I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 32

Seonghyun attended the academy class after a long time.

It had been a week since he had been skipping classes and heading to the Gate for the Interclass Competition.

However, he couldn’t concentrate on the class.

He clearly remembered treating Seongwook civilly and parting ways yesterday, but Seongwook’s face today looked terrible.

Seongwook soon noticed Seonghyun’s gaze but deliberately turned his head away, as if telling him to stop paying attention to him.

‘Did he run into Hwang Euihyun on his way home?’

Seonghyun judged that interfering any further would be harmful to Seongwook.

Seongwook felt the same way.

So, during class and even during breaks, they acted like strangers, just awkward classmates who knew each other’s faces.

“Seonghyun, the homeroom teacher wants to see you briefly after class.”

“Really? Why?”

“I don’t know? I just heard that he wants you to come after class.”

“Then I have no choice.”

Inhwan asked with a disappointed expression.

“What about the Gate today? Will you go after talking to the homeroom teacher? Or tomorrow?”

“I’m not sure, so I’ll call you when I’m done talking. Don’t wait for me.”

“Okay.”

He didn’t know why the homeroom teacher wanted to see him, but he could vaguely guess the intention.

Seonghyun finished the class and headed straight to the homeroom teacher’s office.

In the faculty room, other professors were preparing to leave, and the professors from the class that was the opponent in the Interclass Competition looked at Seonghyun with unpleasant expressions before leaving.

“Oh, you’re here!”

The homeroom teacher welcomed Seonghyun and made room for him next to him.

“You said you wanted to see me briefly.”

“Ah, right. That’s…”

The homeroom teacher began to speak with the awkward face, gestures, and expressions typical of people making a slightly burdensome request.

“…”

Seongwook had another conversation with Euihyun.

The unspoken topic that usually exists in all conversations was not needed at all in their conversation. It was one-sided communication.

“Is there any point in graduating while living like this?”

It would have been more helpful not to have entered the academy in the first place.

He had chosen a slightly special path because it was difficult to live an ordinary life, but he never expected to become special in this way.

“Let’s… drop out.”

Now there was no choice.

Even if he could somehow endure the pain he had suffered so far, he would have to endure longer and more pain in the future.

He didn’t know that not having a choice was so miserable.

A sense of helplessness kept washing over him, and that helplessness seemed to be eating away not only at his mind but also at his body.

“I’m… tired now.”

Maybe it was a good thing that he was tired now.

If he had ignored the fact that he was tired and spent more time at the academy, the situation would have only gotten worse.

The things beyond this were things he couldn’t do alone.

He couldn’t do anything to Euihyun, who had abilities specialized in close combat, with a trivial ability to simply identify abilities.

He just hoped he would have a little more sympathy, a little more mercy.

Seongwook, sitting in an empty classroom at the academy and looking at the darkening sky outside the window, left the classroom before it got any darker.

He felt like he would become even more miserable if he looked at the increasingly darkening sky in his current state, and he also had to inform the homeroom teacher about his withdrawal.

“I hope… he hasn’t left work yet?”

Now, the only hope left for Seongwook was, ironically, his homeroom teacher.

Although he had ignored many things, he wouldn’t be able to ignore this one.

Seongwook headed straight to the faculty room, and fortunately, the homeroom teacher was just preparing to leave.

“Excuse me… Professor.”

Seongwook carefully knocked and entered the faculty room.

“Hmm? Seongwook? What’s wrong?”

The homeroom teacher looked at Seongwook with a slight frown.

‘Tsk, why now…’

The homeroom teacher didn’t really like Seongwook’s presence.

He had bothered him before, saying he was being bullied, and it was clear that this was a similar matter.

“I have something to tell you.”

“…I don’t have time, so hurry up and tell me.”

The homeroom teacher clicked his tongue briefly and sat back down, and Seongwook, with no seat to sit on, stood blankly and began to speak.

“I want to… drop out.”

“What? Drop out?”

The slightly furrowed brow from just now instantly contorted, and the homeroom teacher pushed the chair next to him forward and gestured for Seongwook to sit down.

“I think you’re misunderstanding something…”

“Yes?”

“The academy doesn’t allow expulsion itself. Didn’t they tell you when you enrolled?”

“Yes, yes? You can’t drop out…? I, I remember them saying that expulsion was not possible…”

Seongwook stared at the homeroom teacher with a blank expression, and the homeroom teacher sighed in dismay and continued.

“Listen, Kang Seongwook. The academy is not such a light place. In a small way, it’s a place where those who will use their strength for this country support it. In a big way, it’s for humanity.”

“But, but…”

Seongwook tried to say something, but the homeroom teacher cut him off as if it wasn’t worth listening to.

“It’s not a place where you can come in because you want to, and leave as you please!”

“Pro, Professor…”

“Why, is it that ridiculous excuse that you’re being bullied again? Huh? Sigh… Listen, Kang Seongwook. You’re an adult. How can an adult not take care of himself? So how are you going to support your parents?”

