Please Give Me A Kiss, Healer! – Chapter 41

Author: Asternkm

“Yes, he says he still can’t come. …But Chairman, where did you get this wheelchair?”

“I borrowed one that was parked nearby. Since I’m already at the hospital, I thought I’d check the facilities too.”

“So you didn’t deliberately ride such an old wheelchair to show it to Seo Kang-woo?”

“Tsk, you’re annoyingly sharp.”

Chairman Seo was old, but his health was still excellent.

In fact, there was no real reason for him to be hospitalized in the first place.
He had only put on a show to get his grandson’s attention.

“So, what’s the excuse this time for not coming?”

“He’s in Jeju right now. There’s an unidentified gate that opened on Udo.”

Not long ago, after an unannounced A-rank gate opened near Yeoksam Station,

unobserved dungeons began appearing sporadically across the country.

Because of that, not only the top five guilds but also the Association and the Emergency Disaster Team were put on high alert.

“Tsk, that damned Emergency Disaster Team. Do they have no shame using someone else’s precious grandson? I told him not to even look at dungeons anymore!”

Chairman Seo’s only grandson, Seo Kang-woo, had gone missing after getting caught in a gate on the day of his high school graduation.

Until then, Daewoon Group had mainly focused on electronics and electrical businesses.
It was from that moment that they entered the hunter industry.

Thinking that if they kept clearing dungeons, they might someday find their grandson.

When the grandson they had waited for finally returned alive, Chairman Seo had cried his eyes out.

So what if he was a bit blunt?

So what if he had lost some memories?

His only grandson had come back alive and well!

However, a small problem arose.

“That kid must have suffered so much in the other world! And now, even when I tell him to live comfortably, he’s still that stubborn.”

Wouldn’t it be so much better if he just quietly took over the company?

But the grandson stabbed him in the back the moment he returned.

‘I have someone I need to find.’

Saying that, he suddenly disappeared—
and a few days later, he showed up again as the team leader of the Emergency Disaster Team.

‘He’s barely been back alive, and he’s already going into those hellish dungeons again?’

A hunter? Over my dead body!

Shocked, Chairman Seo eventually resorted to putting on a show.

He even lied about collapsing and grabbing the back of his neck, and got himself hospitalized.

“Tsk, it’d be nice if he just married a decent young lady, lived peacefully, and gave me a great-grandchild.”

“What do you plan to do now? It doesn’t look like Seo Kang-woo will budge at all.”

“What can I do? For now, I’ll have to let him do what he wants.”

There’s no parent—or rather, no grandparent—who can beat their child.

Chairman Seo decided to step back for the time being.

“Prepare for discharge. And return the wheelchair to its place.”

“Yes, Chairman.”

As Secretary Kim was folding up the wheelchair, he asked,

“By the way, what’s this black plastic bag? There are tangerines inside…”

“Oh, that.”

Chairman Seo recalled Ji-woo, who had given him the tangerines.

Then, crossing his arms, he smiled warmly.

“A decent young person gave them to me.”

****

Ji-woo stood in front of the tall building and took a deep breath.

‘Hello, I’m Do Ji-woo, a rookie hunter reporting for my first day of work!’

…That should work as a greeting, right?

Today was Ji-woo’s first day reporting to the Blank Guild.

Honestly, she’d ended up joining before she even realized it, but no matter where she went, nothing beat the conditions Shin Woo-hyuk had offered.

Up until now, she’d only worked as a porter, drifting from one low-tier dungeon to another.

This was her first time joining such a grand, prestigious guild, so she was extremely nervous.

When she entered the lobby on the first floor, a familiar face greeted her.

“Hunter Do Ji-woo!”

“Oh, Il-guk?”

A C-rank tanker with a huge build that resembled a Russian brown bear—Shin Il-guk.

He was the one she had teamed up with during the dungeon stranding incident, and he was standing right in the middle of the lobby.

“What brings you here, Il-guk?”

“Woo-hyuk hyung asked me to come in his place.”

