Seong-jun, who had just stood up from his seat, wore a puzzled expression at the sound of someone stopping him.
“Is there something you’d like to say?”
Kim Chang-soo hesitated for a moment.
“Well, you see…
‘What should I do? Seeing as he bought F-rank weapons, he’s likely a low-level healer. Still, I might as well ask just in case, right?’
After appearing to contemplate for a moment, Kim Chang-soo let out a sigh and carefully spoke.
“Haa, I’m truly sorry, but if you’re a healer, do you perhaps have a skill that mitigates diseases?”
Among healer skills, there were those that could mitigate diseases, and the most representative one was Cure.
However, not all Cures were the same.
First of all, F-rank and E-rank healers couldn’t even learn the Cure skill. One had to be at least D-rank to acquire it. Furthermore, D-rank and C-rank Cures only had the effect of removing status ailments; they lacked the effect of disease mitigation.
Disease mitigation was only possible starting from a B-rank Cure.
The important thing here was that despite being a C-rank Cure, Seong-jun’s version had the disease mitigation effect applied to it.
“A disease mitigation skill? I do have one, but why so suddenly…?”
At the mention of having a disease mitigation skill, Kim Chang-soo’s eyes widened.
“Huh! Re-really? You really have a disease mitigation skill?”
To that, Seong-jun replied with a curious look.
“Yes, I have a Cure skill that removes status ailments and mitigates diseases, but what is this about?”
As soon as Seong-jun finished speaking, Kim Chang-soo suddenly dropped to his knees.
Thud!
“P-please, I beg you. Please use your disease mitigation skill on my mother just once! She’s currently in stage 3 lung cancer, and they say surgery isn’t possible right now. But if her condition is mitigated even slightly by a healer’s skill, surgery might become an option.”
That was it.
The reason Kim Chang-soo asked about the disease mitigation skill was because of his mother.
Of course, for Seong-jun, receiving such a request from someone he just met was naturally baffling.
“What? So suddenly? I understand your situation is difficult, but you realize we just met for the first time today, right? And that was only for an artifact transaction. It’s quite flustering to receive such a request so suddenly.”
At Seong-jun’s words, Kim Chang-soo spoke with a devastated expression.
“Most healers working in the medical field are low-level and do not possess disease mitigation skills. And healers who do possess that skill are virtually impossible to find in hospitals.”
To put it bluntly, even if they were F-rank or E-rank, healers received special treatment.
That was because the number of healers was so incredibly scarce.
Of course, some decided it was better to work in places like hospitals for a high annual salary rather than entering dangerous dungeons, but that was strictly limited to low-level healers.
High-level healers would, ten times out of ten, join guilds under excellent conditions.
In other words, the probability of seeing a healer with the Cure skill in a hospital was extremely low.
“I suppose so. For a high-level healer, entering dungeons would be far more helpful for raising their class level and skill levels. Naturally, they’d make more money too.”
“That’s why I’m asking. Please, just think of it as doing a poor soul a favor and use the disease mitigation skill on my mother just once. I’ll return the money for the mace I sold today. And if that’s not enough, I’ll earn it somehow and pay you back. So please, just once…!”
Because healers usually received noble treatment among Awakened, they tended to be very arrogant and looked down on others.
Because of that, Kim Chang-soo was making this request like a man grasping at straws, even though he knew there was a high probability Seong-jun would refuse.
Seeing Kim Chang-soo speaking with such a desperate expression, Seong-jun fell into thought for a moment.
“Hmm…”
Going to the hospital and using a single Cure?
It wasn’t particularly difficult.
He didn’t have any specific plans afterward anyway, and his consumed holy power would recover quickly.
But was there a reason to do it?
Even if they were acquaintances, it was another matter, but was it necessary to go through the trouble for a total stranger he met today?
After a brief deliberation, Seong-jun looked at Kim Chang-soo and spoke.
“Fine. Let’s go and see.”
Ultimately, Seong-jun decided to help Kim Chang-soo.
Kim Chang-soo, who had assumed Seong-jun would naturally refuse, actually looked bewildered when Seong-jun told him to lead the way.
“Ah! Re-really? You’re really going to help?”
“Lead the way before I change my mind. Oh! And you brought a car, right? I’m still a pedestrian.”
Seong-jun had been living a hand-to-mouth existence.
Since he had only recently re-awakened as a healer and started making proper money, he hadn’t been able to acquire a decent vehicle yet.
“Of course! Let’s go!”
Kim Chang-soo hurried out of the cafe, fearing that Seong-jun might change his mind.
***
At that time, in the office of Team 8 of the Taesung Guild.
Due to a sudden call from the Vice Guild Master, Team Leader Seong Je-hoon was away, and the rest of the team members were guarding the office.
“I wonder why the Vice Guild Master called the Team Leader?”
“Who knows. Anyway, he should be back soon.”
