I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 133

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I was certain that they wouldn’t make any significant moves until after the Grade 1 Gate subjugation began.

Since they hadn’t accurately assessed Seonghyun’s level, it was obvious they would gauge his abilities during the Grade 1 Gate subjugation, where top-tier Hunters gathered, and then make their move.

“I’m jealous, though. I want to go too.”

Inhwan’s words made Sangyeon scoff.

“Jealous? You’re jealous of a Grade 1 Gate subjugation? At your current level, you’d be dog food for sure.”

“…If it weren’t for Seonghyun, you’d still be doing Grade 3 Gate subjugations. All talk, no action, huh?”

“Ah~ So that’s why you almost died last time, right?”

“You little…”

The level of their bickering seemed to have increased slightly, but there was no animosity in their eyes, so Seonghyun watched their conversation with a smile.

“But if you go, how many days will you be gone?”

“From what I heard, the subjugation schedule is about three days.”

As Sangyeon said, the Grade 1 Gate subjugation schedule was three days.

There was a reason why the Grade 1 Gate subjugation schedule was fixed every month.

It was because they couldn’t catch the boss that appeared in the Grade 1 Gate.

“It’ll probably be the same this time. There’s no point in staying longer than that.”

Even before Seonghyun regressed, the first Grade 1 Gate that was created remained as it was.

Even the world’s top-tier Hunters couldn’t catch the boss of the Grade 1 Gate.

That was the case then, and it would be the case in the future.

“But if it’s left like this, won’t the Grade 1 Gate mutate?”

“No, that won’t happen.”

Seonghyun was certain.

He didn’t know why, but until the moment Seonghyun regressed, no Gate that directly threatened humanity had appeared.

The Grade 1 Gate didn’t mutate, and the level of the Gates that flooded out was, at most, Grade 2.

It was as if the Gates knew the level of human strength very well.

“If a Grade 1 Gate mutates, it’s the end. We can’t even subjugate the Grade 1 Gates as they are.”

“I guess…”

Inhwan and Sangyeon’s faces suddenly turned complicated.

Thanks to Seonghyun, they had become incomparably stronger, but they had almost lost their lives in a Grade 2 Gate.

What would it be like in a Grade 1 Gate?

“Not that I doubt you, but be careful.”

“I believe you can do well.”

“Don’t worry.”

The fact that there were people other than his family who genuinely cared about him felt quite new.

“Seonghyun, do you have any plans until you leave for the subjugation?”

“No? Why? What’s up?”

“It’s nothing much, but my family bought a yacht this time.”

Looking at his expression, it was clear that he wanted to get on the yacht and feel the breeze right away.

“So, you want to ride it?”

“That’s right. Just the three of us, huh? Cruising on the sea. How about it?”

This wasn’t a request for an opinion.

His eyes were almost completely flipped, as if foreshadowing that he would sulk if they didn’t agree.

“Okay. Sounds good. A yacht.”

It was something completely unrelated in both his past and present lives, so his curiosity was piqued.

It was something he had only seen in movies.

“Great, right? We’re going? No take-backs?”

“Alright, alright.”

“The day after tomorrow. We’re leaving the day after tomorrow. I’ll take care of all the preparations. You guys just come.”

Inhwan showed stronger leadership than anyone else in times like these.

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“How is it?”

Inhwan, standing proudly in front of the yacht, was very excited.

“Wow… It’s my first time seeing one in person, but it looks amazing.”

Inhwan hadn’t seen Seonghyun’s admiring expression very often, so this time, his shoulders were higher than ever.

“But who’s going to drive? Don’t you need a license for this?”

Inhwan shook his finger at Sangyeon and clicked his tongue before answering.

“Do you think I wouldn’t have prepared something like that?”

Inhwan proudly took out his license from his pocket, glanced down at Sangyeon with his head slightly raised, and then put it back in his pocket.

“Alcohol, meat, and more. Let’s just eat and drink. Today is that kind of day.”

To be honest, it was a schedule that they came on because Inhwan wanted it.

A small and trivial trip that Seonghyun and Sangyeon could take or leave.

“…”

But from the moment he stepped onto the yacht, he began to feel emotions he had never felt before.

All he could see was the forest and the sea.

With nothing blocking the view to the end of the horizon, it felt as if he had gained true freedom.

“How is it?”

“Good.”

“It’s nice.”

Before the regression, these were things he couldn’t even dream of.

Since there was no possibility, it would have been excluded from the realm of possibilities altogether.

“Departure!”

The sound of the yacht’s engine, which felt better than any other sound, began to be heard, and they slowly moved towards the seemingly endless horizon.

He didn’t know if it was because this scenery was beautiful, but one thing was certain.

Even if he had happened to see the same scenery before the regression, would he have been able to have the same feelings as now? That was the question.

‘Now…’

It felt as if he could finally accept what he saw as it was.

Beautiful things as beautiful things.

“Want a drink?”

Inhwan and Sangyeon, holding a bottle of beer each, appeared and handed one to Seonghyun.

“Sure.”

A bottle of beer drunk in the cool breeze tasted better than he could have imagined.

“Grade 1 Gate… You’ll be okay, right?”

Inhwan’s endlessly serious voice seemed impossible not to worry about.