“Woo-hyuk hyung? You mean the guild master?”

“Yes. I thought you already knew… he’s my cousin.”

Oh wow.

No wonder they shared the same surname and looked vaguely alike!

Ji-woo handed over her ID at the lobby desk and continued chatting with Shin Il-guk.

“The guild master hasn’t come back from Jeju yet?”

“No. It seems the cleanup is no small matter. They say the newly formed dungeon is much larger than expected.”

Ji-woo blinked.

If the dungeon was that large, the Emergency Disaster Team must be participating in the raid too.

‘Then… is Kang-woo in Jeju as well?’

To be honest, she was worried.

After killing the Ant Queen last time, Kang-woo had looked like he was in a lot of pain.

The black veins that had stained his entire arm— that horrific scene kept replaying in her mind.

He’d said he’d be fine as long as he didn’t overdo it, but…

‘Hunters can’t help but overdo it in dungeons.’

The image of him collapsing weakly onto the ground kept haunting her.

Growing gloomy, Ji-woo absentmindedly fiddled with her hourglass necklace.

“Hunter Do Ji-woo? Is something wrong?”

“…No! It’s nothing.”

“I’ve got your access pass. Let’s head this way for now.”

After passing through the security gate, Ji-woo followed Shin Il-guk toward the elevator.

“You’ve been assigned to Special Team 7.”

“Special Team 7?”

“Yes. I’m on the same team. I was just promoted from a trainee guild member to a full member.”

Shin Il-guk smiled shyly, his bear-like, gentle face turning red.

“Wow, that’s great! I look forward to working with you.”

“The feeling is mutual. And, um… this is…”

He brought out something he’d been hiding behind his back the whole time.

What he handed her was a tiny, adorable mini humidifier shaped like a sprout!

“It’s nothing much—just a welcome gift.”

“Oh, you really didn’t have to prepare something like this. I’m totally fine, really…”

Totally fine…

Even so, Ji-woo accepted the humidifier faster than the speed of light.

They got off the elevator, and were just about to enter the office when—

Shin Il-guk suddenly came to a halt.

“Um, Hunter Do Ji-woo. I should’ve told you beforehand, but…”

“Yes?”

“To be honest, our team isn’t that great. As you know, I myself am lacking in ability.”

Ji-woo almost nodded unconsciously.

‘It was like that during the stranding incident too.’

Shin Il-guk was a C-rank tanker, but despite his large build, he was slow and clumsy—an obvious drawback.

Because of that, it had taken forever just to take down a single goblin.

“Originally, you should’ve been assigned to a much better team, but Woo-hyuk hyung had to rush off to Jeju…”

Shin Il-guk’s voice gradually grew quieter.

What he was trying to say was clear.

Special Team 7—shortened to Spec-7.

A team with issues.

A place where guild members with questionable skills gathered, unsure when they might be disbanded.

In other words—

‘The remedial class, huh.’

It wasn’t all that surprising.

The fact that she had undergone a second awakening was highly classified.

If she’d joined a top-tier team right after joining, people would’ve accused her of parachuting in.

“When Woo-hyuk hyung comes back, the team assignments will be reshuffled. You’ll move to a larger team with more support. You don’t belong somewhere like this, with me.”

“Hey, I’m just an E-rank healer, you know?”

“I know your real ability, Hunter Do Ji-woo. You don’t need to hide it from me.”

It seemed Shin Il-guk still believed she was a top-tier healer who had forged her hunter license.

Ji-woo decided not to bother explaining at length.

Now that she was S-rank, it wasn’t entirely wrong anyway.

She hugged the humidifier she’d received as a gift tightly.

“Please keep it a secret, hehe.”

“Yes, you can count on me!”

After that brief understanding was reached, Ji-woo finally got to meet Special Team 7.

The first person she encountered was a hunter standing by the doorway.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Yoo Jae-kyung, the team leader.”

A beautiful woman with a short haircut and feline features extended her hand.