I Will Save the World and Retire Chapter 287

Death (3)

Hunter Training High School is a school.

It’s obvious, but I had to always keep this in mind. Since this place is used as a sort of ark countermeasure headquarters, there are a lot of excessive equipment for a high school. A representative example is the research lab used by Gamble.

Well, strictly speaking, the lab isn’t a school facility. But it’s no different from a school facility. The same goes for the auditorium that Kim Chae-min was involved in designing. I gave you the blueprints for the meditation room of the Management Office, not the Academy… If other magicians knew, they might go crazy.

Besides that, there are also small details that children don’t know about.

There are a few facilities that must be in place to be recognized as a school. One of them is a health center. Therefore, Yangseong High School also has a health center. It is a magnificent health center with more than ten beds.

Even the one working in the infirmary was one of the doctors belonging to the multi-line medical team. The injuries that the children sustained during training were mostly minor abrasions. Even when they were told to go to the infirmary, they would say it was too much trouble and just wash them with water.

Accordingly, the main job of the school nurse, who was too high-level to be called a school nurse, was to help Yoo Hye-eun study.

I did ask once.

‘Aren’t you bored being here?’

‘What are you talking about?’

School nurse Shin Min-seo asked with wide eyes.

‘This is much better than chasing after and nagging hunters who think they’ll kill you if you stay still.’

Shin Min-seo spoke firmly, as if he would not allow any rebuttal.

‘Do you know how much everyone envied me? It’s really sad because this is a rotation.’

But that sense of leisure was shattered less than a month after school started.

“Oh, shit!”

Shin Min-seo was breathing heavily.

“I was wondering why they brought all this equipment to a high school, but it turns out it’s all necessary?!”

“There is no such thing as consumption without a reason.”

“Most consumption has no reason in the first place!”

The school nurse, who always walked around with a relaxed smile, slumped down on her chair with a serious expression. There was blood all over her hands and clothes. It was fortunate that the infirmary had a rune that had a sterilizing effect.

The runes that can be used allow you to skip the hassle of the process, which is also one of the things our health teacher liked.

‘What? It’s not commercialized yet? Why? This is what will change the world!’

Shin Min-seo tried to brush away the sweat from her hair, but gave up when she saw the blood on her hands. Shin Min-seo let out a deep sigh.

“For now… the condition has stabilized. If you pour that many potions and die, that’s a good thing.”

Shin Min-seo tapped the potion bottles rolling around on the floor with her foot. The empty potion bottles rolled away, making a rolling sound. There were more than a dozen bottles on the floor of the infirmary. There were dozens more bottles rolling around on the playground as well.

Alex Hope is still breathing because Yimyeon was at school today.

… No, was it just luck? When Hong Seok-young left the country, something came up, so Im Yi-seon only sent her subordinates to school and didn’t come out for several days.

Why did Im Yi-seon come out so early in the morning? Actually, I didn’t even know that Im Yi-seon came to school until Kim Chae-min dragged her to the chairman’s office.

It’s obvious why Yimiseon came to school.

It’s because of the dungeon break that happened in Boston. Even if they heard the report that Hope was fighting late, they wouldn’t pretend not to know that there were other people there.

Whether he was lucky or not, it was still fortunate that he had Im Ji-sun. The potions that Nana and Kim Chae-min had were not enough. Even if he emptied all the emergency potions in the infirmary, it wasn’t enough. After using up all the potions that Im Ji-sun had prepared for promotional purposes and even the samples, Hope’s bleeding finally stopped.

“It would be better to take him to a large hospital.”

Shin Min-seo said firmly. It’s obvious.

but.

“…that.”

“That snake… It’s some kind of monster. Is it poisonous?”

Shin Min-seo pointed to the monster still in the playground. The thing that had been twitching for a while even though it was pierced by my spear finally stopped moving completely. It could be said to be a corpse now.

Still, just in case, Im Ji-seon had her subordinates watch over her. Kim Chae-min also used his magic to trap the monster. It was a guy who had been so persistent even when only his head remained, so it was better to be on guard. She also gave the children a strict warning not to come to the playground.

I thought about Shin Min-seo’s words for a moment and then shook my head.

“I don’t know. It’s my first time seeing this monster.”

“… I’m not getting addicted, am I?”

“If that were the case, I and others would have been poisoned first. There is no poison. Don’t worry.”

Shin Min-seo had an anxious expression.

“Teacher Woo and the other Hunters are Awakened. I’m just a civilian with slightly higher intelligence. If I ingest even a small amount of monster poison, I die.”

“Mr. Kim made a simple identification kit and confirmed it.”

“Oh, that rune?”

“Yes. I just quickly checked to see if it was toxic or not, and it wasn’t.”

Shin Min-seo slumped back into her chair.

“Well, that’s great. When will the ambulance come?”

“He’s not coming.”

“…yes?”

I saw Hope lying on a bed inside the infirmary. It was lined with complicated equipment that you wouldn’t see in a regular school infirmary.

As Shin Min-seo said, it is too specialized for equipment in a high school health room. I, Lee Mi-seon, and even Hong Seok-young were against it, saying it was excessive, but Kim Chae-min pushed for it.

I don’t know what will happen in the future, but when someone gets hurt, they go to a regular hospital.

