That Face Is the Problem - vanish into fiction

“‘Uh… is that so?’ Is that so-o-o? A burn of this degree must have been incredibly painful, are you an idiot? You should have come straight to me to get healed!”

Da-sol chided him as if scolding a child.

“Did you choose not to come because you think we’re still not close, or because you thought I wouldn’t give you a heal?”

Suddenly, he glared with his eyes wide and asked. His face was so terrifying that Jae-gyeong quickly shook his head side to side. He shook his head so fast that his vision actually went dizzy.

“It’s not like that…!”

As a guardian hunter, Lee Hyeon protecting Da-sol more skillfully while simultaneously enhancing offensive power was a good thing not just for Lee Hyeon, but for Da-sol as well.

Aside from feeling heartbroken over Lee Hyeon’s family situation and rooting for him as a hunter, if Lee Hyeon became stronger and could guard Da-sol even more flawlessly, that was far more important than working further on the teamwork Jae-gyeong had already established with Da-sol.

“Don’t think you can just gloss over this with a lie. A liar is one of the 47 types of human beings I hate most in this world.”

“That… um…”

How should he put it? Lee Hyeon would want the separate request kept a secret, and Jae-gyeong wanted to respect that as much as possible, but he also didn’t want to lie to Da-sol. He couldn’t afford to fall into the 47 types of human beings Da-sol hated most in the world.

‘I don’t even wish for him to like me, just please don’t hate me…’ With that thought, Jae-gyeong began to speak, avoiding lies as much as possible while still being considerate of Lee Hyeon.

“I judged that a heal wasn’t strictly necessary since a wound of this degree can originally be treated with a potion…”

However, it couldn’t be helped that his voice grew small and trailed off out of fear. The moment the word ‘potion’ came out, Da-sol’s face turned like a demon’s. It was truly astonishing that such a pretty face could look this terrifying.

“An S-rank combat suit protects the body from most attacks. That’s why the Training Guild spends so much expensive money to provide them to all team members. Furthermore, this wasn’t even a real battle, it was a mock training. The impact is less than a real battle, and the dungeon we trained in today was a flame dungeon. Then that means you were attacked by a fellow hunter, Yoon Yi-hyeon, who uses fire… but there’s no way he could use a skill capable of melting an S-rank combat suit… fuck, then how on earth did you get hurt?”

‘If you just asked me why I got hurt from the beginning, I could have told you… why are you swearing and being like that, it’s so scary, Mr. Da-sol…’ Jae-gyeong tightly suppressed his urge to whine like that and replied maturely.

“A stone heated intensely due to Hunter Yoon Yi-hyeon’s attack splattered…”

“A stone splattered?”

“Um… it was a bit of a large stone… no… should I express it as a boulder…? But it also bounced at a very high speed, so I think the impact was greater…”

Jae-gyeong gradually began to answer honestly out of fear that Da-sol would view him as an idiot who couldn’t even dodge a single stone.

“So it’s not Hunter Yoon Yi-hyeon’s fault, it’s just that I…”

But looking at the conclusion, it was true that Jae-gyeong was an idiot who couldn’t even dodge a single stone. Therefore, he admitted it with bitter reluctance.

“I’m just an idiot who couldn’t even dodge a single stone…”

At his crestfallen face and voice, Da-sol flinched. Though Jae-gyeong didn’t see it, Da-sol’s expression naturally softened. He stood up from his seat. This time, Jae-gyeong flinched.

“Is someone hitting you? Why are you so intimidated?”

After speaking sharply, Da-sol went to the kitchen and brought back a pair of scissors. Even though it wasn’t his own house, he already knew exactly what was where.

Jae-gyeong swallowed hard in sheer terror as he watched Da-sol approach holding the kitchen scissors.

“I–I’m sorry… from next time, even if I get hurt just a little bit, I will immediately get healed—”

“Stop talking bullshit and show me your arm. We have to cut the clothes away first to check the wound.”

“Yes…?”

‘He was so frustrated that I thought he was trying to stab me with those scissors, but I guess that wasn’t it…’ Jae-gyeong let out a sigh of relief, turned slightly in his seat, and extended his injured arm.

Like an experienced military surgeon, Da-sol swiftly cut away the combat suit and carefully applied healing while peeling away the fabric tangled with the skin.

As it was a fabric made of special material and infused with S-rank mana, the cloth was thick and difficult to peel off. Moreover, because applying even a little too much force would worsen the wound, the levels of physical force and healing had to be adjusted very delicately.

Da-sol was so immersed he barely even breathed. The intensity of the heal was completely different from usual. Because he was focusing entirely on peeling away the fabric to avoid damaging the skin any further, the sensation of the wound actually healing was barely there.

It was rather a relief. Because right now, Da-sol’s face—as he knelt below the sofa with his upper body raised, striving to peel the square piece of fabric from Jae-gyeong’s arm—was unbelievably stimulating.