly to that extent…’

Seonghyun seemed quite interested in Professor Seong.

That alone was more than enough reason to act directly for Professor Seong.

Seonghyun might not know, but that woman had a son.

“Such a selfish woman.”

The insurance money in case of her death was set aside for her son.

He had no intention of letting this slide.

Although the son hadn’t done anything directly, he was just unlucky.

Like the ex-husbands who had met that woman.

“Are you there?”

He lightly knocked on the iron gate of a house in the outskirts, but no voice returned.

“Is Ms. Lee Soon-geum’s son there?”

He could clearly sense someone was inside, but they didn’t seem inclined to open the door.

“I have something Ms. Lee asked me to deliver. You need to receive it directly. It’s quite valuable… if I leave it, someone else might take it.”

“…Mom sent you?”

His words about something valuable got a reaction.

A cracked voice was heard from beyond the door, and the Headmaster held up the envelope he had brought, saying,

“Yes. Will you accept it?”

The iron gate rattled open, and soon a heavily built man with greasy hair and a stained shirt appeared.

“…What is it?”

“Let’s go inside first. I have something to tell you.”

His eyes were full of suspicion, but the Headmaster’s characteristic relaxed smile and smooth talk made it difficult to discern his true intentions.

The slightly opened door was now fully open, and the scene inside was a spectacle in itself.

Trash scattered everywhere and a foul odor emanating from mysterious black bags.

And on the floor, red sauce was smeared, no one knew when it had been splattered.

“…Hey, what are you doing? Why are you wearing shoes inside the house?”

“A house should look like a house before one takes off their shoes, don’t you think?”

“Ha, if Mom sent you, just do what you’re told and get lost. Got it?”

“Haha. I will.”

The Headmaster casually swept the trash aside with his foot and handed over the envelope, saying,

“She also told you to get some exercise.”

“…Didn’t you hear me? Do what you’re told and get lost.”

“What I just said is part of what I was told to do.”

“…”

The man wore a face like he had eaten shit, but he couldn’t argue, only furrowing his brow.

“But what exactly are you giving me…”

The man snatched the envelope and checked the contents, wearing a puzzled expression.

“…A rope?”

He would have to ask his mom’s employee to know for sure, but this looked like an ordinary rope.

One that seemed perfect for tying something up.

“Why a rope…”

As his confusion gradually turned into unease, the Headmaster smiled and replied.

“She wants you to die.”

“…What?”

The unease turned into a chilling sensation, and he tried to throw the rope he was holding at the Headmaster to resist.

However, his body was frozen in place, unable to move.

He couldn’t control anything except breathing and blinking.

“As you might have guessed, it’s a lie that Ms. Lee Soon-geum sent me.”

“Thi…”

He couldn’t even open his mouth to say something.

“Oh, and Ms. Lee Soon-geum is dead. And the reason you’re dying now is because Ms. Lee Soon-geum’s death insurance is in your name.”

The Headmaster released the ability that was binding the man to hear his words, and the man, panting and staring at the Headmaster with bloodshot eyes, collapsed to the ground.

“J-Just for that reason…!”

“Whether you have seven prior convictions, or who you assaulted, your past is none of my business. You’re just dying because you’re that woman’s son.”

“Save…”

He couldn’t even beg.

His body wouldn’t move again.

The Headmaster leisurely picked up the rope that had fallen to the floor and matched it to the man’s eye level.

“Hmm? Are you resenting me?”

The Headmaster stared silently into the eyes of the man who couldn’t answer, then hung the rope from the ceiling.

“Resenting is fine, but isn’t the target wrong? You should resent your mother, not me.”

He had obtained a very sturdy rope, considering the man’s weight, so it wouldn’t break.

The Headmaster tapped the man’s body once with his finger.

Then, it began to shine for a brief moment, and as the light disappeared, the Headmaster lightly lifted the man with one hand.

“Ugh…”

His face seemed to have a lot to say, but the Headmaster wasn’t particularly curious.

He securely fastened the rope around his neck and tapped the man’s body once more with his finger, causing it to shine again, and the rope made a snapping sound as it tightened.

“Cough, cough…”

The Headmaster sat down on the cleanest chair among the ones nearby, staring at the man with the same expression as before.

“Hmm…”

With his arms crossed, he waited for 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes.

As time passed, the man’s struggling feet gradually subsided, and his red skin gradually turned blue.

As the movements became less frequent, the Headmaster stood up and approached the man.

“…It’s over.”

After thoroughly checking whether he was breathing and if his pulse was still beating, the Headmaster knocked over the chair he had been sitting on next to the man and went into the bathroom.

“Hmm.”

