Please Give Me A Kiss, Healer! Chapter 2

Am I supposed to be impressed just because you’re a successful B-rank?

How dare you sexually harass me?

Jiwoo decided to calm down first.

It wasn’t like she had met that kind of jerk only once or twice in her life.

The very first thing to do at times like this was to check the recorder in her pocket!

Jiwoo narrowed her eyes.

‘Just wait until we get out of the dungeon. You’re going straight to jail.’

The Awakener Management Act was extremely strict.

Especially inside a dungeon—every little thing could lead to severe punishment.

‘I’d love to smack him on the head with my wand, but if I’m going to report him, I need to hold it in.’

Do you avoid poop because you’re scared of it?

No—you avoid it because it’s dirty!

…Well, thinking about it, it is kind of scary too.

After checking her body cam next, Jiwoo pretended not to hear anything and kept walking.

But then.

“Deputy Team Leader, please stop. This is going too far!”

Shin Ilguk, the C-rank hunter who had first brought Jiwoo to the dungeon, stepped forward.

“What, did I say something wrong? I told you to go buy potions, and instead you bring back some useless healer?”

“That’s because the potions were sold out……”

“Then you could’ve gone to the guild and brought some!”

When Kang Jaegyu shouted, Shin Ilguk raised his voice too.

“We’re entering a dungeon for personal reasons—why would we use guild supplies? That’s embezzlement!”

“Oh, come on. Embezzlement? You haven’t even been off probation that long—what do you think you know……!”

“Wait!!”

As the argument started heading toward an innocent person, Jiwoo stepped in with both hands raised.

“Oh nooo, don’t fight! I’m fine, really! Please stop!!”

She half-meant what she said.

She wasn’t so delicate that she’d be hurt by something like that.

More importantly—

‘I still need to clear this dungeon! That’s the only way to get paid properly!’

As long as she got paid, who cared if that jerk danced naked or pooped in the street?

Cursing at him would just wear out her own mouth anyway!

Someone clicked their tongue behind her, but up to this point, Jiwoo could still tolerate it.

But the real problem began after they encountered the final monster.

They were nearing the end of the dungeon.

Splash, splash.

Footsteps splashing through water echoed from afar.

“Wo! Wo! Wo! Wo!”

A swarm of green bald creatures up to chest height rushed toward them.

Three goblin warriors with axes, two goblin archers holding poisoned darts—

And one goblin holding a magic orb.

Jiwoo’s already round eyes grew even rounder.

‘Wow, a magic-using goblin!’

The rarer the monster, the higher the profit.

Her heart pounded at the appearance of the goblin shaman she had only heard about.

Jiwoo glanced back at Kang Jaegyu.

‘Since he’s a B-rank, he’ll probably one-shot them, right?’

But at that moment—

Kang Jaegyu lowered his sword to the ground.

“Man, I’m feeling tired today.”

Then he looked at Jiwoo with a wicked grin worthy of a villain.

“…Why?”

What was he trying to pick a fight about now?

Jiwoo’s clear face twisted in irritation.

Unfortunately, Kang Jaegyu seemed to find that expression entertaining.

“Hey, I’m bored. How about you fight them on your own this time?”

…What did she just hear?

He wanted her to go fight the monsters?

“What are you glaring for? Healers just hide in the back and cry anyway. So get out there and earn your keep.”

Jiwoo widened her round eyes in disbelief.

“You didn’t say anything like that before entering the dungeon! I was clearly brought as support…!”

“Entertaining the team counts as support too.”

Jiwoo’s brow furrowed deeply.

But what could she do?

She didn’t have the guts to stand up to a B-rank.

And especially not inside a dungeon, where public authority couldn’t reach them.

As she kept her mouth shut, Kang Jaegyu snorted and poked her forehead.

“Hey, worm. Just go stand in front with your wand.”

“…….”

“Can’t do it? …Tch. Fine. If you can’t, then forget it.”

He surprisingly backed off easily.

Jiwoo secretly let out a breath of relief.

‘Once this fight is over, we’ll be right at the exit.’

Then she’d never see him again.

She would take her day’s pay and say goodbye forever to this garbage of a man—

“Instead, you’re not getting paid today.”

Thud.

Jiwoo’s heart dropped to the floor.

“What… what did you just say?”

“Just get lost. I’m not giving you your money.”

Kang Jaegyu smirked.

At that moment, the fragile thread holding Jiwoo’s sanity snapped.

No day’s pay? No money?

Then what about her box of ramen?

What about her tray of eggs?

Her thirty slices of cheese?

But more than anything—

‘What about my little brother’s hospital bill this month?’

What had she endured all that mistreatment for?

Her vision blurred red with fury.

Jiwoo’s hand trembled as she gripped her staff.

Shin Ilguk was just as horrified by the situation.

“Deputy Team Leader, what are you doing?! Prepare for battle right now!”

“No, but think about it. We’re always the ones fighting up front. She should at least put on a little show for us.”

Whether he meant it or not, even as the goblins approached right up to them, Kang Jaegyu still didn’t raise his sword.

He even started backing away.

In front, Shin Ilguk grit his teeth and scanned the surroundings. Unfortunately, cliffs stretched endlessly on both sides—there was no escape.

Giving up on arguing, he faced the goblin horde alone.

“Healer Do Jiwoo, please stay right behind me.”

There was no way the two of them—a healer and him—could take the goblins alone.

Even if Kang Jaegyu talked like that, he’d join the fight eventually.

‘For now, the top priority is keeping the healer safe.’

Tense, Shin Ilguk raised his shield.

He braced himself, planning to tank the goblins head-on.

But then—

‘Huh?’

Swoosh.

Jiwoo, who he thought would be trembling behind him, brushed past at his side.

Shin Ilguk instinctively reached out toward her fluttering hair.

“It’s dangerous! Please run awa—”

…should be running away?

Something was wrong.

BOOM! CRAAASH! BAM!

With her delicate arm, Jiwoo crushed a goblin’s head.

Was this really the low-rank healer he had known until now?

 

 

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There was one thing none of the team members knew.

Jiwoo had started building her healer experience back in elementary school.

At the time, cute and colorful online games were hugely popular.

Pretty and adorable characters.

Simple yet flashy skills.

Exciting game stories.

Jiwoo started playing because a friend recommended it, and she quickly became absorbed.

As soon as she came home from school, she would drop her backpack and sprint straight to the computer.

From elementary school to middle school, even through her senior year of high school—until the game eventually shut down—

Jiwoo poured her entire life into it.

After playing consistently for so many years, her combat sense became second nature.

Her judgment for reading situations, her hit-and-run instincts, even her reflexes for dodging complicated skills!

Jiwoo, who was especially famous for her control skills, was a player courted by every guild.

Her character, once shining at server rank #1, was named <Mom’sHand>.

And that character’s class was……

“I’ve been a healer for a total of 15 years, you brat!”

Rolling left for a heal, rolling right for two buffs.

Jumping to apply debuffs and dropping low to cleanse status effects!

And for the finale—

“Yiaaaah! Land of Eastern Etiquette Punch!”

This was the power of a K-gamer who had to fight a war every match while swearing on her parents’ wellbeing!

Are YOUR parents doing well?!

Yeah, MY parents are doing just fine too!