I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 20

20

Goo Sangyeon couldn’t forget what happened at the mutated gate.

It hadn’t been long, but it was a day he would remember for the rest of his life.

‘Kim Seonghyun…’

No matter how he thought about it, there was no reason for Seonghyun to use his ability there.

He was positioned in the back, and most suspiciously, people from the Association arrived shortly after Seonghyun used his ability.

As if they knew in advance.

‘It’s natural that he’s close to the Association…’

Maybe he even knew when the Association would arrive.

Otherwise, there was no way he would have used his ability at that timing.

“There are more than one or two suspicious things.”

“So what are you going to do?”

And there were quite a few people who had similar thoughts to Sangyeon.

“Everyone’s being played. By that mask.”

“I guess…”

Seonghyun’s ability itself was quite unique and the only one of its kind, so many people were already feeling burdened, but the front-line students who directly experienced Seonghyun’s healing that day had become favorable.

“I don’t know what to do yet. The results haven’t come out. If the second examiner has eyes, they wouldn’t have given him points just for the rarity of his ability.”

And right now, there was the announcement of grades and the selection of class representatives.

The homeroom teacher dragged his worn-out slippers in and stuck something on the blackboard.

“The results of the first and second exams are posted here, so check them, and from now on, we’ll start selecting class representatives.”

The homeroom teacher held the results of today’s selection in his hand.

“The people called now are the class representatives, so prepare well, and I’ll start calling names.”

The homeroom teacher began to call out names with an indifferent expression.

“First… the one who received perfect scores on both the first and second exams…”

Silence lingered for a moment, and the homeroom teacher continued, as if he didn’t like the name.

“Kim Seonghyun.”

Seonghyun’s name was called, and in an instant, many eyes turned to Seonghyun.

Some with congratulatory eyes, others with envious eyes.

“Next is Goo Sangyeon, who received a perfect score on the first exam and a Grade 2 on the second exam, and Kang Inhwan, who received a Grade 2 on the first exam and a perfect score on the second exam.”

There were three class representatives in total.

Despite the uniqueness of the sparring, they were selected solely based on skill and grades, and this time, Seonghyun’s class representatives had a pretty good combination.

Goo Sangyeon was a hunter located in the front, Inhwan was a hunter located in the back, and Seonghyun was a position in the middle that could handle the basics of combat and provide healing.

‘The combination is good. The combination is good, but…’

The problem was the relationship.

Judging from yesterday’s meeting, Goo Sangyeon was definitely looking at Seonghyun negatively, and all that was left was Kang Inhwan.

If Kang Inhwan also showed animosity towards Seonghyun like Goo Sangyeon, it was obvious that the result would be decided before they even had a proper sparring match.

“The three of you will prepare for the grade representative competition from today. There’s a schedule next week, so try to work together as much as possible until then. You don’t have to come to class until the grade representative competition.”

In an instant, the eyes of the three who were named as class representatives exchanged glances.

‘Kang Inhwan…’

Seonghyun, who met Inhwan’s gaze, let out a sigh of relief.

Unlike Goo Sangyeon, who was still sending a gaze full of annoyance and disgust, Inhwan didn’t seem to have any thoughts.

Rather, his eyes were closer to being favorable.

‘But Kang Inhwan wasn’t a class representative before…’

To receive a Grade 2 on the first exam and a perfect score on the second exam, he was no ordinary person.

At least he had the talent to enter a famous guild and rise to the middle level.

If so, Inhwan must have lost his life in the mutated gate incident.

‘Ah… the goblin elite came back then.’

It wasn’t certain, but it felt strange to think that people who should have died were walking around in front of him.

Inhwan approached Seonghyun first and spoke to him.

“Please take care of me. Our healer.”

“Yeah, please take care of me too.”

But Goo Sangyeon didn’t seem to have any intention of talking.

His solid-looking back of the head was showing his firm determination not to have any conversation.

“Goo Sangyeon is…”

“He’s always like that, so don’t pay much attention to him. He probably went to grumble with his followers.”

Inhwan clicked his tongue, looking at Goo Sangyeon’s back as he left the door, as if he was pathetic.

“Do you know my ability?”

“A little? Of course, I don’t know the details.”

“Really? Then I’ll explain it along with that pathetic guy who just left.”

Inhwan, who seemed to be quite sociable, naturally sat down next to Seonghyun and began to explain.

“I handle fire.”

“A fire ability user?”

Fire ability users themselves were quite common.

But the fact that he entered the Academy meant that he was exceptionally different from the common fire ability users.

“As you know, fire ability users are common, but I’m a little different. I handle blue fire.”

“Blue fire…”

Usually, fire ability users showed only differences in the degree of red, even if the power was a little stronger, but it wasn’t completely different in color like this.

“It ignores resistance.”

It was an amazing ability after all.

The reason why the fire ability itself, despite having the best power among the abilities that handle elements, couldn’t make a big name for itself was because monsters themselves basically had fire resistance.

