Chapter 13: A Good Deed Without Reward

When Sung-jun said he wouldn’t accept any compensation, Kim Chang-soo’s face filled with emotion.

“To not accept anything… I don’t even know how to repay this kindness…”

Looking at Kim Chang-soo, Sung-jun gave a faint smile.

“Don’t worry too much about it.”

Even as he spoke, his mind was entirely occupied by the Title Level system.

‘But how do I raise the Title Level? Do I raise it through hunting, like Class Levels or Skill Levels? Or do I have to do it some other way? Hmm, since the unlock condition was performing a good deed without reward, does that mean I have to keep performing good deeds without reward to level it up?’

Exactly how was he supposed to raise the Title Level?

Could it be raised through hunting? Or did it require another method?

As the Title Level increased, it would become much easier to raise his Class Level and Skill Level, so Sung-jun couldn’t help but be concerned.

Just then.

“Um, excuse me…”

The guardian of the patient sitting opposite Kim Chang-soo’s mother approached Sung-jun hesitantly.

Snapping out of his thoughts, Sung-jun looked at him with a puzzled expression.

“Hmm? Oh, yes. What is it?”

“I—I’m truly sorry, but could you perhaps use that skill on my father as well? He’s in the terminal stages of lung cancer, and the hospital told us to look into hospice care… but as his child, I just can’t give up on him so easily.”

At his words, Sung-jun stared intently at the guardian.

Or rather, he was reading his information.

[Analysis Result]

Kang Ho-seok: [Civilian]

Reliability: 38

Psychological State: [Desperate to save his father and asking as a last resort, clutching at straws.]

Having confirmed the man’s psychological state through Deep Analysis, Sung-jun saw that he truly cared for his father with no ulterior motives.

‘Oh! A filial son. I had something I wanted to check anyway, so shall I help him out as a test?’

Since there was a possibility that the Title Level increased through good deeds without reward, Sung-jun decided to verify that part first.

“Terminal stages… I’m not sure if my skill will be of much help, but since you’re asking so earnestly, I’ll give it a try.”

Saying so, he walked past the guardian and approached the patient.

Perhaps because it was terminal, the patient was wearing an oxygen mask. Since he couldn’t eat properly and was receiving nutrients through an IV, he was so emaciated that he looked like nothing more than skin and bones.

After staring down at the patient for a moment, Sung-jun reached out his hand and cast the skill.

‘Cure.’

Then.

Flash!

Just like before, a bright light erupted, enough to fill the entire hospital room.

Whooooosh.

Soon, it faded away as if being slowly absorbed by the patient.

Just as Sung-jun was about to withdraw his hand after finishing the cast—

“O…

…Ho, Ho-seok…”

From the mouth of the patient, who had been little more than a living corpse, came the sound of him calling his son’s name.

Startled, the son rushed over to his father.

“Ah! F-Father! Can you hear me? How do you feel?”

At his son’s urgent question, the father looked at him and spoke.

“I-I see. I think my body feels a bit more comfortable… Is this perhaps that ‘rallying’ people talk about, where you regain clarity for a moment before dying?”

“It’s nothing like that. To be honest, this healer here was kind enough to use a skill on you to alleviate the disease. We’ll have to get you properly tested to be sure, but please don’t give up and hang in there a bit longer. If things go well, there might be a good result.”

After saying that, the son looked at Sung-jun.

“And thank you so much. I don’t know how I can ever repay this kindness…”

Sung-jun smiled at his words and spoke.

“Kindness? I just did it while I was already here helping Mr. Chang-soo, so don’t worry about it. Oh! For the record, I won’t be accepting any compensation.”

No sooner had Sung-jun finished speaking than a notification sounded in his ear.

[Title Level experience increases due to performing a good deed without reward.]

The moment he heard the notification, Sung-jun clenched his fist.

‘As I thought, this was it!’

Since the unlock condition for the Title ‘Successor of Hermia Jaylin’ was a good deed without reward, he had tried it just in case, and as expected, the level experience increased through an altruistic act.

In other words, to raise the level of the ‘Successor of Hermia Jaylin’ title he was currently wearing, he had to consistently perform good deeds without reward to gain experience.

‘Then again, she was a Saintess, so of course the condition for raising the title level would be performing good deeds without reward.’

The original owner of this power, Hermia Jaylin, was someone called a Saintess on the continent.

Perhaps because of that, the method for raising the Title Level was very fitting for the title of Saintess.

