Chapter 419 – Sabbath (2)

After going on a sort of date-like expedition in the dungeon with Mina.

My steps naturally moved not to the exit, but to the ‘company treatment room’ on the first floor of the company.

It’s not that I’m visiting somewhere because I’m hurt, but rather the opposite.

It was because I had visited the company a week ago to do the ‘work of a healer belonging to the company’, which I have been doing every time I go to work.

“I went to work.”

“Ah, hello, Seong Tae-kyung.”

Actually, based on the company, I had to go to work right away, but working as a healer within the company was a separate task.

The company employee who received my greeting greeted me by calling my name, and I prepared for additional work to treat other hunters in the company treatment room as usual.

Deciding to work as a healer for the company involved some important calculations.

As the world’s only male Awakened Hunter, it was time to lay the groundwork for various things in order to be active in the future.

Among them, one of the most important things was to inform the entire company of my existence without hesitation.

There was no other way to build a shallow friendship with the hunters in the company and slowly announce my existence as the only male Awakener.

A week ago, I briefly recalled a conversation I had with the boss about working as a healer for the company.

“You want to work as a temporary healer for the company?”

“Yes. Since the company itself runs a treatment room, I was wondering if I, who have the ability to recover, would be of any help there.”

“It will help a lot. This is a time when healers are in short supply. Of course, there are fewer Hunters who enter the dungeon after being injured.”

“So, is there a place for me in the company treatment room?”

“There is a seat, and no one has filled it now, apart from Margot. Rather, if you’re okay with it, I’d like to ask you.”

It seems that the boss also had thoughts of entrusting me with the company’s healer.

I don’t know if the reason you didn’t entrust it was because you were worried about my safety or because there were other reasons.

“What are your desired working hours and duration?”

“First of all, I am thinking of working for two hours from 5:00 pm on the day I go to work. I’m probably going to work at least 3 days a week until mid-February, before the Azure Shield starts working again. I’ll probably go around the dungeon for a while in the morning and start working as a healer at 5:00 p.M.”

“You mean to take care of the kids’ wounds for two hours before you leave for work. Most of the injured kids come back from the dungeon anyway, so that’s not too bad.”

“And I’m sorry to say this after I suggested it, but it seems difficult to designate a regular work day due to various schedules.”

“I’m sorry about that part, but since I’m in a hurry right now, I’ll adjust it according to the time you said. Instead, every time I go to work in the morning, I report to the treatment room staff. At least we have to let the kids know whether or not they can use the treatment room on the same day.”

“All right.”

Whether or not the company’s own treatment room can be used has a considerable impact on the progress of hunters’ dungeon raids.

A lot of money is broken in many ways when you receive healing from outside, but when you use the company’s own treatment room, your co-payment drops to almost 10%.

For Hunters, whose daily life is an opaque job, the financial burden was of course an important part, and when the burden was reduced, it had a significant impact on the progress of the dungeon raid.

For example, even if he had to risk a little injury, he was determined to take a step further from the previous strategies.

In other words, whether or not the company could operate its own treatment room had a close impact on the company’s overall profits, so the recovery manpower that could be used in a situation where there were no volunteers like now would be quite valuable.

Even if it happens that the operating date of the treatment room is set to an irregular date.

The boss, who had no choice but to accept my proposal, nodded quietly and spoke again.

“By the way.”

“Yes.”

“Why are you suddenly saying that you are going to work part-time as a healer for the company? Financial problems? Or the spirit of service of those with recovery abilities?”

The boss suddenly expressed his sincerity about my intention to work as a healer as part of the company.

The money coming in for the temporary activity wasn’t too far off on this judgment, but most of the reasons I chose to work as a healer were for something else that the activity itself could provide.

Instead of being moderately half-hearted, she made it clear about her reasons for wanting to do her work as a healer.

And I don’t know why, but for some reason, I was giving off an air of ‘I shouldn’t lie’ to the boss.

“Although financial issues are included, it’s just a bigger reason why I personally want to make friends with other hunters.”

“You don’t like the current party, so you want to move to another party?”

“It doesn’t mean that. Maybe right now I’m the only male Awakened Hunter in the company, so there are still a lot of suspicious eyes.”

“It doesn’t.”

“But if I treat the injuries of as many hunters as possible in the treatment room, the suspicions of other hunters will also be cleared. You can’t do it because you’re a con man and a rattlesnake right in front of you after receiving recovery treatment.”