In this situation, a fire ability user with the effect of ignoring resistance could only leave the advantage of strong power.

“Goo Sangyeon isn’t a typical front-liner. His ability is completely focused on attack.”

“Berserk…”

“That’s right, do you know the condition?”

Since it was the first time he had heard of the condition, Seonghyun looked at Inhwan and asked with silence.

“His health has to drop below a certain level.”

“Really? But that means…”

“That’s right. If that health is recovered, the berserk also disappears.”

No wonder he was so negative about himself, his ability was completely incompatible.

It didn’t seem to be just because of that.

“A person who needs to maintain injuries and a person who heals…”

“When I see things like this, I don’t know what the Academy is thinking? Especially the homeroom teacher. To think of sending out a healer and a guy whose power weakens when he recovers together.”

Seonghyun burst into laughter at the quite scathing evaluation.

“Who will the other class representatives be…”

“They’re all the same anyway. The kids who did well in the first semester will come out again. Anyway, there are only 4 classes in total.”

There were a total of 4 classes in one grade, and the method was a tournament.

In other words, if they only won in 2 sparring matches, they could go out as the grade representative.

“Goo Sangyeon will probably be like that in the future. From the beginning, his gaze towards you wasn’t good.”

Sangyeon’s gaze had been quite openly expressing displeasure so far, to the extent that even Kang Inhwan was feeling it.

“There’s no use in us working together…”

“The only thing we can do is refine each other’s abilities. I handle blue fire, but I’m not yet skilled in controlling it.”

Seonghyun couldn’t increase the proficiency of his healing ability right now either.

Also, it didn’t seem necessary to increase the proficiency of the stigma [a mark of disgrace or honor].

‘It seems to share healing and proficiency.’

Seeing that it came out naturally like using healing when he first used the stigma, it was likely that they were sharing it.

What he had to do until the sparring was decided.

One was to work with Kang Inhwan, who was in front of him, as much as possible.

The other was the daily quest that was putting pressure on him little by little every day.

‘There’s no difficulty in clearing the daily quest now.’

“What do you want to do? Should we go to the gate together? It seems like it would be good to work together a little and raise proficiency.”

At Seonghyun’s question, Inhwan got up from his seat with a look that asked what he was talking about and said.

“We have to go right now. I want to try the equipment that the Academy directly makes. It’s impossible for the national competition, but let’s at least go to the grade representative.”

“Okay. Good determination.”

Seonghyun grabbed Inhwan’s outstretched hand and got up.

Then he headed straight for the gate.

“I knew it. You dirty hypocrite.”

Sangyeon was annoyed by the fact that he had to be with Seonghyun as a class representative.

“What are you going to do? Are you going to leave it like this? I’m a little annoyed to see that bastard acting up without knowing his place just because he got a rare ability.”

“…I absolutely can’t go to the competition with that bastard. You know my ability, right?”

When his health drops below a certain level and he goes berserk, his physical abilities increase dramatically.

He becomes immune to supernatural abilities, the damage he takes is greatly reduced, and he becomes a body that doesn’t feel pain.

It was an ability with not just one, but several strengths, but it was all in vain if he received Seonghyun’s healing.

“Then… how about this?”

One of Sangyeon’s followers, Taehyun, said with a very meaningful expression.

“Do you have an idea?”

“If we make it so that he can’t go out as a class representative… isn’t it simple?”

Sangyeon paused for a moment at Taehyun’s words.

‘…Yeah, it would be right to deal with Kim Seonghyun, that hypocritical bastard, for sure rather than going out with him.’

It wasn’t just because of the incompatibility of abilities.

The fact that he revealed the side effects through TV in the first place must have been for the same reason.

I’m healing you while taking on the pain for you, so serve me.

Otherwise, there’s no reason for me to take on the pain for you.

“But is there a way? The Association will be paying attention too.”

“They can’t pay attention to the gate. They don’t have that many people. And they’ll know that you won’t be participating in working together in the future.”

“Then should we deal with Kang Inhwan together?”

“Well… if we have to? It’s not like our strength will weaken if Kang Inhwan is missing, right?”

It was the most realistic method.

‘Not bad. No, it’s the best option.’

Even if they went to the class representative competition with Seonghyun, who had no combat ability, they would only be humiliated and eliminated.

“I saw them talking in class earlier, and it seems like they went to the gate now.”

“Now? He’s impatient. Anyway, it’s obvious that he’ll keep going to the gate in the future. There are many opportunities. There’s just no time.”

Inhwan’s ability was powerful, but it wasn’t easy to control, and Seonghyun’s ability could only be used when someone was injured, so the only place to go to increase proficiency was the gate.

Even if another person was selected as the class representative, the time to work together would be reduced if they were dealt with late.

“Sooner today. Later tomorrow.”

“…That’s hot.”

After finishing the conversation, the two turned away from the path they were just taking and headed in a different direction.