Even though it didn’t quite match Sung-jun’s personal style, what could he do?

Regardless, in order to raise the Title Level, he had to continue performing good deeds without reward for a while.

‘That aside, if I use Cure once on every patient here, I wonder if I can raise it by at least one level?’

There were patients filling not just this room, but other rooms as well.

If he used Cure on each of them, he thought that maybe he could raise it by about one level.

Just then.

Rumble!

“Huff, puff… Is it true that a high-grade healer has arrived?”

Someone wearing a doctor’s gown rushed into the room.

It seemed the nurse who had seen Sung-jun using Cure had informed the doctor.

As the doctor hurriedly entered the room, the nurse following behind him pointed at Sung-jun and said.

“I-It’s that person. After he cast the Cure skill, the patient’s condition noticeably improved.”

Since they seemed to be looking for him, Sung-jun spoke with an awkward expression.

“Well, I’m not exactly high-grade, but it is true that I can alleviate diseases with Cure. By the way, if I use Cure without permission, would that be a violation of medical law or something?”

At Sung-jun’s question, the doctor hurriedly waved his hands.

“Haha, of course not. We’re actually grateful. Besides, I was under the impression that for a Cure to have a disease-alleviation option, it had to be at least B-rank or higher. You say you aren’t high-grade? You’re far too humble. Oh! I am Jeong Seong-sik, the Chief of Respiratory Internal Medicine.”

Internal medicine had many departments, and the place Sung-jun had stopped by was the respiratory ward, where patients with respiratory diseases were hospitalized.

“Ah, yes. Nice to meet you. I’m Healer Sung-jun Kim. It seems you came here in quite a hurry, is there some sort of problem…?”

Whether he had run here immediately after being contacted, Chief Jeong Seong-sik was still breathing heavily.

Though he had calmed down significantly compared to when he first arrived.

“I rushed here the moment I heard that a high-grade healer had come to the hospital and was casting skills. Except in special cases, it’s rare for a high-grade healer to cast skills on patients in a hospital.”

There were healers who worked in hospitals for high salaries, but most of them were low-grade healers.

In other words, they were only at a level where they could heal external wounds through healing skills.

In the case of high-grade healers capable of alleviating diseases, they were rarely seen in hospitals unless it was a special case, such as an acquaintance being hospitalized.

“I stopped by for a moment at the request of Mr. Kim Chang-soo, and while I was at it, I used a skill on the person in front of me as well. Both seem to have improved compared to before, but I’m not sure exactly how much.”

At Sung-jun’s words, Jeong Seong-sik looked at the two patients with a curious expression.

Then, he immediately spoke to the nurse behind him.

“Perform tests on those patients immediately.”

At Jeong Seong-sik’s command, the nurse behind him quickly replied.

“Huh? Oh! Yes!”

As the nurses began to move busily, Sung-jun spoke to Jeong Seong-sik in a quiet voice.

“By the way, while I’m here, I’d like to use my skills on other patients as well. Would that be alright? Oh! For the record, I’m not doing this for compensation, so I won’t be asking for anything. I just want to be of some help because I feel bad for them.”

He wasn’t certain that his Title Level would rise even if he used Cure on the patients here.

This was because there was no way to confirm how much experience he gained when using Cure on one person.

However, since he was only Level 1, he judged that the required experience wouldn’t be that high.

If he couldn’t level up today?

He figured he could just come back and do it next time.

When Sung-jun offered to cast Cure without reward, Jeong Seong-sik looked startled.

“Heh! R-Really? Well, we’d be more than grateful. In fact, I was the one who wanted to ask you. There are many patients with mild cases, but there are also many severe cases whose lives are in danger. If Healer Sung-jun Kim could help, it would be a huge boost for the patients.”

In the ward, there were patients with mild respiratory issues, but there were also many severe cases suffering from cancer.

In particular, there were quite a few who were in a situation where surgery was difficult. If their symptoms were alleviated by casting Cure on such patients, they might be able to reach a full recovery through surgery.

Of course, even with Cure, some patients might still find surgery difficult, but wouldn’t it be much better than now?

“In that case, I’ll focus on the severe patients first, and if I have any energy left, I’ll cast it on the mild cases as well.”

“Oh! Would you? Since everyone in this room is a severe patient, I’ll ask you to start here first.”

“Will do.”

And so, Sung-jun cast Cure on the patients in that room.