“…”

Seongwook couldn’t bring himself to answer.

His words were aggressive, but none of them were wrong.

Talking to the homeroom teacher like this would only prove his incompetence.

“Do you understand? From the moment you set foot in the academy, there is no way to escape except for graduation. Otherwise, you might just receive support and then drop out and join a guild. I hope you understand that.”

The homeroom teacher picked up the luggage he had prepared in advance, as if there was no need to talk anymore, and left the faculty room.

“…”

Seongwook sat there, hanging his head.

“So… is it going to be a little difficult?”

Seonghyun sighed deeply inside.

He had been called out after class only to be asked to heal a friend.

‘…What is he talking about?’

The homeroom teacher’s request was simple.

He asked if he could heal a friend who had been injured.

‘Is he in the hospital?’

Considering that he couldn’t answer even this simple question well, it was clear that he was someone who shouldn’t go to the hospital.

“Um… Kim Seonghyun? If you heal him, I’ll make sure he compensates you so you won’t feel bad…”

“If you just tell me why he can’t go to the hospital, I’ll think about it positively.”

“That’s… um, right! He’s being chased by someone!”

As expected, he didn’t seem to have any intention of giving a straightforward answer.

“I’ll think about it. Can I go now?”

“Of, of course. Go home safely, and I’ll see you tomorrow.”

The homeroom teacher smiled awkwardly and got up to match Seonghyun, who was getting up from his seat, and escorted him to the faculty room door.

“I’ll be waiting for good news tomorrow!”

Seonghyun, who came out of the faculty room, sighed deeply.

“Sigh… how can such a person be a homeroom teacher.”

He didn’t manage the people around him well, and he couldn’t distinguish between what should and shouldn’t be said.

“He hasn’t come to his senses from the pay cut.”

Seonghyun clicked his tongue with an unpleasant expression and left the academy building, calling Inhwan.

“Hello? Are you done talking? What did the homeroom teacher say?”

“Well, it’s obvious. He asked me to heal someone.”

“Tsk, I suspected it, but he’s still the same? So did you say you’d do it?”

“Of course not.”

“Good job. So what should we do today? Should we go to the Gate…”

Seonghyun couldn’t concentrate on Inhwan’s words that followed.

The strange noise coming from right in front of the academy building made Seonghyun drop his phone.

As always, noises that don’t fit the place are very likely to be close to tragedy, and this time, of course, it was a tragedy.

“Aaaaaah!”

Other citizens’ screams were also heard, and people immediately started calling somewhere.

“What… the heck…”

Seonghyun blankly checked what had fallen right next to him.

It was an unbelievable sight, and it was hard to accept.

The gray floor was gradually turning red, and the more the red light increased, the easier it became to predict what would happen.

“Oh, no!”

Seonghyun immediately headed to the person who had fallen.

His face was facing the ground, so he didn’t know who it was, but considering what had happened so far, he could easily guess who it was.

“Please…!”

Seonghyun immediately put his hand on his neck.

‘He’s not dead.’

It would have been difficult in the past, but now Seonghyun had more advanced abilities.

“Just hold on a little longer.”

The eyes of the surrounding civilians were a problem, but in the current situation, Seonghyun didn’t have such things in his head.

There was someone collapsing in front of him, and Seonghyun had the ability to save that person.

Seonghyun immediately concentrated his mind.

It was the first time he was trying to heal such a big wound since his ability had evolved, but it would be possible since he hadn’t lost his life yet.

‘Keuh…’

The moment he concentrated his mind, an enormous pain rushed in that he couldn’t even express with his mouth.

If he didn’t have the ability to not lose consciousness, he might have lost consciousness by now.

“Wh, what is that person doing?”

“Is he a doctor?”

There were those who looked at Seonghyun suspiciously, but Seonghyun couldn’t hear them.

‘Ugh…! Please…!’

His hands, which wouldn’t shake easily, were also shaking more and more.

The enormous pain was destroying not only his body but also his mind.

The size of the pain was so overwhelming that he felt like he would lose consciousness despite having the ability.

“Hey! Step back!”

Just in time, an ambulance arrived and rushed to Seonghyun, but the comfortable complexion and even breathing, unlike the situation that had been reported, showed that interfering with Seonghyun now was not the right answer.

‘Almost… done.’

The situation was that all the bones in his body were broken and the broken bones were stabbing the internal organs, and if the patient was not transported right now, there was no chance of survival, but the paramedics were just staring blankly at Seonghyun and Seongwook.

“His complexion…”

“That person…”

It was an unbelievable sight even though they were witnessing it with their own eyes.

Seongwook’s wounds, which had been excessively bleeding, had already stopped, and the broken bones had been put back in place.

“Huff… Huff…”

With heavy breathing, Seonghyun collapsed and sat down on the spot.

“Ar, are you okay?”

“Shouldn’t you check the condition of this person rather than me?”

“Ah, ah, yes!”

The paramedics put Seongwook’s unconscious body in the ambulance and approached Seonghyun.

“You should get a checkup together…”

“I understand.”