Even with Yimisun’s help, if they end up hospitalized, it will be difficult to hide it. If Hong Seok-young or Kim Chae-min are hospitalized, no matter how much money Yimisun throws around, it will not be possible to completely hide it.

So, Kim Chae-min insisted until the end. The decisive point was that there was no space where the line of sight could be completely blocked like in Yangseong High School.

In the end, I raised Kim Chae-min’s hand, and when I moved on, Hong Seok-young nodded, saying that good things are good things. If it goes that far, there’s nothing even Lee Mi-sun can do.

As a result, it was a good thing that I listened to Kim Chae-min at that time. Of course, Kim Chae-min could not have predicted that Alex Hope would be the first patient admitted to this infirmary.

“…What about Hye-eun?”

Shin Min-seo, who had been quietly watching Hope with me, suddenly asked.

Although he was a civilian doctor and not an Awakened One, Shin Min-seo, who was a member of the Daseon Confederation, knew that what was happening at this school was not ordinary.

… Is this person also a member of the association? I haven’t heard of that.

“At least Hye-eun will be able to help you heal your trauma.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Of course, he’s not a formally registered therapist yet, but it’s an emergency… and I can supervise him.”

“I went to ask Mr. Kim anyway. It’s a bit… sensitive.”

“Sensitive? There’s no such thing as a human life!”

“No, that’s not what I meant.”

Even if I don’t like it, Alex Hope is our helper. I have no intention of letting him die. If I had wanted to, I wouldn’t have raised my spear to block the snake’s head. I wouldn’t have poured out the potion.

I told them not to involve the children in this, but I didn’t want to argue about it in front of someone who might die at any moment.

“Alex Hope must die.”

“yes?”

“I know Hye-eun isn’t the type of person to go around talking, but… we have to be careful.”

“… doesn’t that mean I really have to die?”

“Of course. He’ll probably be announced dead tomorrow anyway.”

The arm that Hope was holding was tingling.

Because even a dying guy has good strength.

I hoped that wasn’t a will, if only for the sake of Sandra Gamble, who was now pacing the hallway anxiously.

* * *

[On the 13th, a dungeon break occurred in Boston, USA. Due to the appearance of unregistered monsters…]

Gamble turned off the news screen.

Although his eyes were bloodshot, he surprisingly maintained his composure. Although he had been bullying Hope, it was clear how much Gamble cared for her.

I was worried that he might suddenly start a fuss, but that was a mistake I made because I didn’t know how to gamble.

Gamble accepted the situation much more calmly than anyone else, including Nana, Kim Chae-min, and Lee Mi-sun.

“Shanshan said that?”

“……yes.”

“How about Alex?”

“It’s stable. I don’t know when I’ll be able to wake up though.”

“… You said that student Yoo Hye-eun helped you? She was that therapist, right?”

“yes.”

“I should go and say thank you later.”

It’s scary calm. But that doesn’t mean it’s okay.

Sandra Gamble sank deep. Deep, deep. She was holding it in because she couldn’t stand it. Because that was the only thing she could do.

Still, I had to ask.

“…Are you okay?”

“What could be wrong with that?”

Gamble answered in a sharp voice.

But soon his shoulders slumped.

“No, no… I’m sorry.”

“No. I asked the wrong question.”

“No… . Ha. No. This is all because of Alex.”

Gamble smiled faintly. A deep fatigue that did not match his age was evident in his smile.

For the first time, the Gamble here overlapped with the Sandra Gamble I knew.

“There must be a reason why he said that. No, I know why. I get it. I was actually impressed that he could think that far. He finally started using his brain.”

Gamble is still laughing.

“Look. This was definitely Henry Lehman’s doing. He was trying to kill Alex. He was trying to kill Alex while he was in the dungeon break. That’s what Alex and I did, so it must have been a Henry Lehman joke. That guy seemed like a really dirty guy.”

“… Yes. I guess so.”

“So, if Alex dies like Henry Lehman wants, he’ll die. If he dies… his actions will be freed. I can cooperate with you in the name of revenge, and Lee Jun and Oliver will be forgotten because they have no use for Noah Michelle. I don’t even know if I’ll touch Lehman. Just to check if Alex is really dead or not.”

Gamble continued without taking a breath.

“But you shouldn’t react. He won’t really kill you. Since there’s no body, Lehman will think Alex might be alive. He might get annoyed if he kills you hastily, so he won’t kill you and will just wait and see. If he holds back, Lehman will eventually give up. Lehman isn’t that patient. All men are like that.”

“… … .”

“So Alex is the one who died. That’s why he… came all the way here. He couldn’t leave a body behind. If he had traveled that distance, he could have died from the recoil, even if it wasn’t because of the monster.”

Gamble buried his face in his palms. His voice was wet with moisture.

“So I’m curious.”

“…What is it?”

“Did you do it on purpose to make me think you were dead?”

“… … .”

“Did he really think it was okay for him to die?”

“… Could that really be the case?”

“He’s that stupid.”

Gamble’s shoulders were shaking. He was about to open his mouth to offer some comfort, but Kim Chae-min shook her head.

I kept my mouth shut and got up carefully.

Before the door closed, a sob was heard escaping through pursed lips.

Fantasy, contemporary,