“Hmm.”

“So, to be honest, it’s more about my personal greed than money or service spirit.”

By directly experiencing the process of healing an injury, it was impossible to doubt the awakening ability itself.

In the first place, the treatment itself was a structure that made the recipient feel grateful, so it was good to make them feel good.

In fact, she said that she would work as a healer for the company in order to create positive public opinion among other hunters.

After hearing my words, President Seo Ok-hee nodded her head and smiled softly.

“I like being honest. Ordinary boys are usually in a hurry to hide their true feelings.”

“Thank you.”

“Can you work in the treatment room from today? If you’re busy, you can stay for an hour or so before you go.”

“In fact, I thought it would turn out like this, so I went to work today with the mind set to work.”

“Okay. Then, I will inform you that you can use the treatment room today, so go down to the treatment room on the first floor and bring the things you are writing to the treatment room staff. Just like I said.”

“All right.”

Owner Seo Ok-hee handed me a few pieces of paper that were on the table along with a signature.

It was a temporary employment contract for temporary work in the treatment room, and other documents such as a power of attorney for work in the treatment room in the name of the boss.

“Go downstairs and hand this over and I’ll take care of it.”

“All right.”

“Okay, I’ll take care of you.”

It was exactly a week ago that I remembered leaving the room with a bow to the smiling boss.

Now, he was working as a temporary healer in the company treatment room, taking care of the wounds of other hunters for a while before work.

“Are there many people waiting today?”

“First of all, there are about 20 people waiting right now, so if you consider the people who will come later, there will probably be more than yesterday.”

“It seems to be increasing little by little as the days go by.”

“Because it’s not common to get a chance to be treated by a male Awakener like Seong Tae-kyung. Everyone must be curious about the treatment of the Awakened Male, and it must have been word of mouth to other hunters who were treated for a few days.”

Due to the nature of Hunters, who are also active in small groups in addition to regular parties, rumors within the same guild were bound to spread quickly.

It’s only been four days since I went to work as a company healer, but there’s a good chance that half of the Hunters who came to work at the end of January already knew that I was working in the company’s treatment room.

Even though the number of Hunters who received direct treatment had just passed three digits yesterday.

At first, there were people who said they couldn’t trust male therapists and went back, but now most of them accept my recovery ability without questioning anyone.

Even these days, even within the guild, the number of colleagues who recognized me and greeted me first increased considerably.

Little by little, I feel the company’s public opinion is changing positively for me, so it seems that starting a therapist job was the correct answer.

Well, it wasn’t that there weren’t hunters who sometimes bothered me while doing this job.

“The treatment is over, Jeong No-eul. Next time, be careful not to be swept away by your colleagues’ fire magic.”

“… It’s like thin. At first, he said he was a male healer, so I was a bit unreliable at first, but I didn’t know he could treat burns so neatly.”

“Thank you.”

“By the way, when do you get off work? I’ll wait, so if it’s okay, at least have a meal after work…”

“There are still people waiting behind you, so please leave your seat if possible, Jeong No-eul.”

“… Okay.”

Jeong No-eul, an S-class hunter, walks out of the treatment room door with a calm expression.

Even though her back looks a bit lonely, she still had to deal with it resolutely without giving any room for this.

It would take three to four hours for a job that would have been completed in two hours if I accepted all of that cold-heartedness from one to ten.

It was a wise decision to resolutely reject the opportunity to build a relationship with an S-class hunter.

Fortunately, being a hunter belonging to a company meant that they had a minimum level by themselves, so most hunters had a basic level of education.

I hadn’t really dealt with anyone who made a fuss about why I didn’t meet them.

About an hour and a half after using the recovery spell while dealing with the hunters one by one in the treatment room.

By the time I was waiting for the remaining 30 minutes of work and handling the incoming injured with mechanical response, this time I opened the door to the treatment room and two shadows entered the room at once.

My mouth, which had habitually asked to follow the order, naturally stopped as soon as I confirmed the girls entering.

– Clap.

“Please come in one at a time, one at a time…” .”

“Brother, we are here!”

“Hello, brother.”

“… Oh, it was you guys.”

Han Jin-ah and Han Sun-ah.

These were the proud younger sisters who were now able to take care of themselves quite well.

Well, even though they weren’t sisters.