Please Give Me A Kiss, Healer! Chapter 3

Jiwoo fought like a dog—literally.

She dodged flying poison darts and crushed goblins’ heads.

And she still made sure to take care of the newbie C-rank hunter, Shin Ilguk.

‘Where’s Ilguk… oh, geez.’

She sighed the moment she spotted him.

Not only was he failing to dodge the poison darts, he was also getting beaten senseless by the goblin warriors.

His legs were stiff too—probably paralyzed from the poison.

‘Ugh, this C-rank, seriously.’

Jiwoo let out a long sigh and pointed her staff.

“[Shield!].”

A golden barrier dropped around him, and the club that was about to hit Ilguk bounced off.

“Huh?”

“Why are you spacing out? Get it together, Ilguk!”

“But my legs are tied up……”

As he twisted uncomfortably, Jiwoo added another incantation.

“[Dispel!].”

Golden dust drifted down over Shin Ilguk’s legs.

His paralyzed legs were instantly freed.

But Jiwoo’s Mom’s Hand-style care didn’t stop there.

“Raise your shield!”

Shin Ilguk flinched and lifted his shield, and Jiwoo’s staff glowed again.

At the same time, the shield—moments ago too heavy and drooping—suddenly felt light.

“Hunter, this is……”

“Don’t look at me—use that shield and smash their heads!”

Shin Ilguk hesitated, then raised the shield again.

And aimed it straight at the goblin’s head—thud.

The goblin, barely waist-high, collapsed to the ground.

“Once more!”

Thud.

“Keep going!”

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Each time Shin Ilguk attacked a goblin, Jiwoo slipped in another buff.

Flying clubs, poison darts, and the shaman’s magic that kept interrupting—

It was a chaotic battle.

‘Back in the Korean server, there wasn’t a soul who didn’t know <Mom’s Hand>!’

Jiwoo’s supporting skills, trained over years, had already reached mastery.

Her commands rained down like lightning.

“Ilguk, keep moving! Don’t just stand there!”

[Bless Body!]

“Poison dart in front!”

[Dispel!]

“That shaman’s running! Go stab it!”

[Angel Walking!]

Wings sprouted at his feet.

Sliding forward smoothly, Shin Ilguk stabbed the fleeing shaman in the back.

After the last goblin shrieked and fell, silence filled the clearing.

After a long moment, Jiwoo spoke first.

“Ahh, finally done.”

“…….”

“Good job, Ilguk. Are you hurt anywhere?”

“Ah……”

Shin Ilguk just stared at her without answering.

Seeing him completely frozen, Jiwoo tilted her head.

‘What’s with him? Did he actually get seriously hurt?’

Meanwhile, Shin Ilguk’s ears grew redder and redder.

Startled, Jiwoo reached out to check his forehead.

“No fever… Um, tell me if something hurts. I need to treat you right away.”

“…….”

“I can’t use healing spells right now because I’m out of mana, but once I recover—”

“Um, Hunter Do Jiwoo.”

Standing there blankly, Shin Ilguk finally opened his mouth.

‘Thank goodness. His brain’s fine.’

Jiwoo let out a sigh of relief.

But the words he said next made her grab the back of her neck.

“Did you… forge your hunter license?”

“…What?”

Forging a hunter license was a major crime that could get someone a life sentence.

‘Why is he bringing that up now?’

Was this one of those “verbal assassination attempts” she’d heard about?

Startled, Jiwoo stammered.

Shin Ilguk nodded with a serious expression.

“I knew it. I did hear healers are struggling with job shortages lately, but I never imagined someone would forge their rank……”

“No, no! Wait! Of course not!”

“Huh? You’re saying no?”

Who was he trying to send to prison?!

Flustered, Jiwoo began defending herself rapidly.

“I am E-rank! All the skills I used were just basic healer skills!”

Bless Body, a buff skill that increases allies’ attack power.

Dispel, which removes debuffs like poison or paralysis.

Angel Walking, which increases movement speed.

These were all basic skills taught right when entering the Hunter Academy.

Shin Ilguk knew that too.

What shocked him wasn’t the skills—it was Jiwoo’s timing.

Her ability to grasp the battlefield instantly in the heat of chaos!

Her decisive, lightning-fast commands!

And her insight—always applying the right buff at the right moment!

If Jiwoo hadn’t appeared like a queen on a white horse, his slow self would still be getting beaten up.

“Don’t worry, Hunter. I’ll keep your secret.”

“No, it’s seriously not like that……”

Jiwoo felt wronged.

Her agility came from doing taekwondo since she was little.

Her timing came from years of gaming.

She was so weak she could only knock goblins unconscious.

‘A high-rank hunter? Me? My body’s like a paper doll compared to you guys.’

Honestly, one light push could probably topple her like dominoes.

But the misunderstanding wasn’t going away easily.

Kang Jaegyu stomped toward her from behind.

“Hey, what the hell? Have you been playing with us this whole time? Pretending to be E-rank?”

“No!”

“Don’t lie. Look at you, acting all brazen. What, can’t even bow your eyes properly?”

“Ugh, I am really a low-rank healer!”

Being E-rank was humiliating enough already!

Jiwoo frowned and grabbed her staff—but she was a second too late.

“Who told you to raise your staff at me?!”

Kang Jaegyu shouted and shoved Jiwoo’s shoulder.

A B-rank dealer’s strength was far greater than she expected.

Jiwoo lost her balance instantly, tipping sideways.

And unfortunately, the direction her frail body leaned toward was…

“Hey, wait!”

