Chapter 489 – Saint of the Vatican (1)

“I’ll leave work first! Everyone, have a good day this afternoon!”

After Han Min-ah got off work first, she made a ridiculous claim that she would move without even hiring a common truck, let alone packing and moving.

After returning from another expedition in a grade A dungeon other than the Crystal Spider Cave, we naturally disbanded the party before evening.

“Thank you all for your hard work.”

“… Great job.”

“… Huh.”

“See you next time, Cha Yu-ri and Cheon Ji-hee.”

“Huh. See you later, … Seongcheol.”

Cheon Ji-hee makes a subtle expression, as if she is still thinking about the conversation she had in the dungeon earlier.

And I was the first to see off Cha Yu-ri, who called me by an alias that was similar to our nickname.

Lastly, Hye-eun also finished her farewell greeting in front of the guild.

“Hye-eun, you’re going in safely too.”

“Taekyung, you said you would work more hours in the recovery room and then come home from work, right?”

“Huh. “I plan to continue working like this for the time being.”

“I thought you said it would only be done during the winter season, but surprisingly, it turned out okay?”

“Well, it’s not a bad feeling to treat someone else’s wounds and receive thanks. And as I look at various wounds, I seem to be getting better at using recovery spells.”

“Ah, of course. It’s been a while since I received it, and it feels a little different. “I should say it feels more like divine power seeping directly into the injured area.”

It was a recovery spell that had been clinically tested on hundreds of company hunters, but it would have been even more strange if I hadn’t noticed a difference.

There are methods such as injecting divine power directly into the wound area to make it heal quickly, or attaching broken bone pieces under the skin with divine power.

As many different types of patients visited the company’s recovery room, my healing abilities also grew rapidly along with them.

Of course, that was just something I had learned by using recovery spells on my own several times, so of course it wasn’t a revolutionary level of growth.

If you look at it objectively, it’s just that you can use your divine power a little more efficiently.

If possible, I wanted to refer to and learn this technique from other recovery experts. Just like swordsmanship or magic.

Of course, unlike the relatively large number of combat hunters, finding a teacher or reference in the recovery world was a challenge in itself.

First of all, the recovery awakening ability itself was an extremely rare awakening ability.

In addition, there was a high possibility that most of the existing recovery-type awakeners would not know about other recovery-type abilities other than their own.

It was somehow possible to meet a recovery awakened person with similar abilities, but it was also difficult to hope that that person would really be skilled enough to teach me recovery spells.

Most recovery hunters’ recovery abilities are learned from what is written in books or through self-study, so their level of development is likely to be in the same range.

In fact, that was also a big reason why I was still working in the company’s recovery room even though February was almost over.

I thought that if I continued to work in this field and build friendships, I might one day be able to make friends among the awakened people in the recovery field.

In particular, since the number of awakened people in the recovery field is small, they are often called out as a group in emergencies such as national crises.

It was better to maintain this activity as much as possible in order to be selected for a position where one could gather outside the scope of the guild.

‘… Well, even if you don’t have to learn anything, it’s not a loss to become friends with people in this field.’

“Then I’ll leave work first, Taekyung. “Don’t stay up too late.”

“Yes, go in safely.”

With that in mind, I finally sent Hye-eun off to work first.

Today, I went back to work at the company’s treatment room to practice recovery spells.

I look forward to the future where I will meet a recovery hunter who I may one day be in a relationship with.

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On the morning of the same day, the Gangdong-gu branch of the Ariel Foundation.

The foundation building a little early, before other hunters had yet to go to work.

On one side of the building, the bustling footsteps of a young lady were quietly filling the silence.

-Ta-bak-ta-bak-ta-bak-ta-bak-ta-bak.

A blonde girl walks quickly through the foundation’s hallway.

It’s already been three days since he went to work alone without Eunbyeol, who was always by his side within the foundation.

Dosihee quickly walked to an unnoticed corner of the guild as if she was trying to chase someone away.

Behind her, there was a red-haired girl walking behind Dosi-hee with a slightly leisurely pace.

-Ttogak. Again. Again.

Do-ye-hee slowly moves her body at a significantly different pace than her younger sister.

Even though his movements were much slower and more restrained, he seemed to have no difficulty tracking down the location of his half-sister, Dosi-hee.

It was as if he was roughly anticipating where Dosi-hee would take his steps, and he seemed to be moving one step ahead toward her destination.

Seeing her younger sister walking quickly in her flat shoes, Do-ye-hee said quietly as if she did not want to see her.

“This is not a combat situation, what kind of girl is walking around so rudely? “How can you shorten that awkward stride?”

“I told you not to follow me… !”

