Chapter 136 – ㄴㅇㄱ (3)
After the last class in the afternoon, I called Juyeon’s number registered on my smartphone.
-Hello?
A voice that scares me to make a phone call.
“Hi Sir.”
-Whoops, yes. Are you done with class now?
“Yes. So I was wondering if I could visit you now.”
-Sir, I’m in the infirmary right now, so come quickly!
“Yep. I think it will take about 10 minutes.”
-Okay.
I headed towards the infirmary with a leisurely step.
“I think it looks really good.”
Like a teenager with second grade disease, the feeling of his hands wrapped in bandages is so peaceful.
I tried to contemplate the inside through her magic, but there was no particular problem.
More than anything, it doesn’t make sense that a healer as skilled as Juyeon couldn’t heal frostbite all at once.
“Of course, he’s a better buff than healer, but…”
Even so, she is the one who has surpassed A-class and has Korea’s first S-class healer right in front of her.
It’s just that the buff ability is not enough, but the healing ability is so good that it is enough to overwhelm most healers.
“It’s strange when you think about it.”
If you think about it, it’s more questionable why Joo-yeon is here than why she couldn’t heal her frostbite all at once.
Healers in large hospitals or government institutions.
These are usually reserved for retired hunters.
Those who are retired because they are too old, or those who cannot fight because they are afraid to fight.
Because the job of healer is so in demand, they also receive a high salary, but the difference between the amount of money is huge compared to the hunters who are active on the front line.
As few as a few times, as many as tens or hundreds of times.
Even based on Juyeon, who was active in a large American guild, wouldn’t it be hundreds of times different?
So I don’t understand.
I heard that the guild they belonged to said they paid three times the previous salary to catch Juyeon.
“Have you been homesick… ?”
It has been about 7 years since Juyeon left Korea.
She thought she was adjusting well because by then she never came back…
“No, but it’s the same that I don’t understand.”
Even if you are homesick, you are not a Korean University healer.
Since Jooyeon set foot on Korean soil as an independent, all the large guilds must have been salivating.
“Um… , No way?”
Suddenly, I had an ominous thought.
“It wouldn’t be bad…”
As I said, the healer is the second best job for retired healers.
Maybe there was something wrong with Juyeon’s body after working hard in an overseas guild for 7 years.
So, assuming Hunter’s retirement, if you chose to become a healer at Korea University…
“Ah, that can’t be.”
Shake your head vigorously to get rid of the ominous thoughts.
I know it’s not an impossible story, but that’s why I desperately hoped it wasn’t.
An ominous mind hurried his steps.
The ward arrived soon after.
I ran up her stairs two or three and knocked on the door of her infirmary where she was.
“Come in!”
When I carefully open the door and enter, I see Joo-yeon wearing a white gown.
My heart is put at ease for a moment with a bright and warm smile that is no different from usual.
“Hi Sir.”
“Ho Ho! Yes, welcome.”
Jooyeon greeted me with a friendly face and knocked on the chair in front of me.
I took a slow step and sat down on the chair.
“Would you like to see my hand?”
“Ah yes.”
The bandages on his hands are undone.
The corners of Jooyeon’s mouth went up as he confirmed that the knot he had tied was tied without any change.
“Did you hear me? Child, you are good.”
Jooyeon Han suddenly reached out and stroked my hair.
“…”
I feel a bit strange.
Being treated like a child is a good thing and a bad thing.
“Is there anything wrong with your senses?”
“Yes, not at all.”
“That is fortunate. Skin too… , There doesn’t seem to be any particular problem.”
“Then…”
I was going to ask if you don’t have to come over now.
“But just in case! Let’s make it come every day this week!”
“… Ah yes.”
As soon as he answered with sullenness, Juyeon pouted his lips.
“What… , Do you hate seeing the teacher that much?”
She hurriedly waved her hand and denied her words.
“No, it can’t be. I just want to be cured quickly…”
Then, as if Joo-yeon asked, she put her lips back, and she scolded me with a stern expression.
“The human body is very delicate, so even if you feel fine right away, aftereffects may remain. So, you need to look more closely. Did you understand what I said?”
“Yep.”
“Then I’ll bandage it again.”
Again her hands were covered in bandages.
It’s uncomfortable, but… , Just stayed quiet.
This is also because it has the advantage that Yoo-jeong or Jeong-hee scoops and feeds them.
I even had sex yesterday using that as an excuse.