After tidying up his slightly disheveled clothes, the Headmaster came out of the bathroom, cast a look full of disgust at the man’s corpse hanging in the air, and left the house.

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“…Excuse me? Is that really true?”

Professor Seong was dumbfounded.

Two hundred million won had been deposited into her account.

“The late Ms. Lee Soon-geum had her death insurance payout directed to her son, but due to the tragedy of losing his mother, her son took his own life…”

“Ah… such a thing…”

“Well, I hope Professor Seong takes care of herself. Goodbye.”

“Ah, yes.”

The insurance company employee left, and Professor Seong was lost in thought.

She hadn’t done anything, but someone had filed the claim, and the insurance company had taken care of everything and brought the money.

It would have been impossible without someone pulling strings.

And the ones suspected of doing so were the Headmaster and Seonghyun.

“I should pretend I don’t know…”

The money received from that dirty woman, no, the life of a monster, felt a bit unclean.

“I should think of it as seeking forgiveness.”

Of course, she had no intention of accepting it, but thinking that she had sought forgiveness with the money exchanged for her life made her feel a little better.

She also needed the money.

She wanted to let her awakened daughter do everything she wanted and have everything she desired.

“How can I repay this favor…”

If it weren’t for Seonghyun, what kind of future would have awaited her?

She might have opened her heart a little to the woman who was taking care of her daughter, unaware of the wounds her daughter was receiving.

And if that had happened, she would have certainly lost her life to the woman, and her daughter would have undoubtedly spent her entire life lying down, passing away lonely.

When she first heard the news that a hunter with healing abilities had appeared, she only thought that it was too far removed from her, even while watching the hunter’s exploits.

However, she couldn’t say that they were close now.

The only conversation she had with Seonghyun was a very brief explanation of what she wanted.

“I don’t know if I’ll be of any help, but if there’s anything I can do, I’ll do anything.”

As if to let her know that the professor had made this resolution, a window appeared before Seonghyun’s eyes at this very moment.

[A person with faith has been added.]

“It must be Professor Seong, right?”

Although the window was always welcome whenever it appeared, this time it seemed to have more emotional involvement than usual.

But the window wasn’t the end of it.

He had always looked forward to it whenever the number of people with faith increased, and this time it seemed to be meeting his expectations.

[The faith you receive has exceeded the threshold.]

“The threshold of faith?”

Information he was seeing for the first time.

It seemed that not only the people with faith were the standard, but the faith itself was also becoming a standard.

[Faith abilities are enhanced.]

[The criteria for gaining faith are lowered.]

[The bond with those who have faith becomes deeper.]

“That’s good.”

In reality, Seonghyun himself hadn’t become stronger.

Because the power he felt now was no different from before.

However, the locations of those with faith, which had only been felt when they were in pain, were now felt even when they weren’t in pain, and he began to feel how strong each of them was.

And that wasn’t all.

It was clear that everyone who had faith in Seonghyun had become stronger than before.

And it was very good news for Seonghyun.

Looking back on the times he had gained people with faith, the difficulty was never low.

However, now the criteria had been lowered.

In the little over half a year since his regression, he had created a total of 8 people with faith, including Professor Seong.

It was a little over one person per month, so it was definitely slow.

Faith was a very important growth factor for Seonghyun.

The growth rate so far had been unbelievably fast, but it would be even faster in the future.

“But lowering the faith criteria means…”

He was already strong enough with the abilities he had now.

It felt as if he was being constantly urged to become even stronger than he was now.

As if what he had now was not enough.

An example of this was the appearance of this unfriendly window, and the granting of the unbelievable ability of healing.

And even regression.

He didn’t know the intention behind giving him these special privileges, but he had to become strong, definitely strong.

Because at the end of receiving such special powers, there would definitely be something unexpected.

“The Academy Competition is confirmed with me as a representative, but the problem is the Class 1 Gate subjugation, which requires top-tier hunters to participate.”

Seonghyun, who hadn’t even been to a Class 2 Gate yet, had to subjugate a Class 2 Gate before he could handle the Class 1 Gate subjugation schedule, which wasn’t far away.

Now that he could clear a mutated Class 3 Gate with a few flicks of his fingers, he felt confident about Class 2 Gates as well.

‘The first-year students at the Academy were able to adequately deal with the monsters of a Class 3 Gate with teamwork…’

It was one of the things he learned at the Academy.

Usually, the focus was on large-scale battles, so they didn’t usually think about how to deal with a single monster like that.

They properly utilized the advantages of the Academy’s large-scale subjugation.

And Seonghyun was planning to take his guild members with him when he subjugated the Class 2 Gate this time.