I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 210

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Seonghyun met Padron for the first time outside of American soil.

Perhaps out of pride as a representative of Russia’s top hunters, Padron appeared before the Pilgrim dressed in a suit he rarely wore.

“What’s this?”

“Padron, you must know him. He’s the Pilgrim…”

“Pilgrim? That healing ability guy?”

“Padron, isn’t calling him ‘guy’ a bit rude?”

“What? You wanna die? I told you not to bother me.”

“Just kill me then. I’d rather die than be Padron’s secretary.”

He seemed quite close to his secretary, exchanging harsh words without hesitation.

“So, you should greet him. He’s now recognized as Russia’s top hunter.”

“What? This gloomy bastard I’ve never seen is Russia’s top hunter? How can I not know how he works?”

At that reaction, the secretary sighed deeply and said,

“I clearly told you on the phone yesterday. I even sent the documents.”

“…Really? Good job.”

“Enough with the praise, please greet him. Don’t just stand there awkwardly.”

“Greetings my ass. I won’t greet him unless he takes off that hood.”

“Come on, he might have his reasons. He’s not a child.”

Seonghyun, who had been listening to their conversation, didn’t see any progress and turned away.

Whether they knew Seonghyun was leaving or not, they continued their bickering.

After that, other top Russian hunters came to greet him.

They didn’t seem to welcome Seonghyun’s existence, and they seemed quite happy about the Pilgrim’s appearance.

“Hello. My name is Gustan.”

“Hello, I’m…”

It was formal, but there was kindness in their expressions and tone, so Seonghyun thought the Pilgrim’s role wouldn’t be too difficult and greeted them with the same courtesy.

“You can call me Pilgrim. Nice to meet you.”

These people hadn’t even properly met Seonghyun, but it was widely known that Seonghyun’s image was of a cold and resolute character, not befitting the title of a healing ability user.

They had been looking for a chance to talk to him, but in that short time, Seonghyun’s status had risen to the point where he was being compared to Lich and Padron.

In this situation, the Pilgrim, who had similar abilities to Seonghyun, was being friendly, so their favor naturally increased.

To them, it didn’t matter whether the Pilgrim covered his face with a hood or not.

“Then, I hope you enjoy the banquet.”

“Thank you.”

The Russian hunters, who were the hosts of this banquet, had the first opportunity to meet the Pilgrim, and now it was the turn of the hunters from other places to meet the Pilgrim.

However, there was a person who was not on the list that Kabulsky had given him.

‘Lich?’

It was Lich who had attended the banquet.

Because the places that followed Russia and the places that followed America were different, American hunters usually didn’t attend banquets held by Russia.

But this time, there was a unique existence called the Pilgrim, so perhaps they couldn’t help it.

“Hello.”

“Yes, nice to meet you.”

There were no further words.

Lich stared at the Pilgrim as if he were seeing something strange, then smiled faintly and said,

“I stared too much. I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay.”

“You look a lot like someone I know.”

“That could be.”

When he gave an answer close to affirmation to the question of whether he was Seonghyun, Lich showed a surprised expression and then burst into laughter.

“Pfft. Really? I thought so as soon as I heard that the Pilgrim had joined Russia.”

Lich didn’t ask about his intentions.

Perhaps it was the influence of becoming a subject of faith.

“Then, I’ll go enjoy the banquet.”

At Seonghyun’s words, which kept a proper distance, Lich nodded and turned away.

This place was to announce that the healing ability user called the Pilgrim had joined Russia.

To move according to their wishes, he shouldn’t show too much closeness with Lich, an American hunter.

It could raise unnecessary suspicions.

“Now, let’s begin the banquet.”

The banquet itself was quite simple.

It was so simple that it felt somewhat crude and sparse.

Perhaps it was the most Russian banquet.

As the banquet was simple, the hunters had more time to interact with each other.

Of course, there was a brief time to introduce the Pilgrim before that.

“Please allow me a moment. I would like to introduce one of the main characters of today’s banquet, and a new hunter who will be the mainstay of Russia in the future. Everyone knows his name. It’s the Pilgrim.”

Factions were clearly divided between those who applauded and those who didn’t.

The Pilgrim was stepping into this hunter world for the first time.

The side that didn’t applaud was Lich’s faction from America.

The rest were all deeply related to Russia, so thunderous applause poured out.

“Hmm…”

However, there was one hunter who had the most puzzled expression.

It was Padron.

“Lich, doesn’t something feel familiar?”

“What is it?”

“There’s only one hunter who maintained his composure in front of you and me.”

“Hunter Kim Seonghyun?”

“Yes. But that bastard is also composed.”

He had never spoken to Padron directly, but he could tell at a glance.