“Hunter! Behind you, the cliff!”

A steep cliff with no visible bottom.

Time seemed to slow.

Jiwoo glanced once at her worn-out shoe hanging halfway over the edge, and once at the two horrified pairs of eyes watching her.

And the moment her gaze reached the clear blue sky—

“Hyaaaaaaaah you awful jerkkkkkk!”

The edge of the cliff crumbled under her weight.

And thus began a long, long dungeon survival ordeal.

 

 

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The feeling of falling endlessly through the air was far scarier than Jiwoo had imagined.

It felt like bungee jumping without a rope, or riding an amusement park ride with no seat.

She fell down a cliff that had to be several meters tall, but thankfully, other than a few scratches, she wasn’t injured.

Thanks to the soft cushion below her.

‘…Wait. Why is there a cushion in a dungeon?’

With trembling hands, Jiwoo felt around beneath her.

And she found it.

The large man she had landed on.

“Aaack! I’m so sorry!”

Jiwoo pushed down on a rock-like something with her hand and scrambled to her feet.

Then she looked back at the man lying on the ground…

“Eek! I’m really sorry!”

What she had grabbed just now was the man’s thigh—hard and tense with muscle.

His thigh!!

Why was it unnecessarily solid?!

Making things confusing for people!

Jiwoo, pale with embarrassment, bowed her head deeply.

Falling out of nowhere was bad enough—getting mistaken for a molester on top of that was absolutely unacceptable.

“I’m really, really sorry. I didn’t mean to! I accidentally fell during the dungeon run.”

“…….”

But the man didn’t respond.

Sensing something was wrong, Jiwoo lifted her head.

The moment she saw his face, eyes gently closed, she gasped in awe.

“Wow……”

She forgot what she was about to say and stared, mouth hanging open.

Sssip. A little drool slipped between her parted lips—secretly.

‘He looks unreal. Can someone actually be this handsome?’

Jiwoo poked the smooth face of the man with a finger.

Never mind his excessively gorgeous features—

What was with this silky ash-gray hair?

He didn’t seem familiar, so he probably wasn’t a celebrity.

Which meant mankind had suffered a massive loss.

‘Maybe he’s a dealer too.’

Since he was inside the dungeon, he must also be a hunter.

Looking closely, his build suited a dealer more than a tank.

Not bulky, but slim with broad, straight shoulders.

Muscles toned in just the right places, giving him a firm physique…

‘And that thigh I grabbed earlier… oh my god! Do Jiwoo, STOP! What are you thinking!’

Blushing bright red, Jiwoo spoke to him.

“Uh—um, excuse me. I’m really sorry. Are you okay?”

She shook the man who had just been lying beneath her.

No matter how much she pushed his solid arm, he didn’t wake up.

“What the—he wouldn’t be sleeping, right? Did he pass out?”

But then—

Jiwoo’s wandering gaze landed on the man’s abdomen.

The black shirt he wore was slowly being stained by something.

“Eek—blood!! Why is there blood?!”

Jiwoo grabbed her head and screamed.

Disjointed words floated inside her mind.

‘No way. Did I do this? Because I fell on top of him?’

Why was there so much blood?

Wasn’t he going to die at this rate?!

No, no—there’s no way.

Murder? Me, a murderer?!

Even as she tried to deny reality, his condition was getting worse.

‘I need to give first aid…!’

Panicking, Jiwoo lifted her trembling hands and pointed her staff at him.

And then—

“[Heal!].”

[Error: Invalid target.]

“…Huh?”

Flustered, Jiwoo swung her staff again.

“[Heal!].”

[Error: Invalid target.]

“[Heal!].”

[Error: Invalid target.]

“Argh! Why isn’t it working?!”

Was the system bugged?!

Jiwoo squeezed her eyes shut and tried another skill—

A healer-exclusive skill that reads the target’s status!

“[Holy Eyes!].”

[Error: Unable to retrieve information.]

“[Holy Eyes!].”

[Error: Unable to retrieve information.]

“[Holy Eyes!].”

[Error: Unable to retrieve information.]

“HEY!! What’s wrong with this thing?! Error? What error?!”

Jiwoo screamed and collapsed to the ground.

Error? She had never seen this message before.

Not in the six months at Hunter Academy, not in the Korean hunter community <DaeHunter>—no one had ever reported this.

“Please work, [Heal!].”

Even as Jiwoo cast the spell again and again, his condition only worsened.

The blood flowing from the man grew heavier, dripping onto the floor and pooling.

‘Is this how I become a murderer…?’

Jiwoo’s vision went white.

She imagined herself sitting in a prison cell.

Convicted of murder, trapped in a hunter detention center, forced to butcher monster corpses every day, waiting for release by natural death…

“No!!”

Her adorable little sibling was waiting for her outside the dungeon!

Jiwoo’s eyes snapped open and she threw herself toward the man.

“[Heal!].”

[Error: Invalid target.]

“[Heal!], [Heal!].”

[Error: Invalid target……]

“Please—[Heal!].”

[Error: Invalid……]

“Aaaaagh!! [Heal!]. Come on!!”

[Error: …….]

“God PLEASE let me heal him! If you don’t I’ll haunt your shrines forever!! I’ll sing at your altars 365 days a year!! [Heeeeeeeaaal!].”

Maybe her terrible, tone-deaf scream reached the heavens.

A system window appeared before her eyes.

 

[You have obtained a hidden title.]

System

Title: ♨Passion That Moved the Gods♨

A second awakening is now possible.