“Our profits have been pretty good lately because of Kim Seong-jun, right? Could he have been called because of that? By the way, Kang Jae-jun. What happened with apologizing to Kim Seong-jun and bringing him back? Do you even realize our profits have been completely destroyed these past few days because of you?”
Team 8 of the Taesung Guild, which had gone hunting without Seong-jun, hadn’t been able to make even 10 million won in profit over the last few days.
The newly hired mercenaries weren’t doing their jobs as well as the previous one, and above all, Seong-jun’s absence felt too large.
A dealer had filled the spot instead of a buffer, but it was far too inadequate to replace Seong-jun’s buffs.
“T-that’s… I’m working hard to persuade him.”
“Ha! You killed the goose that lays the golden eggs over a few tens of thousands of won? What the hell should we do with this guy?”
Due to the incident with Seong-jun, Kang Jae-jun had been relegated to the status of a total pariah within Team 8.
While other guild members just looked on with pathetic expressions, the members of Team 8 who had hunted directly with Seong-jun were openly berating Kang Jae-jun, the primary reason Seong-jun left the party.
Right then.
Bang!
Team Leader Seong Je-hoon opened the door violently and entered the office.
He then looked at Kang Jae-jun with an expression full of rage.
“Kang Jae-jun.”
His voice was quiet, but it contained uncontrollable anger.
“Yes? Wh-why are you being like this?”
When Kang Jae-jun asked in a trembling voice.
“You damn bastard. What the hell have you been doing?”
“Huh? What do you mean…?”
Seong Je-hoon approached Kang Jae-jun with eyes full of fury.
He then pulled out his phone and played a video.
The video vividly showed Kang Jae-jun seeking out Seong-jun and causing a scene.
“Surely you’re not going to say you don’t know what this is even after seeing it?”
“Ugh! Wh-why is this…?”
In an instant, Seong Je-hoon grabbed the flustered Kang Jae-jun by the collar.
Grab!
“Gah!”
“I told you to go and apologize to Kim Seong-jun, and instead you went and caused a scene? Moreover, how dare a piece of trash like you bring up the guild’s name? No, putting that aside, if you’re going to use the guild’s name, you should have at least handled it properly. You got scared by another guild and ran away like a coward? If you were going to do that, you shouldn’t have mentioned the guild in the first place. Do you have any idea how much the guild’s image has been trashed because of you alone?”
Since the undeniable video evidence was right in front of him, Kang Jae-jun had nothing to say even if he had ten mouths.
“……”
After staring at him fiercely for a moment, Seong Je-hoon loosened his grip on the collar.
Thud!
“As of today, you are removed from Team 8. No, you won’t be able to join any team for the time being. The guild will decide how to deal with you, so stay quiet until then.”
Leaving those words behind, Seong Je-hoon walked straight out of the office.
Slam!
As the door closed harshly, the office was momentarily enveloped in silence.
“……”
“……”
And a moment later.
“Haa, this crazy bastard. We told him to go apologize and he went and caused a scene? Hey. Kang Jae-jun. You must think we’re a joke, huh?”
“Because of one stupid guy, the entire Team 8 might end up as pariahs! Dammit! Hey! Kang Jae-jun! You’re dead by my hands today.”
The Team 8 members looked at Kang Jae-jun with eyes full of rage, and Kang Jae-jun’s face went beyond pale to a ghastly white.
***
OO Hospital, Inpatient Ward.
Arriving at the hospital with Kim Chang-soo, Seong-jun reached the room where his mother was admitted.
“It’s here.”
As they entered, the mother recognized her son and spoke with a labored voice.
“Haa, haa, Chang-soo… are you here?”
Perhaps because it was lung cancer, breathing seemed quite difficult for her.
‘He calls it stage 3, but it looks more like it’s right on the verge of stage 4.’
Just as Seong-jun judged, her condition was in the stage of transitioning from the end of stage 3 to stage 4.
“Yes, Mom. By the way, do you know who I brought? He’s a healer. And a high-level healer who possesses a disease mitigation skill at that. This gentleman is going to mitigate your condition. Then we can go into surgery right away, so please hang in there just a little longer.”
At Kim Chang-soo’s words, his mother spoke with a pale complexion.
“Cough! Haa, haa, a h-high-level healer? Where would we have the money to host such a great person? Cough, cough! Haa, haa.”
To move a high-level healer, a significant price usually followed.
Since their circumstances were already poor, it seemed she thought her son had overexerted himself because of her.
Seong-jun approached her side.
“I’m not sure how much my Cure will help you, but since I’m here anyway, I’ll try using it once. While I’m casting the skill, a bright light might come out and it could be dazzling, so please close your eyes for a moment.”
Since he had come all this way, it would be silly to just leave.
Therefore, Seong-jun intended to quickly use one Cure and go.
She had no choice but to close her eyes at Seong-jun’s words.
Seong-jun immediately cast the skill on her.
‘Cure.’
Then, an immense light, bright enough to light up the entire room, burst forth from Seong-jun’s hand.
