Became the Only Healer in the Academy

27

“it’s okay? No pain anywhere? What about pain?”

Jinseok didn’t stop asking questions even though his parents’ expressions weren’t very good.

“Yeah… it’s a bit of a headache, but it’s tolerable.”

“me too. Don’t worry too much.”

Not long after my father and mother woke up, the doctors arrived.

“How did this…clearly there was no possibility of improvement…”

“Can I take a look?”

“Yes, just make sure you don’t overdo it.”

Doctors with Jin-seok’s permission began to examine his parents.

“…it’s really strange. The curse itself remains the same, but the pain you receive has decreased…”

“Well, are you okay now? Can I leave the hospital?”

What Jinseok wanted was simple.

Hurry up and get out of this hospital.

It wasn’t that I didn’t like the hospital or didn’t trust the doctors, but I felt like I had to be discharged to feel really good.

“I’m sorry, but we have to wait a little longer to see the progress. The curse may not be gone yet, and the pain may get worse.”

“ah…”

“Still, nothing like this has ever happened. If ordinary people were exposed to the attacks of magical beasts, it was impossible to cure them.”

Unlike Jinseok’s expression that was still dark, the doctors’ expressions seemed to have found hope.

Doctors started putting these and other devices next to their parents’ beds.

“…”

For some reason, it seemed that Seong-hyeon, who stopped by yesterday for a while, was more trustworthy than the doctors who installed all kinds of devices.

“Ugh…!”

“Is the pain getting worse?”

As if it would be difficult to answer the doctor’s question, Jin-seok’s parents wrinkled their brows a lot and barely answered, panting.

“Yes, yes… Sir…”

“Also…”

The doctor was writing something, looking at the device and the parents alternately.

The doctor, who had been checking the device several times like that, immediately approached Jinseok and said with a look like a scientist who would discover an unknown area.

“The results are quite significant. Maybe… a cure might be possible.”

“I, really? But why are the parents’ pain getting worse and worse?”

Jin-seok’s parents had already lost consciousness again from the pain.

“It is because the curse remains.”

“That word…”

“But don’t worry too much. The curse remains the same, but the threshold for feeling pain is lower than before.”

The doctor showed Jinseok the document he had just written and continued his conversation.

“To put it simply, if the pain you felt yesterday was 10, today you are feeling the pain equivalent to 9 the most.”

“Is that possible?”

“It has never been like this before. It’s a similar case. I don’t know what happened today, but if the same thing happens today, one day there will be a curse and no pain.”

It was not something that was easy to accept.

The curse remains the same, but the pain is not felt.

“Then in life…”

“It will be fine. As the guardians know, the end of this curse is to reach an unbearable suffering and die sooner or later, because you will no longer feel that pain.”

Fortunately, that was a good thing.

At least it meant I was out of the situation where I had to let my parents go.

Jinseok breathed a sigh of relief at the doctor’s bright voice and a little bit of hope.

“Ha…Is it hard to come to your senses again?”

“It seems a little difficult. The patient is now instinctively refusing to wake up.”

“Is the pain that bad?”

Jin-seok’s expression hardened again because he couldn’t even bear the pain of refusing to wake up.

“…Do not worry too much. We will do our best.”

“thank you.”

“Besides, what happened today? No matter what treatment I took, I didn’t get any results like this…”

To the doctor’s question, Sung-hyun answered as if nothing had happened.

“Oh, nothing happened.”

Jin-seok decided to keep Seong-hyun’s work today.

There was no specific request from Seong-hyeon to keep it a secret, but without saying anything, I could immediately figure out which was the better choice.

The doctors soon left, and Jin-seok sat down next to his sleeping parents.

“Really…treatment…”

Not only did he spend time for himself, whom he had never seen before, but he also felt the pain instead.

That’s two people’s worth of pain.

There was no way to know in detail how much pain my parents were going through right now, but if the pain was enough to cause me to lose consciousness and at the same time my body instinctively refused to wake up, I could easily predict how severe the pain would be.

“I should call you right away.”

Jinseok immediately called Sunghyun.

“hello?”

“hello. This is Jinseok Kim.”

“Ah yes. What’s going on?”

“After healing my parents and leaving, they calmed down for a while.”

“okay? Good for you.”

“Besides, there has been some progress.”

Jin-seok explained to Seong-hyeon what the doctor had just explained.

“Congratulations.”

“thank you…”

Jinseok could not easily carry on with these next words.

How can I tell him to heal the pain again and until it is completely cured?

“Then I will come back later.”

“Yes Yes? Are you coming back later?”

“The sooner the treatment, the better, isn’t it?”

Jinseok couldn’t say anything at Sunghyun’s natural tone.

‘This person is…’

“hello?”