“Do you think I’m going to die?”

It was a typical foreshadowing.

That ominous feeling continued to stab at Inhwan’s lungs, but if it was Seonghyun that Inhwan knew, he would be able to overcome everything.

“More than that, you have to go on Grade 2 Gate subjugations without me.”

It was a word to instill confidence, but Inhwan smiled with a sigh and replied.

“It’s still a long way off. The reason our guild members were able to fight the Grade 2 Gate’s monsters back then was because of your healing abilities, not because we were good.”

If Seonghyun hadn’t been there, he would have lost his life without even knowing he was dying to the Grade 2 Gate’s boss, and the guild members would not have been able to fight the Grade 2 monsters.

It was they who were accumulating injuries.

“Take care of my sister and mother while I’m away.”

“Of course.”

Inhwan knew better than anyone that Seonghyun’s family was being guarded by the Academy, the Association, and DNN [a fictional organization].

Of course, there was no way Seonghyun didn’t know this, but the reason he bothered to say this to Inhwan was simple.

It was because he trusted him that much.

“The same goes for you.”

When he said that to Sangyeon, who was leaning against the side railing, drinking beer in the breeze, a determined nod returned instead of an answer.

The three of them spent time on the yacht until the sun had almost completely set.

‘The same scenery looks completely different when viewed at different times.’

Maybe this was true for him too?

Looking around from a different position at the same time, everything had changed.

From the personalities of Seonghyun and his family to the state of the Gates that appeared worldwide, without exception.

For some reason, it was a day that made him think a lot, but strangely, his worries didn’t increase.

Rather, they decreased.

“When I get back… I should put on a broadcast.”

“Broadcast?”

Inhwan and Sangyeon, who were getting off the yacht, looked at Seonghyun with puzzled eyes at his words.

A broadcast?

“I was thinking of healing all the injured people.”

“Really?”

“If you say so.”

As expected, the two didn’t ask for the reason this time either.

It wasn’t that they weren’t curious.

It was because they would find out all the reasons why Seonghyun didn’t say.

“Are you going to talk to the Association?”

“That would be the most certain way. I have to expose it without distinguishing between Hunters and ordinary people.”

The reason why he was doing this now.

No matter how close Seonghyun was to pain, it was difficult to handle that ridiculous number.

But with the subjugation of the Grade 1 Gate, the assassin who appeared a while ago.

And, decisively, now that the standard for gaining faith has lowered, there was no more perfect timing than this.

‘Let’s explosively increase the number of people who have faith.’

Even if only 1/10 of the people he healed had faith, it would be a worthwhile endeavor.

Even if he gained any pain.

‘I don’t know when a quest related to the Grade 4 Gate will be created.’

Thinking about the owner of the Grade 5 Gate, he could easily handle it now, but at that time, he was by no means an easy opponent.

A level of strength that didn’t match the word Grade 5 at all.

After subjugating the Grade 2 Gate, he wondered if it was similar to or slightly stronger than the boss of the Grade 2 Gate.

‘Then the owner of the Grade 4 Gate is Grade 1, maybe even higher.’

There was no one who could do it except Seonghyun.

Since it was a quest given only to Seonghyun in the first place.

“Let’s go to the accommodation now. I booked a pension [a Korean-style lodging].”

“Okay.”

The pension was not far from the beach.

From the outside, it looked quite luxurious, and even the furniture using crystals that were hard to see in ordinary pensions was densely packed.

“How much is it here per day?”

“Here? It’s about 1.3 million won [approximately $1,000 USD] now because it’s the off-season?”

“Really? That’s not much.”

Seonghyun used to be in the same position as him, but now his financial sense had become the same as Inhwan’s.

Sangyeon felt a little bitter looking at that, but now Sangyeon wasn’t not earning money, but not earning it, so he could laugh it off.

“We drank lightly on the yacht, so let’s drink until we drop now.”

“Good. Whoever gets drunk first has to clean up everything.”

“Huh, are you confident? Even a worm can roll, I guess that’s your alcohol tolerance?”

“Isn’t it better than having nothing to show off?”

As the conversation ended, the eyes of the two gathered on Seonghyun.

“Seonghyun, you, I saw you earlier, your face turned slightly red after drinking a bottle of beer…”

“You saw it too. I think Seonghyun will be the one cleaning up.”

“Ha, pour it.”

Seonghyun’s alcohol tolerance wasn’t high.

Before the regression, he had sent his sadness and frustration away with alcohol, so his tolerance was quite high, but now it was almost garbage.

‘Well, what can I do.’

But Seonghyun had Purification.

Purification that eliminates all impure things.

He could easily blow away the drunkenness.

“Cheers!”

Thus, a drinking spree that no one knew when it would end began.

From the time the sun began to set to the time the sun rose again, without a moment’s rest.

“Hic, I… Hic…”

“This bastard… Hic… is drunk…”

Seonghyun burst out laughing at the sight of the two looking at each other and giggling.

Of course, Seonghyun was fine.

He used Purification a little too much, but.

“I won… Hic…”

“Bullsh…it…”

The two of them drank one cup of alcohol each, and now they had reached the point where it was difficult to even stand.

“Who will win.”

The two, who had been drinking for another hour, fell backwards at the same time.