***

The respiratory internal medicine ward of this hospital had a total of 20 rooms across Wards A and B.

Sung-jun cleared all 8 rooms focused on severe patients and then moved on to cast Cure on the patients with mild cases.

He had cleared 13 rooms and was casting Cure in the 14th room when—

Whooooosh.

[Title Level experience increases due to performing a good deed without reward.]

[All required experience has been obtained. The level of the Title [Successor of Hermia Jaylin] has increased to Level 2.]

His Title Level had finally increased.

‘Success! Title level up! As I thought, the requirement wasn’t that high since it was Level 1!’

He had thought that he might not be able to level up even after going through all 20 rooms, but the level rose sooner than expected.

It seemed the experience requirement was low because it was only Level 1.

‘Let’s see how much has changed.’

Sung-jun checked his Title immediately.

[Title] [C-Rank] Successor of Hermia Jaylin [2/5]

One who has inherited the essence of the Saintess Hermia Jaylin.

-When casting Holy Magic, Divine Power consumption is reduced by [20%].

-Holy Magic skill level experience gain increased by [40%].

-Class level experience gain increased by [20%].

The increase for the leveled-up Title was higher than expected.

‘Oh! The Divine Power consumption reduction increased by an additional 10 percent, and the skill experience gain increased by a whopping 20 percent? The Class experience gain also went up by 10 percent. This is amazing!’

As the Title Level increased, Divine Power consumption went from 10 percent to 20 percent, skill experience gain from 20 percent to 40 percent, and Class experience gain from 10 percent to 20 percent.

Every option had doubled.

‘The scale of the increase is larger than I thought. This is much more efficient than I anticipated. If I keep raising the Title Level like this, I’ll be able to raise my Skill Levels as well as my Class Level at a rapid pace.’

Since the increase per level was greater than expected, it had become a situation where Sung-jun couldn’t afford to ignore the Title Level.

‘But it’s strange. I gave out free buffs to every party I met in the dungeons, so why didn’t that trigger the notification for performing a good deed without reward? Is it only applied to civilians? Or does casting it inside a dungeon not count as a good deed without reward? I’ll have to test this out as well.’

He could understand why giving buffs or heals to his own party members wouldn’t count as a good deed without reward.

Since he received experience based on how much the party members hunted, it could be said that he was receiving compensation in itself.

However, giving buffs to other, completely unrelated parties could, in a way, be seen as a good deed without reward.

Yet, even though he had given buffs like that, the Title Level system hadn’t unlocked.

Because of that, Sung-jun planned to check whether the requirement was limited to civilians, or whether it applied to both civilians and Awakened ones only when they were outside of a dungeon.

As Sung-jun stood there blankly for a while.

“Are you alright? Did you perhaps consume too much Divine Power…?”

Jeong Seong-sik, the Chief of Respiratory Internal Medicine, asked with a worried expression.

It was because he had been going through a whopping 14 rooms almost without rest, casting Cure on patients.

At Jeong Seong-sik’s worried question, Sung-jun spoke with a smile.

“Oh! I’m fine. I just had something to think about for a moment. By the way, I’d like to come by and help out occasionally whenever I have time from now on. Would that be okay?”

‘There’s no better place than a hospital to harvest Title experience. It would be a shame to end it with just this one time. I have to run hard until I max out the Title Level.’

OO Hospital was a large general hospital that boasted a significant scale.

As such, it was overflowing with patients, which for Sung-jun was a gold mine of experience.

Having discovered such a gold mine, it would be a waste to end it with just this once, wouldn’t it?

That was why he had subtly asked if he could come by and help whenever he had the chance.

And naturally, Jeong Seong-sik accepted readily.

“Oh! Really? If you would do that, it would be the greatest honor for us. I’ve personally seen how the patients’ conditions improved noticeably after Healer Sung-jun Kim cast his skills, so how could I refuse? However, I would appreciate it if you could contact us in advance before you come.”

When Jeong Seong-sik said he could come anytime as long as he contacted them in advance, Sung-jun gave a satisfied smile.

“Haha, thank you. Then, shall we finish the remaining rooms as well?”

Since casting Cure on the patients was all experience, even though he had already reached Level 2, he intended to use Cure on the patients in the remaining rooms.

And so, Sung-jun continued to cast Cure without rest as he went through the rest of the rooms.

***

I Became an EX-Class All-Round Priest Episode 13

E-book Publication Date | 2025.11.14

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