The Villains I Taught Became Heroes

17 – Journey – 3

Among the ingredients for medicine, there is an item called ‘Healer’s Essence.’

This item, obtained when treating a person, is crucial in the synthesis of medicines.

Unlike its high-grade status, the Healer’s Essence is surprisingly easy to obtain, requiring only a certain level of people to be healed.

It’s only natural.

You can gain points by going into battle once, getting hit a few times, and healing. I’ve accumulated quite a few points this way when playing games.

But in reality, using such a method was a bit awkward.

Actually, I tried it a few times.

Catching a thief, stabbing, healing, stabbing, healing.

But after doing it to some extent, the target couldn’t endure the pain and ended up dying. Fragile.

I tried it a few more times afterward, but I realized that infinite healing, like in the game, was impossible.

Anyway, since I couldn’t use the easiest method, I had to use the proper one.

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“You… will perform healing?”

Did someone hear my shout?

An elderly person, on the verge of collapsing, approached and said laboriously,

“Do you… mean to heal us?”

I ground the herbs and antidote herbs I had brought, combined them appropriately, and presented a powdered medicine.

“Ah… I feel better! I’m healed!”

Perhaps it was the fast-acting medicine; the effect was immediate.

The old man rejoiced and was about to express gratitude but was taken aback.

Perhaps he was afraid I would ask for money.

“I don’t need money!”

I just need points!

“Me, me next! Heal me, please!”

“Our mom is sick!”

“I’m first! I’m going to be the one to receive treatment first!”

“Oh my! Nari! There’s a wound on your thigh…”

Was it thanks to helping the elderly person for free?

Onlookers, who were just watching, rushed over with wide-eyed astonishment.

Haha. Come on in, my points.

“Sowol, line these people up.”

“Huh? Oh. Yes. Got it! Everyone, line up!!”

However, the excited crowd paid no attention to Sowol’s shout.

In her confusion, she eventually reached for the hilt at her waist.

“Hik?!”

“What, this darn kid?!”

“If this darn kid gets hit with a knife, the places that need treatment will increase, won’t they?”

This guy. He already knows how to reveal his survival skills. Truly admirable.

As Sowol growled, the man who was about to release a threatening aura recoiled.

Seeing the people slowly lining up in front of me, I applauded Sowol.

“Well done.”

“It’s nothing. By the way, are you going to stay here?”

“Yeah. Until I treat all these people. If you’re bored, feel free to go somewhere else.”

“That’s fine.”

Really? Then I hope you can do something for me here.

***

Sowol returned around evening.

Thinking she had a pleasant time with Heehyun, Laila was taken aback by Sowol’s exhausted appearance.

“Miss?! What happened?!”

“Tired…”

She really looks exhausted.

Laila was even more perplexed as Sowol walked wearily towards the bed and collapsed onto it.

What could she have done to be this tired?

She couldn’t resist her curiosity any longer.

Therefore, she helped So Wol take off his clothes and asked.

“Where did you go?”

“To the back alley.”

“The back alley?”

Why did it have to be such a simple answer?

The back alley only held the darker aspects of the city, like thieves and beggars.

It wasn’t a place for someone like So Wol, who should always be in bright places.

The question remained unanswered.

Seeing So Wol struggling, Laila helped him up to drink and asked again.

“What were you doing in the back alley?”

What was he doing there?

So Wol couldn’t even tell.

As soon as he entered the city, he bought a lot of medicine and went to the back alley to treat people. And all of it for free.

No, was that all?

The way Ih Yeon treated people was remarkable. That was the only thing to say.

He casually touched festering wounds, squeezed out pus from swollen sores, and dealt with people who hadn’t bathed for a long time, emitting a foul odor, as if it was nothing.

Surely, someone as capable as Ih Yeon could have lived as an upper-class person anywhere.

But would such a person really go to such lengths?

Not even in the church would they treat them with such sincere care.

“I don’t know either.”

So Wol weakly muttered and calmly recounted what had happened today.

Even Laila, who heard the entire story, couldn’t hide her astonishment.

