Chapter 38: Heal (2)
“Please wire it to my account,” Han-Yeol said.
“Yes, I understand,” the female staffer replied.
Ding dong!
[5,240,000,000 won has been deposited into your account.]
“I received it,” Han-Yeol acknowledged.
“I understand, Hunter-nim. Is there anything else I can assist you with?” the female staffer asked while flaunting her voluptuous chest and sparkling doe-like eyes as she tried to seduce Han-Yeol. It was because she thought that it would be fun to go out on a date with a man like Han-Yeol even if she wouldn’t be in a relationship with him.
‘She is pretty,’?Han-Yeol thought.
However, Han-Yeol was oblivious to the staffer’s intentions. He just stood there appreciating her beauty before he turned around and left. Of course, Han-Yeol was not a eunuch or anything like that. It was just that nobody had ever tried to seduce him so he was oblivious to what was going on.
“Tsk... How can he not even show an ounce of interest in me?” the female staffer grumbled. She thought that Han-Yeol was just another arrogant Hunter who was full of himself.
“Keke! Didn’t I tell you to just give up on dating a Hunter? We can date any guy we want out there since we work at the association anyway, so why are you reaching for the stars and trying to marry a Hunter?” one of the female staffers said while laughing out loud.
“They say that a normal guy can’t hold a candle against a Hunter when it comes to their performance in bed. You should compare something that’s comparable at least,” another female staffer chimed in.
“Hey! You degenerate woman!” the female staffer who Han-Yeol ignored simply shouted.
“Kekekeke!” the rest of the female staffers cackled.
The female staffers at the Hunters’ Association relieved the stress and boredom they got from the repetitive and tedious work they did by using any handsome Hunters who came by as fodder for their gossip.
On the other hand, Han-Yeol came home after having an astronomical sum of money deposited into his bank account.
Beep beep beep...
Han-Yeol pressed the passcode onto the electronic door lock and entered his house. The lights were all switched off and there were also no signs of anyone home. Looking around the house, he thought, ‘Is father still out?’?
Han-Yeol came home once in a while during his hunts to check up on his father, but his father was not in whenever he dropped by. He thought, ‘Well, he should be home soon.’?
Han-Yeol had been aware this entire time that his father loved to spend time with his friends but hadn’t been able to since he had to devote himself to raising Han-Yeol on his own. His father was probably catching up on the time he had lost back then right now.
Lacking the energy to wash up, Han-Yeol just took off his shirt and plopped down onto his bed. He thought as he fell asleep like a married man just returning from working overtime, ‘Ah, I’m tired. I’ll just wash up tomorrow.’?
Of course, the biggest difference Han-Yeol had with those married men was the fact that he did not have a wife as they did. Slowly dozing off, he thought, ‘That’s the saddest part...’
Beep beep beep...
After falling asleep for a while, Han-Yeol was woken up by the sound of the electronic door lock beeping. He thought while half awake, ‘Mmmm... is that father...?’
The only person who would come to their place was none other than his father. Han-Yeol forced himself to wake up and dragged his exhausted body to the living room, since he had to check up on his father’s health. He greeted, “Welcome back, father.”
“Hahaha! Why look who’s here? Isn’t it my filial son, Lee Han-Yeol Hunter!” his father exclaimed.
“You seem quite drunk, father,” Han-Yeol said.
His father staggered while exuding the smell of alcohol and meat. He almost slipped while trying to take his shoes off. Fortunately for Han-Yeol’s reflexes, which were worthy of being called that of a Hunter, kicking in, his father was caught before the fall.
Han-Yeol’s father was so drunk that he did not even realize that he had slipped and almost fell. He slurred, “My son Han-Yeol... My precious son...”
“Father...” Han-Yeol said under his breath while looking at his drunken father. He felt the tip of his nose tingling when he heard that he had been on his father’s mind even though his father was drunk. He was always thankful for all the sacrifices his father had made for him, and he would never be able to repay everything his father had done for him even if he lived a hundred times over.
He helped his father to the bed and helped to take off his clothes. He soaked a towel and wiped his father’s body down just as he used to do at the hospital.
‘I always thought that I was going to be doing this at the hospital forever, but who’d have guessed that I?would?get the chance to do this at home?while father?is drunk??I’m really a lucky guy,’?Han-Yeol looked back at the past months while wiping his father’s body down, and realized that he was indeed a lucky guy. His teenage years had been quite turbulent and harsh, and he had always felt that he was the unluckiest person in the world. However, that was no longer the case.
Han-Yeol finished wiping his father down and helped him change into his sleepwear. Then, he held his father’s hand and used his skill, ‘Heal!’
Wooooong...!
His mana, which was incomparable to his mana before his most recent hunt, shot out from his hand and enveloped his father in a beautiful, warm, and blue light. However...
‘Keu...! Damn it...!’?Han-Yeol cursed inwardly, trying not to wake his father up.
He quickly went up to their apartment’s roof because he could no longer keep the frustration welling up inside of him. He yelled, “Damn it! Why! Why won’t father’s illness be cured?!”
His ‘Heal’ skill’s growth had already hit a plateau, but his father’s illness was not showing any signs of being cured.
[Han-Yeol-nim, there is one other way.]
Karvis suddenly said while Han-Yeol was agonizing over his problem. The Ego system did not have a marvelous idea, but Karvis had something that she wanted to tell him. That was why Karvis, who usually did not say anything unless Han-Yeol called for her, decided to speak to him first.
“Another way?” Han-Yeol said.
[You increased your skill level by reading medical textbooks early on, but you stopped reading books after that. There are many ways to increase a skill’s level, and the fact that it no longer increases through the same method means that you would have to look for another method. I suggest you try reading medical textbooks once again and see if it helps.] Karvis said.
“Ah...” Han-Yeol was stunned. He had been forgetting that there was another method to increase the level of his skill. His turbulent heart calmed down and he soon said, “Thank you, Karvis.”
[You are most welcome, Han-Yeol-nim.] Karvis replied.
Han-Yeol ran to the library as soon as it opened and went straight to where the medical textbooks were. He scoured the library for medical textbooks and read every single one of them that he got his hands on, but he failed to make any progress in leveling up his skill. He thought, ‘No... There’s a limit with the books at the library.’
The library’s medical textbooks were not the professional ones read by doctors, and these were not even the textbooks that students in medical school used. The public library was severely limited when it came to specialized books, and that was why Han-Yeol decided to leave the library and go to a bookshop instead.
Han-Yeol searched for translated foreign medical textbooks that were related to the black lump of mana that was clinging to his father’s heart. He read every single book he could get his hands on, but the books were riddled with words that were too difficult for him to comprehend. He barely managed to understand the contents, thanks to the basic medical textbooks he had read until now, and also because of his cheat skill ‘Infinite Library’ which allowed him to remember most of the things he read.
Han-Yeol sat at the same place for over six hours and read three medical textbooks from cover to cover.
Ding!
[The rank of ‘Heal’ has risen from (A) to (M).]
[‘Heal’ has reached Master Rank.]
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