Flash!
The healer skills Seong-jun possessed had a power that was in a different league from ordinary healer skills, making them on a different level compared to skills of the same rank.
They produced an efficiency that was at least one to two ranks higher.
As the Cure skill was cast from Seong-jun’s hand, it wasn’t just a simple C-rank Cure; it had a powerful effect that surpassed B-rank and neared A-rank.
Perhaps because of that.
Whoosh.
By the time the filling light had completely vanished and the casting of the Cure skill ended, her expression had become much more stable.
Seong-jun carefully asked her.
“How do you feel? Do you think it was effective?”
At Seong-jun’s question, she slowly opened her eyes and then spoke with a surprised look.
“I-I can breathe comfortably. It’s so comfortable, it’s as if the disease has been completely cured.”
Even just a moment ago, breathing had seemed like a struggle for her, but now she looked incredibly at ease.
“M-mom! Is it true? Do you really feel better?”
When Kim Chang-soo asked urgently as if to confirm.
“Yes, it’s really become comfortable. To the point where I feel I could be discharged right now.”
His mother said she had become comfortable enough to be discharged.
Looking at her, Seong-jun spoke in a quiet voice.
“Cure is a skill that mitigates the disease, not one that cures it completely. Fortunately, it seems to have been effective and the condition has been mitigated a lot, but if you don’t pull it out by the roots this time, it will worsen again. So, devote yourself to treatment until the hospital gives you a clean bill of health. That is the way to help your son.”
Literally, Cure had a disease mitigation effect, not a complete cure effect.
Nevertheless, the fact that it felt as if she was fully healed meant that the lung cancer, which had been stage 3, was mitigated to a level almost equivalent to the early stages.
However, unless the cancer itself disappeared, it could worsen again at any time if left like this.
Therefore, Seong-jun judged that it would be better in many ways to completely pull out the roots through surgery this time.
Right then.
Ding!
Suddenly, a notification sound reached Seong-jun’s ears.
[The condition for opening the level system of the title [Successor of Ermia Jayrin]—a good deed without reward—has been met. You can increase the power of the title by increasing its level.]
A title level system out of the blue?
‘What? I can increase the level of a title? This was possible?’
Originally, a title was just a title; it wasn’t something you could level up like other skills.
Yet, being told he could suddenly level up a title naturally made him curious.
‘Let’s check it for now.’
Seong-jun hurriedly checked the title.
[Title] [C-rank] Successor of Ermia Jayrin [1/5]
One who has inherited the essence of the Saintess Ermia Jayrin.
-When casting Holy Magic, Holy Power consumption is reduced by [10%].
-Holy Magic skill level experience gain increased by [20%].
-Class level experience gain increased by [10%].
The title Successor of Ermia Jayrin not only reduced Holy Power consumption by 10 percent but also had the effect of increasing skill level experience gain and class level experience gain.
In other words, it was easier for him to raise his class level and skill levels than other Awakened.
The important thing was that a level numerical value was truly attached next to the title.
‘Huh! A level display is actually attached. Does this mean the maximum level is level 5? Then, regardless of the rank, does it mean the option values increase if I raise the title level?’
Since the class level also affected the rank, it was naturally important, but the skill level was no less important.
This was because Seong-jun’s skill level 1 showed a significantly larger increase compared to other Awakened people’s level 1 increase.
‘This is an unexpected windfall.’
While Seong-jun was marveling at the opening of the title level system.
“Thank you. Truly, I don’t know how I should repay this grace… Ah! As I said, I will return the sale price of the mace right now. And if the amount is insufficient, please tell me, and I will earn it by any means to pay you back.”
Kim Chang-soo was sincerely grateful and offered to return the sale price of the mace.
‘W-wait! The title level system was opened because the condition of a good deed without reward was met. Huh? Then what happens if I receive a reward?’
The condition for opening the title level system was specifically a good deed without reward.
But what if he received a reward for the good deed? It was impossible to know what variables might arise.
In the worst-case scenario, the opening of the level system could even be canceled.
Perhaps because of that, Seong-jun spoke hurriedly.
“Haha, no. It’s not like I did it expecting a reward, so please use that money for your mother’s hospital bills.”
When Seong-jun said he wouldn’t accept a reward, Kim Chang-soo appeared flustered.
“What? B-but you came all this way despite the difficulty, my heart won’t be at ease if I don’t do something.”
At Kim Chang-soo’s words, Seong-jun shook his head and spoke.
“My heart wouldn’t be at ease if I accepted the money. It feels like my intention of purely wanting to help would be distorted. So, the money is fine; I’ll just accept your gratitude.”
‘There’s no need to risk potential variables for a small amount of money.’
He judged that it was better to cleanly refuse the money now rather than creating potential variables by accepting a reward.
I Am an EX-Rank Versatile Priest Chapter 12
E-book Publication Date: 2025.11.14
Author | Kim Hyun-jun
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