“… I’ve never really followed you, Sihee. “What should I do about the fact that today, your movements are particularly overlapping with yours?”

“It’s a topic that stuck with me all day yesterday and the day before, making excuses like that! “What on earth are you dissatisfied with today?”

“I don’t know what you’re so dissatisfied with. Do you think that with your skills, you have many opportunities to accompany A+ level hunters? Me… “What can you do by going into the dungeon alone without Silver Star or any other party members?”

“At least I don’t need your help… !”

Do-kyung Group’s half-sisters, Do-hee and Do-ye-hee.

The two became close for a moment due to an incident that happened the other day.

The relationship between the two, which had been deeply divided for over 10 years, was not something that could be repaired in just a few days.

Apart from Do Ye-hee, who originally did not have much ill will toward her sister, Do-hee Hee still wanted to keep her older sister away from her somehow.

Not long ago, I received help once in an operation to rescue Geum Na-ri, who was captured by the sisters of the Geumhyang Group, but that was it.

When she looks back, she realizes that there were countless people that Do Ye-hee took from her in the first place, even excluding her, and most of them were in a situation where her relationships broke down for various reasons and could not be restored.

Of course, it was impossible for them to completely resolve their grievances with just one incident.

“You’re just going to hang out with your party members as usual, why are you getting so involved now?!”

“… I’ve never really been stuck. “You said it was a coincidence that we ended up in the same dungeon two days in a row.”

“Then, is it just a coincidence that you broke into Seongcheol’s house last time and created a mess?! I always think about stealing from people around me… !”

“… How many times have you said that it was just a confirmation process? And don’t worry, I have no intention of touching it in the future. I can’t say that that person will only have a positive influence on you, Sihee, but if that’s the case, he’s the most useful person you’ve discovered through your hole-hole eyes in a long time…”

“Ahhhhh! “I don’t want to listen to you, so please get the hell out of here!”

“… “I told you not to use uncivilized language, Sihee.”

Do-hee-hee still runs away quickly to get rid of her half-sister, and Do-ye-hee stays around her sister until the end.

If it had been her usual dungeon exploration, she would have just done what she had to do regardless of whether her half-sister was by her side or not, so there would have been no reason for Dosi-hee to care about her.

Unfortunately, for today, there was a reason why he had to somehow remove Do Ye-hee from his surroundings.

That’s because today’s Dosihee had made an appointment in advance to meet a saint from the Vatican and enter the dungeon together.

Now that he was protecting Eun-byeol in a relationship that had already become narrow because of Do Ye-hee, he was the only colleague he could work with besides Kim Seong-cheol.

He could never introduce himself to Do Ye-hee, who had taken his companion away from him nearly twenty times.

Even if the Vatican’s saint was in a position where she couldn’t move due to Do Ye-hee’s power.

Considering the possibility that she could take away her comrade, she would naturally have been better off not meeting him in the first place.

“There’s no point in going round and round in the same place to throw me off. “I already know that you are planning to meet a saint from the Vatican today.”

“How could you… !”

“And there is no need to be so vigilant. Anyway, you know that he is not someone I can appease. “Didn’t you know that and become friends with that hunter?”

“I don’t care if you think so or not! “I will never let you meet me anyway!”

“I’m a little glad that Sihee overestimates my abilities, but worrying about unnecessary things is a bad habit of yours.”

“Profit… !”

How can each and every word turn one’s stomach inside out like that?

The moment when Do-hee-hee, who was once again inflamed by Do-ye-hee’s words, tried to leave again.

Immediately after hearing the voice coming from behind her, she had no choice but to stop her steps for a moment.

“Ah, Sihee~! “I’m here~!”

“…”

A bright, soft voice and flowing speech that you can never forget once you hear it.

Among all the people Sihi knew, there was only one person who used this type of speaking style.

As soon as she quietly turned her head in the direction from which her voice sounded, she was able to face the saint of the Vatican whom she was to meet today.

Pure white saintly clothes that cover her entire body from head to toe, long pink hair that goes down to her waist, and even an expression that looks as gentle as her voice.

As soon as he saw her, Dosi Hee, who saw the saintess waving her hand like an innocent child, let out a confused sigh in her heart.

In a situation where she had not completely shaken off Do Ye-hee yet, she spoke to her first, and it was at this moment that her half-sister discovered her connections without making a move.

“It’s been a while, saint.”

“Oh my, Sihee~! “I said I was Lucia~!”

“Ah, I’m sorry, Lulucia.”

“Lucia~!”

“… Yes, Lulucia.”

Vatican City has historically produced countless recovery hunters.

Among them, she possesses power so powerful that she can be given the title of ‘saint.’ It was Lucia Belmonte.