I watched the bandages being carefully wrapped one by one, and for a moment I saw a place I shouldn’t have looked at.
As the upper body leaned forward, the breastbone was revealed through the gaping collar.
The moment I saw the deep valley created by the voluptuous breasts that I couldn’t hide no matter what I wore, my eyes kept going there without my knowledge.
“Um… !”
The two emotions merge.
Strictly speaking, not anymore… , Feeling guilty and excited about looking at her sister-in-law’s breasts.
Seeing these thoughts, it seems that even if I went crazy, I was still crazy.
After narrowly removing her gaze, he asked her.
“There… , Can I ask you a personal question?”
“Yes? What?”
“As far as I know, the teacher is an active A-class hunter. It is also excellent enough to be offered an enormous amount from an overseas guild…”
“Whoops… , It’s a bit embarrassing, isn’t it?”
“Then why are you here as a healer?”
A question I had a while ago.
What kind of answer will Juyeon give?
“Um~ well… ?”
“…”
The bright smile that had been on her face just a moment ago had turned a bit dull.
“Teacher worked in the US for 7 years… ?”
“… Yes.”
“But during that time, I lost something so big.”
A dizzying sensation runs through my body at the answer that follows.
A dizzying sensation as if you are constantly falling towards the ground from a very high place.
I asked her again in her trembling voice.
“That, lost… ?”
“Whoops…”
The little smile on her face made her look sad.
Feelings of emptiness, such as emptiness and loss, are barely forming on the corners of the lips.
“It is very important. It’s like my life…”
A miserable smile and a bittersweet answer, like a simple woman.
My beating heart stops in an instant.
It feels like my stopped heart is falling to the floor with a throbbing feeling.
All the puzzles seem to fit.
That I was out of breath after curing one of the frostbites, and that I was cured and asked to come back all week like someone who doesn’t believe in my skills.
“Teacher…”
The precious thing that Juyeon talked about just a moment ago.
To Hunter, there is only one precious thing that cannot be exchanged for life.
The ability to make oneself exist as a Hunter.
I don’t know what happened… , Juyeon must have lost her ability.
Of course, judging from the use of Cure, it doesn’t seem like everything was lost… , Many of them must have been lost.
If so, it is understandable that Joo-yeon chose to become a healer at Korea University.
All I can do with my remaining abilities… , The healer must have been everything.
It must have been a lot of money, but because I was a very active child, I hated being locked up at home.
Or not… , It may have been that he was willing to do anything to get rid of his thoughts.
“Okay, it’s done.”
After wrapping the bandages, Juyeon lifts her upper body.
“Why is your expression like that? Are you sick?”
Seeing my darkened expression, the guy asked me with a worried expression.
Even in the middle of this, the way he cares about others is like a guy, but it’s pitiful.
“That… , I mean lost.”
“Yes? Ah~ that… ?”
“Can you get it back?”
At my question, Jooyeon made a strange expression and let out a small laugh.
“Whoops… , I’m not sure about that. I guess I should try… ?”
It is possible if you try.
It sounded like the hardest thing ever to me, but not impossible at all.
If so, that’s it.
If it wasn’t impossible, no, even if it was impossible, I would have tried.
“Teacher.”
I said holding her hand tightly with my normal hand.
“I will make sure to get it back.”
Juyeon is a person who means a lot to me.
Sometimes he was a friend, sometimes he was like a younger brother, and sometimes he was a comforter who comforted me when I was in despair.
I can’t wait to see such a child lose his ability and fall into despair.
“You said you’d bring it back… ?”
Han Joo-yeon asked me back with a puzzled expression.
I nodded confidently and raised my bandaged hand.
“Since you healed this hand, I will help you recover what you lost.”
I still don’t know what the problem is or how to get my abilities back.
But whatever it is, I will do it, and I will do it.
“Are you really going to help me?”
Did my rants give strength to the tired Joo-yeon?
A faint smile crept up at the corners of his hazy lips.
“Then can you promise me? He said he would help me get my precious things back.”
She raised her little finger.
Whenever Jooyeon talked about her promise, she would pinch her little finger and beg.
“Yes, I promise.”
I answered without hesitation and put my little finger on her little finger.
From painting, copying, to coating.
It’s only a child’s hand game, but my heart was as firm as it was.
I will give back what Juyeon lost.
“Whoops… , Did you promise?”
… But why do I suddenly get chills?