“Why did you do that?”

“I don’t know. Even I don’t.”

“Did you ask why?”

“I did. But the only response I got was, ‘It’s for you.'”

“For you? Why would that be…?”

One of the beggars had asked.

Why was he treating them like this? Where did the money for the medicine come from?

To that question, Ih Yeon had lightly answered.

“The cost of medicine was paid by Sowol, and the treatment was done for Sowol’s sake,” they said.

Thanks to that, they received praises from people in the back alleys that they never expected.

But does that mean anything?

Why did Yihyun say there is no value in their praises?

“Well… this is a story that is told in the East.”

“What kind of story is it?”

“It says that there is something called ‘karma’ in everyone’s actions. Building good karma or bad karma. And that will have a great impact on that person in the future.”

“Does that make sense? Then the villains in this world should have a bad end. But the more villainous they are, the more they live comfortably.”

The world is not that easy.

Live your life virtuously. Do not harm others.

Do not live a false life.

It was a story that the teachers who taught them often talked about.

But is the world really like that? Sowol didn’t think so.

“Well, that’s true.”

And this was a story that Ryla also knew.

Neither Sowol nor Ryla were young enough to be swayed by such boring stories.

Then does Yihyun not know about it?

“I can’t understand what the master is thinking…”

Sowol grumbled irritably while lying on the bed.

Ryla, who smiled at her, gently stood up from her seat.

“You said that she doesn’t answer properly when you ask her, right? Should I ask her then?”

“Will the master tell me?”

“Just casually ask her as if it’s passing by.”

“Hmm… okay! Please do it!”

Seeing Sowol’s bright smile, Ryla went outside.

The place where she currently stayed was an inn arranged by Logan Trading Company.

She came out of the best room in the inn where the swordsman who came together were also staying and looked down.

On the spacious first floor, the swordsmen were gathered, listening attentively to someone’s story.

“When fighting the Black Tiger Goblin, it’s best to aim for its legs. Especially the third leg…”

“Hahaha! No way, Master! Then what do we do when we encounter a female Black Tiger Goblin?!”

“At that time, just jump.”

The atmosphere was very bright.

When going up the stairs as usual, if there were no enemies among the warriors, such an atmosphere would not arise.

Going up the stairs is always a dangerous encounter.

Therefore, everyone silently drank alcohol and passed the time while carrying the worries and fears of the next ascent.

But now, it was different. Perhaps it was because they were together with an overwhelming strong person, it was difficult to find shadows on their faces.

“By the way, why did this master become so strong?”

“Because there is a goal.”

“What kind of goal is that…”

“Well? Probably to properly raise disciples, right?”

To properly raise disciples. Does that mean So Wol truly wants to raise him?

Laila slowly descended the stairs while listening to their conversation.

Even with the questions of other warriors, Ihyeon answered without hesitation.

There were vulgar jokes among them, and also stories about martial arts.

But Ihyeon was answering all of it sincerely.

‘If this atmosphere continues, will it be okay?’

“In that case, why did Master attribute everything that happened today to Miss’s merits?”

A slyly thrown question amidst the clamor. If Ihyeon was slightly drunk, he would give a simple answer, I thought.

So, Laila, who asked, flinched as Ihyeon’s gaze towards her.

Her blushing face proved that she was very drunk.

Looking at the empty bottle in front of him, I could tell how much he had been drinking.

But still.

Nevertheless, despite that, Ihyeon’s eyes were so sharp that they felt chilling.

As if his sharp gaze was piercing her heart, Laila unconsciously swallowed her saliva.

“Because it is something So Wol needs.”

Smiling slightly, Ihyeon said calmly.

That smile seemed to have no trace of falsehood. A clear laugh from someone ridiculously strong, ridiculously clear.

Laila could do nothing but stare at it dumbfounded.

“Now, let’s drink!”

Once again, the atmosphere became noisy.

Once again, as Lee Hyun began to set the mood, Laila slowly placed her hand on her chest.

-Thump.

Was it because of Hyun’s smile that lingered in her mind from earlier?

Her heart was pounding.