The Pilgrim was very similar to Seonghyun.

Not only the energy he felt and exuded, but also the unique feeling of the person.

Padron’s gaze naturally shifted from observing Seonghyun’s actions and habits to wondering why Seonghyun had come here.

“Well, he’ll figure it out on his own.”

Even if that Pilgrim was Seonghyun, there wouldn’t be a big problem.

According to Lich, Seonghyun’s ultimate goal was to eradicate all magical beasts, so unless Russia provoked Seonghyun, he wouldn’t do anything first.

“Now that I’m done here, I’m leaving.”

“Are you going to drink again?”

“Again? It’s been a while.”

As soon as Padron was convinced that the Pilgrim was Seonghyun, he left the place.

All eyes were on this day’s banquet.

The shocking appearance of the mysterious figure called the Pilgrim.

Seonghyun’s reaction was also a new topic of conversation, and the Pilgrim’s actions as a Russian hunter were also of interest.

During this month, Seonghyun attended more than half of the banquets requested by Russia.

Nothing happened during this time, but that was the problem.

“Why is there no movement?”

He had clearly chosen the most likely option among the possibilities they could have predicted.

He was revealing himself as the Pilgrim and then revealing himself again as Kim Seonghyun, adjusting appropriately, but it was too quiet.

“I can’t ask Kabulsky to arrange a meeting now…”

Since he had shown animosity so far, it was obvious that he would say he didn’t know or was looking into it if he asked.

Just as the question of why they weren’t showing any movement was deepening, he received a call from an unknown number.

“Hello?”

“Is this the Pilgrim?”

“Yes. Who is this?”

A calm yet gloomy voice.

If he saw him in person, he would seem to have narrow eyes.

“Um… would it be right to say that I’m someone who can answer the Pilgrim’s questions?”

“That’s both welcome and unwelcome news.”

When he expressed displeasure at the fact that he knew about him, an answer came back with a smile from across the receiver.

“Wouldn’t it become clear if you heard the answer? Whether it’s welcome or unwelcome.”

“So what do you want? A meeting?”

“That’s right. Isn’t meeting the first step to doing anything?”

He didn’t like everything about this man, but he liked that one thing he just said.

“Where are you coming?”

“Huh? Haha, it seems you have no intention of meeting in the middle at all?”

“I don’t like moving. Are you coming?”

“I have no choice. I’ll visit you at the hotel you’re staying at soon.”

“When are you comin…”

Before Seonghyun could finish speaking, the man hung up the phone.

“Ha, look at this…?”

He had never been treated like this before, so it was quite unfamiliar.

It used to happen often before the regression, but now it was a treatment he didn’t even remember.

The ability known as the Pilgrim’s power was certainly valuable, but the other party didn’t seem to value it much.

Even if it was just a battle of nerves, this was just a way to make him feel bad, so unless the other party was really stupid, they wouldn’t use this method.

“And he said he’d come soon.”

The times when Seonghyun left the hotel were not regular.

When he was active as Seonghyun, he was naturally not here, and even when he was active as the Pilgrim, he spent more time outside than in the hotel.

“I felt subtly different flows of mana around me.”

The flow was so subtle that Seonghyun couldn’t notice it.

“It seems like one of the two who watched me at first…”

Judging by that energy alone, it was at least a top hunter.

That meant that any variable could occur.

Seonghyun honestly felt that he could beat any top hunter in this world.

But he wasn’t sure if he could perfectly protect everyone around him yet.

There were still many who were not subjects of faith.

And Seonghyun knew very well that the end of this meeting was predetermined, no matter what conversation took place.

They wanted to meet the Pilgrim, but they were actually meeting Seonghyun.

All the criteria for the conversation would be based on information about the Pilgrim, and all those conditions and proposals could not satisfy Seonghyun.

He didn’t know what abilities the other party had, but he had to prepare for the worst.

“Chief Cha, take this with you.”

At Seonghyun’s words, Chief Cha appeared in the air.

What Seonghyun handed him was a mysterious device.

“A device? You had devices too?”

“I just made it.”

“You… made a device?”

“Yeah, well. It’s a crude level, though.”

Chief Cha was speechless at Seonghyun’s nonchalant answer, as if it was nothing.

“If they ever come to the hotel…”

Seonghyun stopped speaking for a moment.

Chief Cha looked at Seonghyun, who had paused, and asked.

“Is something wrong…?”

“It seems like they’re only doing unexpected things.”

“Huh?”

“They’ve arrived now.”

The two energies felt from outside the hotel were the same energies he had felt for the first time here.

“Not soon, but a little later.”

What kind of proposal will they make?

Seonghyun put on his hood with anticipation.