“Oh, yes. Oh, I see.”

There was a feeling that I couldn’t describe in words.

He never said that he would give back.

However, he did not have enough wealth or strength to repay him for the pain he suffered today and in the future.

Jinseok was just an ordinary hunter, and all he had to do was live like an ordinary hunter.

“Then I’ll see you later.”

Jin-seok hung up the phone and remained seated in the same posture he had been answering the call.

‘What can I do…’

What skills do you have as a hunter?

all you have now?

What abilities do you have as a person other than a hunter?

Even if he was stronger, the things Seong-hyeon could do and what he could do was the difference between heaven and earth.

“I have to do what I can.”

Seong-hyeon didn’t ask Jin-seok for anything.

It didn’t matter if it was helpful to him just by using his healing powers.

It was a fact that no one could deny that it reduced the pain of my parents.

Sung-hyun returned home and headed back to the hospital.

[A person with faith has been added.]

“Faith? Oh, is it Kim Jin-seok?”

He hadn’t been treated properly yet, and he didn’t know what the outcome would be in the future, but he already had faith.

“…When a window like this pops up, it seems that you have become a pseudo-teacher.”

I felt uncomfortable, but Seonghyeon didn’t want to ask for money or to make a sacrifice for herself, so at least I thought she wasn’t a pseudo-teacher.

Upon arriving at the hospital, Seong-hyeon went straight to Jin-seok’s room.

“Oh, are you here?”

It seemed that his tone had become polite, but what was important was the state of his parents, so Seong-hyeon immediately approached them.

Without hesitation, he started treatment with Jin-seok’s parents.

‘Definitely feel less pain than before.’

It used to be a tolerable level of pain before, but now it is less painful than that.

Thanks to that, the treatment ended quickly, and at a much faster time than before, Jinseok asked in a slightly bewildered voice.

“Okay, are you done?”

“Yeah, I definitely feel a lot less pain than before.”

Jinseok’s eyes lit up a little at the words that were much more hopeful than the answer the doctor had given earlier.

“How am I supposed to repay you for this?”

“it’s okay. I have already… received it.”

“Yes…?”

Jin-seok looked at Seong-hyeon as if hesitantly at Seong-hyeon’s unfamiliar words, but he didn’t look like he was going to answer.

“Then I will come back tomorrow. The doctor said that there might be a cure, so let’s do everything we can.”

“yes. Please feel free to contact me if you need anything. I will go no matter what.”

“Even the words are reassuring. Then we will go.”

“Please go in carefully.”

After that day, Seong-hyeon continued to treat Jin-seok’s parents.

Sometimes it was once a day, sometimes it was twice a day, but it was always shorter.

For nearly a week, Seong-hyeon treated Jin-seok’s parents together with the subjugation of Mun, and the evening before the anti-war, Seong-hyun treated his parents for the last time.

“Now it’s over.”

“That word…”

Jinseok’s expression was of confusion itself.

Does Seong-hyeon mean that her parents are cured and no longer have to come to visit, or does it mean that there is nothing left that even Seong-hyun can do anymore?

“I no longer feel the pain. I can’t say it hastily, but since you can’t use the treatment, you won’t feel any pain anymore.”

“Once again…”

“Now you can stop saying thank you. You always say thank you, so I’m ashamed too.”

“…All right. Are you going home right away?”

“It should be. There is also the last match of the class competition tomorrow.”

“Is it because of me that my training was not affected…”

“no. Rather, it helped.”

It was no different from training thanks to the spirit of sacrifice, the ability of Seong-hyeon.

When he went to subjugation, if either Sangyeon or Inhwan suffered a wound, Seonghyeon, a jokjok, used his sacrificial spirit ability to heal.

“I’ll just go. It’s late at night.”

“Pick up…”

“no. In case you don’t know, you should stay with your parents.”

“…”

“I wish you well.”

Seong-hyeon left the hospital room without hearing Jin-seok’s last greeting.

Putting two bottles of potions that materialized abilities on the table.

The first thing that greeted Sung-hyun after leaving the hospital was none other than a new window.

[Open: Purification]

[Purification: Purifies all unclean things on the target.]

“purification?”

Now that it is open, it seems that Jin-seok’s parents have made a full recovery as Seong-hyeon’s expected.

“You will be discharged tomorrow.”

For some reason, it was more pleasing to Seong-hyeon to be convinced that Jin-seok’s parents had definitely made a full recovery than the new ability was unlocked.

“…without the spirit of sacrifice, would you have healed Jinseok’s parents?”

I was about to head home with a light heart, but a small question suddenly came to my mind.

However, looking back on the emotions I had just heard, I think I would have healed them even if I didn’t have the ability to sacrifice spirit.